Ornament tattoo ideas

1,552 photos and flash · 32% Dotwork, 25% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black and grey tattoo of a mythical bird-headed creature with peacock-style feathers and a coiling serpent tail across the chest.
Mythical creature with serpent tail on chest
Line drawing flash sheet showing a solid black ornate skeleton key beside four decorative arrows with patterned tips and feathered fletching on a cream background.
Ornate key and four decorative arrows
Black and grey ornamental half sleeve covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a dotwork mandala medallion at its centre.
Ornamental half sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Black line drawing sheet of curling flourishes and scrolls with dotted accents on a white background, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Black line swirl and flourish flash sheet
Black and white Art Nouveau flash sheet with roses, women's faces, peacocks, trees, scrolling borders and leaf motifs, shown as separate designs.
Art Nouveau flash sheet in black
Black and grey blackwork owl with ornate filigree patterns and a faint forest backdrop, tattooed across a person's upper arm.
Ornamental owl on upper arm
Black tribal ornament design with interlaced bands and spiral curls, a flash-style drawing with no placement shown.
Symmetrical tribal ornament design
Black ornamental mandala tattoo with floral swirls covering the forearm, shown with a hand resting on a hip and a black Adidas top.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey wing tattoo with ornamental scrollwork on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Wing and scrollwork on upper back
Pencil sketch of a crescent moon decorated with gears, rivets and filigree scrollwork, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Mechanical crescent moon design
Black and cyan stencil-style design of a stylised standing figure with flowing hair and cyan ornamental patterns on the torso, arm and legs, shown without any body part.
Black and cyan stylised figure design
Pencil drawing of an ornate lace-patterned design with a lotus motif and dangling beads, drawn as a tattoo sketch.
Ornate lace-patterned tattoo design
Ornamental fox silhouette tattoo on the lower leg, filled with swirling linework that shifts from orange at the top to pink and red lower down.
Ornamental fox silhouette on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red-haired fairy with blue wings and green leaves across a bare back, in a painterly neo-traditional style.
Red-haired fairy with blue wings across a back
Black tribal design drawing on a white background, a symmetrical ornament with spirals, dots and bold curved shapes, shown as a stencil-style flash design.
Symmetrical tribal ornament design
Black and grey flash sheet of numbered and lettered designs for the word The, shown in script, blackletter, block and ornamental styles, with no body placement.
Lettering sheet of the word The in many styles
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, surrounded by paisley and mandala patterns, on the upper arm and forearm.
Ganesha and ornamental full arm sleeve
Colourful fox tattoo with pink, purple and teal swirling patterns and black linework on the inner forearm.
Colourful fox tattoo on forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with peach-shaded flowers and dotted beadwork on the upper thigh, worn under a red tartan skirt.
Mandala and flowers on a thigh
Close crop of a woman's torso with an ornate navy and gold ornamental design on the side of the abdomen, partly covered by a hand with rings, and a gold body chain.
Ornate navy and gold design on the side torso
Black outline tattoo of a rose with ribbon, leaves and dangling chain ornament across the upper abdomen, above a navel piercing.
Rose and chain ornament on the upper abdomen
Close view of a forearm and hand with white ornamental patterns on the skin, worn with silver rings and bracelets.
White ornamental designs on forearm and hand
Colour realism tattoo of a green man face made of leaves on a forearm, with an ornate scroll design near the wrist.
Green man forearm tattoo
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a clock face with Roman numerals, gears and a mask within ornate scrollwork.
Ornate clock and mask on upper arm
Two side-by-side drawings of an ornate lotus flower tattoo design with swirling filigree and dotted shading, shown on a sepia background.
Ornate lotus flower design in two versions
Black and grey ornamental wolf head tattoo with a third eye motif on the upper arm, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornamental wolf head on upper arm
Small black ink elephant tattoo with mandala-style patterns on the top of a person's shoulder, in a fine line style.
Ornate elephant tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoos across the back, upper arm and calf of a woman in a bikini on a sandy beach, seen from behind.
Back, arm and calf tattoos on a beach
Black ornamental mandala tattoo with floral scrollwork running down the upper back of a bare-skinned person, shown against a dark background.
Ornate mandala tattoo across upper back
Fine line butterfly tattoo with blue shaded wings and black swirling tendrils on pale skin.
Blue butterfly with swirling tendrils
Full back tattoo of a twisted ribbon running down the spine over ornamental lattice panels, in black and grey dotwork and linework.
Ornamental ribbon back piece
Black and white dotwork flash design of an ornate keyhole escutcheon framed by scrolls and flowers, with no body placement shown.
Ornate keyhole escutcheon design
White ink tattoo of two roses and symmetrical scrollwork across the upper chest and shoulders, in a botanical style, with the face cropped out of frame.
White ink roses and scrollwork on chest
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork featuring hexagons and a central mandala motif, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Geometric blackwork sleeve on arm
Flash sheet of gold and grey mandala floral designs, with the code VH-235 printed at the bottom, shown without any body placement.
Gold and grey mandala temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with scrolled filigree handles on the forearm.
Ornate scissors tattoo on forearm
Black line drawing of an ornate dreamcatcher design with feathers and a mandala web, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate dreamcatcher with feathers
Blue gradient jellyfish design with ornate swirling patterns on the bell and long flowing tentacles, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Ornate blue jellyfish design
Woman in a grey checked halter dress with a black ornamental tattoo on her upper left arm, shown in a close crop with her face out of frame.
Dark ornamental tattoo on upper arm
Small black ornamental scroll tattoo wrapped around the base of a finger, shown on a hand with dark tipped nails.
Small scroll band tattoo on a finger
Black tribal flash design of a stacked, symmetrical arrangement of skull-like faces and swirling ornamental motifs on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical tribal skull design
Black and grey tattoo of a patterned elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant on upper back
Close-up of a woman's hand with a black ornamental filigree band tattooed around the wrist and running onto the forearm.
Black filigree wrist band tattoo
Black ink lace-style mandala tattoo with petal shapes and hanging drops on the ankle and top of the foot.
Black lace mandala tattoo on the ankle
Black line drawing of a calligraphic scroll flourish with interlocking loops and ball terminals on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Scroll flourish divider design
Small black fine line tattoo of an ornamental animal outline on the upper back, photographed close up beside a pale pink top strap.
Ornamental animal on upper back
Black dotwork tattoo of a symmetrical ornament on the forearm, joined by a fine dotted line to a matching motif on the palm.
Dotwork ornament on forearm and palm
Large black and grey landscape back tattoo with mountains, trees and a sun, plus German script across the upper back, seen from behind by a lake.
Landscape back piece with German script