Ornamental tattoo ideas

128 photos and flash · 22% Blackwork, 16% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black ink flash design of a butterfly with ornamental swirling wings and long curled antennae, shown without any body placement.
Ornamental swirl butterfly design
Black ornamental drawing of a seated dog filled with tribal-style linework and dotwork patterns on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Tribal-patterned seated dog design
Black ink flash drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns and a central lotus-like motif, shown as a fine line design with no body placement visible.
Crescent moon mandala design
Black line drawing of an ornamental butterfly design with swirling filigree wings and dotted detailing, shown on a white background.
Ornamental butterfly tattoo design
Black filigree design of a butterfly with scrolled wing panels on a white background, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Filigree scroll butterfly design
Black ink drawing of an ornamental mandala with paisley-like petals and fine dotted detail on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental mandala design drawn in black ink
Black and white ornate elephant design with swirling scrollwork, florals and geometric detail across its head, ears, trunk and legs, shown as a drawing.
Ornate elephant design in black and white
Black and grey drawing of an elephant in profile, filled with intricate mandala and floral patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornamental mandala elephant design
Teal and pale yellow line drawing of an owl with a heart knot emblem, a dreamcatcher web and five hanging feathers on a cream background.
Owl and dreamcatcher line drawing
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a wolf head built from dense, intricate patterned linework, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornamental wolf head design
Two ornate pen drawings of tattoo designs on paper, a mandala-style piece above and a lace-like collar design below.
Ornate mandala and lace collar designs
Black ornamental design of a stag head with swirling antlers, dotted linework and floral patterns on a white background.
Ornamental stag head design in black
Solid black heart design built from curling swirls and teardrop shapes on a white background, suited to a blackwork stencil.
Ornamental swirl heart design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a wolf head with ornate filigree patterns across the forehead, cheeks and ruff, on a white background.
Ornamental wolf head design
Black ink drawing of a hummingbird in flight, its wings and body filled with swirls, dots and teardrop shapes, on a pale paper background.
Ornamental hummingbird design in black ink
Black ink drawing on paper of a radial mandala made from looping continuous lines, spirals, dots and an Om symbol, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Radial mandala of loops, spirals and an Om symbol
Black ink drawing of an ornate bird perched on a white background, built from flowing swirls, spirals and dotted circles, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornate swirl bird design
Black and white flash design of a cat's head filled with intricate paisley, floral and dotted patterns, suited to a blackwork tattoo.
Ornate cat head design in black linework
Black ink drawing of an ornate floral and lace-like design with dotted chains, sketched on cream paper beside pens.
Ornate floral lace design sketch
Black and white ornamental owl tattoo design with intricate linework, patterned feathers and a symmetrical front-facing pose on a cream background.
Ornamental owl design
Flash sheet of twelve black and grey dotwork designs with ornamental animal heads, a crab, a lion and fish, with no body placement shown.
Twelve zodiac-style ornamental designs
Black and grey ornamental design of a snarling wolf head filled with mandala-style patterns and dotwork, set within a scrolled border.
Ornamental wolf head with scrollwork frame
Black line drawing of a heart framed by an ornate henna-style mandala pattern on a white background.
Heart-shaped henna-style mandala design
Six hand-drawn black ink spiral and swirl designs on tracing paper, with a green pen lying across the top of the sheet.
Hand-drawn spiral and swirl tattoo designs
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat filled with ornamental tribal patterns on a cream background, suited to a blackwork tattoo design.
Sitting cat in tribal patterns
Pencil drawing of a ram head with curled horns and tribal-style patterning, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement visible.
Ornamental ram head design
A grid of ten black line drawings of owls decorated with swirls and teal leaves, shown as design sheet artwork rather than on skin.
Ten ornamental owl designs in a grid
A grid of black and grey ornamental silhouette designs of birds and animals, including a swan, toucan, owl, heron, cat and butterfly, drawn as flash for tattoo use.
Ornamental black and grey animal and bird designs