Ornamental tattoo ideas

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

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Black line mandala tattoo with a feather motif covering the upper and middle back, in a geometric style.
Mandala and feather tattoo across a back
Black and grey fine line elephant with mandala-style patterns on the upper back, with a script quotation tattooed below it.
Ornamental elephant and script quote on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a mandala, paisley swirls and lace-like patterns across the lower back and hip, in a blackwork style.
Black linework mandala and paisley on hip and back
Full back tattoo of a symmetrical biomechanical design, with a glowing amber centre panel framed by black, ribbed spine-like forms.
Biomechanical back piece in amber and black
Black and grey fine line tattoo of ornamental script running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, photographed in black and white.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black and white photograph of a woman seen from behind with a black ornamental sleeve tattoo on her left arm and smaller linework on her upper back.
Ornamental arm sleeve, black and white back view
Black and grey photograph of a bare back with a long vertical ornamental tattoo of mandalas and flowers running down the spine, in a fine-line botanical and geometric style.
Ornate mandala spine tattoo on a back
Close view of a pale, white-ink style scrolling filigree tattoo across a bare shoulder, upper back and upper arm.
Pale swirling filigree on shoulder and arm
Black and grey ornamental floral mandala tattoo across the upper back of a woman in a peach open-back dress, with smaller tattoos on her arm.
Ornate floral mandala on upper back
Black and grey realism style back tattoo of butterflies, a floral burst and ornamental swirls spanning the mid to lower back.
Butterflies and swirls across a back
Black linework tattoo of a stylised bird with feather patterns and spiral swirls on the upper back, shown beside the original pen drawing.
Stylised bird tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo framed by ornate scrollwork and dotwork geometric patterns across the neck, shoulders and chest.
Dragonfly and scrollwork across neck and chest
Black and grey photograph of a large ornamental bird-like tattoo with swirling linework across a shoulder and upper back, with the head turned away from the camera.
Ornamental bird design across shoulder and back
Two views of a large black linework floral ornamental tattoo covering a person's entire back, with chrysanthemum-like blooms and scrolling foliage.
Ornamental floral back piece
Two women seen from behind sitting at the edge of a pool, one with a sleeve on her arm and ornate tattoos on her buttocks, the other with rose tattoos across her back and shoulder.
Two women with back and arm tattoos by a pool
Black ornamental scrollwork tattoo spanning the upper back and shoulder, seen from behind on a woman with dreadlocks in a peach one-shoulder top.
Ornamental scrollwork tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a lotus flower within a fine line mandala on the upper back, shaded in red, orange and yellow.
Lotus mandala across upper back