Outline tattoo ideas

1,574 photos and flash · 76% Fine line, 15% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Red line drawing of an open heart outline with three five-petalled botanical flowers along a curling stem, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heart outline with flowering vine
Black fine line drawing of an open heart outline with handwritten script wording curving around its upper right edge.
Open heart outline with script wording
Black fine line drawing of a giraffe whose outline and neck are formed from flowing script lettering, shown on a plain white background.
Giraffe outline formed from script lettering
Fine line drawing of three overlapping downward-pointing triangles in black ink on a plain off-white background, a geometric tattoo design.
Three overlapping downward triangles
Black line drawing of a heart built from faceted geometric panels on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric heart line design
Black fine line drawing of a mermaid with flowing hair and a curling tail on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid line drawing design
Two pen sketches of a leafy sprig inside a simple house outline, one with a small circle beside it, drawn as fine line tattoo flash with no body placement shown.
Sprig in house outline sketches
Fine line black outline drawing of two hands linking little fingers on a cream background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two hands linking little fingers
Black ink line drawing of a shark built from angular geometric facets on white paper, with two black fineliner pens resting above it.
Geometric shark line drawing
Fine line geometric design of three overlapping diamond outlines in black on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Three nested diamond outlines
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with the word believe in cursive script, flowing into an open heart outline, drawn on white paper.
Believe script in a heart outline
Black ink line drawing of a sleeping cat with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper with no body placement visible.
Sleeping cat line drawing
Black line drawing of an anchor built from angular facets in a geometric, origami-like style, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Geometric faceted anchor design
Black fine line drawing of a faceted diamond outline on a plain light grey background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Simple outlined diamond design
Black ink fine line drawing of a heartbeat trace with a heart shape in the centre, shown on textured paper; no body placement.
Heartbeat line with heart in black ink
Fine line black ink drawing of a mountain range with a circle behind the central peak, on a plain white background.
Mountain range with circle sun design
Black line drawing of a seated geometric fox in an origami style on a white card, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric origami-style fox design
Fine line geometric design of two overlapping circles crossed by a horizontal line, with the overlap filled in solid black, shown without a body placement.
Overlapping circles on a horizontal line
Fine line drawing of three overlapping downward-pointing triangles in black outline on a plain off-white background.
Three overlapping downward triangles
Fine line drawing of two hands clasped together on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Clasped hands line drawing
Black line drawing of a butterfly made of geometric triangular facets, shown as a framed print on white, with no body placement.
Geometric butterfly line drawing
Pale raised outline of a thistle with leaves and a curled stem on the inner forearm, drawn as a fine line stencil or design on skin.
Thistle line design on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of an outlined heart whose lower point flows into an infinity loop, with the word love in fine cursive script, shown as a fine line tattoo design on paper.
Heart with infinity loop and script love
Line drawing of three dove outlines in fine dark linework, each carrying a word: hope, faith and love, on a textured surface.
Three dove outlines with hope, faith and love
Pencil sketch of an outlined heart with two intertwined swirling lines ending in curls, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Heart with twisting swirls sketch