Outline tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a fine line lightning bolt tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand resting on a leather seat.
Small lightning bolt on the wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of two elephants walking together on a person's forearm near the elbow.
Two elephants on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a horse head inside a heart on a forearm, shown beside an identical design on a second arm.
Matching horse-in-heart tattoos on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart with a semicolon and a heartbeat line running across the inner forearm.
Heart, semicolon and heartbeat line on a forearm
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 tattoo of a blue Tardis outline with the word Allons-y in black script across the inner forearm.
Tardis outline with Allons-y script on forearm
Small fine line outline tattoo of a seated cat on the outer ankle, with the foot resting on a wooden surface.
Seated cat outline on an ankle
Small fine line outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, on a hand with dark nails and gold rings.
Outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger
Pale white ink outline of a rose with leaves on the inner forearm, in a traditional style.
White ink rose on a forearm
Small black outline heart enclosing a solid paw print, tattooed on the lower stomach just below the waistband.
Heart and paw print on the lower stomach
Small black fine line tattoo of an outlined mug with a filled coffee surface and a mountain peak inside, on a forearm.
Mug with mountain design on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a narwhal in outline, with lines of handwritten capital lettering following its body and a long spiral tusk, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Narwhal outline with lettering in pencil
Back view of a fine line black outline tattoo of a cat on the back of a woman's neck, with a tabby cat resting on her shoulder.
Cat outline tattoo on the back of the neck
Small black outline butterfly tattoo on the back of a woman's shoulder, seen from behind while she wears a white off-shoulder top.
Small butterfly on a shoulder
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small dog on the side of a finger, held up against a pale pink brick wall.
Small dog outline on a finger
Close-up of a small black fine line Eye of Horus tattoo on the side of a person's neck, with dark hair and a hand holding white fabric at the left edge.
Eye of Horus tattoo on the neck
Fine line black tattoo on the inner forearm showing a polo rider on horseback with mallet, above the script word Lauren, with Ralph in script above the rider.
Polo rider and script names on the wrist
Two small black outline crown tattoos on the upper arms of two people, shown in a fine line style.
Small crown tattoos on two arms
Black outline drawing of a dragonfly with segmented body and striped wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dragonfly line drawing
Fine line geometric world map tattoo in black ink across the upper back, made of angular polygon shapes for the continents.
Geometric world map on upper back
Close-up photo of a black outline tattoo of a bow with a circular knot and tapered tails, on the inner wrist.
Outlined bow tattoo on the inner wrist
A dog rests its head against a pale forearm bearing a small fine line outline tattoo of a dog's head in dark blue-black ink, in the Fine line style.
Dog outline tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering reading faith set inside a fish outline, tattooed on the lower back above a pair of jeans.
Faith script inside a fish outline on lower back
Fine line tattoo of a black outlined heart with a red ribbon loop crossing it, placed behind the ear.
Heart and ribbon behind the ear
Two matching fine line tattoos of a small red outlined heart with black radiating marks, placed on the inner wrists of two people held together.
Matching heart tattoos on two wrists
Black line drawing of two solid black hands reaching up out of concentric ripples, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Two hands rising from ripples
Fine line tattoo of two overlapping triangle outlines, one red and one black, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Two overlapping triangle outlines on a wrist
Black and grey italic script tattoo on a man's forearm, reading 'to thine own self be' with the end cut off by the frame, above a sketched line motif.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a walking dinosaur with a trail of footprints running up the side of a foot near the ankle.
Dinosaur and footprints on a foot
Fine line black outline of a small bow tattooed on the side of a finger, with the hand held in a loose fist against a warm cream background.
Small outline bow tattoo on a finger
Black dotted-line tattoo of a looping outline with small solid hearts and one outlined heart, placed on the ankle.
Dotted heart outline on an ankle
Black and white photo of a small fine line bicycle outline tattoo on the inner forearm.
Small bicycle outline on an inner arm
Fine line grey tattoo of a curled-up cat on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown on skin in a teal top.
Curled cat on upper back
Red and blue outline tattoo of a cartoon piranha with an open jaw and spiral eye, shown on a limb of skin.
Outlined piranha on a limb
Fine line black ink outline of a Totoro-style creature on the ankle, with a small black line and round motif below it on a second ankle, shown beside maroon sneakers.
Totoro outline on an ankle
Fine line black outline of a dove in flight with a small red heart beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Dove outline and red heart on a wrist
Geometric tattoo of a row of ten colour blocks in a black outlined rectangle, shown on the inner forearm.
Colour swatch bar on a forearm
Fine line outline of a seated cat with a soft pink and blue watercolour wash on the inner wrist.
Cat outline with watercolour wash on wrist
Fine line black outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist, with the palm turned towards the camera and lilac nail varnish visible.
Small outline heart on the wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a peony with a long thin stem on the inner upper arm of a woman in a dark top, against a white wall.
Peony outline on the upper arm
Two small fine line elephant tattoos in black ink, one on each ankle, shown in a black and white photograph.
Matching elephant tattoos on ankles
Close-up of a small fine line black tattoo of a clothes hanger with a heart inside, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small clothes hanger and heart on a wrist
Fine line black geometric elephant tattoo on the side of the ribs, built from angular outlined shapes that resemble folded paper.
Geometric elephant on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a small round-headed character with three black dots on the inner wrist.
Simple outlined character on the inner wrist
A heart outline filled with brown and tan camouflage pattern, crossed by a stepped cross shape, on a plain cream background.
Camouflage heart outline with cross
Fine line black outline tattoo of a single-lens camera on the inside of a wrist, with white earphones visible in the background.
Camera outline on the inner wrist
Black fine line tattoo tracing the edges of the fingers and back of a pale hand, placed on the hand.
Black linework outlining fingers
Black and white photo of a bold outlined daisy tattoo with a solid black centre and eight open petals on skin.
Outlined daisy tattoo in black ink