Outline tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on the inner upper arm.
Single-line cat on an upper arm
Colourful lotus flower tattoo with black outline and soft blue, green, pink and purple wash shading, on the upper leg above a blue checked cloth.
Watercolour-style lotus flower on a thigh
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outspread wings, built from dots and small oval shapes, shown as a dotwork flash design with no body placement.
Dotwork butterfly design
Fine line black outline tattoo of a dachshund on the inner forearm, in a fine line style.
Dachshund outline on a forearm
Fine line black outline of an elongated US state-shaped map across the top of a foot, with a small reddish spot near its right edge.
Thin line state outline on the top of a foot
Fine line black tattoo of a paper plane trailing a dashed flight path across pale skin.
Paper plane with dashed flight path
Fine line black tattoo of an interlocking loop knot with three teardrop shapes on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Interlocking loop knot on inner wrist
Fine black line tattoo of a jagged mountain skyline wrapped around the ankle, with a rolled denim cuff above it.
Mountain skyline outline on an ankle
Fine line black outline of a world map tattooed on a person's upper arm, with a blue dress sleeve at the left edge.
World map outline on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a heart that flows into an infinity loop, with script lettering and numerals along the left edge, on the side of a torso below a grey top.
Fine line heart with script and infinity loop
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a walking cat with the word meow in serif capitals below it, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Walking cat and meow on a wrist
Black outline of a tilted triangle tattoo in a fine line style on a forearm, with a dark sleeve above it.
Outlined triangle on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline of Australia tattooed on the lower back, above the waistband of low-slung jeans.
Australia map outline on the lower back
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined hand holding a small flower sprig on the side of the ribs.
Outlined hand holding a flower sprig on ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line outline kettlebell tattoo on the ankle, on a foot resting on white bed sheets.
Kettlebell outline on an ankle
Black and white photo of a fine line outline tattoo of the state of Texas on the back of a person's neck, with hair falling over the head.
Texas outline on the back of the neck
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a bicycle on the inside of a woman's ankle, with a navy slip-on shoe below it.
Bicycle outline on an ankle
Black and white photo of a small fine line eye tattoo with lashes on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Small eye tattoo on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on the ankle, shown in a close photograph of the skin.
Sitting cat outline on an ankle
Two bare feet, soles up, each with a small simple outline tattoo on the heel: a blue and red round object on the left and an orange panel with hatched bars on the right.
Two small outline tattoos on the heels
Close-up of a small black outline butterfly tattoo in fine line style on the side of a woman's neck near the shoulder, with sunlit skin and water droplets.
Outline butterfly on the side of the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a script word across the upper back and two outlined figures on the upper arms, on a person wearing a bear-print tank top.
Script and outlined figures on upper back and arms
Fine line tattoo of a curled, sleeping cat with a swirling tail on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised and red nail polish.
Sleeping cat outline on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a pink cat sitting in outline on the side ribs, set against a blue, green and yellow watercolour-style splash.
Pink cat with watercolour splash on ribs
Two forearms pressed together showing matching fine line black script tattoos set in a circle around a small outlined bird on the inner forearm.
Matching circular script tattoos on forearms
Fine line outline tattoos of two matching angel wings on the inner forearms, drawn in pale white ink.
Pair of angel wings on the forearms
Close-up of a small fine line outline four-leaf clover tattoo in dark ink on the inner forearm, with a window blurred in the background.
Small four-leaf clover on a forearm
Black and grey outline of a world map tattooed on the forearm of a person with the arm extended against a red wall.
World map tattoo on a forearm
Black line tattoo of two outlined hands in fine line style on the upper arm, with a small dot on the palm.
Outlined hands on the upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a tower, a Ferris wheel, a palm tree and a heart, placed on the ribs.
City skyline outline on the ribs
Two small black outline diamond tattoos, one on the upper arm of a person in a grey top and one on the shoulder of a woman in a striped vest top.
Two small diamond outline tattoos
Three lotus flower designs stacked vertically: a solid black silhouette, an outlined version, and a fine-line version, shown on a white background.
Three lotus flower designs in black
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol whose right loop is filled with silhouettes of the Hawaiian islands, shown on a plain white background.
Infinity symbol with Hawaiian islands
Black and grey photograph of a fine line outline of a rose tattoo on the side of a torso, just below the navel, beside a wooden panel.
Outlined rose on a hip in black and grey
Black and white photo of a small outlined diamond fine line tattoo on a wrist, with a braided cord bracelet and a blurred clenched fist above.
Small outlined diamond on wrist
Black ink line drawing of a jellyfish with a dotted, stippled bell and wavy trailing tentacles, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Jellyfish line drawing design
Black line tattoos of simple dancing figures on the fingers of a hand, one figure on each of four fingers, with the outline style sitting on the Hand placement.
Dancing figures tattooed on four fingers
Fine line black outline of a heart with a semicolon inside its lower right, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Outline heart with semicolon on a wrist
Black and white photograph of a fine line tattoo of nested triangle outlines on a forearm, with a hand and bracelets visible on the left.
Nested triangles on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos of a small, fine black outline circle tattoo with dotwork stippling on the inner forearm, with a cream sleeve rolled up.
Small circle tattoo on forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline tattoo of two curved fish-like shapes on the outer ankle, beside a thin chain anklet.
Small outline fish tattoo on an ankle
Black fine line outline of a rose with leaves on the upper arm, with a single band tattooed below it.
Outlined rose with band on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of an anatomical heart on the side of a finger, shown in a sepia-toned photo.
Anatomical heart on a finger
Black fine line giraffe outline tattoo with script lettering inside its body and neck, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Giraffe outline with script on upper back
Fine line black heart outline with the script words dents du bonheur inside, placed on the inner forearm.
Heart outline with script lettering on forearm
Collage of four photos showing a pink peony tattoo with black outlines and green leaves on a person's hip and buttock, in a neo-traditional style.
Pink peony tattoo on hip and buttock
Black outline tattoo of three roses with leaves across the side of a torso, in a botanical fine line style.
Three outlined roses on a side torso
Small black outline tattoo of a lotus flower on skin, a simple botanical design with no shading.
Lotus flower outline tattoo