Outline tattoo ideas

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

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Two people's shoulders in black and white, each with a small fine line outline tattoo of a hand on the upper shoulder.
Matching outline hands on two shoulders
Fine line black tattoo of a seated dog with a cat beside it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dog and cat outline on the upper back
Fine line outline of a small heart in black ink on the forearm near the wrist, with a gold ring on the hand.
Small outline heart on a wrist
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a branch with flowers and leaves on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting on a white floral top.
Fine line botanical branch on ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a heart outline with a semicolon beside it, on the inside of a wrist.
Heart outline and semicolon on a wrist
Fine line heart outline tattoo in grey ink on the side of a finger, with pale pink nails and a grey knit background.
Small heart outline on a finger
Woman seen from behind with a black outline star trail running from the nape of the neck down the upper back, with small grey sparkles between the stars.
Trail of stars down the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spiky-haired head outline with a lightning bolt shaded across the face, on a leg.
Spiky-haired head with lightning bolt on a leg
Black and grey photo of a small fine line geometric fox tattoo on the inner wrist, with a raised hand and silver bracelets.
Geometric fox on the inner wrist
Fine line outline heart tattoo in black ink on the side of a woman's chest, above the edge of a white bra.
Small outline heart on the chest
Fine line black outline tattoo of the world map across the inside of a wrist, showing the continents in simple single-line detail.
World map outline on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of three connected waves on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of light blue denim jeans.
Three fine line waves on the lower abdomen
Small fine line black tattoo of a scallop shell on the lower leg, with a thin cord anklet visible below it.
Scallop shell on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of a dragonfly with a semicolon as its body, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Dragonfly with semicolon body on a wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map with country borders across a woman's upper back, shown from behind.
World map outline across a back
Fine line black tattoo of the outline of Great Britain and Ireland on an ankle, with a black taxi on a city street behind.
Map of the UK outline on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a whisk on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Whisk tattoo on the forearm
Two small triangle tattoos on forearms: a thin outlined triangle on a light skin arm and a solid black triangle on a darker skin arm, in a minimal geometric style.
Outlined and solid triangles on two forearms
Fine line tattoo of a paper plane outline on the inner forearm, with a small red lip print on one wing.
Paper plane with red kiss mark on forearm
Small fine line black camera tattoo on the ankle of a person wearing black canvas trainers, standing on a tarmac path.
Camera tattoo on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of two outlined hands, one reaching up and one below holding its wrist, on the calf above a black sock and brown boot.
Two outlined hands on a lower leg
Black and grey fine line anchor tattoos on the wrists of two people, placed side by side on wooden floorboards.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Black fine line tattoo of a giraffe whose neck and body are formed from the words Stand Tall in script, on the side of the ribs.
Giraffe formed from Stand Tall lettering
Black and white photo of a small single-line outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist, resting over an open book with a knitted sleeve.
Small outline heart on a wrist
Fine line lotus flower outline on the back of an ankle, showing as a pale line against the skin.
Lotus outline on an ankle
Small black outline triangle tattoo on the upper back, seen from behind on a person with blonde hair falling forward.
Small outline triangle on upper back
Fine line black outline of two nested triangles on the upper arm of a woman resting her arm on a railing, with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Outlined triangles on upper arm
Black outline tattoo of two elephants touching trunks with a small red heart, above Roman numerals, on the lower leg.
Two elephants with red heart on a limb
Fine line outline of a small crescent moon in black ink on the outer ankle, against white bedding.
Small crescent moon on an ankle
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map with the word wanderlust in script, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
World map outline with wanderlust script on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other across the forearm.
Two hands reaching across a forearm
Small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, in a fine line style, with the hand held up against a dark background.
Small outline heart on a finger
Two wrists side by side, each with a fine line black tattoo of a hand beneath three radiating lines, on a blue painted surface.
Matching hand and rays tattoos on wrists
Small black fine line tattoo of a bicycle on the calf of a person riding a mint green bike, photographed outdoors on a sunny road.
Bicycle tattoo on a calf
Black and white photo of a small, thin-lined outline heart tattoo on the back of a neck, in fine line style.
Small outline heart on the back of the neck
Pale white outline of a butterfly tattoo on the neck and upper chest of a person wearing an open denim shirt, in a fine line style.
Butterfly outline tattoo on the neck
Black and white photo of two matching fine line tattoos of elephants with trunks touching, one on each wrist.
Matching elephant pair on wrists
Fine line outline star tattoo in black ink on the inner wrist, with stacked silver bead and cord bracelets beside it.
Outline star on the inner wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a cactus with a flower on the top, placed on the inner forearm.
Small cactus with flower on inner arm
Two matching black outline four-leaf clover tattoos on the inner wrists of two people, with bracelets and green leaves behind.
Matching four-leaf clover tattoos on two wrists
Fine line black fish outline tattoo on the top of a foot, with fingers wearing black glitter nail polish at the upper edge of the frame.
Small fish outline tattoo on a foot
Close-up of a small, thin fine line outline heart tattoo on the ankle, shown above black stiletto heels and dark jeans.
Small outline heart on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of several overlapping pentagon outlines in black ink on the forearm, with a white trainer visible beside the arm.
Overlapping pentagon outlines on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a stretched-out cat with a curled tail on the lower back, above the waistband of jeans.
Stretching cat outline on the lower back
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading not all those who wander are lost across the upper back, with the word wander encircled by a simple outline.
Fine line quote across upper back
Fine line tattoo of seven geometric solids in a row across the inner forearm, shading from purple and black through orange to red.
Row of seven geometric solids on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a heart with a looped tail and two small leaves on the forearm, photographed close up against a striped teal top.
Small heart outline on forearm
Fine line white ink diamond outline on the inner forearm, with a partial dark tattoo at the top left.
White ink diamond outline on a forearm