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 small fine line geometric diamond tattoo on the back of a hand, near the base of the index finger.
Small diamond tattoo on the back of a hand
Small red outline heart tattoo in fine line style on the side of a finger, with red painted nails and a blurred background.
Small red heart outline on a finger
Two small black fine line tattoos: an outlined diamond on the back of a hand and a skeleton with a hanging cord on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Diamond on hand and skeleton on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line outline world map tattoo on a woman's upper back, below her braided hair.
Outline world map on upper back
Small black outline of a diamond tattoo on the inside ankle of a person wearing dark rolled-up jeans and burgundy canvas trainers.
Small outlined diamond on an ankle
Fine line black outline tattoo of a clothes hanger on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Clothes hanger outline on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with tall spire-like towers, running across the side of a foot.
City skyline outline on the foot
Black and white diptych of two swan tattoos on an upper arm: a solid swan with dotted fading wing on the left, and a fine line outline swan on the right.
Swan tattoos on the upper arm, solid and outline
Black and grey photograph of a geometric blackwork tattoo of solid and outlined hexagons across a forearm and onto the side of the ribs.
Hexagon blackwork on forearm and ribs
Black line tattoo of a geometric faceted heart with internal lines, sitting on the inner forearm.
Faceted heart on an inner forearm
Back of a woman's neck showing a small black outline animal tattoo at the nape, with an orange sun and a green snowflake further down the upper back.
Sun, snowflake and animal outline on upper back
Black ink star tattoos of varying sizes, some outlined and some solid, scattered diagonally down the centre of a person's back.
Scattered outlined and solid stars on the back
Black and white photo of a small fine line paper plane tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper plane on upper back
Fine line elephant outline tattoo in pale ink on a woman's upper back, with a small script tattoo on her hand.
Small elephant outline on upper back
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline tattoo of a giraffe on the ankle, above a white sock and a sneaker.
Small giraffe outline on an ankle
Fine line outlined stars in blue-grey ink on the back of a neck, seen from behind with short dark hair and a black sheer blouse.
Three outlined stars on the back of the neck
Blue shaded feather tattoo with a black outlined quill tip leading down to an outlined puzzle piece, on a forearm.
Blue feather and puzzle piece on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a world map on the inner forearm, with the word wanderlust in script beneath it, set against a paper map.
World map outline with script on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a Minnie Mouse outline with a red bow, placed on the ankle.
Minnie Mouse outline on an ankle
Fine line geometric design of three overlapping diamond outlines in black on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Three nested diamond outlines
Black line tattoo of the cartoon characters Beavis and Butt-Head on a person's upper back, with AC/DC and Metallica shirts, in a simple outline style.
Beavis and Butt-Head cartoon outline on upper back
Close-up of a black line lotus tattoo in a botanical style on the top of a toe, with blue painted toenails resting on dark leather.
Lotus outline tattoo on a toe
Black fine line tattoo of several island outlines in a diagonal row across a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Island outlines in a row on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a jagged mountain ridge outline in dark ink on an upper arm, with a grey sleeve above it.
Jagged mountain ridge line tattoo on upper arm
Black outline drawing of a heartbeat trace on a flat line, with a castle silhouette at the peak and a Mickey Mouse ear shape in the trough, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heartbeat line with castle and Mickey ears
Black outline tattoo of a horseshoe crab on an upper arm, with a second photo of a similar fine line horseshoe crab on a forearm.
Horseshoe crab outline on arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a mother elephant and calf with trunks linked, on the inner wrist.
Mother and calf elephants on a wrist
Black fine-line tattoo of a torus shape with radiating vertical lines on the inside of an upper arm, in a geometric style.
Striped torus outline on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a trail of outlined and filled stars with soft shaded halos, running from the neck down across the upper back.
Trail of stars across upper back
Black outline tattoo of a heart shaped like a fishhook on the top of a foot, in a black and white photo.
Fishhook heart outline on the top of a foot
Black linework fine line tattoo of three mushrooms inside a faceted geometric gem outline on the upper leg.
Mushrooms inside a geometric gem outline
Pencil sketch of two hands meeting to form a heart shape on white paper, with a black pen lying beside it.
Pencil sketch of two hands forming a heart
Line drawing of a double-outlined triangle crossed by a horizontal bar, shown as a geometric tattoo design on a white background.
Double-outlined triangle with horizontal bar
Fine line tattoo of a city skyline outline in pale ink on an upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
City skyline outline on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a violin whose body is formed by a treble clef, on the inner forearm.
Treble clef violin outline on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two hands forming a heart above a chain, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hands forming a heart over a chain on ribs
Small black fine line outline of a Mickey Mouse head tattooed behind a person's ear, with teal hair visible above.
Mickey Mouse outline behind the ear
Two people show matching fine line tattoos of hands with linked little fingers on their inner forearms.
Matching linked-finger hand tattoos on forearms
Fine line black bow tattoo on the side of a finger on a hand, shown against a dark surface and wooden floor.
Small bow tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of the New York skyline with the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building, with cursive script beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
New York skyline with script on a wrist
Black outline drawing of a standing elephant in profile on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Simple line drawing of an elephant
Black and white photo of a fine line outline elephant tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised above it.
Small elephant outline on the inner wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of the world map on the side of a thigh, with an orange floral fabric above it.
World map outline on a thigh
Black linework outline of an ornamental lotus-style design with filigree swirls, tattooed on the upper back.
Ornamental lotus outline on the upper back
Small black outlined heart fine line tattoo on the side of an ankle, just above a denim canvas sneaker.
Small outlined heart on an ankle
Close-up of a small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, in a fine line style, on a hand with red nails.
Small outline heart on a finger
Close-up of a small black fine line outline of a tooth-like shape on the inner wrist of a person holding a striped mug.
Small outline tattoo on a wrist
Close photo of a small fine line sun outline tattoo with a circle and short rays on the top of a foot, near the big toe.
Small sun outline on a foot