Outline tattoo ideas

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

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Black outline tattoo of a heart pierced by an arrow, with the word TACOS inside, on the inner ankle of a person lying on a light cloth.
Tacos heart and arrow on an ankle
Black and grey fine line outline of a sitting cat on the side of a finger, with a silver ring on the neighbouring finger.
Small cat outline on a finger
Small black outline lotus flower tattoo in a fine line style on the upper arm, with a hand resting on the arm.
Lotus flower on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of three small round-headed creatures with dot eyes, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three small round-headed spirits on a forearm
Black and white photo of an open palm with a black linework outline of a hand gesture tattooed across it, placed on the palm.
Hand outline tattoo on palm
Two matching fine line tattoos of fawns nuzzling, with yellow ochre shading on the ears and muzzles, shown on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching fawn outline tattoos on wrists
Black outline drawing of a flower with six rounded petals around a small centre circle, with a long stem that curls into a loop at the bottom, on a white background.
Simple line drawing of a flower with looped stem
Close-up of a fine line black outline tattoo of the state of Texas behind a person's ear, with the ear and hair visible.
Texas state outline behind the ear
Fine line black tattoo of a cat curled around a heart outline on the shoulder, shown in a greyscale photo.
Cat curled around a heart on a shoulder
Fine line black outline of a small elephant tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of their jeans.
Small elephant outline on the lower abdomen
Black line tattoo of a head outline with spiky hair and square glasses, on a limb of the body.
Line outline of a head with glasses
Fine line black outline tattoo of a stocky dog walking to the right, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Walking dog outline on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a small cartoon elephant on the side of an ankle, with a blue sandal strap across the foot.
Small elephant outline on an ankle
Black ink tattoo of Mickey Mouse head silhouettes, some outlined and some solid, arranged in a vertical line with a small star across the upper back.
Mickey Mouse silhouettes down the back
Fine line black and grey rose with leaves and thorns inside a thin diamond outline, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Rose in a diamond frame on a forearm
Pale hand with thin black fine line tattoos tracing the contours of the fingers and back of the hand, placed on the hand.
Fine black contour lines across fingers
Black and white photo of a hand holding a cigarette, with a small outlined square tattoo on the side of one finger in a fine line geometric style.
Small outlined square on a finger
Fine line outline tattoo of a bicycle on the front of a thigh, above the knee.
Bicycle outline on a thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on a person's ankle.
Sitting cat outline on an ankle
Black and grey photograph of a fine line outline of three small stars on an ankle, with the bare foot raised against a plain wall.
Three outline stars on an ankle
Fine line outline of a seated cat tattooed on the outer ankle, shown in dark blue-black ink against pale skin.
Small outline cat on an ankle
Fine black outline of the world map tattooed along a forearm, with a rocky beach, sea and hills blurred behind.
World map outline on a forearm
A small inverted triangle tattoo in thin white outline, in a minimal geometric style, on a forearm against dark fabric.
Small inverted triangle outline on forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat face on the side of a finger, shown in a peace sign against a blurred snowy background.
Small cat tattoo on a finger
Fine line outline tattoo of an ornate frame with scrolled corners, in single-tone ink on the upper arm.
Ornate frame outline on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a heart outline with cursive script lettering that appears to read I'm fine, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Heart outline with script lettering
Fine black geometric line tattoo of a dog in profile on the outside of an ankle, above a tan suede boot.
Geometric dog outline on an ankle
Fine-line outline of a standing deer with the word 'always' written in script across its body, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Deer outline with 'always' on a wrist
Hand-drawn black line sketch of two stacked wave motifs inside rectangular outlines, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two line-drawn waves in rectangular frames
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a paper plane on the inner forearm near the wrist, against a floral bedsheet.
Small paper plane on a wrist
Bold traditional butterfly tattoo with black wings and red flowers on the back of a hand, with a fine line map outline on the forearm.
Butterfly with red flowers on the hand
Two matching fine line profile silhouette tattoos on forearms, one showing a figure with a feathered cap and one with hair in a bun, in black ink.
Matching profile silhouettes on forearms
Fine line outline of a world map tattooed on the inside of a wrist, with the Americas and Africa visible.
Outline world map on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a group of cats huddled together with linked paws, placed on the outer thigh.
Huddled cats outline on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a winged figure above a flower shape, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line winged figure on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of two hands with fingers crossed, placed on the side of the ribs.
Crossed fingers outline on the ribs
Two people link arms to show matching fine line tattoos of two hands hooked together in a pinky promise on the upper arm.
Matching pinky promise hands on upper arms
Black and grey outline tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with the words LA LUNA and the number 23, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crescent moon and La Luna on a wrist
Black outline tattoo of three elephants walking in a row, each smaller than the last, on the forearm.
Three elephants walking in a line
Close view of a small black outline alien head tattoo with filled black eyes on the side of a lower abdomen, with the navel visible above.
Alien head on the lower abdomen
Black fine line outline tattoo of a city skyline with a spire and tall towers, running across the ankle and foot.
City skyline outline on ankle
Black and white photo of a black line tattoo outlining a hand with curled fingers on the palm of another hand, which wears a ring.
Hand outline tattoo on a palm
Flash sheet of twelve heart designs in black and red line work, several decorated with swirls, vines and small hearts, with no body placement shown.
Heart flash sheet with swirls
Black linework tattoo of interlocking loops on the side of a foot, shown in a close photograph.
Interlocking loop symbol on a foot
Small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, shown on a hand palm-facing the camera, in a fine line style.
Small outline heart on a finger
Black single-line outline drawing of a sitting cat with its tail curled at the base, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Fine line black outline world map tattoos on the soles of two bare feet, placed on the sole of each foot.
World map tattoos on both soles
Black fine line outline of the world map tattooed across a woman's upper back, seen from behind against patterned wallpaper.
World map outline tattoo on upper back