Outline tattoo ideas

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

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Two side-by-side photographs of complementary puzzle piece tattoos with red heart fills on the forearm, one showing a full piece and the other a piece with a heart shape cut into it.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos with red hearts
Black outline tattoo of a large rose with leaves and a bud on a person's hip, in a fine line botanical style.
Outlined rose on a hip
Small black outline tattoo of an elephant facing right with its trunk curled, placed on the inner wrist in a fine line style.
Small elephant outline on the wrist
Close photo of a thin black line tattoo of a delta-shaped emblem with a small inner mark, on skin beside blue fabric.
Delta emblem outline tattoo
Two matching fine line black tattoos on inner forearms, a fox with the word always and a stag with the word protego.
Matching fox and stag forearm tattoos
Small black fine line outline of a cloud on the inner wrist, with a laptop keyboard visible in the background.
Outline cloud on the inner wrist
Black linework tattoo of an ankh-style cross with a looped top and a small detail below, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Ankh-style cross tattoo on wrist
Black fine line outline of a diamond tattoo on the upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Outline diamond on upper chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping rotated squares on the upper arm, in a black and white photograph.
Nested squares on an upper arm
Two close photographs of a forearm tattoo showing a group of black outline cats huddled near the wrist, with a soft rainbow spray rising above them.
Rainbow spray and cat outlines on a forearm
White line drawing of a circular seal of interlocking circles, arcs and loops on a dark background, in a geometric style.
Circular seal design in white line
Close-up of a fine line black ink world map tattoo on a person's inner wrist and forearm, worn beside beaded and metal bracelets.
Fine line world map tattoo on the wrist
Close photograph of a fine line black outline tattoo of a world map on the outer thigh of a bare leg.
World map outline on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mermaid with curly hair and a raised arm, with a fishtail, on a forearm.
Mermaid outline on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map on the inner wrist, with a woven bracelet and a green knitted sleeve visible.
World map outline on a wrist
Black outline tattoo of a heart merged with an infinity symbol on the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Heart and infinity symbol on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of an Om symbol combined with an elephant head outline and two lines of Devanagari script on bare skin.
Om symbol with elephant head and script
Black outline tattoo of a sun with pointed rays on the back of a hand, with silver bangles on the wrist.
Sun outline tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line tattoo of a cat's head with four eyes and whiskers on the outer thigh, shown in black ink on skin.
Cat face with four eyes on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a small cartoon dinosaur with back plates, placed on the upper arm in a black and white photo.
Small dinosaur outline on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat on the top of a foot, with a grey cat resting beside it.
Small outline cat on a foot
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of two overlapping circles on a limb, with a knitted white sleeve at the bottom of the frame.
Two overlapping circles in fine line
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a rose branch with buds and leaves, a bee in a circle and a thin looping outline, on the left side of the ribs.
Rose branch and bee on the ribs
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small elephant with a raised trunk, sitting on the ankle of a bare foot.
Small elephant outline on an ankle
Small black outline tattoo of a cartoon elephant with its trunk raised, on the side of an ankle.
Outline elephant on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a diamond with a black outline and a galaxy fill of blue, purple and pink on the upper thigh.
Galaxy diamond on a thigh
Fine line black lotus flower tattoo with a dotted chain and hanging drop ornaments on the calf.
Lotus flower with dotted chain on a calf
Close side view of a woman with her arm raised, showing a small black fine line tattoo of an outlined rectangle with a wavy line and a dot on her side below the armpit.
Fine line rectangle with wave on the side ribs
Black line tattoo of roses, a rosebud and leaves across a woman's upper thigh, in a botanical outline style.
Rose cluster outline on a thigh
Black fine line outline of a small elephant with its trunk raised, tattooed on an ankle in a black and white photograph.
Elephant outline on an ankle
Small black fine line tattoo of an antler on the upper arm, set against a red plaid fabric background.
Antler outline on upper arm
Black line-art fish tattoo with a simple outline and an eye, placed behind a person's ear.
Fish outline behind the ear
Small black outline heart tattoo on the neck behind the ear of a person with a ponytail, in fine line style.
Small heart outline behind the ear
Close crop of a woman's upper chest showing a small black fine-line outline heart tattoo near the collarbone, with a black lace bralette and floral kimono.
Small outline heart tattoo on upper chest
Fine line tattoo of a seated dog in black ink on the forearm of a person wearing a red checked shirt.
Small outline dog on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word Love in looping script inside an outlined heart, on the inner wrist.
Love script inside a heart on a wrist
Small black line tattoo at the nape of a person with red and black layered hair, photographed from behind against a magenta painted backdrop.
Small line tattoo at the nape
Fine line black outline tattoo of a heart with a ribbon wrapped through it on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Heart and ribbon outline on an inner wrist
Fine line black outline of a city skyline with a tall spire on the ankle, shown on a bare foot against a plain wall.
City skyline outline on an ankle
Black outline tattoo of two hearts on the inner wrist, a small heart above a larger one, in a fine line style.
Two outlined hearts on a wrist
Two inner wrists held together, one with a small solid black downward triangle and the other with a fine outlined triangle, both on the forearm.
Small solid and outlined triangles on wrists
Black brush-style outline drawing of two overlapping hearts on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Two overlapping hearts line design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a city skyline with spires and a dome, placed across the upper back above a black bra strap.
Fine line city skyline on the back
Two matching black line tattoos on the skin, a fox outline with the word always and a stag outline with antlers and the word protego, in a fine line style.
Matching fox and stag outline tattoos
Two open palms with fine black line tattoos of the world map, one showing the Americas and the other Europe, Africa and Asia, on a dark background.
World map outline tattoos on both palms
Two small black outlined circles in a fine line style sit side by side on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a red patterned fabric.
Two outlined circles on the inner wrist
Close-up of a simple black outline tattoo of a cloud with two dot eyes and a moustache on pale skin.
Cloud with moustache tattoo
Small black fine line tattoo of a rectangle with angular plant-like lines inside, on the inner forearm of a woman with long hair and a grey top.
Small fine line geometric tattoo on a forearm