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 hand with dark nails holding a forearm wrapped in clear film, showing a fine line outline tattoo of Jake and Finn from Adventure Time.
Jake and Finn outline tattoo under wrap
Black linework geometric tattoo of interlocking squares in a branching lattice on the inner forearm, with a yellow object and coloured bands at the wrist.
Square lattice tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace ending in an outlined heart on the side of a finger, on a hand resting on a grey surface.
Heartbeat line and heart on a finger
Small black outline diamond tattoo in a fine line style on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Outline diamond on a wrist
Black fine line script reading Lance and Autumn, each inside an outlined heart, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script names in two hearts on upper back
Small black outline tattoo of a fox on the side of the hip, shown in a warm-toned photo of a torso in a dark top.
Small fox outline on the hip
Fine line black outline of a small elephant with its trunk raised, tattooed on the side of a torso at the ribs.
Small elephant outline on the ribs
Pencil sketch outline of a fairy wing with curled tips on white paper, a tattoo design shown without any body placement.
Fairy wing sketch outline
Two thin black outline heart tattoos on the hand and fingers, shown in a fine line style on a pair of hands.
Outline hearts on fingers and hands
Small black outline heart tattoos on the fingers of a hand, in a fine line style, shown in two close-up photographs.
Outline heart tattoos on fingers
Bold black abstract tattoo on skin of a stylised bird with a curved neck, tapering body and a pointed head at the top.
Abstract bird outline tattoo in black ink
Close photo of a small, thin black line tattoo of a clothes hanger on the back of a person's neck, in a fine line style.
Clothes hanger tattoo on the back of the neck
Collage of three fine line tattoos: two thin black bands around a forearm near the wrist, an outline map of Australia on skin, and Roman numerals XCVI VI VIII on a forearm.
Three fine line tattoos on arms and skin
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map on the inner wrist, with a green knitted sleeve and a striped bracelet nearby.
World map outline on the inner wrist
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small whale with two bubbles on the inner forearm, against a blurred purple background.
Small whale tattoo on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a cat seen from behind, sitting on a branch with its tail curling down, on the nape of a woman's neck.
Cat outline tattoo on the nape of the neck
Blue ink drawing of a shark in profile on a white background, filled with overlapping circle and bubble patterns.
Blue patterned shark illustration
Fine line black tattoo of a paper airplane trailing a dotted line, placed on the ankle and outer foot.
Paper airplane with dotted trail on ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower with an om-style symbol above it, sitting on the upper back of a person with their hair tied up.
Lotus and om symbol on upper back
Black feather design with curling swirls and dots on pale skin, drawn in a fine outline style with no visible body placement.
Feather with swirls and dots on skin
Four stacked photographs of a world map tattoo across a man's upper back, moving from black outline to a partly coloured map with countries filled in.
World map tattoo across a back
Black linework outline of a bird being tattooed on skin across the upper back, with a gloved artist working with a blue tattoo machine.
Bird outline being tattooed on upper back
Black line tattoo of four stacked geometric prisms on the forearm, drawn in a bold single-weight outline.
Stacked prism outline on a forearm
Two fine line black outline tattoos shown side by side: a fox with the word always on the left, and a stag with antlers and the word protego on the right.
Fox and stag outline tattoos side by side
Black and white photo of a small fine line heart tattoo with baseball stitching on the inner wrist, above a checked flannel cuff.
Baseball heart on the inner wrist
Blue outline tattoo of a woman with raised arms inside a stained glass style arched frame, on the upper arm.
Stained glass style woman on upper arm
Close photo of a hand with four small black fine line tattoos across the palm and wrist, including a crescent, a curved sail-like shape and a spiky burst.
Four small fine line shapes on a palm
Small fine line tattoo of a sun with a flame-like outline beside a crescent moon, in dark ink on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Sun and crescent moon on a wrist
Fine line parrot outline tattoo in grey with a black beak and a small red accent on the inner wrist, beside a green WEEKEND wristband.
Parrot outline tattoo on wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a jagged mountain range outline wrapping around the forearm, set against a dark surface.
Mountain range outline on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a spiral notepad with ruled lines on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up, in black and faded blue ink.
Notepad tattoo on the inner wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a seated cat on the wrist and palm of a hand, with the tail curling around the base of the hand.
Cat outline tattoo on a hand
Colour tattoo of a black-outlined kiwi bird filled with the New Zealand flag and Union Jack on the forearm.
Kiwi bird with New Zealand and Union Jack flags
Solid black paw print tattoo with a looping heart-shaped outline on the top of a foot, against a dark fabric background.
Paw print and heart outline on a foot
Small fine line outline of a Mickey Mouse head on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up, in black ink.
Mickey Mouse outline on inner wrist
Five black outline stars in a fine line style run across the side of a woman's torso, just below the ribs and beside the navel, in a photo of a woman wearing a red bikini.
Five outline stars along the side
Small fine line black heart outline with a script letter inside, tattooed on the side of a finger on a hand.
Heart and script letter on a finger
Black and white photo of a geometric, origami-style animal outline tattoo in fine black lines on the outer thigh.
Geometric animal outline on a thigh
Small black fine-line tattoo of a geometric origami elephant on the side of a person's torso, shown in black and white.
Origami elephant on the side of the ribs
Fine line black ink mountain range above a bold arrow symbol on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mountain outline and arrow symbol on a wrist
Small black outline lotus flower tattoo in fine line style on the outer upper arm, against pale skin and a dark background.
Small outline lotus on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a dog peeking over a heartbeat trace across a limb, with its tail curling up on the right.
Dog peeking over a heartbeat line
Pencil sketch of an outlined heart with two intertwined swirling lines ending in curls, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Heart with twisting swirls sketch
Flash design of a cascading cluster of outlined blue and teal stars on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Cluster of blue outlined stars flash design
Black line drawing of a spiral motif inside a rounded figure outline, with a larger spiral at the base and smaller spirals above, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Spiral motif line drawing design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cat outline curling around a heart with a filled black paw print inside, on a calf.
Cat and paw print in a heart on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of a cat with closed eyes, whiskers and a curling tail, with paw prints, on the inner forearm.
Fine line cat with curling tail on a forearm
Black shark silhouettes and one fine line shark outline tattooed down the outer leg, from thigh to calf.
Shark silhouettes down a leg