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 row of small elephants walking across the top of a foot, in a fine line style.
Row of elephants across a foot
Fine line drawing of three overlapping downward-pointing triangles in black ink on a plain off-white background, a geometric tattoo design.
Three overlapping downward triangles
Fine line tattoo of a cat outline on the inner wrist and forearm, drawn in thin dark grey ink.
Fine line cat outline on wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a camera with a round lens and small top button on pale skin, in a fine line style, placement unclear.
Outline camera tattoo on skin
Two people's inner forearms side by side, each with a small black outlined tattoo of two interlocking hearts.
Matching interlocking hearts on two forearms
Three people show matching black Celtic knot tattoos on their forearms, each with a coloured outline in green, blue or purple.
Matching Celtic knot tattoos on three forearms
Small fine-line outline tattoo of a sitting fox on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pinned up and a teal wall behind.
Small fox outline on the neck
Black outline drawing of an interlaced Celtic heart knot on a white background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Celtic heart knot line drawing
Black script quote reading 'Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live' on one forearm, with a small outline heart on the other forearm.
Script quote and heart on forearms
Black fine line outline of a world map tattooed across an upper arm, with a knitted sleeve visible at the left.
World map outline on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a world map outline in dark ink on the ankle and heel, with a woven string anklet above it.
World map outline on an ankle
Fine line outlined heart tattoos on a finger, with hands nearby showing coral and teal painted nails.
Two small outlined hearts on a finger
Fine line mountain outline with shaded peaks and printed coordinates, plus a green spiral, tattooed across the side of a foot.
Mountain outline and coordinates on a foot
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline heart tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Outline heart on the upper chest
Small black fine line diamond tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a person with light skin.
Small diamond outline on a wrist
Two matching black outline tattoos of US state shapes on forearms, each with a small red heart at the edge, placed side by side.
Matching state outline tattoos with red hearts
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small elephant with its trunk raised, on the side of a torso below a red top.
Small elephant outline on the side ribs
Fine line black outline of a small heart tattoo on the top of a foot, near the toes, with pink painted toenails and sand around the foot.
Small heart outline on the top of a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a heart outline with a small bird head on the inner forearm.
Minimal heart and bird outline on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a mouse head outline filled with filigree swirls and small hearts, placed on a person's upper back.
Mouse head outline with swirls and hearts on back
Black and white photo of two small crown tattoos on the fingers of a pair of hands, one an outline crown and one solid black, in fine line and blackwork styles, against a white brick wall.
Small crowns on two fingers
Fine line black tattoo of a small mountain range on a forearm, resting on white bedding beside a knitted sweater sleeve.
Small mountain outline on a forearm
Black line drawing of a heart with an inner looping shape on a white background, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Black line heart design
Fine line red outline of a lotus flower above a curling spiral stem, tattooed on the inside of an ankle.
Lotus and spiral on an ankle
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail, placed on the neck behind the ear.
Cat outline behind the ear
Black line outline of a sun with a plain circle centre and flame-like rays, tattooed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Sun outline on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a stretching cat on the upper back between the shoulder blades, photographed from behind against a pale sandy background.
Stretching cat on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a small cartoon animal on the top of a foot, with purple suede heels and a white fur rug in the background.
Small line drawing animal on the top of a foot
Two open palms, each with a black outline tattoo of a heart split down the middle, with the words FUCK and YOU written across the two halves.
Split heart tattoos on both palms
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a bow and arrow over a triangle on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Bow and arrow outline on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of a world map outline on the inside of a wrist, with the hand raised in front of a paper map.
World map outline on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of two interlocking outline hearts crossed by a thin diagonal stroke, on the side of the torso.
Interlocking hearts on the side torso
Small black fine-line tattoo of two overlapping outlined triangles on the upper arm near the elbow, in a geometric style.
Two overlapping triangles on an upper arm
Black and grey fine outline tattoo of a fish symbol with two arrows inside, placed on the top of a foot.
Fish outline with arrows on a foot
Pale white line tattoo of a dragonfly with outstretched wings on the upper back of a person with shoulder-length blonde hair, styled in fine line.
Dragonfly outline on upper back
Colourful tattoo on the upper arm of a woman wearing a rust denim vest over a striped top, outdoors.
Coloured upper arm tattoo under a denim vest
Black and grey fine line outline of the world map on the inside of a wrist, with the hand resting palm up on a light surface.
World map outline on a wrist
Fine line black outline of a sun with pointed rays on a forearm, and a crescent moon outline on a person's lower back beside jeans.
Sun and crescent moon outline tattoos
Black and white photo of two matching fine line cat tattoos, one on each ankle, with the feet pressed together.
Matching cat tattoos on ankles
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace running into an outlined heart on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heartbeat line leading into a heart on the back
A small red outline triangle tattoo in fine line style on the inner forearm, with a white fabric background.
Red outline triangle on a forearm
Fresh red outline tattoo of a small three-loop clover motif on the side of a finger, wrapped in clear plastic film.
Small outlined clover on a finger
Black outline tattoo of three interlocking triangles in geometric style on the calf.
Three interlocking triangles on a calf
Black line drawing of a heart built from faceted geometric panels on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric heart line design
Black outline tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner upper arm.
Two reaching hands on the inner upper arm
Black line drawing of the word family in flowing script inside a heart outline with looped swashes, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Family script inside a looping heart outline
Black and grey photo of a single-line geometric loop tattoo on the back of a neck, with dark hair above it.
Interlocking loop symbol on the back of the neck
Black outline tattoo of two cats seen from behind, sitting side by side with tails curled together, placed on the back of the neck.
Two sitting cats outline on the neck