Outline tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering reading Once you go black you never go back sits above an outline of Africa with a heart and the words I AFRICA inside, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Script quote and Africa outline on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart joined with a stylised script letter, placed on the back of a neck.
Outlined heart and script letter on the neck
Black linework flash design of a robot head inside circular blackletter-style lettering reading YOU ARE WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE, drawn on cream paper.
Robot head with circular quote lettering design
Fine line black outline of a Mickey Mouse head on the upper back, with the word dream written in script inside the lower curve.
Outline Mickey Mouse head with script on upper back
Black fine line drawing of an open heart outline with handwritten script wording curving around its upper right edge.
Open heart outline with script wording
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
Black and grey fine line tattoos on a forearm, including small script reading BE IT and an outlined animal on the lower arm, with the wearer's arms crossed over a dark jacket.
Fine line lettering and animal tattoos on forearms
Black outline tattoo of the American Sign Language I love you hand gesture with the word iloveyou in script below, on the forearm.
Sign language I love you hand with iloveyou script
Fine line black outline city skyline tattoo above a script quote on a person's back.
City skyline and script quote on the back
Black fine line outline of two roses with a small script inscription on a woman's shoulder and collarbone area.
Outline roses and script on a shoulder
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon man in a cap, sunglasses and chain holding a camera, with EASY MONEY lettering, on the thigh in a traditional style.
Cartoon man with camera and Easy Money lettering
Fine line black script quote reading because I knew you, I have been changed for good, with an outlined puzzle piece below it, on a person's upper back.
Puzzle piece outline with script quote on upper back
Black fine line drawing of a giraffe whose outline and neck are formed from flowing script lettering, shown on a plain white background.
Giraffe outline formed from script lettering
Black outline tattoo of a lion cub above the script words Remember who you are, on the inner forearm.
Lion cub outline with script quote on forearm
Pale outlined Roman numeral VII lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand held palm up and red nail polish visible.
Roman numeral VII on the inner wrist
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 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
Fine line black outline world map with the word wanderlust in script on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
World map and wanderlust script on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a spoon outline with the script words Let me spoon you, sitting on the inner wrist.
Spoon outline and script on wrist
Two matching black outline Minnie Mouse tattoos with red bows on the inner forearms, one with Best Friends lettering written beside it.
Matching Minnie Mouse best friends tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart and cursive script on the inside of a forearm, photographed in warm sepia tones.
Heart and cursive script on a forearm
Black and grey photo of the words skin is boring in script tattooed among bold black linework on skin.
Skin is boring script tattoo
Black line drawing of a heart with a curled swirl, the word family in script lettering inside it, and a loop at the base, shown as a design with no skin visible.
Family script inside a swirl heart design
Fine line tattoo of a blue Tardis outline with the word Allons-y in black script across the inner forearm.
Tardis outline with Allons-y script on forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the inner forearm showing a polo rider on horseback with mallet, above the script word Lauren, with Ralph in script above the rider.
Polo rider and script names on the wrist
Black lettering reading faith set inside a fish outline, tattooed on the lower back above a pair of jeans.
Faith script inside a fish outline on lower back
Black and grey italic script tattoo on a man's forearm, reading 'to thine own self be' with the end cut off by the frame, above a sketched line motif.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heart that flows into an infinity loop, with script lettering and numerals along the left edge, on the side of a torso below a grey top.
Fine line heart with script and infinity loop
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a walking cat with the word meow in serif capitals below it, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Walking cat and meow on a wrist
Two forearms pressed together showing matching fine line black script tattoos set in a circle around a small outlined bird on the inner forearm.
Matching circular script tattoos on forearms
Black fine line giraffe outline tattoo with script lettering inside its body and neck, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Giraffe outline with script on upper back
Fine line black heart outline with the script words dents du bonheur inside, placed on the inner forearm.
Heart outline with script lettering on forearm
Black outline lettering spelling NICE, one letter on each finger of a hand, in a lettering style with ornate, decorative letterforms.
NICE lettered across four fingers
Fine line blue police box outline with black Allons-y script tattooed on the upper arm.
Allons-y and police box outline on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of an upside-down cursive word inside an outlined downward triangle on the inner forearm.
Upside-down script inside a fine line triangle
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 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
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with the word believe in cursive script, flowing into an open heart outline, drawn on white paper.
Believe script in a heart outline
Black fine line tattoo of a giraffe whose neck and body are formed from the words Stand Tall in script, on the side of the ribs.
Giraffe formed from Stand Tall lettering
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading not all those who wander are lost across the upper back, with the word wander encircled by a simple outline.
Fine line quote across upper back
Pen sketch of a head and shoulders in profile outline, with the words We're all stories in the end, Just make it a good one, eh? lettered inside the shape in a hand-drawn script.
Profile outline with lettered quote
Black fine line outline of a heart with the word Vegan in script lettering, tattooed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Vegan script inside an outline heart
Black outline tattoo of two roses with angular leaves on a forearm, with a line of script lettering above near the wrist.
Outline roses on a forearm
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 line brown outline of the African continent on the wrist, with the word love in pink script across the east of the continent.
Africa outline with pink love script on wrist
Fine line tattoo of two interlocking heart outlines on a forearm, one red with the word Sister and one blue with the word Brother in script.
Sister and brother heart outlines on a forearm
Black line drawing of a heart outline with flowing script lettering running along its edges, shown in three variants on a white background.
Heart outline with script lettering
Black outline heart tattoo on skin with the word equality in cursive script and an equals sign inside the heart.
Equality heart outline tattoo