Oval tattoo ideas

51 photos and flash · 18% Neo-trad, 16% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey dotwork lace-style ornament tattooed on the top of a foot and ankle, with dangling drop details.
Black lace ornament on a foot
Black line tattoo of two roses and an ornate filigree oval on the outer thigh, with a dotted line trailing below.
Roses and filigree oval on a thigh
Close-up photograph of a blue outlined symbol with a filled centre tattooed on an ankle, with dark linework.
Blue outlined eye symbol on an ankle
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles and arcs with red and blue wash on the upper arm and shoulder of a man in a dark top.
Overlapping circles and arcs on upper arm
Split image showing a purple linework sketch of R2-D2 beside a coloured traditional-style tattoo of R2-D2 on a thigh, with a banner reading BEEP BOOP and a flower.
R2-D2 banner tattoo, sketch and colour
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cottage with a chimney and a tree inside an oval, set above a leafy wreath on the upper arm.
House in an oval frame with leaf wreath
Neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon penguin at a piano inside a blue and purple oval with sparkles, on a lower leg.
Cartoon penguin at a piano on a calf
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a kraken's tentacles wrapped around a sailing ship inside a rope-edged oval.
Kraken attacking a sailing ship design
Black and grey tattoos of ornate mirror frames on an upper arm and a thigh, one framing a seated woman and one framing a skull with roses.
Ornate frame tattoos in black and grey
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical spiral ornament with dots, placed on the back of a woman's neck.
Fine line spiral ornament on the neck
Close view of a tattooed hand holding a paper stencil on a thigh, with a black and grey rose on the hand and a brain and cloud design on the leg.
Black and grey hand and thigh tattoos
Two hand-drawn interlaced heart designs on white paper, one in teal and black ink and one with teal and heavier black shading, with dot shapes at the top.
Interlaced heart design sketches in teal and black
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dog's head inside a rope-edged oval on a forearm, with a real dog beside it on a beach.
Dog portrait in rope frame on forearm
Black and grey flash sheet showing a scallop shell, a beaded oval frame and a curling acanthus scroll on a kraft paper background.
Shell, oval frame and acanthus scroll designs
Small traditional-style tattoo of a grey oval with blue and red starburst rays on the middle finger of a hand held in a loose fist.
Small starburst and oval on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of mountains, a crescent moon, stars and leafy sprigs inside an oval on the inner forearm.
Mountains, moon and leaves on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork sun mandala tattoo with radiating rays and oval motifs across a woman's upper thigh.
Dotwork sun mandala on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a palm tree above a shaded oval with clouds and stars, with geometric construction lines, on an upper arm.
Palm tree and starry oval on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horned beast face above a red rose in a pink oval, placed on the thigh.
Horned beast and rose on a thigh
Black and grey flash drawing of an ornate anchor combined with a cross, with shaded oval panels and scrollwork, shown without any body placement.
Ornate anchor and cross design
Black and white symmetrical design inside a circle, with stylised creature forms, ovals and a central diamond, shown as a flat drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Symmetrical circular black and white design
Colour tattoo of two melting clocks draped over a branch inside a rope-edged oval on the side of the ribs, in traditional style.
Melting clocks in a rope oval on ribs
Black outline tattoo of loops, ovals and curved shapes arranged in a vertical column on the inner forearm.
Black outline loops and ovals on forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cat in a black ornate frame with pink and red roses, on the lower leg.
White cat portrait in an ornate frame with roses
Black and white line drawing of four hands, two views each, showing geometric and spiral tattoo designs across the back of the hand and the wrist.
Marquesan hand and wrist tattoo designs
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a blue police box in an ornate oval frame, with a red bow tie and a black sneaker below it.
Blue police box in an ornate frame on an upper arm
Pencil and ink sketch of an ornate oval mirror frame with scrolled borders and hanging drops, shaded with a pale green wash in the centre.
Ornate oval mirror frame design sketch
Black fine line tattoo of three interlocking oval shapes filled with circles and arcs, running down the side of the ribs.
Interlocking circular script tattoo on ribs
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of an ornate oval scrollwork frame on the lower back.
Ornate oval scrollwork frame
Black line drawing of a stylised cat sitting inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, a flash design suited to a tattoo.
Stylised cat in an ornate oval frame
Small tattoo of the numbers 26.2 inside a green oval outline on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
26.2 in a green oval on the upper back
Black bear inside a rust-orange oval with small leaf details on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey vest top.
Bear in an oval on an upper arm
Black and grey bat symbol tattoo in an oval outline on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bat symbol tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of an anatomical heart inside an oval frame with a teal border, surrounded by black filigree ornament, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart in filigree frame on forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a penguin inside an oval outline on a person's lower stomach, above the waistband of their jeans.
Penguin in an oval on the stomach
Black ink tattoo of a sun with an outlined oval centre and twisted, leaf-shaped rays, shown on the skin of a lower body part.
Black sun tattoo on skin
Fine line black tattoo of a small oval outline with a short stroke and tiny dot inside, placed on the inner upper arm.
Minimal oval outline on the upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a seated dog inside an ornate oval frame with a small red heart, on the calf.
Dog in ornate oval frame on calf
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with branching trees inside an oval outline, on the inner wrist beside silver bead bracelets.
Yin yang tree in an oval on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a fluffy dog with a bow tie inside an ornate scrollwork oval frame on an arm, shown in three views.
Dog portrait in ornate frame
Small black tattoo of a rose inside an oval outline with stars, on the inside of a wrist.
Small rose in an oval with stars on a wrist
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm showing a dark animal silhouette inside an oval with mushrooms, leaves and swirling linework.
Animal, mushrooms and leaves on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon cats in a teal scalloped frame with purple and pink accents, in a neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Two cartoon cats in a scalloped frame
Colour traditional tattoo of a stag's head with antlers inside an ornate gilded oval frame on the upper thigh.
Stag in an ornate frame on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a grey-shaded typewriter key cluster with letters, framed by orange flowers, green leaves and black scrollwork in an oval.
Typewriter keys in a flowered oval on a calf
Black tattoo of the word curiouser in looping script within oval outlines, with one copy inverted, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Curiouser script tattoo on the inner arm
Two matching forearm tattoos of simple black stick figures inside rings, one teal and one orange, shown side by side on bare skin.
Matching portal ring tattoos on forearms