Paisley tattoo ideas

518 photos and flash · 37% Botanical, 25% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Reddish-brown mandala and floral ornament design covering a woman's upper arm and forearm, in a fine linework style.
Henna-style mandala sleeve on arm
Black ornamental flower tattoo with lace-like petals, a stem and two patterned leaves on a forearm, in a botanical blackwork style.
Ornamental flower and stem on a forearm
Black ink lace-style ornamental tattoo covering a woman's back, running from the neck down the spine.
Black lace-style ornamental tattoo on a back
Black and grey fine line Hamsa hand tattoo with an eye and floral filigree on the inner forearm, shown against ripped denim.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Brown henna floral mandala with swirls and dots on the back of a hand and wrist, in a botanical style.
Henna floral design on the back of a hand
Silver metallic temporary tattoo of an ornate filigree design with black gems running from the wrist up the forearm and onto the hand.
Silver filigree design on forearm
Two black line drawings of hamsa hands filled with dotwork and fine line mandala patterns on a white background, shown as tattoo flash without a body placement.
Two ornate hamsa hand designs
Black and white drawing of a long S-curved shape filled with paisley and tribal ornament, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Elongated paisley and tribal ornament design
Colour tattoo of a large paisley with a mandala flower centre and scrollwork on the upper leg, shown in pink, teal, yellow and green.
Colourful paisley with mandala flower on upper leg
Black and grey ornamental tattoo on a forearm, partly under a rolled shirt cuff, in a black and white photo of a man's outfit with a striped tie.
Ornamental tattoo on a forearm
Metallic silver and gold ornamental design with a heart motif across the upper back of a woman in a pale grey open-back top.
Metallic ornamental design on upper back
Black fine line tattoos of a mandala-filled heart on the side of the ribs and an ornate yin yang on the upper arm.
Mandala heart and yin yang tattoos
Black ink drawing of an ornate floral and lace-like design with dotted chains, sketched on cream paper beside pens.
Ornate floral lace design sketch
Black and grey ornamental tattoo of a lotus and paisley swirls covering the back of a neck, with fine linework and dotted shading.
Ornamental lotus tattoo on the back of the neck
Black ink ornamental tattoo of paisley, heart and leaf motifs running down a leg from the calf to the ankle and top of the foot.
Ornate mandala leg tattoo from calf to ankle
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a lotus with mandala detailing and dotted lines, placed on the centre of the chest.
Lotus and mandala design on the chest
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull framed by paisley filigree across the upper back and shoulder blade, shown in a close-up and a detail panel.
Skull and paisley on a shoulder blade
Dark ornamental design with a heart motif, lattice panel and dangling dots on the upper arm and shoulder, in a geometric henna-inspired style.
Ornate mehndi-style design on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a stylised bird with curling feathers, swirling patterns and large flowers, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stylised bird with flowers and swirls
Black ink ornamental tattoo of paisley scrolls and a central mandala-style motif spreading across the back of a person's neck and upper back.
Ornamental paisley tattoo on neck and back
Black and grey tattoo of a seated schnauzer filled with mandala and paisley patterns on the side of the ribs.
Mandala-filled schnauzer on the side ribs
Dark blue-black paisley motifs on three fingers and a scalloped lace-style band across the back of a hand, with pink and turquoise nail polish.
Paisley and lace design on a hand
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and paisley patterns, with small star sparkles beside it.
Floral crescent moon design
Black and grey rose surrounded by mandala and paisley linework, tattooed across the upper back.
Rose and mandala on upper back
Black and grey ornamental floral tattoo in dotwork and fine linework covering a woman's shoulder, upper arm and upper back.
Ornamental floral shoulder tattoo in black
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo with patterned wings and scrolling swirls across the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Dark brown henna-style ornamental design with stars and paisley motifs across the lower back, above the waistband of a pair of jeans.
Henna-style ornamental design on lower back
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with a dotwork centre and lace-like petals across a person's upper back.
Sunflower mandala across upper back
Black dotwork mandala and paisley swirl tattoo on the side of a torso, above the hip, with a hand resting at the left edge of the frame.
Mandala and paisley swirls on the side torso
Reddish-brown paisley and lotus design running from the thigh down the calf to the ankle, in a henna-style pattern rather than black tattoo ink.
Paisley and lotus henna-style design on a leg
Flash sheet of black line designs on white, including an om symbol, a hamsa hand, mandalas, paisley motifs and decorative borders.
Henna-style flash sheet with om and hamsa
Black ink mandala drawing on white paper with a radial floral pattern, paisley-style petals and dotted detail, shown as a design with no body placement.
Black ink mandala design
Two bare feet on sand with metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos, a mandala design on one ankle and a stacked arrow and triangle design on the other.
Metallic gold and silver ankle tattoos on a beach
Black ink tattoo of an elephant decorated with paisley and floral patterns on a lower leg, above a striped sock.
Ornate elephant on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of an ornate hamsa hand with a blue eye at its centre, surrounded by watercolour-style splashes of pink, blue and yellow, on the inner ankle.
Watercolour hamsa hand with eye on the ankle
Reddish-brown paisley and floral mandala design on the palm of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Paisley floral design on a palm
White ink floral lace tattoo spreading across a shoulder and upper back, with red hair visible at the top of the frame.
White ink floral lace on a shoulder
Back of a person with a coloured pink lotus tattoo framed by black ornamental mandala linework, placed across the upper back.
Pink lotus within a mandala on upper back
Colourful sugar skull style cat face tattoo with a bow and flower motifs on the skin of a limb.
Sugar skull style cat with bow
Black and grey blackwork paisley and dotwork sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, worn with a dark tank top.
Paisley blackwork sleeve on forearm
Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo with paisley and mandala ornament covering the calf.
Ornamental elephant on a calf
Charcoal-style drawing of a skull wearing a black paisley bandana, with a dagger through the jaw, a rosary and a cross hanging below, as a tattoo design.
Skull in bandana with dagger and rosary
Black linework mandala with floral scrollwork tattooed on the outer thigh, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Mandala and scrollwork tattoo on a thigh
Black and white flash design of Medusa wearing a paisley bandana over her lower face, with snakes writhing around her head inside a Greek key border.
Medusa with bandana in a Greek key circle
Black and grey ornamental blackwork sleeve tattoo with spirals and fern-like motifs running from the upper arm down to the hand, shown against a white wall.
Ornamental sleeve tattoo on an arm
Three side-by-side photos of a forearm covered in black dotwork and geometric tattoos, with mandala patterns and an elephant head in the third panel.
Mandala and elephant forearm tattoos in three views
Black and grey tattoo of three patterned elephants walking in a line across the forearm, each filled with paisley and mandala detail.
Three ornate elephants on a forearm
Sepia line drawing of a symmetrical paisley and leaf ornament tattoo design on a grid-paper background, with no placement shown.
Symmetrical paisley ornament design