Paper tattoo ideas

32 photos and flash · 25% Geometric, 25% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black ink hand-lettered design reading I'll Be there, with circular text around it, drawn on white paper beside a black Staedtler pigment liner pen.
Hand-lettered I'll Be there design on paper
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a blue shaded rose with leaves and dotted chain drapes beneath it, drawn on paper beside pens and a pencil.
Blue rose with dotted drape design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a lighthouse and ornate compass tattoo design on paper, with a hand holding a pencil at the top left.
Lighthouse and compass tattoo design
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala with lotus-like petals and dotwork shading, shown on paper beside a hand wearing a silver ring.
Mandala flash design on paper
Two overlapping mandala drawings in blue and turquoise ink on white paper, with no body placement shown, resting beside a pen on a sketchbook.
Blue ink mandala sketch on paper
Black ink calligraphy lettering of a Latin phrase written in a flowing script across a white paper strip on a dark wood surface, drawn as a tattoo design.
Latin script lettering on a paper strip
Hand-drawn fine line tattoo design of a lotus flower within a dotted geometric triangle, with a pen held beside it on white paper.
Lotus flower tattoo design in fine line
Ornate lotus flower design drawn in black linework with pink and purple watercolour washes on white paper, beside two Ecoline ink bottles and a brush.
Ornate lotus design in pink and purple ink
Black dotwork drawing of three interlocking triangles on pale paper, beside a black fine liner pen, shown as a tattoo design.
Interlocking triangles in dotwork
A hand with a fine brush painting a traditional style flash design of Frankenstein's monster in profile, with a red flower and a sunburst behind the head.
Frankenstein's monster flash being painted
Pencil sketch of the words One and Only in flowing script lettering on white paper, lying on a wooden surface beside a pencil.
One and Only script lettering sketch
Pen and ink sketch of a human skull drawn with dense cross-hatching on cream paper, beside a black mechanical pencil.
Cross-hatched ink skull sketch
Paper tattoo request form with pen drawings of an anchor, a dreamcatcher, a feather, a flock of birds and an infinity symbol with the word Word.
Tattoo request form with anchor and dreamcatcher designs
Black and grey geometric whale drawing with small blue accents on paper, beside a forearm with a black and grey rose tattoo.
Geometric whale design beside a rose forearm tattoo
Black ink compass rose design drawn on paper beside a pen, with an ornamental patterned star and fine radiating lines, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Compass rose tattoo design sketch