Paper tattoo ideas

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

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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
Two arms pressed together showing matching origami swan tattoos on the forearms, one in teal and one in red, on a bed with black floral linen.
Matching origami swan tattoos on forearms
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
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
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
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