Pattern tattoo ideas

505 photos and flash · 44% Geometric, 38% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Black and grey dotwork drawing of a sunflower-style mandala with a crescent moon at its centre, shown as a design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Sunflower mandala with crescent moon
Two black ink flash drawings on pale pink paper: a dotwork peony in the upper right and a patterned moth with a flower body in the lower left.
Peony and moth tattoo flash designs
Black ink drawing of a dense mandala with leaves and feathers on white paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch beside a fine liner pen.
Mandala with leaves and feathers design
Black line drawing of an ornate skull design filled with leaves, scrolls and cell-like patterns, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornate skull with leaves and scrollwork
Black ink drawing of an ornate lion head with mechanical-style detailing and three roses below, a fine liner pen beside it on a cream page.
Ornate lion head with roses, pen drawing
Illustrated flash design of three decorated arrows, one with leaves, one with yellow feathers and one in black and white with leaves, suitable as a tattoo design.
Three decorated arrows with leaves and feathers
Black ink drawing of seven moon phases stacked in a vertical column, each filled with floral linework, on a sketchbook page beside a fineliner pen.
Seven moon phases with floral fills
Black line drawing of a stylised leaf sprig with decorative patterned fills, offered as a botanical tattoo design.
Stylised leaf sprig line drawing
Black ink flash design of a patterned lotus flower with leaf sprigs above a hatched crescent, drawn in a botanical and geometric style.
Lotus and crescent flash design
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with floral and mandala-style patterns, styled as a tattoo flash design.
Patterned elephant line drawing
Black ink pen drawing of an ornate elephant head filled with dotwork and mandala-style patterns, drawn on a sketchbook page; it is a tattoo design, not shown on skin.
Ornate mandala elephant head in pen
Black and white pen drawing of an ornate lotus mandala design with dotwork detail and hanging drops, placed on white paper beside a wristwatch and lace fabric.
Ornate lotus mandala design drawing
Black ink mandala drawing on white paper, with layered petals, dotted centre and a small eye motif, shown as a geometric tattoo design.
Black ink mandala design on paper
Black and white pen drawing of a pineapple filled with dense dotwork and linework patterns, being drawn on paper by a hand holding a pen.
Pineapple line drawing being inked
Black ink drawing of an ornate feather filled with paisley swirls, dotted florals and zentangle-style patterns, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornamental feather drawing in black ink
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs with chevrons, diamonds, triangles, a wave with dots, a leaf vine and a lattice band.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoo sheet