Pattern tattoo ideas

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

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White dotwork crescent moon filled with mandala-like patterns, drawn on a plain black background as a tattoo design.
Dotwork crescent moon with mandala pattern
Four identical black line drawings of interlocking concentric circles arranged in horizontal bands, a geometric tattoo flash design with no body placement shown.
Four rows of interlocking circle designs
Black dotwork tattoo design of a symmetrical fan of overlapping shaped segments, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical dotwork fan design
Black and white drawing of an open hand with mandala and lotus patterns, a dotwork all-seeing eye in a triangle above the fingertips, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Hand with eye in triangle design
Black line drawing of a front-facing elephant head filled with dense mandala-style patterns, suitable as a flash design for a tattoo.
Ornate elephant head line drawing
White line drawing of a circular seal of interlocking circles, arcs and loops on a dark background, in a geometric style.
Circular seal design in white line
Black ink drawing of a front-facing owl with a geometric patterned face, feathers and talons, styled as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Geometric owl design in black ink
Line drawing of a lion head with an ornate geometric mane shaded from orange at the top to blue and purple below, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornate lion head with geometric mane
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
Black and grey flash drawing of a songbird in flight with mandala-style patterned wings and body, shown without a body placement.
Mandala-patterned bird in flight
Hand-drawn black ink mandala design on white paper, with radiating petal shapes and dotwork shading, beside a pen and ruler.
Black ink mandala design with dotwork
Black ink drawing of an ornately patterned insect with lace-like wings inside a circular mandala border, a design suited to fine line tattooing.
Ornate insect inside a circle frame
Black ink line drawing of a hand in a hang loose gesture, filled with geometric spirals, triangles and dots in a tattoo flash style.
Patterned hang loose hand design
Sheet of six vertical strips of metallic gold and silver geometric temporary tattoo designs, including chevrons, diamonds, triangles, a chain, leaves and a leaf pattern.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey line drawing of a lion head with an ornate mandala-style mane and patterned face, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornamental lion head line drawing
Hand-drawn black ink mandala design with a flower-like centre and dotted outer rings, drawn on white paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Mandala flower design in black ink
Black ink line drawing of a hummingbird in flight, with wings and body filled with geometric patterns of scales, stripes, checks and spirals.
Hummingbird in flight with patterned wings
Black ink drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a central eye, filled with dotwork shading and mandala-style patterns, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand with eye in dotwork design
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
Pen drawing of an elephant head with dotwork shading and red-accented mandalas on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Elephant and mandalas tattoo design
Ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala with layered petals and dotted detail, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Radial mandala design drawn in ink
Black tribal-style design of a large star with swirling ornamental linework, framed by four corner motifs on a white background.
Tribal star with corner ornaments
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 a radial mandala with dotwork shading and leaf and petal shapes, drawn on paper beside fineliner pens.
Radial mandala design in black ink
Black linework flash design of an ornate feather filled with geometric patterns, dots and small teal, pink and yellow accents, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in black and colour
Black line drawing of a circle filled with arcs, small circles and dots in a Gallifreyan-style pattern, shown as a design with no body placement.
Circular Gallifreyan-style line design
Flash sheet of geometric temporary tattoo designs in gold, silver, copper and black foil, showing triangle panels, diamond bands and dot borders, with no body part visible.
Metallic geometric tattoo flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a yin and yang symbol filled with mandala-style patterns, sketched on white paper beside two black markers.
Yin yang mandala design in black ink
Black and grey illustration of a standing bear filled with geometric mandala-style patterns, drawn on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental bear design
Hand-drawn mandala tattoo design in black pen with stippled dotwork shading and touches of red, yellow and green, shown on plain white paper.
Dotwork mandala design in red, yellow and green
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate mandala-style crown with dotted and blackwork detailing, beside two smaller drop-shaped ornaments, on a white background.
Ornate mandala crown design with matching drops
Black ink drawing of an ornate crescent moon filled with lattice patterns and scroll filigree on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate crescent moon design
Sheet of metallic gold and silver geometric band designs, including chevrons, diamonds, triangles and leaf motifs, shown as flash with no body placement visible.
Gold and silver geometric armband designs
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
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic geometric tattoo designs with quatrefoils, diamonds and starbursts, shown flat with no body placement.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoo sheet
Two solid black circular tribal designs with spiral motifs and a central wave-like symbol, shown as line art on a white background.
Two circular tribal spiral designs
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 drawing of a roaring lion head with a flowing, patterned mane, drawn on white paper beside a pen.
Geometric lion head drawing
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly with mandala-style patterned wings above a dotted geometric circle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornate dragonfly design with geometric circle
Black line-and-solid design of a cluster of triangles above a crescent moon filled with a mandala pattern, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Triangle cluster above a mandala crescent
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
Flash sheet of boho tattoo designs in gold, grey and black, including feathers, arrows, a hamsa hand with an eye, a play triangle and the words WILD HEART.
Boho arrows, feathers and hamsa hand design set
Black ink drawing of a yin yang symbol filled with mandala and zentangle-style patterns on white paper, beside two black marker pens.
Yin yang with mandala patterns in black pen
Ornate lion head design in black and cream linework on a black background, with a detailed geometric mane, suited to a tattoo flash sheet.
Ornate lion head design in black and cream
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 ink drawing of lips with teeth biting the lower lip, filled with geometric zentangle-style patterns, on white paper.
Patterned lips drawing
Black ink drawing of an ornate mandala design with feather-like petals and dotwork shading, suitable as a tattoo design.
Ornate mandala design with feather motifs
Black ink drawing of a hot air balloon filled with mandala patterns and a small geometric basket, shown on paper beside pens.
Hot air balloon with mandala pattern drawing