Pattern tattoo ideas

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

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Dark brown henna elephant with a curled trunk and a patterned body, drawn in outline on the inner forearm.
Henna elephant on a forearm
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
Pencil and ink sketch of three arrows with ornate patterned feather fletching, drawn as tattoo flash on paper.
Three arrows with patterned feathers
Black and white line drawing of six labelled arms and hands, lettered a to f, each covered in geometric bands, chevrons and triangles on the forearm and hand.
Six arm and hand tattoo patterns in line drawing
Drawn tattoo design of two feathers, one in teal and one in purple, with black linework, dotwork and patterned detail on a white background.
Two feathers in blue and purple
Black and white ink drawing of a front-facing elephant covered in dense geometric tribal patterns, in a design style suited to a tattoo.
Ornamental elephant line drawing
Black and grey circular tribal design with a hibiscus flower, palm tree, island outlines and sun-ray motif, shown as a drawn flash design.
Circular tribal design with hibiscus and palm tree
Close view of a white ink ornamental paisley tattoo spreading across a person's shoulder and upper arm, with a dark-haired figure partly visible.
White ink paisley pattern on shoulder
Large purple and grey 3D-shaded swirling tribal design covering the upper arm and shoulder, set over a yellow-brown cracked textured background.
Purple swirling tribal design on an upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a seated cat in a zentangle style, filled with leaves, flowers, dots and striped patterns, on a plain off-white background.
Zentangle-style cat line drawing
Two matching black ink elephant tattoos with floral and paisley patterns sit on the inner forearms of two people, one on each wrist.
Matching patterned elephant tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an ornate pattern and a shaded eye, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Flash drawing of a geometric owl with spread wings, patterned feathers and a central face in beige, brown, blue and red on a white background.
Geometric owl with spread wings
Two side-by-side views of a bold black tribal-patterned tattoo of spirals and waves with red chevron fills, wrapping the upper arm.
Tribal spiral and wave design on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a front-facing elephant filled with dense paisley and mandala patterns, a design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Ornate elephant line drawing
Black and grey flash design of an ornate owl with dense patterned linework and dotwork, perched on an antique key on a white background.
Ornate owl holding a key
Black and teal flash design of a stylised bird with swirling patterned linework, perched on a branch with circular accents.
Patterned bird perched on a branch
Green and teal hamsa hand tattoo with a central eye and dotwork border on the inner forearm, with cursive script beneath it.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with dotwork patterns on the inner forearm, set against a red wash.
Ornamental elephant head on inner forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of a geometric mandala pattern covering the back of a hand and fingers, with black painted nails.
Geometric mandala tattoo across the back of a hand
Black ink drawing of a bear in side profile, its body filled with stripes, scallops, triangles and dots, shown as a blackwork-style design on white paper.
Patterned bear outline in black ink
Colour rose and black lace chest tattoo spanning both shoulders and the upper chest, with a central heart made of three roses.
Rose and lace chest piece across the shoulders
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a sitting cat filled with ornamental patterns, placed on the ankle.
Patterned sitting cat tattoo on the ankle
Bold tattoo of an ornately decorated grey elephant with coloured headdress patterns on the thigh, shown beside a close-up detail panel.
Ornate elephant with patterned headdress
Black and grey dotwork chameleon tattoo with mandala-style patterning on the outer upper arm or thigh.
Chameleon with mandala patterning
A tall, narrow geometric border design in black and grey, with a column of small diamonds beside a column of pointed leaf shapes, shown on a white background.
Geometric diamond and leaf border strip
Black and white flash drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a large eye in the palm, filled with dotted and linear patterns.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Black fine line mandala tattoo with a floral centre, placed on the centre of the chest between the breasts, shown on a bare torso with a navel piercing.
Mandala tattoo on the sternum
Black and grey dotwork wolf head design with ornamental patterns and feather-like shapes, drawn on a plain white background.
Ornate wolf head design
Colourful ornamental hummingbird tattoo with swirling patterns in pink, green, blue and red, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornamental hummingbird on upper back
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an eye and ornate mandala patterns on the inner forearm, with small Chinese characters above it.
Hamsa hand on a forearm
Black ink outline of a five-pointed star filled with swirling scroll patterns, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Scrollwork star on the inner wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a patterned elephant with its trunk raised to a small sprig, on the lower abdomen beside a navel piercing.
Elephant with raised trunk on the abdomen
Dotwork tattoo of three large concentric circles joined in a wavy line down the outer thigh, in black, blue, red and yellow dots.
Connected dot circles down a thigh
Colourful feather tattoo on the thigh filled with blue, teal, pink and yellow floral and paisley patterns outlined in black.
Patterned feather tattoo on thigh
Black and grey dotwork mandala flowers with leaves covering the inner forearm and elbow, with a smaller mandala on the upper arm.
Mandala flowers across an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hot air balloon with a sun face on the calf, with clouds and a small figure in the basket.
Hot air balloon with sun face on a calf
White ink tattoo of a mandala and paisley pattern covering a forearm, shown against a pale bedsheet.
White ink mandala and paisley forearm tattoo
A colourful seahorse tattoo filled with paisley-style patterns, sitting on the upper back below the neck.
Ornamental seahorse on upper back
Colourful rainbow scale pattern tattoo on the upper thigh, with soft pastel shading in pink, orange, yellow, green and blue.
Rainbow scale pattern on a thigh
Small black-ink elephant tattoo with ornamental patterns on the upper shoulder, photographed against a blurred city background.
Small ornate elephant on a shoulder
Blue ink drawing of a shark in profile on a white background, filled with overlapping circle and bubble patterns.
Blue patterned shark illustration
Black and white line drawing of a symmetrical owl with large eyes and decorative patterned feathers, drawn as a tattoo design.
Ornate owl design, front view
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a sunflower motif on the chest, partly visible through an open grey zip hoodie.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on chest
Black blackwork tribal sleeve tattoo covering a man's shoulder, upper chest and upper arm, with swirls, triangles and dotted bands.
Tribal sleeve across shoulder and upper arm
Black ink tattoo of two paw prints filled with lace-like patterns, with swirls and a dotted chain below, on the upper thigh.
Lace-filled paw prints on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a frog clinging to a branch, its body and limbs filled with dense zentangle-style patterns, shown on a plain white background.
Patterned frog clinging to a branch
Black line drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and flower motifs, with the words live free in script beneath it.
Ornate feather with live free script