Pattern tattoo ideas

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

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Black dotwork and geometric mandala tattoo on the upper thigh of a person whose hands are holding their underwear waistband.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a dotted outline on the side of a ribcage, in dotwork and geometric style.
Mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a seated rabbit covered in ornate geometric patterns and dotwork shading, placed on the upper thigh.
Ornate patterned rabbit on a thigh
Black linework geometric tattoo covering the back of a hand and wrist, with banded rings on the fingers and a small cross on one finger.
Geometric line tattoo across the back of a hand
White ink mandala tattoo with layered petals and a dotted centre, sitting on a forearm against a dark leather surface.
White ink mandala on forearm
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 ornamental elephant tattoo with mandala patterns and a curled trunk on the inside of a forearm, photographed against gravel.
Ornate elephant mandala on a forearm
Two forearms with black hexagonal blackwork tattoos filled with lace-like floral and web patterns, one sitting on each forearm.
Hexagon lace tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo spanning the upper back and nape of the neck, with a partial mirrored design on the left shoulder.
Mandala tattoo across the upper back and neck
Black line tattoo of overlapping fish scales on the side of a person's ribs, with a white top lifted and denim shorts held at the hip.
Scale pattern tattoo on the side ribs
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
Woman seen from behind with long hair, showing a dark dotwork mandala tattoo on the middle of her back.
Dark mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk and mandala patterns on its body, on an upper arm.
Ornate elephant on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a dotwork grid tattoo of small evenly spaced dots on the back of a hand, resting on dark leather.
Dot grid tattoo on the back of a hand
Black ink elephant covered in geometric patterns, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornate patterned elephant on the ribs
Black ink ornamental crescent moon tattoo with dotwork lace patterns and dangling drops on the upper arm.
Ornamental crescent moon on upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating petal pattern on the forearm, beside a grey knitted sweater sleeve.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black geometric blackwork bands and triangles across the back of a hand and onto the wrist, against a patterned grey background.
Geometric blackwork on the back of a hand
Woman seen from behind in a black bodysuit, showing a black and grey mandala tattoo across her upper back and neck.
Mandala tattoo on upper back and neck
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
Black line tattoo of a diamond-shaped geometric lattice of eight-pointed stars on the forearm, shown in a close photo of the arm.
Geometric star lattice on forearm
Black ink mandala-style tattoo across the top of a foot, with a lotus motif rising towards the ankle and dotwork shading.
Lotus and mandala tattoo across the top of a foot
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 mandala tattoos cover the tops of both feet and the toes in a geometric dotwork style, photographed against a dark background.
Mandala tattoos covering both feet
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm, centred on an all-seeing eye within a triangle.
Mandala forearm tattoo with all-seeing eye
Black linework tattoo of an ornamental mandala with lotus flowers across a person's upper and lower back.
Ornamental mandala and lotus back tattoo
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
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with concentric rings and radiating petals on the outer forearm.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a big cat's head framed by geometric mandala ornaments on the calf, shown in three side-by-side views.
Big cat head with geometric mandala on a calf
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 ink tattoo of a hippo filled with mandala-style patterns, sitting on the upper back.
Ornamental hippo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo split across the tops of two bare feet, with the design meeting at the centre of the feet.
Split mandala across both feet
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with floral and mandala-style patterns, styled as a tattoo flash design.
Patterned elephant line drawing
Black ornamental lotus mandala with an eye at its centre and hanging chain drops, tattooed across the ribs and upper abdomen.
Mandala lotus with eye on the ribs
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 and grey peony tattoo on a forearm, with a geometric mandala-style band of ornament below it, photographed beside a wristwatch.
Peony and mandala on a forearm
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 and grey elephant tattoo with dense ornamental patterning and realistic shading on the outer thigh.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
Black and grey photo of a honeycomb band of solid black hexagons with grey outlines across the forearm just above the wrist.
Honeycomb hexagon band on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of a rectangle of evenly spaced vertical black lines on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey t-shirt and dark jeans.
Parallel vertical lines on a forearm
Colour tattoo of blue, green and yellow fish scales in a repeating pattern on the thigh, shown in two photographs.
Blue and green fish scale pattern on thigh
Blackwork calf tattoo of a stylised leaf pattern with small dots, shown from three angles on a lower leg.
Black leaf pattern tattoo on a calf
Colourful dotwork tattoo of concentric circles and dot rings across a forearm and the back of a hand, with dark outlined circle clusters near the wrist.
Rainbow dotwork circles on forearm and hand
Black ink crescent moon tattoo with ornamental patterned linework and scrollwork on a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Ornate crescent moon on upper back
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with a fine-lined star-like centre and dotted border.
Black mandala tattoo on a wrist
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 tattoo of an ornate elephant covered in mandala-style patterns, on the inner upper arm.
Ornate mandala elephant on an upper arm