Pearl tattoo ideas

221 photos and flash · 47% Neo-trad, 25% Traditional · Thigh most common

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Full-colour Japanese style dragon design with grey scales, red flame-like swirls and yellow claws, grasping a black and white pearl, shown on a white background.
Japanese dragon with flaming pearl design
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman's face framed by flowers, a large key and a red sun, inked in black and red on paper.
Woman with key and flowers flash design
Traditional colour tattoo of two red roses, a mint green shoe with polka dots and a strand of pearls on the inner forearm.
Roses and mint shoe on a forearm
Ink drawing of an ornate owl built from mandala and lace patterns, in black and grey dotwork with pink accents on white paper.
Ornate mandala owl design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horse head with a curly black mane, pearl bridle and teal fabric, with a red feather, on the thigh.
Horse portrait with feather and pearls on a thigh
Back of a person with a black and grey traditional style tattoo of roses, clasped hands holding a scroll that reads Everything we left unsaid, and a small coloured rose at the left shoulder, placed
Roses and clasped hands with script across upper back
Traditional-style flash drawing of a pin-up woman with red roses in her hair, a grey rat and a pearl necklace, with a teal filigree design on her neck.
Pin-up woman with roses and a rat
Neo-traditional style line drawing of a woman with octopus tentacles and a sailing ship, shaded in red wash on a cream background.
Woman with octopus tentacles and a ship
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark curled hair and a jewelled headpiece, with a cat below her, on the outer thigh, next to a fox and a squirrel on the other leg.
Neo-trad woman and cat portrait on thigh
Colour tattoo of a snarling fox wearing a pearl necklace and teal crescent ornament, with a spiked orange collar, on an upper arm.
Snarling fox with pearl necklace on upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style rose tattoo with leaves and a draped bead strand, placed on the side of the ribs.
Engraved rose with pearl strand on side
Coloured pencil sketch of a neo-traditional style woman's face with curly hair, pearl necklace, drop earring and a spider, drawn as a tattoo design with script lettering below.
Woman portrait with spider and pearls sketch
Two small black crown tattoos in a fine line style on the backs of two hands, one hand resting over the other, with pearl and chain bracelets on the wrist.
Small crown tattoos on the backs of two hands
Black and grey drawing of a heart-shaped clock with Roman numerals, two shaded roses, leaves and a pearl chain, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Heart clock with roses and pearls design
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman's face in a striped headscarf with black wings and red roses, on the back.
Winged woman with roses in traditional style
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile inside an ornate cameo frame with pearl beading, with outlined scrollwork across the shoulder.
Cameo portrait and scrollwork on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a lace garter with a green bow, pearl-like centre and trailing ribbons, shown on the outer thigh below denim shorts.
Lace garter with bow on thigh
Colourful neo-trad calf tattoo of a bee-eater bird with orange poppies, green seed pods and purple crystals, with a faint repeat of the design on the other leg.
Bird, poppies and crystals on a calf
Neo-traditional blue rose tattoo with black leaves and a beaded drape with teardrop pendants on the upper arm.
Blue rose with beaded drape on upper arm
Coloured pencil drawing of an open shell holding a pearl, shaded in purple, pink and teal, with pencil ribbon swirls around it, as a tattoo design.
Open shell with pearl and swirling ribbons
Neo-traditional drawing of a woman in a red patterned headscarf with red berries and a bow, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman with red berries and headscarf design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a unicorn rising from a teacup of pearls and purple crystals, with sparkling stars on a pink and lilac background, on a forearm.
Unicorn in a crystal teacup on a forearm
Two side-by-side photographs of neo-traditional cat head tattoos with jewelled crowns on the top of the foot, one ginger and one tabby.
Cats wearing crowns on two feet
Traditional colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat with yellow eyes, a purple and teal bow, and a teal collar with a pearl necklace, on a limb.
Grey tabby cat with bow and pendant
Colour tattoo of an open clam shell holding a white pearl, with traditional-style outlines, on a bare limb beside other ink.
Open clam shell with pearl on a limb
Coloured traditional-style illustration of a woman in profile with a swallow and diamond on her neck and chest and a skull on her upper arm.
Traditional-style woman with swallow, diamond and skull
Neo-trad portrait of a 1920s style woman in an orange headband and teal feather headpiece, with pearl necklaces, tattooed on a calf.
Flapper portrait with feather headpiece on a calf
Two small black crown tattoos in fine line style, one on the back of a hand and a smaller one on a second hand wearing a pearl bracelet.
Small crown tattoos on the backs of two hands
Collage of three colour tattoos: a neo-traditional ice cream cone with a cat-face scoop on the upper left, a galaxy hot air balloon on the upper right, and outlined seashells joined by chains on the
Ice cream, hot air balloon and shell tattoos
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the ribs showing an anatomical heart dripping above a pocket watch, two red roses, green leaves and grey pearl chains.
Anatomical heart, pocket watch and roses on ribs
Neo-traditional style tattoo flash design of a dark-haired mermaid wearing an octopus headpiece, with a Black Pearl banner and a red background.
Mermaid with octopus and Black Pearl banner
Black and grey tattoo of open roses, buds and leaves with beaded strands draped across the upper arm and shoulder.
Roses and beaded strands on an upper arm
Shaded colour mermaid tattoo with purple and teal scales and an orange starfish, placed across a person's upper back.
Mermaid with starfish on upper back
Neo-traditional style tattoo on the outer thigh showing a mermaid silhouette against a red sunset, with a sea witch, fish, seashell, starfish and pearl chains in black and grey.
Mermaid sunset and sea creatures on a thigh
Collage of four coloured drawings of tattoo designs on paper: a bow in a pearl-edged heart, an eye in a pearl-edged triangle, a rose with leaves, and a diamond-patterned heart pierced by an arrow, all
Four tattoo flash designs on paper
Black lace-pattern tattoo with pearl dots and hanging beads across the upper arm and shoulder, in a blackwork style.
Black lace and pearl shoulder tattoo
Colour realism tattoo of a mermaid with teal hair, pearls, an orange starfish and seashells across an upper arm.
Mermaid portrait with starfish on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style back tattoo of a skull wearing a pearl-trimmed bandana beside a tall sailing galleon in rough waves.
Skull and galleon across a back
Neo-trad tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman with pearl headwear and drop earrings, holding a red anatomical heart beside a black feather.
Woman holding a heart on a thigh
Pencil-style tattoo design of a cat with large eyes, a pearl necklace and a pearl-trimmed paw, framed by neo-traditional scrollwork.
Cat with pearls and ornamental swirls
Black linework drawing of an ornate heart locket with a bow, wings, pearl strands and gemstone drops, shown twice on one sheet.
Heart locket with bow and pearls design
Black and grey pin-up mermaid with curled hair riding a black seahorse, shown as a tattoo design on a black background.
Pin-up mermaid riding a seahorse
Colour tattoo of an open scallop shell holding a pearl, in a traditional style with bold black outlines and pink, purple and teal shading, on the forearm.
Open shell and pearl on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with draped pearl strands on the side of a thigh.
Black and grey rose with pearls on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of two cats nose to nose inside a pearl-edged heart, framed by pink flowers, on the upper thigh.
Two cats in a pearl heart on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a woman wearing a wolf headdress with feathers, with a rose and pearl strands drawn below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman in wolf headdress with rose design
Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate hand mirror and a red rose on the upper thigh, with a dotted pearl chain hanging below.
Ornate hand mirror and rose on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses and strands of pearls on a thigh, with the legs raised in nude high heels on a bed.
Black and grey roses and pearls on a thigh