Pearl tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional-style flash drawing of a mermaid with a flower crown, long hair and a spotted tail, painted on textured paper.
Spotted mermaid flash design
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman with bobbed curls, a red striped headscarf with a feather, red cheeks and lips, and a pearl necklace, shown on a gold background.
Traditional flapper head with red headscarf and feather
Close-up of a colourful traditional style tattoo of an open pearl clam with a pink pearl and bubbles, beside a purple candy heart, on an upper arm.
Pearl clam and candy heart on an arm
Two forearms held together showing a traditional style sugar skull with red roses and a swallow on one arm, and a woman's face with roses on the other.
Sugar skull, roses and swallow on forearms
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the outer thigh showing an anchor with rope, pink flowers, seaweed, an open shell with a pearl and blue waves.
Anchor, shell and pearl on a thigh
Traditional style flash design of a woman with antlers and a red flower headpiece, surrounded by red roses and pearls, drawn on cream paper.
Antlered woman with red roses
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a lipstick above a Femme Fatale banner, with pink roses and pearls on a teal background.
Hand with lipstick and roses flash
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with a partly skull-like face, pearl headband and bones, on the inner forearm, with cracked branch lines near the wrist.
Skull-faced woman with bones on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose, a pocket watch, a rosebud and a string of pearls on the upper arm, outlined in bold black lines.
Traditional rose, clock and pearls on upper arm
Bold traditional-style flash drawing of a woman in profile facing right, with red roses in her hair and on her shoulder, a green headwrap and pearl-like hair ornaments.
Profile portrait with red roses and green headwrap
Traditional style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a woman in profile with a tall black updo topped by a pink-sailed ship.
Sailing ship above a profile woman on the ribs
Traditional-style flash design of a woman with a wolf's head above her, pearl strands, a red rose and black scrollwork, drawn on cream paper.
Wolf-headed woman with rose flash
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy hair, two roses and tear drops on a thigh.
Woman with roses and tears on a thigh
Colour flash design of a dark-haired mermaid with a green scaled tail seated on a pink and orange shell, holding a pearl necklace among rising bubbles and two yellow fish.
Mermaid on a shell with bubbles
Colour traditional tattoo of a hawk with a pearl necklace and red medallion, perched on a black leather glove, on a calf.
Hawk perched on a glove, traditional style
Black and grey traditional flash design of a mermaid holding a palette and brush beneath a crescent moon, with a squirrel and the banner reading She's a Rose, She's a Pearl.
Mermaid painter with squirrel and banner
Black line flash design of a songbird holding a sprig, a rose, a pearl necklace and a folding fan with peonies, in a traditional style with no placement shown.
Bird, rose and folding fan line drawings
Black and grey neo-traditional flash design of a woman in a headscarf and pearl ornament, with two roses and leaves, drawn on paper.
Woman in headscarf with roses
Traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an owl, red roses, a snarling wolf head and a woman with a pearl necklace against black clouds and orange flames.
Owl, wolf and rose full sleeve
Hand-drawn traditional flash designs on tracing paper, including a rose, a bowed heart, a beaded heart locket, a crown, and a beetle, with no body placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet with roses and hearts
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding an artist's palette, with a squirrel playing a guitar and a banner reading she's a rose, she's a pearl, set against stars
Mermaid with palette, squirrel and banner
Traditional-style flash design of a jewelled hand holding a lipstick, with pink roses, pearl strands, a cat cameo and the script words Femme Fatale, on a teal background.
Femme Fatale hand with roses and pearls
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with red roses and a yellow flower, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman in feathered headdress with roses on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a moustached man in a bowler hat and a woman with pearls and earrings, beside a red rose, on an upper arm.
Man and woman portrait with rose on upper arm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 traditional tattoo of a cat silhouette in an oval cameo frame with flowers and a pearl drape, on a person's upper back.
Cat cameo on upper back
Traditional style tattoo flash design of a man and woman above two red roses with a banner reading Timeless Love, shown without any body placement.
Timeless love couple and roses flash
Black line drawings on tracing paper of a hairdryer with a rose and lavender, and a comb with a bow and pearls alongside a pair of scissors, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Hairdryer, comb and scissors flash sheet
Traditional style flash design of a woman in a red headscarf at a Ouija board, with black shadow hands and wolf silhouettes around her.
Woman at a Ouija board flash
Black and grey Medusa head with snakes wound through her hair, tattooed in dotwork shading on the side of a torso, over the ribs.
Medusa with snakes on the ribs
Traditional style flash drawing of a pin-up mermaid with a green tail seated in a clam shell, surrounded by bubbles, pearls and two small fish.
Mermaid in a clam shell flash
Traditional style red rose with yellow shading, green leaves and white dotted pearl strands on a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Red rose with pearl strands on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red and white striped swimsuit diving past bubbles and a clam shell with a pearl, on a forearm.
Pin-up swimmer and clam shell on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark hair, red roses and a pearl necklace across the shoulder and upper back.
Woman portrait with red roses and pearls
Traditional style colour tattoo on a upper back of a woman in profile with dark curled hair, an orange flower and pearls, framed by an ornate gold hand mirror with a rose.
Woman profile in a hand mirror on a back