Pencil tattoo ideas

34 photos and flash · 21% Realism, 18% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black linework sketch of an apple with a worm, a stack of books, a pencil and a leaf, drawn as a tattoo design on tracing paper.
Apple, worm, book and pencil design
Close-up of two traditional-style tattoos of pencils with green and yellow leaves and red shading, on skin beside other colour and black-and-grey tattoos.
Pencils sprouting leaves in traditional style
Black ink flash sheet of many small fine line doodle tattoo designs, including eyes, stars, a moon, a skull and a bicycle, on a grey background.
Stick 'N' Poke doodle flash sheet
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Lego-style Wonder Woman minifigure holding a paintbrush, with a WATCH YOUR STEP banner, on the thigh.
Lego Wonder Woman with banner on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of red high-top sneakers, a pencil and 3D glasses on a leg.
Red high-top sneakers with a pencil
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a blue shaded rose with leaves and dotted chain drapes beneath it, drawn on paper beside pens and a pencil.
Blue rose with dotted drape design
Colour realism tattoo of a yellow pencil appearing to pierce the side of a bald head above the ear, with red blood detail, and floral tattoos on the neck.
Pencil piercing the side of a head
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pencil with a metal ferrule and eraser, shaded to look three-dimensional, on the forearm.
Pencil tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a lighthouse and ornate compass tattoo design on paper, with a hand holding a pencil at the top left.
Lighthouse and compass tattoo design
Fine line black pencil tattoo with a small dot beneath it on the side of a finger, shown with dark nail polish and a silver peace sign ring.
Pencil tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realistic pencil drawing of a skull wearing a knitted beanie, with a full beard and a pipe in its teeth, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull in beanie with beard and pipe
Pencil-style sketch design of a skull with a pink rose, a feather, a small bird and beaded chains, drawn on skin.
Skull, rose and feather pencil design
Black and grey realism tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha with an ornate headdress on the back of a hand, holding two black pencils.
Ganesha tattoo on the back of a hand
Painted tattoo design of a howling wolf in front of a crescent moon, with bold black linework and watercolour splashes in pink, orange, green and blue, shown on white paper beside coloured pencils.
Howling wolf and moon design
Black and grey realism tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, across the back of a hand holding two pencils.
Ganesha portrait on the back of a hand
Black and grey pencil drawing of a cracked skull with a moth, two brushes and a dagger-like pencil, above a geometric mandala, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull, moth and mandala design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the thigh showing a hand holding paintbrushes and pencils, framed by pink flowers and green leaves.
Hand holding paintbrushes and pencils on thigh
Overhead view of two colour-tattooed arms, one typing on a laptop and the other writing in a notebook, with sleeve tattoos on the forearms.
Tattooed arms working at a laptop
Black linework tattoo of a small cartoon character with a pencil resting across the top, on the lower leg above a grey sock.
Cartoon character with pencil on lower leg
Pencil sketch of decorative lettering reading Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday, with scrollwork and a banner, beside an eraser and two pencils.
Lettering sketch of a quote on a banner
Colour tattoo on the upper thigh showing orange daisies, a pencil with eraser, a blue awareness ribbon and the word Survivor in script.
Survivor script, daisies and awareness ribbon on thigh
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a peony with leaves above a lettered ribbon banner, being sketched on paper by a hand holding a pencil.
Peony and lettering banner flash sketch
Black fine line tattoos of art tools, including a feather, pencil, marker, paintbrushes and a palette knife, on a forearm and wrist.
Art tool tattoos on forearm and wrist
Pencil sketches on graph paper of mountain peaks merged with heartbeat trace lines, shown as possible tattoo designs.
Mountain and heartbeat line sketches
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing paintbrushes, pencils, a pencil sharpener and a tube of oil paint, shown from two angles.
Art supplies on a forearm
A hand with a dark tattoo with green accents on the forearm holds a blue plastic toy tattoo machine beside a box of pipe cleaners and temporary tattoo sheets.
Hand holding a toy tattoo machine
Black ink sketch of a barn owl in flight with spread wings, drawn in fine line and dotwork shading, while a hand holds a pencil beside it.
Barn owl in flight sketch
Black and white photo of a small fine line feather tattoo on the back of a hand, resting beside a sketchbook, pencil and a sketched leaf sprig.
Small feather tattoo on the hand
Two black and grey fine line tattoos on forearms: a row of painting tools including brushes and palette knives on the left, and a chef's hat, apron, knife, spatula, ladle and whisk on the right.
Art tools and kitchen utensils on forearms
Black lettering reading Victim with a line through it above Survivor, with a coloured pencil and pink eraser, tattooed on a forearm.
Crossed-out Victim and Survivor lettering with pencil
Woman seen from behind with a large black and line-work back tattoo showing a city skyline, a black cloud, a heart, a pencil, a shark-like jaw and a closed-eyed face.
Large back piece with skyline, cloud and face
Two side-by-side photos of finger tattoos: a solid black geometric pencil with a dot on the middle finger, and a shaded grey wolf head on the middle finger.
Pencil and wolf finger tattoos
Colourful flowing ribbons rise from black outlined upright pianos with scattered sheet music, a tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Coloured ribbons rising from pianos on ribs
Promotional sheet of tattoo-style drawings showing a koi carp with a ribbon and a Tattoo Art banner, plus stipple and outline brush samples, with no body placement.
Tattoo-style brush samples with koi carp design