Ankle tattoo ideas

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Two matching black and grey skeleton key tattoos, one on each ankle, shown against patterned fabric.
Matching skeleton key ankle tattoos
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a crescent moon and sailboat on an ankle, with splattered ink marks around it.
Crescent moon and sailboat on an ankle
Small black silhouette figures in a descending row across the ankle, shown in a simple outline style.
Four silhouette figures on an ankle
Black and grey city skyline silhouette tattoo on an ankle, with stippled dotwork shading fading out along the base.
City skyline silhouette on an ankle
Black and grey photo of two small solid black tattoos, each a heart above a semicolon, on the ankles of two feet.
Matching heart and semicolon ankle tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dog outline with a small heart beside it, on the inner ankle.
Dog outline and heart on an ankle
Colour cartoon tattoos of a striped tiger on the lower leg and a small cartoon boy with spiky hair on the ankle, with black strappy heels worn beside them.
Cartoon tiger and boy on ankles
Collage showing a multicoloured geometric heart tattoo on an ankle, a vase of irises and daisies, and a heart tattoo with a tribal band pattern on a thigh.
Geometric and tribal heart tattoos on leg and thigh
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a bass drum pedal on the ankle and top of a foot, shown beside a real pedal.
Bass drum pedal tattoo on a foot
Black and grey realism style rose tattoo with leaves and buds wrapping from the ankle down onto the top of the foot.
Rose and leaves on an ankle and foot
Two matching black abstract tattoos inside thin circular arcs sit on the ankles of two bare feet, one pair of toenails green and the other blue.
Matching abstract circle tattoos on two ankles
Black ink Celtic triquetra knot enclosed in a thin circle, a geometric design on the ankle, with a beaded bracelet visible below it.
Celtic triquetra knot in a circle on an ankle
Bare feet resting on a glass surface, showing a small black script tattoo on the outer ankle.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
A raised bare foot against a blue sky shows a fine black script lettering tattoo running along the outer side of the foot near the ankle.
Script line along the side of a foot
Black and grey dotwork mandala leg sleeve with a butterfly on each thigh, covering both legs from thigh to ankle.
Mandala leg sleeve with butterflies
Two matching black script tattoos reading Always sit on the ankles of two people, photographed side by side over a plastic-covered surface.
Matching Always ankle tattoos
Colourful hummingbird tattoo on an ankle, with painterly orange, red and teal wings and a long purple tail curling down the leg.
Colourful hummingbird with swirling tail on ankle
Small black fine line seahorse tattoo on the ankle, shown in profile with a curled tail and hatched shading.
Small seahorse on an ankle
Fine line outline of a lotus flower with small dots beneath it, tattooed on the outer ankle of a woman's foot resting on a cushioned chair.
Small lotus flower on an ankle
Small black fine line airplane tattoo on an ankle, with a yellow wall and stone paving behind and a cork sandal on the foot.
Small airplane tattoo on an ankle
Small colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat peeking out of a teal mug with a red heart, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Cat peeking from a teal mug with a heart
Black cursive script tattoo reading Dance on an ankle, worn with a pale satin ballet shoe.
Dance script tattoo on ankle
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping from the ankle onto the top of the foot.
Octopus tattoo wrapping an ankle
Four-panel photo of a black tribal blackwork band wrapping the calf and ankle, with solid bands, triangles, chevrons and zigzag edging.
Blackwork tribal band on lower leg
Small black fine line dove in flight tattooed on a person's ankle, with a bony ankle joint visible at the right edge of the photo.
Small dove tattoo on an ankle
Small black outline tattoo of the state of Texas inside a circle, on the side of a person's ankle and heel.
Texas outline in a circle on an ankle
Small colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box on an ankle, shown above a red patent high-heeled shoe against a blue background.
Blue TARDIS tattoo on an ankle
Black smiley face with crossed-out eyes tattooed on the ankle of a bare foot in a white flip-flop, with light blue jeans rolled at the leg.
Smiley face tattoo on an ankle
Small black fine line anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped ring on the ankle, above a grey canvas shoe.
Small anchor with heart ring on ankle
Two red fish tattoo on the ankle, drawn in fine dark outlines with red shading.
Two red fish on an ankle
Black ink key tattoo with scrollwork and a small flower on one ankle, beside a heart tattoo with a keyhole and scrollwork on another ankle, in a greyscale photo.
Key and heart tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey arrow tattoo with a curved arc above the shaft, sitting on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Arrow tattoo on the outer foot
Black ink tattoo of a running figure beside the numerals 42.2 on the ankle, with blue running shoes below.
Running figure and 42.2 ankle tattoo
Black and grey palm tree tattoo on the inner ankle, with a solid trunk and layered fronds in a silhouette style.
Palm tree on an ankle
Mixed colour music-themed tattoo of a treble clef, musical notes and a stave on the calf and ankle, in black and grey with purple and gold accents.
Musical notes tattoo on a leg and ankle
Black linework sun tattoo on one ankle and a fine line crescent moon tattoo on the other ankle, both worn by people in sneakers.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on two ankles
Black tribal tattoos on a person's left calf and right ankle, standing barefoot on wet sand in blue shorts.
Tribal tattoos on calf and ankle on a beach
Black fine line geometric fox tattoo on the ankle, drawn in angular facets against pale skin.
Geometric fox on the ankle
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a seahorse and a starfish on the inner ankle and lower leg of a bare leg against a white background.
Seahorse and starfish on an ankle
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the back of an ankle, with the foot raised towards a sunlit window.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with the words We're all stories in the end and two red flowers, on the ankle.
Open book with quote and red flowers on ankle
Fine line tattoo of Snoopy sitting on grass and looking up at a small red heart, placed on the ankle.
Snoopy sitting beneath a red heart on an ankle
Fine line black script reading always with a small pink heart at the end, on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Always script with heart on foot
Black fine line lettering reading Hakuna Matata with small animal silhouettes above it, tattooed on the top of a woman's foot near the ankle.
Hakuna Matata and animal silhouettes on an ankle
Small black and grey tattoo of a vintage SLR camera on the outer ankle, resting on white bedding.
Small camera tattoo on an ankle
Black outline heart tattoo made from the words unity, hope, faith and love, placed on an ankle in a lettering style.
Word heart tattoo on an ankle
Small colour tattoo of a green pea pod with two peas on the inner ankle, with black outlines and soft shading.
Pea pod tattoo on the inner ankle
Black and grey tattoo of two abstract hook-like marks on the ankle of a person wearing grey and yellow trainers.
Two abstract marks on an ankle