Sand tattoo ideas

136 photos and flash · 33% Fine line, 18% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Colour realism tattoo of a glowing moon, silhouetted palm trees and a teal starry sky over a pink and orange beach, across a forearm.
Moon and palm trees beach scene on forearm
Gold and silver metallic tattoo of lace and mandala patterns around an ankle and lower leg, with bare feet on sand.
Metallic ankle band on a bare leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose and an hourglass on the outer upper thigh.
Compass rose and hourglass on a thigh
Small fine line tattoo of short horizontal marks and dots on the back of a person in an orange dress on a sandy beach.
Small line and dot tattoo on the back
Woman seen from behind on a beach with two solid black quotation mark tattoos, one either side of her upper back.
Two quotation marks on upper back
Close view of a small fine line script tattoo on the ankle of a woman standing barefoot in shallow surf on a sandy beach.
Fine line script tattoo on an ankle
Close view of two forearms with metallic temporary tattoos in gold, silver and blue, including palm trees, a wave, leaves and shells, against sand.
Metallic palm tree and wave designs on forearms
Black and grey realistic hourglass tattoo with a skeletal figure and skull, shown across the back.
Hourglass with skull across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in an hourglass with a chain and lightning background, on a forearm.
Skull hourglass on a forearm
Black fine line palm tree tattoo running up a forearm, with a beach and sea behind a person holding a teal towel.
Palm tree tattoo on a forearm
Fine line chevron tattoos sit between the shoulder blades of a woman on a sandy beach, with a gold necklace and a crochet bikini top.
Chevron tattoos on a sunlit back
Two bare feet in beach sand showing a small black fine line anchor tattoo on one ankle and a ship's wheel tattoo on the other.
Anchor and ship's wheel ankle tattoos on sand
Black lettering reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed along the side of a bare foot on wet sand.
Quote and birds along a foot
Solid black palm tree silhouette tattoo on the back of a calf, photographed on a sandy beach with the sea behind.
Palm tree tattoo on a calf
Three black line-drawn scallop shells stacked vertically on a sun-tanned calf, in a fine line style, with sand and sunlight in the background.
Three scallop shells on a lower leg
Neo-traditional hourglass tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a sunset above and a moon and stars over dotwork sand, inside a black diamond frame.
Hourglass with sunset and night sky on thigh
Black cursive script lettering tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle, with waves breaking on sand behind it.
Cursive script tattoo on a foot at the beach
Black and grey skull hourglass tattoo with stippled shading and hatched linework on the inner forearm.
Skull hourglass on a forearm
Small dark script tattoo on the forearm of a woman lying head down in the back of a vintage turquoise pickup on a beach.
Woman with hat and small tattoo in a vintage pickup
Black ink flock of small birds flying across the upper back of a woman with her hair in a ponytail, standing on a beach.
Flock of birds across a upper back
Small black fine line scallop shell tattoo on the sole of a foot on sand, beside a real scallop shell.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a faceted glass terrarium holding succulents, leafy stems and pebbles, shown on a limb.
Geometric terrarium with succulents and pebbles
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of stripes, dots and a floral motif on an ankle and foot, with a silver anklet, on sand.
Metallic floral temporary tattoo on ankle
Two clasped hands rest on sand, each wrist bearing a matching black script tattoo reading S'il plaît à Dieu.
Matching French script wrist tattoos
Black and white photo of a woman seated on sand with her back to the camera, showing a large Japanese-style floral tattoo covering her back.
Japanese floral back piece on a woman at the beach
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a hand releasing falling grains above a pocket watch, on the inside of a forearm.
Realistic hand and pocket watch on a forearm
Two small fine line black tattoos of paper planes with dotted loop trails sit on the tops of a pair of bare feet on sand.
Paper plane tattoos on two feet
Black fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with a swash line across the top of a foot, placed near the ankle on sand by the sea.
Wanderlust script tattoo on a foot
Black fine line tattoo of a beach scene with a sun, clouds, a palm tree and rolling waves on the inner forearm.
Beach scene with palm tree on a forearm
Fine line black tattoos of a palm tree above a wave on two wrists, plus curved lettering on a forearm, as two people hold hands on sand.
Palm tree and wave tattoos on two wrists
Small black fine line scallop shell tattoo on the top of a foot, resting on sand beside a real scallop shell.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a foot
Black and grey hourglass design with dotwork shading, shown as a small temporary tattoo on a finger and on a sheet of temporary tattoos.
Hourglass design with dotwork shading
Colour realism tattoo of an hourglass with a lit candle in the upper bulb and a bare tree in the lower bulb, on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with candle and dead tree
Two bare feet on sand, one with a black ink mandala tattoo on the ankle and foot, the other with a fine line feather tattoo on the ankle.
Mandala and feather tattoos on two ankles
Photograph of a watercolour-style hourglass tattoo with blue, orange and red splashes on a woman's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Watercolour hourglass on upper back
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
Woman seen from behind on a beach with a small gold-toned chevron tattoo between her shoulder blades, in fine line style on the upper back.
Small chevron on upper back
Black fine line anchor with a heart-shaped loop on one ankle and a small palm tree on the other, with bare feet on wet sand by the sea.
Anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos on the beach
Metallic gold mandala tattoo on a lower leg, with layered chain anklets on a bare foot on sand by the sea.
Gold mandala tattoo on a calf at the beach
Black linework tattoo of a breaking wave and three solid black palm trees on the outer ankle and heel.
Palm trees and wave on an ankle
A woman in a white lace backless wedding dress on a beach, showing large dark black and grey tattoos on her upper back and arm while holding a white bouquet.
Back and arm tattoos at a beach wedding
Bare feet on a beach with silver anklets and gold and silver geometric triangle designs on the ankle and top of the foot, in a metallic Geometric style.
Metallic triangle designs on an ankle
Two crossed hands and forearms on sand with gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos of mandalas and feathers on the hands and wrists.
Metallic mandala and feather designs on crossed hands
Woman lying on sand with a black hat over her face, showing a small geometric tattoo on her shoulder and the words this too shall pass in fine script on her upper arm.
Geometric shoulder tattoo and script quote
Bare foot on sand with a gold and silver metallic floral temporary tattoo on the top of the foot and metallic stripes and dots on the ankle.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on a foot
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a blue-topped hourglass inside gold armillary rings with small stars, on a limb.
Hourglass inside gold armillary rings
Woman on a sandy beach in a white knit crop top and grey Calvin Klein thong, with a thin black fine-line tattoo running vertically over her hip.
Thin vertical tattoo on a hip at the beach
Black and grey tattoos across the back of a woman in a bikini, with ornate designs on her upper arm and lower leg, photographed walking on sand.
Back and leg tattoos on a beach