Sand tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a palm tree on a forearm, set against a blue watercolour-style sky with sea and sand at the base.
Palm tree and blue sky on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of stylised sea waves and rocks with dotted shading on the calf, with a green string anklet and grey canvas shoe.
Stylised waves and rocks on a lower leg
Five small black bird silhouettes on one ankle and a black palm tree on the other ankle, shown on bare feet on a sandy beach.
Birds and palm tree on both ankles
Black and grey Roman numeral lettering reading VIII IV XII on two wrists, with two pairs of hands clasped in front of the sea.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Dark ink Om symbol inside a sunburst border on the back of a hand resting on sand, in a black and grey style.
Om symbol in a sun design on the hand
Woman seen from behind on a beach with a braided ponytail, holding a slice of watermelon, with a small fine line tattoo on her upper back in black ink.
Small fine line mark on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a skull in its lower bulb and two roses, on the outer thigh.
Hourglass with skull and roses on a thigh
Close photo of a small blue fine line scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, with a hand holding sand and shells on a beach.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Two fine line black ankle tattoos on a beach, a small anchor on the left ankle and a palm tree on the right, with sea waves behind.
Anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos on a beach
Close photo of a forearm with a black ink sequence of moon phases running down the inner arm, with bracelets on the wrist and sand in the background.
Moon phases down the forearm
Purple line drawing of a mermaid in a pirate hat holding a pipe beside a treasure chest, skulls and a shipwreck, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Mermaid pirate with treasure chest and skulls
Black fine line handwritten script reading Salt in the air, Sand in my hair on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Salt in the air, sand in my hair script
Fine line black palm tree tattoo with two small birds and a scalloped wave line on an ankle, beside sand.
Palm tree and birds above a wave
Traditional hourglass tattoo with a red flower, black leaves and wings, shaded in grey and red, on the forearm.
Hourglass with red flower on a forearm
Small black and grey sunburst design tattoo on a woman's ankle, with sand on her feet and legs on a beach.
Sunburst ankle tattoo on a beach
Small solid black scallop shell tattoo on the sole of a foot resting in sand, beside a real grey scallop shell.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a foot
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the hip of a woman kneeling on a sandy beach in a blue swimsuit, photographed from behind.
Arrow tattoo on a hip at the beach
Black and white photo of a small fine line wave tattoo on an ankle, beside a beaded anklet with an elephant charm, on sand.
Small wave tattoo on ankle
Legs on sand by the sea showing a gold metallic mandala design on the calf, a small gold crown design on the ankle, and layered gold anklets.
Gold mandala on a calf at the beach
Two women seated on a sandy beach seen from behind, with a gold mandala-style design on the lower back of the woman on the right and small white markings on the other woman's upper arm.
Gold mandala tattoo on a lower back at the beach
Small fine line black script tattoo reading create on a woman's upper arm, photographed from behind at the beach.
Create script tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey pen drawing of an hourglass inside an ornate oval frame, with roses and hatched leaves, shown as a tattoo design.
Hourglass in an ornate frame with roses
A woman sits on a dark blanket on sand beside an orange book, showing a dark sunburst tattoo on her upper arm.
Sunburst tattoo on upper arm at the beach
Black fine line anchor with a heart on one ankle and a palm tree on the other, photographed on sand with the sea behind.
Anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos on a beach
Close-up of black script lettering reading Fearless with a small solid heart on the top of a bare foot resting in sand, shown in a lettering style on the upper foot.
Fearless script and heart on a foot
Traditional colour tattoo of a shark's open mouth framing a palm tree, red sunset and sea, on a calf.
Shark mouth with beach sunset on a calf
Black outline tattoo of an animal-like shape across the top of a bare foot on sand, with the sea behind.
Black outline tattoo on a foot at the beach
Woman seen from behind on a beach with a small fine line wave tattoo on her upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Small wave tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked hourglass with shaded sand across the inside of a forearm.
Realistic hourglass on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of an hourglass with an eye at its centre, two red and orange roses, and banners reading Time is Slipping.
Hourglass, eye and roses flash design
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of a mandala and dreamcatcher design on a foot and wrist, with a silver-toned band on the forearm, a straw hat and sunglasses on sand.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on feet and arms
Black fine line tattoo of the word ohana in script, with a sun, sea horizon and palm tree above, on a person's ankle.
Ohana script with palm and sunset on an ankle
Small solid black palm tree silhouette tattoo on the ankle, with the sea and sand of a beach behind the foot.
Palm tree tattoo on an ankle
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a golden hourglass with black wings, olive branches and skulls on a limb.
Hourglass with wings and olive branches
Woman lying on sand in a black hat and white crochet top, with a small black script tattoo on her upper arm and a small dark design near her shoulder, in fine line style.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Black linework volleyball tattoo on the outer ankle, with a beaded anklet and sand in the background.
Volleyball tattoo on the ankle
Dark henna elephant with a patterned body and raised trunk across the wrist and palm, with dotted rings and small flower motifs on the fingers.
Henna elephant on hand and wrist
A bronze-brown mandala-style tattoo on the lower calf of a foot resting on sand, with a layered silver chain anklet and coin charms.
Mandala tattoo on a calf with silver anklet
Two side-by-side photos of gold, silver and black temporary tattoos on arms, including palm trees, arrows and an Eye of Horus design.
Metallic temporary tattoos on arms and forearm
A grid of eight photographs showing small and medium black palm tree tattoos on the forearm, ankle, calf and upper arm, in fine line and shaded styles.
Palm tree tattoos in eight photos