Scale tattoo ideas

469 photos and flash · 24% Japanese, 15% Realism · Upper arm most common

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Black and white tribal design of a snake with its mouth open, showing fangs and a forked tongue, set against swirling blackwork flame shapes; drawn design with no body placement shown.
Tribal snake design
Black ink flash design of a woman's face framed by flowing hair, feathers and an octopus tentacle, drawn in blackwork linework with no placement shown.
Woman with feathers and an octopus tentacle
Black ink flash design of a symmetrical vertical motif with sweeping feather-like shapes and five circular emblems showing flame, hand, scales, eye and tree.
Symmetrical blackwork design with five circular emblems
Sheet of dragon flash designs in black and grey, including a large central Chinese-style dragon with swirling tribal detailing, shown without a body placement.
Dragon flash sheet in black and grey
Solid black tribal-style dragon design on a white background, coiling vertically with clawed feet and a spiked back, shown as a standalone stencil-style design.
Black tribal-style dragon design
Black ink flash design of a white silhouetted creature framed by swirling waves, scale patterns and fine dotwork.
Silhouette within swirling waves
Black blackwork-style dragon design with patterned wings that break apart into flying crows, drawn on a tan parchment background.
Dragon dissolving into flying crows
Black design of two dragons with their necks curving into a heart shape around a central sword, drawn in solid black on a white background, as a blackwork-style flash design.
Two dragons framing a sword in a heart shape
Black floral ornament design filling a Libra scales symbol, showing leaves, scrolls and swirling tendrils on a white background.
Libra symbol filled with floral ornament
Flash sheet of twelve black zodiac sign designs in a classic style above twelve modern tribal zodiac designs, with no body placement shown.
Zodiac sign designs in classic and modern tribal styles
Black line drawing of an ornamental dragon with swirling tribal-style patterning, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental black line dragon design
Black ink drawing of a stylised owl with large patterned eyes and a blackwork wing, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Stylised owl in black ink