Sketch tattoo ideas

480 photos and flash · 22% Botanical, 14% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Six fine black ink sketches of looping, swirling ornamental designs drawn on grid paper, with two pens resting above them.
Six looping line ornament sketches
Fine line tattoo of an ornate cat face with mandala patterns and a lotus flower on a forearm, beside a matching black ink sketch on paper.
Ornate cat design on a forearm
Black and grey flash sheet of Harry Potter themed tattoo designs, including the Deathly Hallows, a golden snitch, the Sorting Hat, a stag silhouette and Dementor-style skulls.
Harry Potter motif flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a rosemary sprig inside a dotted circle on a sketchbook page, in a botanical fine line style, beside a carved stone figure.
Rosemary sprig sketch with dotted circle
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
Pencil sketch of a swallow in flight among magnolia blooms and leafy sprigs, a tattoo design with no placement shown.
Swallow and magnolia design sketch
Pencil sketch of a hamsa-style hand design with an elephant and leaves, drawn on paper on a wooden table.
Hamsa hand with elephant and leaves sketch
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a small crescent moon above a sketched feather-like shape with fine hatched strokes and a faint trailing line.
Crescent moon and feather sketch on forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a stylised animal head inside a circle, with dotwork shading and loose overlapping lines, on a forearm.
Sketched animal head inside a circle on a forearm
A woman in a dark linen slip dress shows two solid grey triangle tattoos on her upper chest and a fine line sketch tattoo on her upper arm and shoulder.
Grey triangles on chest and sketched line drawing on arm
Pencil sketch of a small bird with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers, drawn in fine line on pale paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a bird in flight
Black and white pen drawing of a yin yang symbol with a sun in the light half and a crescent moon and stars in the dark half, held up in a sketchbook.
Yin yang with sun and starry moon design
Pencil and ink sketch of three arrows with ornate patterned feather fletching, drawn as tattoo flash on paper.
Three arrows with patterned feathers
Black ink sketch of a castle with a clock tower on the forearm, drawn in loose fine line strokes against a wooden table.
Sketched castle tower on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a circle with a cross and latitude lines on the inner forearm, with a handwritten reference sketch of a globe inset at lower left.
Latitude circle diagram on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a fine line tattoo design of two spirals joined by an infinity loop, with a small dotted ".2" beside it, drawn on white paper.
Spiral and infinity design pencil sketch
Black linework tattoo of a woman's face in wavy hair with a smaller face below and a crescent moon, with purple and orange accents, on the upper back.
Sketched woman's face with moon on upper back
Fine line sketch of a standing figure with pink, purple and yellow watercolour washes on the side of the ribs.
Sketched figure with watercolour splashes on ribs
Back of a person with a sketchy, watercolour-style tattoo of clothes pegged on a washing line and a figure, in black linework with blue, pink and green washes.
Watercolour washing line across the back
A hand draws a fine line botanical sketch of flowers and leaves on white paper, with a second hand resting flat beside it.
Botanical flower sketch being drawn by hand
Pencil sketch of a flower with flowing swirls, dots and small leaves, drawn as a tattoo design in black and grey shading.
Pencil sketch of a flower with swirls