Sketch tattoo ideas

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Pencil sketch of a swallow in flight above two roses and a rosebud, drawn in blue and orange pencil on cream paper, as a design for a tattoo.
Swallow and roses tattoo sketch
Blue pencil sketch of a faceted teardrop gem with swirling ribbon and leaf flourishes and a row of beads, drawn as a tattoo design.
Sketch of a faceted gem with ribbon swirls
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a battered helmet, a rose and leaves in black and grey shading, with lettering across the top.
Helmet, rose and lettering design
Two side by side neo-traditional tattoo flash sketches of a woman in ornate headdresses, one in green ink with a lemur, one in brown ink with feathers, with no body placement shown.
Woman with lemur headdress design sketches
Neo-trad style tattoo on a calf showing a snarling bear head behind a woman's face, with grey shading and warm orange skin tones.
Bear and woman portrait on a calf
Two Medusa design sketches in a sketchbook, one in red pencil linework and one shaded in grey, with snakes wound through the hair.
Medusa sketches in a sketchbook
Red pencil sketch of a pocket watch with two roses, beads and leaves, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and roses design sketch
Pencil and red-accented sketch of a woman with an updo and an ornate lace-style collar, drawn in a neo-traditional portrait style as a tattoo design.
Portrait of a woman with an ornate collar sketch
Red pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a dreamcatcher, two roses and a feather, drawn on white paper.
Dreamcatcher, roses and feather design sketch
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a pocket watch, roses and script lettering, in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch and roses pencil design
Pencil and ink sketch of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by leaves and scrolls, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pocket watch with leaves and scrolls
Blue pen sketch of a crystal cluster with flowers and sparkles, drawn as a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style, shown beside real stones on a sketchbook page.
Blue crystal cluster with flowers and sparkles
Pen drawing of a neo-trad style lighthouse design inside a rope-edged oval, with clouds, waves and crystals, in black and grey ink on paper.
Lighthouse in rope frame design
Pencil drawing of a skull nestled among the petals of a rose with leaves, a neo-traditional tattoo design sketched on a spiral sketchbook page.
Skull in a rose, pencil flash design
Red pencil sketch of a cartoon owl with spread wings clutching a faceted gem and a small flower, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Cartoon owl sketch with a gem
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a lion head in profile with feathered wings and a lotus flower beneath it.
Winged lion and lotus design sketch
Pencil-style neo-traditional sketch of a cat's head in profile with whiskers, beside a cluster of buds and leaves.
Sketched cat head with buds
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design with two roses, a pocket watch, a butterfly and a strand of beads, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Rose, pocket watch and butterfly design
Pencil and colour sketch of two owls for a neo-traditional tattoo design, one holding a skeleton key in its beak.
Owl with key design sketch
Red pencil sketch of a woman with flowing hair entwined with a snake and surrounded by flowers and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design.
Woman and snake floral design sketch
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing two large roses, smaller buds and leaves wrapped around a compass star, shown on paper with no body placement.
Rose cluster and compass star sketch
Red pencil flash drawing of a swan and a skull-like head inside a cracked scrolled frame, a neo-traditional design shown on paper rather than skin.
Swan in a cracked ornate frame
Blue pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair, peonies and a owl, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with roses and an owl design
Pencil and red ink sketch of an ornate lion head wearing a crown, drawn as a tattoo design on paper, with no body placement shown.
Lion head with crown, pencil design sketch
Pencil tattoo design of a Roman numeral clock framed by two shaded roses and leaves, drawn over faint grid lines.
Clock and roses pencil design
Sketched tattoo design of a songbird with spread wings in front of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by leaves, drawn in blue and red pencil.
Bird and pocket watch design sketch
Black ink and pencil drawing of a snail with an ornate patterned shell beside geometric crystals and scrolling swirls, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Snail and crystals tattoo design
Pencil and ink sketch of Medusa, a woman with snakes for hair, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Medusa sketch with snake hair
Pencil drawing of an open pocket watch with a rose and leaves, shaded in grey, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch and rose design sketch
Pen sketch flash design of two roses, a small cottage and scattered diamonds drawn in purple ink on a sketchbook page, with no body placement shown.
Rose, cottage and diamond sketch design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress with red berries, placed on an upper arm, with a close-up and a pen sketch of the design beside it.
Lion with feathered headdress on an upper arm
Red pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and a large rose, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Woman portrait with roses in red pencil
Red pencil sketch of a woman in profile with curly hair woven with roses and a pearl necklace, a design drawn for a possible tattoo.
Profile woman with roses in red pencil sketch