Sketch tattoo ideas

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

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Sketch-style elephant tattoo wearing a feather headdress, with teal and red accents, on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman.
Elephant in a feather headdress on the upper arm
Fine line sketch tattoo of a woman in profile with butterflies and teal accents running down a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Sketched woman and butterflies on upper arm
Black and red sketch-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a female figure, a shaded skull, radiating lines and red gear motifs.
Sketched figure and skull on upper arm
Blue and grey sketch-style guitars tattooed across a man's upper back, with a black hexagon pattern band on the shoulder and upper arm.
Sketched guitars across a back
Sketch-style grey elephant tattoo with red and orange balloons, spanning the shoulder and upper arm.
Elephant with balloons on upper arm
Sketchy black linework tattoo of Totoro holding an umbrella on the upper arm, with grey shading and a pink brush-stroke splash behind it.
Totoro with umbrella on upper arm
Black and grey sketch tattoo of a ballerina in a flowing tutu, arm raised, on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top.
Ballerina sketch on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of a mermaid with shell and starfish tattoo designs on both upper arms and forearms, drawn in red and blue on kraft paper.
Mermaid tattoo design sketch
Close photo of a rough red line drawing of a skull on the upper arm near the elbow, set against a plastic-covered backdrop.
Red sketched skull on upper arm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo on an outer thigh, photographed with a black Metallica bodysuit and fingerless gloves.
Black and grey thigh tattoo with band top
Close crop of a person in denim dungarees and a beige top, showing black line-drawn tattoos of a face and figure on the upper arm.
Black line drawing tattoo on upper arm
Realistic pink rose with black sketched flowers and watercolour splashes across an upper arm and shoulder tattoo.
Realistic rose and sketched flowers on upper arm
Black fine line sketch tattoo of a loose floral or botanical drawing on the outer upper arm of a person in a black sleeveless top.
Loose line sketch on an upper arm
Sketch-style rabbit tattoo with blue, purple and pink watercolour washes on the upper arm.
Sketched rabbit with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Back and shoulder of a person with fine line black tattoos of a birdcage, a sailing ship sketch and script above the shoulder, with the head turned away.
Birdcage and ship tattoos on a shoulder and back
Pencil sketch of a woman with eyes closed and a bonsai pine tattoo design across her shoulder and upper arm, drawn in a Japanese-inspired style.
Woman with bonsai pine tattoo design, pencil sketch
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
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
Pencil sketch of a woman in profile framed by peony flowers, a botanical tattoo design for the shoulder and upper arm.
Profile portrait with peonies sketch
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of an anatomical heart with loose, overlapping linework and vessels, on an arm.
Sketched anatomical heart on an arm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a woman's face and hand with a fan-shaped motif, running down the upper arm.
Sketched woman portrait and hand on arm