Sketch tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line pen sketch of a small seated elephant raising its trunk towards three musical notes, drawn on plain paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Elephant with musical notes fine line sketch
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a paper plane with ink splatter on a person's shoulder.
Paper plane tattoo on a shoulder
Pencil flash sketch of an elephant framed by lotus petals and mandala detailing, with a mechanical pencil resting across the drawing on tracing paper.
Elephant and lotus tattoo sketch
Fine line black tattoo of a heart within a heartbeat line ending in the word faith, placed on a shoulder.
Heartbeat heart with faith script
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
Pencil sketch sheet of four cute chibi baby dragons with wings and curled tails, one with a butterfly, suitable as tattoo flash.
Chibi baby dragon sketch sheet
Eight line drawn arrow designs in a fine line geometric style, with a few teal accents, sketched on white paper beside two black pigment liner pens.
Eight arrow designs on paper
Black and white photo of a floral and geometric tattoo design drawn in a sketchbook, beside a dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm.
Floral and geometric sketch with forearm mandala
Pencil sketch of an hourglass with bold black outlines and blue and purple watercolour-style splashes around it, drawn as a tattoo design.
Hourglass with blue and purple splashes
Black and grey sketch-style whale tattoo on a forearm, drawn with loose, overlapping geometric lines that suggest the animal's body and fins.
Sketched whale on a forearm
Black ink flash drawing of a sun with a sleeping face and moon phases above, with dotwork shading and hanging drops, on a sketchbook page.
Sun face with moon phases design
Fine black line sketch of a small girl in a dress with her shadow beside her, on the upper back shoulder of a woman wearing a dark strap top.
Small sketched girl in a dress on a shoulder
Pencil sketches of peony clusters with leaves on tracing paper, drawn as designs for a tattoo in a fine line botanical style.
Peony cluster tattoo sketches on tracing paper
Geometric tattoo of a solid black disc inside an orange ring with radiating black marks, on the front of a lower leg below the knee.
Geometric sun and lines on a lower leg
Pencil drawing of a dagger with a flower-shaped guard and an ornamental pommel, shown as a design sheet, in a fine line style.
Dagger with flower and ornate hilt drawing
Pencil sketch of a small fairy seated with tall, swept wings and curling flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Pencil sketch of a fairy with wings
Two matching black linework tattoos of bridges, one on each forearm, drawn in a loose sketch style with thin lines and light shading.
Matching bridge sketches on forearms
Pencil sketch on white paper of a fine-lined symbol made of curling swirls and an infinity-style loop, with a small number written beside it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Swirl and loop symbol pencil sketch
Black sketchy linework tattoo of a fox and a rabbit with leaves and a branch across the chest and shoulder.
Fox and rabbit with leaves on chest
Small fine-line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner forearm.
Two reaching hands on a forearm
Pencil sketch of two bell-shaped lily of the valley flowers on a thin curved stem, drawn in fine line on white paper.
Lily of the valley pencil sketch
Pencil and ink sketch of a fine line botanical design of ferns and small flowering sprigs arranged in an open arc, with a pen resting beside it on white paper.
Botanical sprig arc design sketch
Black ink drawing of seven moon phases stacked in a vertical column, each filled with floral linework, on a sketchbook page beside a fineliner pen.
Seven moon phases with floral fills
Small loose-line mountain ridge tattoo in dark ink on an ankle, with a suede sandal strap and woven bracelets beside it.
Mountain ridge sketch on an ankle
Black ink sketchy fine line tattoo of a looping helix ending in a script letter, placed on the ribs.
Looping helix with script letter on ribs
Black fine-line script lettering and a dragon sketch tattooed along a forearm, with a second small dragon outline near the wrist.
Script quote with dragon sketch on a forearm
Fine line pen drawing of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by interlocking gears and large clock numerals, on paper.
Pocket watch and gears line drawing
Pencil sketch of a winged fairy with raised arm and swirling tail, a possible fine line tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pencil sketch of a winged fairy
Pen sketch of a vertical arrow design with a compass, heart and cross on white paper, held beside a pencil in a hand.
Vertical arrow, compass and heart sketch
Ink line drawing of a lion's head framed by chrysanthemums, daisies and leaves on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lion and flowers line drawing
Pencil sketch of a dreamcatcher with long feathers and a flock of small birds drifting off to the right, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and flying birds
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a treeline with birds in flight on the inner forearm, shown against a dark top.
Treeline and birds on a forearm
Pen line drawing on graph paper of a fern frond, several feather and frond designs, a swirl and a hummingbird head, suitable as fine line tattoo flash.
Fern fronds, feathers and hummingbird sketch
Pencil sketch of a mermaid with long flowing hair and a scalloped shell tail, drawn on a sketchbook page, suitable as a fine line tattoo design.
Mermaid with shell tail sketch
Pen and ink sketchbook drawings of an arrow, a feather, an antler and a revolver, with fine line shading and dotted detail on the arrowhead.
Sketched arrow, feather, antler and revolver designs
Pencil sketch design of a cluster of pine trees and peaks above a line of vertical handwritten script, with no body placement shown.
Pine trees, mountains and vertical script sketch
Two black ink line drawings of a moth with detailed patterned wings, sketched on cream paper and shown as a design rather than on skin.
Patterned moth line drawing
Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a frog surrounded by leaves and flowers arranged in a circle, drawn as a possible botanical tattoo design.
Frog and foliage in a circular pencil design
Colourful sketch-style blossom branch tattoo with pink, red, blue and orange linework on the inside of a forearm.
Sketched blossom branch on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a magnolia branch with two open blooms and several buds, sketched on torn paper as a botanical tattoo design.
Magnolia branch tattoo design sketch
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
Pencil sketch design of a hummingbird feeding from bell-shaped flowers on a curling vine with leaves, suited to a botanical tattoo.
Hummingbird feeding from bell flowers
Fine line pen drawing of a tattoo design with an Om symbol above a stippled, looping ornamental knot, shown on plain white paper with no body placement.
Om symbol above a looping ornament
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
Red line drawing of a fox head framed by ornamental flowers and filigree, a tattoo design sketched on tracing paper.
Fox head with floral ornament sketch
Pencil-style line drawing of a woman with closed eyes, flowers in her hair, a songbird and orchid sprigs, designed as a fine line tattoo sketch.
Woman with bird and orchids sketch
Pencil sketch of an anchor with a dotted line curling up to a flock of birds, drawn on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Anchor with dotted line and flying birds