Sphere tattoo ideas

43 photos and flash · 35% Dotwork, 30% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of a shaded face and a small astronaut within angular geometric panels, placed on the upper thigh.
Face and astronaut panels on a thigh
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh showing a large block letter with a star in blue and red panels, with a shaded sphere above it, worn beneath rolled denim and a brown cowboy boot.
Star and sphere thigh tattoo in blue and red
Forearm tattoo of overlapping geometric shapes, with a wireframe sphere, a dotwork diamond, a flower of life pattern and a teal circle.
Geometric sphere and diamonds on a forearm
Full back tattoo of a biomechanical figure with a mechanical spine, ribs, gears and an organic form in a glass sphere, rendered in realistic brown and grey shading.
Biomechanical spine and ribcage across the back
Black and grey realistic dragon with a shaded head and scaled body, claws gripping a sphere, tattooed on the upper arm.
Black and grey dragon gripping a sphere on upper arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a barn owl in flight above a geometric armillary sphere, with a rabbit and a fox below.
Owl, sphere and woodland animals on a forearm
A colour realism tattoo on the forearm of open red lips framing a grey space scene with planets, set within black geometric linework of a circle, triangles and stars.
Open red lips with planets and geometric linework
Black and grey tattoo of an engraved hand releasing strings from which dotwork planets, including a ringed Saturn, hang across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hand holding planets on the upper back
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an eye inside a geometric outline above a marbled abstract figure and a small sphere.
Eye and geometric figure on a forearm
Realistic colour sleeve tattoo of a nebula, drifting asteroids, a blue ringed planet and a ripple on an arm, running from shoulder to wrist.
Space sleeve with nebula and planets
Black and grey traditional flash design of a torch with a swirling flame and an eye on the globe-shaped holder, with no body placement shown.
Torch with flame and eye design
Large blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a moon with a geometric symbol, stars, mountains and an animal head in white linework.
Blackwork moon, mountains and animal head on forearm
Flash design of a teal block letter M with a teal sphere and black and blue scrollwork swirls on a white background.
Teal M letter with blue scrollwork
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand holding a reflective sphere that mirrors a room with a seated skeleton in a suit.
Hand holding a reflective sphere on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of seven geometric solids in a row across the inner forearm, shading from purple and black through orange to red.
Row of seven geometric solids on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mechanical walker beneath a dripping dark sphere, running down the side of the ribs.
Mechanical walker beneath a dripping sphere on ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a long-legged elephant carrying a stack of cubes on its back, on the outer calf.
Elephant with stacked cubes on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo across the back of a shaved head, showing a hand holding a reflective sphere that mirrors a seated man in a room.
Hand holding a reflective sphere on the back of a head
Fine line tattoo of a sphere made from overlapping black loops, centred on the upper back.
Overlapping loop sphere on upper back
Fine line geometric wireframe sphere with a blended pink, purple and teal circle behind it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Geometric wireframe sphere on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a slender tower with a round top, running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back.
Dotwork spire tattoo down the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a ringed planet cut into horizontal slices, with a blurred cactus background.
Sliced planet layers on a forearm
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a blue-topped hourglass inside gold armillary rings with small stars, on a limb.
Hourglass inside gold armillary rings
Two black and grey fine line tattoos on forearms: a left panel with an owl, armillary sphere and fox on the inner arm, and a right panel with a geometric triangle and circles.
Owl, sphere and triangle on forearms
Flash sheet of seven winged ball designs in black and grey linework, with one bottom-right version shaded in gold and brown.
Winged ball flash sheet
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf of a circular mandala with teal lotus flowers, dotwork petals and a teal sphere with constellation lines.
Lotus mandala with constellation on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding a reflective sphere that shows a seated man in a room, on the back of a bald head.
Reflecting sphere tattoo on the back of the head
Fine line black tattoo on the ribs showing a row of an owl, lightning bolt, crescent moon, sphere and triangle motif above the script phrase Our Hearts Beat As One.
Owl and charms script line tattoo on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding a reflective sphere, which shows a seated man in a room, across the back of a bald scalp.
Reflective sphere tattoo on a scalp
Black and grey linework and dotwork tattoo of a woman's face and a bird on the upper arm, with a blue sphere and orange crescent below.
Woman's face and bird on upper arm
Sketch-style tattoo of a pale moon over a shadowed shape, with pink, purple and teal watercolour washes, on a limb.
Sketched moon with watercolour splashes
Grey shaded tattoo of a stacked object with a pointed top, coiled rings and a rounded base, on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Grey stacked object on inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the forearm of a pale arm, showing a shaded sphere crossed by concentric circles and arrow lines in a geometric style.
Fine line compass and shaded sphere on forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of overlapping circles, a dotted axis line and shaded moon phases on the inner forearm, with a small script word at the edge.
Overlapping circles and moon on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a woman holding a glowing orb against a teal background, placed on the thigh.
Woman with glowing orb on thigh
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate lotus mandala with scrolling leaves, dotwork shading and hanging drops, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Ornate lotus mandala design with dotwork sphere
Colour geometric tattoo on the inner forearm of a figure with a checkered red and orange top, a stippled dotwork sphere and a faceted teal tail.
Geometric figure with faceted tail on forearm
Black geometric tattoos of a spherical triangular lattice and straight lines on the backs of both calves, shown from behind.
Geometric sphere tattoos on both calves
Fine line abstract tattoo of arcs, dashed lines and two shaded spheres across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Abstract lines and spheres across a back
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a branching tree above a shaded sphere, framed by a jagged fractal outline, on the front of a lower leg.
Branching tree with fractal border on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a planet cut into stacked horizontal slices down a forearm, with a desert background.
Sliced planet tattoo on a forearm
Painted flash design of swirling red, orange, purple and blue flames rising above two dark glossy spheres with white sparkles, on a white background.
Painted flame and dark spheres design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, a shaded sphere and a small triangle on the forearm.
Geometric sphere and circles on a forearm