Splatter tattoo ideas

341 photos and flash · 13% Botanical, 13% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with black ink splashes and red brush strokes on the side of the torso, above the hip.
Realistic skull with black ink splashes on the side
Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in blue, purple, pink and yellow on the left side of a person's ribs, with a black top visible above.
Watercolour hummingbird on the ribs
Two side-by-side tattoo flash drawings: a skull with a wrapped bone-like form above it, and a skeletal hand, both in a neo-traditional style with watercolour washes and black splatter.
Two skeletal bone designs with ink splatter
Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in pink, blue, purple and orange on the side of a person's ribs.
Watercolour hummingbird on the side of the ribs
Watercolour-style rainbow colour wheel tattoo with a pale open centre on the forearm, shown in a close-up photo.
Rainbow colour wheel tattoo on a forearm
Abstract brush-stroke tattoo on a forearm in black, grey-green and red ink, with splatter dots and loose vertical strokes.
Abstract brush strokes on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a red rose above it and red and black splatter effects, on a person's upper back.
Skull and red rose on upper back
Watercolour-style macaw tattoo in red, orange and blue spreading across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Watercolour macaw on upper back
Shaded black and grey skull drawing with purple, blue and green watercolour splashes and drips, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Watercolour skull design
Abstract tattoo of overlapping black circles, red and orange shapes and scattered dots on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Abstract circles and shapes on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a red and black brushstroke swirl with dots on a woman's upper chest near the shoulder.
Red and black brush swirl on the chest
Infinity symbol tattoo with rainbow watercolour splashes, black birds and the words Love and Family in script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with birds and watercolour splashes
Neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling grey wolf head pierced by an arrow and dagger with red splatter, on the forearm.
Wolf head with arrow on a forearm
Watercolour style tattoo of a purple and pink feather breaking into a flock of black birds on the side of the ribs.
Feather dissolving into birds on the ribs
Colourful watercolour-style teapot tattoo on a calf, pouring rainbow liquid into a teacup and saucer, shown from two angles.
Teapot pouring into a teacup on a calf
Two forearms showing a fine line bird head with blue and purple washes on the left and a poppy-style flower with orange and pink washes on the right, with black script beside each.
Bird and flower watercolour forearm tattoos
Watercolour-style tattoo of black outlined and solid stars with pink and blue washes and ink splatter on the ankle.
Watercolour stars on an ankle
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing two skull-faced portraits, a raised hand and red and blue geometric blocks, with a small hummingbird tattoo to the left.
Skull portraits and hummingbird on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pale masked figure with brown hair and a knife, set against red blood splatter, on the side of a person's ribs below the breast.
Masked slasher with knife on ribs
Forearm tattoo of a Zia sun symbol in black linework with red, orange, blue and green watercolour washes, shown from three angles.
Watercolour Zia sun on a forearm
Black brush-stroke ensō circle with a small dot and ink splatters on the left ribs, in a Japanese style.
Black ensō circle tattoo on the ribs
Close photograph of a red dripping splash tattoo forming a heart shape with a dark keyhole-like centre, placed on the ribs.
Dripping red splash heart on the ribs
Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo with loose splashes of green, blue, pink and purple on the upper back.
Watercolour-style hummingbird on upper back
Two matching watercolour-style tattoos on the inner wrists, a pink and orange fairy holding a wand on the left and a green figure with blue splatter on the right.
Matching fairy and green figure wrist tattoos
Realistic colour tattoo of an amber skull beneath a black bare tree with grey splatter marks, on the upper arm.
Skull and bare tree on upper arm
Black and grey drawing of a realistically shaded rose with watercolour ink splashes and a curling stem, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Shaded rose design with ink splashes
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's wide grin and green eyes on the inner forearm, with watercolour-style splashes of blue, pink and orange.
Cheshire Cat grin on a forearm
Back of a person with a watercolour-style tattoo of superhero emblems, including a hammer, bat, skull and spider, running down the spine on the back.
Superhero emblems watercolour back piece
A black peace symbol surrounded by green, red and orange paint-like splatter, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Peace symbol with splatter on the ribs
Lower back tattoo of a bare tree, three birds and linework flowers with blue watercolour splashes, in a botanical fine line style.
Tree, birds and flowers on lower back
Forearm tattoo of a black smiley face with X eyes inside a ring, with black spikes and splatter dots, over a pink and teal watercolour wash.
Smiley face with X eyes on forearm
Pen and ink drawing of a bird with spread wings, shaded in grey with red watercolour splashes across the paper, as a tattoo design.
Red splash bird in flight
Tattoo flash design of a cartoon woman with a pink bubblegum bubble and a baseball bat, with lettering reading A fun filled lollipop triple dipped in, on a watercolour splatter background.
Lollipop lettering with a bat-wielding woman
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style butterfly in pinks, reds and teals with ink splatters on the inner forearm, above a small solid black circle.
Watercolour butterfly on a forearm
A watercolour-style flower tattoo in red, orange and pink with loose black linework and blue and green washes, on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour-style flower on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style owl perched on a branch, with blue, purple and orange washes and splatters, on the calf.
Watercolour owl on a branch
Colourful barn owl tattoo in a loose watercolour style, with the words It's only forever not long at all in black script, on a limb.
Barn owl with lyric lettering on a limb
Black ink tattoo of a pair of scissors cut through a horizontal line, with clawed hands on the upper chest and left shoulder, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Scissors and clawed hands across the chest
Sketch-style lotus flower tattoo in magenta and turquoise washes with loose black linework, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Sketchy lotus flower on upper arm
Colour and black ink tattoo of a woman in a geometric patterned dress on a woman's upper arm, with scalloped fan lines and dots around the figure.
Female figure in patterned dress on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage microphone, electric guitar neck and bass clef on the inner forearm, with ink splatter behind.
Microphone, guitar and clef on a forearm
Black and grey feather wing tattoo with ink splatter dots and small lettering on the side of the ribs.
Feather wing with splatter on ribs
Full back tattoo in a realist portrait style, showing a woman's face with gears, butterflies, a compass and a red fingerprint across the back.
Full back portrait with gears and compass
Greyscale realistic lion portrait wearing a yellow crown, with red and yellow splashes, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Crowned lion portrait design
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a raven in profile above a woman's face with dark lips, with a splash effect across the eyes.
Raven and woman's face on a forearm
Large coloured neo-trad style tattoo across a person's upper back, showing a woman's face above an orange heart, black mountain shapes and roots, with red splatter.
Woman's face, heart and roots across a back
Realism style tattoo across a person's upper back showing a red rose, an orange monarch butterfly, black ink splashes and black lace ornaments.
Red rose and monarch butterfly across a back
Two black outline rose tattoos with purple, pink and teal splashes of colour across the shoulder and upper arm.
Outline roses with splashes on a shoulder