Steam tattoo ideas

73 photos and flash · 32% Traditional, 27% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black line drawing of a steaming coffee cup on a saucer with two coffee beans and a heart shape beside it, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Coffee cup with steam and heart design
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bald elder with a beard resting over the rim of a peach teacup, with black and white jasmine flowers, in a bold neo-traditional style on the leg.
Cartoon elder peering over a teacup on a leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an orange pumpkin with falling leaves and a swirl of steam on the outer calf.
Pumpkin and autumn leaves on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a hand holding a steaming mug, sitting on the outer side of a thigh.
Steaming mug line drawing on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a coffee cup with curling steam on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Coffee cup tattoo near the collarbone
Fine line black tattoo of a coffee mug with rising steam, placed on the skin behind a person's ear.
Coffee mug behind the ear
Fine line black tattoo of an open book and a steaming coffee cup on the forearm, with a coin placed below it for scale.
Open book and coffee cup on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a teacup with swirling steam rising above it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Teacup with steam on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a purple and pink owl wearing green-eyed glasses and a green bow, sitting in a light blue teacup on a saucer, on the upper arm.
Owl in a teacup on the upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm of a stack of books with a teacup and teapot, purple flowers and a banner with lettering.
Stacked books and teapot on upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a coffee mug with curling steam, reading Death Before Decaf, on an arm.
Coffee mug reading Death Before Decaf
Black line drawing of a teacup and saucer with swirling steam, a heart-shaped handle and a small butterfly on the saucer, shown as a tattoo design.
Teacup with steam, heart handle and butterfly
Colour tattoo of a dark cauldron with green bubbling brew, a banner reading DEAD MAN'S TOE and a campfire, placed on the outer thigh.
Cauldron with Dead Man's Toe banner on thigh
Small fine line tattoo of a steaming teacup on a saucer, in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a coral top.
Teacup and saucer on a forearm
Greyscale steam locomotive with smoke on the calf, framed by a red banner reading Railway to Destiny and orange flowers in a traditional style.
Steam locomotive and banner on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a grey teacup with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves, placed on the thigh.
Teacup and rose on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a sloth in red glasses and a plaid scarf, holding a takeaway coffee cup, on the upper arm.
Sloth with glasses and coffee on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink coffee mug with teal leaves and the words death before decaf in teal script on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Death before decaf mug on a forearm
Fine line black coffee cup tattoo with rising steam on the inner wrist, next to a white mug of coffee on rumpled blue bedsheets.
Small coffee cup tattoo on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing a white goose and yellow chick above a steaming teacup, with the word PIVOT and red flowers below.
Goose and chick above a teacup on upper arm
Pencil flash sheet of a teapot, teacups, a cupcake, strawberries, a rose and a biscuit, drawn in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Teapot, teacups and strawberries flash sheet
Neo-traditional tattoo of a teacup with a pink rose and green leaves on the upper arm, with the words Tea heals all wounds curving around the saucer.
Teacup and rose with tea quote
Black fine line tattoo of a patterned teacup with dotted steam, a heart tea bag tag and the word M.O.M beneath, on a person's leg.
Teacup with tea bag and M.O.M lettering
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a cartoon pile of poo with green steam and orange rays, with Holy Shit arched above in bold black lettering.
Cartoon steaming pile with Holy Shit lettering
Traditional style colour tattoo of a teacup with steam, a crescent moon and a laurel branch, with the words tea, Earl Grey, hot, on the inner forearm.
Teacup and crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a steaming teacup with a rose and leaves in a traditional style with dotwork shading, on a lower leg.
Teacup, rose and leaves on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a swallow perched on a steaming teacup and saucer, with bold black outlines and orange and yellow shading, on a limb.
Swallow perched on a teacup
Small fine line tattoo of a coffee mug with steam rising, in black ink on the side of a finger.
Tiny coffee mug on a finger
Two traditional-style tattoos on a calf: a mug with a heart and the word MOM beside a pink flower, and an envelope with a heart and the word DAD beside a pink flower.
Mug and envelope tattoos on a calf
Three black ink line drawings of cups with swirling steam, a tattoo flash style design with no body placement shown.
Three ink sketches of steaming cups
Two small black fine line tattoos of a steaming cup, one on a fair-skinned knee on the left and one on a hairier knee on the right.
Small steaming cup tattoos on two knees
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a black mug with a heart-shaped wisp of steam, a red rose and dark leaves on the forearm.
Mug with heart steam and red rose on a forearm
Two hands held together in sepia, each with a black and grey tattoo on the back of the hand: a tea bag tagged TEA on the left and a steaming teacup on the right.
Tea bag and teacup hand tattoos
Black line drawing on tracing paper of roses, a steaming teacup, a cupcake with an apple on top and a ribbon, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses, teacup and cupcake design
Fine line black tattoo of a steaming coffee cup and saucer on an ankle, with red ballet flats on the foot.
Coffee cup tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a steaming teacup on a stack of books, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Teacup and stacked books on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus wearing a top hat and round spectacles and holding a steaming teacup, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Top-hatted octopus with teacup on shoulder blade
Fine line tattoo of a chubby outlined cat holding a pink bowl of steaming noodles, placed on the ankle.
Cartoon cat with noodles on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a skeleton resting its head on one hand while holding a steaming mug in the other.
Skeleton resting head on hand with steaming mug
Black line drawing of a coffee cup and saucer with steam swirls and two ribbon banners reading But First, Coffee, shown as a tattoo design on white.
But First, Coffee cup design
Traditional style tattoo of a light blue mug reading WORLDS BEST BOSS with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves on the skin.
Worlds best boss mug with red rose
Traditional style flash design of a teapot pouring into a teacup, with a red rose, green leaves and banners reading WHEN IN DOUBT DRINK TEA.
Teapot pouring tea beside a rose
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a steaming mug with a sprig wreath of leaves and berries on the inner forearm.
Steaming mug with leafy wreath on a forearm
Black line drawing of a traditional style tattoo design showing a scroll banner reading Death before decaf, two roses and a teacup with a skull and crossbones.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Black and white photo of a small fine line coffee cup tattoo with rising steam on the side of a finger, with a ring on the same hand and a cup and saucer beside it.
Tiny coffee cup tattoo on a finger
Traditional style tattoo of a bowl of pho with chopsticks, dotted steam and a banner reading Got time pho that, on the upper arm.
Pho bowl with banner on upper arm
Black line drawing of a steaming coffee cup on a saucer with coffee beans and a heart-shaped handle outline, shown on a cream background.
Coffee cup with steam and heart line design
Traditional style flash design of a white teacup with a skull on its side, steam rising, green leaves, red roses and two banners reading Death Before Decaf.
Death Before Decaf teacup flash