Stencil tattoo ideas

99 photos and flash · 19% Geometric, 15% Botanical · Forearm most common

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A hand presses transfer paper onto a forearm, leaving a black spiky leaf stencil design on the skin.
Black spiky leaf stencil on a forearm
Solid black stencil design of a pair of lips with a skull-like face and teeth cut out in white against a plain background.
Lips and skull stencil design
Black linework design of three treble clefs set on arrow-like shafts above three interlocking circles, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body placement.
Three treble clefs over interlocking circles
Black silhouette design of rosebuds, leaves and curling vines on a white background, suited to a botanical stencil or flash piece with no body placement shown.
Rosebud and swirling vine pattern
Black dotwork mandala flower tattoo with a trailing dotted line on the inner forearm, with a stencil blurred in the background.
Mandala flower with dotted line on a forearm
Black outline diamond design with internal facet lines on a translucent stencil sheet, shown on a grey surface, with no body placement visible.
Outlined diamond stencil
Black and white silhouette stencils on card, including a Dalek, several profile heads, a sonic screwdriver, a bow tie and a police box with the word GERONIMO, laid out on a wooden table.
Silhouette stencil sheets on a wooden table
Traditional colour tattoo of a shark filled with mandala-style ornaments, shown on the side of the body beside a white line stencil of the same design.
Ornamental shark on the side of the body
Black and white stencil design of an armoured figure in a segmented power suit with a large arm cannon, shown in a running pose.
Armoured figure with arm cannon stencil
White stencil-style design of a radial mandala built from police box shapes, angel wings and a central flower, on a dark grey background.
Radial TARDIS and angel wing mandala
A pale outline stencil of a small design on a finger, held by a hand with mint green nail polish, shown before tattooing.
Outline stencil on a finger
A hand uses a black marker to draw a tribal-style swirl design on a person's arm, showing the outline before any tattoo is inked.
Tribal swirl design being drawn on skin
Black geometric unicorn tattoo with faceted hatched linework on a forearm, with its paper stencil beside it.
Geometric unicorn tattoo on a forearm
Black stencil design of a gnarled, leafless tree with a skull in its trunk, shown on a white card against a dark green backdrop.
Gnarled dead tree with skull stencil
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with hanging drops on the inner forearm, shown beside its printed stencil.
Lotus mandala tattoo on forearm
Small bee tattoo with black outline and yellow stripes on the top of a foot, with a matching stencil on the table beside it.
Bee tattoo on the top of a foot
Four black silhouette skeleton key designs stacked on a white background, each with a different ornate bow and bit, drawn as a stencil-style tattoo design.
Four ornate skeleton keys
Fine line feather tattoo on the inner forearm, shaded from orange through pink and purple to teal, with ornamental swirls and dots, beside its paper stencil.
Gradient feather tattoo on a forearm
Blue and teal Celtic knotwork crescent moon beside a small knotted five-pointed star, shown as a stencil design on a pale fabric background.
Celtic knot crescent moon and star stencil
Geometric giraffe head design cut from a stencil, built from angular brown facets with a white outline on a white background.
Geometric giraffe head stencil
A grey botanical leaf stencil being pressed onto a forearm, with a hand holding the transfer paper in place.
Botanical leaf stencil on a forearm
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo on the back of a hand, with banknote-style text and texture across the petals.
Banknote rose on the back of a hand
Black lace-style butterfly and floral garter tattoo in fine linework on a woman's thigh, beside a sheet of matching design stencils.
Lace butterfly garter tattoo on a thigh
Black line stencil of a butterfly over a geometric star design, held up on a clear transfer sheet by a hand with black nail polish.
Butterfly over geometric star stencil
A hand outlines a grey shaded feather design in black marker on translucent tracing paper laid over a wooden table.
Shaded feather design drawn on tracing paper
Flash sheet of black rose tattoo stencils in a botanical style, with no body placement shown.
Rose stencil designs on a flash sheet
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a seated cat filled with mandala patterns on a forearm, with a paper stencil of the same design beside it.
Mandala cat on a forearm
Three pen drawings of dotwork mandala and lotus tattoo designs on sheets of paper, shown in black linework on a teal surface.
Mandala and lotus tattoo designs on paper
Side by side photographs of a black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with leaf details on the upper arm, with purple stencil lines shown on the right.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm, before and after
A botanical rose and flower stencil with a mandala-style border, drawn in black on the upper back of a person with dark hair, with a gloved hand holding a second stencil sheet.
Rose and floral stencil on upper back
Two black linework stencils on tracing paper show a traditional rose with hatched leaves and a cartoon character face, held beside a tattooed hand.
Rose stencils with cartoon faces
Collage of wrist and forearm tattoos showing a black Deathly Hallows symbol, a small colour Winnie the Pooh on the wrist, and a black linework butterfly on a forearm, with application products.
Deathly Hallows and Winnie the Pooh tattoos collage
Solid black rabbit mask design with swirling horns and a stencil-like outline, shown as a flash style tattoo design.
Rabbit mask stencil design
Grey stencil design of a scorpion with a swirling butterfly above its raised tail, on a white background.
Scorpion and butterfly stencil design
Grey stencil design of a skull and crossbones on a waving pirate flag, with no body placement shown.
Skull and crossbones pirate flag stencil
Three small solid black star tattoos sit behind a person's ear, with a larger star design shown above and temporary tattoo sheets on grass below.
Three small star tattoos behind the ear
Black stencil of a smiling bulldog standing with front paws visible, set against a pale blue background.
Bulldog stencil design
Realism style compass with feather leaves in grey shading and teal accents, tattooed on the inner forearm of an arm held up towards the camera.
Compass and feathers on an inner forearm
A tall, narrow geometric border design in black and grey, with a column of small diamonds beside a column of pointed leaf shapes, shown on a white background.
Geometric diamond and leaf border strip
Black and grey tattoo of a typewriter with a quote reading May I never be complete, on the upper arm, with letters spilling from the keys.
Typewriter with spilling letters and quote
Black line drawing of a yarn ball with two knitting needles and a heart, with banners reading MY SOUL IS FED WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD, drawn as a tattoo flash design.
Yarn ball and needles with banner lettering
A bold red Om symbol design with swirling strokes and a small dot, drawn on a pale textured background, shown as a stencil or flash design rather than on skin.
Red Om symbol design
Line drawing of a sequence of nested triangles that grow into a layered geometric star design, with no body placement shown.
Stacked triangles building to a geometric star
Thin grey stencil outline of looping script on a finger, shown on a transfer sheet as the backing is peeled away.
Script stencil on a finger
Black stencil of a stylised heart with an inner swirl on transfer paper, laid over a grey shaded background.
Heart and swirl stencil
Four line drawings of sitting cats on yellowish tracing paper and white paper, with stippled dot shading on the tails and legs, laid out on a wooden table.
Sitting cat line drawings on paper
Flash sheet of grey silhouette flower designs in botanical style, with lilies, roses, daisies and other blooms arranged in rows on a white background.
Flower flash sheet in grey silhouette
Black and cyan stencil-style design of a stylised standing figure with flowing hair and cyan ornamental patterns on the torso, arm and legs, shown without any body part.
Black and cyan stylised figure design