Stencil tattoo ideas

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

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Four-panel collage of a faceted gem tattoo with radiating rays on a forearm, from stencil and linework to coloured shading in purple, grey and green.
Faceted gem with rays on forearm, four stages
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a globe with a latitude grid and soft shaded continents, with arrow lines extending outward, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Globe with compass arrows on the forearm
Purple stencil of a geometric lion with a mandala crown on skin, beside the matching black linework transfer design on paper.
Lion and mandala stencil with geometric pendant
Two-panel image of a lower leg: red outline stencil on the left and a finished black tribal pattern tattoo covering the calf on the right.
Tribal calf tattoo, stencil and finished
Fine line tattoo of a barn owl within overlapping geometric shapes and dots on the upper arm, with a paper stencil of the same design held beside it.
Barn owl in geometric frame on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork rose with leaves inside nested geometric diamonds, tattooed on a limb, with a printed stencil of the same design beside it.
Rose within nested geometric diamonds
Black dotwork flash sheet of ten pairs of crescent arc designs with dot clusters and hanging drops, shown without any body part.
Dotwork arc and drop ornament flash sheet
Black line stencil of an ornate hamsa hand with mandala patterns and dotted border on transfer paper, with a faint pink outline behind it.
Hamsa hand stencil with mandala detail
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 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 geometric unicorn tattoo with faceted hatched linework on a forearm, with its paper stencil beside it.
Geometric unicorn 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
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
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 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
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
Solid black silhouette of a giraffe head and neck with angular white patches, shown as a stencil-style flash design with no body placement.
Giraffe head silhouette design