String tattoo ideas

121 photos and flash · 50% Fine line, 11% Botanical · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a black silhouette figure lifted by a cluster of red, orange, pink, green and blue balloons.
Silhouette floating from colourful balloons on forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of three mouse-ear shaped balloons in pink, teal and purple, with red hearts, sparkles and dots, in a neo-traditional style.
Mouse-ear balloons and hearts on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a girl in a billowing dress holding a kite string, with the kite high above, on the inner forearm.
Girl flying a kite on a forearm
Small red balloon tattoo with a black outline and trailing string on the outer ankle, shown on a leg in dark leggings and denim.
Red balloon tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of an acoustic guitar with strings and fretboard on the inner forearm of a man wearing a grey t-shirt.
Acoustic guitar on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a heart-shaped balloon with a long trailing string on the ribs.
Heart balloon on the ribs
Black and grey pencil drawing of an acoustic guitar with a ribbon of musical staff and notes wrapping around its neck, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Acoustic guitar with flowing music staff
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded balloon on the upper back, with the handwritten script phrase Sometimes you need to let things go trailing from its string.
Balloon and script quote on upper back
Realistic tattoo of an electric guitar neck and body with metal pickups and yellow highlights, on the back of a hand.
Electric guitar tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied bouquet of leaves and five-petal flowers on a forearm, shown in a sepia photograph.
Flower bouquet on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a cute grey cartoon figure holding a red heart-shaped balloon on a line, in a fine line style, on pale skin.
Heart balloon and small grey figure
Two forearms, each with a matching fine line tattoo of a stick figure girl holding a string, in black ink on the forearm.
Matching stick figure girls on forearms
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a beetle held between two outstretched hands with strings, with a pink glow and ribbon below, on a person's stomach above the navel.
Beetle held in hands on stomach
Ink line drawing of a baby elephant raising its trunk to hold a balloon on a string, a tattoo design sketch with no body placement shown.
Baby elephant holding a balloon
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on a forearm showing a dark whale with a galaxy body and gold constellations, surrounded by orange and green planets, clouds and a paper boat.
Whale, constellations and paper boat on forearm
Colour tattoo of Eeyore the donkey hanging upside down from a red balloon on the upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Eeyore hanging from a red balloon on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cartoon bear holding a balloon on a string, with small insects around it, on pale skin.
Cartoon bear holding a balloon
Line drawing design of a pink heart balloon with a fine line string forming the words love you, shown on a plain cream background with no body placement visible.
Heart balloon with love you script
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a figure in a flowing dress hanging from strings held by flying birds.
Figure swinging from birds on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a grey sloth hanging from a red balloon on the upper back, with the string drawn in black.
Sloth hanging from a red balloon on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on the inner forearm showing a guitar neck and strings appearing through torn skin, with a script logo on the headstock.
Guitar emerging from torn forearm skin
Colour botanical tattoo of a tied bundle of lavender stems with green leaves, placed on the forearm.
Lavender bundle on a forearm
Two forearms show a solid black silhouette of a girl reaching out on the left arm and a red heart-shaped balloon with a black string on the right arm.
Silhouette girl and heart balloon on forearms
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a cat's head shaped like a balloon, tied by a string to a hand, on the outer thigh.
Cat balloon held by a hand on a thigh
Red line drawing of a violin with curling scroll flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Violin with swirling flourishes
Colour tattoo of a cartoon hedgehog holding a red heart balloon on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Hedgehog holding a heart balloon on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two dreamcatchers with hanging feathers running down the centre of a bare back.
Dreamcatchers and feathers down the back
Fine line black tattoo of two hands holding taut crossing string, placed on the forearm.
Two hands and string on a forearm
Flash drawing of a crossed bow and arrows with a crescent moon and hanging striped purple feathers, shaded in grey pencil with watercolour accents.
Crossed bow, arrows and feathers design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a small T-rex dinosaur held up by a cluster of outlined balloons, placed along the ribs.
Baby T-rex held aloft by balloons on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a guitar being played by two hands, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Hands playing guitar on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stringed instrument on the middle finger, shown in a sepia-toned photograph of a hand gripping strings.
Small stringed instrument tattoo on a finger
A colour tattoo of a red balloon on a string holding a king penguin, placed on the side of the ribs.
Red balloon and penguin on the ribs
Two matching realistic tin can telephone tattoos with grey shading and a red thread line, one on each foot near the ankle.
Tin can telephones on both feet
Colour botanical tattoo of rosemary, olive-like berries and eucalyptus leaves tied with string, running across the upper arm.
Herb sprigs and eucalyptus on an upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon cat in a polka dot dress and red bow, holding an open orange book by a thin line, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Cartoon cat holding an orange book on ankle
Colourful thigh tattoo mixing a realistic grey tabby cat with a blue watercolour cat, a green and pink kite, a crescent moon and paint drips.
Two cats, kite and moon on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of two hands holding a criss-crossed string between them, placed on the thigh.
Hands holding a string on the thigh
Two matching fine line tattoos of a red balloon with a thin dark blue string, shown on the lower legs of two people.
Matching red balloon tattoos on two calves
Black and grey tattoo of an acoustic guitar soundhole inside an ornate scrolled frame on a woman's upper back, with a guitar leaning beside her in a grassy field.
Guitar soundhole tattoo on upper back
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on a calf of three stacked balloons with grinning faces, two bats and a small figure hanging from a string.
Stacked balloons with skeletal characters on a calf
Two matching wrist tattoos of small stick figure girls in green and purple dresses, holding a thin black string between them, in a fine line style.
Matching stick figures joined by a string on wrists
Close photo of a small fine line tattoo of a red balloon with a dark string on the side of a finger, on a hand with white nails.
Small red balloon tattoo on a finger
Fine line tattoo of a red balloon with black string that flows down into the script words let it be, on the middle of a person's back.
Red balloon with script on the back
Two matching fine line tattoos of stick figures joined by a long straight line, one on each inner wrist.
Matching stick figure wrist tattoos
Fine line black ink tattoo of two stick figures joined by a taut string, one figure on each ankle.
Stick figures joined by a string on two ankles
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small bear holding a string to a large balloon, on the side of the ribs.
Bear floating from a balloon on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a double bass on the finger of a hand gripping the instrument's strings.
Double bass tattoo on a finger