Stripe tattoo ideas

327 photos and flash · 26% Blackwork, 23% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Hand-drawn Hufflepuff house crest design in yellow, black and grey, with a badger over a striped shield and a blackletter banner reading Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff crest with badger and banner
Painted flash design of a dotwork teacup holding purple amethyst crystals, with a stippled saucer and leaves, shown on paper with dried petals and a sage bundle nearby.
Amethyst crystals in a dotwork teacup
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face with dreadlocks, moustache and beard, across the upper chest and shoulder, with green, yellow and red bands behind.
Realistic portrait of a man with dreadlocks on chest
A woman in a standing forward fold shows geometric linework across her upper back and gold-toned geometric markings on her forearm and hand.
Forward fold with geometric markings on back and arm
Black and grey photograph of a blackwork chevron armband tattoo wrapped around a forearm, with a blurred street behind.
Chevron band tattoo on a forearm
Back of a hand covered in a black blackwork mandala tattoo of swirls, stripes and dots, placed on the hand and fingers.
Black mandala design across the back of a hand
Black ink tattoo of a grinning cat with green eyes, its striped tail curling into a large spiral, on the upper back in a Blackwork style.
Grinning cat and spiral tail on upper back
Black ink drawing of a tiger curled into a circle, with bold stripes and a skull-like shape formed in the negative space, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Curled tiger design in black ink
Dotwork tattoo of concentric black circles and shaded bands running across a pale forearm, placed on the forearm against a black background.
Concentric circle and gradient bands on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a striped serpent with an open-jawed reptilian head biting its own tail to form a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Striped serpent eating its own tail
Two forearms show metallic gold arrow designs and black and gold banded temporary tattoos, with the placement on the forearm and wrist.
Gold arrows and bands on two forearms
Black and white flash drawing of a skull wearing a peaked cap, with the lower face covered by a bandana printed with the American flag.
Skull in cap with American flag bandana
Two forearms crossed under clasped hands against a white wall, one with a dark spiked band tattoo with two stripes near the wrist and the other with a tiny line of script.
Spiked band tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a palm tree on a striped rainbow island with four embracing figures, placed on the front of the upper thigh above the knee.
Palm tree island with embracing figures on thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of an eagle in flight in front of the American flag on an upper arm.
Eagle and American flag on upper arm
Traditional-style flash drawing of a striped hot air balloon with a banner reading Enjoy Your Journey, a woven basket and small stars, in red, brown and black ink on kraft paper.
Hot air balloon with Enjoy Your Journey banner
Three photographs of a leg covered in illustrated tattoos with bold outlines, featuring a bowler-hat figure with an umbrella, a stylised tree and a bird, placed on the thigh.
Illustrated leg tattoos in three panels
Both forearms of a person with palms up, covered in symmetrical blackwork geometric tattoos of diamond motifs, chevrons and stripes.
Blackwork geometric forearm sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face with a detailed eye and whiskers across the inner forearm.
Tiger face on a forearm
Small black fine line symbol tattoo on an ankle, with a bare foot resting on white bedding beside a teal mug of coffee.
Small black symbol tattoo on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with teal hair and a starfish beside a treasure chest of gold coins, on an upper arm.
Mermaid and treasure chest on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face with intense eyes and whiskers, sitting on the outer thigh of a person in a dark setting.
Realistic tiger head on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of a striped castle silhouette inside an arc, with the numbers 13.1, 26.2 and 39.3 beneath it, on the ankle.
Striped castle and numbers on an ankle
Back of a person's neck showing a tapering solid black line with a dotwork fade at the top, in blackwork and dotwork style at the nape.
Tapering black line with dotwork fade on the nape
Back view of a man with a large flowing wave tattoo in black outline and orange and brown fills covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Flowing wave tattoo across back and upper arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a cat in a striped jumper, sitting on the upper shoulder of a person with dark hair.
Cat in a striped jumper on a shoulder
Blackwork tattoo of solid black bands and thin lines wrapped around a forearm, shown against a blurred street.
Black bands tattoo on a forearm
Blackwork tattoo of two solid black bands on the inner forearm, each with a key silhouette knocked out in skin tone.
Two key bands on a forearm
Realism style black and grey tattoo of a winged anchor badge with a striped shield, placed centrally on the chest.
Winged anchor badge on the torso
Black tribal-style cat with a striped, curled tail tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tribal cat with striped tail on upper back
Packaged sheet of geometric band temporary tattoo designs in gold, silver and black metallic foil, with a Golden Tattoo card above.
Metallic geometric band temporary tattoo sheet
Red script reading Ride or Die beside black dotted stripes that fade out, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Ride or Die script with dotted stripes on a foot
Small black and grey bee tattoo in fine line and dotwork style on the inside of a forearm.
Small bee on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of stripes wrapping around a forearm in an optical illusion, with a dotwork spiral pattern on the arm above.
Striped optical wrap on forearm
Two matching black abstract tattoos inside thin circular arcs sit on the ankles of two bare feet, one pair of toenails green and the other blue.
Matching abstract circle tattoos on two ankles
Four-panel photo of a black tribal blackwork band wrapping the calf and ankle, with solid bands, triangles, chevrons and zigzag edging.
Blackwork tribal band on lower leg
Two arms covered in traditional-style tattoos, including a panther head, a feathered headdress, a skull, a snake and roses, placed on the forearms and upper arms.
Traditional sleeves with panther, skull and snake
Two forearms with black bands separated by bare skin, and dotwork stippling fading toward the wrist, in a blackwork and dotwork style on the forearm.
Banded forearms with dotwork fade
Three black geometric chevron arrows tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a gold watch.
Three chevrons on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a cactus in a striped pot with red triangles, shaded in black and grey on the lower leg.
Cactus in a patterned pot on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a striding tiger with a curling tail and water splashes, across the left ribs of a bare torso.
Striding tiger on the ribs
Close view of a woman's forearm with three thin dark blue-grey parallel bands tattooed around it, below the elbow.
Three parallel bands on a forearm
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a bald eagle over a red, white and blue flag, with a snake and grey skulls below, on a man photographed from behind.
Eagle, flag and skulls across a back
Two-panel photo of a blackwork geometric tattoo of bold straight bars and chevron lines across the back of a woman's neck and upper back.
Bold geometric bars across neck and upper back
Black ink tattoo of a castle silhouette beside a round Mickey-style head, with stripes and a circular arc, on the top of a foot.
Castle and Mickey-style head in a circle on a foot
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat, upside down with a striped purple body and a pink grinning face, on a calf in a traditional style.
Upside-down Cheshire Cat on a calf
Black and grey line drawing of a skull-faced queen in a crown on a playing card, with a broken heart balloon, a spider and swords, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Queen of hearts skull playing card design
Black geometric band tattoos wrap both forearms of a person in a dark top, with solid stripes and angular interlocking shapes.
Geometric bands on both forearms