Stripe tattoo ideas

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

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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 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
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
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
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
Colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, in pink and purple stripes, on the side of a lower back above a waistband.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on the lower back
Colour tattoo of an eagle with spread wings formed from American flag stripes and white stars, with blue and red splatter, across the upper back.
Flag eagle across the upper back
Traditional style tiger tattoo across a man's back, with bold black linework, grey shading and red accents around the mouth and paw.
Tiger across a back
Realistic black, grey and pink striped animal tail tattoo curling down the centre of a person's back.
Striped animal tail across the back
Black and grey diptych of a shirtless man with two bold chevron stripe tattoos, one running down the side of his ribs and one from the shoulder down the upper back.
Chevron stripes along ribs and back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat in a striped jumper fishing from a rowboat under a dotted crescent moon, on the upper back.
Cat fishing from a rowboat on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a running horse in black and grey shading, set over red, white and blue vertical stripes, on the upper back near the neck.
Running horse emblem with stripes on upper back
Large tiger tattoo with black ink stripes and teal splashes across a woman's back and ribs, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Tiger with teal ink splashes on back and ribs
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a shaded red apple held by black-and-grey hands, with orange sunburst rays and abstract stripes behind it.
Apple held in hands over a sunburst on the back
Back view of a man with a large solid black blackwork tattoo of geometric stripes and angular bands across the back, shoulders and upper arms.
Black geometric stripe tattoo across a back
Close photo of a bold abstract swoosh tattoo in red and dark blue ink on a lower back, with a dark top above it.
Red and blue swoosh tattoo on lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger walking towards the viewer across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Walking tiger across a back and shoulder
Black and grey ornamental tattoo across the upper back and nape, with a rose on the shoulder, photographed from behind.
Ornamental back piece with rose on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger walking towards the viewer with bamboo leaves, covering the whole of a person's back.
Walking tiger and bamboo across a full back
Realistic colour tattoo of a tiger's green eyes with orange, black and white stripes across the fur, on a person's back.
Tiger eyes tattoo on the back
Two solid black vertical bars tattooed across a man's upper back, with fine text lines down his upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Two solid black bars across upper back
Bare back of a dark-haired person showing a thin vertical strip of swirling red, pink, blue and purple colour tattoo running from the nape down the spine.
Vertical colour strip down the spine
Two side-by-side photos of a man's torn-skin tattoo revealing an American flag across his upper chest and shoulder, and across his upper back.
American flag torn-skin design on shoulder and back