Blackwork tattoo ideas

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A bold black blackwork tattoo of a yin yang design with a black cat and a white cat inside a circle, on the side of a torso above the ribs.
Yin yang cats on the side ribs
Solid black grenade tattoo in a blackwork style on the inside of a forearm, with a hand holding the arm against a red plaid bed.
Solid black grenade on a forearm
Black and white hamsa hand design with a central eye, stars and crescent motifs, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Black tribal scorpion tattoo on the ankle and upper foot of a person wearing a black flip-flop, on a wooden deck.
Tribal scorpion on an ankle
Woman seen from behind with a large black and grey dotwork mandala covering her back, with a coloured sleeve tattoo on her upper arm.
Mandala back piece in dotwork and blackwork
Black and grey world map tattoo filled with ornate dotwork patterns across the upper back of a person with hair tied up.
World map tattoo across a back
Black linework and dotwork flash design of an anatomical heart with a chair and hanging bulb inside, lettered YOU LIVE THERE below.
Anatomical heart with a chair inside
Black and grey photograph of a small blackwork mountain range tattoo on the side of a bare ankle, with the foot raised.
Mountain peak tattoo on an ankle
Two clasped hands showing black wristbands and a black bird silhouette on a forearm, with a colourful sleeve tattoo on a third arm.
Black bands and bird silhouettes on forearms
Black and grey tribal S tattoo on an upper arm, shaded to look as if it is breaking through cracked skin.
Tribal S with cracked skin on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork floral tattoo with symmetrical leaves, buds and fan-shaped petals across a person's upper back.
Symmetrical floral design across a back
Black fine-line mountain range tattoo with solid peaks on the back of an ankle, close to the heel.
Mountain range tattoo on ankle
Black blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a stippled geometric pentagon shape above two solid black bands near the elbow.
Geometric shape and bands on a forearm
Black ornamental butterfly tattoo with small gem-like dots and a curling antenna on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate butterfly with gems on upper back
A black geometric armband tattoo with zigzag borders and chevron patterns wraps the forearm near the elbow, with a coloured feather tattoo partly visible on the thigh below.
Black geometric armband and feather tattoo
Black ink ornamental tattoo with dotted chains, crescents and teardrops across the inner wrist and forearm, shown from two angles.
Ornamental lace wrist tattoo with dotted chains
Black line drawing of a heart outline with a solid black paw print inside it, a tattoo design in a bold blackwork style.
Paw print inside an outlined heart
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand with a heart inside a triangle, an eye below, and a sun, moon and stars.
Hand, heart and eye in a triangle
Black geometric dotwork tattoo of a wolf's head with angular facets and stippled shading, on the lower leg.
Geometric wolf head on a calf
Blackwork and dotwork geometric full sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with diamond lattice and cog motifs on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork geometric full arm sleeve
Black tribal tattoo of a manta ray with a turtle and gecko inside, in a Polynesian-style design across the upper back.
Polynesian manta ray with turtle on upper back
Black ink drawing of a lion face with bold tribal patterns filling the mane, shown as a tattoo design on a tan background.
Lion face with tribal patterned mane
Four-panel photo of a bald person with black peony and mandala tattoos covering the scalp, neck, shoulders and upper chest, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Peony and mandala tattoo across scalp, neck and back
Black and grey blackwork tattoos covering both legs from thigh to calf, showing mountains, clouds, towers and a bridge in a geometric landscape.
Mountain and bridge landscape leg tattoos
Bold black blackwork-style design of a serpent head biting a ring of spiked discs, each with a central dot, on a plain white background.
Serpent head and spiked ring design
Black and grey dotwork whale shark tattoo with blackwork shading on the upper arm, swimming diagonally up the limb.
Whale shark on the upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird with spread wings on the upper arm, surrounded by jagged black lines that look like cracked skin.
Bird emerging from cracked skin on upper arm
Two black and grey floral tattoos, one on each forearm, in a traditional style with solid black leaves and detailed flower outlines.
Black floral tattoos on both forearms
Black and white photo of a small solid black elephant silhouette tattoo with raised trunk on the forearm, in a blackwork style.
Small elephant silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a symmetrical ornamental band with geometric leaf shapes wrapping around the wrist.
Ornamental geometric band on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart overgrown with flowers and leaves, across an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of bold abstract shapes and bars on an upper arm, with a black and white design panel beside it.
Black abstract tattoo on an arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a faceless masked spirit figure with a white mask, on the forearm, fading to grey at the base.
Masked spirit silhouette on a forearm
Black ink mandala band tattooed around a wrist, in a geometric style, with a hand and trainers visible against a stone pavement.
Mandala band on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of stylised hands around a star-shaped flower on an elbow, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Stylised hands and flower on elbow
Black and grey sailing ship on rough waves tattooed on the outer thigh, with a dotted line running down to a small anchor, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Sailing ship and anchor on a thigh
Side by side photos of a solid black tribal dragon tattoo on a lower leg, before and after a rework with grey shading and highlighted outlines.
Black tribal dragon on a calf, before and after
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an ornate spear or dagger running diagonally along a forearm.
Ornate blade tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm, with flowing scrollwork vines rising from a large Om symbol and lace-like border at the wrist.
Om symbol and scrollwork on a forearm
Black tribal-style eagle head drawing in solid black ink on white, shown in profile with a sweeping blackwork frame behind it.
Tribal eagle head design
Black ink tribal dragon design on white paper, with a horned head facing left, spiked wings and a barbed tail, shown without any body placement.
Tribal dragon design in solid black
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a wolf head framed by a mandala ornament on the upper arm.
Wolf head with mandala ornament on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with a torn skin effect, placed over the elbow.
Skull with torn skin on an elbow
Solid black bat symbol tattoo shown in two photographs, one close up on the skin and one small tattoo on the lower abdomen above black jeans.
Bat symbol tattoo on skin
Black ornamental elephant tattoo with a patterned body in blackwork style, on the left ribs of a woman photographed in a mirror.
Ornate elephant tattoo on the ribs
Black ink full sleeve on a woman's arm, with mandala patterns, scrollwork and fern sprigs covering the upper arm and forearm down to the wrist.
Blackwork mandala sleeve with fern motifs
Two matching black and grey traditional rosette tattoos with layered leaves on the knees, with a small sunrise tattoo above the right knee.
Matching rosette tattoos on both knees
Three photos of black and grey forearm tattoos showing bare trees, a moon, flying birds, a horse and rider silhouette, and a gate by water, in a blackwork and realism style on the forearm.
Forest, moon and horse rider forearm tattoos