Blackwork tattoo ideas

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Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an armed rider with a lance and shield on a horse, on the lower leg.
Armed rider on horseback with a lance
Black-ink blackwork tattoos on a hand, including an eye on a finger, a crescent moon on another finger and an ornate mandala on the wrist, with black nails and silver rings.
Hand with eye, moon and mandala tattoos
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a woman's face within a rose, with wings above, leaves, swallows and a lace-style border, on a person's back.
Woman's face in a rose across the back
Black and grey wolf head and skull tattoo with geometric linework across the forearm.
Wolf and skull with geometric lines on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a stylised bird with a fanned feather crest, a peony and small arrows.
Bird and peony on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat filled with ornamental tribal patterns on a cream background, suited to a blackwork tattoo design.
Sitting cat in tribal patterns
Black and grey dotwork and engraved-style sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, showing waves, a figure, a moon and a chain along the lower arm.
Engraved sea and figure upper arm sleeve
A woman in a black bikini sits on rocks by a river, showing a black blackwork tribal pattern on her left hand and forearm and black flame tattoos on her right upper arm.
Blackwork tribal and flame tattoos by a river
Back of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a black blackwork and dotwork mandala flower tattoo at the base of the neck with bold black lines sweeping over the shoulders.
Black mandala flower on upper back
Black lace-pattern tattoo wrapping the wrist and forearm, shown in a blackwork style in a two-panel close-up.
Lace cuff tattoo on wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree with a spiral swirl in its trunk, on the calf.
Bare tree with swirling trunk on a lower leg
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded face with one eye, white outlined roses across it and a hatched shell shape below.
Shaded face and rose on a forearm
Small solid black blackwork raven silhouette perched on the side of a finger, shown in black and white.
Raven silhouette on a finger
Close photo of a solid black tribal-style swirl tattoo with curled ends and a sprig-like tip on pale skin, in blackwork style.
Black tribal swirl tattoo on skin
Black blackwork-style flash design of a central figure surrounded by a radiating ring of keyblades on a white background.
Radial keyblade design with central figure
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a light bulb inside a circle, with TESLA and 1856 in white lettering on a solid black rectangle, on the upper thigh.
Light bulb and Tesla 1856 on upper thigh
Close-up of a black ornamental mandala tattoo with a dense, symmetrical floral pattern on a person's shoulder, with small Roman numerals above it.
Black mandala tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey Japanese-style cloud tattoo with dotwork wisps on a forearm, with the arm bent at the elbow and a grey t-shirt sleeve behind.
Black cloud motif on a forearm
Black tribal flash design of three interlocking spirals inside bold swirling curves, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Triple spiral tribal design
Bold black tribal-style dragon tattoo across the upper back of a woman holding two katana swords, placed on the back.
Tribal dragon across a woman's back
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a Spartan helmet inside a circle with splatter marks, on a lower leg.
Spartan helmet in a circle on a calf
Two people stand side by side showing matching black and grey dotwork bird tattoos running from the upper arm to the forearm, with a chest tattoo visible on one of them.
Matching bird tattoos on two arms
Three views of a forearm with a black and grey mountain landscape tattoo above a band of zigzags and black bands, styled in blackwork and dotwork on the forearm.
Mountain landscape armband on forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a cake slice topped with cherries and cream, on the side of a torso.
Cake slice with cherries on the side
Four forearms covered in a black and grey dotwork blackwork sleeve of mandalas, geometric stars and a scarab beetle, with bold solid bands across the arms.
Black mandala and scarab sleeve on forearms
Colour photo of a black bat wing fading into red with scattered red, green and purple HA lettering on the upper arm.
Bat wing and laughing HA lettering on upper arm
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a seated cat filled with mandala patterns on a forearm, with a paper stencil of the same design beside it.
Mandala cat on a forearm
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with floral patterns, scrollwork and an eye in a triangle, shown on the upper leg.
Sugar skull with floral detail on a limb
Black ink Polynesian tribal sleeve tattoo covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, with bold solid bands and geometric patterns.
Polynesian tribal full arm sleeve
Solid black silhouette design of a butterfly with swirling vine stems, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Butterfly and leaf vine design
Black lace-style tattoo with scrollwork and netting running down a woman's back from the upper back to the side.
Black lace tattoo across a back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman with dark bobbed hair holding a cigarette, framed in a square, on the upper arm.
Woman with cigarette in a square frame
Black lion head tattoo with sketchy linework and bold dark shading on the side of the ribs, with a grey top lifted beside it.
Lion head tattoo on the ribs
Black tribal-style bear design with flowing white cut-out patterns on its body, shown as a stencil-like drawing on a white background.
Tribal bear design
Three-panel photo of a geometric full arm sleeve tattoo in red and black, with a red star motif on the upper arm and a dark rosette pattern on the forearm.
Geometric red and black full sleeve tattoo
Black ink tribal design of a bull head with long curved horns set inside a circle, drawn on pale paper.
Tribal bull head in a circle
Black tribal tattoo covering a shirtless man's shoulder and upper arm, with bold swirls and spiked solid lines.
Tribal shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a raven in flight inside a brushed circle and an outlined triangle on a forearm.
Raven in a circle and triangle on a forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with stippled shading and coordinate text around the outer ring, shown on a limb.
Compass rose with coordinates
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the shoulder blade and upper arm of a person photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style rose with two buds and leaves tattooed across the upper arm.
Blackwork rose and buds on upper arm
Black tribal design of a howling wolf head forming one side of a heart, with a swirled moon filling the other side, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Tribal wolf head in a heart with moon
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a hand, a lighthouse, a crescent moon and stars inside a large triangle, with smaller triangles below.
Lighthouse, hand and night sky in a triangle on a forearm
Black ornamental feather tattoo with floral and swirl detailing on a forearm, resting on a paisley patterned bedspread.
Ornamental feather tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo sleeve of roses over a mesh grid on the upper arm and shoulder, with a half fan design on the forearm.
Rose sleeve over mesh and a fan on the arm
Large black and grey Japanese style blackwork octopus tattoo spreading across a person's back and upper arm, with scaled skin and sucker detail on the tentacles.
Octopus tattoo across a back
White line drawing of an anatomical heart on a black background, with its right half filled by a crescent moon and four-pointed stars, shown as a flash design.
Anatomical heart with moon and stars