Blackwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of a scaled fish smoking a cigarette and riding a bicycle, with dotwork shading, on the lower leg.
Fish riding a bicycle and smoking
Black knotwork tattoo of two interlaced animals with spiral details across the upper back, with a black triangular design on the shoulder.
Interlaced beast knotwork on a back
Black blackwork tattoo of lace-like mesh and floral scrollwork across the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a dark top.
Black lace and floral scrollwork on upper arm
Small solid black bat silhouette blackwork tattoo on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photo with a soft blurred background.
Small bat silhouette on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design: a splattered circle and upright mark at the centre, surrounded by a ring of pointed petals with swirls and dots, shown on white paper beside a pen.
Ink mandala with splattered symbol design
Black tribal tattoo in a Polynesian-style pattern across a man's upper back and shoulder, photographed from behind against a dark background.
Tribal pattern across a man's shoulder and upper back
Black tribal-patterned tattoo of a lion head within a sun motif, covering the upper arm of a man in a white jersey.
Lion head in sun on upper arm
Black and white drawing of an elephant filled with intricate mandala and floral patterns, in a blackwork style with no placement on the body.
Ornate patterned elephant design
Solid black tribal band tattoo with leaf-like motifs wrapping around a wrist, shown in a blackwork style.
Black tribal band tattoo on a wrist
A black tribal blackwork band being tattooed on skin with a tattoo machine, with a gloved hand guiding the needle and small spots of blood visible.
Black tribal band being tattooed
Black ink drawing of a cat head in profile, filled with dotwork and fine linework patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate cat head in black linework
Black and grey interlace knotwork tattoo on a back, showing a tree above two serpent heads and a triquetra at the base, in Blackwork style.
Knotwork tree and beasts across a back
Solid black flash design of a roller skate with spiky lines above and dripping streaks below, in a bold blackwork style.
Roller skate with dripping spikes
Black and grey tattoo of mountains and pine trees inside a triangle, with a small circle above and a horizontal line across the middle, on the upper arm.
Mountains and pines inside a triangle
Black and grey tattoo covering the back of a hand and forearm with bold tribal-style geometric motifs and a central face-like design.
Geometric tribal-style hand and forearm tattoo
Solid black stylised wings tattoo on the calf, shown in a close photograph against a pale background.
Pair of black wings on a calf
Solid black cat tattoo with paw prints on the shoulder, the cat stretching upwards with its tail curling down the upper arm.
Black cat and paw prints on a shoulder
Black blackwork tattoo of a bird in flight above bare trees on the inner forearm, fading to solid black near the wrist.
Bird over forest silhouette on forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a skull wearing a bowler hat, on a person's calf.
Skull in a bowler hat on a calf
Blackwork tattoo of a gothic cathedral skyline with tall spires covering both feet and toes.
Gothic cathedral skyline across both feet
Black ink flash design of a dragon with spread wings above an interlaced Celtic knot, with no body placement shown.
Dragon with Celtic knotwork design
Black and grey forest tattoo on a forearm, with bare trees on the left, pine trees on the right and birds flying above, shading to solid black near the wrist.
Forest silhouette on a forearm
Close-up of a black geometric arrow tattoo with dots, a crescent and circles, placed centrally on the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of the Hindu deity Ganesha merged with the Om symbol, with ornamental patterned shading, on the upper back or nape of the neck.
Ganesha and Om symbol on the upper back
Four black arrows with feathered fletching and dotted arrowheads, in a blackwork and dotwork style, tattooed on the upper arm.
Four arrows on an upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a small dreamcatcher tattoo with three feathers and loose drifting feathers on the inner forearm.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on a forearm
Black ink eye tattoo on a finger with a dotted mandala flower on the back of the hand and a red and yellow snake tattoo at the side.
Eye, mandala and snake on the hand
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a head wrapped in a draped veil on the outer thigh.
Veiled head on the thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart on a forearm, showing a paper boat on waves beneath a crescent moon and stars.
Anatomical heart with paper boat on a forearm
Black flash sheet on a white background showing arrows, chevrons, two swallows, a dreamcatcher, feathers, an infinity loop, triangles and crossed arrows.
Tattoo flash sheet of arrows, swallows and feathers
Black tribal swirl tattoo on the back of a wrist, beside a thin multicoloured beaded bracelet.
Black tribal swirl tattoo on wrist
Black and grey photo of a small angular black geometric tattoo on the side of a woman's ankle and heel.
Angular black tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey drawing of a stag's head in profile with swirling ornamental detail on the neck and face, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Stag head in black and grey linework
Black ink tattoo on the side ribs of a skeleton standing within a bare tree with roots, with small red accents on the buds.
Skeleton in a bare tree on the ribs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of ruffled fungi filling a triangle on the inner forearm, shown against a white brick wall.
Fungi inside a triangle on a forearm
Black silhouette of a hummingbird feeding from a dark flower with long trailing stamens, shown as a blackwork tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Hummingbird feeding from a dark flower
Two black and grey tattoos: a Millennium Falcon linework design on the forearm and a dotwork Death Star on the lower leg.
Millennium Falcon and Death Star tattoos
Black and grey sketch style tattoo of a dog's head in profile with loose crosshatched lines, on the outer thigh.
Sketchy dog head on a thigh
Solid black rabbit mask design with swirling horns and a stencil-like outline, shown as a flash style tattoo design.
Rabbit mask stencil design
Black blackwork tattoo of an archer drawing a bow with swirling ornamental lines, placed on the lower leg above the ankle.
Archer and bow tattoo on lower leg
Back view of two legs with black blackwork tattoos forming a cathedral skyline, striped sun and arched bridge across the thighs and knees.
Black landscape design across both thighs and knees
Black ink flash design of a crescent moon framing three pine trees on a plain white background.
Crescent moon with three pine trees
Black and grey ornamental damask scrollwork tattoo covering the back of the neck, photographed from behind with hair tied up.
Black ornamental damask tattoo on the back of a neck
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an animal skull surrounded by leaves and berries, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull with foliage on thigh
Black and grey blackwork lion tattoo with a roaring face, flowing mane and mandala ornament, shown on the forearm in two views.
Roaring lion with mandala ornament on forearm
Solid black thunderbird silhouette tattoo with outstretched wings on the forearm of a woman standing in a garden.
Thunderbird silhouette on a forearm
Black abstract tattoo flash design of curling solid shapes, a spiral and a dot on a plain white background.
Abstract black swirl design
Close photograph of a large black and grey blackwork and dotwork butterfly tattoo with filigree wings on a person's lower abdomen, above the navel.
Ornate black butterfly on the stomach