Blackwork tattoo ideas

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Black and white drawing of six forearms and hands, each with a different traditional-style tattoo design including a mandala, skull, rose, eye in a triangle and crossed bones.
Six hands with black ink tattoo designs
Blackwork hand tattoos showing a spider, scales, a crescent moon and a chain across the backs and fingers of both hands, with white painted nails.
Hand tattoos with spider and crescent moon
Two matching black and grey dotwork tattoos on a pair of forearms, each set in a solid black triangle showing a whale against a starry night sky with clouds and a crescent moon.
Whales and night sky in two triangles on forearms
Black blackwork tattoo of an ornamental stag head with patterned dotwork and geometric fills, on the forearm.
Ornamental stag head on a forearm
Large solid black tribal tattoo across a man's upper back and down the spine, photographed from behind in a bathroom.
Tribal back tattoo down the spine
Two crossed forearms covered in black blackwork tattoos of lattices, diamonds, dots and spirals, with stylised motifs on the upper arm, against a dark background.
Blackwork geometric sleeve on crossed arms
Black ink tattoo of a flying raven whose wing turns into bare tree branches, shaded in blackwork and realism style across the ribs.
Raven with a bare tree wing on the ribs
Black and white blackwork design of a skull within interlaced knotwork, framed by a scalloped petal border.
Skull and knotwork in a petal ring
Black silhouette of a bare tree with fine branches and three flying birds tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Black geometric forearm tattoo of angular star shapes and solid bands, shown on a guitarist playing a black electric guitar.
Geometric black forearm tattoo with guitar
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a circular night scene with a moon, a flying figure, clouds, mountains and a sailing ship on water.
Night sky landscape with ship on a calf
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
Close side view of a black mandala tattoo with scalloped lace-like detail on the upper thigh, worn beneath black underwear on a sunny beach.
Black mandala tattoo on upper thigh
Black and grey geometric design of an eagle head and flowing feathers, drawn with hatched triangular linework on a textured background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Geometric eagle head in black and grey
Black feather tattoo on the upper back that breaks apart into a flock of flying bird silhouettes towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into birds on the back
Abstract black blackwork tattoo of flowing, smoky ink shapes running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Abstract black ink design along the ribs
Solid black tribal swirl tattoo with curved spikes and spirals on the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white vest top.
Black tribal swirl tattoo on upper arm
Black blackwork-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue police box, with a swirling dragon-like shape and dotted spatter around it.
TARDIS within a black tribal swirl on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's face inside a solid black circle, with the words STRANGE and I MYSELF AM and AND UNUSUAL, on the outer thigh of a person wearing denim shorts.
Strange and unusual portrait on a thigh
Flash sheet of solid black cat silhouettes in varied poses, shown as tattoo designs with no body placement visible.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Black and grey city skyline silhouette tattoo on an ankle, with stippled dotwork shading fading out along the base.
City skyline silhouette on an ankle
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a snarling tiger head inside a cross on the inner forearm of a person wearing grey clothing.
Tiger head inside a black cross on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of two clasped hands forming a heart shape, with solid black fills and bold outlines, on a forearm.
Clasped hands forming a heart on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of three solid black swallows in flight across the side of a torso, shown in a black and white photograph.
Three swallows in flight on the side
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a flock of birds flying from an open birdcage with a key and scrollwork, in a Blackwork style on the forearm.
Birdcage and flying birds on forearms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two wolf-like creatures locked together in a circular frame on the upper arm.
Two wolf-like creatures entwined on upper arm
Black botanical tattoo of two perched birds, a flying swallow and curling vines with leaves on a person's torso.
Birds and vines tattoo on the torso
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
Black ink sketch of an ant with loose linework and speckled dots on the side of a neck, below the ear.
Ant sketch on the side of the neck
Black and grey cat tattoo wearing a collar on a person's ribs, next to a blackwork tribal band on the forearm.
Seated cat on ribs with tribal forearm band
Solid black silhouette design of a theropod dinosaur skeleton in side view, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Dinosaur skeleton silhouette design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large five-petal flower, a daisy and leaves on a thigh, with part of a butterfly visible at the lower right.
Floral bouquet tattoo on a thigh
Black linework tattoo of a bandaged hand with a crescent moon hanging from a ribbon, in blackwork style on the inner forearm.
Wrapped hand and crescent moon on a forearm
Black mandala tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a white bralette and denim shorts, with a dark tattoo partly visible on the thigh.
Black mandala on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling bear head with scrolling foliage above and feathers below, on the inside of a forearm.
Snarling bear head on a forearm
Black lace and pink flower tattoo with a dangling feather and chain details across a shoulder and upper arm.
Lace, flower and feather upper arm tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant head merged with octopus tentacles on the forearm, drawn in blackwork and stippled dotwork shading.
Elephant and octopus on a forearm
Solid black stylised tree design with curling branches, roots and seven eight-pointed stars above, a blackwork-style flash drawing with no body placement shown.
Stylised tree with seven stars
Black ink ornamental elephant with a lotus flower on a woman's ribs, with script tattooed on her upper arm.
Ornamental elephant with lotus on ribs
Black dotwork bee tattoo with patterned wings and a striped abdomen, placed on the forearm.
Patterned bee tattoo on an arm
Black dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with radiating spikes and a solid central circle, placed on the calf.
Dotwork mandala on a calf
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Black ink hamsa hand with ornate lace-like patterns running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind.
Hamsa and lace design along the spine
Solid black silhouette of a crow perched on bare branches wrapping around the wrist, in a blackwork style.
Crow on branches across a wrist
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm just below the elbow, with symmetrical petals, leaves and dot-tipped sprigs in blackwork and dotwork style.
Black and grey mandala on forearm
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
Black and grey photograph of a lace-style garter band tattoo on an upper thigh, with a loose top held up beside it.
Lace garter tattoo on upper thigh
Black and white tribal flash design of spirals, wave bands and triangles, drawn to fit a full arm sleeve.
Black tribal sleeve design with spirals