Symbol tattoo ideas

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Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with four swallows flying off its right-hand loop, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with four swallows
Black brush-stroke drawing of the Taurus zodiac symbol on a plain white background.
Taurus zodiac symbol in brush stroke
Black and white flash design of a sun with flame-like rays around a circle containing a pentagram and interlocking circular motifs.
Sun burst with pentagram circle design
Black line drawing of a triskelion, three interlocking spirals arranged in a triangle, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Triskelion triple spiral design
Black line lettering design reading God is greater than the highs and lows, with the letters G, a chevron and V above a horizontal rule, shown on a plain white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
Black line design of angular symbols above a horizontal rule, with the italic words God is greater than the highs and lows, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
Black and white flash sheet of twenty-four Chinese characters in brush script, each labelled in English with its meaning, such as joy, courage and wisdom.
Chinese character symbols flash sheet
Solid black tribal-style biohazard symbol on a white background, drawn as a bold stencil-like flash design with no body placement shown.
Tribal biohazard symbol design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with angular symbols above a horizontal rule and the italic words God is greater than the highs and lows, on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
White line drawing of a circular seal of interlocking circles, arcs and loops on a dark background, in a geometric style.
Circular seal design in white line
White rune-like symbols on a teal painted canvas, each labelled with a word such as Strength, Wisdom, Luck, Grace, Hope or Love.
Rune-style symbols with word labels
Black ink drawing of a yin yang symbol with melting, dripping ink running down from the dark half, shown on a white background.
Dripping yin yang symbol
Watercolour illustration of four element symbols labelled air, fire, earth and water, each drawn with a spiral or flowing motif in blue, orange, green and blue respectively.
Four element symbols in watercolour
Coloured pencil flash design of a pocket watch with a blue face, red flowers, green leaves and a Home Sweet Home banner, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and Home Sweet Home banner
Black line drawing sheet of moon glyphs labelled with words such as Hope, Earth and Fire, plus eight moon phase symbols, on a cream background.
Moon glyphs and lunar phase symbols
Black ink flash drawing of a planchette with a central eye, YES and NO lettering, a sunburst and acanthus scrolls, in a dotwork and blackwork style.
Planchette with eye and acanthus scrolls
Black ink infinity symbol drawn as a single bold, tapered line on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol design
Black line drawing of a Vegvisir compass design inside a circle of runes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Vegvisir compass with runic ring
Black line drawing of a circular seal made of arcs, overlapping circles and dotted accents, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Circular line-art seal design
Black brush ink drawing of an unalome symbol, with a rising line, stacked loops and a curled spiral base, on cream paper.
Brush ink unalome design
Fine line tattoo design of four small black icons in a row: a sun, three wavy lines, a mountain and a cross, on a plain light grey background.
Sun, waves, mountain and cross line icons
Black ink drawing of an abstract tribal-style design with a teardrop shape enclosing a ring above a looping infinity-like swirl.
Abstract ring and swoosh symbol
Black fine line lettering design of the symbols G>ΛV above a horizontal rule and the words God is greater than the highs and lows, on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows
Black line drawing of a triquetra, a three-part interlaced knot made of pointed arcs, shown as a standalone design on a white background.
Triquetra trinity knot design
Black line drawing of a winged symbol with a cross and an A-shaped figure, above the words Archangel Michael protects me, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Archangel Michael wings and cross design
Black line drawing flash sheet of four infinity symbol designs, three of them with silhouetted birds flying away from the loop.
Infinity symbols with flying birds flash sheet
Four minimal black line symbols on a plain light grey background: a sun with dotted rays, three wavy lines, a peak with dots, and a cross with dots, in a fine line style.
Sun, waves, mountain and cross symbols
Black line drawing of a triangle enclosing a circle, split by a vertical line, in a simple geometric style with no body placement shown.
Triangle, circle and vertical line symbol
Black ink dotwork drawing of a symmetrical moth with spread wings, overlaid on interlocking triangles, with a small symbol below, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Moth with geometric triangles design
Traditional-style flash design of a yin yang symbol, with the black side filled with red and yellow flames and the white side with blue water splashes, shown without any body placement.
Yin yang with fire and water
A flash sheet of temporary tattoo designs showing pentagrams, sun shapes, circles and symbols in black ink with one pink motif, shown on a wooden surface.
Sheet of pentagram and sigil temporary tattoo designs
Black linework flash design of a horned crescent above an arch with radiating V shapes and a horizontal base line, with a handwritten quote beneath it.
Horned arch symbol with quote
Black linework alphabet sheet of ornate lettering in a traditional style, with numerals and symbols, shown as a tattoo lettering design.
Ornate tattoo lettering alphabet sheet
Digital drawing of a tattoo design with a bold black symbol above yellow daffodils, purple asters, pink buds and black vine swirls, shown without a body placement.
Daffodils and asters with a black symbol and swirls
Black and white line drawing of a palm tattoo design with symbols on the fingers, a sunburst eye and the words Deus Ex Machina, in a blackwork and geometric style.
Palm design with sunburst eye and numerals
Black line drawings of eighteen angular rune-style symbols arranged in rows, each with a printed English label such as Love, Strength and Clairvoyant Sight.
Chart of labelled rune symbols
Grid chart of sixteen watercolour rune-style symbols, each with a printed English label such as Parabatai, Agility or Iratze, on a pale background.
Sixteen labelled watercolour rune designs
Four black ink circular designs on a grey background, showing a snake on a staff, a hare, a toad and a raven on a branch, each surrounded by symbols.
Four circular designs with snake, hare, toad and raven
Fine line flash design of a circular symbol with interlocking circles above the handwritten words I Love You, drawn in black on a white card.
Circular script and I love you design
Pencil sketch on white paper of a fine-lined symbol made of curling swirls and an infinity-style loop, with a small number written beside it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Swirl and loop symbol pencil sketch
Black line-drawn symbol sheet titled Magical Symbols of the Elves of Fyn, with each symbol labelled by a meaning such as love, healing, truth and journey.
Magical symbols of the Elves of Fyn sheet
Pen and shaded drawing of a Gemini zodiac symbol in a bold, flowing tribal-influenced style, drawn in dark ink on cream paper.
Gemini zodiac symbol design in tribal style
Black line drawing of a geometric circular design with decorative lettering above and below, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Circular symbol design with quotation
A sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, including a sugar skull, a peacock feather, an arrow, a palm tree and geometric motifs.
Gold temporary tattoo design sheet
Solid black flaming sun design with an outlined pentagram inside a circle, drawn on a plain white background, with no body part visible.
Pentagram in a flaming sun design
Solid black Om symbol on a plain white background, shown as a stencil-style design with no body placement visible.
Om symbol design
Silver-grey radial symbol with runic-style arms on a black background, shown as a standalone design rather than on skin.
Grey radial symbol with runic arms
Flash sheet of twenty black, angular rune-style symbols arranged in a grid, each with a printed label such as Love, Courage or Strength.
Rune symbol flash sheet, twenty designs