Symbol tattoo ideas

706 photos and flash · 41% Fine line, 20% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black ink drawing of an abstract swirling symbol with a spiral top and curled tail on a white background, captioned Hakuna Matata in serif type.
Black swirl symbol with Hakuna Matata caption
Two versions of a stylised flame design with spirals, a Greek key motif and wave lines, one in black outline and one in rainbow colour, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Flame and spiral design in line and colour
Black brush-stroke design of a looping symbol with a tapered stroke, with the handwritten words I can do this beneath it, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Brush stroke symbol with I can do this text
Black line drawing of a triple moon design, with two crescents flanking a pentagram inside a circle, shown as flash on a white background.
Triple moon with pentagram design
Vertical chart of ten black line-art symbol designs, each labelled, including infinity, lotus, OM, Celtic knot, peace sign and Star of David.
Ten symbol designs in black line art
A collection of black cat silhouette flash designs, several containing a black and white yin yang symbol, with no body placement shown.
Black cat silhouettes with yin yang symbols
A bold red Om symbol design with swirling strokes and a small dot, drawn on a pale textured background, shown as a stencil or flash design rather than on skin.
Red Om symbol design
Five white stencil-style circular designs on a black background showing a tree, scales, clasped hands, an eye and flames, with no body placement shown.
Five circular symbol designs on black
Black line drawing of a spiral motif inside a rounded figure outline, with a larger spiral at the base and smaller spirals above, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Spiral motif line drawing design
Black linework design of a vertical stack of symbols: a trident, a triangle with circle, a flame in a circle, a diamond knot and a bird with arrow in a circle.
Stacked symbols tattoo design
Black linework design of an om symbol above a lotus flower, with a flowing vertical stem and curled flourishes, drawn on plain white paper.
Om symbol above a lotus flower design
Black line-art flash sheet of a geometric alphabet, A to Z, set in a grid of letters built from circles, diamonds, arrows and parallel lines.
Geometric line alphabet flash sheet
Vertical stack of seven colourful chakra symbols on a white background, shaded from violet at the top to red at the bottom, shown as a flash design.
Seven chakra symbols in rainbow colours
Black ink drawing of an Om style symbol with a crescent, teardrop and dotted lines above and below, on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Om symbol with dotted line design
Black ink drawing of many small symbols on a white background, including suns, horses, eyes, crescent moons, spirals and zigzags, shown as a design sheet rather than on skin.
Sheet of ink symbols and pictograms
Black line drawing of a stacked tribal-style design with a star wheel, a nested diamond and a spiral, shown without any body placement.
Stacked star, diamond and spiral design
Black line drawing chart numbering ten traditional Samoan tattoo designs, each labelled with its Samoan name and meaning, such as fetu for star and gogo for seagull.
Samoan tattoo designs reference chart
Black and white flash sheet of rows of geometric symbols, including diamonds, triangles, checkerboard lattices and crosses, shown as tattoo design drawings with no body placement.
Geometric symbol flash sheet in black