Symbol tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photo of a small black Leo zodiac symbol tattoo on the outer lower leg near the ankle, with a bare foot visible at the bottom right.
Leo zodiac symbol on the lower leg
Close photo of a man's hands crossed at the wrist, with small triangle and dot tattoos on the fingers and a coloured eye tattoo on the back of one hand, in a mixed black and grey and colour style.
Finger triangles and an eye on the hands
Close-up of a small black tattoo of two short parallel vertical bars on the inner wrist, shown in a minimal style.
Two parallel bars on a wrist
Two hands resting palm down on a dark wooden surface, each showing a small black infinity symbol tattoo on a finger.
Infinity symbols on two fingers
Small black fine line infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist of a person with the hand open, against a plain grey background.
Small infinity symbol on a wrist
Black line drawing of a stylised Z symbol within curved arcs, with the handwritten words I am calm, open, and energized beneath it, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stylised Z symbol with affirmation text
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line on the ankle of a bare foot resting on grass.
Triangle and circle symbol on an ankle
Small fine line black tattoo of an interlaced triangular knot on the forearm, against a plain white background.
Small interlaced knot on a forearm
Small fine line black x and o tattoos on the inner wrists of two people whose hands are clasped together on a white pillow.
Small x and o tattoos on two wrists
Black ink drawing of the Om symbol centred in a lotus-petal mandala with dotted and scalloped detailing, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Om symbol in a lotus mandala
Small black fine line tattoo of a triangle with a circle and vertical line on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the hand raised in a fist over grass.
Small triangle and circle tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, on the side of a finger against a purple fleece background.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a finger
Small fine line black ampersand tattoo on the inner wrist, with bare feet and a wooden floor visible in the background.
Ampersand tattoo on the inner wrist
Black symbol tattoos across the finger joints of two clasped hands, with a plain ring on one finger against a dark background.
Symbol tattoos on clasped fingers
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
Close-up of a small black fine line semicolon tattoo on the side of a finger, with a pale pink nail and a blue patterned fabric behind the hand.
Small semicolon tattoo on a finger
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of five moon phases across the stomach beneath a black bra, with a small fine line ornamental symbol on the sternum.
Moon phases across the stomach with a chest symbol
Forearm tattoo of a downward-pointing black-outlined triangle filled with a blue and purple galaxy with stars, with small black script below near the wrist.
Galaxy triangle on a forearm
Brown Om symbol tattoo centred on the upper back, with a small crescent and dot detail above and to the right.
Om symbol on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of two short cross-bars, a looping stroke and dotted xo marks along the side of a finger.
Fine line marks and xo on a finger
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
Close view of both hands with small fine line tattoos of crosses, dots, arrows and chevrons on the fingers, alongside several rings.
Fine line finger tattoos on both hands
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
Small black fine line tattoo of a set of scales on the upper back near the shoulder, with a purple top and a brick wall behind.
Scales of justice on upper back
Small black fine line Taurus zodiac symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, with a gold ring visible on the adjacent finger.
Taurus symbol tattoo on a finger
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skull with a spider's body and fangs, with black legs and yellow drips, on the outer thigh.
Skull and spider hybrid on a thigh
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
Close photo of a small, solid black semicolon tattoo on the inside of a wrist, in fine line style, with the hand raised above it.
Small semicolon on a wrist
Three sepia photos of a small fine line infinity symbol tattoo, on the hand near the wrist, on the back of the neck and on the inner forearm.
Small infinity symbol tattoos in three placements
Black fine line tattoo of small symbols behind a woman's ear and along the hairline, shown from behind with her hair in a bun.
Small symbols tattoo behind the ear
Fine line black tattoo of a looping swirl symbol with a small numeral beside it, on the inner ankle above a pink sock.
Swirl symbol with small numeral on ankle
Two matching black ink symbol tattoos on the forearms of two people, placed side by side on the inner arm.
Matching symbol tattoos on two forearms
Small black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle enclosing a circle with a vertical line, on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart within a cross shape on the side of a toe, with dark red painted toenails and a flip-flop visible.
Small heart and cross tattoo on a toe
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
Fine line black tattoo of seven chakra mandalas running down the spine of a woman's back, placed in a vertical column.
Seven chakra symbols along the spine
Black fine ink tattoo of five yin yang style symbols stacked vertically down the inner forearm near the wrist, shrinking and changing from solid to hollow.
Stacked yin yang symbols on the inner wrist
Small solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a hand raised against a blue background.
Small black semicolon on the inner wrist
Two people cropped at the midriff, each with a black buck symbol tattoo on the lower abdomen, one in a pink bikini and one in a red star-patterned bikini.
Black buck symbol tattoos on two midriffs
Fine line black unalome-style tattoo on the inner wrist of a clenched hand, photographed in black and white.
Unalome-style wrist tattoo
Realism tattoo on the outer thigh showing a bearded man's face framed by a wolf's head, with dotwork shading, leafy branches and a green wash.
Wolf and portrait on a thigh
Close-up of a small black fine-line tattoo of angular symbols on the upper arm, with a tiny cross mark to the left.
Angular symbols on an upper arm
Fine line black lettering reading type one above a row of small chevron symbols on the inner wrist.
Type one lettering with chevrons on wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical column of stacked abstract symbols running along the inner forearm, with a tabby cat resting its head near the wrist.
Vertical line of stacked symbols on a forearm
Solid black cross tattoo on the upper chest of a shirtless man, cropped below the chin against a dark background.
Solid black cross on upper chest