Symbol tattoo ideas

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

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Black outline elephant with a small blue flower on its body and a purple symbol beside it, tattooed on a forearm.
Elephant outline and purple symbol on forearm
Small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised arm, against a patterned grey background.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a crescent moon outline, a solid black circle with white geometric linework, and a row of small symbols above it.
Geometric moon and symbols on a forearm
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Namaste with a small ornate symbol at the end, placed on the forearm.
Namaste script on the forearm
Fine black infinity symbol with a teal semicolon sitting across its centre, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Infinity and teal semicolon on a wrist
Two black ink rune-style symbol tattoos on the inner forearms, shown side by side in warm sunlight.
Two rune-style symbols on forearms
Small black fine line tattoo of a scrolled infinity symbol with a small square in the centre, on the inner wrist.
Scrolled infinity symbol on a wrist
Solid black Wi-Fi symbol with a heart at its base, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Wi-Fi symbol with heart on a wrist
Black linework tattoo of three stacked circular symbols on the inner forearm, with a solid black swirling infinity-style knot in the middle.
Three stacked circle symbols on a forearm
Black and grey geometric knot tattoo with interlocking angular lines on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Interlocking geometric knot on inner wrist
Collage of four small fine line tattoos: a black equals sign on a finger, interlocking rainbow hearts with symbols on the hip, a rainbow arc on the ear and a row of rainbow dots on the forearm.
Small rainbow tattoos on finger, hip, ear and forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of two angular symbols above a right-pointing arrow, on the inside of a wrist.
Symbols and arrow on a wrist
Black outline tattoo of loops, ovals and curved shapes arranged in a vertical column on the inner forearm.
Black outline loops and ovals on forearm
Three people hold hands with matching fine line symbol tattoos on their wrists.
Matching symbol tattoos on three wrists
Black ink geometric tattoo of diamonds, squares, dots and exclamation marks running down a forearm, in a casual indoor photo.
Vertical row of geometric symbols on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm and an ornamental floral sleeve on the other arm, with small finger tattoos, resting on white bedsheets.
Mandala and floral sleeve on forearm and hand
Close view of a small black fine-line tattoo of three short dashes on the inner forearm, with a minimal curved symbol tattoo on the lower abdomen above the waistband of jeans.
Small fine-line marks on forearm and hip
Small black biohazard symbol tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised fist, in a bold solid blackwork style against a blurred outdoor background.
Biohazard symbol on a wrist
Small black fine line Om symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand above it painted with coral nail varnish.
Small Om symbol on the inner wrist
Black ink compass design with rune-like marks on the outer forearm of a person standing with their back to the camera, wearing dark jeans.
Compass design on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a triangle, circle and line symbol, on the inside of a wrist.
Always script with triangle symbol on a wrist
Two side-by-side photos of a bold black Eye of Horus tattoo with curled linework on the inner wrist, with red nails and a floral cuff visible.
Eye of Horus tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a forearm with a solid black band tattoo containing a white ampersand, in a blackwork style on the forearm.
Ampersand in a solid black band on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading The only exception on the upper back, with a small line symbol on the forearm, seen from behind.
Script quote on upper back
Close photo of a forearm with four black fine-line geometric triangle symbols in a row on the inner arm.
Four triangle symbols on a forearm
Yellow crescent moon tattoo with a black outline and an orange ornate symbol inside it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Yellow crescent moon with orange symbol
Black and white photo of a hand with red nails, showing a fine line mandala and lotus tattoo across the wrist and a small symbol tattoo on a finger.
Fine line mandala wrist tattoo
Close crop of a bearded man with a traditional-style diamond tattoo on his neck, a rose on the back of one hand and a female design on the other, with finger tattoos.
Neck diamond and hand tattoos on a bearded man
Black and grey photo of a small Ganesha tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a dark leather background.
Small Ganesha motif on the wrist
Close photograph of a small black fine line tattoo of angular letter-like marks joined by a horizontal line, sitting on the inside of a wrist.
Angular letter marks on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a circle above a looping swirl, sitting on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small circle and swirl tattoo on the wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of two circular arrows crossed by a horizontal line, placed on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Circular arrows and line on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a compass-style symbol inside a ring of runic characters, shaded to look like weathered stone, on the forearm.
Compass symbol inside a runic ring on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a spiral and infinity loop symbol on the inside of a wrist, shown with the hand raised.
Spiral and loop symbol on a wrist
Black ink Deathly Hallows symbol with ornate filigree scrollwork on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork on a wrist
Black ink Om symbol tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white short-sleeved top and a dark wristband.
Om symbol on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line hashtag symbol tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm, resting over dark denim.
Small hashtag symbol tattoo on the wrist
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a large circle with a central compass wheel, surrounded by runic-style letters, plus a crescent moon and other small symbols.
Symbol wheel and occult marks on a forearm
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand held in a loose fist, shown in a close photograph.
Infinity symbol on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of three small dots on the inner forearm and a tiny curled symbol on the lower abdomen above jeans.
Minimal dots and a small curl tattoo
Black ink Chi Rho symbol with the Greek letters alpha and omega, tattooed on a forearm above a studded leather wristband.
Chi Rho with Alpha and Omega on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small triangle above a cross shape on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small triangle and cross wrist tattoo
Black line tattoo of Thai sak yant script and yantra markings on the upper forearm, with a band of script around the wrist.
Sak yant script on forearm
Small solid black ampersand tattoo in a lettering style on the upper forearm of a person wearing a grey vest top, against white bedding.
Small black ampersand on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a triangle, an asterisk and a circle in a diagonal row on the inner forearm.
Triangle, asterisk and circle on a forearm
Black fine-line tattoo of crossed diagonal lines with Roman numerals XXIII and XXX and the symbols greater-than-or-equal and identical-to, on the inner forearm.
Crossed lines with Roman numerals on a forearm
Fine line black ink infinity symbol with the word sisters written in script across it, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand resting palm up.
Infinity symbol with 'sisters' on a wrist
Black infinity symbol tattoo on the inner forearm with a red bow sitting inside the lower loop.
Infinity symbol with red bow on forearm