Symbol tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of two stacked X shapes on the inner wrist, below the hand.
Small double X symbol on the wrist
Close-up of a small black lettering-style tattoo on the inner forearm of a person lying on a bed, with pink nails and a floral garment visible.
Black lettering-style tattoo on a forearm
Black tattoo of a symbol with two horizontal bars and a looping curve, placed on the ankle.
Black linework symbol on an ankle
Hand with long pointed black-tipped nails, each finger bearing a small black outline tattoo of interlocking loops on the finger.
Small interlocking loop tattoos on fingers
Black fine line script running along the upper arm and forearm, with a compass rose tattoo on the ribs, shown on a woman with her arms raised.
Compass rose and script tattoos on arm and side
Small black ornamental tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with dark nails and a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small ornamental tattoo on a finger
Two palms turned upward showing black symbol tattoos across each finger and a black and grey wolf head tattooed on each palm.
Symbol fingers and wolf heads on hands
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
Solid black tattoo of a stylised swirling symbol enclosed in a circle, sitting on the shoulder and upper arm.
Black swirl symbol in a circle on shoulder
Two people holding hands, each with a small black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm or wrist: a triangle on the left and a pair of linked circles on the right.
Matching fine line symbols on two wrists
Close photograph of a bold black ink tattoo of a stylised symbol with two spirals and a crossing loop, placed on what appears to be the lower back.
Black swirl and loop symbol on skin
Black and grey tattoos on a forearm: a small fine line Deathly Hallows triangle symbol near the wrist and a solid black animal silhouette on the inner forearm.
Deathly Hallows and animal silhouette on forearm
Close-up of a small fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with a tiny mark beneath it on the inner ankle, with a black flat shoe beside it.
Infinity symbol tattoo on an ankle
Bold black brushstroke tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the inner forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a forearm
Black ink sak yant tattoo covering the upper back, with vertical script panels, a central circular yantra and a bird motif at the base.
Sak yant tattoo across upper back
Orange and black traditional tattoo of a phoenix with spread flame wings above a triangle and circle motif on a person's upper back.
Phoenix over triangle and circle on upper back
Small fine line tattoo on the inner wrist of a red heart outline overlapped by a black cross and curved stroke.
Heart and cross on the wrist
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each showing a small fine line geometric triangle tattoo with a circle on a finger.
Matching triangle tattoos on two fingers
Black geometric arrow-like tattoo running vertically down the upper back, centred on the spine, with a blanket draped over the shoulder.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
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 tribal tattoo with a central sun-like disc and swirling wings across the upper back, in a Polynesian-inspired blackwork style.
Tribal sun motif across the upper back
Black lettering-style ampersand tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with red painted nails, against a dark grey background.
Ampersand tattoo on a wrist
Black and white photo of a small, solid black treble clef tattoo on the inside of a woman's ankle, with a dark sock or trouser hem above it.
Small treble clef tattoo on an ankle
Black ink lettering tattoo of an angular script with a small ornament above it, placed on the upper thigh below a patterned garment hem.
Angular script tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey photo of a small fine line infinity symbol tattoo on the chest, with a snakeskin print top worn off the shoulder.
Small infinity symbol on the chest
Black and white photo of two bare feet, each with a bold black looping swirl symbol tattoo on the top of the foot.
Matching swirl symbol tattoos on both feet
Two small fine line tattoos in black ink, a circle with a minus sign and a circle with a plus sign, on the inner wrists of two people holding hands.
Matching plus and minus circle tattoos on wrists
Small black fine line tattoo of a diamond with crossing lines on the heel of a bare foot, viewed from the side.
Small line symbol on a heel
Black and grey photograph of a fine-line ornamental tattoo with a lattice centre, curled details and dots, placed on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Ornamental lattice tattoo on upper arm
Close-up of a thin black infinity symbol with two dots beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist in fine line style.
Infinity symbol with two dots on wrist
Two hands with black gothic-style letters tattooed one per finger, spelling out a word across the fingers, with a small symbol on the back of the right hand.
Black letters tattooed across the fingers
Black and grey outline tattoo of a fish symbol pierced by a nail, on the ankle and heel of a foot.
Fish symbol with nail on an ankle
Black fine line tattoo of the Om symbol on the inner forearm, with a gold bracelet worn on the wrist.
Om symbol on the inner forearm
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
Black lettering tattoo of an infinity symbol joined to the word love in cursive script, on the inner forearm close to the wrist.
Infinity symbol with love script on wrist
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with a small dot on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Yin yang tattoo on upper back
Black linework tattoo of an om symbol inside a ring framed by lotus flowers and leaves, placed on the side of the ribs.
Om symbol and lotus flowers on the ribs
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm showing two angular rune-like symbols followed by the numbers 390 in simple monoline lettering.
Runes and numerals on a forearm
Small solid black mute speaker icon tattooed behind a person's ear, photographed in side profile.
Mute speaker icon behind the ear
Black lettering tattoo of the word love in script, joined to a looping symbol, on a person's upper back.
Looping love script on upper back
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
Black and grey fine line Pisces zodiac symbol tattooed behind a person's ear on the neck, photographed in greyscale.
Pisces zodiac symbol behind the ear
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 and grey realism tattoo of large feathered angel wings spanning the upper and mid back, with a small symbol on the nape of the neck.
Feathered angel wings across a back
Two people stand side by side showing matching black outline sun tattoos on their ribs, each with a small symbol beside it.
Matching sun tattoos on two ribs