Symbol tattoo ideas

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

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Fresh black ink tattoo of a small cross-like symbol on the side of a foot near the heel, with a bloodied tissue beside it.
Small black cross-like symbol on a heel
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
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dotted sigil with arcs and a vertical line on the side of a finger, with two silver rings worn on the hand.
Dotted sigil on a finger
Side view of a person in a maroon bikini top showing a small grey dotwork tattoo of a circular symbol on the ribs, with a beach behind.
Circular dotwork symbol on the side ribs
Woman seen from behind in a white lace open-back bodysuit, with a small black tattoo of a row of marks on her mid back.
Small black tattoo on the mid back
Fine line black tattoo of four stacked elemental symbols, a spiral swirl, a flame, a stepped earth tile and a water circle, on the forearm.
Four elemental symbols stacked on an arm
Small fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the back of a neck.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the back of the neck
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a looped, swirling symbol on reddened skin.
Small black looped symbol tattoo on skin
Black ink tattoos on the back and fingers of a hand, including a shaded butterfly, a leafy vine with a flower, and small geometric symbols.
Butterfly, vine and symbols on a hand
Black outline tattoo of a geometric endless knot on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Endless knot on upper back
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
Small black tattoo of the Aquarius zodiac symbol, two wavy lines, on the lower abdomen above a patterned bikini bottom.
Aquarius zodiac symbol on the lower abdomen
Close-up of a hand with black nail polish showing a small black eye with radiating lines on the middle finger and a triangle with circle and line symbol on the ring finger.
Eye and triangle tattoos on fingers
Black and white photo of three wrists held together, each with a tiny fine line symbol tattooed on the inner wrist.
Matching small symbols on three wrists
Small black fine-line tattoo of a looping, abstract script-like symbol on the arm, photographed against a blurred warm background.
Looped fine line symbol on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a interlocking knot motif with three looped petals and a central loop, on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Fine line triquetra-style knot on a foot
Fine line black tattoo of a symbol and the digits 193 beside a triangle enclosing a circle and vertical line, on skin.
Numerals and triangle symbol tattoo
Black ink tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and a cross running vertically across the top of a bare foot, with red toenail polish.
Moon, stars and cross on a foot
Small black fine line symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, with gold nail polish visible on the hand.
Small symbol tattoo on a finger
Matching black ink symbol tattoos on the tops of two bare feet near the ankles, with small script beside the left one.
Matching symbol tattoos on two feet
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
Small black fine line infinity symbol tattoo on the side of a finger, with two hands held together in front of a pale background.
Infinity symbol on a finger
Black ink tattoo of a 2, an infinity symbol, an ampersand and a less-than sign across the finger knuckles of a hand, with a screenshot of an online comment thread beside it.
Infinity, ampersand and less-than tattoo on fingers
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
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of geometric symbols and crosses running along a forearm, photographed on a dark leather surface.
Geometric symbols on a forearm
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
Black geometric tattoo of six curved commas radiating from a central dot on the side of an upper thigh.
Radial comma design on the upper thigh
Solid black geometric tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with two round mouse ears on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Deathly Hallows symbol with mouse ears on back
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
Solid black blackwork asterisk tattoo with six rounded arms on the outer ankle of a person wearing rolled jeans, standing on grass.
Black asterisk tattoo on an ankle
Black ink geometric mandala with script symbols across a woman's upper back, with English words tattooed to the upper right.
Yantra mandala tattoo across upper back
Fine line tattoo of a small horned symbol with dots on a woman's upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Small line symbol on upper back
Two black infinity symbol tattoos with a heartbeat line, one on the lower back and one on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbols with heartbeat lines
Black and grey blackwork band tattoo on a forearm, with a white ampersand left as negative space in the solid black ink.
Ampersand band on a forearm
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
Dark blue-black fine line transmutation circle tattoo with symbols and inscriptions across the palm of a hand.
Alchemy circle on a palm
Black and grey photo of a hand holding scissors through the handles, with a small black looped symbol tattooed on the side of the finger.
Small symbol tattoo on a finger
Black and white photo of clasped hands with small linework symbols on the fingers and a larger dark design on the back of the hand, with a steel wristwatch on the wrist.
Tattooed hands clasped over a wristwatch
Black ink tattoo of a stylised eye symbol with a curved hook below it, placed on the inner wrist.
Stylised eye symbol on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of pink flowers and green leaves wrapped around a bold black stylised symbol, shown on a forearm.
Pink flowers and vines on a black symbol
Small black fine line tattoo of a swirled symbol with curled ends on the inner wrist, viewed with the palm facing up.
Small swirled symbol on the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo across the upper back spelling COEXIST, where each letter is replaced by a religious or peace symbol, including a crescent and star, a peace sign, e=mc2, a Star of David, an eye, a
Coexist lettering tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey yin yang symbol set within a shaded lotus mandala tattoo on the upper back.
Yin yang inside a lotus mandala on upper back
Solid black ampersand tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of black lace underwear.
Ampersand tattoo on the lower abdomen
Black and grey photograph of a fine line curled symbol tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand held loosely in front of a soft blanket.
Small curled symbol on inner wrist
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
Close-up of a small black fine line Om symbol tattoo on the inner hand or wrist.
Small Om symbol tattoo on the hand
Fine line black tattoo of angular symbols on a finger, with a hand resting over a blue and white striped shirt.
Small angular marks on a finger