Symbol tattoo ideas

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

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Silver-grey radial symbol with runic-style arms on a black background, shown as a standalone design rather than on skin.
Grey radial symbol with runic arms
Small black ink Om symbol tattoo behind a person's ear, on the side of the neck.
Om symbol behind the ear
Close photo of a thin black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a vertical bar, an outlined triangle and a circle in a simple geometric style.
Line, triangle and circle on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a symbol with two spirals and crossing loops, placed at the centre of the back of the neck.
Spiral and loop symbol on the back of the neck
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
A small black line symbol tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, with the hand resting against white jeans and a white bed.
Small black symbol tattoo on a hand
Black and grey lettering tattoo spelling Coexist across the upper back, with each letter replaced by a religious or science symbol.
Coexist lettering across upper back
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 script tattoo in three vertical columns on the upper back, below blonde hair, with looping characters and thin strokes.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Four bare feet and ankles standing on a dark carpet, three with fresh black swirl tattoos on the ankle under plastic wrap and tape and one with a small healed black mark.
Swirl ankle tattoos on four feet
Close crop of a person in coral underwear showing a large colour tattoo of princess characters in an ornate frame on the thigh, and a small black symbol on the hip.
Princess scene on thigh and small symbol on hip
Black and grey photo of two crossed feet, each with a small fine line symbol tattoo on the ankle.
Small matching symbols on two ankles
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word family written in script across its loop, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Infinity symbol with family script
Two short black horizontal lines, forming an equals sign, tattooed across the middle section of a finger on a pale hand.
Two-line equals sign on a finger
Flash sheet of twenty black, angular rune-style symbols arranged in a grid, each with a printed label such as Love, Courage or Strength.
Rune symbol flash sheet, twenty designs
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
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper back with blue teardrop panels holding white lightning bolt, triangle, skull and animal motifs around a lotus centre.
Mandala with blue symbol panels on upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of pink flowers and falling petals with a black ornate symbol, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink flowers and petals with a black symbol on a back
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Namaste with a small ornate symbol at the end, placed on the forearm.
Namaste script on the forearm
Small black cross tattoo on the inner wrist of a pale hand, with a striped woven fabric and a dark green plaid sleeve in the background.
Small cross on the inner wrist
Small black cross tattoo on the side of a hip above white underwear, drawn in thin, simple fine line style.
Small black cross on a hip
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
Close view of a small black Om symbol tattoo on the back of a person's neck, below dark reddish hair and above a white top.
Om symbol on the back of neck
Ink flash sheet with two arm wrestling figures, an anvil, a sketch of question marks and the words Forgot to be human, with splatter marks across the paper.
Arm wrestling figures and anvil flash sheet
Black and white photo from behind of a woman with her hair up, showing a small fine line black symbol with a spiral loop tattooed on the nape of her neck.
Small spiral symbol tattoo on the nape
Small black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the outer ankle of a foot in black and white.
Deathly Hallows symbol on an ankle
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 line drawing of a circular tattoo design with runic-style symbols around a central knot, framed by a Celtic knotwork border, with no body placement shown.
Runic compass in a Celtic knot circle
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
Black line-art sheet titled Moon Glyphs, showing labelled symbols such as Hope, Fire and Water above a row of moon phase designs from new moon to waning crescent.
Moon glyphs and phase symbols design sheet
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 grey-blue fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper back
Close view of a small black ampersand tattoo on the lower back of a person with shoulder-length wavy brown hair, in fine line lettering style.
Small ampersand on a back
Fine line black tattoo of a small looped symbol on the side of a finger, with a pale nail and soft blurred background.
Small looped symbol on a finger
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
Two bare ankles on sand, one with a tiny black fine line crescent tattoo and the other with a tiny black sun-like symbol tattoo, both on the ankle.
Small crescent and sun tattoos on two ankles
A bold black calligraphic stroke on a white background, curving from a sharp upper point into a loop at the base, shown as a standalone design with no body part visible.
Black curved calligraphic stroke design
Black flash sheet of geometric tattoo designs, including a triskelion, concentric circles, a spiral, interlaced knots and angular symbols, on a grey wood-effect background.
Set of geometric symbols and knots on a flash sheet
Black ink script tattoo running vertically down the nape of a person's neck, in a calligraphic lettering style, with dark hair above.
Vertical script tattoo on the back of the neck
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 tribal flash design of a horse head with a triquetra trinity knot across its neck and small symbols along its mane, shown on white with no body placement.
Tribal horse head with trinity knot
Small black fine line Venus symbol tattoo on the centre of the chest between the breasts, with a faint blue guide line above and below it.
Small Venus symbol on the centre chest
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