Teardrop tattoo ideas

204 photos and flash · 40% Dotwork, 35% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Seven black line drawings of ornamental lotus flowers with paisley-style petals on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Seven lotus flower designs in black line work
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style design with a central heart, leaves, and hanging beaded drops, shown on pale paper.
Lace heart ornament design drawing
Pencil sketch of an ornamental lotus-style tattoo design with beaded details and chain swags running across the page, drawn on paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Ornamental lotus pendant design with chain swags
Blue ink mandala tattoo with fine ornamental flourishes and a small drop motif on the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Blue mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey feather tattoo with a dotted ornamental anklet design, shown on a bare ankle and foot against a white background.
Feather and dotted anklet tattoo
Black and grey dotwork winged mandala tattoo with dangling teardrop chains across the chest, with hands holding fabric aside.
Winged mandala tattoo across the chest
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with dangling dot chains and drops, sitting on the centre of the chest below a pink sweatshirt.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the chest
Dark brown henna-style ornamental design across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers, with a dangling chain motif and dotted linework.
Henna-style hand and finger design
Black ornamental mandala tattoo spanning the upper back of a woman with long dark hair draped over one shoulder.
Ornate mandala tattoo across upper back
Dark blue dotwork tattoo of dots, strands and a teardrop pendant across a woman's upper back and down her upper arm.
Dotwork drape across the upper back
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on the thigh showing tarot cards for The Sun and The Moon, a crystal ball, sparkles and dangling teardrops.
Tarot sun and moon with crystal ball on thigh
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork trim on a person's abdomen, above the navel, in a fine line style.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the abdomen
Shaded grey cross with a rainbow monarch butterfly tattoo across its lower arm, placed on the upper back.
Cross and butterfly on upper back
Black ink ornamental crescent moon tattoo with dotwork lace patterns and dangling drops on the upper arm.
Ornamental crescent moon on upper arm
Black and white line drawing of a tattoo design with a diamond-faceted heart, two roses, two swallows and ribbon scrolls, shown on paper beside pens and an iPod.
Diamond heart, roses and swallows design sheet
Dark mandala tattoo with a floral centre and dangling dots on the shoulder, with a second design partly visible on the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black ink line drawing of a mandala-style design with two open blossoms, drawn on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Mandala and blossom design sketch
Line drawing of a stylised turtle design in brown ink, with a patterned shell of four teardrop shapes and spiral flippers.
Stylised turtle design with spiral flippers
Black ornamental mandala design in a band across a raised forearm, against a plain pale pink background.
Mandala band on a forearm
Dark brown henna-style mandala and necklace design with gold dots across a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Henna-style mandala necklace design on back
Two forearms held together, each with a gold or silver metallic ornamental lace design on the forearm and a row of dots running up towards the elbow.
Gold and silver metallic forearm designs
Back of a woman with her hair in an updo, showing a dotwork tattoo of dots and drops forming a pendant down the spine, with a band of dots over the upper arm.
Dotwork pendant design across a woman's back
White ink mandala tattoo in a geometric style on a thigh, with stacked radial rosettes and petal patterns across the skin.
White ink mandala tattoo on a thigh
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus with two stippled roses, leaves and dangling beaded chains, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lotus and roses ornamental design drawing
Black and grey mandala armband tattoo with dotwork shading and dangling dotted drops, wrapped around a forearm.
Mandala armband tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a pumpkin-shaped carriage with swirls and dotted drops on the side of the ribs, in a fine line style.
Pumpkin carriage outline on the ribs
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo with dotted drop pendants on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised in front of a plain wall.
Ornate mandala wrist tattoo with drops
Black and grey dotwork skull with a beaded, draped chain ornament tattooed across the centre of the chest.
Skull with beaded drape across the chest
Neo-traditional blue rose tattoo with black leaves and a beaded drape with teardrop pendants on the upper arm.
Blue rose with beaded drape on upper arm
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals and hanging chain drops, placed across the upper back.
Mandala with hanging chains on upper back
Black ornamental tattoo across a woman's upper back, resembling a jewelled necklace with a central mandala pendant, floral motifs and dotted drops, seen from behind.
Mandala necklace design across upper back
Colourful neo-traditional style moth tattoo with teal wings, a pink heart on the body and dangling beaded chains with yellow teardrops on skin.
Teal moth with pink heart and beaded chains
Black outline drawing of a symmetrical ornamental design with scrolls, teardrop shapes and a central motif on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Symmetrical scrollwork ornament line drawing
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman with blue eyes and a red veil that reveals a skull, held by a hand with long blue nails, on the thigh.
Veiled woman with skull on thigh
Hand-drawn flash sheet of five black and white circle designs, from a filled dot to a full yin yang, each captioned in handwritten lettering.
Yin yang sequence with hand-lettered captions
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a lace-style keyhole heart with leaves and teardrops across a person's upper back.
Lace heart keyhole design on upper back
Black and white photo of a dotwork mandala and paisley-style tattoo on the outer thigh, with a central eye motif and a dotted line below.
Mandala and paisley design on a thigh
Drawn ornamental collar design with a lace-like geometric pattern and a large oval gemstone at the centre, shown on paper.
Lace and gemstone collar design
Black dotwork mandala armband tattoo on an upper arm, with dotted lines, a solid band and a teardrop motif below.
Black mandala armband tattoo on upper arm
Black line tattoo of a heart-shaped wreath of flowers and leaves with a single drop below, on the inner wrist.
Floral heart wreath on the inner wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with a blushed cheek, surrounded by red, pink and white flowers and a teardrop, on an arm.
Traditional crescent moon with flowers on a forearm
Red line drawing of a symmetrical mandala with petal shapes, dot rows and teardrop motifs on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Red mandala design on white
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flower inside a large triangle outline on the inner forearm, with smaller dotted triangle and teardrop shapes above and below.
Flower in a dotwork triangle on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala with dotwork shading and hanging dot-line drops, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork
Sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, peacock eyes, stars, dotted arcs and script, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Metallic feather and peacock eye temporary tattoo sheet
Close photograph of an intricate brown sunburst mandala design with scrollwork on a person's upper back shoulder, in a Geometric style.
Sunburst mandala design on a shoulder
Black ink drawing of an Om symbol with flowing strokes, dotted lines and teardrop shapes above and below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Om symbol design with dots and teardrops
Black ink line drawing of a face in profile with a radiating mandala, dotwork and a feather across the forehead and cheek, shown as a tattoo design.
Mandala and feather face profile design