Watercolour tattoo ideas

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Drawn tattoo design of a barn owl with stippled red roses, geometric lines and watercolour splashes on cream paper.
Owl and roses design with watercolour splashes
Geometric diamond tattoo with pink, purple, blue and green watercolour splashes on the skin of the lower torso.
Geometric diamond with watercolour splashes
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo on the upper back featuring a black compass rose, two white flowers with green centres, and purple, blue and pink washes.
Compass and white flowers on the upper back
Geometric watercolour tattoo of two origami-style birds in blue, teal and pink with black outlines, on the upper arm.
Origami birds on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of a blue and teal spiral over purple splashes and fine geometric lines, with a small number and a formula, in a watercolour-style design.
Watercolour spiral and formula on forearm
Fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with a soft watercolour wash and a quote above it, on the upper arm.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour wash on upper arm
Black linework mandala with a pink watercolour triangle and rainbow splashes, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Mandala and watercolour triangle on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a faceted crystal glass slipper beside a clock face with Roman numerals on the thigh, shaded in blue and teal.
Crystal slipper and clock on thigh
Colour tattoo of an elephant head in a watercolour-style with red geometric linework and black ink splatters on the forearm.
Elephant head watercolour tattoo on forearm
Watercolour mandala tattoo on a forearm, with black linework, dotwork shading and teal and magenta washes, ending in a teardrop point.
Watercolour mandala on a forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with blue, green, pink and red watercolour splashes and a script quote, on a forearm.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Geometric outline tattoo of a large and a small elephant with blue, pink and yellow watercolour washes, on the side of an ankle.
Geometric elephant pair on an ankle
Close-up of a black solid Triforce crest tattoo with red, blue and green watercolour splashes behind it, on the arm.
Triforce crest with watercolour splashes on an arm
Two geometric origami-style birds with black outlines and blue, teal, pink and green watercolour fills, tattooed on an upper arm.
Two origami birds in watercolour on an arm
Fine line anchor tattoo with a geometric diamond and blue watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Anchor and geometric shape on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the forearm, surrounded by blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes.
Mandala with watercolour splashes on forearm
Geometric origami-style unicorn head with blue, pink and purple watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Geometric unicorn with watercolour splashes on forearm
Hand-drawn star design filled with orange and yellow zentangle patterns, set on a purple watercolour background with hearts and a dotted border.
Zentangle star design with hearts
Two views of a wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, with a realistic grey wolf and green eyes beside a blue and green watercolour wash and thin geometric triangle lines.
Wolf head with watercolour wash on upper arm
Botanical tattoo on an upper arm with purple and teal watercolour-style flowers, black linework and a geometric mandala near the elbow.
Watercolour florals and geometric motifs on an arm
Colour tattoo of a flower of life in black linework over blue, purple and teal watercolour splashes, on the inner upper arm.
Flower of life with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Small geometric dolphin tattoo with a watercolour wash in pink, blue and purple, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric dolphin with watercolour wash on upper back
Geometric cat outline tattoo on a forearm, filled with red, orange and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Geometric cat with watercolour splashes
Geometric outlined elephants in blue, orange and pink watercolour wash on the ankle, with a smaller elephant beside a larger one.
Geometric elephants on an ankle
Compass rose tattoo with a grey ornamental centre and blue and purple watercolour splashes on the thigh, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on thigh
Black ink mandala with a crescent moon drawn over a blue and purple watercolour wash on white paper, styled as a tattoo design.
Mandala and crescent moon design
Watercolour-style geometric origami crane tattoo in rainbow colours with black linework on the inner forearm, beside white paper cranes.
Geometric origami crane on a forearm
Black linework lotus mandala with dangling star and diamond ornaments and blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes on the forearm.
Lotus mandala with watercolour splashes on forearm
Two-panel photo: a black typewriter-style quote reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, and black concentric circles with a blue watercolour wash on a forearm below.
Quote and concentric circles on a forearm
Black linework compass rose with N, S, E and W letters, set over a purple, green and blue watercolour wash on a forearm.
Compass rose with watercolour wash on a forearm
Geometric black linework cat on the thigh, with blue, green, magenta and purple watercolour washes behind the lines.
Geometric cat with watercolour fills on a thigh
Bold black Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, over soft rainbow watercolour-style washes on a forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with rainbow wash on a forearm
Colourful geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing two stag antlers and deer eyes overlaid with pink, purple, teal and yellow triangles and thin black lines.
Stag and watercolour triangles on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two origami-style birds with black geometric outlines and watercolour blue, teal and pink shading on the upper arm.
Origami birds with watercolour wash on upper arm
Geometric triangle tattoo with dark speckled shading, thin black outlines and pink and teal watercolour splashes on skin.
Geometric triangle with watercolour splashes
Black and grey mandala tattoo with purple, pink and blue watercolour washes on the inside of a forearm.
Mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Geometric cat head tattoo with dotwork shading and watercolour splashes of pink, purple and teal on an upper arm.
Geometric cat head on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line in black, over red, green, yellow and blue watercolour-style splashes on skin.
Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour splashes
Two origami-style birds in black linework with blue, teal and pink watercolour fills, tattooed on an upper arm.
Watercolour origami birds on upper arm
Line drawing of a black compass rose with rainbow watercolour splashes behind it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Watercolour compass rose design
Colourful tattoo of a realistic cat face with green eyes, mixed with geometric triangles, a crescent moon and watercolour drips on a thigh.
Cat face and crescent moon on a thigh
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a compass and anchor with geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Compass and anchor watercolour tattoo on a forearm
Black-outlined geometric butterfly with soft yellow, blue and pink watercolour washes on the top of a foot, with green painted toenails.
Geometric butterfly on a foot
Colour tattoo of a faceted anatomical heart filled with a starry galaxy, framed by red triangle outlines and a watercolour smoke trail, on the side of the ribs.
Geometric galaxy heart on the ribs
Black outline triangle over purple, blue and pink watercolour-style wash on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour triangle on a wrist
Two views of a forearm tattoo: a black dotwork mandala with watercolour splashes in blue, purple and pink, placed on the inner forearm.
Black mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Close photo of a watercolour origami bird tattoo with black swoosh linework and ink dots on a woman's upper chest near the shoulder.
Watercolour origami birds on upper chest
Black ink mandala with symmetrical petals and swirls drawn over a teal and green watercolour wash, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Mandala flower drawing on watercolour wash