Wave tattoo ideas

1,081 photos and flash · 24% Japanese, 20% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Fine line black tattoo of a wave shape across the top of a finger, with a silver ring on the next finger.
Wave line tattoo across a finger
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair and scaled tail, framed by curling wave ornaments, in a fine line style.
Mermaid with swirling waves line drawing
Black and grey wine glass tattoo on a forearm, its bowl filled with a curling wave and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork style.
Wine glass with wave on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm.
Small wave in a circle on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a wavy line and a small animal outline running across an ankle and the top of a foot.
Fine line wave and animal outline on ankle
Colourful fine line tattoo of a compass rose and sailboat on the side of a ribcage, with a watercolour style orange sky and blue sea.
Compass rose and sailboat on the ribs
Small black fine line wave tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with a turquoise pendant necklace and a white crochet bikini top visible.
Small wave tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of three small waves on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up and in a wider photo of a hand resting on a table.
Three small waves on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of three connected waves on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of light blue denim jeans.
Three fine line waves on the lower abdomen
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on the heel showing a tree, a wave and a mountain peak in a row.
Tree, wave and peak fine line on a heel
Fine line black tattoo of a single unbroken wave crossing the forearm.
Single line wave on a forearm
Small black fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a person wearing a blue bra, with a tiled floor and a chair in the background.
Fine line wave on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat-style wave across the inner wrist, photographed in black and white.
Heartbeat line tattoo on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a sailboat on waves, placed on the inner wrist of a hand raised in front of a nautical chart.
Tiny sailboat tattoo on the wrist
Black cursive script lettering tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle, with waves breaking on sand behind it.
Cursive script tattoo on a foot at the beach
Black and white photograph of a fine line wave tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small wave tattoo on the inner wrist
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle, placed on the inner forearm.
Small circular wave on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm, with a sun, mountains and pines above a sunflower on one band and a crescent moon and stars on a lower band.
Mountain, sunflower and moon forearm bands
Fine line tattoo of a wavy stroke ending in an arrowhead, in dark blue ink on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Wave and arrow line tattoo on a wrist
Line drawing of a tattoo design in muted lavender ink on white, showing an anchor-like motif with a circle, waves, a diamond and a linear ornament, with no body placement shown.
Anchor and waves tattoo design
Pencil sketch of a mermaid with long flowing hair and a scalloped shell tail, drawn on a sketchbook page, suitable as a fine line tattoo design.
Mermaid with shell tail sketch
Black and white photo of a small fine line wave tattoo on a person's upper back, with a curling crest and trailing lines.
Fine line wave tattoo on upper back
Black ink fine line tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the forearm, with stippled shading on pale skin.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a sailboat above a wavy sea line, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Sailboat on the upper chest
Black fine line tattoo of a beach scene with a sun, clouds, a palm tree and rolling waves on the inner forearm.
Beach scene with palm tree on a forearm
Fine line black tattoos of a palm tree above a wave on two wrists, plus curved lettering on a forearm, as two people hold hands on sand.
Palm tree and wave tattoos on two wrists
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a single curling wave on the inner wrist and forearm, in dark ink.
Fine line wave on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree, a wave and a mountain in a row on the heel of a foot.
Tree, wave and mountain on a heel
Fine line black tattoo of two wavy lines on the back of a neck, with dark hair and a white collar visible around it.
Two wavy lines on the neck
Black and white photo of a fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a woman whose hair covers her face, with one hand raised to her head.
Fine line wave on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading breathe, with a wave flourish, on the inside of a wrist.
Breathe script with wave on wrist
Fine line mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair, a shell top and a blue watercolour wash, shown on a limb.
Mermaid with red hair in watercolour wash
Fine black line tattoo of an ECG heartbeat trace with a wave in the middle, placed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
ECG line with a wave on the collarbone
Black fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, arrows, a triangle and a wave-like swirl on the inner forearm.
Geometric circles and arrows on a forearm
Close view of a thin black fine line wave tattoo on the outer forearm of a person wearing a maroon knitted top.
Fine line wave on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and stylised waves inside a circle, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Moon and waves in a circle on the upper back
Close-up of a thin black fine line tattoo of a curling wave across the wrist, with the hand visible on the right.
Fine line curling wave on a wrist
Close-up of a small fine-line black wave tattoo with a Hokusai-style curl on the side of a person's ribs, under the arm.
Small wave tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a sun with rays, clouds and a curling wave inside a circle, on the inner forearm.
Sun, clouds and wave on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange starfish with blue scrolling waves and small flowers on a person's upper back.
Starfish and scrollwork on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photo.
Wave in a circle on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos: a fine line wave on an upper arm and a dotwork palm tree within a dotted circle on a forearm.
Wave and palm tree tattoos on arms
Black fine line tattoo of a single wave on the inner forearm, with a houndstooth sleeve in the background.
Fine line wave on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of stacked wave lines across the inner wrist and forearm.
Stacked wave lines on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a curling wave flowing into the words into the sea in script, on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Wave and script reading into the sea on ankle
Black fine line infinity symbol tattoo with a paw print, wave swirls and small stars on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with paw print on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a single curling wave-like line running down the inner forearm, with a knitted jumper sleeve pushed up.
Single line wave on a forearm
Black dotwork wavy line and a small cross tattooed across the middle finger of a hand, with grey painted nails.
Dotted wave and cross on a finger