Tattoo ideas

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Black ink drawing of a stylised peacock with a raised crest and long tail feathers, drawn on lined notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Black ink peacock design
Flash drawing of a zombie princess with red blood detail, roses and thorns inside an ornate oval frame, in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo.
Zombie princess in a thorned oval frame
Black ink sketch of an elephant head in profile with curled trunk and tusks, drawn on a sketchbook page beside pens and brushes.
Ink sketch of an elephant head
Black ink drawing of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a peony rose and a winged insect, drawn on plain white paper as a tattoo design.
Skeleton torso with rose and insect
Black geometric butterfly with dotwork shading on a lilac and blue painted background, mounted in a wooden embroidery hoop.
Geometric butterfly in an embroidery hoop
Hand-drawn flash design of a compass rose inside an ornate scrollwork frame, with a crossing arrow and rope detail, drawn in brown ink on paper.
Compass and scrollwork arrow design
Hand-drawn flash design of a red rose framed by black henna-style paisley leaves and a curling vine, with no body placement shown.
Red rose with henna-style leaves and vine
Black and grey line drawing of a bird skull with a wheat sprig, a crown of dots and small stars, labelled Virgo, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Virgo bird skull with wheat sprig
Black ink sketch of a lotus flower with dotted chain lines running down the page, a fine line and dotwork tattoo design drawn on paper.
Lotus and chain flash design
Black and grey fine line flash design of an eye above a moth inside a triangle, with roses, feathers and a crescent moon, drawn on tracing paper taped to a wall.
Eye, moth and roses within a geometric triangle
Pencil drawing of a lion and a skull merged into one design, with a tribal flourish below the jaw, suitable as a tattoo flash.
Lion and skull hybrid pencil sketch
Solid black tribal bat design with spiked, swirling wings and a pointed lower tail, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal bat design
Hand-drawn tattoo design of two lungs and a trachea with stippled dotwork and watercolour-style washes, with the words Need you like water in my lungs above and below.
Lungs with lettering design
Black design of a feather releasing flying birds beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Traditional-style flash design on paper showing a sailing ship on rough seas and a black and grey rose in a bold black oval frame, with no body part visible.
Sailing ship and rose flash in oval frame
Line drawing in teal and pale blue of a woman with long braided hair, a hand raised near peony flowers, shaded with dotwork, on a pale pink background.
Woman with braided hair and peonies
Black line drawing flash of a skeleton leaning on a 3D gravestone reading ACAB, with pink tears, a pink rose and a black coffin, shaded in pink and black.
Skeleton leaning on an ACAB gravestone with rose
Pencil sketch of a griffin-like bird with spread wings, raised talons and a long swirling tail, drawn as a possible tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pencil sketch of a spread-winged griffin
Black and grey koi fish drawing in a Japanese style with orange fins and a red gill patch, beside the heading The Meaning Behind Koi Fish Tattoos.
Koi fish tattoo design with heading text
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic rose with leaves on paper, a tattoo design sketch with no body placement shown.
Shaded pencil rose with leaves
Traditional-style flash sheet of hearts with banners, flowers and lettering such as no scrubs, go away and drop dead, drawn on paper with no placement on the body.
Heart and banner flash sheet
Black lettering design of the word bastarda in a pointed calligraphic script on a white background, with no body part shown.
Bastarda lettering design
Pencil line drawing of a perfume bottle with scrolling swirls, two open flowers, sprigs of leaves and a small compact, sketched as a tattoo design on paper.
Perfume bottle and flowers design sketch
Black tribal-style wolf head design with red eyes and stylised leaf-like shapes beneath, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Black wolf head with red eyes design
Black and white flash sheet of an ornate elephant surrounded by paisley, mandala, floral, feather, tribal triangle and om designs, all in black linework.
Ornamental elephant and motif flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Dalek above a banner reading EXTERMINATE, shown as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Dalek with EXTERMINATE banner design
White line drawing of a circular seal of interlocking circles, arcs and loops on a dark background, in a geometric style.
Circular seal design in white line
Blue line drawing of two roses, buds, a small five-petal flower and leaves on a white background, in an engraved botanical style, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Line drawing of roses and leaves
Black line drawing of the state of Washington with a small red heart inside and the word home in black script along the bottom edge.
Washington state outline with heart and home
Black ink line drawing of three poppy flowers in a botanical style on a white background, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Three poppies in fine line ink
Line drawing flash of a pizza slice with pepperoni and mushrooms, with banners reading I WILL NEVER and BREAK YOUR HEART, in a traditional style.
Pizza slice with banner lettering
Sepia-toned drawing of an ornate compass rose with an eight-point star, a dotted mandala centre and N, E, S and W markings, shown on a parchment-style background.
Ornate compass rose design
Deathly Hallows symbol above a handwritten quote with footprints, shown as a dark grey tattoo design on a white background.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script quote
Pen line drawing of a crescent moon formed from flowers, leaves and seed pods, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Floral crescent moon line drawing
Black ink sketch on paper of a tattoo design showing a keyhole inside a heart, flanked by pistons and ornate scrollwork, with two black pens beside it.
Keyhole heart and pistons tattoo design sketch
Black ink drawing of a dotwork mandala with a lotus-like centre and leaf petals, joined by curved swag lines, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Dotwork mandala lotus with swag lines
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired woman in a utility outfit, framed by angel wings, sunflowers, vines and a banner reading The Girl Who Waited, with no body placement shown.
The Girl Who Waited flash design with angel wings
Flash sheet of six black ink arrow designs with ornate filigree shafts, several topped with eight-point star motifs, drawn on pale paper.
Row of ornate arrows and star designs
Pencil drawing of a mermaid with long hair seated on a ship's anchor whose top forms a heart, shown as a flash design.
Mermaid and heart anchor design
Two painted traditional flash designs of daggers on cream paper, one with a red rose at the guard and one with a scaled hilt, an eye and a ribbon banner.
Two traditional dagger designs on cream paper
Black tribal flash design of two dragons with outstretched wings forming a heart, with a small rose at the base.
Tribal dragons forming a heart with a rose
Black and grey drawing of two crossed arrows with the letters N, E, S and W at the compass points, on a cream background.
Crossed arrows with compass points
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including a skull, rose, diamond and dagger, repeated across a black duvet cover on a bed.
Traditional tattoo flash print on black bedding
Black and grey lettering design reading Play the Hand You're Dealt, with a pencilled spade and playing cards above and flourishes around the script, drawn as a flash design with no body placement
Play the Hand You're Dealt lettering design
Black and grey flash design of an infinity symbol outlined in sketchy linework, with a heart made of fingerprint texture sitting on the upper left loop.
Infinity symbol with fingerprint heart
Graphite pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a crowned lion, a wolf, roses, a sun, a dragon head and antlers, rendered in a realistic style with no body placement shown.
Crowned lion, wolf and dragon pencil design
Black ink pen drawing of a dinosaur head with a exposed skeletal skull and spine overgrown with thin tendrils, shaded with fine stippled dots and textured scales.
Dinosaur skull with tendrils pen drawing
Four vertical brown ink line designs, each with stacked coils, loops and a curled swirl at the base, drawn on a cream background.
Four vertical swirl motifs in brown ink

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