Tattoo ideas

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Illustrated red and gold dragon with feathered wings, set against a dark background of gold scrollwork and knotwork on a maroon border.
Red and gold dragon with knotwork background
Black ink drawing of a spider with a mandala on its back and an anatomical heart as its abdomen, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Spider with mandala and heart abdomen
Black and grey drawing of a hoopoe in flight, with dense ornamental patterns across its wings, body and crest, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental hoopoe bird in black linework
Traditional style flash drawing of a dark anchor wrapped in gold rope, with two red stars, on a cream background.
Anchor with rope and two stars
Black ink sketch of a barn owl in flight with spread wings, drawn in fine line and dotwork shading, while a hand holds a pencil beside it.
Barn owl in flight sketch
Black tribal-style eagle head design in profile with bold flowing feather lines, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Tribal eagle head design in profile
Blue ink design of two peonies with leaves on a white background, drawn in a botanical style with detailed shading and no body placement shown.
Blue peony and flower tattoo design
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper showing a pirate captain with a clock, a horned villainess, a raven and a figure with a skull, with no tattoo placement shown.
Pirate, horned figure and raven flash sheet
Painted tattoo design of a sailing ship rising from a teacup under storm clouds and lightning, beside a red rose, shown as a framed drawing.
Ship in a teacup with storm clouds and rose
Black and grey brush script reading Be Authentic on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Be Authentic brush lettering design
Black script lettering reading don't blink on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Don't blink script lettering design
Black handwritten script lettering reading who cares on a plain white background, a fine line lettering design with no body placement shown.
Who cares script lettering design
Pencil and ink sketch of a raven head with dotwork shading, set within overlapping triangles and circles, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Geometric raven head design sketch
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with sugar skull style face make-up, peonies in her hair and a jewelled necklace, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with peonies and sugar skull make-up design
Black and grey flash design of a banner reading Life's A Gamble above playing cards, dice, a classic car and flames.
Life's a Gamble with cards, dice and car
Black line drawing of an arrow with feather fletching and the words be brave in cursive script, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement visible.
Be brave arrow design
Black script lettering design where the word Love is formed from the text of John 3:16, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Love lettering with John 3:16 verse
Pencil and coloured pencil tattoo design of a woman wearing a wolf over her head, with flowers and red berries in her hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with wolf headdress and flowers
Black ink drawing of a seated elephant with its trunk raised, its body filled with dotwork and blackwork patterns, presented as a tattoo design.
Seated elephant with patterned body
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with a central sun-like motif, surrounded by pointed leaves and dotted petals on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Black line mandala with leaves and dots
Solid black tribal-style dragon design with swirling tail and flame-like spines on a white background, shown without a body placement.
Black tribal dragon design
Black handwritten script lettering design reading it is okay to not be okay, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Script quote: it is okay to not be okay
Coloured pencil drawing of a tiger's green-gold eyes and striped brow with rainbow drips, a design that could work as tattoo flash.
Tiger eyes with rainbow drips
Pencil-style drawing of a stag head with branched antlers, a feathered neck and small teal leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stag head with branched antlers
Black line-art flash sheet of twelve zodiac-style designs, including an archer, a ram, a fish, a lion, a crab, a scorpion and a pair of scales, on a white background.
Set of zodiac-style line designs
Black hand-lettered script reading Be you, bravely, set inside a looping wreath of leafy sprigs on a plain light background, shown as a tattoo design.
Be you, bravely lettering in a leafy wreath
Black and grey drawing of a compass set in a pocket watch case, with leaves and a dotted pendant, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement.
Compass pocket watch with leaves
White line drawing of a symmetrical eight-armed radial symbol with a central ring on a black background, with no body placement shown.
Eight-armed radial line symbol
Black line drawing of a winged fairy with flowing hair and swirling wing lines, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Winged fairy line drawing
Black and grey line drawing of an octopus wrapped around a sailing ship within a spade shape of rope, with a ship's wheel, anchor and an Ace of Spades banner.
Octopus and sailing ship ace of spades design
A grey botanical leaf stencil being pressed onto a forearm, with a hand holding the transfer paper in place.
Botanical leaf stencil on a forearm
Pen and ink tattoo design sketch of a kraken with tentacles wrapping a sailing ship, with lightning bolts and ornate scrollwork in a neo-traditional style.
Kraken wrapped around a sailing ship
Symmetrical cream line drawing of a mandala with lotus petals, scrollwork and dotted detail on a dark purple background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Cream mandala on a dark background
Black ink drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, a peacock butterfly and a smaller butterfly, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch and butterflies drawing
Flash sheet of white ink henna-style designs on a pale blue backing, including a paisley motif, lace bands and a dangling teardrop border, with no body placement shown.
White henna-style flash sheet, paisley and lace designs
Black line drawing of a hummingbird with ornate swirling filigree wings feeding from a curling flower, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Hummingbird and swirling flower design
Packaged sheet of black and grey temporary tattoo designs showing heraldic shields, scrollwork and "just married" banners, with no body placement visible.
Just married crest temporary tattoo sheet
Black line drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with ornamental knotwork, scrollwork and mechanical-looking details, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornate swallow line drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a shark wearing a top hat, monocle and tailcoat inside a rope border, with no body placement shown.
Shark in top hat and tailcoat in a rope frame
Black linework flash design of two symmetrical lotus flowers within a geometric diamond motif, with dotwork shading, drawn on a wooden board with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical lotus and geometric design
Black ink flash design of a palm tree with the words Less Monday and More summer set in brush script either side of the trunk.
Palm tree with "Less Monday, more summer" lettering
Black ink drawing of a chrysanthemum with leaves in a botanical dotwork style, drawn on pale paper placed on a wooden table.
Chrysanthemum design drawn in ink and dots
Black tribal-style flash design of a stylised animal with swirling tail and pointed ears, shown on a white background with a smaller inset copy.
Stylised swirl animal design
Black and grey ink flash design of a scorpion inside a flask, framed by blackberry leaves and mushrooms, with the word Scorpio beneath, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Scorpion in a flask with botanical leaves
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with curling scroll wings and a slim body on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirling butterfly tattoo design
Black and white flash design of two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails, facing each other.
Two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails
Drawing of a tattoo design showing a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and butterflies, shaded in pink and purple tones.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Black and grey pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel on the shank, shaded with fine hatching and stippling, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Anchor with rope and ship's wheel

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