Tattoo ideas

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Black ink pen drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds, rays and an anchor, in a lettering style suited to a
Hot air balloon with journey banner design
Black brush-stroke abstract heart design on a plain white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Abstract heart line design
Pencil sketch of a pair of antlers with two crossed arrows and a cluster of flowers beneath, drawn on plain white paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Antlers, arrows and flowers pencil design
Black outline drawing of a dragonfly with segmented body and striped wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dragonfly line drawing
Six black tattoo flash designs of sea turtles in a Polynesian-inspired tribal style, with spirals, a hibiscus flower and geometric patterns on the shells.
Six tribal turtle designs
Black ink pen drawing of a tiger walking towards the viewer, built from faceted geometric hatching and framed by a thin circle.
Geometric tiger pen drawing
Black continuous line drawing of a seated cat in profile with a curled tail beside a dog's head in profile, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cat and dog in a single line drawing
Black ink line drawing of an ornate paisley and floral design with leaves, swirls and dotwork shading on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Paisley floral tattoo design drawing
Pencil sketch of the words Stay a little longer in flowing script lettering with swirled flourishes, drawn on paper beside a stencil and an eraser.
Stay a little longer script lettering sketch
Hand-drawn tiger design looking back over its shoulder, with black ink on the head and shoulders shading to purple, blue and green on the body, legs and tail.
Tiger design with black, purple, blue and green stripes
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs showing triangles, chevron bands, scale patterns, bubbles and chain lines on a plain background.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet in gold and silver
Black and grey nautical star design with zebra stripe shading inside and the script words Class of '08 beneath it.
Nautical star with zebra stripes
Three-panel drawing of a black ink design of a cat curled up with a tiger's head, shown being brushed in progressively in a Japanese-influenced style.
Sleeping cat and tiger design in ink
Black linework stencil of a symmetrical mandala design with lotus-like petals, scrolls and circles on translucent paper, shown for a tattoo placement.
Symmetrical mandala stencil with lotus petals
Two hand-drawn lotus flower designs in brown marker on white paper, one densely patterned with paisley-style detail and one outlined with open petals and dots, suitable as tattoo flash.
Two lotus flower designs in brown marker
Pencil drawing of a tree of life with leafy branches and roots forming a circle, a botanical design for a tattoo with no body part shown.
Tree of life pencil design in a circle
Pencil sketch on white paper of a fine-lined symbol made of curling swirls and an infinity-style loop, with a small number written beside it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Swirl and loop symbol pencil sketch
Black linework flash design of an ornate sugar skull flanked by roses and leaves on a cream background, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull with roses flash design
Black line drawing flash of an owl wearing a beaded necklace, perched above a rose and an all-seeing eye in a triangle, with a cross on the left, in a neo-traditional style; no body placement is
Owl, rose and all-seeing eye line drawing
Black and grey drawing of a fairy silhouette in mid-flight, with shaded swirled wings and scattered star sparkles on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Fairy silhouette with swirled wings and stars
Line drawing of a dragon built from Celtic interlace, with blue knotted wings spread wide and a green knotted body curling below, shown on a white background.
Celtic knot dragon design
Black ink line drawing of a symmetrical ornate lotus mandala design with paisley motifs, swirls and leaves on a white background.
Ornate lotus mandala design
Black and grey drawing of two crossed arrows with compass letters N, E, S and W on a cream background.
Crossed arrows with compass points
Black and grey fine line flash design of three flowers on heart-shaped stems above leaves, with a dotted circle and the word Aquarius beneath.
Aquarius flowers and heart-shaped stems
Black and white line drawing of a butterfly over a circular patterned ring, with daisies, leaves and two small swallows, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Butterfly, daisies and swallows flash design
Black continuous single-line drawing of four cats stacked one above another, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a white background.
Four stacked cats in one line
Black line drawing of an elephant with mandala patterns across its body and a raised trunk, shown on a mint green background.
Mandala elephant design
Monochrome traditional flash sheet of lumberjack designs including a bear, log cabin, pin-up with a saw, axe, truck and bearded man, with no body part shown.
Lumberjack themed flash sheet
Black line drawing of two solid black hands reaching up out of concentric ripples, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Two hands rising from ripples
White line drawing of a sun with wavy rays framing a dark moon, with dotted chains and stars hanging below a crescent moon on a black background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Sun and crescent moon design
Black pencil drawing of a snake coiled around a staff, with fine hatching and stippled scales, on white paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Snake coiled around a staff
Black cursive script lettering of the word agape on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Agape in cursive script lettering
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a roaring lion head with a swirling, scrolled mane, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornamental lion head design
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter A decorated with swirls, dots and leaf shapes on crumpled white paper, in a lettering design style with no body placement shown.
Ornate letter A with flourishes
Coloured flash drawing of a flame-shaped emblem in orange, red and yellow, shaded with grey smoke on a white background.
Flame emblem tattoo design in orange and grey
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pin-up Snow White figure with a bow, banners reading waiting for true love's kiss, and red roses, shown on a phone case.
Snow White pin-up with banner and roses
Hand-painted flash design on cream paper showing a red lightning bolt with a teal shadow, a black line sun with rays, and a teal teardrop.
Lightning bolt, sun and teardrop flash
Black flash design of a knotwork raven in flight, with interlaced Celtic-style patterns across its wings and body and a thin white outline.
Knotwork raven in flight
Vintage-style anchor design with pink and peach roses, teal leaves and a rope wrapped around the shaft, shown on a plain pale background.
Anchor with roses design
Black handwritten script on a white background reading Better an oops than a what if, shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Better an oops than a what if script
Four black and grey dotwork wolf head designs arranged in a grid, each decorated with intricate ornamental patterning.
Four ornate wolf head designs
Traditional flash drawing of a flaming sacred heart ringed with red roses and dark leaves, in colour on a cream sheet.
Sacred heart with roses flash design
Black line drawing of a treble clef wrapped in swirls, surrounded by music notes, sharps, flats and small leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Treble clef and music notes design
Pink rose design drawn on paper with black outlines, surrounded by leaves and lace-like shading, alongside black and brown pens.
Pink rose with lace and leaves design
Black tribal-style dragonfly flash design with swirling wings, a long curving tail and small star sparkles on a white background.
Tribal dragonfly design with trailing stem
Black line drawing of a mechanical horse with cogs and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical horse with gears
Black ink line drawing of a heart whose single flowing line loops into an infinity shape, with cursive script inside the heart.
Heart with script and infinity loop design
Black tribal-style wolf design shown in profile, walking left, with bold patterned linework along its body and a flame-like tail, drawn as a flash design on a pale grey background.
Tribal wolf design in profile

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