So, this is it: you have finally made up your mind to get your first tattoo. But there are still some hesitations roaming in your mind. What if you don’t like it when it’s finished? What if it doesn’t suit you? What if it hurts way too much in the process? All these concerns are very understandable, but they also have a great solution. What you need to put your worries to rest is a minimalist tattoo.
See for yourself: due to the nature of minimal design, they take less time to get (i.e., less pain to endure); they are not as loud as psychedelic artsy tattoos, which means they are easier on the eye; and also, they really suit everyone, while still providing room for meaningful tattoo ideas.
Or maybe it’s not your first or even second tattoo, but you are currently looking for simple tattoo ideas because that’s what feels right for your next inking session. If you are into small tattoos in general, minimalist designs are a great choice for you. Minimalist tattoos don’t necessarily have to be small, but most of the time, they are. It would also seem that it is easier to get matching tattoos with a significant person in your life if you opt for a minimalist design, especially if your tastes differ a lot.
Below you will find a huge collection of aesthetic tattoo ideas. We hope they will inspire you in your search for minimalist tattoo ideas. Which one do you like the most? Show us your own minimalist tattoos in the comments!
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Ladybug
Heidi Freeman 3 weeks agoMy favourite tattoo ever!
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Sometimes It’s Just The Small Little Things That Keeps Our Hearts Open
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3 weeks ago❤
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Black Widow Tattoo
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GenericPanda09 3 weeks agoCute……however, may panic people with a genuine phobia.
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Alien Abduction Tattoo
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3 weeks agoWeeeee!
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Small Dragon Tattoo
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Verona Bingham 3 weeks agoOh yeah, would have to have a few others like in How to Train Your Dragon, flying in formation…lol
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Origami Crane Tattoo
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Amanita Muscaria 3 weeks agoI really like this one!
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Minimalist Rainbow
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Worst Cop in Britain 3 weeks agoThat’s actually kinda neat
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Bee Tattoo
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ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ 3 weeks agoimagine waking up with a hangover and flyswatting your hand
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My First Tattoo! A Minimalist Shaft Of Wheat. Done By Claire S. At Spirited Tattoo Coalition In Philadelphia
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serial citrus 3 weeks ago (edited)ooh! i like it!!
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Mini Thunderbolt
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ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ 3 weeks agoI could see myself doing that with a freckle 😂
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Minimalist Panda Tattoo
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Beck 3 weeks agoAll of us pandas should get matching BP tattoos. Who is in🤣
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World Map Tattoo
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ThatG 3 weeks ago (edited)Madagascar and New Zealand has left the chat
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Cactus Tattoo
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Bi Frog 3 weeks agoI LOVE IT
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#14
Constellation For Ciara
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Bi Frog 3 weeks agoI want constellation tattoos, and I would definitely put them on my scars
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Minimalist Mountains
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ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ 3 weeks agominimalist serenity 😌
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Origami Fortune Teller
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Sans Serif 3 weeks agoPaper fortune teller, cootie catcher, chatterbox, salt cellar, whirlybird…image_2023…3c9a16.png
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Friends Rabbit Tattoo
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GreythatEnby 3 weeks agoAwh :]
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#18
Butterfly Tattoo
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serial citrus 3 weeks agothat actually looks complicated
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Whale Tattoo
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WindySwede 3 weeks ago“Why am I here? What’s my purpose in life?”
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Dandelion Tattoo
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serial citrus 3 weeks agoooh
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Treble Clef Tattoo
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#22
Ghost Tattoo
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Em 3 weeks agoBeen wanting something like this with “if we aren’t dead yet then let’s not live as ghosts” around it.
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Rocket Tattoo
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Smiley Couple Tattoo
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Bi Frog 3 weeks agoAnd if you broke up, you wouldn’t have to remove it!
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#25
Heart And Paw Tattoo
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WindySwede 3 weeks agoapawed!
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#26
Minimalist Childhood Portrait
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Firstname Lastname 3 weeks agoI feel like I’d be making faces with washable markers depending on my mood.
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My New Minimalistic Cat Tattoo Done By Cal At Phoenix Rising In Ludington, MI
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Hannah Andriof 3 weeks agoIt looks like a man in simpsons Style with the arms up and a Little stomach 😀
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Sparkle Tattoo
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Bardhi’s Dad 3 weeks agoCute. I mean, it deserves to have at least one comment 🙂
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Mumi Trolley Tattoo
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Powerful Katrinka 3 weeks agoI love this. All hail the Moomins!
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Minimalist Solar System Tattoo. Art By Me, Inked By Brett Pundt, Live Free Tattoo, Atlanta
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ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ 3 weeks agoI don’t want to see Uranus, it has too many moons (I tried)
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Circuit Tattoo
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JonaLou2U 3 weeks agoThis is beautiful, but I always wonder why you would get a tattoo in a place that is covered with body hair. If they have to shave it…. why do it?
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Colorful Planet
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Worst Cop in Britain 3 weeks ago😬 why is the inner side (our right, persons left) of the rings so much wider than the other side
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Best Friends Tattoo
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PiscesInTheWild 3 weeks ago✨Plus, if you’re the person with the hand on the right and you’re alone, it looks like a snake bit you!✨
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Cute Ghost In A Book
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#35
I Have Wanted A Minimalist Hogwarts Tattoo For A Long Time ️
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Lydia 3 weeks agoSorry – a nope for me. Too detailed for a minimalistic tattoo. And so it needs shading or colour, or whatever. Now it is like a children’s colouring book. All the thick lines just don’t work for me.
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Minimalistic Wolf Tattoo
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The Golden Ratio Tattoo
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PiscesInTheWild 3 weeks agoYes!
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#38
Geometric Dragonfly
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#39
Wine Glass Tattoo
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Headless Roach 3 weeks agoCan I get a block of cheese next to it?
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#40
Lightning Tattoo
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#41
Cute Couples Tattoos
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Verona Bingham 3 weeks agoVery Nice! Love the Workmanship!
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#42
Wild Horse Tattoo
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Tulips Tattoo
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Strawberry Pizza 3 weeks agoCute
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#44
Little Paw Print
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Lorie Shewbridge 3 weeks agoI want this one! ♥️🐾
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#45
Tiny Semicolon
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Jasmin Mendoza 3 weeks agoWhy’s it so cute for no reason
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#46
Friends Emoji Tattoos
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serial citrus 3 weeks agodid they draw them themselves??
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#47
My Brand New Minimalist SF Tattoo! I Wanted To Carry The City With Me On My Arm. So Happy With It
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Tiny Boat Tattoo
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Ode 3 weeks agoI could get one such a cute boat to sail on my hip bone
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#49
Harry Potter Tattoo
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3 weeks agomy bestie Taelyn would kill for that :O
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#50
Tea And Books
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The Person 2 weeks agoI love it ☕
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#51
Finger Smile Tattoo
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fair_weather_rose 3 weeks agoGotta love the placement
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#52
Different Pasta Tattoo
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3 weeks agoPASTA!!!
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#53
Minimalistic Carnation & Quote By Mary D At The Empire Tattoo Co In Foley, AL
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Doggy Dork 2 weeks agoThis is not minimalistic
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#54
Dolphin Tattoo
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Worst Cop in Britain 3 weeks agoThats super cute.
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#55
Colorful Lucky Tattoo
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Ana Sabana 3 weeks agoNice! And whats the thing around
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#56
Flower Tattoo
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#57
Teeny Tiny Ones For Eda This Evening, First Works Of 2023!
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#58
My Minimalist Simpsons Tattoo. By Jake At Harry Flashmans, Essex UK
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Sans Serif 3 weeks agoQuite clever, certainly unique!
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#59
Matching Tattoos
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Minimalist Meditation Tattoo I Got In Goa, India
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#61
Sun Tattoo
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That midget Jo 3 weeks agoIt’s giving Tangled vibes
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#62
Minimalist Anchor
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Bardhi’s Dad 3 weeks ago🎶 I am sailing, I am sailing…🎶
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#63
Giraffe Tattoo
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Jaime Escobedo 3 weeks agoI’M A GIRAFFE
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#64
Mushroom Tattoo
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Dr_Atlas 3 weeks agoI like mushrooms
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#65
Seashell Tattoo
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serial citrus 3 weeks agoi wanna get this now lol
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#66
Flower Tattoo
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#67
Tiny Wave
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serial citrus 3 weeks ago❤
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#68
Snake Tattoo
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#69
The Scorpius Constellation
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Bradford B 3 weeks agoMy favorite sign.
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Blue Fish Tattoo
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Rocket Tattoo
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#72
Japanese Kanji Symbol Tattoo
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Kevin Wiscombe 3 weeks agoJapanese uses Chinese characters too, they just pronounce them differently … it means love
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#73
Disco Tattoo
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#74
Finger Pokes For My Lovely Client
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#75
Minimalist Houseplant
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Moon Tattoo
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Little Peach
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#78
Cowboy Boot Tattoo
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#79
Got My Bioshock Tattoo Today
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Lakota Wolf 3 weeks agoI remember that I drew these on my wrists in Sharpie while I was playing BioShock XD
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#80
Minimalist Twin Peaks Semi Permanent Tattoo!
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#81
My Minimalistic Solar System Design. Done By Kieran Tyrrell Of Cyco City Tattoo, Melbourne, Australia
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#82
Symbol Of Success Tattoo
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Bodd 3 weeks agoBluetooth gone wrong!
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#83
Word Tattoo
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Brain Tattoo
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Dog Ears Tattoo
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AbbyNormal 3 weeks agoLooks like the top of Dobby’s head
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Avocado Tattoo
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Maple Seed Tattoo
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Pointe Shoes Tattoo
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Wine Tattoo
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Bunny Mask Tattoo
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Face Tattoo
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#92
Minimalist Synth Tattoo I Got Yesterday
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#93
Deer Horns Tattoo
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fair_weather_rose 3 weeks ago*antlers
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#94
Champagne Glass Tattoo
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Bi Frog 3 weeks agoWhat is that shiny gunk over the tattoo can someone explain this to me?
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#95
Minimalist “Magic: The Gathering” Tattoo
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#96
Minimalist Jackalope By Ly Horisoda At Lady Bond’s Temple Of Tattoo In Vancouver, Washington
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darqemm 3 weeks agoHow is this minimalist?
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#97
Got A Minimalistic Mac Miller Tribute
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#98
Tiny Flower Ear Tattoo
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Worst Cop in Britain 3 weeks agoEesh.
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#99
Soccer Tattoo
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Surf Board Tattoo
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#101
Bee Tattoo
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V Bingham 3 weeks agoNeeds bright, bright yellow on the bees body & the head on a flower for the Bee to pollinate. ATM he’s got nothing.
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#102
Sports Tattoo
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Lydia 3 weeks agoYeah, but what sport? Footbasketball, assume?
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#103
Tiny Linocut Stamps
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Bradford B 3 weeks agoLinocut!
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#104
Minimalist Skull Done By Derrick Hooper At Gold Club Electric Tattoo, Nashville
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Gourdeous 3 weeks agoI’m not sure this one is minimalist
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#105
I Got A Rather Minimalist Bojack Tattoo A Couple Months Ago, That I Thought I’d Share With You Guys
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Worst Cop in Britain 3 weeks agoNot really minimalist…
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