Pretty tattoos on dark skin tones

From Jourdan Dunn's positivity mantra to Amber Rose's bold portraits, here is some cool ink-spiration on beautiful black skin.

SOLANGE KNOWLES

Solange has matching angle wings depicted on both wrists, apparently representing the passing of her friend and the birth of her son.

JOURDAN DUNN

We enjoy seeing runway models with tattoos that inject some individuality into a line-up, and like her BFF Cara D, Jourdan has plenty of ink. Our faves are the one on the inside of her right arm which reads "you owe it to yourself, set the world on fire" and the Egyptian goddess Isis on her upper back.

RIHANNA

Rihanna is the queen of cool tattoos. We love how she has them in unexpected places; her collarbone, ear or hands as well as more conventional spaces of skin like the top of the 

spine.

ZOE KRAVITZ

From crescent moons on her knuckles to a flock of tiny birds on her chest and this intricate 

eye on her forearm, Zoe's tattoos genuinely look like a part of her.

ZOE SALANDA

Proof that body ink can look delicate and feminine, Zoe says she has a galaxy of "hidden tattoos" from the solid black star on her writs, to the Persian writing on the left side of her ribcage and shooting stars on her right side.

NICKI MINAJ

Although Nicki now says she regrets her Chinese arm tattoo (which translates to "God is always with you"), it's synonymous with her quirky-kitsch look and she totally owns it.

AMBER ROSE

Amber is big in the tattoo game and seems to be working her way up to full sleeves. While we love the blooming rose on her right arm, the vivid portrait of her husband and French bulldog on her left arm proves that girls can work this kinda ink just as well as the boys.

AZEALIA BANKS 

Azealia has a number of super-cool tattoos including an outline of a tigers face on her hip, her birth date in roman numerals along her collar and this solid black heart on her stomach.