For Women

These clever pieces use clean line work and black and gray shading to produce a funny set of tattoos that are best seen side by side.

These tiny pieces use simple outlines and clean line work to commemorate the wearer’s shared love for all things dino.

These great pieces use clean line work and negative space to create the “daps” or fist bump that has replaced the handshake as the customary greeting in many places.

These small tattoos use clean line work, black and gray shading and limited use of white ink to create the bananas that these friends use to commemorate their friendship.

For Men

These simple tattoos use clean line work to produce this funny take on the childhood game of rock paper scissors that rocks a bit more than other pieces.

For Men & Women

9. Geometric Friendship Tattoos

Mathematics is a system designed to help us better understand the world around us and geometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with the size, shape, and dimensions of things, real and imaginary. In recent times, geometric shapes and patterns have become increasingly popular in the tattoo world, most notably patterns that demonstrate the Fibonacci sequence, or Golden Ratio. This is a formula that is present in thousands of different examples in the natural world, from the way plants grow to the structure of mollusk’s shells.

Many people choose to incorporate these patterns, as well as elements of sacred geometry—an ancient discipline that assigns sacred meaning to different shapes and ratios (including the Golden Ratio)—into tattoos. Thus, the shapes that people use in designs can hold a deeper meaning than simply being aesthetically pleasing. Here are some great examples that use these elements to commemorate friendships.

For Women

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For Men & Women

10. Opposite Friendship Tattoos

They say opposites attract, and this is doesn’t simply hold true for magnets. Sometimes friendship comes in the most unlikely of places, with people that have different tastes and sensibilities forming improbable friendships. Despite the differences that those on the outside see, these people create long-lasting bonds based on deeper connections than musical tastes or favorite movies.