Tattoo ideas

49,007 photos and flash · 24% Fine line, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black and grey portrait tattoo of a man's face with lettering below it, on the inside of a forearm.
Portrait and quote on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a snarling demon face, a skeletal hand and skulls among smoke-like shapes.
Demon face sleeve with skeletal hand
Black and white ink drawing of a bat with outstretched wings, surrounded by rose stems, buds and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Bat with wings spread among roses
Black and grey realism tattoo of a kneeling angel among clouds, with script lettering above, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Kneeling angel and clouds on an upper arm
Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a faceted heart gem with ornate scrollwork and beaded drops across the neck and upper chest.
Faceted heart gem with scrollwork on neck and chest
Three small black butterfly tattoos in a fine line style on a person's shoulder, with a blue sky blurred in the background.
Three butterflies on a shoulder
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat's head with black linework and ink splatter, placed across the upper back.
Watercolour cat head on a back
A solid black lightning bolt design drawn on a plain beige sheet of paper, shown without any body placement.
Lightning bolt design on beige paper
Black castle silhouette with pink and yellow fireworks and the words Keep Dreaming in script, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Castle silhouette with fireworks and script
Man's chest with a geometric tattoo of a dark faceted shape in dotwork shading, joined by fine lines to small teal and green triangles and dots.
Geometric chest tattoo with lines and triangles
A small, solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black linework sketch of an apple with a worm, a stack of books, a pencil and a leaf, drawn as a tattoo design on tracing paper.
Apple, worm, book and pencil design
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading fearless on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Fearless script on an ankle
Black fine line script lettering reading 'the Lord's' runs along a forearm against a soft-focus green background.
Script lettering on a forearm
Traditional style butterfly tattoo in bold blues, reds, oranges and greens with black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Traditional butterfly on a forearm
Close side view of a woman in a black bikini showing a grey anchor tattoo on her left side ribs, in a traditional style.
Anchor tattoo on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a black cat silhouette sitting on a blue shaded crescent moon, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Black cat on a blue crescent moon on the back
Realism style tattoo of a shaded purple feather with black birds rising from its tip and script lettering beside it, on the side of a torso.
Purple feather with birds and script on the side
Black ink pen sketch of two stylised waves inside a circle, with the words A million waves in the ocean and Crash at once to make you smile written around the edge.
Waves and quote in a circular pen sketch
Traditional-style tattoos on both feet, showing a blue dotted teacup and saucer on one foot and a blue dotted teapot with a pink rose on the other, with 'tea heart time' written across the toes.
Teacup and teapot with tea time toe lettering
Small colour fine line tattoo of a pink magnolia flower and bud on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Magnolia tattoo on the inner forearm
Hand-drawn Hufflepuff house crest design in yellow, black and grey, with a badger over a striped shield and a blackletter banner reading Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff crest with badger and banner
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with leaf and petal motifs and a dotted border, on the outer thigh.
Mandala tattoo on the thigh
Small black and grey owl tattoo with large eyes perched on a branch, on the inner forearm.
Small owl on a branch on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a stylised songbird with an orange breast and teal belly band, placed on the side of the hip and thigh.
Stylised songbird on the hip
Black brushstroke tattoo with a teal streak and small ink dots on a woman's shoulder, with a light grey top worn off the shoulder.
Abstract brushstroke shoulder tattoo
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing an outstretched hand, a lantern with a flame, green leaves and a dangling bead chain.
Hand, lantern and rosary beads on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of six small birds in flight above the script words Life goes on... on a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Birds in flight and script on shoulder
Metallic gold and silver feather designs, apparently temporary tattoos, on a woman's inner forearm and wrist.
Gold and silver feathers on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a hummingbird in flight above a pink flower, across the inner forearm and wrist.
Hummingbird and flower on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a peony, hibiscus and small flowers with leaves on the outer upper thigh.
Floral bouquet on an upper thigh
Close photo of a small black block-lettered word tattooed on the inner wrist of a forearm, with a printed page below.
Small block lettering on the inner wrist
Neo-traditional tattoo on a leg of a head wearing a knitted beanie and tartan scarf, with the face filled by mountains, pines and a teal sky.
Mountain landscape within a head in a knit beanie
Black and grey drawing of an anatomical heart wrapped in ribbon banners reading shipwrecked bones carry my seasick heart home, with two swallows, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with ribbon lettering
Fine line script lettering reading Dream without fear and Love without Limits in black ink on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Dream without fear, love without limits lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sequence of moon phases running down the inside of a forearm against a cloudy sky.
Moon phases sequence on a forearm
Black and grey chrysanthemum tattoo with detailed hatched petals and a bud, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Chrysanthemum on the shoulder and upper arm
Two black and grey cartoon tattoos on the backs of two hands, one showing Sally with stitches and flowing hair and one showing Jack Skellington's head, in a bold traditional style.
Sally and Jack tattoos on the hands
Colourful flower tattoo with a black and grey yin yang at its centre, on the calf of a leg with a bare foot visible above.
Yin yang inside a flower on a calf
Realistic grey-shaded wolf head design holding a red rose in its mouth, drawn on a pale background with no body placement shown.
Wolf head with a red rose
Close-up of a black handwritten-style lettering tattoo on skin reading a quote followed by the attribution Jon Bovi.
Handwritten quote tattoo in black ink
Traditional-style flash drawing of a mermaid with a flower crown, long hair and a spotted tail, painted on textured paper.
Spotted mermaid flash design
Black script lettering reading Dad with a small fish above the D, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script Dad with small fish on wrist
Woman lying on dark bedding showing a dark branch-like tattoo on her thigh and a tattooed forearm, with a navel piercing and a black top with a white skeleton hand print.
Branch tattoo on thigh with forearm design
Small colour tattoo of a blue police box with yellow windows on the outside of an ankle, against a carpet.
Blue police box tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo with cursive script across the lower back, above a patterned bikini bottom.
Feather with script quote on lower back
Black and grey dotwork griffin with outstretched wings, surrounded by leafy vines, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Griffin with foliage on the side ribs
Full back tattoo in a Japanese style showing a large red and brown owl beside cherry blossom branches and a pale moon, with a green bird sleeve on the upper arm.
Owl, cherry blossom and moon back piece

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