Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink dotwork drawing of a layered mandala flower above a bird skull, shown as a tattoo design on paper for a placement that is not visible.
Mandala flower over a bird skull design
Black line drawing of bubbly script lettering reading Filthy Douche, surrounded by suds and bubbles, as a tattoo flash design.
Bubble lettering reading Filthy Douche
Drawing of a woman with flowing hair and a crown of pink, purple and blue roses, shaded in grey, presented as a tattoo design.
Woman with a floral crown design
Black line drawing of a snarling cat with a scaled body, clawed paws and blossom flowers, in a Japanese style tattoo design.
Snarling cat with scales and flowers
Flash sheet of seven winged ball designs in black and grey linework, with one bottom-right version shaded in gold and brown.
Winged ball flash sheet
Black line-drawn tattoo flash sheet with food, objects and lettering motifs, including a steak, pizza slice, pie, revolver and the word MEAT, on a pale grey background.
Tattoo flash sheet of food and text motifs
Black ink pen drawing of a wolf's head in profile, built from dense hatched lines, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Wolf head in pen hatching
Hand-drawn lettering design reading Never give up in ornate script with flourishes, sketched in pencil on paper beside a pencil.
Never give up lettering design
Brown line drawing of an engraved acanthus scrollwork design with curling leaves and stippled shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Engraved acanthus scroll design
Red line drawing of a fox head framed by ornamental flowers and filigree, a tattoo design sketched on tracing paper.
Fox head with floral ornament sketch
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch on a scroll banner, an hourglass with chain, roses and a Holy Bible banner, in a realistic style.
Pocket watch, hourglass and roses sketch
Black and white flash design of Medusa wearing a paisley bandana over her lower face, with snakes writhing around her head inside a Greek key border.
Medusa with bandana in a Greek key circle
Traditional style flash drawing of a hot air balloon with a red sun, flowers and an anchor, with the words Enjoy the Ride on a banner.
Hot air balloon with banner and flowers
Black line drawing of a dragon coiled in a circle, with raised wings and a hexagonal scaled body, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Coiled dragon with raised wings
Black and grey traditional dagger design with an ornate hilt and shaded blade, drawn on a white strip of paper over a dark wooden surface.
Ornate dagger flash design
Flash sheet of twelve black and grey dotwork designs with ornamental animal heads, a crab, a lion and fish, with no body placement shown.
Twelve zodiac-style ornamental designs
Black line flash design of two fists with HAND MADE across the knuckles, beside a spool of thread, scissors, a needle and yarn.
Hand made fists with sewing tools
Black and grey flash design of a skull inside an astronaut helmet, with a ringed planet and small stars above.
Skull in astronaut helmet flash
Flash design of a stag head with antlers, feathers and flames, above crossed axes and a ribbon, drawn in engraved linework with red accents.
Stag head with axes and flames
Line drawing flash of a yellow crescent moon above a ribbon banner reading Fighting evil by moonlight, with a second banner reading Winning love by daylight, on a pink background.
Crescent moon and banner quote design
Purple pencil flash drawing of a planchette-style design with a shaded eye, a smiling sun, a crescent moon and the words SPEAK TO ME NO MORE, in a neo-traditional style.
Planchette design with eye, sun and moon
Line drawing flash of a ball of yarn with crochet hooks, a thimble, a spool and buttons above a CRAFTY banner, with brown and red shading.
Crafty yarn ball flash design
Coloured illustrated design of a woman in profile smoking, with dark feathered wings, an American flag, a revolver, the Golden Gate Bridge and California poppies.
Woman with revolver and Golden Gate Bridge
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate chandelier with roses, snakes, chains and crystal drops, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Ornate chandelier with roses and snakes
Black tribal flash design of a howling wolf head in profile set against a large circular moon, with no body placement shown.
Tribal howling wolf with moon
Pen-drawn ornate lettering design on paper with a large decorative initial, swirling flourishes and a cursive script word, shown beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate flourished lettering design
Traditional-style flash drawing of a swallow in flight with a rope-wrapped anchor, roses and vines on a blue patterned background.
Swallow and anchor flash design
Black and grey tattoo design of a trail of shaded five-pointed stars linked by curling vines, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Cascading stars with swirling vines
Sepia pencil drawing of a winged angel with a sword standing over a crouched demon, a design suited to a large back or chest piece.
Winged angel standing over a fallen demon
Black tribal-style horse design with white linework through the body and flame-like mane and tail, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal horse with flame mane and tail
Black linework flash drawing on paper of a sun and crescent moon with a woman's face, surrounded by spiky rays, dotwork accents and dangling drops, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Sun and crescent moon face flash design
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon decorated with flowing swirls and scroll details on a white background.
Ornamental crescent moon design
Black line flash design of an infinity symbol with a gymnast silhouette in its right loop, with the words forever above and a gymnast below.
Forever a gymnast infinity design
White chalk-style kanji character above the lowercase word pain on a black background, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Chalk kanji with the word pain
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head built from a rose, daisies, leaves and blossoms, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Elephant head made of flowers and leaves
Flash sheet of a multicoloured butterfly heart above several black high heel shoes decorated with white flowers.
Butterfly heart and floral high heel shoes flash
A sheet of eight Hello Kitty temporary tattoo designs in bright pink, blue, yellow and green, including balloons, stars and a teddy bear, shown on white.
Hello Kitty temporary tattoo design sheet
Black line drawing of a sitting cat seen from the side, with its head turned left and its tail curled at the base, shown on a white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman in profile with dark curled hair and two red flowers with green leaves, shown on a sheet of paper.
Profile woman with red flowers in hair
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs including a hamsa hand, arrows, feathers, chevrons and an infinity symbol.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheet
Black ornamental rooster design on a white background, with swirling line detail and dotted patterns filling the body and tail.
Ornamental rooster design
Black and white fine line flash sheet of rosemary, lavender and other herb sprigs, held up by a person whose face is out of frame.
Fine line herb sprigs flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a broad oak tree with stippled leaves and a full root system spreading beneath it, on a plain white background.
Oak tree with spreading roots, black ink design
Flash drawing of a crossed bow and arrows with a crescent moon and hanging striped purple feathers, shaded in grey pencil with watercolour accents.
Crossed bow, arrows and feathers design
Black line drawing of two spotted toadstools above a circular Celtic interlace knot, with leaves and curling tendrils at the base.
Mushrooms and Celtic knot design
Coloured drawing of a sleeping orange fox with a white chest and dark ears, framed in an oval of brown branches and green ivy, suited to a botanical tattoo design.
Sleeping fox in an ivy wreath
Black ink drawing of a bumblebee with hatched shading on its body and veined wings, with a small letter B beneath it on textured white paper.
Ink bee drawing with the letter B
Black line drawing of a leafy tree with swirling branches and twisted roots, with a small bird above, shown as a design on white.
Tree with swirling branches and roots

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