Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of an eye with long lashes and two tear drops, with the words I'M FINE above and a silhouette of two people embracing in the iris.
Eye with tears and I'M FINE lettering
Grey-wash line drawing of a hooded skull spectre wrapped in a rope and wheat sprigs, with a dotted arc above and the word Virgo below, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Virgo skull spectre design
Black silhouette flash design of a flock of birds in flight, rising diagonally from lower left to upper right on a white background.
Flock of birds in flight
Stylised drawing of two swallows in flight, one in solid black and one with pale lavender shading on its wings, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Two swallows in flight
Black ink flash sheet on a grey background with horror designs including a vampire head, a clawed glove, two girls in dresses, a book with a face, a grinning mask and a creature.
Horror flash sheet in black ink
Black fine line flash design of a compass star with a central sun, mountains, moon, clouds and trees, shown on a white background.
Compass and landscape line design
Traditional flash drawing of a sailor pin-up woman with closed eyes and a sailor cap, framed by a green laurel wreath and a yellow banner reading Sink or Swim.
Sailor pin-up with laurel wreath and Sink or Swim banner
Framed black and grey tattoo designs on a dark wall, showing a skull entwined with a snake and a veiled woman holding a skull.
Framed black and grey skull and snake designs
Packaged temporary tattoo designs showing nine fine line feathers in pink, purple, gold, green and orange on a cream card with gold foil lettering.
Feather temporary tattoo designs
Fine line tattoo design of the word smile in single-stroke script, joined to a thin black line that ends in a small dot at each side.
Smile script on a continuous line
Black tribal-style winged heart design with red cross marks and a silver crown on top, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Winged heart with crown design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings, flames and long flowing tail feathers, a design suitable for a large tattoo.
Phoenix with flowing tail feathers
Pencil and ink drawing of an open book outline, with lettering running along its edges that lists book genres and the words I love books.
Hand-lettered open book design with genre list
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an owl perched above a pocket watch, with cherry blossom branches and a crescent moon, drawn in neo-traditional style.
Owl, pocket watch and blossom design
Black and grey shaded drawing of a compass wrapped in twisted branches with a rope, a stylised anchor and a flying bird, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Compass, anchor and bird tattoo design
Pencil sketch on lined paper of a plain outlined cross with the words Philippians and 4:13 in script lettering, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Philippians 4:13 script and cross sketch
Black tribal-style dragon head beside a yin yang symbol, with sweeping black lines, shown as a flat design on a white background.
Tribal dragon and yin yang design
Black and grey pencil drawing of three roses and two leaves with scrolling swirls, a tattoo design sketch with no body placement shown.
Pencil sketch of roses with swirls
Black ink dotwork flash design of a wolf head merged with a woman's face, with a crown, skulls, ram horns, flowers and a hot air balloon.
Wolf and woman surreal design with skulls
Black handwritten script reading "You're so brilliant. Don't soon forget." on a grey textured background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Handwritten script reading You're so brilliant
Flash sheet of three black line geometric arrow designs with triangles, diamonds, circles and dotted rings on a white background.
Three geometric arrow designs on a flash sheet
White rune-like symbols on a teal painted canvas, each labelled with a word such as Strength, Wisdom, Luck, Grace, Hope or Love.
Rune-style symbols with word labels
Black line drawing of a stylised creature head in profile with a spiked crest and a spiral curl at the back, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised creature head in profile with spiral
Digital drawing of a purple butterfly with black swirls, dots and a grey sunburst, shown as a flash design with no skin visible.
Purple butterfly with black swirls
Black ink flash design of two birds and the lettering I am flawed if I'm not free, with swirling flourishes, shown on a white background.
Two birds and quote lettering design
Solid black silhouette of a swallow in mid-flight with forked tail and swept wings, shown on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Swallow in flight silhouette
Pencil sketch design of a cluster of roses framing an open eye with a brow, with a tattoo machine and smoke above, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses and eye sketch with tattoo machine
Black and white line drawing of a sun and moon face split down the middle, with the words we live by the sun and we feel by the moon around it.
Sun and moon face with quote lettering
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor and rope among clouds, with the script quote "Be the one to guide me, but never hold me down", shown as a tattoo design with no placement on the body.
Ship wheel and anchor with script quote
Traditional style tattoo flash of a red rose with green leaves, a gold banner reading LOVE and a small skull, shown on a teal painted background.
Rose, banner and skull design
Black line drawing of a laurel wreath encircling a stylised number four, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Laurel wreath around a number four
Black silhouette flash design of a skeleton standing among twisting branches, vines and leaves on a white background.
Skeleton entwined with branches
Drawn Mr and Mrs knuckle tattoo design on two fists, framed by red roses and blue forget-me-not flowers, in a botanical Hand style.
Mr and Mrs knuckle design with roses
Illustrated flash design of purple angel wings and a halo framing a dark car in front of a full moon, with a banner reading Carry on my wayward son.
Winged banner with car and moon
Traditional style moth flash design in black, cream and orange, shown as a framed print on a peach background with an orange circle behind it.
Traditional moth design in a framed print
Black ink drawing of a rope-wrapped anchor and ship's wheel beneath calligraphic lettering reading the sailor's creed, shown as a design on paper rather than on skin.
Anchor and ship's wheel with sailor's creed lettering
Two flash designs of an anchor woven into an infinity symbol, one in tan rope with a blue flower and the words be strong believe, the other in black line with the word hope.
Anchor and infinity flash designs
Black ink line drawing of a sitting elephant spraying a cluster of butterflies from its trunk, with the word Always in script, drawn on plain paper.
Elephant spraying butterflies design
Pencil sketch of three interlocking swirl hearts with curled scroll ends, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Interlocking swirl hearts pencil design
Black line drawing of four stacked triangles, two pointing up and two pointing down, with horizontal bars crossing the top and bottom triangles.
Four stacked triangles line design
Black ink sketch of a tattoo design with songbirds, hummingbirds, butterflies and bees among cherry blossom branches, with no body placement shown.
Birds, butterflies and blossom sketch
Black ink drawing of a treble clef curling into a heart outline, with two dots to the right, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Treble clef heart design
Pencil and ink drawing of a compass inside a hatched frame, with three banners reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been.
Compass with banner quote drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a mermaid with shell top and a vintage brass diving helmet diver beside her, framed by a rope border.
Mermaid and diver under the sea
Solid black stencil drawing of the head of Eeyore the donkey in profile, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Eeyore head stencil design
Black and grey flash drawing of a Chinese-style dragon coiling on the left and a phoenix with spread wings on the right, with no body placement shown.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo design
Black fine line anchor design with a small heart at its base, above script reading hope anchors the soul and the reference Hebrews 6:19.
Anchor with script reading hope anchors the soul
Black flowing script lettering reading Family is Forever on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Family is Forever script lettering

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