Tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing flash of a mermaid holding an anchor wrapped in rope, with long flowing hair and a curled tail.
Mermaid with anchor and rope flash
Black ink drawing of a yin-yang circle, with a stippled starry night sky and a city skyline on one half and a sun on the other.
Yin-yang with night sky, city and sun
Line drawing of a slender snake with black skin, red and white bands and a black head, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Banded snake design on white
Black ink line drawing of a symmetrical petal mandala on paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch beside pens and a pencil.
Radial petal mandala line drawing
A flash sheet of sixteen black line drawings of circular geometric designs, with concentric rings, dots and intersecting straight lines, in a Geometric style.
Sixteen circular geometric designs
Pencil drawing of ornate script lettering with swirling flourishes and a shaded banner, shown on paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Script lettering design with flourishes
Flash sheet of black line-drawn arrows and crossed arrow pairs with feathered fletching, sketched in a loose hand-drawn style.
Hand-drawn arrow designs sheet
Black ink line drawing on pale paper of a heartbeat trace that turns into beamed music notes and ends in a small heart.
Heartbeat line with music notes and heart
Black fine line handwritten script reading just imagine, with a small outlined heart beneath, drawn on a plain white background.
Just imagine script with small heart
Hand-drawn script lettering design reading Mind on my money, money on my mind, in black ink on cream paper, being traced by a hand holding a pen.
Script lettering sketch on paper
Black ink drawing on white paper of a stylised calligraphic lettering design with curling flourishes running diagonally across the sheet.
Calligraphic swirl design on paper
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with dotwork patterns and a lotus, with hanging chains, beads and diamond pendants, drawn on white paper.
Crescent moon with lotus and hanging chains
Pencil sketch of a small bird with outstretched wings and feathered detail, drawn in red and blue coloured pencil on cream paper, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Bird with spread wings pencil sketch
Pencil sketch of a fox with its head turned back over its shoulder, drawn as a simple black outline design on grey paper.
Stylised fox outline sketch
Flash sheet of twelve black brush-style Chinese zodiac characters in a grid, each labelled in English with its animal name.
Chinese zodiac characters flash sheet
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including shells, arrows, chain bands, waves and fern fronds.
Gold and silver metallic tattoo design sheet
Black ink drawing of an owl perched on a branch beside a heart-shaped keyhole key, with detailed patterned feathers, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate owl on a branch with a key
Hand-drawn flash design of a black and yellow flower with green leaves and swirling vines, coloured in pencil, suitable as a botanical tattoo reference.
Stylised flower with swirling vines
Black tribal-style bird design with sweeping wings and curling tail feathers, with a small red heart at its chest, drawn on a white background.
Tribal bird with swirling tail and red heart
Black line drawing flash design of a winged pincushion with two skulls on pins and a curled banner reading Sew or Die, in a traditional style.
Winged pincushion with skulls and Sew or Die banner
Black dragon design with lace-patterned wings coiling into a long serpentine tail, drawn on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Lace-winged dragon design
Pencil drawing of a hummingbird in flight with long tail feathers, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hummingbird in flight tattoo design
Pencil sketch of a stylised lion head in profile with a flowing mane, drawn in brown ink on cream paper beside a green pencil.
Lion head sketch on paper
Black and grey tattoo-style design of a shaded full moon with a black mountain range and a row of pine trees below, on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Moon, mountains and pine trees design
Pin-up style drawing of a woman in a red polka dot headscarf flexing her bicep, with Girl Power script tattooed on her upper arm.
Pin-up woman flexing with Girl Power script
Black ink line drawing of a bearded man in profile, a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style with no placement shown.
Bearded man in profile line drawing
Six black ink floral and scroll designs on a white background, with feathered fronds, leaves and curling swirls in a flourish style.
Six black floral and scroll tattoo designs
Pencil sketch of an anchor with a dotted line curling up to a flock of birds, drawn on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Anchor with dotted line and flying birds
Black and white tribal-style dragon design with a curling tail, drawn as a stencil-like flash image with no body part shown.
Tribal dragon design
Black and grey flash sheet of anchor designs with script quotes, including a large engraved-style anchor with rope and a small anchor beside the words I refuse to sink.
Anchor and lettering tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor, rope and two roses, in a traditional style, shown as a design sheet rather than on skin.
Ship wheel, anchor and roses design
Grey flowing script lettering reading then sings my soul on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Then sings my soul script lettering
Black fine line drawing of a stylised bird with sweeping curved wings and a tapering tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line flowing bird design
Black ink flash sheet of six Celtic-style interlace designs, including animal knotwork bands, a round knot and a rectangular panel with a triskele.
Celtic interlace flash sheet
A flash-style chart of black line symbols with small handwritten labels, resembling runic designs, with no tattoo on skin shown.
Chart of runic-style symbols and labels
Black line drawing of an upright cross with the words 'my GOD'S NOT DEAD' set in a thin, hand-lettered typeface on the crossbar, shown as a flash design.
Cross design with 'my God's not dead' text
Flash style drawing of a blue tidal wave with a cream banner reading We Will Bring The Tidal Wave and the words Pierce The Veil 2013 beneath, shown without any body placement.
Tidal wave banner flash design
A hand with a fine brush painting a traditional style flash design of Frankenstein's monster in profile, with a red flower and a sunburst behind the head.
Frankenstein's monster flash being painted
Black flash design of a tree of life with spreading roots and branches, enclosed in an interlaced Celtic knotwork circle.
Tree of life in a Celtic knot circle
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate dagger with a central eye, stars and crescent moons on the hilt, and an anatomical heart on the blade, sketched on paper.
Dagger with eye and anatomical heart design
Black line drawing of a multi-armed figure holding weapons, set inside a circle of script and small symbols, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Multi-armed figure in a circular yantra design
Black and grey drawing of a cartoon panda lying down in oversized black-framed glasses, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Cartoon panda in oversized glasses
Flash design of a red heart pierced by a green dagger with dripping blood drops and the word BOSS written above in black lettering.
Dagger through a heart with BOSS lettering
Pencil and coloured pencil drawing of Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie with dice and a banner reading Jack VS Oogie Boogie, designed as a tattoo flash.
Jack vs Oogie Boogie banner design
Black ink drawing of a snarling tiger with bold stripes climbing over rocks, shown as a tattoo design in black and grey.
Tiger on rocks ink design drawing
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an ornate crowned key, a ribbon, a potion bottle with a skull and a Drink Me banner, shown without a body placement.
Key and potion bottle with Drink Me banner
Coloured flash drawing of a white mask, a red rose, green leaves and a dagger, with a banner reading Ideas are bulletproof, in a traditional style.
Mask, rose and dagger with banner design
Black line drawing of a cat sitting in the shape of a treble clef, with a thin curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain light background.
Cat sitting in a treble clef

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Popular subjects

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