Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink dotwork drawing of three pine trees, a crescent moon, a campfire with smoke and a small tent on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Pine trees, moon and campfire design
Black outline drawing of several poppies on tall slender stems with seed pods, a fine line botanical design shown on a plain white background.
Poppies and seed pods line drawing
Black ink brush-stroke anchor design with dripping edges on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Brush-stroke anchor design
Black ink pen sketch of a dotwork cat creature with a leaf above and a lotus flower below, drawn on a sketchbook page.
Dotwork cat with leaf and lotus design
Black fineline mandala design drawn on white paper, with radial floral petals, diamond shapes and dotwork shading, shown with two fineliner pens.
Black ink mandala design on paper
Five black ink ornamental lotus flower designs on a white background, shown as flash artwork rather than on skin.
Five ornamental lotus designs in black
Greyscale pencil drawing of a pocket watch overlaid with red, orange and purple watercolour splashes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Pocket watch with watercolour splashes
A black and grey bear head flash design with detailed fur linework and shading, shown on a sepia watercolour background.
Bear head design in sepia tones
Black and white ink drawing of a howling wolf whose head rises above the profile of a person with long hair, set on a plain grey background.
Howling wolf merged with a profile portrait
Black line drawing of a stylised animal with a flowing tail, standing in water beside a large swirling crescent, drawn as a tattoo design.
Swirling stylised animal standing in water
Cross-stitch on white fabric in a dark frame showing traditional tattoo motifs: a red heart with a LOVE banner and dagger, and an anchor wrapped in rope with stars.
Cross-stitch heart, dagger and anchor flash
Black and white pencil drawing of an outlined heart joined to a heartbeat line that flows into the word love in cursive script, on textured paper.
Heart, heartbeat line and love script design
Pencil flash sheet of an Egyptian cat head, jackal head, winged scarab and woman in a collar, set against a hieroglyph background.
Egyptian flash sheet with cat, jackal and scarab
Black and grey illustration of a white rabbit head with playing cards, a monocle, a pocket watch and a red rose on a black background.
White rabbit with playing cards and pocket watch
Black flourished script reading Live Out Loud on a white background, a lettering design suitable for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Live Out Loud script lettering design
Neo-traditional flash design of a large owl with a scroll banner and roses behind it, drawn in black linework on a tan background.
Owl with roses and scroll banners
Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Hand-drawn tattoo design of two crossed arrows with red and dark feathered fletching and a thin wrapping line, on a cream background.
Two crossed red feathered arrows with a wrapping line
Solid black line drawing of an infinity symbol with a paw print in the left loop and an outlined heart in the right loop.
Infinity symbol with paw and heart
Black and white flash design of the words Shine On You Crazy in bubble lettering set inside a solid diamond outline.
Shine On You Crazy lettering inside a diamond
Fine black line drawing of two daisy-like flowers on slender stems with leaves and loose petals, shown on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Line drawing of two daisy-style flowers on stems
Flash design of a teal sugar skull with purple linework, dot details and red roses with thorny vines, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal sugar skull with red roses
Black ink fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by feathers and a curling tentacle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body visible.
Woman portrait with tentacle and feathers
Hand-drawn botanical flower design with spiral tendrils, striped leaves and a small butterfly, shaded in yellow and green with black ink.
Stylised flower with spirals and leaves
Black ink drawing of a triquetra Celtic knot surrounded by calligraphic swirls and dots on a plain white background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Celtic triquetra knot with swirls
Black tribal design of a dragon and a phoenix meeting over Celtic knotwork, shown on a pale wooden board with no body placement.
Tribal dragon and phoenix design
Six hand-drawn black ink spiral and swirl designs on tracing paper, with a green pen lying across the top of the sheet.
Hand-drawn spiral and swirl tattoo designs
Neo-traditional flash design of a hand holding a planchette with an eye and the word OUIJA, framed by purple and pink roses and leaves.
Ouija planchette and roses design
Ink drawing of a geometric feather built from linked triangles and hatched facets, with blue and green watercolour wash on white paper.
Geometric feather design in blue and green wash
Black script lettering reading Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with a feather and flying birds, drawn on a white feathered background.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Fine line cursive script reading nothing is permanent, drawn in dark ink across a pale textured background in a four-panel collage.
Nothing is permanent script lettering
Pencil line drawing of a unicorn head with a flowing swirled mane inside a braided rope oval, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Unicorn head in a rope oval
Black and red ink design of a Roman numeral clock with ink splatters, brush strokes and birds flying away from it, drawn on a white background.
Clock with birds and red brush strokes
Ornate black script letter decorated with botanical sprigs and a red ladybird, shown as a tattoo design on a beige background.
Ornate script letter with ladybird
Black ink pen drawing of a fox-masked figure surrounded by peonies, a woman's face and an oni face, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo sketch with no body part shown.
Fox mask figure with peonies and oni face sketch
Black line drawing of a stiletto high heel built from ornate flowers, leaves and swirling paisley motifs on a white background.
Floral high-heel shoe line drawing
Black and grey line drawing of a skull framed by fern-like foliage and a beaded arc above, with the word Virgo and a short poem beneath, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Skull and foliage Virgo design
Pencil sketch of a swallow in flight among magnolia blooms and leafy sprigs, a tattoo design with no placement shown.
Swallow and magnolia design sketch
Black and grey line drawing of a winged serpent holding a skeleton key in its mouth, beside a heart-shaped padlock with butterflies.
Winged serpent with key and heart padlock
Hand-drawn black ink sketch on lined paper of a symmetrical looped knot motif with the words The Story of The Wild Ones written around it.
The Story of The Wild Ones design sketch
Purple pencil sketch of crossed scissors, a comb, a ribbon and two roses, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Scissors, comb and roses design sketch
Flat design sheet showing gold and white peacock feathers with blue eye details beside a blue and gold leopard spot pattern on a grey background.
Gold and blue peacock feathers with leopard spots
Hand-drawn flash design of a pink-shaded rose with leaves and dotwork mandala petals, held up over a person's chest.
Rose and mandala tattoo design sketch
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and vines, with two roses and a ribbon banner, drawn in black and grey.
Anchor with roses and rope in pencil sketch
Black and grey ink drawing of an iris flower on an arrow shaft with a dashed triangle behind it, a botanical tattoo design on paper.
Iris and arrow tattoo design
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, including chain links, quatrefoil bands, triangle patterns, leaf borders and wing motifs.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Traditional flash drawing of a horned pin-up devil woman holding a pistol, with a "NEVER FEEL SORRY" banner, a red skull and crossbones, and a red devil tail.
Pin-up devil with gun and banners
Blue line-art flash design of a TARDIS police box flanked by two Daleks, angel wings and a sonic screwdriver within an ornate frame.
TARDIS and Daleks in an ornate frame

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