Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Pencil sketch of a daisy-style flower with a long leaf extending down to the right, drawn on textured paper, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Daisy and leaf pencil sketch
Flash sheet of six black ink infinity symbol designs, with a feather, rose, birds, music notes, hearts and a bold interlocking version.
Infinity symbol tattoo designs flash sheet
Black line drawing of a flower cluster with paisley swirls and vine tendrils, a flash design suited to a tattoo in fine line or Neo-trad style.
Black line flower and paisley design
Pencil-style drawing of a long-haired cat framed by blossom and leaves, with a small mouse at its chest, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Long-haired cat with flowers and a mouse
Solid black tribal-style Umbreon design on a white background, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement visible.
Umbreon in bold black tribal design
Black ink dotwork flash design of a symmetrical geometric lotus mandala with a long central stem, drawn on plain cream paper with no body part shown.
Dotwork lotus mandala design
Two drawn sugar skulls, one wearing a top hat and one with roses and a veil, above the words till and death, in a traditional flash design.
Twin sugar skulls with 'till death' lettering
Pastel illustration of a fluffy-headed bat hanging upside down, with a blue ribbon reading EVERYTHING and WILL BE OKAY, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Upside-down bat with Everything will be okay ribbon
Black ink line drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala design with dotted detail and striped petal outlines, drawn as tattoo flash.
Lotus mandala tattoo design
White line drawing of a tree of life design with a human figure in the trunk, arms raised into the branches, on a grey background, in a botanical style.
Tree of life with a figure in the trunk
Pencil sketch of the words One and Only in flowing script lettering on white paper, lying on a wooden surface beside a pencil.
One and Only script lettering sketch
Traditional-style flash design of a man in profile holding a small vial, with red roses, a gas mask and two banners with lettering.
Man in profile with roses and banner flash
Black tribal flash design of a sun with a spiral centre and an eight-pointed star behind it, shown as a solid black stencil-style drawing.
Tribal sun and star design
Black line flash sheet of five ornate lotus flowers with paisley-style detailing, stems and leaves, in a fine line botanical style.
Five ornate lotus flower designs
Black flourished script alphabet on a white background, showing upper and lower case letters A to Z in rows of five.
Script alphabet chart in upper and lower case
Loose pink sketched line drawing of a ribbon shaped like an awareness ribbon with feathered angel wings on a white background.
Pink ribbon with angel wings
Tattoo flash design of a large red heart framed by black swirling scrollwork and small red hearts on a white background.
Red heart with black scrollwork
Black line drawing of a ribcage with two hands with long nails covering the centre of the chest, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ribcage with hands over the chest
Hand-drawn black pen tattoo design of an anchor with the words Refuse to Sink and swirls on lined notebook paper.
Refuse to sink anchor design
Black ink drawing of a winged dragon perched above a Celtic triquetra knot, in a blackwork style, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Dragon with Celtic triquetra knot design
Traditional-style flash design of a seated boxer dog above a red banner reading BOXER MOM, with two swallows and pink swirls, shown without any body placement.
Boxer dog with banner and swallows
Black ink design of a large stylised letter K inside a circle, with a quotation written around the ring in hand-lettered capitals.
Circular quote around a large K
Black line drawing of a sword wrapped in ribbon banners reading 'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us', with a shield, ring, rose and landscape vignette.
Sword and quote banners line design
Hand-drawn black ink lettering design reading NO DAY BUT TODAY with FORGET REGRET between arrows, shown on pale paper.
No day but today lettering design
Pen sketch flash design of two roses, a small cottage and scattered diamonds drawn in purple ink on a sketchbook page, with no body placement shown.
Rose, cottage and diamond sketch design
Black and red illustrated design of a dark-haired woman with a black and white cat, a crow and a bare tree, set against ink splatter and brushed black marks.
Woman with black cat and crow design
Black Arabic script above the English words "Appreciate life" in quotation marks, on a plain white background.
Arabic script with "Appreciate life" text
Black line drawing of a hummingbird in flight with a long beak and stylised wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hummingbird line drawing
Black script lettering reading Veni Vidi Vici on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design in a fine line lettering style.
Veni Vidi Vici in script lettering
Black ink drawing of a bird of prey in flight, its wings and body filled with pine trees and small birds scattering from the wingtip, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bird of prey with pine forest in its wings
Black line drawing of four stylised waves above the handwritten words go with the flow, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a plain light background.
Line waves with go with the flow script
Black and grey drawing of a frowning owl with feathered ear tufts perched on twisted branches, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Owl perched on a branch, drawn design
Black and grey traditional nautical designs, including a ship, star, compass and lighthouse, shown as flash sheets and temporary tattoos on a thigh.
Nautical temporary tattoo designs on a thigh
Red line drawing design of a woman's face framed by a rose and leaves, with her hand raised near her chin, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with rose in hair, red line drawing
Pencil sketch of a horse head with pearl necklaces, jewelled ornaments, a ruffled collar and roses, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Horse head with roses and pearl necklace design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a kneeling anime-style fairy with large sheer wings and flowers in her hair, shown as a tattoo design.
Kneeling fairy with large wings
Black and grey shaded drawing of a bow with two loops and two trailing ribbon tails on a white background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Shaded bow design in black and grey
Watercolour-style drawing of a cartoon white tiger cub with blue eyes holding a pink blossom branch, a flash design suitable for a tattoo, with no placement shown.
Cartoon white tiger cub with blossom branch
White sea turtle silhouette with a sand dollar inside its shell on a black background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Sea turtle with sand dollar design
Black and grey tattoo design of birds taking flight beside the script words Don't be afraid to fly, shown without any body placement.
Birds in flight with 'Don't be afraid to fly'
Sheet of metallic gold and silver henna-style tattoo designs showing lace bands, an elephant and a mandala flower.
Metallic henna-style temporary tattoo flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a compass rose over a torn map with islands, shaded in black and grey on paper, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Compass rose over a torn map sketch
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an anatomical heart pierced by two arrows, shown on translucent paper beside a hand.
Anatomical heart with arrows
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical scrollwork design with a heart-shaped pentagram inside a circle at its centre, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Symmetrical scrollwork with heart pentagram
A small solid black silhouette of a squirrel drawn in ink on lined paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Black silhouette squirrel design on paper
Black and white design of a pentagram framed by five interlaced Celtic knotwork ravens, with a knotted star at its centre, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Celtic knot pentagram with five ravens
Pencil drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and flowing tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Phoenix with spread wings
Single-line handwritten script design reading positivity in black on a white background, drawn in a fine line lettering style with no body placement shown.
Positivity in fine line script

Ideas by style

Fine line Traditional Blackwork Japanese Dotwork Neo-trad Realism Lettering Botanical Geometric

Ideas by placement

Forearm Upper arm Shoulder Back Chest Ribs Thigh Calf Ankle Hand Neck

Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451