Tattoo ideas

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

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Black stylised line drawing of a cat head in profile, looking upwards, with bold tribal-style flowing strokes on a cream background.
Stylised cat head in black line design
Pencil sketch of a heart with the word Love in flowing script lettering, drawn on tracing paper beside a black marker.
Love script heart design sketch
Black line drawing of a simple cross above the fine-line lettering I surrender who I've been for who you are, on a plain light grey background.
Cross and lettering quote design
Black and grey pencil sketch of a hummingbird in flight with its wings spread and a long thin beak, drawn as a tattoo design.
Hummingbird in flight, pencil sketch
Hand-coloured flash drawing of sunflowers and green leaves with bold black circle and triangle linework, labelled Leo, planet Sun, element Fire, flower Sunflower.
Leo sunflower design on paper
Black linework design of a bird of prey with spread wings over blue watercolour splashes, with the word Ravenclaw in script beneath it.
Spread-wing bird design with Ravenclaw script
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower inside a mandala-style design with dotwork shading and leaf motifs, on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork detail
Neo-traditional flash design of a dark-haired pin-up character in a black bodice, with banners reading Waiting for true love's kiss, roses and a rope frame.
Pin-up character with banners and roses
Black line drawing of a Japanese shishi lion with peonies and swirling waves, styled as a tattoo design on paper, with no body placement shown.
Japanese shishi lion with peonies and waves
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull, two roses, a raven, a rosary, a cross and a pocket watch, in a realistic shaded style.
Skull, roses and raven tattoo design
Black and grey drawing of a hairless sphynx cat head inside a triangle filled with mandala and geometric patterns.
Sphynx cat in a geometric triangle mandala
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate script lettering design with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate script lettering design in ink
Hand-coloured flash drawing of a small winged figure perched on a large red rose with green leaves, in a traditional bold-outline style.
Winged figure on a red rose flash
Black script lettering reading Serenity, running vertically on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Serenity script lettering design
Black tribal-style bird design with spread wings and a tail of pointed plumes, shown as flash on a white background.
Tribal bird with spread wings
Black line drawing design of a winged fairy reaching up towards a five-petalled flower on a long stem, shown on a white background.
Fairy reaching for a flower
Black line drawing of a fine-lined arrow above a block of text quoting a passage about focus and aiming.
Arrow tattoo design with quote
Black brush-style outline drawing of two overlapping hearts on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Two overlapping hearts line design
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a compass inside a tree wreath, with banners reading 'Not all who wander are lost' and an anchor below, in a botanical line style.
Compass, anchor and tree banner design
Black ink design of a crowned, winged figure cradling a stippled globe, framed by a circle, two stars and a line of lettering beneath, with no placement shown.
Crowned winged figure holding a globe
Five black ink sketches on paper of continuous line designs with dotted starts, spirals and infinity-style loops, shown as possible tattoo flash.
Five line-work swirl and loop sketches
Two pencil and ink sketches of wolf heads combined with geometric line frames, drawn as tattoo design studies on white paper beside a pen.
Geometric wolf head sketches on paper
Dark line drawing of two scroll banners reading I solemnly swear I am up to no good, with a pair of small footprints below, on a cream background.
Two scroll banners with a quote and footprints
Traditional style flash design of a woman with antlers and a red flower headpiece, surrounded by red roses and pearls, drawn on cream paper.
Antlered woman with red roses
Colour flash design of a woman with a sugar skull face, red roses in her hair and a green patterned shawl, on a beige background.
Sugar skull woman with roses and green shawl
Blue line drawing of a torso covered in traditional flash designs including a rose, skull, diamond, heart, anchor, snake, candle and ship.
Torso covered in traditional flash motifs
Fine line flash sheet of geometric arrows, triangles, circles and chevrons drawn in dark ink on a pale background, with no body placement shown.
Geometric arrow and triangle flash sheet
Traditional-style flash drawing of a green snake coiled around a cream banner that reads Tunnel Snakes Rule, set on a plain green background.
Green snake with Tunnel Snakes Rule banner
Black and grey stippled line drawing of a sunflower with curled leaves on either side, shown as a botanical tattoo design on a white background.
Sunflower with leaves line design
Black line drawing of an ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail, with swirling decorative patterns along its body, on a mustard background.
Ouroboros snake design
Black line drawing of a small mandala tattoo design on white paper, shown beside a US quarter for scale.
Small mandala flash beside a quarter
Pencil sketch of a stylised flower bud with curled petal tips and a long stem, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Stylised flower bud pencil sketch
Black ink line drawing of a slender olive branch with pointed leaves on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Olive branch line drawing
Black fine line script lettering spelling the word love, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Script word love design
Black script lettering on a white background reading the darkest night will end and the sun will rise, with the caption Les Misérables in blue capitals below.
Script quote about the darkest night ending
Black and white flash design of a sun-like mandala with long radiating rays and concentric bands of geometric patterns, shown on a plain white background.
Sun mandala design with radiating rays
Traditional-style anchor with a red and gold stock and a DAD banner, printed as a design on a white ceramic mug.
Traditional anchor with DAD banner design
Black ink drawing of two moths above a circular mandala of flowers and leaves, in a dotwork and linework style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Moths and mandala with flowers in black ink
Traditional style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a green scaled tail, holding a pink shell over her chest, surrounded by black stars on a parchment background.
Traditional mermaid flash with stars
Black and grey drawing of a coiled snake with rose shapes and leaves, shown as a tattoo design in a blackwork and botanical style.
Coiled snake with roses and leaves design
A blue and white Delft-style floral design on a white card, showing several peonies and leaves in a botanical tattoo design, with no body placement visible.
Blue Delft-style floral motif on a card
Black ink drawing of a ribcage, spine and pelvis with a peony, rose stems and a moth wing, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ribcage, pelvis and moth with peony
Black silhouette of a dandelion seed head with seeds drifting away, alongside handwritten script reading whatever will be, will be, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Dandelion seeds with 'whatever will be' script
Black silhouette drawing of a sea turtle with a heart-shaped pattern across its shell, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sea turtle with heart shell design
Black ink line drawing of a faceless mermaid with swirling hair, a patterned tail and a dragonfly, suitable as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with dragonfly line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a rose framed by mandala and paisley filigree, with dotwork shading and hanging dot chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and mandala filigree design
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, framed by leaves and flowers and ink drips, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Pocket watch with leaves and flowers design
Pencil sketch flash design of a dreamcatcher with feathers, flowers and the words Hope, Love, Family, Dream and Believe, shown as a black and grey drawing.
Dreamcatcher sketch with words and flowers

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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