Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate heart with lace-like filigree, dotwork shading, a diamond motif and hanging chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate heart and lace design drawing
Flash sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, feathers, a hamsa hand and geometric bands.
Metallic flash sheet of arrows, feathers and hamsa
Black dotwork ink drawing of a chakra mandala with a crescent moon and lotus petals on beige paper.
Chakra mandala with crescent moon and lotus
Black and grey dotwork design of an owl with mandala-style wings spread wide, perched on a faceted diamond.
Dotwork owl with mandala wings on a diamond
Black ink drawing of a spider with a mandala on its back and an anatomical heart as its abdomen, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Spider with mandala and heart abdomen
Pencil and ink sketch of a raven head with dotwork shading, set within overlapping triangles and circles, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Geometric raven head design sketch
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with a central sun-like motif, surrounded by pointed leaves and dotted petals on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Black line mandala with leaves and dots
White line drawing of a symmetrical eight-armed radial symbol with a central ring on a black background, with no body placement shown.
Eight-armed radial line symbol
Symmetrical cream line drawing of a mandala with lotus petals, scrollwork and dotted detail on a dark purple background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Cream mandala on a dark background
Black linework flash design of two symmetrical lotus flowers within a geometric diamond motif, with dotwork shading, drawn on a wooden board with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical lotus and geometric design
A cream flash sheet of metallic gold and silver geometric tattoo designs, including chevrons, triangles, arrows and diamond bands.
Gold and silver geometric tattoo flash sheet
Black line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, two toothed gears and curling swirls, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Compass rose with gears and swirls
Flash sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including crossed arrows, feathers, a hamsa hand, chevrons, aztec bands and the words love and wild heart.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork and linework design of a moth over interlocking triangles and a dotted crescent moon, drawn on a pale background.
Moth and crescent moon over geometric star
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a hairless sphynx cat inside an ornate scrolled frame with a geometric diamond pattern behind it.
Sphynx cat in an ornate frame
Black and white drawing of a tattoo design with interlocking arcs, fern fronds, diamond motifs and stippled shading, suited to a large back or sleeve piece.
Black and white tribal leaf and geometric pattern
Black and grey realism drawing of a lion wearing a patterned knit beanie, set against a circle filled with geometric triangles, as a tattoo design.
Lion in a knit beanie with geometric backdrop
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate compass rose with a lace-edged mandala border, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Compass rose tattoo design
Black line flash sheet of five designs: a sun and moon, a paisley swirl, a round geometric mandala, a crescent moon with zigzags and a large mandala sun, with no body placement shown.
Sun, moon and mandala flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical mandala design with layered lotus-style petals, dotted rings and a central flower, drawn on paper.
Pencil sketch of a mandala design
Black fine line drawing of a geometric wolf head in profile, built from linked triangles, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Geometric wolf line drawing
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
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
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 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
Solid black flash design of a flaming sun with wavy rays surrounding a pentagram inside a circle, shown without any body placement.
Flaming sun with pentagram design
Two pencil sketches of ornamental mandala-style flower designs on paper, drawn as tattoo designs with no body part shown.
Mandala flower and lace design sketches
Hand-drawn tattoo flash of a geometric lotus mandala with a three-dimensional impossible triangle at its centre, shaded in red and blue ink.
Lotus mandala with impossible triangle design
Black and grey fine line mandala flash drawing with layered petals and a geometric radial pattern, shown on tan paper with no body placement.
Radial mandala design on paper
Black line stencil of a butterfly over a geometric star design, held up on a clear transfer sheet by a hand with black nail polish.
Butterfly over geometric star stencil
Black dotwork mandala design drawn on paper, with a radial centre, stippled petals and leaf sprays, in a geometric and botanical style.
Dotwork mandala with leaves
Black dotwork mandala tattoo design drawn on cream paper, with lotus-like petals radiating from a central flower.
Symmetrical mandala design on paper
Gold line drawing of a geometric owl with spread wings, an arrow through its talons and rays above its head, on a black background.
Geometric owl with arrow and spread wings
Fine gold linework flash design of three stacked motifs, a lotus bud, an open lotus and a mandala, set within geometric triangles, hexagons and circles on a cream background.
Stacked lotus and mandala geometric design
Black line drawing of a lotus flower above an open dotted triangle with a small drop at its point, in a geometric botanical style, shown with no body placement.
Lotus and geometric triangle design
A white foot-shaped sheet of temporary tattoo designs in gold and black, with a pink and gold mandala, feathers, arrows, stars and a vine, lying on a wooden slice on grass.
Henna-style foot design sheet with mandalas and feathers
Seven symmetrical mandala designs in dark red ink on a white background, each labelled with a chakra name, shown as a flash style sheet.
Seven chakra mandala designs in red ink
Black ink line drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns and dotwork, with small dots around its outer edge, drawn on white paper beside a pen.
Mandala crescent moon design
Black linework flash design of a crescent moon and sun with sleeping faces, set within a mandala and hanging feathers, drawn on pale paper.
Crescent moon and sun mandala design
Hand-drawn flash sketch of two black ink arrows on lined paper, one with dotwork shading and one with geometric fills, each labelled with coordinates.
Two arrow designs with coordinates
Fine line geometric design of two overlapping circles crossed by a horizontal line, with the overlap filled in solid black, shown without a body placement.
Overlapping circles on a horizontal line
Black line drawing of a bear in profile built from angular geometric segments, shown as a standalone design with no body placement visible.
Geometric bear line drawing
Blue line drawing on tracing paper of a mandala design with dotted chains and drop pendants, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Mandala and dotted chain design sketch
Black ink drawing of an ornate heart with a geometric centre, lace-like mandala panels and hanging chains, a design suited to a sternum or chest placement.
Ornate heart and lace sternum design
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol designs, each combined with a feather, rose, birds, music notes, hearts or interlocking loops.
Infinity symbol tattoo flash sheet
Black ink drawing of an ornate geometric mandala design with a central open circle, drawn on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Ornate black ink mandala design
Fine line drawing of three overlapping downward-pointing triangles in black outline on a plain off-white background.
Three overlapping downward triangles

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Popular subjects

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