Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey flash sheet with a pair of feathers above the script words expecto patronum, the Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork, and an hourglass within rings decorated with stars.
Three Harry Potter themed flash designs
Black ink flash design of three Chinese characters stacked vertically, labelled in capitals as love, peace and happiness, on a white background.
Love, peace and happiness characters
Three pencil sketches of snakes coiled inside shield-shaped crests, drawn as possible tattoo designs.
Three snake crest sketches in pencil
Flash sheet of black line flourishes, scrolls, leaves, arrows and a laurel motif on a white background, with a white laurel on a grey panel at the top.
Flourishes and ornaments flash sheet
Black line drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and flower motifs, with the words live free in script beneath it.
Ornate feather with live free script
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing stacked skulls framed by tribal-style swirls and linework on a white background.
Stacked skulls tribal design
Colour flash drawing of a pin-up Bride of Frankenstein figure in a black dress, with stitches, high heels and a small red heart on the upper arm.
Pin-up Bride of Frankenstein design
Pencil sketch of a lupin-style flower spike on a single stem, drawn in a botanical style with faint blue guide lines.
Pencil sketch of a lupin flower spike
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha standing with an axe and a bowl of sweets, a small mouse at his feet and Sanskrit text below.
Standing Ganesha with mouse and Sanskrit text
Solid graphic design of a stylised eye above a red dripping drop, shading from black at the top to deep red at the bottom, with no body part shown.
Eye with a dripping drop
Black and grey lettering flash design reading From dust you were made unto dust you shall return, with a stippled skull beside the words.
Lettering flash with skull and dust quote
Thin grey stencil outline of looping script on a finger, shown on a transfer sheet as the backing is peeled away.
Script stencil on a finger
Digital drawing of a black feather with ragged plumes and cyan smoke curling from its tips, shown as a tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Black feather with cyan smoke
Black silhouette design of a snowboard with two bindings beside a conifer tree with exposed roots, on a white background.
Snowboard and pine tree silhouette
Sheet of metallic gold henna-style flash designs including a mandala, paisley motifs, lace bands and dotted chain borders on a white background.
Gold henna-style flash sheet
Black and grey realistic drawing of a woman in profile wearing a wolf headdress, smoking a pipe, with skulls and swirling smoke at the bottom.
Woman with wolf headdress and skulls
Digital drawing of a red, black and white koi fish with detailed scales and flowing fins on a white background, in a Japanese style.
Koi fish design in red, black and white
Black stencil of a stylised heart with an inner swirl on transfer paper, laid over a grey shaded background.
Heart and swirl stencil
Black and grey shaded drawing of a lion cub inside a circle, with the words Remember who you are curved around the lower edge.
Lion cub design with 'Remember who you are'
Traditional-style flash drawing of a red heart with feathered wings spreading on either side and a scalloped lace edge, shown without a body placement.
Winged heart design with lace trim
Black ink fine line drawing of an ornate treble clef with decorative scrolls and a lattice detail at the top, shown on cream paper.
Ornate treble clef with scrollwork
Black tribal-style phoenix with outstretched wings and flowing tail feathers, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Tribal phoenix design in flight
Black ink drawing of a flowing swirl tattoo design with a small cat silhouette curled at its base, shown as a flash sheet design.
Swirling scroll with cat silhouette
Black and grey realistic flash design of praying hands wrapped in a rosary beneath a scroll banner reading INRI.
Praying hands with rosary and INRI scroll
Flash sheet of drawn designs including crossed knives, a coiled snake, a dog's head, a bottle labelled Kingpin and a beetle, in navy and orange on cream.
Flash sheet of knives, snakes and objects
Black ink drawing of a vertical tribal-style design with a large central spiral and two smaller curled spirals joined by tapering lines, shown on a white background.
Vertical spiral tribal design
Pencil drawing of a woman in powdered 18th-century style hair, with a sailing ship and octopus tentacles rising from her head.
Woman with a ship and tentacles in her hair
Black and grey tattoo design of a large feather with silhouetted birds in flight rising from its tip against a white background.
Birds rising from a feather
Black ink drawing of three birds in flight above two dandelion clocks, with seeds drifting upward across a white background.
Birds and dandelion seeds design
Pencil drawing of a feather with birds lifting away from its tip and a script quote running along the shaft, shown in black and grey.
Feather with birds and script quote
Flash sheet of black silhouette tattoo designs in a botanical style, showing flower sprays, swirling vines, butterflies and birds on a white background.
Black silhouette floral and bird flash sheet
Coloured pencil drawing of a stylised phoenix with long swirling tail feathers, shaded in soft blues, greens, yellows and violet on a white background.
Flowing phoenix bird design
A red tribal-style phoenix design with swirling tail feathers and outstretched wings on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body placement visible.
Red tribal phoenix design
Four line drawings of sitting cats on yellowish tracing paper and white paper, with stippled dot shading on the tails and legs, laid out on a wooden table.
Sitting cat line drawings on paper
Black and grey flash design of a top-hatted gentleman and a skull joined by a banner, shown twice in mirrored, upside-down orientation.
Double-ended skull and gentleman design
Black ink drawing on paper of a dotwork mandala beside handwritten script reading For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
Mandala design with script quote
Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing, swirling hair and an ornamental scrolled tail on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with swirling hair and tail
Black and grey pen drawing of a skull built from guitars, headphones, a microphone and trailing cables, with no body placement shown.
Skull made of guitars, headphones and microphone
Flat turquoise tribal-style design with a symmetrical central motif, spiral scrollwork and a teal diamond, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Symmetrical tribal design in turquoise
Black line drawing of a phoenix with swirling, flowing feathers and a curled tail, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a white background.
Phoenix line drawing with flowing feathers
Black and white drawing of a stylised tribal tree with bold, swirling branches and roots, sketched on lined paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Tribal tree with spiralling roots
Black ink drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles coiling over the cranium, jaw and sides of the face, shaded with fine hatching and stippling on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles
Tall red and yellow banner design of a sun with a face, a sword, a coiled red snake and hibiscus flowers, with the words Unbowed Unbent Unbroken on a ribbon.
Sun, sword and snake banner design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and long sweeping tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design.
Phoenix in flight design
Black line drawing of a feather built from angular geometric facets, a design suited to a fine line geometric tattoo, shown with no body placement.
Geometric feather line drawing
Line drawing of a blue police box with green and cyan circular rings and a hanging pendulum, on a white background, with no body part shown.
TARDIS with rings and pendulum design
Pencil sketch of a bare tree whose roots trail down into a rope wrapped around an anchor, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bare tree with roots and anchor sketch
Black line drawing of a botanical paisley and flower tattoo design, shown as a stencil-style sketch with no body part visible.
Floral paisley line design

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