Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a skull with knotted octopus tentacles on white paper, shaded with fine hatching and stippling.
Skull and tentacles design drawing
Black tribal-style lion design stepping forward with a flowing, flame-like mane, drawn on a white background as a tattoo design.
Tribal lion stepping forward
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with an ornamental base on white paper, with a thumb visible at the left edge.
Lotus flower line drawing on paper
Black stippled dotwork drawing of mountain peaks above a dense pine forest, shown on white paper against a dark background.
Mountain and pine forest design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha with a flowered parasol, a fan and cherry blossom, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Geisha with parasol and fan
Black tribal-style eight-pointed star with a spiral centre, drawn as a solid design on a white background.
Black tribal star design with spiral centre
Black ink pen drawing of a feathered arrow crossing a circular compass motif, with flowing feather-like swirls, a small star and ornamental flourishes, drawn on lined paper.
Arrow, compass and feather design drawing
Symmetrical black tribal design of a phoenix with flaming wings and a curved head crest, drawn on a plain white background.
Symmetrical tribal phoenix design
Colourful stylised drawing of a songbird with blue swirl patterns on its head and a patterned, feathered tail, on a white background.
Stylised bird illustration
Four pen drawings on paper of a fox with an umbrella, a fox in a teacup, a dog with a bird, and a patterned bird, with dotwork shading and red and blue accents.
Four whimsical animal line drawings with dotwork shading
Pen and grey ink drawing of a lion head in profile with a flowing mane, a lioness head below it, and purple blossom sprigs, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lion and lioness with purple flowers
Graphite pencil drawing of a large-eyed cartoon skull on a cloaked body holding a scythe, shown on paper beside a pen, for use as a tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a cartoon skull and scythe
Pencil drawing of a fox turned to look over its shoulder, with shaded fur, a bushy tail and a raised foot, on a plain white background.
Fox sketch looking over its shoulder
Traditional style flash design of a blue and yellow swallow above a red heart with a LOVE banner and orange flowers, on a blue background.
Swallow and LOVE heart flash design
Black and grey pin-up style illustration of a crowned mermaid with white curled hair, a pearl necklace and a seahorse tail, on a grey-blue background with bubbles.
Mermaid with crown and seahorse tail
Black ink pen drawing of a realistic human skull seen from the front, built from cross-hatched shading on a dark background.
Pen and ink skull drawing
Black outline drawing of two sitting cats facing left, a simple line design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Two cats sitting side by side
Black ink line drawing of a bare-branched tree with leaves whose trunk forms a double helix and whose roots spread at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Tree growing as a DNA double helix
Black ink drawing of a woman with a third eye, surrounded by dripping candles, with teal rose and ornament shading on her arms, torso and thigh.
Woman surrounded by dripping candles design
Black outline flash sheet of dachshunds, a hot dog, a fire hydrant, hearts and a woman walking a dog, drawn in clean fine line style.
Dachshund flash sheet with hot dog and hydrant
Traditional flash sheet of a swallow, an alphabet, a red rose, two hearts with banners, flowers and nautical stars, drawn in red, green, yellow and black ink.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow and roses
Solid black silhouette of a crested Spartan-style helmet on a white background, a flash design in blackwork style with no body placement shown.
Spartan helmet silhouette
Black linework dreamcatcher with feathers and beads over pink, teal and yellow watercolour washes, shown as a design drawing.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour wash
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with three flying birds above its left loop and the word Always in script along its right loop, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with three birds and Always
Black tribal-style shark design drawn in solid black linework and swirl patterns on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Tribal shark tattoo design
Pen sketch of a skull set between moth wings, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with loose linework and rays around it.
Skull and moth tattoo sketch
A black botanical vine band with curling scrolls, leaves and grey dots on a beige background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine scroll band design
Black and grey flash design of four flying silhouettes above the words Never Grow Up in thin serif lettering.
Flying silhouettes with Never Grow Up
Black linework drawing of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a lion head headdress, earrings and beaded necklaces, as a fine line tattoo design.
Woman with lion headdress line drawing
Pen drawing of a lion head built from angular geometric facets and hatched lines, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric lion head line drawing
Black silhouette design of five sea turtles swimming in a row from small to large, with scattered bubbles, on a white background.
Five sea turtles swimming with bubbles
Drawing of a black, grey and gold biomechanical design with gears, springs and pipes showing through torn skin, shown on a white background.
Biomechanical arm design with torn skin
Black and white ornamental drawing of an elephant head filled with swirls, dots and paisley-like patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornamental elephant head line drawing
Black ink drawing of an interlaced lotus flower on grey paper, with a row of dots above and a spiral below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Interlaced lotus design with dots and spiral
Pencil and red pencil sketch of a barn owl with outstretched wings surrounded by leaves and petals, in a botanical style, drawn on paper.
Barn owl with red botanical leaves
Black line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha framed by an ornate mandala and resting on a lotus, a flash design suited to a larger back or chest piece.
Ganesha with mandala and lotus design
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala design with dotwork shading and a central gem motif, drawn on white paper beside fine liner pens and a stencil ruler.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork shading
Twelve black moustache designs in varied shapes, each on a white diamond-shaped sheet, arranged in a grid on a white background.
Twelve moustache designs in a grid
Black line drawing of a standing bulldog looking upwards, drawn with bold tapering strokes as a tattoo flash design.
Stylised bulldog line drawing
Black and grey traditional-style drawing of a rose above a banner reading LOVE, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Rose with LOVE banner design
Black outline drawing of a butterfly with interlaced Celtic knotwork filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Celtic knot butterfly line drawing
Two mirrored black tribal designs on a white background, with bold swirling shapes, spiky edges and fine patterned detail, shown as flash for a sleeve.
Pair of black tribal sleeve designs
Black line drawing of a layered dahlia flower with hatched shading on a white background, a botanical flash design with no placement shown.
Dahlia flower line drawing
Black ink drawing of a xenomorph-style creature seated in lotus position inside a circle formed by its segmented tail, in a blackwork style, shown as a tattoo design.
Meditating xenomorph within a tail circle
Flash sheet in a spiral notebook with black and red dotwork designs of a goblet, radio, crown, Deathly Hallows symbol, tombstone, eye, lighter and the words Avada Kedavra.
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows flash sheet
Soft-shaded drawing of a bumblebee in flight, seen from the side, with yellow and black body and faint wing lines on cream textured paper.
Bumblebee in flight drawing
Teal script reading forgiven laid over a black line drawing of a cross, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Script word forgiven over a cross
Illustration of a hovering hummingbird in teal and green, with a dotted body and a body filled with fern and leaf shapes, drawn in a botanical style.
Hummingbird with fern and leaf fill

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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