Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a handgun outline filled with flowers, leaves and dotwork shading, shown as a tattoo design on plain grey paper.
Floral pistol line drawing
Drawn tattoo design of a dragonfly with teal and purple translucent wings, its tail trailing a cloud of small black stars across a pale grey background.
Dragonfly with star trail design
Black ink dotwork drawing of a horned bull skull with a lotus mandala on the forehead and dotted chains hanging from the horns, drawn on white paper.
Bull skull with lotus mandala design
Black and grey pencil sketch design of two hands linking little fingers, with a banner scroll on each wrist, suited to a hand or wrist placement.
Pinky promise hands with wrist banners
Black line drawing of a spider web with radiating spokes and curved concentric rings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Spider web design
Flash sheet of compass rose designs in black, grey, blue and colour, with a few small ornamental cross motifs, shown without any body placement.
Compass rose tattoo flash sheet
Traditional-style flash drawing of a figure-eight knot in shaded rope with bold black outlines on a tan background.
Figure-eight knot rope design
Sheet of coloured cartoon temporary tattoo designs showing Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid on a white background.
Little Mermaid characters temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey pen drawing of a skeleton couple in a pinup dress and top hat, with banner scrolls of text above and below them, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skeleton couple with banner scrolls
Neo-trad style flash design of two skulls beneath spread wings, with purple roses and a banner reading Lethal Angel, shown on a plain grey background.
Winged skulls with roses and banner
Black line drawing of the handwritten script phrase Do not fear, for I am with you, with the reference Isaiah 41:10 below, as a lettering design.
Do not fear, for I am with you script
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a face with red spiky hair and a pale disc on the forehead, framed by two dark red roses and hands inside a yellow diamond.
Portrait with roses in a diamond frame
Pencil sketch of a mermaid woman with octopus tentacles, starfish and a shell bodice, drawn as a tattoo design rather than shown on skin.
Mermaid with octopus tentacles sketch
Flash sheet of metallic blue and bronze temporary designs showing palm trees, fern fronds, rope braids, anchors and the words live laugh love and hope, with no body placement visible.
Metallic flash sheet of palms, anchors and script
Black hand-lettered script reading Stop and breathe on a white background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Stop and breathe lettering design
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart with a faceted geometric lower half and dotwork shading on the right side, drawn on white paper beside a pen.
Geometric anatomical heart sketch
Black and grey flash design of a palm tree above a dripping night sky with stars and a crescent moon, drawn on a cream background.
Palm tree over a dripping night sky
Line drawing of a wild rose branch with open blossoms, leaves and buds on tracing paper, with pale yellow and pink shading, as a botanical tattoo design.
Wild rose branch with leaves and buds
White sweatshirt printed with black and grey tattoo-style designs of swallows, a large moth, feathers and a star, in a traditional style.
Tattoo-style print sweatshirt with swallows and moth
Line drawing of an elephant with its trunk raised, its body filled with mandala patterns in dusty mauve on a white background.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a pastel green pony with a pink mane, blue bow and saddle, above purple and yellow roses, with a hand holding the paper at the left edge.
Pastel pony and roses design
Black line drawing of a butterfly with ornate wings above a vine of three hibiscus flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on plain white.
Butterfly and hibiscus vine design
Traditional style flash drawing of a blue swallow with black wings and a pink bow, with the word Love in black script above it.
Swallow with Love script
Black ink flash sheet of Shakespeare quotes in script and typewriter lettering, with a small skull and a wreath design.
Shakespeare quote lettering flash sheet
Black and white ornate elephant design with swirling scrollwork, florals and geometric detail across its head, ears, trunk and legs, shown as a drawing.
Ornate elephant design in black and white
Black and grey ink drawing of an ornate lotus and paisley mandala tattoo design, with dotwork shading, drawn on white paper.
Ornate lotus and paisley design drawing
Bold black ink scorpion design with a curled tail and pincers on a white background, shown as a drawn design with no body part visible.
Black ink scorpion design with curled tail
Black ink mandala flash design with a radial floral pattern of petals, dots and scrollwork on a white background, suitable for a fine line or dotwork tattoo.
Black and white mandala design
Black ink design of a stag standing beside tall pine trees on a rocky ridge, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Stag and pine trees on a rocky ridge
Black ink drawing of two rows of arrows with feathered fletching, wrapped shafts and varied arrowheads on a pale background.
Sheet of black ink arrow designs
Full-colour Japanese style flash drawing of a snarling tiger among bamboo leaves and clouds, with a small frog below, shown without a body placement.
Tiger, bamboo and frog flash design
Black line drawing of a cartoon cat wearing a pirate hat, a heart-shaped eyepatch and crossbones beneath it, design only with no body placement shown.
Pirate cat with heart eyepatch and crossbones
Black silhouette design of four birds perched on a branch, with the word LOVE picked out in white letters across their bodies, in a blackwork style.
Four birds on a branch spelling LOVE
Black fine line tattoo design in continuous single-line script reading be happy, with the line running out to both sides on a white background.
Be happy continuous line lettering
Hand-drawn design in a sketchbook showing two yellow sunflowers with black paisley-style leaves, swirling vines and a peace sign.
Sunflowers and paisley vine design
Black and grey drawing of an ornate capital letter R with curling scrollwork flourishes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate scrollwork letter R design
White line drawing of a cracked skull pierced by a knife with a handle, on a black background, in a bold traditional flash style.
Cracked skull pierced by a knife
Pen and ink drawing of a stag with antlers decorated in red roses and blossoms, shown as a tattoo design on a cream parchment background.
Stag with rose-covered antlers
Black line drawing design of a stylised bird with spread wings rising from a curling stem with spirals and a leaf, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Stylised bird with spiral stem
Handwritten script reading don't worry, joined by a long thin horizontal line, in white on a black textured background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Don't worry script lettering design
Fine line tattoo design of four small black icons in a row: a sun, three wavy lines, a mountain and a cross, on a plain light grey background.
Sun, waves, mountain and cross line icons
Pencil drawing of a horned demon face with a scowling expression and shaded realistic detail, above an outlined pentagram, as a tattoo design.
Horned demon face with pentagram design
Pencil-style drawing of a shaded black and grey rose bloom on a thorny green stem with one leaf, shown on plain paper as a tattoo design.
Shaded rose design with green leaf
Painted phoenix in orange, red and yellow with spread wings and flame-like tail feathers, drawn on white paper beside coloured pencils.
Painted phoenix in flight
Black ink drawing of a floating island with stippled mountains, pine trees, a lone figure and a light bulb in a dotted cloud, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Floating island with mountains and light bulb
A chart of red Norse magical staves and runic symbols on a white background, each labelled with its name and intended meaning.
Norse magical staves and symbols chart
Black fine line script lettering reading love never fails with an outlined heart, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Love never fails script with small heart
Black line drawing of a symmetrical heart mandala topped by a dagger, with beaded chains hanging from its lower edge, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Heart mandala with dagger and beaded chains

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