Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher with two hoops, a dotted web, feathers and beads on a white background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Black ink dreamcatcher design with feathers
Black ink line drawing of a living hand clasping a skeletal hand, shown as a flash design on a pale background.
Two hands clasped, one skeletal, in black line
Pencil flash sheet of traditional-style tattoo designs including a boxing glove, a swallow, a dagger, an anchor, an arrow and lettered banners.
Pencil flash sheet with boxing glove, swallow and banners
Black ink Japanese-style tiger design climbing downward with a curled tail, beside the kanji 虎, printed on orange textured paper.
Tiger with kanji on orange paper
Black ink drawing of an owl in flight with intricate patterned feathers, shown as a blackwork tattoo design on a white background.
Ornamental owl in flight
Black line drawing of two crossed leafy sprigs forming a V shape around a four-line italic quote, a fine line botanical tattoo design.
Crossed leafy sprigs with italic quote
Two daffodil flash designs side by side: a coloured version on the left and a black line art version on the right, both in a botanical style.
Daffodil flash designs in colour and line art
Black ink drawing of a compass rose set within a mandala, with dotwork shading on the petals, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Compass rose mandala design
Flash sheet of tattoo designs with script lettering reading Stay Strong, let go and faith, plus a cross, lips, a feather, a heart and small birds.
Flash sheet of script quotes and small motifs
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol framed by ornamental scrolls and dots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with swirls
Pencil sketch sheet of 24 circular abstract symbol designs, each labelled with a word such as peace, win, shield, sword, army or lose, on a beige background under the heading WAR AND PEACE.
War and peace symbol sketch sheet
Black line drawing of a heart built from faceted geometric panels on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric heart line design
Black and grey peony flash drawing with dotwork shading and leaves, shown on white paper.
Peony flash design with leaves
Black and grey ink drawing of a mermaid holding a water jug, with an anchor, stars and an AQUARIUS banner, shown as a tattoo design.
Aquarius mermaid with anchor
A product sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs, showing geometric chain, diamond and zigzag bands, with no body part visible.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with geometric bands
Black and grey ink drawing of a spread-winged creature built from stippled dotwork, shown as a tattoo flash design on white paper.
Stippled winged creature design in black ink
Black line drawing of a world map built from triangular geometric facets on plain white paper, resembling a tattoo design sketch.
Geometric world map line drawing
Black and grey flash sheet with four designs: a cracked tombstone reading HOPE, a dagger with Sad Truth, a noose with Sweet Dreams, and a rose with a basketball centre reading Still Ballin.
Four flash designs on a light background
Black line drawing of the word family in flowing script inside a heart outline with looped swashes, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Family script inside a looping heart outline
Drawing of an infinity symbol tattoo design with a green and purple feather, small birds and the words love and family in script, shown on paper with no body placement.
Infinity feather with birds and love and family script
Red-brown line drawing of a Japanese dragon coiling through wisps of cloud, with cherry blossoms, as a tattoo design sketch.
Japanese dragon with cherry blossoms
Black Arabic script with English transliteration beneath it, reading dream, believe, dare, do, shown as a lettering design on a plain white background with no skin visible.
Arabic lettering reading dream, believe, dare, do
Drawn design of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a pink rose on the left and a blue butterfly on the right, with the text you're the only thing that's keeping me alive.
Skeleton ribcage with rose and butterfly
A coloured flash design of a cartoon lemon with a grumpy expression, a dark collar and leaves, framed by a cream banner reading 'When life gives you lemons' and 'HMMN YAAAGH'.
Lemon character with banner lettering
Pencil sketch of an open rose with a central bud and leaves, drawn as a tattoo flash design in a botanical traditional style.
Pencil sketch of an open rose with leaves
Black script lettering reading Dance like the Maiden, Laugh like the Mother, Think like the Crone, with a small pentacle below, drawn as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Maiden, mother and crone script lettering with pentacle
Black dotwork flash sheet of ten pairs of crescent arc designs with dot clusters and hanging drops, shown without any body part.
Dotwork arc and drop ornament flash sheet
Red pencil drawing on tracing paper of a figure wearing a tall ornate headdress and tinted sunglasses, with one hand raised near the mouth, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Red pencil sketch of a headdressed figure in sunglasses
Black and grey flash design of a shaded feather with the script words One day I'll fly away running diagonally across it.
Feather with One day I'll fly away script
Black and grey drawing of a bull's head in profile above a scroll banner reading TAURUS, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Taurus bull head with scroll banner
Black and grey pencil drawing of a helmeted warrior woman with ornate scrollwork and a Greek key band, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Helmeted warrior woman with Greek key border
Black and red ink drawing of a compass rose with splatter and dotwork spray, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Compass rose with ink splatter
Black ink drawing of an arrow tattoo design with a feathered fletching and hatched geometric arrowhead, shown on white paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Arrow tattoo design in black ink
Grid of four rows of black line motifs on cream squares, labelled tree, paisley, floret and starburst, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Tree, paisley, floret and starburst motif sheet
Black ink hand-lettered design of the word Strength in flowing script on a white background, with a looping infinity-style flourish under the final letters, shown as a drawn design with no body
Strength hand lettering design
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a grey shell top, with a green scaled tail, wave pattern, stars and a red flower.
Mermaid with waves and red flower in ornate frame
Pencil-style drawing of an anatomical heart with pink and mauve daisies, thistle and small blossoms growing from its top, on a white background, in a botanical design suited to tattooing.
Anatomical heart with flowers
Two black line drawings on cream paper: a matryoshka doll with a heart and roses on the left, and a dagger wrapped in a rose on the right, in a traditional flash style.
Matryoshka doll and dagger flash designs
Black and grey flash drawing of a pocket compass with waves breaking beneath it and a flock of birds rising above, drawn on pale paper.
Compass, birds and waves design
Line drawing of a traditional-style sailor with a cap and pipe, holding a rose, drawn in grey ink on the side of a brown leather boot.
Sailor and rose design on a leather boot
Traditional style flash design of a woman in leopard print holding a wand, with red roses and cream banners reading GREEN, SUPER GREEN, BZZZZZZTTT and HOT HOT HOT, on a green background.
Pin-up figure with roses and banners
Pencil drawing of a winged anatomical heart beneath a crown, with skulls, a triangle and an eye, in a dotwork and geometric style, shown as a tattoo design on aged paper.
Winged anatomical heart with crown and eye
Blue ink drawing of a geometric compass rose mandala on paper, held up by a hand against a plain wall.
Compass rose mandala drawing
Pencil sketch of a cross made from black cursive lettering on paper, with soft grey shading beneath the letters, shown as a lettering design without a body placement.
Cursive script words arranged in a cross
Tote bag printed all over with traditional-style flash designs of aliens, UFOs, hands, flowers, flames and banner lettering in colour.
Tote bag printed with tattoo flash designs
Black line drawing of a cat face in sugar skull style, with swirling ornamental patterns, a diamond motif on the forehead and detailed eyes.
Sugar skull cat face design
Pencil drawing of a stylised owl head with heavily shaded scales and large staring eyes, set within a decorative leafy and beaded border, with two pencils resting on the paper.
Pencil sketch of an owl in an ornamental frame
Pencil and ink tattoo design sheet showing an elephant head with mandala ornaments, flowers and the words truth, beauty, freedom and love in script.
Elephant head with mandalas and script

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