Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil and red-coloured drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, wrapped in chains and framed by three red roses and grey leaves, shown as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses tattoo design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate pocket watch design with a heart-shaped centre on the dial, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Pocket watch with heart-shaped face
Greyscale pencil sketch of a single curving feather with soft shaded barbs, a design that could suit a realism style tattoo.
Pencil sketch of a curved feather
Pink line drawing of a woman with flowing hair and two roses tucked into it, in a realism-leaning style, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman with roses in her hair
Greyscale realistic drawing of a perched owl beside a rose, leafy branch and open pocket watch, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Owl, rose and pocket watch on a branch
Greyscale illustration of a skull with a cracked clock face on its crown, Roman numerals and red accents in the eye sockets, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull and clock face design
Pen drawing of a shaded feather with the script words free yourself, live your dreams above it, as a tattoo design on paper.
Feather with 'free yourself' script design
Black and grey realism design of Medusa, with a woman's face framed by coiled snakes and rippling water below, shown on a dark background.
Medusa with snakes in black and grey
Black and grey pencil sketch of an open rose drawn on paper, shown as a tattoo design study with no body part visible.
Pencil sketch of an open rose
Black ink drawing of a French bulldog's head framed by a heart of rolled roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
French bulldog in a rose heart
Black and grey pencil drawing of a crowned lion with a cross above its head, holding a heart in its paw, in a realistic style.
Crowned lion holding a heart
Black and grey botanical drawing of three roses with serrated leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Three roses with leaves design
Pencil drawing of a realistic lion head with a wind-swept mane ending in curling swirls, a design suited to a tattoo, shown with no body placement.
Lion head with flowing mane
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman in a cap with script lettering, a hand raised to her mouth and a rosary, a tattoo flash design with no placement on the body.
Pencil portrait of a woman in a script-embroidered cap
Greyscale drawing of a realistic wolf head framed by bold black tribal bands, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Wolf head with tribal blackwork bands
Greyscale pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a large flower in her hair, drawn as a realistic portrait tattoo design.
Sugar skull woman portrait with flower
Black and grey drawing of a heart-shaped clock with Roman numerals, two shaded roses, leaves and a pearl chain, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Heart clock with roses and pearls design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a shaded skull with a rose growing from its jaw and a triangle grid below, shown on white paper as a tattoo design.
Skull, rose and triangle design on paper
Black and grey realistic drawing of an eye with the words Don't Blink in block lettering above, and a screaming face reflected in the pupil.
Don't Blink eye design with screaming face
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design with poppies, a compass and a moth, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Poppies, compass and moth design
Printed realistic blue butterfly design with a soft grey shadow on a white card, placed beside a ruler on a wooden surface.
Blue butterfly design on white card
Black and grey realistic drawing of a wolf's head facing forward, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Realistic wolf head design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, shown as a tattoo design on paper, realism style.
Jellyfish design in pencil shading
Realistic black raven in flight with wings and tail breaking up into ink splatter, with fine red lines behind it, drawn as a tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight dissolving into ink splatter
Two versions of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch, compass, roses and chain, with a ribbon reading not all those who wander are lost, one in line work and one shaded.
Pocket watch, compass and roses tattoo design
Pencil drawing of three realistically shaded roses with stems and leaves on a cream sheet, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Three roses in pencil drawing
Black and grey flash design of a stippled full moon above the script words Fly me to the moon, shown on a plain light background with no body placement visible.
Full moon with script lettering flash
Pen sketch of a lion head framed by lotus flowers and blossom branches, drawn in blue ink on cream paper, shown as a flash design.
Lion and lotus flower design sketch
Black and grey realism style tattoo transfer designs of a hopping rabbit and two feathers on a white wooden surface, with no body placement shown.
Rabbit and feathers tattoo transfer designs
Realistic graphite drawing of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Octopus wrapped around a skull
Greyscale graphite drawing of a woman's face merging with a skull, with long hair flowing across the image, shown as a realistic tattoo design sketch.
Woman and skull graphite drawing
Greyscale pencil drawing of a barn owl in flight with spread wings and trailing feathers, a realistic tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barn owl in flight, pencil drawing
Black and grey realism design of an older man in profile with feathers in his hair, suited to a large tattoo piece.
Profile of an older man with feathers in hair
Realistic shaded drawing of an open rose in blue ballpoint pen on white paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Shaded rose drawing in blue pen
Black and grey pencil drawing of a cracked skull with a moth, two brushes and a dagger-like pencil, above a geometric mandala, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull, moth and mandala design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a rose, a compass, rosary beads and a cross, with the word Survive on a banner, in a realistic style.
Rose, compass and rosary with Survive banner
Pencil sketch design of a howling wolf whose fur becomes a feather, with small birds rising from its tip, shown with no body placement.
Howling wolf dissolving into feather and birds
Realistic pencil sketch of a single feather curving from top right to bottom left, shown in black and grey on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Realistic pencil feather sketch
Greyscale pencil drawing of a front-facing lion head with a full, flowing mane, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Realistic lion head drawing
Pencil drawing of a hummingbird in flight beside a cluster of flowers and leaves arranged in a heart shape, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Hummingbird and flowers forming a heart
Black and grey pencil drawing of three roses with leaves, drawn as a botanical tattoo design sheet with no body placement shown.
Three roses in a black and grey cluster
Pencil and ink flash design of a blindfolded woman in profile with feathered wings and an owl, shaded in a realistic black and grey style.
Blindfolded woman with owl and wings
Black and grey flash design of two shaded roses, a Roman numeral pocket watch, a quill feather and a key over ink splatters, with no body placement shown.
Roses, pocket watch and feather flash
Black and grey drawing of a skull built from US dollar bill engraving, with a pyramid eye, ornate scrollwork and the word HATE across the teeth.
Dollar bill skull design
Pencil drawing of a realistic lion head with a full mane, set above a cluster of lilies, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Realistic lion head with lilies
Realistic drawing of a howling wolf head in profile, shaded in browns, oranges and black, with mirrored handwritten text above it.
Howling wolf head in profile
Greyscale tattoo design drawing of a butterfly above a pocket watch with Roman numerals, with a ribbon banner reading Memories last forever.
Butterfly and pocket watch with script banner
Black and grey pencil drawing of stag antlers above a cluster of three roses, presented as a tattoo design.
Antlers and three roses design

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