Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of a lettering flash design with ribbon banners reading Life is Short, Break the Rules, Kiss Slowly and Love Truly, drawn on graph paper.
Lettering flash with banners and quotes
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical lotus flower with layered petals and dotted lines above and below, drawn as a possible botanical tattoo design.
Lotus flower pencil sketch
Black tribal-style design of a heart outline with two curled spiral motifs facing each other, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Tribal heart with twin spirals
Black ink drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a central eye, filled with dotwork shading and mandala-style patterns, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand with eye in dotwork design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded skull wrapped in a snake, with two roses and a dagger at the base.
Skull with snake and roses design
Pencil drawing of a revolver with a wooden grip and three banners of handwritten lettering, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Revolver with banner lettering design
Black line drawing of a Gemini zodiac symbol with a crescent sweep and a small outlined star, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Gemini zodiac symbol with crescent and star
Black line drawing of a three-part curled swirl with thin vine tendrils and small leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Three-part swirl with leaves and tendrils
Solid black silhouette of a snake coiled into an S shape with its head raised to the left, drawn on a plain white background.
Coiled snake silhouette
Black ink drawing of a dense mandala with leaves and feathers on white paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch beside a fine liner pen.
Mandala with leaves and feathers design
A hand holds a white card with four colourful pineapple temporary tattoo designs in green, pink, yellow and blue patterns.
Four pineapple temporary tattoo designs on a card
Black and grey line drawing of a horned bull skull decorated with geometric patterns and three roses with leaves, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Bull skull with roses design
Flash sheet of six black serif Latin phrases with English translations and sizes, including Silentium est aureum, Veni vidi vici and Carpe diem, for tattoo lettering designs.
Latin phrase lettering flash sheet
Five black line drawings of ornate lotus and paisley-style floral motifs on a white background, in a botanical style suited to tattoo design.
Five ornate lotus and paisley motifs
Hand-drawn blue and teal dragon wing designs on brown kraft paper, shaded with marker and dotted highlights, beside pens and brushes.
Blue dragon wing design on kraft paper
Black line drawing of a symmetrical cross-shaped design with a starburst, a central dotted circle, scrolls and a leaf, shown without a body placement.
Symmetrical ornamental cross design
Black linework drawing of a stylised wolf head with swirling tendrils, shown as a tattoo-style design on a pale grey background.
Stylised wolf head with swirling linework
Black line drawing of the word strength in flowing script, with an infinity loop swash looping around it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Strength script with infinity loop
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus flower with paisley petals, scrolls and dotted detailing on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Lotus flower design with paisley detailing
Black lettering design forming a running shoe silhouette, with words including inspiration, courage, determination and every step counts.
Running shoe made of motivational words
Line drawing design of a woman with wavy hair looking into a hand mirror that shows a skeleton, with poppy flowers below, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with skull reflection in hand mirror
Black ink line drawing of an ornate cross-shaped filigree design with swirls and loops, shown on grey paper.
Ornate cross filigree design
Black ink outline drawing of an ornate cross with scrollwork and triangular detailing on a sheet of white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate outlined cross design
Black silhouette design of a tree of life inside a circular Celtic knotwork border, with two ravens on a branch and a horse and rider figure.
Tree of life with ravens and Celtic knotwork
Black line drawing of a sunflower with a curling stem and two leaves, in a botanical style, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Sunflower line drawing with leaves
Pen drawing of an elephant head with dotwork shading and red-accented mandalas on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Elephant and mandalas tattoo design
Hand-coloured traditional-style tattoo flash of the cartoon character Stitch in an ornate gold frame, with a banner reading OHANA and three dark pink roses below.
Stitch in an ornate frame with roses
Handwritten black ink script design reading breathe and this too will pass, drawn in a fine line lettering style on a pale grey-blue background.
Breathe and this too will pass script design
Purple tribal design of two dragons facing each other, forming a heart shape above an infinity loop on a white background.
Twin dragons and infinity heart design
Black and grey drawing of a sunflower in a fine line style, shown as a tattoo design on paper, with petals and a stippled centre.
Sunflower drawing in pencil and ink
Detailed black linework drawing of a lion in profile, with a patterned mane and a rust-tinted head, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Ornate lion in profile
Flash design of a compass rose wrapped in vines and flowers, with a hanging anchor, rope, a bird and a fish, in teal and peach tones.
Compass rose with vines, anchor and bird
Flat black, red and white drawing of a bear paw with five curved claws above a snarling bear face, in a bold Northwest Coast style.
Bear paw with claws and bear face design
Red pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a dreamcatcher, two roses and a feather, drawn on white paper.
Dreamcatcher, roses and feather design sketch
Flash drawing of stylised blue Japanese-style clouds with a pink bullet shape, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Blue clouds and pink bullet flash design
Black and grey mandala tattoo design with a layered lotus-style centre, dotwork shading and scalloped petals, drawn on white paper.
Black ink mandala flower design
Black ink flash sheet of ornate elephant designs, with a large patterned elephant head, several smaller elephants and a pale blue sheet beside it.
Ornate elephant temporary tattoo sheets
Black outline drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a candle, crescent moon, clouds, a rose and an ornate scroll with pearls, drawn on pale paper.
Candle, crescent moon and rose design
Black and grey flash design of an owl with spread wings holding crossed pistols, flanked by skulls, dice and playing cards.
Owl with crossed pistols and skulls
Black brush-script word Explore on a white background, with an arrow running through the letters x and p, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Explore script with arrow design
Pencil line drawing of a traditional-style anchor inside a rope border, with a lighthouse and seascape in the upper shank and a scallop shell and flowers at the base.
Anchor, lighthouse and shell design
Black line drawing of an arrow with a heartbeat waveform through its shaft, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heartbeat line arrow design
Black and white flash design of a skull wearing a feathered headdress above two crossed axes, with no body placement shown.
Skull in feather headdress with crossed axes
Traditional-style flash design of a banner reading BREAKFAST ALWAYS, surrounded by a coffee mug, coffee pot, waffle, fried eggs, bacon and orange slices.
Breakfast always banner with eggs and bacon
Black flowing script lettering reading I am my beloved's, and my beloved is Mine with looping flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Script lettering quote in black ink
Pencil sketch of a cartoon donkey with a bow on its tail and a small heart floating above its head, drawn in black and grey shading on paper.
Cartoon donkey with bow and small heart
A labelled chart of eleven black line and solid symbols on a teal to yellow gradient, including a pentagram, spiral, triquetra, tree of life and Eye of Horus.
Pagan and occult symbol reference chart
Greyscale drawing of a snarling winged creature with clawed hands gripping a ribbon scroll, with a blue police box in front, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged creature with police box in ribbon scroll

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