Tattoo ideas

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

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Botanical dotwork illustration of a white wolf and an orange fox in profile, framed by roses, leaves and butterflies on a grey background.
Wolf and fox profiles with florals
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outspread wings, built from dots and small oval shapes, shown as a dotwork flash design with no body placement.
Dotwork butterfly design
Fine line tattoo design of a woman in profile with flowing red and black hair, overlaid with grey script initials.
Woman in profile with flowing hair and script
Black and grey tattoo flash design of two crossed revolvers above a cluster of flowers, with a woman's face at the centre and tribal-style linework.
Twin revolvers and flowers design
Hand-drawn flash design of two pink popsicles, one with a bite mark, wrapped in a mint ribbon banner reading BITE ME.
Bitten popsicles with a Bite Me banner
Pen sketch on grid paper of a looped, abstract seated figure with the word love in handwritten script beneath it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Looped figure sketch with love script
Pencil-style drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design with a curling vine, a pocket watch, a key and the words Life is what you make of it, shown on a pale pink background.
Vine, pocket watch and key design
Black and white tattoo design of bold italic script lettering set within a circular wreath of roses, peonies and a dahlia, with no body placement shown.
Script lettering in a circular rose and peony wreath
Black and grey realistic pencil drawing of a skull wearing a knitted beanie, with a full beard and a pipe in its teeth, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull in beanie with beard and pipe
Engraved illustration of a sword wrapped in grey ribbons in front of a gold globe and sunburst, drawn in a tattoo-flash style with no body placement shown.
Sword wrapped in ribbons over a golden globe
Black and white flash sheet of nine tattoo designs, including a flaming skull, a dragon, a wolf head, a tribal motif and a biohazard symbol.
Black ink flash sheet of skulls, dragons and tribal designs
Flat navy anchor design with white rope coiled around the shank and crown on a plain white background.
Anchor with rope wrapped around the shank
Black and grey botanical drawing of a rose, peonies and buds with leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rose and peony bouquet drawing
Single-line black ink drawing of a fish with long, flowing fins on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Flowing fish line drawing
Flat grey skull design on a white background, with large eye sockets, a heart-shaped nose and a row of teeth, drawn as a simple outline stencil.
Simple grey skull design
Black tribal-style dragon design with a coiled, flowing body and spiky head, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Tribal dragon design
Black and grey flash design of a stylised phoenix in flight beside flowing calligraphic lettering on a cracked cream background.
Phoenix with flowing calligraphic script
Black line-drawn symbol sheet titled Magical Symbols of the Elves of Fyn, with each symbol labelled by a meaning such as love, healing, truth and journey.
Magical symbols of the Elves of Fyn sheet
Black outline drawing of a symmetrical tulip and stem design in a flowing Art Nouveau style, shown as a line drawing with no body placement.
Symmetrical tulip and stem design
Flash design of blue, purple and pink butterflies joined by a swirling dark line decorated with stars and dots, on a white background.
Butterflies and star swirl flash design
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, showing an elephant with a mandala, a hamsa hand, a mandala flower and chain-style borders.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Drawing of a dark red heart wrapped in brown and grey smoke or cloud shapes with a thin dripping line below, with ace of hearts corner markings on a cream background.
Smoky heart design with ace of hearts
Black line drawing of an Eye of Horus design with feather-like strokes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Eye of Horus design with feather strokes
Pencil sketch of a cartoon owl with large round eyes, shaded feathers and a tufted head, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Cartoon owl design sketch
Colour flash design of a blue TARDIS police box with white banners reading Wibbly Wobbly, Police Box and Timey Wimey Stuff, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS with Wibbly Wobbly banners
Black ink drawing of an hourglass with TIME on the top band and KILLS on the bottom band, showing bare and pine trees in the upper bulb and a skull on a mound below.
Hourglass with skull and pine trees
Black ink flash sheet of six alien-themed designs, including a UFO over pine trees, a banner reading Scully and Aliens, and a Believe diamond.
Six UFO and alien flash designs on paper
Black and grey line drawing of a sunflower with a shaded moon at its centre, in a botanical tattoo-flash style, with small stars and dots in the background.
Sunflower with a moon centre
A bold black brush-style Chinese character on a white background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body part visible.
Bold black Chinese character
Black and grey ink drawing of a Darth Vader helmet and stormtrooper helmet with a Death Star, TIE fighters and X-wings, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Star Wars helmets and starfighters design
Hand-drawn dreamcatcher design with a yin yang centre and patterned feathers in teal, purple and pink ink, shown on a sketchbook page.
Dreamcatcher with yin yang centre
Sheet of dragon flash designs in black and grey, including a large central Chinese-style dragon with swirling tribal detailing, shown without a body placement.
Dragon flash sheet in black and grey
Black outline drawing of a floral tattoo design showing a water lily, chrysanthemum, lily, daisy and carnation with curling swirls on a white background.
Floral line drawing with lilies and daisies
Charcoal sketch of Metatron's cube, a geometric design of overlapping circles joined by straight lines inside a cube outline, on white paper.
Metatron's cube sketch in charcoal
Black line drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with scrolled wings and curled tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised swallow line drawing
Black fine line book stacks, quotation marks, Peter Pan silhouettes and quote lettering shown as a flash sheet, with the designs applied to a forearm in the lower right photo.
Book and quote designs on forearms
Black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Cross-shaped script lettering design
Flash design of a grinning skull wearing a grey jester hat, wrapped in blue flames, with small skulls around it, in a neo-traditional style.
Jester skull with blue flames and small skulls
Black and white ink drawing of a crescent moon above a circular scene of a breaking wave and a rock under a night sky, a possible tattoo design.
Crescent moon over a wave in a circle
Black and grey drawing of a skeletal figure in a lace veil and floral headpiece, holding a scythe, with candles and roses in the foreground on a black background.
Skeletal bride with scythe and candles
Flash sheet of black crescent moon tattoo designs with stars, swirls and ornamental linework on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Crescent moon tattoo flash sheet
Black and white flash design of a crescent of swirling lines with black cats, a gothic castle, a skull with wings, a star and a seated girl.
Black cats, castle and crescent swirl flash
Two cream cushions printed with black and grey traditional-style illustrations, one of a bearded man in profile with a tear and one of a woman with roses and a polka dot headscarf.
Bearded man and woman cushion designs
Two temporary tattoo sheets side by side, each showing a botanical bouquet of pink and red flowers, navy leaves and brown berries and buds.
Two floral temporary tattoo designs on white
Black line drawing of a tree of life design with swirling branches, leaves and a yoga pose figure forming the trunk, on a plain white background.
Tree with yoga figure trunk
Traditional flash design of a Wonder Woman pin-up with a lasso and eagle, under a banner reading Liberty Truth Justice, on a parchment-style background.
Wonder Woman pin-up with eagle and banner
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical lotus flower with dotted petal detail and small dots above and below, shown as a botanical tattoo design on plain paper.
Lotus flower pencil design
Black and grey line drawing of a skull with crab claws beneath a sunburst, set in an ornate gem frame with the word Cancer and a short line of text below.
Cancer crab and skull design

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