Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of an ornate moth design with dotted patterns and dangling beaded chains on the wings, shown as a flash sketch with no placement on the body.
Ornamental moth design in black ink
Black ink flash design of a stylised bird with feathered wings and curling swirls, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Stylised bird with feathered wings in black ink
Purple line drawing of a skull decorated with roses, vines and a small figure, with banners reading At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.
Skull with roses and quote banners
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a black and blue butterfly with a pocket watch, its face marked with Roman numerals, on squared paper.
Butterfly and pocket watch design
Black line drawing of a circular Gallifreyan-style script design made of circles and arcs inside a double outer ring, with no body placement shown.
Circular Gallifreyan-style line design
Pen and shaded drawing of a Gemini zodiac symbol in a bold, flowing tribal-influenced style, drawn in dark ink on cream paper.
Gemini zodiac symbol design in tribal style
Black lotus flower design above the word Namaste and a short verse about honouring others, shown as a black-ink design on a white background.
Lotus with Namaste verse
Black and grey flash design of a cartoon pin-up riding a chopper motorcycle above blackletter Born Wild lettering.
Pin-up cartoon on a chopper with Born Wild lettering
Traditional style flash design of three cartoon characters, a vampire, a grinning skeleton and a witch, above a banner reading Three of a Kind and a red rose.
Three of a Kind witches and skeleton flash
Brush lettering design of the word Breathe in dark ink on cream paper, with a yellow marker pen lying beside it, in a lettering style.
Breathe hand lettering design
Black and white line drawing of a stylised owl with closed eyes and dotted patterned feathers, perched on a curling branch, shown as a tattoo design.
Sleepy owl perched on a curled branch
Black line drawing of a caduceus, with a winged staff entwined by two snakes, on a white background.
Caduceus line drawing
Black and grey drawing of three peonies with leaves on white paper, shaded with stippling and bold outlines, shown as a tattoo design.
Black and grey peony flash design
Black tribal-style lion head design with a roaring mouth, bared teeth and flowing mane lines on a white background.
Tribal lion head design
Flash sheet of many small colour tattoo designs, including a swallow, butterflies, roses, a dolphin, a ladybird, a heart and a sun, with no body placement shown.
Fund-raising tattoo flash sheet with assorted designs
Black and grey flash drawing of mountains and pine trees inside a diamond outline, with dotwork shading and root-like lines beneath.
Mountains in a diamond frame
Black and grey drawing of a Norse hammer design flanked by two beast heads, with interlaced knotwork, spirals and runes across the top.
Norse hammer with beast heads and knotwork
Black tribal-style bull head design with swirling horns and ornamental linework, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Tribal bull head design
Black ink drawing of a top hat with a ribbon, above the quote "It's only a dream..." and the word ALICE, in a fine line style, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Top hat with ribbon and Alice quote
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting into swallows, with the script line Every breath is a second chance.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds with script quote
Black fine line drawing of a winged heart within a geometric mandala, with hanging chain and bead details, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged heart mandala design
Pencil drawing of an anatomical heart with loops of thread wrapped around it, a flash design suitable for a tattoo in black and grey.
Anatomical heart wrapped in thread
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-shaped eyes, framed by two roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with roses design
Black line drawing flash of a vintage ribbed microphone held in a hand, with roses on a plain tan background.
Vintage microphone with roses
Black ink drawing of a grinning cat with a wide toothy smile, set inside an ornate oval frame topped with a crown and a MADNESS banner, with no body placement shown.
Grinning black cat in an ornate crowned frame
Flat teal sugar skull design on a coral background, with flower-shaped eyes, scrolled forehead detail and a fleur-de-lis between the brows.
Sugar skull design in teal and coral
Black silhouette flash design of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again, in a serif typeface on a white background.
Two swallows above a quote
Black and grey dotwork and fine line drawing of an ornate lotus flower with feathers, beaded chains and a crescent moon, drawn on paper.
Ornate lotus with feathers and moon design
Two black and grey tattoo designs on a white background: a shaded realism lion head on the left and an etched-style wolf head on the right.
Lion and wolf head designs
Black linework drawing of an astronaut helmet with a spiral galaxy and stars in the visor, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Astronaut helmet with galaxy visor
Black line drawing of a coiled, serpentine dragon with filigree swirl patterns across its wings and body, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate dragon with swirling wings and tail
Pencil and red ink sketch of a vertical black arrow passing through a circle, with a red spiral curve and construction lines on a white background.
Arrow and red spiral design sketch
Handwritten lettering design in black ink on paper reading Let your faith be bigger than your fear, with a small outlined heart at the end.
Let your faith be bigger than your fear
Pencil sketch of a compass rose design on paper, with an anchor forming the south point, suited to a black and grey tattoo.
Hand-drawn compass rose with anchor
Six white line-art geometric designs on a black textured background, including a pentagon, nested diamonds, triangles and circular mandala motifs.
Six geometric line designs on black
Black fine-line pen sketch of a feather-fletched arrow with beaded shaft and a diamond arrowhead, drawn on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Feather and arrow design in pen
Black and white flash design of a cat in a top hat with a spade card, bow tie and cigar, flanked by roses and leaves, with the words Lie to the Liars and Steal from Thieves arced around it.
Cat in top hat with roses and slogan
Black dotwork moth drawing with spread wings set over a red mandala pattern on a cream background.
Moth within a red mandala
Black ink drawing of the Cancer zodiac symbol in a bold swirling linework design, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Cancer zodiac symbol in swirl linework
Black tribal sun design with rays and three spiral roses at the centre, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal sun with three roses
Flash sheet of black brush-style kanji characters, each with a small red English translation printed beneath it.
Kanji character flash sheet with translations
Black ink drawing on paper of an ornamental lace-style tattoo design built from scalloped petals, dots and a pointed drop, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental lace-style tattoo design with dangling drops
Solid black silhouette drawing of an arrow with three hanging feathers and beaded cords on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Arrow and feathers silhouette design
Black ink line drawing of a howling wolf surrounded by leaves and a crescent moon, in a fine line botanical style on paper.
Howling wolf with leaves design
Pencil sketch of a looping acanthus scroll with leaves and small flower shapes on translucent paper, with the handwritten word angel at the top left.
Acanthus scroll pencil sketch
Black line drawing of a heart enclosing the words Adventure is where your heart is, with a cactus, mountains, palm tree, sailboat, pine trees and a sun, as a tattoo design.
Heart with adventure lettering and landscape
Black ink practice sheet on white paper showing step-by-step line drawings of dragonflies, flowers, paisley motifs and star designs, with handwritten encouragement to practise.
Henna-style practice sheet of dragonflies, flowers and
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, with the words To the moon and back and small stars along the inner edge.
Crescent moon mandala with lettering

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