Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Flash sheet of five blue flat-colour creature designs, including a flame spirit, a masked face, a mushroom-shaped figure, a cat-like face and a large round creature with whiskers.
Blue character flash sheet of five creatures
Teal flat design of a sea turtle with a white hibiscus flower in its shell and tribal-style patterns on the flippers and head, shown as a stencil-style drawing.
Sea turtle with hibiscus flower design
Black hand-drawn script lettering of the lyric Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, with The Beatles beneath, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Whisper words of wisdom lettering
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing six dagger designs, each with a ribbon banner curling beneath the blade.
Six traditional dagger designs with banners
Black brush lettering design on a white background reading Curiosity did not kill this cat, set in three slanted lines with underlines, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Curiosity did not kill this cat lettering
Line drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, shaded from red through purple to blue, shown as a tattoo design.
Phoenix with spread wings
Realistic coloured pencil drawing of a woman's face blended with a tiger's head and stripes, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Woman and tiger portrait design
Black script lettering reading if you can't live longer, live deeper, with a small aeroplane silhouette below, shown as a tattoo design on a sepia background with no body part visible.
Script quote with small aeroplane design
Dark single-line drawing of a leaping dolphin among curling wave scrolls, shown as a stitched design on a pale textured background.
Dolphin with swirling waves
Black stylised flash design of lily-like flowers and tapering leaves in a bouquet, shown as a drawing with no body placement visible.
Stylised lily and leaf flash design
Black line drawings in a traditional style, including a heart with a cabin and pine trees, drawn on a wooden hand mannequin.
Traditional heart, cabin and portrait flash on a wooden hand
Ink and watercolour drawing of a fairy in a blue gown holding a bluebell stem, on a cream parchment background, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Bluebell fairy design
Black handwritten script reading peace like a river on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Peace like a river handwritten script
Black ink flash design reading HAPPY HALLOWEEN with a bat above, ornate swirls, a spiderweb and two spiders below.
Happy Halloween lettering with bat and spiderweb
Flash design drawing of ornate black script reading And Though She Be But Little She Is Fierce, framed by dark red roses with drips, with no body placement shown.
Script quote with red roses flash design
Pencil drawing of a bold black tribal design with a curling spiral and tapering spikes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Tribal spiral design in pencil
Teal line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, with a raised hand bearing an om symbol, shown as a flash design.
Ganesha head in teal line and wash
Fine gold line drawing of a bow and arrow with diamond ornaments on a dark background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line bow and arrow design
Flash design of a green-tipped sonic screwdriver wrapped in three white ribbon banners reading Wibbly, Wobbly and Timey-Wimey, with a green halftone glow behind it.
Sonic screwdriver with Wibbly Wobbly banners
Colourful sugar skull design with pink flower eyes, a blue heart nose, yellow teeth and ornate swirls, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Colourful sugar skull design
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman with curled hair and red lips, with outlined rose and butterfly tattoos on her upper arms.
Pin-up face with rose and butterfly tattoos
Pen sketch of a safety pin with a bow and two ribbons carrying lettering, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Safety pin and bow sketch
Hand-drawn botanical flash design of a pink peony with olive and sage leaves, outlined in black, on white paper beside pens and pencil shavings.
Peony and foliage flash design
Black ink drawing of a skull in side profile wearing a feathered headdress, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Skull in feathered headdress, side profile
Pencil-style drawing of a deer skull with antlers wrapped in purple and yellow flowers and green ivy, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Deer skull with antlers and flowers
Black and grey ink drawing of a bull skull with horns, surrounded by roses, peonies, bones and ribbon banners, in a neo-traditional style.
Bull skull with roses and bones design
Black ink script lettering reading it is well, drawn as a flowing handwritten design on a plain white background, with no body part visible.
Script lettering reading it is well
Sheet of solid black cat silhouette designs in varied poses on a white background, with no tattoo or body placement shown.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs showing arrows, chevrons, swallows, a dreamcatcher, feathers and a pair of crossed arrows.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet with arrows and
A grid of six small fine line black ink designs on pale backgrounds, including mountains with a crescent moon, a tree with stars, a dragon beside a sword, and a ring within a leafy wreath.
Six fine line motif designs in a grid
Nine small white lettering designs in gold and dark brown script, mostly reading just drunk, with one reading drunk in love, arranged on a white surface.
Just drunk lettering designs in gold script
Black and grey scorpion tattoo design with raised pincers and a curled tail, shown on a white background in a bold blackwork style.
Black scorpion tattoo design
Black line drawing of a Japanese foo dog surrounded by swirling clouds and flowing mane, drawn as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Japanese foo dog with swirling clouds
Black line and solid geometric flash sheet of arrows, triangles, diamonds, circles, a star and a cross, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Geometric arrows and shapes flash sheet
Illustrated pair of hands with solid black sun face designs on the wrists, a black circle with crossbars on each palm, and the letters of DEATH across the fingers.
Sun and circle hand tattoo designs
Brown line drawing sheet of henna-style flowers, paisley swirls and leaves on a beige background, with no body placement shown.
Henna-style floral and paisley design sheet
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs of mandalas, paisley and lace bands, shown on a bare back and a forearm and on a flash sheet.
Metallic gold henna-style temporary tattoos
Black line drawing of a sun with triangular rays and planets, including a ringed Saturn, arranged along dashed orbit paths as a tattoo design.
Sun and planets on dashed orbits
Pencil drawing of a jellyfish with a shaded, ribbed bell and long, wavy tentacles on a cream background, a design that could suit a tattoo.
Pencil drawing of a jellyfish with trailing tentacles
Line drawing flash of a sloth in a suit and bow tie inside an ornate oval frame, with roses and leaves below, shown on paper.
Sloth in a suit within an ornate frame with roses
Pencil sketch of two owls perched together, one behind the other, drawn in fine feathered linework as a possible tattoo design.
Two owls in pencil sketch
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing an elephant wearing beaded jewellery, framed by lotus flowers and leaves, with no body placement visible.
Elephant and lotus flowers design sketch
Black linework drawing of a small pair of angel wings above a larger single wing, with feathers shaded by hatching on a white background.
Two line-drawn angel wings
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork-shaded rose with three arrows and the words "Love yourself so no one has to" curved around it.
Rose and arrows with "Love yourself" lettering
Black ink drawing of a bare branching tree with swirling roots and a small bird perched on a branch, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Branching tree with swirling roots design
Black and tan illustrated design of a bear face framed by a mandala and cloud scrolls, drawn in a geometric ornamental style with no body placement shown.
Bear face with mandala and clouds
Black ink line drawing of poppies, buds and forget-me-not sprigs on a cream background, a botanical design with no body placement shown.
Poppies and forget-me-nots botanical drawing
Black and white tattoo design of a symmetrical skull-like form built from circuit board traces, with no body placement shown.
Circuit board skull design

Ideas by style

Fine line Traditional Blackwork Japanese Dotwork Neo-trad Realism Lettering Botanical Geometric

Ideas by placement

Forearm Upper arm Shoulder Back Chest Ribs Thigh Calf Ankle Hand Neck

Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451