Tattoo ideas

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

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Two overlapping mandala drawings in blue and turquoise ink on white paper, with no body placement shown, resting beside a pen on a sketchbook.
Blue ink mandala sketch on paper
Black and grey ink design of a horn-shaped form with swirling curls, an oval gemstone and small stars, captioned Taurus, shown as a flash drawing.
Taurus horn with flowing curls and gemstone
Black and grey flash drawing of a UFO beaming up a brain above a cracked skull, with the words LOSING MY MIND beneath it.
UFO beaming a brain above a cracked skull
Traditional-style flash drawing of an open envelope with a letter reading FUCK OFF, a red flower and black leaves on the left.
Envelope with red flower and FUCK OFF letter
Cream line illustration of a hamsa hand with a central eye, ornate spirals and dotted detailing on a dark brown background.
Hamsa hand with central eye design
Pen and ink flash design of an anatomical heart with dripping red blood on a cupcake, with a banner reading Sweet Heart beneath.
Anatomical heart cupcake with banner
Black ink line drawing of a cartoon sailor with folded arms, a pipe and a cap, showing anchor tattoos on both forearms.
Cartoon sailor with anchor forearm tattoos
Black ink drawing of a moth with skulls across its outspread wings, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull-winged moth design
Colourful digital drawing of a peacock with a fanned tail of green and purple eye feathers, a blue body and a black bow at the neck, on a plain grey-green background.
Peacock with fanned tail
Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.
Braided figure with potion bottle and banner
Black line drawing of a cross, a heartbeat line and a heart above the words Faith, Hope and Love on a plain pale background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with Faith Hope Love
Black and grey flash design of an all-seeing eye in a triangle above a skull, crossed bones, a candle and a twin-headed eagle, framed by scrollwork on a sunburst background.
All-seeing eye and eagle skull design
Pink cartoon raptor peering over lilac banners that read CHAOS IS WHAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS, DARLING, on a pale pink background.
Pink raptor with lilac banner lettering
Black ink drawing of a figure wearing a balaclava with white eye and mouth openings, holding a cigarette with smoke rising from it, on white paper.
Balaclava figure smoking, ink drawing
Black line drawing of a teepee with the words Girls Have Cooties, a cactus, a sun and clouds, drawn on tracing paper beside pens and a hand with a tattooed forearm.
Teepee and cactus desert design sketch
Line drawing flash design of a dotwork-shaded snake coiled around two pink roses, with planetary symbols and the Latin phrase Omnia Vnvs Est beneath.
Snake with roses and planetary symbols
Black and white sugar skull flash design with a rose on the crown and floral patterns in the eye sockets, in a Day of the Dead style.
Sugar skull with rose and floral eyes
Three black ink flash drawings on grey paper: a wolf head framed by peonies and leaves, a mandala-patterned wolf head in dotwork, and a partly visible third design.
Wolf heads with flowers and mandala designs
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a cupcake with swirled frosting, a cherry on top, wrapped sweets and a ribbon banner reading Sweet Evil.
Cupcake and Sweet Evil banner design
Pencil-style sketch design of a skull with a pink rose, a feather, a small bird and beaded chains, drawn on skin.
Skull, rose and feather pencil design
Silver-grey radial symbol with runic-style arms on a black background, shown as a standalone design rather than on skin.
Grey radial symbol with runic arms
Black and white flash sheet of tattoo designs on a phone case, including a fox head, compass, bird, spider webs, playing card suits and a rope knot.
Black ink flash sheet with spider webs, compass and fox
Black and grey pin-up mermaid design with pink starfish in her hair, holding a trident, with a seahorse and bubbles, on a pale teal background.
Pin-up mermaid with trident and seahorse
Flash sheet of black ink designs showing hearts built from scrolls, curling vines and floral flourishes on a white background.
Heart and swirl flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a barn owl with spread wings carrying a scroll banner inscribed with the words "It's only forever not long at all", a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barn owl with script banner design
Black ink line drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and octopus tentacles with beaded strands, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Woman with octopus tentacles in her hair
Line drawing of a gnarled apple tree with twisting branches, leaves and apples, shaded in dark red above and dark green at the trunk and roots, shown as a tattoo design.
Sketched apple tree with twisted branches
Watercolour painting of a lion's head framed by pastel roses and green leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Watercolour lion with roses design
Flash sheet of gold, red, green and black temporary tattoo designs, including flowers, a chain bracelet, wave bands and patterned borders.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Realistic pencil drawing of a black wolf and a white wolf curled together in a yin yang circle, with red and blue eyes.
Yin yang wolves pencil design
Flash sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, chevrons, triangles, a leopard print, paw prints, a chain, a hexagon band and a black lace border.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black ink script lettering design reading Wild Heart above Gypsy Soul, with a double-headed arrow between the lines, on a white background.
Wild Heart Gypsy Soul lettering design
Black line drawing of four stylised female figures, each with flowers, leaves, a sun, a snowflake or a spiral, arranged as a flash design.
Four seasonal female figures in line art
Solid black ink design of a heart outline with two small footprints inside, in a bold blackwork style, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Footprints inside a black heart
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with spiral shell markings and a small pink flower on its head, shown on a plain white background.
Spiral sea turtle with pink flower
Pencil drawing of a skull merged with a tattered moth with spiked wings, shaded in a realistic greyscale style, shown on paper with no body placement.
Skull and moth wings in pencil
Black line drawing of a sitting rabbit built from spirals and flowing curves, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Spiral-patterned rabbit line design
Black and grey pen drawing of a lace-patterned feather and a shaded rose with leaves, a botanical design sketched on paper.
Feather and rose design on paper
Loose black ink sketch of a cat face with bright green eyes, drawn on white paper with a Posca marker lying at the top left.
Ink sketch of a cat face with green eyes
Black ink drawing of a circular badge design with the words ALL GOOD THINGS ARE WILD AND FREE around a solid black pine tree silhouette, on white paper.
Pine forest badge with 'All good things are wild and free'
Black ink dotwork drawing of an observatory dome among pine trees beneath a starry sky, set in a diamond shape on white paper beside two fineliner pens.
Observatory under a dotwork night sky
Black tribal band design on a white background, with a stylised face and spiral patterns on the left, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal band design with face motif
Black and grey dotwork design of a stag with large antlers, framed by roses and leaves, shown on a white background.
Stag and roses dotwork design
Blue ink drawing of a lion's head framed by sunflowers, dahlias and other botanical blooms, shown as a flash design on paper.
Lion and flowers design in blue ink
Black ink drawing of an ornate calligraphic letter with floral and leaf filling and stippled dotwork outlines, shown on white paper beside a quartz cluster and a fine liner pen.
Ornate floral lettering design in fine ink
Black and grey compass rose tattoo design with shaded points and N, E, S and W labels, drawn on a tan sheet with 3 inch dimension lines.
Compass rose design on a 3 inch stencil sheet
Fine black line drawing of an ampersand built from leaves, flowers and berries, shown on a textured white paper background, with no body placement.
Botanical ampersand line drawing
Black outline drawing of a cat-faced skull with a heart-shaped nose, ribcage and crossed arm bones ending in X-marked hands, shown as a flash design.
Cat skull and crossbones line drawing

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