Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of a rose formed from a rolled 100 dollar bill, with curling vines and leaves, shown as a black and grey tattoo design with no body placement.
Rolled 100 dollar bill rose design
Neo-traditional style line drawing of a woman with octopus tentacles and a sailing ship, shaded in red wash on a cream background.
Woman with octopus tentacles and a ship
Teal line drawing of a lion's head in profile, with its mane flowing into water splashes over a pale watercolour wash.
Lion head with flowing mane and water splash
Coloured drawing of a koi and a yellow goldfish among yellow and red flowers, with a black-and-white stencil version of the design in the top left corner.
Koi and goldfish design with stencil inset
Black and green line drawing of a Polynesian-style tribal design with koru spirals and chevron bands, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Polynesian-style koru design with green fill
Black ink silhouette design of a butterfly with a flower and leaves on a plain white background, in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Butterfly and flower line design
Pencil sketch of an interlocking script monogram in black and grey, drawn as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Interlocking script monogram sketch
Black and grey realism design of Medusa, with a woman's face framed by coiled snakes and rippling water below, shown on a dark background.
Medusa with snakes in black and grey
Two pencil sketches of ornate lettering designs, one reading HOPE and one reading FAITH, with flourishes around each word.
Hope and Faith lettering sketches
Flash sheet of solid black cat silhouette designs in varied poses, with small hearts and short captions on a white background.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Hand-drawn design of an oval gemstone shaded pink and violet with white highlights, set within a grey and black hatched scalloped border.
Pink and blue gemstone in a hatched scalloped frame
Solid black silhouette of a fairy in flight with fine-lined butterfly wings, shown as a standalone flash design on a white background.
Fairy silhouette with butterfly wings
Black and grey shaded design of a bird in flight with sweeping wings and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Flying bird with swirling tail design
Two blue ink dotwork mandala designs drawn on pale paper, one lower left and one upper right, with stippled petal shapes.
Two blue dotwork mandala designs on paper
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus flower design with stippled dotwork shading and ornamental detail on textured paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Lotus flower dotwork design
Black Taurus zodiac symbol design with curved horns and a spiral base, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Taurus zodiac symbol design
Traditional-style flash design of a flaming heart with an eye, a dagger and red roses, framed by a sunburst and the Spanish banner text Sólo un corazón verdadero.
Flaming heart, eye and roses flash sheet
Ink drawing of a skeleton with many arms raised around a halo and a full moon, with feathered wings behind the skull, in navy and cream.
Multi-armed skeleton with moon and halo
Black ink pen drawing of a stag head with flowers, birds and a beetle within a circle of branching antlers and fine geometric lines, with no body part shown.
Stag, beetle and flowers in a geometric circle
Coloured pencil drawing of a blue turtle creature with a brown shell peering over a grey anchor inside a rope frame, with blue water swirls above, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Blue turtle creature on an anchor and rope
Five temporary tattoo designs on white squares: a black lotus, a magenta elephant above Námáste script, a black Om symbol, a black circle with a white Om, and magenta Námáste lettering.
Lotus, elephant and Om temporary tattoo designs
Black linework flash sheet of Irish-themed tattoo designs, including a shamrock, harp, pipe, horseshoe, pot of gold and banner lettering, shown on a flat, unmarked white sheet.
Irish-themed traditional flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and a serpent, with two sharks, bubbles and a sunburst behind, in dotwork and blackwork shading.
Anchor with rope, sharks and serpent design
Black and grey pencil sketch of an open rose drawn on paper, shown as a tattoo design study with no body part visible.
Pencil sketch of an open rose
Black ink drawing of a raven with wings spread in mid-flight on a white background, with loose, brushed edges and no body placement shown.
Flying raven in black ink
Black tribal-style scorpion design on a white background, with a curved tail and pincers, shown as a standalone drawing rather than on skin.
Tribal scorpion design
Flash sheet of eight tribal-style wolf designs in red, blue, green, gold, purple, black and white, with no body placement shown.
Multicoloured tribal wolf flash sheet
Traditional style illustration of a woman in profile wearing two red roses in curled grey hair, with a black silhouette behind her, shown as a printed artwork on a wooden table.
Profile portrait with red roses in curled hair
Pencil drawing of a unicorn head within an oval frame, with a crescent moon, castle silhouette, swirls and daisies, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Unicorn, moon and daisy design
Solid black flash design of a small skull with crossbones set within a sweeping dark shape, shown on a white background.
Skull and crossbones in a black silhouette
Black ink drawing of a geometric feather design with hatched and stippled panels, shown on plain cream paper with no body placement.
Geometric feather design in black ink
Black and grey pencil design of symmetrical blackletter-style lettering with four wolf heads and flowing ornamental lines, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Symmetrical blackletter lettering with four wolf heads
Traditional style black rose flash design with shaded leaves and a thorned stem, drawn in black and grey with white highlights on paper.
Traditional black rose with thorny stem
Black line drawing of an elephant head wearing a feathered headdress, with a medallion, flowers and dotted chains, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Elephant head with feathers and dotted chains
Drawing of a geometric owl in flight, built from faceted feather shapes in teal, blue, brown and cream on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Geometric owl in flight
Flash sheet of gold and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including a feather, crescent moons, arrows, a yin yang, chevrons and the words Love and Believe.
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black line drawing of a tree of life within a circle, with spiral swirls, small stars and knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tree of life in a circle with swirls and stars
Pencil drawing of a rose whose stem forms a treble clef, with two buds, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Rose and treble clef design in pencil
Black line drawing of a tiger's face, front on, with bold stripes and tapering fur strokes on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Tiger head stencil design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a heart-shaped ribcage, a pocket watch with Roman numerals, sprigs of flowers and the script words Your love will be safe with me.
Ribcage heart with pocket watch design
Black ink line drawing of a mandala-style design with two open blossoms, drawn on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Mandala and blossom design sketch
Black tribal-style lettering design with curling swirls and tapering spikes, shown as a standalone flash design on a white background.
Tribal swirl lettering design
Black line drawing of a triple moon design with two crescents flanking a full circle, shown on a plain white background.
Triple moon line design
Black and grey flash sheet of tattoo designs including a pipe, key, skull cameo, feather, tobacco tin, compass, pocket knife, matchbox and honeycomb, set on a dotted background.
Flash sheet of pipe, key, skull and feather
Black tribal-style butterfly design with swirling wings and curled antennae on a plain white background.
Tribal butterfly design
Black outline drawing of a keyhole framed by curling scrolls and swirls, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Keyhole with scrolling flourishes
Black line drawing of an ornate gothic cross with scrolled arms, a small heart at its centre and a flared base, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornate gothic cross design
Black line drawing of a weeping willow tree with a ribbon banner reading BEND DON'T BREAK wrapped around its trunk, in a tattoo flash style.
Willow tree with Bend Don't Break banner

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