Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white stencil-style drawing of a tiger in profile, with bold curved stripes covering its body and tail.
Striped tiger design in black ink
Watercolour style design of three howling wolves with rainbow smoke swirling above them, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Three howling wolves with rainbow swirls
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a tiger and a wolf in tribal linework with swirls, a star and the kanji for love above, shown without any body placement.
Tiger and wolf tribal design with kanji
Drawing of a butterfly-style design with spiderweb wings, curled tendrils and a dark central body, shaded in lilac and purple on a white background.
Web-winged butterfly design in lilac
Black brush script lettering spelling the word Wonderful on a plain white background, a lettering design for a tattoo.
Wonderful in brush script lettering
Black line drawing of a crescent moon filled with swirling ornamental scrollwork, with three arrows crossing vertically through it, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Crescent moon with crossed arrows
Black ink Chinese characters with English captions reading Sisters, Elder Sister and Younger Sister, shown as a lettering tattoo design sheet with no body placement.
Chinese characters for sisters, elder and younger
Pencil sketch on paper of an abstract serpent-like creature with an open jaw, loose flowing lines and floating rectangular shapes, a tattoo design study rather than a tattoo on skin.
Pencil sketch of an abstract serpent creature
Solid black silhouette of an anchor with a heart overlapping its shank, separated by white outlines, shown as a flat design with no skin visible.
Anchor and heart silhouette design
Black outline drawing of a flower with six rounded petals around a small centre circle, with a long stem that curls into a loop at the bottom, on a white background.
Simple line drawing of a flower with looped stem
Black outline drawing of two peonies with leaves on pale tracing paper, a botanical tattoo design with no placement shown.
Peony line drawing with leaves
Two solid black circular tribal designs with spiral motifs and a central wave-like symbol, shown as line art on a white background.
Two circular tribal spiral designs
White line drawing of an ornate anchor made of scrolls, circles and filigree on a dark navy background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornate filigree anchor design
Painted tattoo design of black butterfly silhouettes over purple, pink and blue watercolour splashes, drawn on pale paper.
Watercolour butterflies in black and purple
Realistic graphite drawing of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Octopus wrapped around a skull
White hand-lettered script reading Brave with a small arrow beneath it, drawn on a plain black background in a lettering style suited to a tattoo design.
Brave script with arrow design
Pen sketch of a symmetrical botanical mandala with a central five-petalled flower surrounded by leaves, sprigs and small buds, drawn as a tattoo design.
Symmetrical flower and leaf mandala sketch
Illustrated flash design of a black and yellow orca with an orange tail, crossed by a beige banner reading IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME GO, on a cream damask background.
Orca with a banner reading If you love me let me go
Black and grey line drawing of a pair of scissors with a skull-like blade guard, wrapped in a ribbon, with the word Capricorn beneath it.
Capricorn scissors and ribbon design
Coloured pencil drawing of a pink and orange phoenix facing a green dragon in a flowing, interlocking tattoo design on white paper.
Phoenix and green dragon design
Botanical flash design of a clock face wreathed in flowers and leaves, with a hummingbird above and a butterfly below, drawn in teal and brown on a cream background.
Clock with hummingbird and butterfly
Black ink pen drawing of a geometric mountain scene inside an inverted triangle, with a stippled sky, hatched peaks and orbiting circles and arrows, shown as a flash design.
Geometric mountain triangle design
Line drawing of a blue ink floral bouquet with peonies, open flowers and leaves on a white background, shaded with fine dots and hatching, with no body placement shown.
Blue ink floral bouquet design
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a compass pocket watch surrounded by gears, with a banner reading I Will Find My Way across the lower half.
Compass pocket watch and gears with banner
Line drawing flash of a winged pocket watch with a rose cluster beneath it, in a neo-traditional style, drawn on tracing paper with red pencil guidelines.
Winged pocket watch with roses flash
Line drawing of the words Love yourself in flowing script, framed by paisley-style flowers, feather shapes and swirling flourishes on a tan textured background.
Love yourself script with floral flourishes
Gold line drawing of a bee in flight on a white background, with loose outlined wings and a simple striped body.
Single-line bee design in gold
Black outline drawing of two open blossoms with dotted stamens, leaves and small flowers, a botanical design that could work as tattoo flash.
Line drawing of two flowers with leaves
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic geometric tattoo designs, including arrows, diamonds, a lattice band and sun motifs, on a dark grey background.
Metallic geometric tattoo design sheet
Solid black silhouette of a songbird in profile, with white floral and scroll shapes cut into the body, shown as a blackwork-style tattoo design.
Songbird silhouette with white floral detail
Black ink drawing of a single feather in fine line hatching on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Single feather in ink linework
Black and grey pencil sketch of a raised hand with a ribbon banner wrapped around the wrist reading Do not open before Christmas, with music notes, shown as a tattoo design on the forearm.
Raised hand with ribbon banner on wrist
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with three stacked ribbon banners reading Fortune favors the hustle, shown on paper with no placement on the body.
Fortune favors the hustle ribbon banner
Six black and white butterfly illustrations in varied wing patterns, arranged on a white background, suitable as tattoo flash designs.
Six black and white butterfly designs
Greyscale graphite drawing of a woman's face merging with a skull, with long hair flowing across the image, shown as a realistic tattoo design sketch.
Woman and skull graphite drawing
Flash sheet of black and white line icons on a pale blue background, including a heart on a skewer, a beer mug, a cat in a box and a galloping horse.
Line icon flash sheet on blue background
Flash-style design of a white masked spirit face with red streaks, set in black ink splatter with dripping lines, shown on a plain white background.
Masked spirit in ink splatter
Black ink drawing of a dreamcatcher with three feathers and trailing ribbons on white paper, beside a hand with small lettering tattoos on the fingers and two black ink pens.
Dreamcatcher with feathers drawing
Hand-drawn flash sheet of five black and white circle designs, from a filled dot to a full yin yang, each captioned in handwritten lettering.
Yin yang sequence with hand-lettered captions
Black and white stylised creature design with a large spiral on its body and small bud-like sprigs along its back, shown on a plain white background.
Stylised black creature with spiral and sprigs
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a layered peony flower with soft shading, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part visible.
Shaded peony flower design
Ornate lotus flower design drawn in black linework with pink and purple watercolour washes on white paper, beside two Ecoline ink bottles and a brush.
Ornate lotus design in pink and purple ink
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with bold solid shapes, swirling motifs and patterned flippers on a white background.
Tribal sea turtle design
Neo-trad style tattoo design of a teal owl wearing a top hat and goggles, with a shaded pink and purple rose beneath it, on a textured teal background.
Owl in a top hat above a rose
Black script lettering on a white background reading Give Me Strength when I'm standing and Faith when I fall, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Script quote design: Give Me Strength
Black line drawing of an all-seeing eye inside a triangle, with leaves, rays above and a chain with a cross pendant hanging below, shown as a tattoo design.
All-seeing eye in a triangle with chains
Red line drawing of a heart with a butterfly perched on its top edge, with flowing, tapered strokes on a white background.
Butterfly and heart line design
Colour flash sheet of Hello Kitty tattoo designs in a bold traditional style, including a dagger, a rose, a bow and an ice cream cone.
Hello Kitty tattoo flash sheet

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