Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line infinity symbol with three birds in flight and the word Always in script, shown as a temporary tattoo on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with three birds and Always script
Black and white drawing of six forearms and hands, each with a different traditional-style tattoo design including a mandala, skull, rose, eye in a triangle and crossed bones.
Six hands with black ink tattoo designs
A dark chevron stencil on a forearm, held in place by a paper band, while a hand wipes the skin with a green cloth.
Chevron stencil on a forearm
Black and white photo of a floral and geometric tattoo design drawn in a sketchbook, beside a dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm.
Floral and geometric sketch with forearm mandala
Traditional style illustration of a pin-up woman holding a red rose, with teal line tattoos of swallows and flowers on her shoulders and forearm.
Pin-up with rose and swallows
Black and white flash sheet showing six drawn forearms and hands, each with a different traditional and blackwork tattoo design including a mandala, rose, dagger and horseshoe.
Six forearm and hand flash designs on drawn arms
Four illustrated paper dolls with fine black linework tattoos covering their chests and arms, two with moustaches and beards, shown against pale walls.
Four tattooed paper dolls
Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.
Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette
Two carved wooden arm and hand boards showing traditional-style tattoo designs of skulls, a heart with a dagger, a goat, a cat and flowers, in black and cream.
Carved arm boards with skull, goat and cat designs
Gloved hands press a blue and purple transfer stencil of a dome and rain-like design onto a forearm ahead of tattooing.
Transfer stencil being applied to a forearm
Black fine line book stacks, quotation marks, Peter Pan silhouettes and quote lettering shown as a flash sheet, with the designs applied to a forearm in the lower right photo.
Book and quote designs on forearms
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
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
Pencil sketch of a mermaid with shell and starfish tattoo designs on both upper arms and forearms, drawn in red and blue on kraft paper.
Mermaid tattoo design sketch
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 linework of a mechanical robotic hand drawn across the fingers, back of the hand and wrist, with hatched shading.
Mechanical hand design in black ink
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs, including an om symbol, lotus and mandala, with an inset photo of the designs applied to the wrist and hand.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with om and lotus
Black line drawing of an arrow with the word Rise in script between a diamond arrowhead and chevron fletching, with a photo of the same arrow on a man's forearm.
Arrow with Rise lettering design
Colour illustration of a botanical sleeve design with a golden skull, pink roses, green vines and blue butterflies, shown beside a character with a tattooed upper arm and forearm.
Skull, roses and butterflies sleeve design
Collage of black fine line infinity symbol designs with script words and birds, shown as temporary tattoos on a wrist and forearm.
Infinity script temporary tattoo designs
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word sister in cursive script, shown as a temporary tattoo on a wrist.
Infinity symbol with sister script
Line drawing of a teal rope knot wrapped around a wrist, with handwritten lettering beside the fingers, shown as a tattoo design sketch on the forearm.
Rope knot design around a wrist
A hand presses transfer paper onto a forearm, leaving a black spiky leaf stencil design on the skin.
Black spiky leaf stencil on a forearm
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
Black line drawing of a hand gripping a tattoo machine, with roses and lotus leaves wrapped around the wrist and forearm in a traditional botanical style.
Hand holding a tattoo machine with roses
Two drawn hands showing a lotus and crescent moon design on one palm and a botanical stem and diamond eye design on the other, in black line with a warm peach wash.
Hands with lotus and botanical designs
Coloured pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails and a lettering design reading 'be kind to yourself' with a small heart on the wrist, in a lettering style.
Fist with 'be kind to yourself' wrist design
Pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails, showing the words be kind to yourself and a small heart as lettering tattoo design on the forearm.
Be kind to yourself lettering on a drawn wrist
A grey botanical leaf stencil being pressed onto a forearm, with a hand holding the transfer paper in place.
Botanical leaf stencil on a forearm
Black and white line drawing of six labelled arms and hands, lettered a to f, each covered in geometric bands, chevrons and triangles on the forearm and hand.
Six arm and hand tattoo patterns in line drawing
Pale raised outline of a thistle with leaves and a curled stem on the inner forearm, drawn as a fine line stencil or design on skin.
Thistle line design on a forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of a tattooed forearm and hand gripping a torch, with an eagle and the words Death Before Dishonor on the arm.
Hand holding a torch over a striped flag
Black and grey geometric whale drawing with small blue accents on paper, beside a forearm with a black and grey rose tattoo.
Geometric whale design beside a rose forearm tattoo
Black and grey pencil drawing of a hooded woman with sugar skull face paint, with ornamental tattoo designs on her forearm and hand.
Hooded woman with sugar skull face
Black and grey illustration of a raised fist with a small semicolon tattoo on the forearm, set against a pale blue background.
Raised fist with semicolon on forearm
Line drawing of a figure with a black and purple tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, beside a blue gradient dragon design with dotwork scales and a curled tail.
Blue dragon designs with an arm tattoo outline
Black ink castle silhouette above a geometric circle and arrow linework design, drawn on paper and held against a forearm.
Castle and compass linework design on paper
Illustration of a muscular cartoon man with a moustache and pipe, his arms, torso and legs covered in dense line-drawn tattoo designs in teal on yellow.
Cartoon figure covered in tattoo designs
Hand-drawn colour pencil design for a full arm sleeve showing a compass rose, clouds, swallows, a sailing ship, waves, jellyfish, manta rays, an anchor and a treasure chest.
Nautical sleeve design with compass and ship

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