Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line tattoo of a black outlined heart with a yellow and white plumeria flower on the inner forearm.
Heart and plumeria on the inner forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the inner forearm showing a feather with roses, small flowers and leaves, with a word written along the feather.
Feather and roses on a forearm
Teal watercolour-style flower tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, with soft blended petals and darker centre shading.
Teal watercolour flower on a wrist
Colour realism tattoo of an orange poppy with a dark centre and a thin black stem, on a forearm against a black background.
Realistic orange poppy with stem
Small black and grey pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a dreamcatcher hanging in the background.
Small pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small sprig with a stippled flower head and leaves on the inner forearm.
Small botanical sprig on inner forearm
Black ink fine line orchid set inside an outlined triangle, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Orchid inside a geometric triangle on a forearm
Close view of a forearm with a white ink botanical tattoo of a rose and leaves, shown in fine outline on the inner forearm and wrist.
White ink rose and leaves on a forearm
Black fine line leaf tattoos trail up the inner forearm from the wrist, with the hand raised above.
Falling leaves trail on a forearm
Realistic pink rose with green leaves inside a downward-pointing triangle on a forearm, shown in colour.
Realistic rose in a triangle on a forearm
Black rose tattoo on one forearm beside a treble clef on the other, with red watercolour splashes and sketchy linework.
Black rose and treble clef on forearms
Black dotwork lotus with fine line swirls and a long stem running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Dotwork lotus and swirl stem on a forearm
Colour photo of a Japanese style cherry blossom branch tattoo with pink blossoms, black branches and a black kanji character on the forearm.
Cherry blossom branch with kanji on a forearm
Colour and grey tattoo of an anchor wrapped in roses and blue flowers, with a shaded pocket watch below it, on a forearm.
Anchor, pocket watch and flowers on a forearm
Botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with green leaves running up the outer forearm, with soft grey shading on the blossoms.
Flowering sprig on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding a flowering branch on a forearm, with partial lettering beside it.
Hand holding a blossom branch on a forearm
Botanical tattoo of a rose sprig with two open roses, leaves and buds running down a forearm, shaded in muted red and grey.
Rose sprig tattoo on a forearm
Small purple botanical tattoo of a cluster of flowers on the outer forearm of a woman wearing a light blue top and denim shorts.
Purple floral cluster on a forearm
A botanical tattoo of brown antlers framing red and pink flowers with green leaves, on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a black and cream woven rug.
Antler and flower wrist tattoo
Dark brown henna flower with curling vine and leaf details on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical style.
Floral henna design on a wrist
Botanical tattoo of orange poppies on slender dark stems with small buds, shaded in a fine line style, on the forearm.
Orange poppies and slender stems on a forearm
Two matching black and grey lotus tattoos with ornamental petal detailing and dot accents, one on each of a person's forearms.
Matching lotus tattoos on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a three-leaf clover with faceted geometric leaves on the forearm.
Geometric clover on a forearm
Blackwork armband tattoo on the forearm with white negative-space daisy and leafy flowers set in a solid black band.
Daisy and flowers in a blackwork armband
Arm with a full sleeve tattoo of mandalas, crystals and leaves in dotwork and shading, covering the forearm and upper arm.
Botanical and crystal sleeve on arm
Black tattoo of a sitting cat with a white-faced head, surrounded by red swirling vines, flowers and stars on a forearm.
Cat silhouette with red vines on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo on an upper arm and a small script tattoo on the forearm, shown in a kitchen with a blue mug.
Rose tattoo on upper arm and small script on forearm
Black and grey dotwork rose with a mandala style frame and hanging drops on a forearm, shown against denim and patterned wallpaper.
Rose and mandala on a forearm
Grey and green tattoo of a Claddagh with a crown, heart and hands, a Celtic triquetra knot and green ivy leaves on the forearm.
Claddagh with ivy and Celtic knot on an arm
Colour botanical tattoo of a peach peony, small white flowers, ferns and blackberries across a forearm, photographed from the wrist side.
Peony and wildflower bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey dandelion with seeds drifting away, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand against green foliage.
Dandelion seeds on a wrist
Black and grey palm tree tattoo on the forearm, framed by a fine line circle, arcs and dotted lines.
Palm tree with geometric circles on a forearm
Six views of a full colour sleeve tattoo on an arm, with red and orange lilies, blue swirls and bubbles on a black background.
Colourful lily full sleeve from six angles
Fine line crescent moon tattoo with mandala detailing and pink and teal watercolour splashes on the forearm.
Crescent moon with mandala and watercolour splashes
Two forearm tattoos in neo-traditional style: a red rose with grey-green leaves on the left, and a blue floral emblem with teal and orange accents on the right.
Rose and floral emblem on forearms
Close view of a woman's wrist and forearm with a fine-line black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and leaves.
Rose cluster on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a symmetrical floral mandala with lotus-like petals on the inner forearm.
Dotwork floral mandala on forearm
Black and grey shaded peony tattoo with leaves and a bud on the forearm, in a traditional botanical style.
Black and grey peony on a forearm
Black ink botanical tattoo of leaves and flowers running from the back of the hand down over the wrist and forearm.
Leaf and flower tattoo on hand and wrist
Two small fine line tattoos on wrists: a dandelion releasing seeds on one arm and a flock of birds on the other, both in black ink.
Dandelion and flying birds on wrists
Black ink compass and lotus tattoo with ornamental scrollwork in a diamond frame, placed on the inner forearm.
Compass and lotus on a forearm
Black fine line botanical tattoo on a wrist with a rose bud, leaves, tendrils and a dotted line, plus a small mark on the hand.
Fine line botanical tattoo on wrist
Black dotwork pine tree tattoo running up the forearm, with a solid dark crown and a fine trunk line fading into stippled shading.
Pine tree on a forearm
Colour tattoo of lavender sprigs, red flowers and green grass in a painterly botanical style on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lavender and wildflowers on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink blossom branch with grey stems and buds, shaded in a soft realistic style, on the inner forearm of a person with the arm wrapped in clear plastic.
Pink blossom branch on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a geometric flower across the back of a hand, with a tessellated cube pattern running up the forearm.
Geometric flower and tessellation on hand and forearm
Black and grey dotwork tree inside a faceted crystal outline on a forearm, with a dotted circle and single dots above and below.
Tree within a geometric crystal on a forearm
Black dotwork and line tattoo of a bare tree whose roots form an arrow of overlapping triangles, on the inner forearm.
Bare tree and overlapping triangles on a forearm

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