Tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour style fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into small birds, across the shoulder blade of a person.
Dandelion seeds and birds on a shoulder
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a turbocharger, a red rose, a spark plug with a DAD banner, flowers and a partly visible skull.
Traditional turbo, rose and spark plug on a calf
Colour tattoo of two cherries with a green leaf and dotted trail on the upper arm, drawn with bold black outlines in a neo-traditional style.
Cherries with a leaf on the upper arm
Small black lettering reading HE>i on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a simple lettering style.
Small HE>i lettering on a wrist
Realistic colour tattoo on a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and blue-grey butterfly wings with gears.
Roses, heart and pocket watch on upper back
Black geometric forearm tattoo of angular star shapes and solid bands, shown on a guitarist playing a black electric guitar.
Geometric black forearm tattoo with guitar
Small black lettering reading exist on the palm of a hand, in a black and white photograph with a dark background.
Small word 'exist' on the palm
Fine line black script lettering running diagonally across a shoulder, with a black lace bra strap and a thin chain necklace visible nearby.
Fine line script word on a shoulder
Black stylised calligraphic design resembling Arabic script with three diamonds and a vertical stroke, shown as a flash drawing on a plain light grey background.
Stylised calligraphic letterforms with diamonds
A woman in a headstand pose outdoors shows a dark sleeve tattoo on her upper arm and forearm, with foliage and sea behind her.
Dark sleeve tattoo on arm during a headstand
Flash sheet of pastel tattoo designs including a horned skull, a crab, palm trees, watchful eyes and a seahorse in a bottle, in a neo-trad style.
Pastel flash sheet of skulls, eyes and palm trees
Black ink pine tree tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn in a bold botanical style with layered branches.
Pine tree on a forearm
Black anchor tattoo on the inner wrist with a flock of small birds flying off its shank, photographed on a tiled floor.
Anchor with flying birds on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork flower tattoo with layered geometric petals wrapping the forearm just below the elbow.
Dotwork flower tattoo on the forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a circular night scene with a moon, a flying figure, clouds, mountains and a sailing ship on water.
Night sky landscape with ship on a calf
Colour tattoos on a lower leg, including a crescent moon wand with a pink shaft and an R2-D2 droid with a BEEP banner, with ornate scrollwork around them.
Crescent moon wand and R2-D2 on a calf
Traditional style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring red roses, a ship in a bottle and a dagger in bold colour.
Traditional rose and ship sleeve on arm
Black line drawing of a frowning face made from two dots, a curved mouth line and two dots, with the words 'you decide.' beneath it, on a white background.
Frowning smiley face with 'you decide' text
Colour tattoo of a Hello Kitty face with black whiskers, eyes and a yellow nose, below a shaded red bow, on the side of a ribcage.
Hello Kitty face and red bow on ribs
Black and white photo of a black line geometric skull tattoo on an upper arm, with a hand wearing rings visible at the top left.
Geometric skull on upper arm
Woman in a white V-neck tee with colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses, flowers and a woman's face on both upper arms and forearms.
Floral and portrait tattoos on both arms
Black and grey close-up photograph of a small outlined tattoo behind an ear, with a silver hoop piercing in the ear above it.
Small outlined shape behind the ear
Two crossed hands on a white background showing a realistic black and grey rose tattoo framed by ornate filigree on the inner wrist and forearm.
Grey rose wrist tattoo with filigree
A grid of brown and gold mehndi-style floral and paisley motifs on a white background, offered as tattoo flash.
Grid of henna-style floral motifs
Black and grey flash drawing of a front-facing owl with scaled chest, striped feathers and bold eyes, on a plain light background.
Symmetrical owl design
Colour tattoo of a zombie LEGO minifigure in a blue jacket with bloody exposed ribs, on the lower leg.
Zombie LEGO minifigure on a calf
Two bare feet on a dark background, one with a colour cartoon blue tang fish tattoo and the other with a colour cartoon clownfish tattoo, both placed on the top of the foot.
Dory and Nemo tattoos on two feet
Fine line infinity symbol and outlined heart tattoo with the words thick and thin, in purple and dark blue ink, on pale skin.
Infinity heart with thick and thin script
Black cursive script reading Hope with a pink awareness ribbon woven through the letters, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Hope script with pink ribbon on the foot
Black and grey peacock feather tattoo with a heart-shaped eye running down a bare leg, placed on the calf.
Peacock feather with heart eye on a leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon cat and a cartoon dog inside a heart frame with pink flowers and a bow, shown on a limb.
Cartoon cat and dog in a heart frame
Small fine line tattoo of an open book in black ink on the upper shoulder near the collarbone, with a red top and bookshelves visible behind.
Open book on a shoulder
Fine line butterfly tattoo with blue and pink swirled wings and black tendrils trailing down the forearm.
Blue and pink butterfly with swirl tail
Black and grey traditional roses with leaves tattooed on the side of a man's neck, with a partly visible banner tattoo on his upper chest.
Black and grey roses on the neck
Black and grey botanical drawing of a clover flower head and trefoil leaves on a long curving stem, in the style of a tattoo flash design.
Clover blossom and leaves line drawing
Black line drawing of a scrolling floral flourish with curling tendrils and small leaf-like swirls on a white background, with no body part shown.
Black scrolling floral flourish design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a dog head in profile above three roses, with the script words misunderstood breed arched overhead, in a traditional style.
Dog portrait with roses and script lettering
Colour tattoo of a red cherry blossom branch with brown stems and pink buds across the lower back, in a botanical style.
Cherry blossom branch on lower back
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a crescent moon and sailboat on an ankle, with splattered ink marks around it.
Crescent moon and sailboat on an ankle
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Promise tattooed along a finger, a lettering design on the hand.
Promise lettering tattoo on a finger
Pen and ink drawing of a barn owl with detailed feather dotwork and botanical leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Ornate barn owl design with leaves
Flash sheet of ornate blackletter capital letters A to Z in black line work with floral flourishes, styled as lettering designs.
Ornate blackletter alphabet A to Z
Colourful geometric band designs and a feather motif, apparently temporary tattoos, on a forearm and hand with a woven bracelet look.
Geometric bracelet-style temporary tattoos on arms
Close-up of a fine line gold script tattoo reading be happy with a trailing underline on the outer upper arm.
Gold script "be happy" on upper arm
Traditional black and grey rose tattoo with bold outlines and stippled shading across the back of a shaved head neck, with a snake and wave tattoo below on the upper back.
Black and grey rose on the back of the neck
Vertical Hebrew lettering tattoo in dark ink on the back of a person's neck, with the head turned away from the camera.
Vertical Hebrew script on the back of the neck
Traditional flash design of a winged woman's face above an hourglass, framed by red roses and gold wings, on an aged parchment background.
Winged woman with hourglass and roses
Pale white ink paisley and mandala tattoo with dotwork detail across the lower back of a person with tanned skin.
White ink paisley design on lower back

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