Tattoo ideas

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

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Full-colour realism tattoo of green lilies and peacock feathers running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Lilies and peacock feathers on the side ribs
Black and grey realism pocket watch with Roman numerals and a rose on a forearm, with script lettering above and characters at the wrist.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing Anubis seated between hanging scales, with a winged Eye of Horus above and a pyramid and sun below.
Anubis and Eye of Horus on a forearm
Black solid-ink flash design of a crescent moon above a vertical column of dots, a ringed planet and a circle with two small white dots, shown on a white background.
Crescent moon and planet dot design
Colour fine line tattoo on a forearm of coloured planet balloons rising from an astronaut and a girl standing on a blue night sky.
Planet balloons held by an astronaut and a girl
Black script lettering reading I'd Rather Die On My Feet Than Live On My Knees runs across the upper arm in lettering style.
Script quote lettering across the upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an acoustic guitar and a shaded white rose with leaves and scrolls across the upper arm and shoulder.
Guitar and rose on upper arm and shoulder
Black tribal-style dragon design with sweeping spiked wings and a flowing tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal dragon design
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork featuring hexagons and a central mandala motif, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Geometric blackwork sleeve on arm
Botanical tattoo of a skull formed from bare branches with small pastel flowers, on a person's shoulder and upper back.
Branch skull with flowers on a shoulder
Black line drawing of a sailing ship above a curling banner reading IT IS NOT DOWN ON ANY MAP TRUE PLACES NEVER ARE, with waves below, in a traditional style.
Ship and banner quote design
Fine line black script tattoo of the word beautiful rising diagonally across the inner forearm.
Beautiful script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading Vienna waits for you in cursive script on the inner wrist, shown against a patterned rug.
Script quote reading Vienna waits for you on a wrist
Close-up of a typewriter-style quote, 'Art Is The Weapon Imagination IS The Ammunition', in black ink with multicoloured watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Quote with watercolour splashes on the ribs
Grey realism elephant tattoo with orange, yellow, blue and green watercolour splashes, shown on the upper arm from three angles.
Watercolour elephant on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dreamcatcher with feathers, beads and flowers across a person's upper back.
Dreamcatcher with flowers on upper back
Black and grey winged heart tattoo with the script words Only God knows why, on the top of a foot.
Winged heart and script on a foot
Colour realism tattoo of a barn owl in blue, teal and purple tones on the upper arm.
Barn owl on an upper arm
Fine black linework tattoo of a single vertical line with two heartbeat-style spikes running down the inside of a forearm.
Heartbeat line on a forearm
Black fine-line lace mandala with a feather and dangling chains tattooed on the upper thigh, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Lace mandala with dangling feather
Small script tattoo on the upper back of a woman in a burgundy backless dress and wide-brimmed hat.
Small script word on upper back
Sample sheet of fifteen tattoo-style lettering fonts in black and red, with names such as Billion Stars and Bleeding Cowboys, under a playing card spade emblem.
Free tattoo fonts sample sheet
Black tribal-style line drawing of a panther walking towards the viewer on a white background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Tribal panther walking, black line design
Colour tattoo of a seahorse with a yellow and grey armoured body, pink fin and green eye, set against blue watercolour splashes on a leg.
Colour seahorse with blue splashes on a leg
Grey fine line compass rose tattoo with script letters N, E, S and W, placed on the ankle.
Compass rose on an ankle
Three black and white photos of single-line fine line tattoos: a penguin on the upper leg, a pine tree on the upper arm and a seated fox on the thigh.
Line art penguin, pine tree and fox tattoos
Close-up of a small fine line elephant outline tattoo in black ink on the side of the ribs, with a red bikini top visible above.
Small elephant outline on the ribs
Black fine-lined heartbeat trace with two crosses, a pink ribbon loop and the script text Proverbs 31:25 on the inner forearm.
Heartbeat line with crosses and ribbon
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull with smoke swirls across a forearm.
Crowned skull on a forearm
Small black and grey tattoo of a swallow in flight, with soft shading on the wings, on pale skin.
Swallow in flight in black and grey
Hand with red nails resting on ripped jeans, showing fine line chevron and bar tattoos on the fingers and black lettering tattoo on the thigh.
Finger line tattoos and lettering on thigh
Small black silhouette tattoo of three birds in flight on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up against a dark background.
Three birds in flight on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with shaded petals climbing up the outer thigh.
Cherry blossom branch on a thigh
Black tribal sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with spirals, triangles and bold curved bands.
Tribal blackwork sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail on the left side of a person's ribs.
Red-haired mermaid on a side ribcage
Small coloured tattoo of a cartoon child with dark hair in red trousers reaching towards a red apple, on the top of a bare foot.
Cartoon child and apple on a foot
Collage of six small black fine line tattoos: stars near the collarbone, an arrow and a crescent moon on fingers, a chevron on the back of the neck, a music note on a finger and a small bird on the
Tiny fine line tattoos on neck, fingers and wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a hood, with a rose above her head, on an upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait with rose on arm
Colour tattoo of red roses, green leaves and a small fairy with swirling vines along a person's side from the ribs to the hip.
Floral swirls and fairy on the side ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a faceted helmet with a small antenna on the inner forearm.
Geometric helmet on a forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a compass with a reddish tint on the face, set over a faded world map on the forearm.
Compass and world map on a forearm
Full-length view of a person in a black dress with a grey tattoo sleeve on one arm, including a skull, and a star tattoo on the leg.
Skull arm sleeve and star tattoo on legs
Black and grey tattoo of a wide-eyed owl perched on a dreamcatcher with three hanging feathers, on the lower leg.
Owl and dreamcatcher on a leg
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with purple eye makeup and lips, seen through torn skin on the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman tearing through skin on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a wishbone on the upper arm near the elbow, with a raised arm and grey sleeve.
Small wishbone tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of daisies and wildflowers with leaves and buds on the outer thigh, with a woman lifting a patterned skirt beside it.
Wildflower bouquet on a thigh
Drawing of a rose design with a red looping outline bloom, black stem and two black leaves on a white background, with no body part shown.
Single rose line drawing design
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design with two hearts, roses and banners reading Family and Trust, shown without a body placement.
Hearts, roses and banners tattoo design

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