Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour tattoo of a flying swallow with red throat and dark blue head on the outer ankle and lower leg.
Flying swallow on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeleton in a fedora and suit playing a double bass, across the ribs.
Skeleton double bass player on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull and a sailing ship with billowing sails on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and sailing ship on an upper arm
Colour realism portrait tattoo of a young child in a skull bandana and beaded necklace on the calf.
Realistic child portrait on a calf
Line drawing flash design of a ribboned banner reading I solemnly swear I am up to no good, above a trail of black footprints.
Banner quote with footprint trail
Tribal-style phoenix design in red, orange and yellow, with swept wings and a flame tail, drawn on an aged parchment background.
Tribal phoenix in red and yellow flames
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's profile in a beaded headpiece within an art deco fan and checkerboard design, on the forearm.
Art deco woman profile on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a giraffe's head and long neck with ossicones and spotted markings, placed on a lower leg.
Giraffe head portrait on a calf
Black ink drawing of an Om style symbol with a crescent, teardrop and dotted lines above and below, on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Om symbol with dotted line design
Back view of a person in a studded leather vest with a black spotted pattern tattoo on the upper arm and smaller tattoos on the forearm and hand.
Black spotted tattoo on upper arm
Close photo of a small fine line crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist, with a raised hand and red painted nails.
Small crescent moon on the wrist
Two colour neo-traditional tattoos side by side, a lioness with flowers on the thigh and a lion with a swirling mane on the upper arm.
Lioness and lion neo-trad tattoos
Black outline drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling wings and a curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Stylised phoenix line drawing
Colourful flowing ribbons rise from black outlined upright pianos with scattered sheet music, a tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Coloured ribbons rising from pianos on ribs
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon robot hugging a brown beer bottle with a small red heart above, in a traditional style on the ankle.
Cartoon robot holding a beer bottle on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and a leaf running down a forearm against a dark background.
Realistic black and grey roses on a forearm
Black and white photo from behind of a woman with a messy bun, showing a small fine line script tattoo reading imagine with a peace sign beneath it on the back of the neck.
Imagine script with peace sign on the nape
Black and grey police box tattoo with blue ink splashes on the upper arm, shaded in a sketchy, painterly style.
Police box with blue ink splashes
Black and red abstract bird tattoo with dotwork and a geometric lattice across the shoulder and upper arm.
Abstract bird and geometric pattern on upper arm
Realistic green-toned tattoo of the Hulk tearing through skin on an upper arm, with clenched fists and a snarling face.
Hulk bursting through torn skin on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope, with a red lotus and teal leaves and blue flame-like lines behind it, on the inner forearm.
Anchor and lotus on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a helmeted warrior's eyes and brow on an upper arm, shown in brown, bronze and blue tones.
Realistic warrior helmet and eyes on an upper arm
Outline tattoo covering a whole back, showing an anime-style bathhouse, a girl character, a masked spirit, soot sprites and clouds, in black linework on fresh skin.
Anime bathhouse scene back piece in outline
Handwritten script reading "We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, ok?" beside a blue TARDIS tattoo on the upper chest.
Quote and TARDIS on the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a stylised geometric animal with dotwork patterns and circular dot stems on a person's calf, in green, mustard and black linework.
Geometric animal and dot motifs on a calf
Black ink flash drawing of a molecular structure with two hexagonal rings inside a dotwork stippled circle, with dotted line ends, shown on cream paper.
Stippled molecule design
Black and grey realism style dandelion tattoo on the ribs with drifting seeds and the words behaving as the wind behaves along the stem.
Dandelion seeds and script on ribs
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face make-up and flowing red hair, shown on a limb.
Sugar skull woman portrait on a limb
Black and grey realism tattoo of a kneeling winged figure with light rays behind, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Winged figure with light rays on upper arm
Two people's inner forearms show matching fine line black tattoos of a heart merged with an infinity symbol.
Matching heart and infinity tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of a fine-line lettering tattoo reading abis volat propriis on the lower back, above a dark waistband.
Latin script line tattoo on lower back
Fine line black ink tattoo of the outlines of Texas and Ohio overlapping on the inner forearm.
Texas and Ohio state outlines on a forearm
Colour daisy flowers linked by black swirling vines run down the back of a woman, a botanical tattoo on the back.
Daisy vine down the back
Black and grey tattoo of the Cheshire Cat lying along the lower back above a studded belt and jeans.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on the lower back
Owl tattoo standing on a stack of books on the forearm, tied by a long line to a red balloon and crescent moon, with lace-like clouds behind.
Owl on books with balloon on forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue police box in front of a dark, swirling textured background with a circular ring and red markers, on the upper arm.
Blue police box in a swirling vortex on an arm
Colour tattoo of Pinocchio's face in a yellow hat with a red feather, shaded to look three-dimensional, on a person's stomach.
Pinocchio face on the stomach
Small red lettering reading Fearless on the inner forearm of a woman whose hand rests on a steering wheel.
Fearless word tattoo on a forearm
Flash sheet of gold and grey mandala floral designs, with the code VH-235 printed at the bottom, shown without any body placement.
Gold and grey mandala temporary tattoo sheet
Black line drawing of a stylised lotus flower with a swirling tribal-style stem above and an Om symbol below, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Lotus flower with Om symbol design
Pencil drawing of a shaded rose tattoo design with a swirling vine, hanging drops and a small rose with a yin yang symbol at the base.
Shaded rose with swirling vine and yin yang
Black dotwork and fine line pyramid above the words 'the world is a wonderfully weird place' in typewriter-style text, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Pyramid and quote on a forearm
Traditional colour sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with an eagle, crown, sunrise and rose above a banner reading MOM.
Traditional colour arm sleeve with eagle and rose
Black and grey realism tattoo of a figure in a long dark robe with a curved horn-like form above the head, on the lower leg.
Black and grey figure in a long robe on a calf
Black line drawing design of a guitar neck whose body forms a treble clef with a peace sign inside its loop, with thin swirling lines behind the neck.
Guitar neck, treble clef and peace sign design
Black script lettering quote across the lower leg above the ankle, with blue and orange swirling star shapes in colour.
Script quote with swirling stars on lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, winged figures and script lettering across a man's upper arm, shoulder, back and ribs.
Black and grey roses and script on back and arm
Close view of a solid red tattoo band with dripping edges around the upper arm, shown against a grey sleeveless top.
Red dripping band on upper arm

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