Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering tattoo on the back of a hand, which rests on a black object wrapped in plastic.
Script lettering tattoo on the hand
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a lion, elephant, leopard, rhinoceros and buffalo with flowers, from shoulder to forearm.
Safari animals realism sleeve
Full arm sleeve tattoo in comic book style showing a Captain America mask, POW and BOOM sound effects and several superhero figures, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Comic book sleeve with superhero faces and POW
Small solid black semicolon tattoo on the outer ankle of a bare foot in profile, photographed against a red fleece blanket.
Semicolon tattoo on an ankle
Black ink pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with closed eyes and flowing hair, with a moon, moths, a bird and skulls, on a cream background.
Woman with moon, moths and skulls design
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on skin, with two words joined by a large infinity loop.
Script lettering in an infinity loop
Black ink drawing of a geometric compass rose with a lotus-like centre, flanked by the letters N, E, S and W, with the quote Listen to your inner compass running up the page.
Compass rose design with inner compass quote
Realistic colour tattoo of two swallows in flight across the outer thigh, with blue heads and backs and shaded brown wings.
Two swallows in flight on a thigh
Two geometric-style cat head tattoos on forearms, one of a black cat with yellow eyes and one of a grey and white cat with orange eyes.
Two cat head tattoos on forearms
Collage of four photographs showing watercolour and fine linework tattoos, including a floral sleeve, a splatter sleeve, a rib piece with a heart outline and a hummingbird on a forearm.
Watercolour and linework tattoos on arms and ribs
Abstract geometric tattoo of a figure in profile with orange and teal washes on a lower leg, styled with black outlines and fragmented lines.
Abstract geometric figure on a lower leg
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an anatomical heart with the word AGAPE in thin capitals above it, on the lower leg.
Anatomical heart with AGAPE lettering
Four black and white panels each show a crescent moon with stars in solid or outline versions, shown as a tattoo design sheet with no body placement.
Crescent moon and stars design sheet
Black ink leopard print spots tattooed down the nape of a woman's neck, photographed from behind with her hair in a bun.
Leopard print spots on the nape of the neck
Pale blue and lavender feather tattoo with a dark outline on the inner forearm.
Feather on an inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a howling wolf head in profile on skin, with soft black shading and red and yellow tones.
Howling wolf head in brown, red and yellow tones
Black and grey photo of a small angular symbol tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, with their hair worn in a bun.
Small symbol tattoo on the nape
Palm of a hand under UV light with four small glowing outline symbols on the fingers: a triangle with a circle and line, an anchor, a heart and a circular emblem.
Four glowing symbols on fingers under UV light
Black and grey forest silhouette armband tattoo with a small moon and soft clouds, wrapped around the inner forearm.
Forest silhouette armband on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and linework rose tattoo on the side of a person's head, with a thorned stem running down behind the ear.
Black and grey rose on the side of head
Black Eye of Horus tattoo with dotted rays on the side of a ribcage, partly covered by white fabric.
Eye of Horus with dotted rays on ribs
Black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with scrolled flourishes above and below and an attribution to e.e. cummings.
Quote lettering across upper back
Close photo of a teal ribbon tattoo beside a black outlined swirling heart on the inner forearm.
Teal ribbon and swirl heart on a forearm
Two black and grey plague doctor tattoos, one on the upper arm with a bird on the shoulder and a dotted moon, and one on the forearm, both in blackwork and dotwork style.
Two plague doctor tattoos in black and grey
Black cursive lettering reading Stay Strong with small blue watercolour swallows flying across it on a plain grey background.
Stay Strong script with blue swallows
Flash sheet of eight retro patch-style designs in Traditional style, including a panther, a sailor, a duck, a whale, a penguin and a Road Queens speedway emblem, with no body placement shown.
Retro patch-style flash sheet of animals and sailors
Black and white photo of a person's bare back with a fine line column of planetary and astrological symbols running down the spine.
Planetary symbols down the spine
Realism style Halloween sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, showing a skull-faced character, carved jack-o-lanterns, a bare tree and snowflakes in mostly grey shading with coloured pumpkins.
Halloween sleeve with skull character and pumpkins
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with green flower eyes and red roses, shown on the forearm.
Owl and sugar skull with roses
Fine line pink infinity symbol with the word love written in script across it, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Infinity symbol and love script on a wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunflower with green stem, leaves and roots running down the calf.
Realistic sunflower with roots on a calf
Colour dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing stylised houses, trees and a small bird on a hill.
Village houses and trees sleeve on an arm
Full-colour traditional-style tattoo of a peacock with a curved neck and eye-patterned tail spanning a bare back.
Peacock tattoo across a back
Flash sheet of flourished script numerals from 1 to 20 in black linework, with looping tails, shown as tattoo design options.
Flourished script numerals 1 to 20
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose, white daisies, pansies and a blue butterfly covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic floral sleeve with rose and daisies
Black and grey drawing of two large monarch butterflies with smaller butterflies scattered around them, a tattoo design for use on skin.
Monarch butterflies in flight
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs with chevrons, diamonds, triangles, a wave with dots, a leaf vine and a lattice band.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoo sheet
Black tribal flash design of a stacked, symmetrical arrangement of skull-like faces and swirling ornamental motifs on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical tribal skull design
Close photo of a single blue arrow and loop symbol tattoo on a forearm, drawn in a simple outlined style.
Arrow and loop symbol on a forearm
Rust-coloured tribal design of a leaping wolf with knotwork patterns across its body and a curled tail, shown on a pale textured background.
Tribal knotwork wolf leaping design
White fine line infinity symbol on a black background, with the word blessed written in script along its lower right loop, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script blessed
Full arm sleeve in realism style on the upper arm and forearm, featuring a grey hockey mask, a Bates Motel sign, a gas mask and red accents.
Horror sleeve with hockey mask and motel sign
Abstract tattoo of black, red, green and blue shapes, circles and fine lines covering a forearm.
Abstract colour shapes on a forearm
Coloured pencil drawing of a green, blue and brown butterfly above black swirling vines and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Butterfly and swirling vine design
Metallic gold and silver diamond motifs with chain detail across the chest and midriff of a tanned torso, in a bikini top.
Gold diamond chest and midriff design
Digital flash design of red roses woven through black and grey tribal swirls and spikes, drawn for a sleeve-length tattoo.
Red roses with black and grey tribal swirls
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a tear-streaked eye, with German lettering, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic woman's face with tear on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a patterned elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant on upper back

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