Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a woman's hand with a black ornamental filigree band tattooed around the wrist and running onto the forearm.
Black filigree wrist band tattoo
Colour tattoo of three sea turtles in teal, purple and orange on the outside of an ankle.
Three sea turtles on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant head within a geometric mandala frame on the ankle.
Elephant head in geometric frame on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a solid bird in flight with the words take me far written in script on a line that ends in an arrow, on the upper back.
Bird in flight with 'take me far' script
Three black tribal-style sea turtle designs on a white background, one with a plumeria flower and lei border, one with a central leaf motif, and one with a sunburst pattern.
Three tribal sea turtle designs
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a beetle and a skeletal bird with fern sprigs across two forearms.
Beetle and bird skeleton on forearms
Rainbow paint splatter tattoo across a forearm, with purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red blotches running from the elbow towards the wrist.
Rainbow paint splatter on a forearm
Small black paw print tattoo on the top of a foot near the little toes, with purple painted toenails, on a light bedsheet.
Small paw print tattoo on the top of a foot
Black ink lace-style mandala tattoo with petal shapes and hanging drops on the ankle and top of the foot.
Black lace mandala tattoo on the ankle
Six black script lettering samples of the word 'Ohana on a white background, shown as tattoo flash in varying weights and flourishes.
'Ohana lettering in several script styles
Realistic black and grey roses with swirling vine linework running down the side of a person's back and ribs.
Black and grey roses and swirls down the side and back
Full forearm sleeve of soft blue clouds on skin against a black background, with a painterly, realistic sky effect.
Blue cloud sleeve on an arm
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic open rose with curling leaves, designed as a tattoo flash for a botanical piece.
Shaded rose with leaves in pencil
Colour realism floral sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring a large red rose, purple pansies, white daisies and a blue butterfly.
Floral colour sleeve with rose and butterfly
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading til death along a finger, with a blurred background.
Til death script on a finger
Fine line ink drawing of a dreamcatcher with a spiral web, three feathers and dangling chains, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and chains
Black line drawing of a calligraphic scroll flourish with interlocking loops and ball terminals on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Scroll flourish divider design
Small black fine line chevron tattoo on the wrist, with a hand resting on a black and white patterned fabric.
Small chevron tattoo on the wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of an ornamental animal outline on the upper back, photographed close up beside a pale pink top strap.
Ornamental animal on upper back
Black line drawing of the Eye of Ra, an ankh and the Eye of Horus, with English and German captions beneath each symbol.
Eye of Ra, ankh and Eye of Horus symbols
Black dotwork tattoo of a symmetrical ornament on the forearm, joined by a fine dotted line to a matching motif on the palm.
Dotwork ornament on forearm and palm
Three black and white rose tattoo designs on a flash sheet, one with dotted shading and leaves, one open bloom with an outlined bud, and one with dotwork shading and leaves.
Three rose designs on a flash sheet
Black fine line tattoo on the side ribs of a person, showing a heartbeat line that forms a cross on the left and a heart on the right, with the words Faith Hope Love beneath.
Heartbeat cross and heart on the ribs
Watercolour-style abstract tattoo of orange, pink and blue splashes with black ink lines, running down a leg from thigh to calf.
Watercolour splash leg tattoo
Black Arabic script reading Just breathe, with the English translation in a typewriter-style serif beneath, on a plain white background.
Arabic lettering reading Just breathe
Sheet of thirty black single-line drawings of animals and sea creatures in a fine line style, shown as tattoo design flash on a white background.
Single-line animal designs sheet
Black and grey realistic pocket watch tattoo with Roman numerals and a looping chain and T-bar across the forearm.
Pocket watch and chain on a forearm
Back of a person's neck showing a small fine line outline tattoo of a hammerhead shark in black ink, with hair tied up in a bun.
Hammerhead shark outline on the neck
Realistic black and grey pencil drawing of a sleeve design with sparrows, hummingbirds, roses, feathers and the script The sky is the limit.
Birds, roses and script sleeve design
Colour tattoo of falling autumn leaves and swirling script reading I am a leaf on the wind watch how I soar, on the outer thigh, with a green vine tattoo above it.
Autumn leaves and script quote on a thigh
Blue and black peacock tattoo running from the thigh down the calf of a seated woman in a black thong and heels.
Peacock tattoo running down a leg
Black tribal-style dragon head and sweeping wings drawn as a solid silhouette on white paper, a design suitable for a blackwork tattoo.
Tribal dragon head and wings
Grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo on the top of a foot, with a hand dusting orange powder beside it using a brush.
Mandala tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of two cartoon white cats with pink daisies, a teal backdrop and a Darling banner, placed on the calf.
Two cartoon cats and daisies on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of open books turning into flying birds, rising up the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Books turning into birds on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand with coral nail polish against a plain white background.
Small semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Close-up of a black and grey mandala tattoo with layered petals and fine detail on a shoulder, beside a pearl necklace.
Black mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of pink satin ribbons laced up the backs of both calves, finished with bows at the lower leg.
Pink ribbon lacing on both calves
Black and grey photo of a small solid anchor tattoo on the back of an ankle, resting on a patterned bedsheet.
Small anchor on an ankle
Black and white flash design of a skull with a snake coiling through it, drawn in bold linework with no body placement shown.
Skull and snake tattoo design
Realism style tattoo on a forearm showing piano keys, torn sheet music and a hand playing, with a blue rose at the bottom.
Piano keys, hand and rose on a forearm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a koi fish, lotus flowers and a red maple leaf wrapping around an upper arm and shoulder.
Koi fish and lotus flowers on an upper arm
Small red and blue butterfly tattoo on the ankle, with shaded pink wings, blue edges and thin red antennae.
Red and blue butterfly on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hummingbird feeding from a trumpet-shaped flower, with leaves and vines, on the lower leg.
Hummingbird and flower on a calf
Black and grey geometric lotus tattoo with dotwork shading on a person's lower abdomen, above open denim jeans.
Geometric lotus on the lower abdomen
Split image: on the left, colour tattoos of Finn and Jake from Adventure Time on two limbs; on the right, black and grey dotwork tattoos of a doe and a stag on two forearms.
Adventure Time and deer tattoos on forearms
Black compass rose tattoo with a solid eight-point star inside dotted and solid rings, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Compass rose on the inner forearm
Pencil drawing of a biomechanical design showing torn skin peeling back to reveal pipes, a cylindrical mechanism and gears, in black and grey shading.
Biomechanical torn skin design with gears

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