Tattoo ideas

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

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Flash design of a pistol with a spade cutout at the top, with vines, pink flowers, feathers and a dandelion trailing down beneath it.
Pistol with trailing flowers and vines
Forearm tattoo of a green flying figure silhouette above the black script Take me to Neverland, with a dotted green trail.
Peter Pan silhouette and Neverland script on forearm
Black ink design of an owl perched on a stylised calligraphic branch with dots, drawn on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Owl perched on a stylised calligraphic branch
Small black Botanical tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying off it, on the inner wrist of a hand held up in the photo.
Bare tree and birds on a wrist
Colour tattoo on an ankle with orange, red, green and blue paint-like washes, black ink splatters and outlined circles.
Watercolour splash and bubbles on an ankle
Neo-traditional butterfly tattoo with purple shaded wings and a realistic eye in each wing, placed on the side of the ribs.
Butterfly wings with eyes on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeletal drum major in a plumed shako hat and baton, with lettering above and below, on the side of the ribs.
Skeleton drum major on ribs
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the ankle, drawn in fine line style.
Compass rose on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of bare birch trees with two small birds perched on the branches, shown on the side of the torso.
Birch trees and birds in black and grey
Black and grey flash design of Jack Skellington and Sally in a sugar skull style, with roses, pumpkins and blackletter lettering, with no body placement shown.
Jack and Sally blackletter design
Three photographs of a small black fine line wave tattoo on the wrist or forearm, shown against the sea, on pale skin and on darker skin.
Small wave tattoos on the wrist
Fine line tattoo of a grey cat and a pink-eared rabbit with a flowing script letter on the inner forearm.
Cat and rabbit with script on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a stylised phoenix with spread wings and a long, flowing tail of feathers, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Pencil sketch of a phoenix in flight
Traditional style tattoo of an eye shedding teardrops above a tree with leaves, red berries and roots on an upper arm.
Eye and tree with roots on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a Halloween graveyard scene with jack-o'-lanterns, a bare tree, bats and a haunted house across an upper arm.
Halloween graveyard scene on upper arm
Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with blue waves, peony-like flowers, clouds and a white moon, photographed against a grey background.
Japanese wave and flower arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of cartoon characters Shaggy and Scooby-Doo in front of a haunted house on a forearm, with the word ZOINKS lettered along the bottom.
Shaggy and Scooby-Doo with haunted house on forearm
Forearm with a botanical tattoo of a purple beetroot and leaves, held beside a real beetroot on a pavement.
Beetroot tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a black brush-stroke heart pierced by a vertical arrow, surrounded by teal, purple, orange and pink watercolour splashes on skin.
Brush heart with arrow and watercolour splashes
Black and grey skeleton key tattoo with the word Home written in script inside the ornate bow, on a lower limb.
Skeleton key tattoo with Home script
Fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with the script words Love you more between the loops, the left loop in grey and the right in green, on skin.
Infinity symbol with 'Love you more' script
Two matching black and grey mandala tattoos on the inner forearms, one on each arm, with bangles and a turquoise bead bracelet above.
Matching mandala tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey flash sheet of mid-century motifs including starbursts, sparkles, diamonds, fish and boomerang shapes, with no body or tattoo shown.
Mid-century starburst and atomic flash sheet
Traditional style colour tattoo of a Ford V8 badge with a red, blue and black shield and orange flames, on a forearm.
Ford V8 badge with flames
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a Roman numeral clock, a man in a top hat and coat, and a street scene beneath an EAST END LONDON sign.
Victorian London sleeve with clock and street scene
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a rolled bundle of banknotes, flames and bold script lettering in a lettering style.
Banknotes, flames and lettering on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full golden mane on the upper arm and shoulder, shown in a close photograph.
Lion portrait on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of a curling octopus tentacle with detailed suckers and textured shading, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Curling tentacle design with suckers
A vertical column of fourteen blue watercolour arrows in varied head and fletching styles, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet on white.
Column of blue watercolour arrows
Black line drawing of a geometric tattoo design: a vertical staff with a pennant-like top, crossed arrows, a ring, bars, a curved arrow and wave lines, shown on a white background.
Geometric staff with arrows and waves
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm of a paper plane with a dashed flight path looping beneath it and the words Act on your impulse running along the path.
Paper plane and dashed flight path on forearm
Colour tattoo of pink cherry blossom flowers on dark branches, wrapping up the ankle and lower leg.
Cherry blossom branch on an ankle
Two black and grey fine line tattoos of a small outlined circle with two short slanted strokes inside, one on the inner wrist of each of two people.
Matching circle symbol tattoos on two wrists
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing pink hair and a blue and green tail, placed on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour mermaid on the side ribs
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with shaded feathers and flowers across a person's upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Dreamcatcher with flowers on a back
Black and grey flash drawing of an ornate keyblade with a bow at the top and a heart-shaped cutout in its round guard, on a white background.
Ornate keyblade with heart and bow
Two colour tattoos: a night castle with a moon and stars on an upper arm and a castle in a glowing sky inside a leafy globe with a Hogwarts banner on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Castle night scenes on upper arm and forearm
Back view of a woman with a small solid black ring tattoo on the back of her neck, her hair in an updo and large gold disc earrings visible.
Small black ring tattoo on the neck
Colourful folk-style floral tattoo running down the outer side of a lower leg from below the knee, with red, purple, blue and orange flowers and green leaves.
Folk floral vine down a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring lion with a full mane, covering the upper arm and part of the shoulder.
Roaring lion on upper arm
Two tree design drawings side by side: a black linework tree of life with roots inside a circle on the left, and a colourful swirling tree with a braided trunk on the right.
Tree of life designs in ink and colour
Colour traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman with bangs, a blue feather fan and teal clouds across an upper arm and shoulder.
Pin-up woman with feather fan on upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style sleeve design showing a samurai mask, koi, dragon, peony and waves, with no body part visible.
Japanese sleeve design with samurai, koi and dragon
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a pink axolotl with dotwork and geometric patterns, yellow circles and a flower bud, across the upper arm and forearm.
Axolotl full arm sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a clown-like character with smeared white and purple face paint and orange hair, on a calf.
Painted clown portrait on a calf
Black ink mandala and lace-style tattoo across the back of a hand and down the wrist and forearm, in a blackwork style.
Black mandala lace tattoo on hand and wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a sombrero with a zigzag band and a bandolier on the upper arm, shaded in soft grey tones.
Sombrero and bandolier on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with a black fine line script tattoo running vertically down the side of her back, placed beside her shoulder blade.
Fine script lettering down the back

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