Tattoo ideas

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

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A hand drawing a black and grey spider web design with bold, swooping tribal-style strokes on white paper.
Spider web tattoo design being drawn in marker
Fine line tattoo of three arrows pointing right across the side of a ribcage, partly covered by a striped top.
Three arrows on the ribs
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm showing scissors, thread spools, a measuring tape and a ribbon banner reading Create.
Sewing tools and Create banner on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo forming a ring on the upper back, with the wearer's hair in a bun above it.
Circular script tattoo on upper back
Woman seen from behind with five small brown maple leaf tattoos scattered across her upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Falling maple leaves across a shoulder blade
Fine line black tattoos of seven chakra lotus designs stacked down the spine of a bare back, with dreadlocks at the top of the frame.
Seven chakra lotus tattoos down the spine
Black and grey tattoo of a hunched dark creature with wide eyes and a flaming tail, on a person's lower abdomen.
Dark creature with flaming tail on the stomach
Woman seen from behind in a white lace dress with an open back, showing a black fishbone-style tattoo running down her spine, walking on sand dunes.
Fishbone spine tattoo on a woman's back
Colourful cartoon collage tattoo on a forearm, with a Mario-style character, a Rubik's cube and speech bubble lettering.
Cartoon collage tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a simple dog face with pointed ears, dot eyes and a dot nose, placed on the ankle above a dark trainer.
Line drawn dog face on an ankle
Black outline tattoo of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on the neck behind an ear, with a red bow on Minnie.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse behind the ear
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of red and purple poppies, a peach peony and wheat on the thigh, with green leaves and orange scrollwork.
Poppies and peony on a thigh
Flash sheet of twenty-four black and white anchor designs, many with crosses, shields, rope and an octopus, in traditional and line-art styles.
Anchor and cross flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a white koi fish with blue flowing fins and purple markings on the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Blue and purple koi fish on a foot
Fine line black outline tattoo of three plumeria flowers clustered together on the upper back or shoulder.
Three plumeria flowers in outline
Black and grey flash sheet of four cross-stitch style tattoo designs: lettering reading thug life, an ornate scroll, a heart with the word mom, and an anchor.
Cross-stitch style flash sheet of four designs
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo on the back of a wrist, styled as a dotted chain bracelet with a small diamond and crescent moons, placed on the hand.
Fine line chain bracelet on the wrist
Man in a coral t-shirt, dark rolled-cuff jeans and brown leather boots, with dense black and grey tattoo sleeves on both arms.
Tattooed arms with jeans and boots
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing the Mad Hatter in a top hat labelled In this Style 10/6, with a White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts above on a checkerboard background.
Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and Queen of Hearts on a calf
Collage of three photos: a cartoon rabbit tattoo on a foot, a colourful carriage tattoo with blue birds and stars, and black linework on a forearm beside a small dog.
Three tattoo photos: cartoon rabbit, carriage, linework
Collage of three botanical tattoos: a purple leaf stencil being placed on an upper arm, a pink peony on a thigh, and blue cornflowers on a hip.
Botanical tattoos: leaves, peony and cornflowers
Two side-by-side photos: on the left, an outline triangle on a pale forearm and a solid black triangle on a darker forearm; on the right, two fine line infinity-style love tattoos on fingers.
Triangles on forearms and love on fingers
Neo-traditional style flash design of a robed skeleton figure in a red gown and teal cloak, with a golden halo, starry background and marigolds, with no body placement shown.
Robed skeleton figure with marigolds
Blue UV-reactive tattoo of a stag with large antlers and flowing smoke-like swirls on a leg, lit by blacklight.
Glowing stag tattoo under UV light
Back of a person with a sketchy, watercolour-style tattoo of clothes pegged on a washing line and a figure, in black linework with blue, pink and green washes.
Watercolour washing line across the back
Small fine line tattoo of a fuzzy black soot sprite with big eyes and two orange and yellow stars, on the outside of an ankle.
Fuzzy soot sprite with stars on an ankle
Realistic owl with pink flowers and green shading tattooed across the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey owl and sugar skull tattoo with a dark red rose on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl and sugar skull on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a green and rainbow mythical creature with swirling flame-like scrolls and golden bells, on the outer thigh.
Colourful mythical creature with swirls on a thigh
Two people with matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, one reading you'll keep me wild and the other you'll keep me safe, in black ink.
Matching script quotes on two sets of ribs
Colour realism tattoo of two sunflowers with grey shaded leaves and stems running down the side of the ribs.
Two sunflowers with leaves on the side ribs
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos with chevron, honeycomb and dot patterns on a hand, forearm, calf and ankles.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on legs and hands
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we live with the scars we choose' on the side of the torso.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the side
Close up of a small fine line tattoo of three outlined triangles stacked vertically on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three stacked outline triangles on a wrist
Black ink tattoos of book spines, quotation marks and handwritten script quotes across a man's crossed forearms, in fine line style.
Book spines and literary quotes on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon bow and scrollwork frame with the words I gave them life, they gave me a reason to live, on the outer thigh.
Ribbon bow and scroll with script on thigh
Fine line tattoo of a small blue paper aeroplane with a dotted trail, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Paper aeroplane with dotted trail on collarbone
Black script lettering tattoo reading Philippians 4:13 on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Scripture verse in script on upper back
A mermaid silhouette filled with black mandala and scale patterns on a dark background, shaded pink to teal to blue, shown as a drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Mandala-patterned mermaid drawing
Black script lettering tattoo on the outer thigh, set in four lines of text reading a quote about forgiveness.
Quote lettering on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with water droplets and leaves on an upper arm, with a ribbon swirl running behind them.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Close-up of a shaded teal scale pattern tattoo on a hip, with a pink thong waistband crossing the design.
Teal scale pattern on a hip
Colour tattoo of a green 3D dollar sign and an ace of spades playing card with grey shading on the upper arm.
Dollar sign and ace of spades on upper arm
Black ink drawing of many small symbols on a white background, including suns, horses, eyes, crescent moons, spirals and zigzags, shown as a design sheet rather than on skin.
Sheet of ink symbols and pictograms
Colourful abstract planet tattoo with splatter and dotwork on an upper arm and forearm, crossed by teal and purple diagonal lines.
Planet and splatter sleeve with diagonal lines
Colourful cartoon collage tattoo on a forearm, with a red cartoon character, a blue character, the words YO! RAPS, a green cube and dotwork splatter.
Cartoon collage tattoo on a forearm
Black linework Vitruvian figure in a circle and square on a calf, with magenta, orange and blue watercolour washes and mirrored script above and below.
Vitruvian figure with watercolour wash on a calf
Back view of a person in a cap and black t-shirt, showing a black-ink rifle tattoo on the upper arm.
Rifle tattoo on upper arm

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