Tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of a stylised flower bud at the top of a vine with curling spiral tendrils, a botanical flash design on a white background.
Stylised flower bud with swirling vine
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey swallow carrying a branch of pink blossom, placed on the upper back.
Swallow carrying a blossom branch on the back
Flash sheet of eight fine line Wanderlust designs in cream ink on a dark background, including hamsa hands, mountains, sunbursts and script lettering.
Wanderlust line-art flash sheet of eight designs
Black and grey tattoo of three arrows tied together with a cord on the upper arm, with grey shading on the fletching.
Three arrows bound with cord on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine script lettering tattoo reading Freedom Beauty Truth Love across a person's ribs, with a dark lace band at the hip.
Freedom Beauty Truth Love script on ribs
Black and grey realism wings on the lower back, one with a gold halo and one with small horns, flanking script reading Angel for some and Demon for others.
Angel and demon wings with script on lower back
Colour Japanese style tiger tattoo with clouds and waves covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Tiger and waves on an upper arm sleeve
Black line drawing of an ornate peacock with a swirling head plume and long decorative tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Ornate peacock line drawing
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red sun, cherry blossom, lotus flowers and sushi across the upper arm.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with blossom on upper arm
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a four-petal lotus shape around a downward triangle inside a circle, set within a square outline.
Geometric lotus and triangle on a forearm
Black script lettering reading I'll never give up, I'm a fighter across the inner upper arm, with a few small red marks near the text.
Script quote on the upper arm
A held-up paper form titled Typical girl tattoo form, with black line drawings of an anchor, an infinity symbol with the word Word, a dreamcatcher, a feather and a flock of birds.
Tattoo design sheet with anchor and dreamcatcher
Black ink tattoo of two running shoe sole prints on the shoulder, one reading 13.1 miles and the other 26.2 miles.
Two running shoe prints with mileage text
Half sleeve on an upper arm showing a sketchy black and grey portrait of a woman in profile, with a red streak, a red umbrella and stairs below, in a realism style.
Woman portrait sleeve with red umbrella
Flash drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirling linework and dotwork, shaded in teal, blue and red, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in teal and red
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the o replaced by a purple awareness ribbon and a semicolon ending in a green ribbon.
Hope script with ribbon on wrist
Colour tattoo of a baseball seam shaped like a home plate, with red stitching and soft blue and orange shading, on the lower leg above a grey sock with purple trim.
Baseball seam tattoo on a lower leg
Watercolour-style botanical tattoos of cherry blossom and lavender running down both lower legs and onto the ankles.
Watercolour blossom and lavender on both legs
Colour realism tattoo of a green-faced man in a fedora, lifting his hat brim, with an orange glow behind him, on the calf.
Green-faced man in a fedora on a calf
Brown line drawing of a tree with ornate swirling foliage, flowers and a dragonfly above long, curling roots, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling tree with spreading roots
Black fine line geometric arrow tattoo running vertically along the forearm, with a triangular head, chevron fletching and stacked horizontal lines.
Geometric arrow on a forearm
Black line drawing of gladiolus flowers on tall stems with two butterflies, in a botanical fine line style, suitable as a tattoo design.
Gladiolus and butterflies line drawing
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with an eye in a triangle and heart-shaped rays, on the thigh.
Skull and eye tattoo on a thigh
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo with ornate linework and dot details, centred on the upper back of a woman with her hand raised to her neck.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Black ink line drawing of a stylised dragon with long tapering lines and a coiled body, shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Stylised dragon line drawing
Colour traditional style tattoo of a pocket watch, green roses and a banner reading December 25, on a limb.
Pocket watch and roses with December 25 banner
Small black outline tattoo of an angel with a halo and wings holding a heart, placed on the ankle above a striped sock.
Small angel holding a heart on an ankle
Colourful paisley and flower tattoo in orange, purple and green running from the upper arm down the forearm, with fine outlines and botanical detailing.
Paisley and flower arm tattoo
Two hands with black and grey realism tattoos, a rose on one hand and a lion on the back of the other, with a man in a dark suit and white shirt.
Rose and lion on the hands
Black line drawing of three arrows with feathered fletching and six arrowhead variants across the top, a flash-style design sheet with no body placement shown.
Arrow designs with arrowheads and fletching
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hummingbird in flight on the inner wrist and forearm.
Hummingbird in flight on a wrist
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo on an upper arm showing two skeletal figures fighting with swords, with a banner reading triumph of being alive.
Skeletal combat scene with banner on upper arm
Realistic black and grey pocket watch with pink cherry blossoms and a white ribbon, tattooed on the upper arm.
Pocket watch and cherry blossom on an upper arm
Black lettering reading Always on the inner wrist, with blue, green, orange and red watercolour splashes and small black stars.
Always lettering with colour splashes on a wrist
Botanical tattoo of yellow and orange flowers with green centres and black vine linework climbing from the ankle up the lower leg.
Yellow flowers and black vine on a lower leg
Black tribal sleeve tattoo with spirals and triangular patterns covering the shoulder and upper arm of a shirtless man.
Tribal sleeve across shoulder and upper arm
Painterly howling wolf head tattoo in black, brown and red ink on the upper arm.
Howling wolf head on an upper arm
Colour cartoon brontosaurus looking up at a flaming meteor, with the word Dangit beneath, tattooed on the ribs above a grey banner and heart.
Cartoon dinosaur and meteor on ribs
Close-up of a white ink floral mandala and paisley design across the back of a hand, fingers and wrist, extending onto the forearm.
White ink mandala and paisley on hand and wrist
Full sleeve Japanese style tattoo on an arm, with pink flowers, grey clouds, blue waves and a purple lotus in colour.
Japanese full sleeve with flowers and waves
Black tribal-style dolphin design on a white background, drawn with bold solid black shapes and white linework, shown without a body placement.
Tribal dolphin design
Black ink handwritten script reading lion hearted girl on a pale background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Lion hearted girl handwritten script
Small black fine line tattoo of a mountain range on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with dark hair visible at the left edge of the frame.
Fine line mountain range on upper back
Black line drawing of a mermaid wrapped around an anchor with a rope, in a traditional flash style, on a sheet of paper.
Mermaid wrapped around an anchor flash
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue scaled tail, sitting on the inner forearm.
Mermaid on a forearm
Colour cartoon character in a green jacket and blue jeans, with red stippled outlines of a diamond, a rabbit and a banner, tattooed on a calf in a dotwork style.
Cartoon character with banners on a calf
Black line drawing of a symmetrical owl built from paisley, leaf and mandala-style ornament, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Ornamental owl line drawing
A grid of eight photographs showing small and medium black palm tree tattoos on the forearm, ankle, calf and upper arm, in fine line and shaded styles.
Palm tree tattoos in eight photos

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