Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a stylised owl with large patterned eyes and a blackwork wing, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Stylised owl in black ink
Fine line outlined heart tattoos on the top of both feet, shown in a black and white photo.
Outlined hearts on both feet
A colour tattoo of purple and pink stars with black outlines and soft shading, running along the inside of a forearm.
Cascading stars on a forearm
Black hand-lettered script reading stayclassy on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Stayclassy script lettering design
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm of a hand holding a wand beneath a black-rayed sunburst, with the word Lumos in script beside it.
Hand holding a wand under a sunburst
Traditional-style colour tattoo of an anchor, red heart, ribbon and stars on the top of a foot, with a matching design drawing shown below.
Anchor and heart on a foot
Small black fine line tattoo of a curling swirl motif on the ankle, with a slight red tint around the edges of the linework.
Small black swirl tattoo on the ankle
Black and white line drawing of an open rose with two buds and leaves on a stem, in a detailed hatched ink style, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and buds line drawing
Black line drawing sheet of nine tropical leaves and fronds in a fine line botanical style, with no body placement shown.
Tropical leaf line art flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull over two clock faces with Roman numerals, shown on the forearm.
Skull and clock faces on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small angular symbol with a cross and diamond shape on the wrist of a hand resting on a knitted blue jumper.
Small black angular symbol on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird in flight, with long sweeping lines trailing across pale skin.
Small bird in flight with sweeping lines
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Gibson guitar headstock with tuning pegs and strings, running down the inside of a forearm.
Gibson guitar headstock on a forearm
Collage of four fine line tattoos in black ink: a crown, lightning bolt and lightbulb on the neck, a Deathly Hallows triangle with a quote on the forearm, lightning bolt and round glasses on the
Four small fine line tattoos in a collage
Solid black silhouette of a giraffe head and neck with angular white patches, shown as a stencil-style flash design with no body placement.
Giraffe head silhouette design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a star of arrows above it, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.
Black and grey realism skull on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with an exposed eye and an ace of spades card fan, on the upper arm.
Skull and playing cards on upper arm
Abstract geometric tattoo of a figure in profile on a lower leg, with grey shading and orange and teal washes.
Abstract figure tattoo on a calf
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with leafy stems and swirling vines running down the side of a torso over the ribs and back.
Black and grey roses with swirls on ribs and back
Double-headed eagle tattoo with a gold crown and a red and white cross shield, placed on the side of the ribs.
Double-headed eagle with crown on ribs
Blackwork tattoo of a treble clef left in bare skin against a black ink splash, placed on the forearm.
Treble clef splash on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quotation with the attribution Dr. M.L.K jr, set in lines down the inner forearm.
Quotation lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger walking towards the viewer, shown on the forearm.
Tiger walking towards the viewer
Black dotwork drawing of a teacup and saucer with a small alien head in a crescent moon, a tea bag, and the words Not everybody's cup of tea across the top.
Teacup with alien in crescent moon
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid in a shell top, with an anchor earring and rope, across the outer thigh.
Mermaid with shell top on thigh
Black-ink geometric lion head tattoo made of angular outlined facets, placed on a calf and shown in a black and white photo.
Geometric lion head on a calf
Black geometric tattoo of crossed diagonal lines beside two right-pointing chevrons on the forearm.
Crossed lines and double chevrons on forearm
Close crop of a man in a plaid suit and polka dot tie, with a black and grey script lettering tattoo on the back of his hand near a wristwatch.
Script lettering on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lace-like scalloped petals across the upper back, shown from behind.
Dotwork mandala on upper back
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with green and yellow wings on the lower leg, shown from above in a realistic style.
Dragonfly on a lower leg
Black ink drawing of a tree trunk shaped like a spine, with a songbird, an apple, ivy, branches and mushrooms, in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Tree trunk spine with bird and apple
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a vinyl record on a forearm, photographed against a dark background.
Vinyl record tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a phoenix rising through red, orange and yellow flames on an upper arm, with a swirling tail.
Phoenix rising in flames on upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a jagged mountain range with a curved shape above it, on the inner wrist.
Mountain range tattoo on the wrist
Black fish skeleton tattoo running down a leg, with an inch ruler along the spine, fish names and a small red and blue Texas outline near the knee.
Fish skeleton and ruler on a calf
Black line drawing of a stylised dragon head with scale-patterned neck and interlaced ribbon body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Interlaced dragon head line drawing
Black line drawing of an ornate spiral seashell filled with dotwork, scale-like cells and swirling filigree, shown as a tattoo design without a placement.
Ornate seashell line drawing
Teal and blue fish scale tattoo on the thigh of a person wearing denim shorts, with small silver studs set among the scales.
Teal fish scale tattoo on thigh
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on a man's arm, showing a sailing ship, a compass rose and an anchor, with the words Love, friends and Family.
Ship, compass and anchor sleeve
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm: the word Beauty in flowing script with scrollwork above, and Beast in vertical blackletter down the lower arm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Fine black script lettering reading Isaiah with small Roman numerals XL : XXVI beneath, placed on the upper back.
Script name with Roman numerals on upper back
Two matching fine line tattoos of an infinity symbol with a red heart, one on each person's inner wrist.
Matching infinity and heart wrist tattoos
Blue ink drawing of a geometric mandala design with a diamond, dotwork and fine spiral linework, shown on white paper beside lace and dried flowers.
Blue ink geometric mandala design on paper
Close-up of a traditional style holly leaf tattoo in grey shading with a red band at the top, on a forearm, with part of a purple and grey flower tattoo at the left edge.
Holly leaf tattoo on an arm
Black line drawing of a compass rose star with a central compass dial and long arrow shapes extending upwards and downwards, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass rose with arrows design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face above a partly visible ape, with grass at the top, on a limb.
Realistic tiger portrait with grass and ape on a limb
Dotwork and geometric tattoo of a stylised fox with clouds and lightning on the inner forearm, shaded in orange, black and grey.
Stylised fox on a forearm
Black and grey Virgin of Guadalupe tattoo with a crown, radiating rays and a starry mantle, covering the upper arm.
Virgin of Guadalupe on upper arm

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