Tattoo ideas

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

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Chart of five grey Maori design motifs with captions: koru spiral, hei-matau fish hook, moana wave, mangopare hammerhead and a kowhaiwhai band pattern.
Maori motif chart: koru, hei-matau and more
Small black deer silhouette tattoo with antlers on the upper back, photographed in warm light.
Deer silhouette tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading saved by grace along the inner forearm, with the hand raised above it.
Saved by grace script on forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with a long curling green stem and leaf along the side of the ribs, botanical style.
Sunflower with curling green stem on ribs
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing an erupting volcano under lightning clouds above a sunset forest of pine trees.
Volcano and forest full sleeve
Black script lettering tattoo across an upper back, reading 'You make beautiful things out of dust Gen. 2:7', placed over the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a shark with ornate red, yellow and teal patterns across its body, on the upper arm.
Ornate shark tattoo on upper arm
Shaded grey skull with rose details in its eye sockets, beside a red rose outlined in black, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull with roses and a red rose on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fire spirit clutching a log, with a small black soot sprite below, on the side of the ribs.
Cartoon fire spirit and soot sprite on ribs
Black fine line drawing of a slender botanical sprig with small clustered flowers and two leaves, shown as a flash design.
Fine line sprig with small flowers
Colour tattoo of a cartoon owl with a purple body, green and teal feathers and pink eye markings, surrounded by blue diamonds on the upper arm.
Cartoon owl with diamonds on upper arm
Black ink script lettering on white paper reading I loved you at your darkest, with Romans 5:8 beside it, shown as a lettering tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Script lettering reading I loved you at your darkest
Black and grey pencil sketch of a winged fairy seated on a mushroom with spiral swirls, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Fairy seated on a mushroom, pencil sketch
Two photos of a colourful patchwork heart tattoo with a red sewing button, outlined in black on skin, in a fine line style with coloured fabric patterns.
Patchwork heart with red button
Two small black crown tattoos on the fingers of intertwined hands, shown in a black and grey photograph.
Matching crown finger tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl and a small bird across a shoulder and upper arm, set among swirling shaded clouds.
Owl and bird on shoulder and upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a skull beneath a crown with red roses and splatter detail on an upper arm.
Skull, crown and roses on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of an anatomical heart with a wrapped band, orange flowers and dark leaves, shown on the forearm.
Traditional anatomical heart with flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion head in profile with a full mane and whiskers, on the forearm.
Realistic lion head tattoo on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a treble clef whose curls spell out the words whisper, words, of, wisdom, let it be, a lettering design shown on beige paper with no body placement visible.
Treble clef with looping script lettering
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a blue camper van with red, orange and yellow daisies and rainbow arcs on the upper arm.
Camper van and daisies on upper arm
Fine line outline tattoo of a mermaid in rainbow colours with a small blue bird, on the upper arm.
Rainbow outline mermaid on an upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a purple creature with red eyes and a green beak, set against blue fan-shaped leaves, on the back of a calf.
Purple creature with green beak on a calf
Colour tattoo of a parent holding a child in a black outline with blue and teal shading, with Italian script below, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Parent and child with Italian script on upper back
Colour botanical skull tattoo made of sunflowers, roses and a butterfly, on the outer forearm of a person wearing a grey jumper.
Floral skull on a forearm
Purple linework tattoo of a botanical floral cluster with hatched leaves on the upper leg near the knee.
Purple floral cluster on a leg
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two shaded feathers, small birds flying off, and the word Dream in script on the inner wrist.
Dreamcatcher and feathers with Dream script
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a tabby cat's face with green eyes, set above a red rose with green leaves, on a forearm.
Cat portrait and rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a raccoon in a top hat and bow tie, with rose buds, on a calf.
Raccoon in top hat and roses on a calf
Black ink fine line tattoo of dandelion seeds drifting into birds, with the script 'i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)', on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds, birds and script on shoulder blade
Colour traditional tattoo of blue and purple roses with green leaves and a rosebud, running down a forearm.
Blue and purple roses on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two tall pine trees on the side of a person's ribs, above the waistband of jeans.
Two pine trees on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather running diagonally along the side of the ribs.
Black feather tattoo on the ribs
Solid black tribal design of spirals, flame-like curves and two dots on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body part visible.
Black tribal spiral design with dots
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal raptor-like dinosaur in shaded dotwork on the inner forearm.
Dinosaur skeleton on a forearm
Black line drawing of a vertical ornamental design with interlocking swirls, loops and curled tendrils on a white background.
Black line swirl ornament design
Fine line black tattoo of a stretching cat with paw prints and small hearts, one of them red, on a forearm.
Fine line cat with paw prints and hearts on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a seated woman with flowing hair and draped robes, drawn in an Art Nouveau manner with bold black outlines, on a forearm near the wrist.
Seated woman with flowing hair on a forearm
Black line drawing of an elven tree of life with swirling branches and small stars, set inside an ornate circular frame.
Elven tree of life design in a circle
Black blackwork tattoo of two silhouetted figures holding hands among branches and roots, across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Two silhouetted figures holding hands within tree roots
Small black outline tattoo of a cartoon dinosaur in fine line style on the ankle, above a striped sock.
Small dinosaur outline on an ankle
Realism tattoo of a grey skull with red blood dripping from the nose, above a snarling creature with glowing red eyes and fangs, on a forearm.
Skull and red-eyed creature on a forearm
Flash sheet of twelve geometric mandala designs drawn in blue linework, including stars, hexagons, circles and lattice patterns, with no placement on skin.
Twelve geometric mandala flash designs
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand mirror with the script 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder', framed by a rose, beads and scrollwork.
Mirror, rose and 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'
A tall vertical flash sheet of nine circular illustrated animal portraits, each with a one-word caption such as BEHOLD, PROTECT, LAUGH and FLY, in muted colour.
Animal portrait flash sheet with one-word captions
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm in colour, showing a castle with chimneys, a large grey forest spirit resembling Totoro, small white sprites and green foliage.
Ghibli-inspired full sleeve with Totoro and castle
Small solid black anchor tattoo on an ankle, shown in a black and white close-up photograph.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Three photos of fine line tattoos in black ink: the word spark on the ribs, forever young across the upper back, and a small heart on the inner wrist.
Script words and a small heart tattoo

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