Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Close-up of a small black fine line outline of a heart tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned arm, with a grey sleeve at the edge of the frame.
Small outline heart on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird on a wavy line leading to the word Believe, on the inner wrist of a clenched hand.
Bird and Believe script on the wrist
Flash design of a woman's profile silhouette in black, with a red wide-brimmed hat, red lips and the words I KNOW MY VALUE in white lettering.
I Know My Value lettering in a profile silhouette
Small black fine line tattoo of a pear with a leaf resting in an open hand, on the upper arm beside a floral sleeve.
Pear resting in an open hand on an upper arm
Black and grey mountain range tattoo on the top of a foot, with the words The road goes ever on and on written in handwritten script beneath the peaks.
Mountain range and quote on a foot
Realistic red and white feather drawing on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Red feather illustration
Blue and black silhouetted birds in flight across the upper back, with the script lettering Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, in a Lettering style on the shoulder blade.
Flock of birds and script quote on upper back
Forearm tattoo of overlapping geometric shapes, with a wireframe sphere, a dotwork diamond, a flower of life pattern and a teal circle.
Geometric sphere and diamonds on a forearm
Three bare feet with black yin yang tattoos and script lettering around them, placed on the top of each foot.
Matching yin yang tattoos on three feet
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman in a space helmet beside a green alien holding a ray gun, with a banner reading Earth Attacks, shown without any body placement.
Pin-up and alien flash with Earth Attacks banner
Black feather tattoo on the upper back that breaks apart into a flock of flying bird silhouettes towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into birds on the back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow with two roses and leaves on the back of a hand.
Swallow and roses on the hand
Realism-style upper arm and shoulder tattoo in black and grey, showing a torn-skin effect revealing a Celtic cross, eagle, engraved armour plates and chainmail.
Armour plate sleeve with Celtic cross and eagle
Black lettering reading </head> and <body> in a plain sans-serif font on the back of a neck, with a khaki cap above.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Black dotwork and fine line mandala flower tattoo on the outer upper arm of a woman in a floral skirt.
Mandala flower tattoo on upper arm
Black line drawing sheet of moon glyphs labelled with words such as Hope, Earth and Fire, plus eight moon phase symbols, on a cream background.
Moon glyphs and lunar phase symbols
Fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with a soft watercolour wash and a quote above it, on the upper arm.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour wash on upper arm
Black and grey triquetra knot tattoo with a teardrop loop at the top, placed on the inner wrist.
Triquetra knot on the inner wrist
Black linework tattoo of a snake with ornamental swirls and flowers running along a forearm, with a large swirling pattern beside it.
Ornamental snake tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a palm tree on a small stippled island, placed on the side of the ribs.
Palm tree on a small island on the ribs
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black ink elephant tattoo with ornate patterned detail on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching elephant tattoos on two backs
Black and grey linework drawing of a human skull floating inside a light bulb, with a lit candle cluster and wisps of smoke at its base.
Skull inside a light bulb with candles
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and roses across a woman's outer thigh, with her legs raised in a car seat.
Peony cluster on a thigh
Black and grey neo-traditional owl tattoo with floral detailing on the side of the ribs.
Ornate owl with flowers on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mermaid sitting on a rock with long hair blowing, placed on the outer thigh.
Mermaid sitting on a rock on the thigh
Soft watercolour-style tattoo of three pink cherry blossom flowers with grey shading and dark centres on the upper arm.
Three cherry blossoms on upper arm
Dark script tattoo reading Saved by grace running across the upper back of a person with long dark hair.
Saved by grace script on upper back
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns and a central butterfly motif, with stippled dotwork edges, as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala with butterfly
White line drawing of an ornate cross with outstretched wings and scrolled detailing on a black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged ornamental cross design
Small fine-line black tattoo of a pair of curly braces on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Curly braces on the inner wrist
Close view of a black fern leaf tattoo on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey patterned T-shirt with rolled sleeve.
Fern leaf tattoo on upper arm
Back of a woman with a large realistic black and grey tattoo of sphynx cats, a skull and roses covering the upper and lower back.
Sphynx cats and roses across a back
Colour tattoo of a snarling cartoon Tasmanian Devil in bold black outlines and brown, tan and red tones, on the forearm.
Tasmanian Devil cartoon on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a treble clef flowing into a heartbeat line on the inner wrist.
Treble clef and heartbeat line on a wrist
Abstract black blackwork tattoo of flowing, smoky ink shapes running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Abstract black ink design along the ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a seated Egyptian-style cat with a sunburst and crescent moon behind its head, on a forearm.
Egyptian cat with sunburst on a forearm
Black and grey line drawing of a skull formed from carnations, orchids and poppies, shown as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement.
Floral skull line drawing
Colour traditional tattoo of a globe with the Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower and pyramids, with hot air balloons and hibiscus flowers, on a lower leg.
Globe with landmarks and hibiscus on a lower leg
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Colour tattoo of mountains, a lake and pine trees inside a diamond frame with a red and orange sunset, on the forearm.
Mountain lake sunset in a diamond frame
Two black and grey fern frond tattoos, one on each forearm, shown against a background of green ferns.
Fern tattoos on both forearms
Flash sheet of small 90s-themed tattoo designs, including an alien head, lips with a flag, a unicorn and peace and yin yang symbols, mostly in black line with some colour.
90s pack of small tattoo flash designs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading alia volat propriis across the upper chest, below a black lace bra strap and above a grey vest top.
Fine line Latin script on upper chest
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a hummingbird in flight with splashes of paint, placed on the shoulder.
Watercolour hummingbird on a shoulder
Back tattoo of an autumn tree with red and orange leaves, a bird on a branch and two black silhouettes sitting at its base.
Autumn tree with two silhouettes on the back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small fine line script tattoo on the back of her neck.
Small script tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading hand wash warm water, mild soap, like dry, do not machine dry and do not iron, with four laundry symbols beneath.
Care label text and laundry symbols on upper back
Black ink drawing of a lion head in profile with a flowing mane and the word Leo in script, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lion head design with Leo script

Ideas by style

Fine line Traditional Blackwork Japanese Dotwork Neo-trad Realism Lettering Botanical Geometric

Ideas by placement

Forearm Upper arm Shoulder Back Chest Ribs Thigh Calf Ankle Hand Neck

Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451