Tattoo ideas

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

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Line drawing of a sun with flame-like rays above a soft blue-tinted crescent moon, linked by dotted lines and small star shapes, with no body placement shown.
Sun and crescent moon design with stars
Neo-traditional wolf head with red eyes and a gold-hilted dagger through it, tattooed on a calf.
Wolf and dagger on a calf
A hand draws a fine line botanical sketch of flowers and leaves on white paper, with a second hand resting flat beside it.
Botanical flower sketch being drawn by hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded green man face framed by oak leaves on an upper arm.
Green man with oak leaves on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of red roses and green leaves over a black lace-effect pattern, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Red roses in lace on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with purple and pink hair, a green tail and yellow starfish, surrounded by dots and small stars, on the outer thigh.
Mermaid with starfish on a thigh
Close-up of a black cursive tattoo reading faith on skin, with soft grey shading around the final letters.
Faith in cursive script
A wing made of musical staff lines and notes, with a red ribbon and the script words Fly from the inside, tattooed on an upper arm.
Musical wing and script quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a black-lined vine with yellow and orange flowers and green leaves, running up the ankle and lower leg.
Yellow flower vine on an ankle
Black script lettering tattoo reading Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today, across a forearm in a black and grey style.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey traditional flash design of a swallow perched on an ornate anchor wrapped in rope, with a ship's wheel hanging below.
Swallow perched on an anchor with ship's wheel
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, skull and building on the upper arm, photographed against a dark background.
Pocket watch and skull on upper arm
Two black and grey upper arm tattoos: on the left a Totoro-style character with small soot sprites among leaves, on the right a sketched hare with arrows.
Totoro and soot sprites, and a hare with arrows
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading "Don't paint me black when I used to be golden" across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script lyric quote tattoo across upper chest
Black and grey blackwork elephant tattoo filled with mandala-style patterns, trunk raised, on the lower leg above a teal sock.
Ornate mandala elephant on a lower leg
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Aime-moi pour ce que je suis, running along the collarbone towards the shoulder.
French quote in script along the collarbone
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey lynx face with amber eyes and orange and yellow flowers across the back of a hand.
Lynx face and flowers on the back of a hand
Traditional style tattoo of a nurse in profile wearing a cap and blue uniform, with a large red cross, shown on the upper arm.
Nurse portrait in profile on an arm
Black linework tattoo on the side ribs showing a cross, a heartbeat line that rises into an outlined heart, and small text reading faith, hope, love.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on ribs
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a classic cartoon mouse at a ship's wheel, framed by rope, a lamp and an anchor.
Cartoon mouse at ship's wheel with anchor and rope
Colour botanical tattoo of white five-petalled flowers, green leaves and small orange buds across a person's upper back and shoulder.
White rose cluster on a shoulder blade
Two matching wrist tattoos of a black outlined heart with a swirling tail and a red ladybird, one on each wrist.
Matching ladybird and heart wrist tattoos
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with red flowers in her hair, a sailing ship and a red bottle, set in a rope frame on a calf.
Woman in profile with ship and bottle on a calf
Black and grey Fine line tattoo of a witch's broom with bristles, a binding and a shaded handle, on a forearm.
Witch's broom on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a star constellation, a small open triangle and a small circle on the side of the ribs.
Constellation and triangle fine line tattoo on side
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a vertical stem with loops and a swirl, placed centrally on the chest between the breasts.
Fine line swirl and loops on the chest
Five rendered hands, each with black henna-style swirl and paisley designs across the wrists, forearms and back of the hand.
Black henna-style designs on five hands
Small fine line sailboat tattoo with three birds above and light blue water below, sitting on the ankle.
Sailboat tattoo on ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a treehouse in a bare tree with a ladder, tyre swing and roots, shown on the upper arm.
Treehouse and ladder on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fox head framed by blue flowers and a red rose, placed on the thigh.
Fox, blue flowers and red rose on a thigh
Line drawing of an ornate heart design with feathers, swirls and small roses in teal, green and red watercolour tones on a white background.
Heart and feather doodle design
Fine line black tattoo of a cartoon cat with a curled tail and closed eyes, with two small paw prints above it, on the upper arm.
Cat and paw prints on an upper arm
Black ink flash design of a swirling tree with spiral branches and roots, with a small central figure, shown on a white background.
Swirling tree and figure design
Fine line black tattoo of a sleeping cat with a curled tail and two paw prints above it, shown on textured skin.
Sleeping cat with paw prints
Small fine line crescent moon tattoo on the upper back of a woman with blonde hair wearing a yellow patterned dress.
Small crescent moon on the back
Black ink tattoo of an ornamental stormtrooper helmet on the upper arm, with swirling patterns filling the helmet and face.
Ornamental stormtrooper helmet on upper arm
Colourful owl tattoo with dreamcatcher eyes and purple, pink and blue feathers running down the outer leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl with dreamcatcher eyes on a leg
Black and grey fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, showing overlapping circles, a triangle, dotted lines and a shaded wave inside a circle.
Geometric circles and triangle on a forearm
Drawing of two grey feathers with teal and red bands, with a flock of birds flying between and above them, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Two feathers with birds in flight
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a rabbit with leafy branch antlers sitting in a blue teapot beside a red rose.
Rabbit with branch antlers in a teapot on a calf
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a barn owl with spread wings, holding a small cottage in its talons, on the outer thigh.
Barn owl carrying a cottage on a thigh
Black line drawing of an outlined cross surrounded by curling scrolls and flowing lines, shown as a tattoo design on plain white with no body placement.
Cross with swirling scroll design
Black and grey tattoo of a raven perched above an anatomical heart with a black cat seated in front, in an engraved linework style.
Raven and black cat over an anatomical heart
Colour tattoo of a tree showing spring, autumn and winter on an upper arm, with green and pink blossom, orange leaves and snowflakes.
Four seasons tree on upper arm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red dragon with yellow whiskers, teal cloud shapes and black claws on a lower leg.
Red Japanese dragon on a calf
Black linework tattoo of a bare tree with cats perched on its branches and a crescent moon above, on a forearm.
Cats in a bare tree on a forearm
A flash-style sheet of ten black line drawings of cats in different poses, each in a square frame on a white background.
Grid of ten cat line drawings
Watercolour-style red poppy tattoo with stems and buds on a forearm, photographed against a black background.
Red poppy on a forearm

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