Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script tattoo of the name Jesse with a small yellow ribbon above the J, on the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script name Jesse with yellow ribbon on forearm
Collage of seven small fine line tattoos with subjects including an origami crane, a dinosaur behind an ear, a unicorn, a girl, scales, an umbrella in rain and a rocket among planets.
Collage of seven small fine line tattoos
Two photos of black script lettering tattoos: "I'm fine" on the back of a leg, and "save me" on an ankle.
"I'm fine" and "save me" script tattoos
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with tentacles curling around the outer thigh and hip, in a black and white photograph.
Octopus tattoo wrapping around a thigh
Black geometric maze pattern tattooed in a band across a forearm, with dotwork stippling along the top and bottom edges.
Black geometric maze band on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Snow White holding an apple, with Cinderella and Jasmine in ornate scrollwork.
Disney princesses sleeve tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a Roman numeral pocket clock, rays of sunlight and clouds, on an upper arm.
Hourglass and clock with sunburst on upper arm
Black ink lettering in two lines of angular fictional script across the forearm, in a fine lettering style.
Two lines of angular script on a forearm
Colourful realistic tattoo on a person's shoulder and upper arm, showing a nebula with stars above a tree on a path with a silhouetted figure walking towards it.
Galaxy sky and tree landscape on upper arm
Colour lotus flower with black swirling vine linework in a botanical fine line style, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Lotus and swirling vine down the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Joker holding a playing card, with bat shapes above and Why so serious lettering below, on a forearm.
Joker portrait with bats and lettering on a forearm
Black line drawing of a skull entwined with three roses, leaves and thorny stems, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull and roses line drawing
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a crescent moon, a peace sign wreathed in daisies and a flower with a yin yang centre, stacked down the middle of a woman's back.
Sun, peace sign and flower down a back
Close-up of a fine line lettering tattoo reading Be just and fear not in dark ink on the inner wrist.
Be just and fear not quote on wrist
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh of a quote, Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt, framed by red roses and green leaves.
Rose wreath with quote on thigh
Colour tattoo of an orange tabby cat hanging from a red and white harlequin hot air balloon, with grey clouds and dotted rain, on a lower leg.
Cat hanging from a hot air balloon
Black line drawing of a vertical vine design with curling swirls, teardrop petals and small dots, in a fine line style.
Vertical swirl and petal vine design
Colour tattoo of a grey baby elephant holding a blue heart-shaped balloon by its trunk, on a forearm.
Baby elephant with heart balloon on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a purple owl wearing a nurse's cap and green glasses with a stethoscope, on the calf.
Nurse owl with stethoscope on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo wrapping around a forearm in four panels, showing a man in a fedora with a cigar, dice, a vintage car and a figure under a street lamp.
Four-panel vintage street scene on forearm
Fine line lettering in pale white ink reading Let it be with a small cross, on the inner wrist.
Let it be script with small cross on wrist
Vertical black brush calligraphy of stacked Japanese-style characters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Vertical brush calligraphy design
Colour tattoo of a round teal door set in a grassy hill beneath a green tree, with the words There and Back Again below, on the calf.
Round door under a tree on a calf
Close-up of a black fine line lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, with the names Lance and Autumn each written inside a heart shape near the shoulder blade.
Two names in heart script on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a bearded pirate in a red bandana, with beaded chains and a sailing ship below, on the upper arm.
Realistic pirate portrait on upper arm
Black ink script lettering with a looping swirl on the inner wrist, shown beside a hand with ombre nails in a car interior.
Script lettering on a wrist
Colour tattoo of three pink and red watercolour-style flowers with green stems running down the side of the ribs, near the navel.
Pink watercolour flowers on the ribs
Black script lettering reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed along the lower leg in a lettering style.
Script quote and birds on a lower leg
Black fine line arrow with a semicolon in its centre, tattooed across the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Arrow and semicolon tattoo on the wrist
Black ink design of a treble clef with floating music notes and fine speckled dots on a white background, with no body part shown.
Treble clef and music notes design
Flash drawing of a bearded skull in a peaked cap with an anchor emblem, gripping a dark bottle, in black and red ink on parchment.
Skull in peaked cap holding a bottle
Abstract black linework branch tattoo with pink and blue watercolour washes running down a forearm towards the wrist.
Abstract black branch with watercolour wash on forearm
Pencil sketch of a flower with flowing swirls, dots and small leaves, drawn as a tattoo design in black and grey shading.
Pencil sketch of a flower with swirls
Realistic pink orchid tattoo with buds, green stems and black splatter with dotwork shading, placed on the calf.
Pink orchids with black splatter on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blossom branch with pink and red washes and black script on the side of a ribcage.
Blossom branch with script on the ribs
Blue Japanese-style wave sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with white foam crests and shaded blue water.
Blue waves sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Black fine line tattoo on the forearm of a heartbeat line with a small heart, a spotted dog's head and a paw print.
Heartbeat line with dog and paw print
Black and blue ornamental owl tattoo with filigree patterning, perched on a thin branch across the upper back.
Ornamental owl perched on a branch
Realism tattoo of a man's face with red, blue and black ink splashes across the forearm, with partial block lettering reading CLUB below the chin.
Realistic portrait of a man's face on forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small elephant with its trunk raised, on the inner wrist of a clenched hand with dark nail polish.
Small elephant outline on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a golden and green phoenix with spread wings and an open beak, running from the shoulder across the chest and down the side of the ribs.
Golden phoenix across chest and ribs
Four black and grey butterfly designs stacked vertically on a white background, with detailed wing veining and stippled dot shading.
Four butterfly designs in black ink
Digital drawing of a green fanged creature with claws, framed by orange and red flame scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design.
Green fanged creature with flame scrolls
Small black and grey botanical tattoo of a palm tree with a curved trunk and shaded fronds on the outer ankle.
Palm tree on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses and an ornate revolver wrapping from the hip down the outside of a thigh.
Realistic roses and revolver on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of red, orange and purple flowers with a blue butterfly and an orange butterfly across an upper arm sleeve.
Realistic flower sleeve with butterflies
Abstract watercolour-style tattoo on an arm, with black linework, red circles and green, yellow and blue washes.
Abstract watercolour splash on an arm

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