Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script tattoo reading Be the change, with small floral flourishes at each end, on the top of a foot.
Be the change script on a foot
Two side-by-side photographs of dotwork hand tattoos on a lower leg: the left with a lace-like wrist mandala over green leaves, the right holding red freesia with crystals and moon symbols.
Two hands with flowers and crystals on a calf
Colour tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, flowing blue hair and maroon and teal flowers on a limb.
Sugar skull woman portrait with blue hair
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo with wispy dark shading across the inner forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Shaded skull on a forearm
Black and grey city skyline silhouette tattoo on an ankle, with stippled dotwork shading fading out along the base.
City skyline silhouette on an ankle
Colour botanical tattoo of roses, lilac and peach flowers with green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Vintage-style florals on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a giraffe head with a monarch butterfly resting on its muzzle, placed on the outer thigh.
Giraffe and monarch butterfly on a thigh
Black paw print silhouette with the words labrador retriever in script beneath it, shown as a flat design on a white background with no body placement.
Labrador retriever paw print design
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a winged angel with praying hands and a yellow halo, placed between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back.
Angel with praying hands on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring bear with a smaller bird head beneath it on the upper arm.
Roaring bear with bird on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a teapot with red flowers and green leaves, with a banner reading Ain't no party like my nana's teaparty, shown across three panels on skin.
Teapot and flowers with banner quote
Black line mandala tattoo with a feather motif covering the upper and middle back, in a geometric style.
Mandala and feather tattoo across a back
Lettering tattoo on the outer side of a foot, with a bunch of coloured balloons above the words Adventure is out there in black script.
Balloon bunch and quote on a foot
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a snarling tiger head inside a cross on the inner forearm of a person wearing grey clothing.
Tiger head inside a black cross on a forearm
Black and white drawing of the words The Strokes inside a black circle, surrounded by intricate floral and paisley doodles, shown as a tattoo design.
The Strokes logo with floral doodle design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face covering the back of a hand, with ornate ring designs tattooed across the fingers.
Realistic woman portrait on the back of a hand
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol designs, featuring a feather, a rose, birds, music notes, hearts and interlocked loops.
Infinity symbol flash sheet with six designs
Black and grey realism tattoos on a thigh and knee, including a woman's portrait, a rose, peony leaves, script lines and a feather on the lower leg.
Portrait, rose and script on thigh and knee
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a long-beaked bird with an ornate patterned tail on the forearm of a person whose hand rests on a lace garment.
Ornate bird tattoo on forearm
Black script lettering reading Numquam timebunt umbrae along the upper arm of a person with their arm raised, shown from behind.
Latin script quote on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of a flower bouquet with red poppies and pink peonies on a woman's outer thigh, while she holds a vintage camera.
Botanical bouquet on the thigh
Black and grey photo of two small solid black tattoos, each a heart above a semicolon, on the ankles of two feet.
Matching heart and semicolon ankle tattoos
Black fine line script reading live your dream on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Live your dream script lettering
A raised hand and forearm covered in a road map design with red routes and place names, set against a dark background, with the design appearing to sit on the skin.
Road map tattoo across hand and forearm
Black fine lettering reading "i am because you were" in a clean sans-serif font across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lowercase quote tattoo on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette inside a crescent moon, with vines and flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cat silhouette in a moon with flowers on a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dog outline with a small heart beside it, on the inner ankle.
Dog outline and heart on an ankle
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, a quote in typewriter-style text reading Even the moon, master of the sea, illuminator of the night, has her craters.
Moon quote lettering on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of ornate mandalas and clouds covering the upper arm and shoulder of a man, with the face out of frame.
Dotwork mandala sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with buds and leaves on the upper arm.
Two roses and buds on an upper arm
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm showing a large musical note above two solid pictogram figures standing on a band of staff lines with notes and a sound wave.
Music notes and figures on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of a bare black tree with blue and yellow watercolour splashes in its canopy and a profile face shaped into the trunk.
Watercolour tree with profile silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hurricane lantern on a calf, with bold outlines and solid shading on the metal body.
Hurricane lantern on a calf
Black fine line script reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists and forearms held together.
Matching script quote on two wrists
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a detailed compass with Roman numerals above a shaded palm tree beach sunset.
Compass and palm trees on a forearm
Blue ink drawing of an ornamental letter R with swirling flourishes on white paper, with a grey fineliner pen at the top left.
Ornamental letter R with flourishes in blue ink
Colour cartoon tattoos of a striped tiger on the lower leg and a small cartoon boy with spiky hair on the ankle, with black strappy heels worn beside them.
Cartoon tiger and boy on ankles
Black fine line tattoo of a stag head with antlers on the upper chest, below the collarbone, in a black and white photo.
Stag head tattoo on the upper chest
Neo-traditional pin-up tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a red polka dot bandana, flexing one arm, with a small figure tucked against her side.
Pin-up flexing arm with small figure in red bandana
Line drawing of a white Hello Kitty style cat face decorated in sugar skull style, with a pink bow, red flower, blue flower eyes and cheek motifs, and a spider web in each ear.
Hello Kitty sugar skull design
Colour cartoon creatures with black outlines covering a forearm, including a turtle-like figure and a round creature with a yellow-eyed face, placed on the forearm.
Colourful cartoon creatures on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an elderly cartoon man with white hair and round glasses holding a red balloon, placed on the upper arm.
Cartoon man holding a red balloon on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of two clasped hands forming a heart shape, with solid black fills and bold outlines, on a forearm.
Clasped hands forming a heart on a forearm
Black serif lettering tattooed on the inner forearm reads: We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Collage showing a multicoloured geometric heart tattoo on an ankle, a vase of irises and daisies, and a heart tattoo with a tribal band pattern on a thigh.
Geometric and tribal heart tattoos on leg and thigh
Black and grey flash sheet of moths and butterflies in a traditional style, arranged in rows on a mottled grey background.
Sheet of moths and butterflies
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with floral motifs covering an upper arm down towards the elbow.
Black and grey mandala sleeve
Fine line black tattoo of a small geometric symbol on the back of the neck, framed by dark hair.
Small geometric symbol on the back of the neck

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