Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a pink top, showing a perfume atomiser, pearl necklace, lipstick and compact inside an ornate mirror frame.
Perfume bottle and mirror on upper arm
A woman kneeling and holding a camera to her face, with the word love in dark lettering tattooed on her upper arm.
Word love on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a green succulent with purple buds and small leaves in botanical style on an upper arm.
Green succulent with purple buds on an upper arm
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm showing a dark animal silhouette inside an oval with mushrooms, leaves and swirling linework.
Animal, mushrooms and leaves on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala and flower of life tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown in a two-panel view from the back and side.
Mandala and flower of life shoulder piece
Realistic tattoo of torn armour revealing chainmail, with a winged Celtic cross on the pauldron, covering a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Torn armour and Celtic cross on shoulder
Black and grey mandala and rose tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with dotwork shading and fine linework.
Mandala and rose sleeve on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a stylised hand with lace-like filigree and dotwork shading on the inner upper arm of a person in a pale patterned blouse.
Ornate hand tattoo on the inner arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a stylised girl in a dark patterned dress beside a group of orange foxes.
Girl with a group of foxes on upper arm
Botanical tattoo of a pink blossom branch with green leaves running down an upper arm, shaded in a soft watercolour-like style.
Pink blossom branch on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a white cat with blue and yellow eyes and red ears, curled round a circle with an open mouth, on the upper arm.
Cat curled in a circle on an upper arm
Black tribal blackwork tattoo covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, with circles, spirals and triangles in solid black ink.
Tribal blackwork shoulder and upper arm piece
Black and grey dotwork palm tree tattoo with birds and a sunset over the sea on an upper arm, beside a bold grey cloud outline and coloured tattoo edges.
Palm tree and sunset on an upper arm
Realistic red poppy and grey flower tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a small faded tattoo shown in an inset photo.
Red poppies and grey flowers on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with layered petals on an upper arm near the elbow, with partial script visible above it.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a bird in flight with pink and blue wings and a black outline, placed on the upper arm.
Pink and blue bird in flight on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing a large poppy, a yellow songbird, a purple artichoke bud, fern fronds and a poppy seed pod.
Poppy, songbird and artichoke on upper arm
Small black fine-line tattoo of the word LOVE with zigzag lines above it, on the upper arm of a woman in a white vest holding a green clutch.
Word LOVE with zigzag lines on upper arm
Colourful full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, showing a prism with a rainbow beam, a screaming face above a brick wall and clouds, in a neo-traditional style.
Full arm sleeve with prism, brick wall and clouds
Black and grey traditional eagle tattoo with swirling feathers covering the upper arm and elbow of a man in a striped vest.
Eagle tattoo on upper arm and elbow
Realistic colour tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing an elderly man with white hair and tinted goggles, a clock tower, lightning and a car with light trails.
Realistic storm portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an ornate swirling bird across a person's upper back, with a colourful sleeve on the arm of the person embracing them, including a skull and roses.
Ornate bird on back and skull sleeve on arm
Black TARDIS silhouette, bow tie and Hello Sweetie script with concentric circles tattooed on a woman's inner upper arm and forearm.
TARDIS, bow tie and script tattoos on an arm
Black cat tattoo with patterned bands on the upper arm, in a blackwork and neo-traditional style with a few pink accents.
Ornamented black cat on upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird holding a ship in a shield on the upper arm, with a fish and a flower on the forearm and elbow.
Bird and ship on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an astronaut in a spacesuit in front of a waving American flag with stars, on an upper arm.
Astronaut and flag on an upper arm
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of dots, triangles and diamonds on a forearm, with a Roman numeral band on the upper arm.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoos on arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three peonies with leaves across the upper arm, with soft shading on the petals.
Black and grey peony cluster on an arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink cupcake topped with a skull on a red apple, with crossed shovels, on an upper arm.
Cupcake with skull and crossed shovels
Black and grey photograph of a back and arms covered in an antique world map tattoo, with globe-like hemispheres over the shoulders and engraved continents across the back.
Antique world map tattoo across back and arms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of R2-D2 with a red rose and orange sunburst on an upper arm.
R2-D2 and red rose on an upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an eye with sunburst rays and mandala petals on the upper arm.
Eye with sunburst and mandala on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves and sprigs on an upper arm, with the arm raised over a blue and white patterned sheet.
Botanical foliage on an upper arm
Black tattoo of a three-armed swirl design with a small dot at its centre, placed on the upper arm.
Three-armed swirl on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line outline heart tattoo on the upper arm, just below the shoulder.
Small outline heart on upper arm
Black and grey Alice in Wonderland tattoos on an upper arm, showing the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, a key, Alice and two birds beneath the words We're All Mad Here.
Alice in Wonderland motifs on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long hair and a fish tail on an upper arm, with a peony above it.
Skeleton mermaid with peony on upper arm
Close view of a colourful Japanese-style tattoo with a crane, cherry blossoms and a bearded robed figure across the ribs, with a mask on the upper arm.
Japanese-style tattoo with crane and robed figure
Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven perched on a branch with fine line leaves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Raven and foliage on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading semper ad meliora on the inner upper arm of a woman with long hair, lifted arm, gold bracelets.
Semper ad meliora script on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of peonies and leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey peonies on a shoulder
A woman in a dark linen slip dress shows two solid grey triangle tattoos on her upper chest and a fine line sketch tattoo on her upper arm and shoulder.
Grey triangles on chest and sketched line drawing on arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with an eye above and a crescent moon below, framed by sunburst rays on an upper arm.
Cat with all-seeing eye and crescent moon
Small fine line black outline tattoo of Winnie the Pooh walking beside Piglet on an upper arm, with a striped sleeve visible.
Pooh and Piglet outline on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Marvin the Martian in a cartoon style on the upper arm.
Marvin the Martian on upper arm
Fine black script reading Trust your struggle on the inner upper arm of a woman wearing black lace underwear.
Script quote tattoo on an upper arm
Close photo of a small black fine line lettering tattoo reading "// you're alive //" on the upper arm.
"You're alive" lettering on an upper arm
Side by side photographs of a black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with leaf details on the upper arm, with purple stencil lines shown on the right.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm, before and after

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