Tattoo ideas

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Woman in a yoga handstand outdoors with a dark tattoo covering her upper arm and forearm, with the sea behind her.
Woman in a handstand with arm tattoo by the sea
Botanical tattoo across the shoulder and upper arm showing two songbirds among raspberries, wild roses and leaves, in mostly grey shading with peach and yellow accents.
Songbirds and wild roses on an upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a front-facing African elephant with tusks and trunk, covering the upper arm.
Realistic elephant on upper arm
Black traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm, with a block-lettered quote reading NO BULLSHIT DO REAL HAVE PASSION STAY THIRSTY, an anatomical heart, a sunburst and a banner.
Quote, anatomical heart and banner on upper arm
Colour Doctor Who tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a blue TARDIS, an orange Dalek and a white Weeping Angel against a starry sky with lightning.
Doctor Who sleeve with TARDIS and Dalek
Black and grey tattoo of a man's head filled with flowers, wheat and an eye, with a checked collar and bow tie, on an upper arm.
Man's face filled with flowers on upper arm
Two people show matching black fine line script tattoos reading Family, a horizontal line, then Everything, on the upper arms.
Matching Family Everything script on upper arms
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo reading La vie est belle on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark top with a pineapple print.
Small French script quote on an upper arm
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a samurai in armour with a topknot, shaded in black and grey, with red maple leaves and a purple flower on the arm.
Samurai warrior and maple leaves across a back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, a dagger, a rope-framed seascape and a rose with leaves on an upper arm.
Swallow, dagger and rose on an arm
Black and grey photo of a mandala-style flower tattoo in fine linework on a forearm, with a rose outline on the upper arm and small Greek letters and numerals on the inner forearm.
Mandala flowers on forearm with rose and letters
Black and grey geometric tattoo of concentric circles and maze-like zigzag lines on an upper arm, fading into dotwork at the lower edge.
Concentric maze pattern on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon cats in a teal scalloped frame with purple and pink accents, in a neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Two cartoon cats in a scalloped frame
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm, with a quote set in a circle around a central blackletter-style monogram.
Circular quote tattoo with monogram on upper arm
Back tattoo of a skeleton holding an open fan beside a large skull, set on a red flame and psychedelic pattern background, with flowers below and a colourful sleeve on the arm.
Full back skeleton and fan tattoo
Tattoo on an arm of a semicolon and the words this too shall pass in black script, with a black bird silhouette and teal and pink splatter marks.
Semicolon and script with a bird and watercolour splashes
Traditional style tattoo of a sharpened wooden stake with the script words Mr. Pointy and red blood drops on an upper arm.
Wooden stake with blood drops
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm, with bold block letters made from a dollar bill and a portrait in the centre.
Dollar bill lettering on upper arm
Black fine line botanical arc of leaves and flowers on the inner upper arm, with a small cross tattoo on the wrist above.
Botanical arc on the inner upper arm
Colour tattoo of a tree with a serene carved face, glowing heart, sun, moon and mushrooms on an upper arm, in a surreal botanical style.
Tree spirit with roots and celestial scene on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a skull merging with a woman's face, a castle on a hill and a rose.
Skull and face with castle on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two raptors among tall ferns and trees covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Raptors in a jungle on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, roses, a clock, a microphone and banners with lettering.
Skull, rose and banner sleeve on an arm
Woman seen from behind with a large Japanese-style back tattoo of a butterfly and peonies in black and grey, with coloured sleeves on both arms.
Butterfly and peony back piece with arm sleeves
Six-panel collage of a colourful full sleeve tattoo of hibiscus, lotus and other flowers with a frog, shown on an upper arm and shoulder.
Full sleeve of flowers with a frog and lotus
Black linework tattoo of a hand holding a small bouquet of flowers and sprigs on the back of an upper arm, in a fine line botanical style.
Hand holding a small flower bouquet on an upper arm
Close-up of a realistic red rose with green leaves and an orange butterfly tattoo on an upper arm.
Red rose and butterfly on an upper arm
Grid collage of sixteen colourful tattoos on skin in a bold traditional style, including a balloon dog, a bunny, ice creams, a hearts motif and a teddy bear.
Sixteen-tile collage of colourful traditional-style tattoos
Black linework tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers and a ribbed cuff on the upper arm, with a partly visible grey rose tattoo below it.
Crossed fingers hand on upper arm
Small black and grey tattoo of a full moon with stippled craters and a fine outline on the upper arm.
Moon on upper arm
Neo-traditional raven perched on a branch on the upper arm and shoulder, framed by red and blue flowers and leaves.
Raven with flowers on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, placed on the upper arm.
Realistic lion head on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of three arrows pointing right, running across the inner upper arm near the elbow.
Three arrows on an upper arm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a fox-like creature with flowing orange tails on the upper arm.
Fox creature with flame tails on upper arm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a crouching winged creature across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Winged creature sketch on upper arm
Three vintage-style cat designs on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, including a cat in a pink hat and a banner reading CAT LADY.
Three vintage cats on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress with red berries, placed on an upper arm, with a close-up and a pen sketch of the design beside it.
Lion with feathered headdress on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two open flowers with leaves and stems on the upper arm, with dotwork shading on the foliage.
Two flowers with leaves on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a small fine line violin tattoo with a crossing bow on the upper arm.
Violin tattoo on an upper arm
Full colour traditional tattoo of a gold anchor with chain, a silver USN lettering and a naval emblem over an American flag on the upper arm.
US Navy anchor over American flag
Black geometric mandala armband tattoo with dotted borders on an upper arm, worn beneath a white top and gold pendant necklace.
Mandala armband tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a shaded circle with a small moon-like dot, surrounded by ten black crescent symbols arranged in a ring.
Dotwork circle of crescent symbols on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading 'our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean'.
Quote about a wave and the ocean on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a dinosaur skull with long teeth on the inner upper arm.
Dinosaur skull on the upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunlit forest with tall trees and an orange tent on the upper arm, beside photos of the same woodland and a campsite.
Forest scene with tent on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rolled stack of banknotes on the upper arm, with a printed design reference visible at the right.
Rolled banknotes on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of gears, pulleys and numbered mechanical parts running along a forearm and up towards the upper arm.
Mechanical parts diagram along an arm
Torso and arm of a woman holding a blue mug, with a dark black and grey tattoo on the upper arm and a small tattoo near the wrist.
Dark ink upper arm tattoo, kitchen mug

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