Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black lettering tattoo reading you are art, running diagonally across the skin of an arm, in a Lettering style.
You are art lettering on an arm
Small black dotwork and fine line tattoo of a mountain range on the inner upper arm, shown against a plain white wall.
Mountain range on upper arm
Realistic red and black feather tattoo on the upper back, between the shoulder blades, with the person's hair visible above.
Red feather on upper back
Black ink tattoo of the word Believe in cursive script with swirls and a small cross, on a person's upper back.
Believe script with swirls on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a spiral galaxy with small stars inside a solid triangle, on a forearm.
Galaxy inside a triangle on a forearm
Close view of a teal blue rose tattoo with green leaves and black outlines on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Blue rose on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism style rose tattoo with leaves and buds wrapping from the ankle down onto the top of the foot.
Rose and leaves on an ankle and foot
Black and grey realism raven tattoos on both forearms, with a small fine line fleur-de-lis above the left wrist.
Two raven tattoos on forearms
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of a heart merged with an infinity symbol on a woman's inner wrist, with her hand resting in a jeans pocket.
Fine line heart and infinity on the wrist
Black ink drawing of a vintage diving helmet built from geometric hatched facets, being shaded by a hand with a marker on white paper.
Geometric diving helmet sketch
Two black and grey realism tattoos on the forearms, one showing a key with eyes and the other a keyhole framing an eye above a classical bust.
Eye and key tattoos on two forearms
Forearm tattoo of a peacock over a vintage French text page, with black ink splatters and a faint blue-green wash behind the text.
Peacock on vintage French page forearm
Fine line black cross tattoo on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, of a woman with her hair in a bun and a denim jacket slipped off one shoulder.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Close-up of a small fine line black script word tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand open against a dark background.
Small script word on the inner wrist
Two matching black abstract tattoos inside thin circular arcs sit on the ankles of two bare feet, one pair of toenails green and the other blue.
Matching abstract circle tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey engraved tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with waves and a sun, on the calf.
Ship in a bottle on the calf
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading fearless across the wrist and back of the hand.
Fearless script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a band of triangles and dots encircling the upper thigh, shown in a close photo of a person wearing denim shorts.
Triangle band tattoo around a thigh
Black and grey pen drawing on paper of a sun with wavy rays, a crescent moon and four-pointed stars in its centre, shown as a tattoo design.
Sun with crescent moon and stars
Black fine line script tattoo of the words God is within her, she will not fall, Psalm 46:5, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Psalm 46:5 script across upper back
Three close-up photos of a black outlined heart-shaped puzzle piece tattoo, with one puzzle half filled in dark blue, teal or purple.
Heart puzzle piece tattoo in three colours
Fine line tattoo of a black outlined bird beside a blank circle, under an arc of coloured raindrops, on a forearm.
Bird under coloured raindrops on a forearm
Flash sheet of nine jellyfish drawings in grey pencil shading, with small dots scattered between them, shown without a body placement.
Jellyfish flash sheet in grey pencil
Red pencil drawing of a heart-shaped house with scalloped roof tiles, a chimney with smoke, a rose with leaves and the words HEART & HOME on a banner, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Heart-shaped house with rose and banner
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing the Statue of Liberty's spiked crown and hands covering her face, with a bullet hole and cracks below.
Statue of Liberty hands and bullet hole on forearm
Black and grey collage tattoo on two forearms, with halftone dots, fine geometric linework, a portrait partly set in a teal block and small script.
Collage forearm sleeve with portrait and geometry
Black outline tattoo of an AT-AT walker from Star Wars on the outer side of a lower leg.
AT-AT walker on a calf
Black ink sketch of an ant with loose linework and speckled dots on the side of a neck, below the ear.
Ant sketch on the side of the neck
Black and grey realistic lion head tattoo with a flowing mane and a yellow eye, sitting on the shoulder.
Realistic lion head on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cartoon wizard with round glasses and a red and gold scarf riding a broomstick, with a golden snitch, on a person's lower back.
Cartoon wizard on broomstick with golden snitch
Pencil drawing of a mechanical eye with a blue iris, cogs, screws and ornate filigree panels, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Mechanical eye with gears and filigree
Black and grey tattoo of a cat sitting on a crescent moon with four small sparkles, placed on a person's shoulder blade.
Cat on a crescent moon on a shoulder
Black and grey script lettering reading Money Over Everything across a forearm, with a white cat and a chair in the background.
Money over everything script on a forearm
Seated person with bold traditional tattoos on the thigh and calf, including a red rose, a skull, a wolf head and a flower, with more tattoos on the forearm.
Traditional leg tattoos with skull and wolf
Black and grey line drawing of a vintage Nikon SLR camera with a film strip and two roses, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Camera, film strip and roses design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a pine cone with sketched scale detail on the forearm.
Pine cone on a forearm
Black fine line outline of a small elephant on the inside of a wrist, with the hand raised against a dark floral backdrop.
Small elephant outline on wrist
Black ink tattoo of a sun with a serene face, curling rays and dotted stipple, plus a small star, on the side of the ribs.
Sun face with swirling dotted rays on ribs
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the chest, reading Dad followed by a four-line quote about remembering and missing someone.
Dad quote in script lettering on chest
Coloured flash design on paper showing a half woman, half skull face framed by roses, flowers and feathers, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman and skull design with roses
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded paper airplane with motion lines and the words a perfect paper airplane, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Paper airplane and quote on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing red roses, a grey envelope with a red wax seal, forget-me-not flowers and a banner with lettering.
Roses and envelope with banner on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a lion's face with a full orange and black mane, shown on the upper arm.
Realistic lion portrait on upper arm
Black and grey cat tattoo wearing a collar on a person's ribs, next to a blackwork tribal band on the forearm.
Seated cat on ribs with tribal forearm band
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf of an oval mountain lake scene with a campfire, tent and pine trees, with the words Adventure Awaits arcing above.
Campfire and mountain lake scene on a calf
Black ink dotwork drawing of a pizza slice with pepperoni and a single eye near its tip, shown as a tattoo design.
Pizza slice with an eye
Small solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner forearm, with the dot replaced by a cat's head and whiskers.
Semicolon with cat head on forearm
Watercolour style tattoo on the upper back with black linework circles, two hearts in red and black, and blue and purple washes.
Watercolour circles and hearts on upper back

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