Tattoo ideas

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Black geometric mandala tattoo with arrows and moon phases on the upper arm, with a hand resting on a grey sleeve.
Geometric mandala with moon phases on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a woman in profile framed by peony flowers, a botanical tattoo design for the shoulder and upper arm.
Profile portrait with peonies sketch
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a Totoro character surrounded by red cherry blossoms on the upper arm.
Totoro and cherry blossom on an upper arm
Four views of a black and grey nautical full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an octopus, a skull, a ship's wheel and a compass star, placed from the forearm up to the upper arm.
Black and grey nautical full sleeve
Blue, teal and yellow watercolour-style silhouette of a figure with one arm raised, surrounded by splatter dots, tattooed on the upper arm.
Blue silhouette of a figure on upper arm
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper beside a winged woman, with clouds and a sleeve design on the arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a knight's helmet above a brick wall and a shield with a double-headed eagle, shown in three angles.
Helmet, brick wall and eagle shield on upper arm
Full forearm sleeve tattoo with a black and grey mandala and cube pattern, with red accents, shown on an outstretched arm against a timber wall.
Geometric mandala sleeve on an arm
Black and grey handprint and footprint tattoo with script name and Roman numerals on an upper arm.
Handprint and footprint with name on upper arm
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with soft shading on the upper arm, shown against a white sleeve.
Small shaded rose on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink rose wrapped in rope with a grey anchor on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style with soft shading.
Pink rose and anchor on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a daisy style flower with outlined petals and a stippled centre on the upper arm.
Daisy flower tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering reading Est. 1986 on the outer upper arm.
Est. 1986 lettering on upper arm
Shirtless bearded man with black tribal knotwork tattoos across his left shoulder, upper arm, chest and forearm.
Tribal knotwork tattoos on shoulder and chest
Fine-line French script tattoo running along the upper arm of a person lying on a bed, with a blue-grey feather tattoo near the elbow.
French script and feather tattoos on an arm
Black and grey rose tattoo on the upper arm of a person with green nails resting a hand on a car steering wheel.
Rose tattoo on upper arm in a car
Realistic colour tattoo of a moon, drifting clouds and stars across the upper arm and shoulder.
Moon and clouds night sky on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face with a toothed lower edge framed by red flowers, teal leaves and a bell-shaped base.
Traditional face and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pharaoh with a bird perched on his headdress, covering the upper arm.
Pharaoh portrait on upper arm
Traditional Japanese style tattoos of a cat on the ribs and a dog-like figure among red maple leaves on the shoulder and upper arm, shown in colour.
Japanese cat and maple sleeve on torso
Full Japanese-style sleeve tattoo on a man's arm, showing a figure in a teal robe with a sword beside cherry blossoms, waves and red roses on the upper arm and forearm.
Japanese sleeve with figure, waves and roses
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm showing Los Angeles street signs such as Broadway and Rodeo, with palm trees across the forearm and upper arm.
Los Angeles street signs sleeve
Colour tattoo of a large outlined number 12 above a dripping blue Seattle skyline with the Space Needle, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Seattle skyline and number 12 on upper arm
Black geometric tattoo of overlapping concentric circles and rings on the upper arm near the elbow, in a geometric style.
Concentric circle design on upper arm
Black outline roses and leaves tattooed on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, drawn in a fine line botanical style.
Rose outline tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring lion in profile with a lotus flower and bud on an upper arm.
Roaring lion and lotus on an upper arm
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a black snake coiled between red roses, sun faces, dripping apple and blue waves, with forearm and upper arm tattoos visible.
Traditional back piece with snake, roses and sun faces
Fine line black tattoo of a tulip on a stem held by a hand with a dotted cuff, placed on the inner upper arm.
Tulip held in a hand on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a black circle with branching lines and radiating orange, red and blue rays on the upper arm.
Sunburst circle on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with a reflected pier and a tear running down the cheek, on an upper arm.
Realistic eye with a tear on the upper arm
Fine line tattoos on an upper arm showing a outlined cloud with falling hearts and a coloured unicorn, with partly visible script above.
Cloud, hearts and unicorn on an upper arm
Shirtless man showing a large black and red winged bird tattoo across his chest, with a triangle band and spiral motif below, and a tattooed upper arm.
Winged bird and geometric chest tattoo
Pastel neo-traditional style tattoo of a woman with flowing hair and draped fabric covering the outer upper arm.
Woman with flowing hair on an upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a rearing cobra with its hood spread, covering the upper arm.
Cobra with raised hood on upper arm
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a thigh showing a cartoon woman in a red polka dot bandana and glasses, flexing one arm in front of an orange sun, with a red rose below and a quote in black
Cartoon flexing woman and rose on a thigh
Collage of eight sepia photographs of black fine line geometric tattoos with diamond, arrow and circle motifs on the forearm, upper arm, spine, ribs, neck and ankle.
Geometric line tattoos in a collage of eight
Colour traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, red roses and green leaves on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and roses on an upper arm
Shirtless torso of a man with colour traditional-style sleeve tattoos on both arms, including a woman's head with flowers on the upper arm and a pocket watch, and black lyric text on the ribs.
Colour sleeves and lyric text on ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a snow globe with an aurora sky, pine trees and snowflakes on an upper arm, with the word Dreamer beside it.
Snow globe with aurora and the word Dreamer
Painterly tattoo of a blue and red hummingbird with outstretched wings on the upper arm, with soft brushstroke-like shading.
Watercolour style hummingbird in blue and red
Black and grey tattoo of the Cancer zodiac crab symbol inside a ring of shaded crab claws, placed on the upper arm.
Crab zodiac symbol on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a leaping hare with smoky shading and swirling forms on the upper arm of a man photographed in a bathroom mirror.
Leaping hare tattoo on upper arm
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette and red flowers on an upper arm, with the words Rockin N Rollin and N What Not.
Sugar skull with pompadour on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a woman with flowing hair and pink rose and scroll tattoo designs on her shoulder and upper arm.
Woman with pink rose tattoo designs
Black and grey tattoos on a person's back and upper arm showing a horned beast with roses, a woman with roses on the right shoulder, and script above.
Beast and rose with woman portrait on shoulders
Black and grey realism tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder showing a roaring bear above a mother bear with cubs, set against pine trees.
Roaring bear and cubs with pine forest
Black and grey Japanese full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with cherry blossoms, wave patterns and a sunburst, shown from three angles.
Japanese cherry blossom sleeve in black and grey

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