Tattoo ideas

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

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Two hands overlapping on a green marble surface, with a fine line heart and infinity tattoo on one ring finger and a script word on the other hand's finger.
Heart and infinity fine line tattoos on fingers
Watercolour and ink drawing of a skull wearing a colourful feathered headdress, shown as a design with no body placement.
Feathered headdress skull in watercolour
Realistic colour tattoo of Darth Vader's helmet and a Death Star on an upper arm, with a glowing outstretched hand in the foreground.
Darth Vader and Death Star on upper arm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Life's too short in black ink on the upper chest, beside a black bra strap.
Life's too short script on the chest
Close-up of a small black outlined flower tattoo with red fill on the inner ear, with a gem stud piercing set in its centre.
Small flower on the inner ear
Close-up of a fine line cursive script tattoo running down the outer thigh of a person in a loose white top and shorts.
Fine line script tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading resilience, with an arrow at each end, on the inner forearm.
Resilience script with arrows on the forearm
Fine line tattoo of two elephants walking in single black outlines across the side of a foot, shown healed above and as a stencil on skin below.
Two elephants in line outline on a foot
Close view of a hand with a small fine line heart tattoo on the back, styled with gold rings and bracelets beside white roses and green leaves.
Small heart tattoo on a hand with jewellery
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined hand holding a sprig of small flowers, placed on the forearm.
Outlined hand with flower sprig on forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm reproducing Gustav Klimt's painting The Kiss, showing an embracing couple in a patterned gold and ochre robe within a rectangular frame.
Klimt's The Kiss painting on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a black cartoon cat holding an umbrella under a purple rain cloud, beside a green skull.
Cartoon cat with umbrella and skull on a leg
Fine line tattoo of overlapping closed-eyed faces inside a circle and cube outline on the upper arm.
Overlapping faces in a cube on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a lantern with a glowing candle flame, scrolled ironwork and green leaves on the upper thigh.
Lantern with candle flame on thigh
Large black and grey gnarled tree tattoo with bare branches and roots covering most of a person's back, seen from behind.
Gnarled tree tattoo across a back
Black line drawing of a geometric tattoo design showing an arrow passing through an outlined diamond, with a single red droplet at the tip, on a grey textured background.
Arrow through a diamond with a red drop
Black script lettering reading One day at a time, tattooed along the side of a person's ribs.
One day at a time script on the ribs
Black line drawing of two fists with the words BOOB and MILK lettered across the knuckles, printed on a grey t-shirt.
Knuckle fists design on a grey t-shirt
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey pigeon with dandelion and cow parsley flowers and leaves on the inner forearm, with a small red word tattoo above it.
Pigeon and wildflowers on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling bear head with scrolling foliage above and feathers below, on the inside of a forearm.
Snarling bear head on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the inner forearm, with a raised hand visible above it.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of an X-wing starship in front of a planet with purple and blue splashes, on a calf.
X-wing starship and planet on a calf
Black and grey wolf tattoo with smoke across a woman's stomach, with a floral tattoo on the thigh and black lace underwear.
Wolf tattoo across the stomach
Black looping script lettering tattoo running down the forearm, drawn in thin, flowing cursive strokes.
Looping script lettering on a forearm
Black ink pen drawing of the Ravenclaw crest, showing an eagle over a shield with scrolling foliage and a banner reading Ravenclaw.
Ravenclaw crest pen drawing
Traditional style colour tattoo of an orange and teal bee over a honeycomb, framed by a wreath of red and blue flowers and green leaves, on a limb.
Bee over honeycomb with flower wreath
Fine line tattoo of three jellyfish on the inner forearm, two with grey-black bells and one smaller with a darker bell, trailing long reddish tentacles.
Three jellyfish on a forearm
Black ink anchor entwined with an infinity symbol and a small heart, above the script words Love anchors the soul, tattooed on the upper back.
Anchor and infinity with script on upper back
Black linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing an arched gateway flanked by trees, a star and crown motif, and a four-line verse beneath, placed on the back.
Arched gateway and verse on upper back
Black and grey photo of a small cross tattoo with the script inscription John 13:7 beside it, placed on the back of a neck.
Cross and John 13:7 script on the neck
Back view of a person with long dreadlocks showing a large teal linework tattoo of geometric lines and spirals across the upper back and shoulder blades.
Teal geometric linework across a back
Black ink paisley and floral tattoo across the upper back and shoulder blade, with a henna-inspired linework style.
Paisley and flower back tattoo
Colourful watercolour-style lion head tattoo on the side of the ribs, with blue, pink and orange brushstrokes and splashes around it.
Watercolour lion head on the ribs
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded compass with an arrow, a scroll and a ribbon banner lettered with the word trouvaille.
Compass and arrow banner design
Black dotwork drawing of a compass rose enclosing a globe, with a crescent arc curving beside it on a stand, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass rose and globe dotwork design
Black script lettering reading Death will get us Alive across the inner forearm, shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a swirl lollipop, pink bow and wrapped sweets on a forearm, set against green and purple watercolour splashes.
Lollipop and pink bow with wrapped sweets
Colour and grey realism style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and decorated with pink roses and blue flowers, on the inner forearm.
Anchor with roses and forget-me-nots on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a camel on the top of a toe, photographed against a carpeted floor.
Camel outline on a toe
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an anatomical heart with daisy-like flowers and buds growing from it, on an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, triangles and fine arrows, in dotwork and fine line, on a forearm.
Geometric circles and arrows on a forearm
Eight line drawn arrow designs in a fine line geometric style, with a few teal accents, sketched on white paper beside two black pigment liner pens.
Eight arrow designs on paper
Black lace and pink flower tattoo with a dangling feather and chain details across a shoulder and upper arm.
Lace, flower and feather upper arm tattoo
Two black dotwork tattoos on a person's thighs, a conch shell on the left and a scallop shell on the right, with a partial claw tattoo at the left edge.
Conch and scallop shells on thighs
Black and grey rose tattoos cover the upper arm and forearm of a person with long auburn hair, standing on rocks by the sea.
Black and grey rose sleeve on a raised arm
Man in a grey suit and open white shirt with a partly visible black and grey tattoo on the upper chest and neck.
Partly visible tattoo above a grey suit
Small outlined heart tattoo filled with bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple on skin.
Rainbow heart tattoo on skin
Black and grey fine line script reading Love me for who I am, tattooed along the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote along the shoulder

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