Tattoo ideas

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

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Man seen from behind in a white slogan T-shirt, with dark tattoos visible on his forearm and upper arm as he walks down a narrow street.
Back view of slogan tee with arm tattoos
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man's face framed by tribal scrollwork on an upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a man framed by tribal scrollwork
Small fine line cherry blossom tattoo with soft pink petals and purple stamens on the inner upper arm.
Small cherry blossom on the upper arm
Black and white photo of a tiny fine line airplane tattoo on the upper arm, with a dark top and a hand with a ring at the edge of the frame.
Small airplane tattoo on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face with teal markings, feathers, a compass and a jaguar head.
Neo-trad woman and jaguar on upper arm
Close-up of a semicolon tattoo with a blue and purple watercolour wash and black ink splatter on an upper arm.
Semicolon with blue watercolour wash
Black ink squid with swirling tentacles covering the outer upper arm, drawn in fine line with hatched shading.
Squid and tentacles on an upper arm
Black and grey lace pattern tattoo with shaded flowers and scrollwork wrapping around the upper arm near the elbow.
Lace and flower tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an astronaut in a spacesuit and helmet, shaded and outlined, covering the upper arm of a man in a teal vest.
Astronaut on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a fading pine forest, a street grid and a large building.
Pine forest fading into a city street map on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of mountains and pine trees inside a triangle, with a small circle above and a horizontal line across the middle, on the upper arm.
Mountains and pines inside a triangle
A woman seen from behind wears gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos, with a gold ornamental design on her forearm and a silver mandala on her upper back.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos
Neo-traditional botanical tattoo on an upper arm showing orange poppies, a seed pod, a bud and a white magnolia with green leaves.
Poppies and magnolia on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hummingbird in flight above hibiscus flowers and leaves on an upper arm.
Hummingbird and hibiscus flowers on an upper arm
Bare back covered in a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a yellow tiger-like figure, an anchor, a ship and a row of roses above a banner.
Large back piece with tiger, anchor and roses
Colour tattoo of a heart-shaped night scene with a pale castle, a black silhouetted tree and stars on the upper arm.
Heart-framed castle and silhouette on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo of many words arranged in a flowing shape across a person's upper arm, with the text running down toward the elbow.
Words arranged in a flowing shape on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing roses, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a compass.
Black and grey roses and pocket watch sleeve
Pink and black shaded butterfly tattoo with a small star beside it, on the outer upper arm of a light-skinned person.
Pink and black butterfly on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a gladiolus flower with buds and a long stem on the upper arm of a person wearing a rolled white sleeve.
Gladiolus flower on the upper arm
A person reclining outdoors shows a full colour sleeve on one arm, floral and skull tattoos on the legs, and a large skull piece across the torso.
Colourful skull tattoos across legs, arm and torso
Fine black script lettering reading love is patient and love is kind on the inner upper arm, with a denim sleeve above.
Love is patient, love is kind lettering on arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with a loop bow and roman numerals on the upper arm of a person wearing a white t-shirt.
Pocket watch on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small lamp post with a lantern on the inner upper arm.
Small lamp post on the inner arm
Woman wearing gold and silver metallic botanical temporary tattoos on her chest, wrist and upper arm, with a vine of leaves and paisley-style patterns.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos
Colour neo-trad tattoo on an upper arm showing two female profile faces filled with a red and orange sunset, stars, birds and a rope knot below.
Two profile faces in a sunset on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm with a rose, a central mandala flower and ornate paisley linework below.
Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with white blossom flowers on an upper arm, shaded with dark smoky bands.
Skull and blossom on an upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a central flower and layered petals on the upper arm, below a white lace top.
Black mandala on upper arm
A coloured traditional-style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, with blue roses and a banner reading LOVE HATE, while a man in a burgundy suit holds the arm.
Blue rose and banner sleeve on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a globe with shaded continents and latitude lines on the inner upper arm, against a plain white wall.
Globe tattoo on the upper arm
Man seen from behind in a black Lucky 13 t-shirt, with traditional tattoos of a rose, an anchor and a spider web on his forearms and upper arms.
Traditional arm tattoos with a Lucky 13 tee
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face within a rolled-up 100 dollar banknote on an upper arm, with blackletter lettering visible beside it.
Portrait face on a banknote, upper arm
Black and grey Celtic knotwork cross set over rivetted armour plates, tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Celtic knot cross on armour plating upper arm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals and a gear mechanism on the upper arm.
Clock face with Roman numerals on an upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of an anglerfish on the upper arm, with a skeleton curled inside its body.
Anglerfish with skeleton on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an open pocket watch with a chain and pink blossoms on an upper arm, with green and black watercolour-style splashes.
Pocket watch and blossoms on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue hummingbird with black brush strokes and pink dots on the upper arm, with the arm raised in a bedroom.
Watercolour hummingbird on an upper arm
Fine line eye with radiating rays in dark blue-black ink on the upper arm, with a small tattoo on a finger of the same hand.
Small eye tattoo with rays on upper arm
Colour traditional anchor tattoo wrapped in rope with a pink heart, shown on the upper arm in a traditional style.
Traditional anchor with heart on upper arm
Close view of a white ink ornamental paisley tattoo spreading across a person's shoulder and upper arm, with a dark-haired figure partly visible.
White ink paisley pattern on shoulder
Black ink tattoo of a fork twirling spaghetti with dripping sauce, sitting on the inner upper arm.
Fork twirling spaghetti on upper arm
Black and grey realism arm sleeve showing a bearded figure and roses on the upper arm and forearm, with rose work on the chest and shoulder.
Black and grey realism arm sleeve with roses
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder showing Pokémon-style creatures, a white bird, snowflakes and flowers, shown in three side-by-side views.
Pokémon characters sleeve on upper arm
Black and white photo of a hand-drawn crown above a grinning skull-like face tattoo on an upper arm, in a sketchy outline style.
Crown and grinning skull on upper arm
Four black arrows with feathered fletching and dotted arrowheads, in a blackwork and dotwork style, tattooed on the upper arm.
Four arrows on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a panda partly submerged in water in front of green bamboo, placed on the upper arm.
Panda and bamboo on an upper arm
Close-up of a small geometric triangle tattoo with mint, brown and black sections on the upper arm of a person wearing a striped top.
Small triangle tattoo on upper arm

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