Tattoo ideas

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

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Two small skull tattoos on the hands, one wearing a red bow and one wearing a black top hat with a red band, shaded in black and grey with red accents.
Matching skull tattoos on two hands
Close photo of a brown Celtic knotwork band tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with long red hair.
Celtic knot armband on upper arm
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of the word Believe in cursive script with a small dragonfly, on the top of a foot.
Believe script with dragonfly on foot
Small fine line colour tattoo of a lilac sprig with purple and pink blooms and green leaves on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Lilac sprig on upper chest
Five arms meet in a circle, each wrist with a small black outline heart tattoo in fine line style.
Matching outline hearts on five wrists
Black tribal sea turtle tattoo on the upper back, with bold solid shapes and a face-like motif across the shell.
Tribal sea turtle tattoo on the back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun with a face, a crescent moon and a lotus flower on the outer thigh of a bare leg.
Sun, moon and lotus on a thigh
Black handwritten script tattoo reading "You are what you love, not who loves you" across the upper chest, with a silver chain and grey top in view.
Handwritten quote across upper chest
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly resting on an orange awareness ribbon with script letters, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Monarch butterfly and ribbon on upper back
A woman seen from behind in a bikini shows a black and grey tattoo across her upper back and shoulder, with large tropical leaves around her.
Back tattoo in an outdoor shower
Black ink drawing of a scrolling vine with curls and small dots on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Black scrolling vine design
Colour tattoo of a teal top hat with a purple band and ribbon above a black spade shape filled with the lettering 'We're all mad here', shown in a lettering style on skin.
Mad Hatter top hat above a lettered spade
Realistic tattoo of a Ball Mason jar with glowing fireflies on the inner forearm, shaded in browns and greys with warm highlights.
Mason jar and fireflies on a forearm
Black italic script lettering reading 'If the words you spoke appeared on your skin, would you still be beautiful?' on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Italic quote lettering design
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon man in a cap, sunglasses and chain holding a camera, with EASY MONEY lettering, on the thigh in a traditional style.
Cartoon man with camera and Easy Money lettering
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a feline head inside a geometric sunburst on the upper arm.
Feline head with geometric sunburst on upper arm
Four close-up photographs of a small flat blue TARDIS tattoo with a yellow lamp on top, placed on a finger.
Blue TARDIS tattoo on a finger
Black and grey feather tattoo on the side of a neck, below a braided hairstyle and beside an ear with a stud earring.
Feather tattoo on the neck behind the ear
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo on the wrist, formed from fine lettering reading live the life you love and love the life you live.
Infinity quote tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey outline tattoo of Homer Simpson with raised arms and a red-lettered Misfits skull shirt, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Homer Simpson in a Misfits shirt on ribs
Traditional colour tattoo of an owl and a hawk with roses and leaves across the stomach, with a cat wearing glasses and roses on the forearm.
Owl and eagle with roses on torso
Traditional style tattoo of a pink heart wrapped in rope and entwined with an anchor and a rose, with curved text reading Sons are the anchors of a mother's heart, on the side of the torso.
Anchor and heart with quote on the side
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a handwritten script across a person's ribs, on skin with an orange garment at the edges.
Four-line quote tattoo along the ribs
Black line owl tattoo with ornamental feathers and a diamond motif on the upper arm, in a fine line style.
Ornamental owl on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an iris and crescent moon with small dots on the upper arm of a person in a grey top.
Iris and crescent moon on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cat's face framed by two peony flowers and dotwork beads, placed across the upper chest.
Cat and peonies across the upper chest
Two small black mandala flower tattoos in a fine line style, one on each inner wrist of two people with their arms placed together.
Matching mandala tattoos on two wrists
Colour tattoo of a child sitting beneath a large red feather with butterflies rising from it, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Child with a red feather and butterflies on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of hibiscus, orchids and swirling stems covering the middle of a person's back.
Floral bouquet across a back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull wearing a star-studded cowboy hat, shown on the upper arm.
Skull in a cowboy hat with stars on an upper arm
Green-tailed mermaid tattoo in soft grey shading across a woman's upper and mid back, with rocks and waves below her tail.
Mermaid tattoo across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with a closed bud, leaves and a thorny stem on the upper arm.
Black and grey rose and bud on upper arm
Flash sheet of black ink botanical designs, including ferns, leafy sprigs and berry stems, on white paper beside fresh greenery and a brush.
Black ink botanical flash sheet with ferns and sprigs
Close-up of a lettering tattoo reading 13.elieve on the forearm, with the 13 in pink and outlined and the rest in dark navy.
13.elieve lettering on a forearm
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded skull wearing a thorned vine crown, with a ribbon and rose below, framed by coloured rose and thorn corner ornaments.
Skull with thorn crown and rose
Solid black ankh with an Eye of Horus beneath it on the side of a person's ribs, with a hand resting on the stomach.
Ankh and Eye of Horus on the ribs
Black cursive script tattoo reading Dance on an ankle, worn with a pale satin ballet shoe.
Dance script tattoo on ankle
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a treble and bass clef forming a heart, music notes and the script words When it hits you feel no pain, drawn on paper with no body part shown.
Clef heart with music notes and script quote
Pink rose tattoo with sketchy black linework and green leaves on the upper back, seen from behind.
Pink rose with green leaves on upper back
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Watercolour-style red poppies with buds and grey-green leaves tattooed down the outer thigh.
Red poppies on a thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a rearing horse beside the words take me away in script, on the inner wrist.
Horse silhouette and script on a wrist
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping from the ankle onto the top of the foot.
Octopus tattoo wrapping an ankle
Abstract watercolour-style tattoo, a tall band of blue, pink, orange and teal, running down the spine from the nape of the neck across the upper back.
Vertical colour strip down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling werewolf in front of a full moon and dark trees on an upper arm.
Howling werewolf under a moon
Black script lettering reading Life is a beautiful struggle, Never let it define you, across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey realism rose with thorny vine and leaves tattooed on the top of a foot, shown from the side.
Black and grey rose with vine on a foot
Pale white-ink outlines of roses and leaves on the inside of a forearm, in a botanical line style with no shading.
White ink roses on a forearm

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