Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line lettering of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper arm of a person in a bikini top, with a blurred sea behind.
Coordinates tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sugar skull decorated with a diamond, three roses and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sugar skull with roses design
Two colour tattoos of scrolling folk-style motifs, one on the side of the ribs and one on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Scrollwork tattoos on ribs and upper chest
Brown silhouette of a howling wolf with a cream triskele of three spirals across its body, on a textured cream background.
Howling wolf with triskele design
Grey shaded scorpion tattoo with blue blackletter word Scorpio above it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Shaded scorpion with Scorpio lettering on ribs
Two clenched fists pressed together, each with a traditional style tattoo: a panther head in a top hat and a rose on the right, a skull and a cartoon figure with an axe on the left.
Traditional hand tattoos with panther and rose
Two forearms with matching fine line script tattoos, the upper one reading Together forever, never apart and the lower one reading maybe in distance but never in heart with a small red heart.
Paired script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black dotwork skull design on cream paper, framed by triangles and star motifs, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Geometric skull with dotwork shading
Black and grey photograph of a lace-style garter band tattoo on an upper thigh, with a loose top held up beside it.
Lace garter tattoo on upper thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lighthouse in a stormy sea on the chest, with a sailing ship on the upper arm and shoulder.
Lighthouse in a storm on chest and ship on arm
Small black fine line dove in flight tattooed on a person's ankle, with a bony ankle joint visible at the right edge of the photo.
Small dove tattoo on an ankle
Colour botanical tattoo of wildflowers, including yellow daisies, purple blooms and pink lavender-like spikes, running down the outer thigh.
Wildflower sprig on the thigh
Black ink tattoo on a thigh showing a ringed skull, an eye and a hand with an arm, drawn in bold outlines and solid black fills.
Ringed skull, eye and hand on a thigh
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo of an open birdcage on one inner wrist, with a flock of birds flying across to the other wrist.
Birdcage and birds across two wrists
Close photograph of a small black Greek lettering tattoo on the upper thigh, beside red underwear and white striped thigh-high socks.
Small Greek letters on a thigh
Black outline tattoo of two hands over a solid red circle on the forearm, in a fine line style with flat red fill.
Two hands over a red sun
Two solid black violin f-hole shapes tattooed side by side on the back of a person's neck.
Twin violin f-holes on the back of the neck
Two arms covered in traditional-style tattoos, including a panther head, a feathered headdress, a skull, a snake and roses, placed on the forearms and upper arms.
Traditional sleeves with panther, skull and snake
Three views of a man's upper arm and shoulder with a colour botanical tattoo of autumn maple leaves in orange, red and green with dark ink splatters.
Autumn maple leaves sleeve in watercolour style
Blue tribal tattoo of swirling curves and a symmetrical central motif running along a forearm, on a person wearing a white top.
Blue tribal design on a forearm
Upper back tattoo of two lightsabers, one with a metallic hilt and both with red blades and dark smoky shading at the hilts, shown from above.
Two lightsabers across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snow-capped mountain and pine trees inside an ornate oval frame on the upper thigh.
Mountain and pines in an ornate frame
Fine line black constellation tattoo of dots joined by thin lines running up the inner forearm near the wrist.
Constellation tattoo on a forearm
Black handwritten brush lettering reading every moment matters on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Every moment matters lettering design
A small fine line bee tattoo in yellow and black on the inner wrist of a person's hand, with the palm facing up.
Small bee on an inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a large orange sunflower with water droplets on its petals, set against a teal sky and brown soil with roots, on a forearm.
Sunflower with sky on a forearm
Gold and teal metallic temporary tattoos of ornate patterns, star chains and beaded bracelets on a woman's wrist and forearm.
Metallic gold and teal temporary tattoos on forearm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a skull with a pompadour hairstyle, framed by lilies, roses and buds, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Skull with pompadour and lilies
Black and grey tattoo of a three-dimensional cube frame holding small figures and skeletal shapes, on the inner upper arm.
Figures inside a cube on the upper arm
Black and white tribal flash design of spirals, wave bands and triangles, drawn to fit a full arm sleeve.
Black tribal sleeve design with spirals
Black ink lace-style tattoo with geometric panels, dotwork chains and a central pendant across the underbust and upper abdomen.
Lace-style underbust tattoo with chain drops
Black line compass rose tattoo with arrow points on the outer thigh of a woman in denim shorts, against blue mosaic tiles.
Compass rose on the outer thigh
Black and grey dotwork moth inside a geometric diamond outline tattooed on the outer thigh.
Moth inside a geometric diamond on a thigh
A grid of twelve black line drawings of the zodiac signs, in a thin single-weight linework style, with no tattoo placement shown.
Twelve zodiac line drawings in a grid
Traditional style tattoo of a red book covered in eyes and stars, with a leafy border, on the forearm.
Eyed book on the forearm
Bold traditional flash drawing of a woman with a cross, FAITH and HOPE lettering, a spider web and an anchor on her face and neck, shown as a painted wooden cutout.
Traditional pin-up flash with face and neck tattoos
Black fine-line cat with cyan eyes, a pink collar and a cigarette with curling smoke, tattooed on the midriff below a pink lace bra.
Smoking black cat with pink collar
Neo-traditional tattoo of a unicorn head in a gold and red bridle with bells and tassels, shaded in grey with colour accents, on the upper arm.
Unicorn head in ornate bridle
Realism tattoo on the forearm of a pink rose in front of a black and grey pocket watch and a script banner, with colour only in the rose.
Pink rose, pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion and two roses covering the upper arm and forearm as a full sleeve.
Lion and roses realism sleeve
Black linework botanical tattoo of California poppies, buds and leaves on a forearm, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Poppy and buds botanical on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a green eye set in a grey book cover, framed by cobwebs and green clouds, on the leg.
Eye in a book with cobwebs and clouds
Black and grey script lettering reading I move the stars for no one, placed across the upper back below the neck.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a seated winged angel with its head bowed and knees drawn up, on the upper back.
Winged angel figure on upper back
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a Link-like figure with a sword beneath a gold Triforce, with rays above, a black wolf creature below and rows of drops at the base.
Link, Triforce and wolf on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a centaur archer drawing a bow, with an ornately patterned body, on the thigh.
Centaur archer on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a bow and arrow inside overlapping geometric circles, placed centrally on the chest.
Bow and arrow within circles on the chest
Two photographs of lower leg tattoos in fine line style, one showing Finn the Human in black outline and the other Fionna in colour, both framed by a green laurel wreath with a pink flower.
Adventure Time Finn and Fionna leg tattoos

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