Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey geometric blackwork tattoo of mountains, pine trees and clouds inside a diamond shape on the forearm.
Geometric mountain and pine forest on a forearm
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a sailing ship under stars, with waves, clouds and the date 1872 beneath, on the upper arm.
Sailing ship and 1872 on upper arm
Full back tattoo in a realistic colour style, showing a tree dividing a moonlit mountain scene from a sunset lake scene.
Split landscape tree across a back
Blue and grey sketch-style guitars tattooed across a man's upper back, with a black hexagon pattern band on the shoulder and upper arm.
Sketched guitars across a back
A small unicorn tattoo filled with pink and purple galaxy patterns and white stars, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Galaxy unicorn on a forearm
Close-up of three solid black bat silhouette tattoos on the side of a woman's neck, below the ear.
Three bat silhouettes on the neck
Black fine-line fern sprig tattoo curving across the upper arm of a woman with long hair seated on a white bed.
Fern sprig on upper arm
Black linework laurel wreath with a small tied bow at the base, drawn in a vintage engraved style on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Laurel wreath design
Watercolour-style red and orange poppies with black linework and blue ink splashes across a person's lower back.
Watercolour poppies on lower back
Blue glowing outline of a mouse head tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, photographed under ultraviolet light.
Glowing mouse head outline on a wrist
Two inner wrist tattoos in black ink: on the left a row of planets with a ringed Saturn, on the right a scatter of dots like a constellation.
Planets and constellation dots on wrists
Pen drawing of a tattoo design sheet with a green-inked snake entwined in ivy, a shaded grey snake and a small botanical sprig, shown on textured paper.
Snake, ivy and leaf sprig design sheet
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering tattoo across the forearm.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo with feathered fletching and dotwork detail on the upper arm, surrounded by thin geometric circles.
Arrow with geometric circles on upper arm
Black silhouette design of birds flying from a feather beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a pale feathered background.
Flying birds, feather and script quote design
Small black outline tattoo of the state of Texas inside a circle, on the side of a person's ankle and heel.
Texas outline in a circle on an ankle
Small black fine-line tattoo of a stethoscope on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown against a metal surface.
Stethoscope tattoo on the inner wrist
Two forearms with black bands separated by bare skin, and dotwork stippling fading toward the wrist, in a blackwork and dotwork style on the forearm.
Banded forearms with dotwork fade
Fine line black tattoo of a small curved twig with tiny sprigs on the inner upper arm near the elbow.
Curved twig on upper arm
Thin black fine-line cursive script reading je ne regrette rien on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
French phrase 'je ne regrette rien' in script
Black ink drawing of a skull with knotted octopus tentacles on white paper, shaded with fine hatching and stippling.
Skull and tentacles design drawing
Colour botanical tattoo of pink flowers with dark outlines and teal splashes, with a black script letter A in the centre, on the lower leg.
Pink flowers with a script letter A on the leg
Black and grey linework tattoo of a hand gripping a tattoo machine and marking a small arrow, placed on the upper back.
Hand holding a tattoo machine on the back
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the side of a finger, with the hand resting on blue denim.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Small colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box on an ankle, shown above a red patent high-heeled shoe against a blue background.
Blue TARDIS tattoo on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of an owl with spread wings, stars, an eye in a box, flowers and a crescent moon on an upper arm.
Owl with crescent moon on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box over a pink and purple galaxy on the inner forearm, shown from two angles in a bathroom.
TARDIS and galaxy on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of two orange California poppies and a sprig of lavender tied with green leaves in a bouquet on the thigh, with a partial moth below.
Poppies and lavender bouquet on a thigh
Black and grey floral tattoo of a rose with buds and leaves on the inner forearm, beside a thin gold cuff bracelet.
Small floral tattoo on an inner forearm
Black tribal-style lion design stepping forward with a flowing, flame-like mane, drawn on a white background as a tattoo design.
Tribal lion stepping forward
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with an ornamental base on white paper, with a thumb visible at the left edge.
Lotus flower line drawing on paper
Traditional style heart tattoo with a white DONE banner and dark leaves on the forearm, in red, orange and black ink.
Traditional heart with DONE banner on forearm
Back view of a woman on a beach with a small white hibiscus tattoo on her shoulder and a black armband tattoo on her upper arm.
Hibiscus and armband tattoos on a back and shoulder
Black sans-serif lettering tattoo reading 'Happiness only real when shared' across the upper arm, with a grey sleeve visible at the top of the frame.
Quote tattoo reading 'Happiness only real when shared'
Black stippled dotwork drawing of mountain peaks above a dense pine forest, shown on white paper against a dark background.
Mountain and pine forest design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha with a flowered parasol, a fan and cherry blossom, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Geisha with parasol and fan
Red and orange sunset wash on the upper arm and shoulder with black silhouettes of savanna animals and a flying bird, in a colour tattoo.
Savanna sunset silhouettes on upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading ; my story isn't over in a simple lowercase sans serif on the side of a foot.
Semicolon quote on the side of a foot
Small black fine line botanical tattoo of a lavender sprig with leaves on the side of a ribcage.
Lavender sprig on the ribs
A colourful watercolour-style abstract tattoo with geometric outline on a thigh, being worked on by a tattooist with a machine.
Abstract watercolour motif on a thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork detail covering the back of a hand and onto the wrist.
Black mandala tattoo across the back of a hand
Black script lettering reading 'There is a light that never goes out' across the upper back, shown in two photos.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Fresh black script reading Miami, drawn as a heartbeat line across the upper back and covered with clear plastic wrap.
Miami script in a heartbeat line on the back
Fine line skull with pink heart eyes on one finger and a pink bow on the next, shown on two hands held together against grass.
Skull and bow finger tattoos
Small black palm tree tattoo with a slim curved trunk on the upper arm of a woman in denim dungarees.
Palm tree on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a bold black wavy line rising to an arrowhead above the text.
Hebrew lettering with a wavy line on the wrist
Black ink tattoo of the word hope in cursive script running along an arrow with feathered fletching, on a forearm.
Hope script and arrow on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Bewitched in script with a small witch holding a wand and sparkles, on the upper arm.
Bewitched script with a witch and stars

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