Tattoo ideas

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

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Two forearms held together, each with a black cross tattoo and the words Mark 5:36, with one set of words in red script on the forearm.
Matching cross and Mark 5:36 forearm tattoos
Woman in a white lace dress with black and grey botanical tattoos of roses and leaves on her upper arm, shoulder and forearm.
Roses and foliage tattoos on arm and shoulder
Black and grey shaded sunflower tattoo with a dotted seed head on the forearm, photographed on a blanket.
Sunflower on the forearm
Two arms pressed together in black and grey, one with fine line lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on the forearm and one with SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the upper arm.
Girl Almighty and She's Not Afraid text tattoos
Black and grey owl tattoo with a compass and ankh on the forearm, in neo-traditional style with dotwork shading.
Owl and compass on a forearm
Woman with a cigar and an open polka dot dress, showing a black and grey portrait tattoo on her upper arm and a red rose tattoo on her forearm.
Rose and portrait tattoos on arms
Black and white photo of a fine line outline elephant tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised above it.
Small elephant outline on the inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading believe with an arrow running along the inner forearm, shown on a hand resting on a granite countertop.
Believe script with arrow on inner forearm
Six small dots in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple run in a row across the inner wrist, in a dotwork style.
Six rainbow dots on the inside of a wrist
A person with arms raised outdoors, holding a microphone, showing black and grey tattoos on the forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey arm tattoos on a raised arm
Small black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and denim shorts.
Coordinates tattoo on the inner forearm
Colourful geometric butterfly tattoo made of isometric cubes on a forearm, with a grey top and dark jeans visible beside it.
Geometric cube butterfly on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a howling wolf in front of a large blue moon with bare branches, across the forearm, shown from two angles.
Howling wolf and moon on a forearm
Close photograph of a small solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner forearm, just above the wrist, with a black beaded bracelet and a raised hand.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner forearm
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Japanese style koi and wave tattoo covering her back and left arm, against a dark red studio backdrop.
Full back Japanese koi and wave tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a pale figure with large eyes and dark hair in an ornate oval frame, above a blue butterfly with red spots.
Pale cartoon figure and butterfly on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a palm tree on a grey island above a red sun setting over water, on a forearm.
Palm tree island sunset on a forearm
Close crop of a woman's arm resting across her chest, with a small solid red heart tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small red heart on the inner wrist
Fine line black cross tattoo on the inner wrist of a person wearing a dark sleeve, resting on a white sheet.
Small cross tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey daisy tattoo with a thin stem and two small leaves on the inner forearm, shaded in soft grey tones.
Daisy with stem on a forearm
Black and white photo of a person with a dense black and grey tattoo sleeve on the forearm, including a rose near the wrist, face hidden behind the raised arm.
Black and grey rose sleeve on a forearm
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a lotus flower on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up photo.
Small lotus flower on the wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading You get what you give, running across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on inner wrist
Black fine line mandala sleeve covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a beige crop top.
Mandala sleeve on an arm
Two colour cartoon tattoos of a large cat and a smaller dog, one on each forearm, drawn in bold outlines with yellow, orange and purple fill.
Two cartoon cat and dog tattoos on forearms
Two inner wrists showing tattoos of swallows in muted brown and grey, with a nest of eggs beneath the swallow on the left wrist.
Swallow and nest on wrists
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing playing card suits and dice above a scroll banner with script lettering, with flames behind and touches of red.
Playing cards and dice with flames on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of flame-like scrollwork and swirls on a forearm, with a wristwatch worn over a small tattoo near the wrist.
Flame-like scrollwork on a forearm
Black and grey wine glass tattoo on a forearm, its bowl filled with a curling wave and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork style.
Wine glass with wave on a forearm
Two forearms side by side with matching black linework tattoos on each: a geometric boat and anchor with blue watercolour wash on one, and a compass rose with red watercolour wash on the other.
Matching compass and anchor forearm tattoos
Black and grey photo of a fine line arrow tattoo running along the inner forearm, with a dark knitted sleeve pushed up above it.
Fine line arrow on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, showing a sailing ship among clouds and peony flowers in a Japanese style.
Black and grey clouds and ship sleeve on an arm
Full sleeve tattoo in grey shading on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skull, an alien-like figure and mechanical pipes and tubes.
Biomechanical skull sleeve on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of three chevron arrows pointing right on a man's forearm, with arms crossed over a denim shirt.
Three chevrons on a forearm
Gold metallic ornamental tattoos with swirls and dark jewel accents across a hand, wrist, upper arm and shoulder.
Gold ornamental temporary tattoos on arm and hand
Watercolour-style heart tattoo in pink and teal with splash details, on the forearm.
Watercolour heart on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm of a bare tree whose trunk rises from a shaded anatomical heart with visible blood vessels.
Bare tree growing from an anatomical heart
Black and white photo of a fine line chevron tattoo wrapping across the inner wrist, like a thin bracelet, with a striped shirt sleeve above.
Fine line chevron around a wrist
Black and grey rose tattoo on the back of a hand, with a partly visible clock tattoo on the wrist and forearm.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Black script tattoo reading Grace with a small cross above the final letter, on the inner forearm.
Grace script and cross on a forearm
Six-panel sequence showing concealer applied over a colour anatomical heart tattoo on a forearm until it is almost invisible.
Anatomical heart tattoo covered with concealer
Full colour sleeve tattoo of cartoon characters on a pink and blue cloud background, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Cartoon characters full sleeve on an arm
Small pink watercolour-style rose tattoo with green stems and leaves on the forearm of a person in a grey top.
Two pink roses on a forearm
Black line tattoos on the inner forearm: a geometric egg-shaped sun motif, a semicircle with rays and a small mark, and a sun with an arrow, heart and banner in fine line style.
Three geometric line tattoos on a forearm
Fine line tattoos of three small black birds in flight on the inner wrist, with a matching trio on another person's shoulder and a partly visible finger tattoo at the top left.
Three small flying birds on wrist and shoulder
White ink mandala tattoo with layered petals and a dotted centre, sitting on a forearm against a dark leather surface.
White ink mandala on forearm
Small red cross-stitch style heart tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside a red fabric bracelet.
Cross-stitch heart on the inner wrist
Fine line black ink lettering spelling the word WITCH on the forearm, with stylised, looping letterforms.
WITCH lettering on a forearm

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