Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of red lips showing orange vampire fangs and a pink tongue, with black outlines, on the inside of a forearm.
Vampire lips with fangs on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a fading, smudged top edge, set inside a dotted geometric diamond on the forearm.
Stippled heart within a dotted diamond
A black botanical vine band with curling scrolls, leaves and grey dots on a beige background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine scroll band design
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a songbird perched on a thin branch among peach camellia flowers and leaves, in a soft realistic style.
Bird and camellia branch on a forearm
Dark henna-style floral design with swirls and dots across the back of a hand, up the wrist and onto the fingers, set against brown fur.
Floral henna-style design on a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a striding tiger with a curling tail and water splashes, across the left ribs of a bare torso.
Striding tiger on the ribs
Cartoon tattoo of two googly-eyed flies and a wooden FREE FOOD sign with red edging, placed on the lower abdomen near the navel.
Two flies and a Free Food sign on the abdomen
Black and grey realistic rose cluster with leaves and buds on the forearm of a person reaching out with one hand, against a pale yellow background.
Black and grey rose cluster on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a sugar skull face, pink roses and small stars on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon sugar skull with roses on upper back
Black and grey flash design of four flying silhouettes above the words Never Grow Up in thin serif lettering.
Flying silhouettes with Never Grow Up
Solid black tattoo of a treble clef and bass clef forming a heart shape on the top of a foot.
Treble and bass clef heart on a foot
Black linework drawing of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a lion head headdress, earrings and beaded necklaces, as a fine line tattoo design.
Woman with lion headdress line drawing
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with green, peach and blue hearts and a small script letter, on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with three hearts on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow, overlapping triangles, a circle and a rose stacked vertically on the inner upper arm.
Arrow, circle and rose on upper arm
Traditional style flower tattoo with a white and grey centre, grey petals, orange accents and dark leaves, shown on a forearm.
Grey flower and leaves on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a heart outline enclosing two small birds on the inside of a wrist, with the palm raised toward the camera.
Heart with two birds on a wrist
Colour tattoo of three stacked arrowheads over a dotted circle with orange watercolour washes and teal wave lines, on the outer thigh.
Three arrowheads over a watercolour circle
Pen drawing of a lion head built from angular geometric facets and hatched lines, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric lion head line drawing
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue and orange bluebird perched on a branch on the inner forearm.
Bluebird perched on a branch on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a lion head with a mandala crown and geometric lines, with dotwork shading, on a forearm.
Geometric lion head on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a crystal ball showing a desert with cacti and a mesa under a purple sky, framed by smoke clouds, on the calf in a neo-traditional style.
Crystal ball with desert scene on a calf
Black silhouette design of five sea turtles swimming in a row from small to large, with scattered bubbles, on a white background.
Five sea turtles swimming with bubbles
Two matching black fine line diamond tattoos with light shading, one on each of two forearms placed side by side.
Matching diamond tattoos on two forearms
Small black dashed-outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist, in fine line style, worn beside a brown leather wrap bracelet.
Small dashed heart on the inner wrist
Drawing of a black, grey and gold biomechanical design with gears, springs and pipes showing through torn skin, shown on a white background.
Biomechanical arm design with torn skin
Two matching forearm tattoos: a watercolour feather with script and flying birds on the left, and a black and grey anchor with rope, birds and script on the right.
Feather and anchor matching forearm tattoos
Four views of a full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a watercolour Union Jack, a punk figure in a long coat, a stencil girl with a heart balloon and a quote in script, in mixed black and grey and colour
Union Jack sleeve with punk and stencil figures
Black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight with loose brushstroke wings and ink splatter, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Ink splatter bird in flight on upper arm
Black and grey cloud tattoo with swirled outlines and soft shading on the wrist, photographed indoors against a cluttered shelf.
Swirl cloud tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of flowers, buds and leaves climbing up the inner forearm of a person wearing dark clothing.
Botanical flowers and leaves on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink peony, orange roses and blue flowers in a painterly style, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman in a white lace top.
Painterly floral bouquet on an upper arm
Black and white ornamental drawing of an elephant head filled with swirls, dots and paisley-like patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornamental elephant head line drawing
Black fine line script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story, tattooed on a section of skin in a close-up photo.
Script quote reading The struggle is part of the story
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha holding an open parasol with ink splash details, covering a person's full back, with small red accents.
Geisha with parasol across a full back
Black and grey tattoos of Disney princess faces sit on the fingers of a hand, with pale nude nail polish.
Disney princess portraits on fingers
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's profile nuzzling a black and white cat inside an orange-outlined heart, with a red flower and leaves, on a forearm.
Woman and cat in a heart on a forearm
Realistic wolf and woman face tattoo on a forearm, with teal water bubbles and splashes of blue behind the figures.
Wolf and woman portrait on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a worn teddy bear inside a grey scrolled frame with leafy detail, on the upper arm.
Teddy bear portrait in an ornate frame on upper arm
Black line tattoo of a swirled heart beside a teal ribbon with a semicolon inside its loop, shown on skin.
Swirl heart with teal ribbon and semicolon
Dark grey lettering reading Love with feathered wings on either side, tattooed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Love script between wings on upper back
Black and grey realistic shark with open jaws covering a man's back, with swirling ornaments on the shoulders and tattoo sleeves on both arms.
Realistic shark tattoo across a full back
Back view of a person's legs with matching cartoon cat tattoos wearing pink bows above the knees, with a vertical chain of coloured stars, hearts, gems and bows running down each calf.
Cartoon cat with bows and jewel chain on both legs
Black ink drawing of an interlaced lotus flower on grey paper, with a row of dots above and a spiral below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Interlaced lotus design with dots and spiral
Black and grey calla lily tattoo with soft, shaded petals and a long stem, running along the inner forearm.
Calla lily on a forearm
Pencil and red pencil sketch of a barn owl with outstretched wings surrounded by leaves and petals, in a botanical style, drawn on paper.
Barn owl with red botanical leaves
Colour tattoo of a green parrot perched on a pink umbrella with a lilac bow, in a neo-trad style on an arm near the elbow, with a pink bow and roses above.
Parrot on a pink umbrella with bows
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate masked face with peacock feathers and paisley motifs across an upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate masked face on upper arm
Close photo of the word "breathe." tattooed in a typewriter-style font in black ink across the inner wrist of a hand.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist

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