Tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching tattoos of a black heart-shaped key tied with a pink bow on the left forearm and a blue bow on the right forearm, in a traditional style.
Matching heart-key tattoos with bows on forearms
Fine line tattoo of a red watercolour-style heart with a stitched outline and coloured pins, placed on the inside of a wrist.
Watercolour heart with pins on a wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of an oil lamp with a flame, yellow flowers and a leafy sprig on a forearm, shown in a three-panel close-up collage.
Oil lamp with flame and flowers on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of concentric circles and elliptical orbits with small dots as planets, placed on the inside of a forearm.
Orbital rings and planets on a forearm
Fine black outline tattoo of the world map wrapping around the inside of a wrist, with a raised fist and red nails above it.
World map outline on a wrist
Fine line black mandala tattoo on the forearm of a person in a navy striped top, with one hand resting on the hip.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Small solid black curved tattoo on the inner wrist, resembling a stylised flame or swirl, with a hand resting in the background.
Small black curved symbol on a wrist
Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a woman's portrait, an angel wing and a skull.
Realistic sleeve with woman, wing and skull
Fine line black script reading follow your heart with a thin arrow and small heart below it, on the inner forearm.
Follow your heart script and arrow on a forearm
Black fine line geometric feather tattoo made of overlapping polygons, running along the forearm below the elbow.
Geometric feather on forearm
Two forearms crossed under clasped hands against a white wall, one with a dark spiked band tattoo with two stripes near the wrist and the other with a tiny line of script.
Spiked band tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading Believe in yourself on the inner wrist, with a braided bracelet below it.
Believe in yourself script on wrist
Teal and blue jellyfish tattoo with soft, wash-like shading and trailing tentacles on a forearm, with the hand raised at the top of the frame.
Jellyfish tattoo on a forearm
Two small outline heart tattoos, one black and one red, on the wrists of two hands holding a gold heart locket necklace.
Small heart tattoos on the wrists
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a compass rose with arrows and dotted circular lines on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and arrows on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a tent and pine trees in a shield-shaped frame, with red maple leaves around it.
Camping scene in a shield frame with maple leaves
Two tattooed people in a Japanese style: a woman with a grey oni mask on her stomach and a man with a full colour sleeve and an oni mask on his chest.
Two people with Japanese style tattoo sleeves and torsos
Fine-line black geometric tattoo of a shaded hexagon with a long vertical line and small cross mark, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric hexagon and line on a forearm
Black and grey realism rose over sheet music on an upper arm and forearm, with a moth tattoo on the chest, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Rose over sheet music arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a beetroot with leaves and trailing roots on the inner forearm, against a dark leather background.
Stippled beetroot on a forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, with a poppy and a chain on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and poppy on a forearm
Two arms pressed together in black and white, each with a fine line outlined geometric shape near the elbow, one larger and one smaller.
Matching outlined polygons on two elbows
Close-up of a small thin black open-circle tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with the hand open, in a fine line style.
Small open circle on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoos of a pin-up figure, a red rose and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a black slogan tank top.
Pin-up, rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Black and grey comic-panel tattoo on a forearm showing a skull-faced figure reaching toward a dark silhouette, with speech bubble text above.
Comic panel skeleton on forearm
Small watercolour-style tattoo of world map continents in blue, pink and green on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour world map on a wrist
Solid black tattoo of a Texas-shaped outline filled with swirling scrollwork and dot accents, on the forearm.
Scrollwork Texas outline on forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat's face inside a pink and lace-edged frame, with scrolls above, on the forearm.
Cat portrait in a lace frame on a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a hooded figure, a skull and clouds, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Full sleeve with hooded figure and skull
Woman seen from behind in a bikini, showing a black and grey geometric sleeve tattoo with mandala-like motifs on her right arm, beside a beach hut.
Black and grey geometric sleeve on a upper arm
Black and grey outline tattoo on the forearm showing two hatched anatomical hearts above the word WHO in block letters, with an open rectangle shape at the top.
Two anatomical hearts with WHO lettering
Colourful neo-traditional octopus tattoo with tentacles curling down a forearm, shaded in pink, purple, orange, blue and green.
Rainbow octopus on a forearm
Full sleeve tattoo of watercolour washes in orange, red, blue and pink with black ink splatter and brush strokes, running from the upper arm to the wrist.
Watercolour splatter full sleeve
Fine line and dotwork foxglove sprig tattoo in black ink running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Foxglove sprig on the forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a unicorn horn and flowing mane on the forearm of a person with a black top and studded wristband.
Unicorn skull on a forearm
Black handwritten script quote tattooed along a man's forearm, with a brown leather bracelet on his wrist.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a cat's face with whiskers and shaded ears, on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Cat face tattoo on the wrist
Colour realism full sleeve tattoo of planets, swirling galaxies and nebula clouds covering a person's shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Galaxy and planets full arm sleeve
Black and grey ornamental wolf head tattoo with feather and floral motifs on the inside of a forearm.
Ornamental wolf head on forearm
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo with fine linework running along the inner forearm, against a dark background.
Feather tattoo on a forearm
Small outlined ice cream cone tattoo with a pale scoop and yellow waffle cone on the inner forearm.
Ice cream cone on a forearm
Black and grey silhouette tattoo on a forearm showing a row of trees moving from full foliage to bare branches, with small human figures beneath.
Silhouette trees and figures along a forearm
Blue-grey pine tree silhouettes fading into dotwork shading on a man's forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Pine trees on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an armillary sphere and a winged staff with a serpent, with geometric lines and arrows, on the forearm.
Armillary sphere and winged staff on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue cross wrapped in green vines and a grey banner reading Mom and Dad, on a limb.
Blue cross with Mom and Dad banner
Hand and wrist with a grey-blue fox tattoo on the back of the hand, an ice cream cone above the wrist and small symbols and script around them.
Fox and ice cream cone on a hand and wrist
Gold metallic mandala and lace-style tattoos on a hand, forearm and upper back, with hands crossed over the shoulder.
Gold metallic mandala and lace tattoos
Realism tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress, with blue eyes and red face paint, on the forearm.
Lion in feathered headdress on forearm

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