Tattoo ideas

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

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Two traditional style colour tattoos on the inner wrists and forearms, one showing a glue bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and one showing scissors with a CREATE banner, both with blue and red flowers.
Glue bottle and scissors wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of a Super Saiyan style anime character with spiky golden hair on the upper arm and shoulder, in a bold cartoon style.
Super Saiyan character on upper arm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope and script lettering on both thighs, worn above striped over-knee socks.
Matching anchor tattoos with quotes on thighs
Black and grey traditional-style drawing of a rose above a banner reading LOVE, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Rose with LOVE banner design
Colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with leaves, a lotus-like flower and green accents on the inner forearm, in a traditional engraved style.
Anatomical heart with leaves on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a skeletal cat head and ribcage in an orange oval frame with a red rose, on the forearm.
Skeletal cat and rose on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a snarling lion head with a black mane, bared teeth and red mouth, on the outer thigh.
Snarling lion head on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a black Singer sewing machine with orange and yellow flowers and thread spools on the upper thigh.
Sewing machine and flowers on a thigh
Four pastel nautical designs on a flash sheet: an anchor with a dolphin, a seahorse with a telescope, a compass rose with a clock face, and a ship's wheel with a lantern.
Vintage nautical flash sheet
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a bald eagle over a red, white and blue flag, with a snake and grey skulls below, on a man photographed from behind.
Eagle, flag and skulls across a back
Colour traditional chest tattoo of a snarling blue wolf beside a yellow crescent moon and grey clouds, with tattooed sleeves on both arms.
Snarling wolf and crescent moon on chest
Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, with a geometric mandala-style piece below.
Butterfly tattoo on the nape of the neck
Traditional-style illustration of a cartoon princess in a cameo frame, with a tiger tattoo on her upper arm and Arabic script on a banner below.
Cartoon princess with tiger tattoo on banner
Vintage traditional flash sheet showing daggers, snakes, an eagle with a Death Before Dishonor banner, a rose, and a demon head, with handwritten pay in advance lettering.
Traditional flash sheet with daggers, snakes and an eagle
Traditional rose and script lettering tattoos on the thighs of legs resting in a bath, with a hand holding a cup of tea.
Rose and lettering tattoos on bathed legs
Traditional style tattoo of a grey bird with an orange breast perched on a branch with red chrysanthemum flowers, on the forearm.
Bird on flowering branch on a forearm
Traditional style butterfly design in red, yellow, teal and green with black outlines, shown as a drawing with three red drops beneath it.
Traditional butterfly flash with red flowers
Five views of a colourful traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a mermaid, a shark, sailing ships, a castle and fish in a sea scene.
Under-the-sea full sleeve tattoo
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye, flowers and dotted detail, on the side of a person's ribs, with partial Latin script below.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bumblebee with translucent amber wings, a green and black body and a cream face marking, shown on skin inside an oval frame.
Bumblebee on skin
Traditional style colour tattoo of a gramophone playing a record with a red rose on the upper arm.
Gramophone and rose on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with the words We're all stories in the end and two red flowers, on the ankle.
Open book with quote and red flowers on ankle
Colour sun tattoo with orange and yellow rays and a dark outline on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a traditional style.
Colour sun tattoo on upper back
Traditional dotwork tattoo in black and grey, showing a rose above a stippled hand with a scalloped cuff on the upper arm.
Rose and dotwork hand on upper arm
Traditional style flash drawing of a pale hand with pink fingertips, wrapped in three yellow banners reading COLD HANDS, COLDER and HEART, with dripping red and white details at the wrist.
Hand with COLD HANDS, COLDER, HEART banners
Colour traditional tattoo of a cartoon woman with dark bob hair and glasses, framed by three banners reading I am a smart strong sensual woman, with roses on a calf.
Cartoon character with banner lettering on calf
Small colour tattoo of a green pea pod with two peas on the inner ankle, with black outlines and soft shading.
Pea pod tattoo on the inner ankle
Black tribal band tattoo in Polynesian-style patterns wrapping a forearm, with wave, chevron and checkerboard bands.
Polynesian-style bands on a forearm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner and rope on the back of a hand, with the word FIND tattooed across the knuckles.
Anchor and banner hand tattoo from sketch to finish
Black and grey line drawing flash of a UFO, bees, flowers, an FBI badge, a cigarette packet, a mobile phone and a banner reading Mulder, it's me.
UFO, bees and FBI badge flash with banner
Two matching black and grey anchor tattoos on the inner wrists, one plain and one with a bow, in a traditional style on the forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Traditional colour tattoo of a green tree with red fruit and two banners reading and she loved and little boy, on a calf.
Tree with banner script on a calf
Forearm tattoo of stacked grey cats in playful poses, with small coloured stars, bows and hearts scattered between them.
Grey cats and stars along a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a perched falcon on the upper arm of a man in a grey sleeveless top, with blue-grey wings and orange back feathers.
Falcon perched on a branch on an upper arm
Two matching blue swallow tattoos with sketchy linework and blue shading, one on each inner wrist.
Matching blue swallows on both wrists
Colour traditional tattoo of a pirate ship with a skull and crossbones sail, red flags and green waves across an upper arm.
Pirate ship and skull on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Dr Zoidberg from Futurama in a white coat above a yellow banner reading 'TRUST ME I'M A DOCTOR', on the lower leg, in a traditional style.
Dr Zoidberg with 'Trust me I'm a doctor' banner
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a headscarf, with flowers, leaves and a comb, on the upper arm.
Traditional woman profile with flowers
Two hands with small sugar skull tattoos on the middle fingers, one with a pink bow and a tiny infinity symbol on the ring finger, in colour and black ink.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Traditional flash design of an anchor, red heart and clasped hands holding a cross, with a TRUE LOVE banner, in red, yellow, grey and black.
True love anchor and clasped hands flash
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a lipstick above a Femme Fatale banner, with pink roses and pearls on a teal background.
Hand with lipstick and roses flash
Black traditional tattoo of a skeleton hand gripping a cassette tape with three arrows above it, placed on the front of a thigh.
Skeleton hand holding a cassette on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with a pink heart and scrolls above, over a pink and blue flower with green leaves, on a forearm.
Open book and rose on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a lower leg showing Darth Vader and a stormtrooper helmet, framed by red roses and green leaves, with a blue Galactic Empire emblem below.
Darth Vader and stormtrooper with roses on a calf
Two hands held together, each showing a colour traditional dagger tattoo with an eye on the handle, placed on the back of the hand near the wrist.
Traditional dagger tattoos on both hands
Traditional style tattoo of a black witch hat with an orange buckle band and a yellow broomstick, surrounded by teal sparkles, on a lower leg.
Witch hat and broomstick on a leg
Black ink sailing ship tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair pinned up, in a traditional style.
Sailing ship tattoo on upper back
Black line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters above an anchor, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Compass rose and anchor design

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