Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic black and grey pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, surrounded by blossom and a lace detail, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and blossom on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line lotus tattoo with dotted tips centred on a woman's upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Small blue and black octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on skin, with a silver coin held beside it for scale.
Blue octopus tattoo beside a coin
Small fine line black tattoo of a cat head formed by an infinity symbol, with whiskers and ears, on the inner forearm.
Cat and infinity symbol on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the fictional character Maleficent with black horns, shaded in purple and green on a patch of skin.
Maleficent portrait tattoo in purple and green
Fine line black tattoo of an anatomical heart with sprigs of small flowers growing from its vessels, placed on the side of the ribs.
Anatomical heart with flowers on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo on a back shoulder area showing a solid black cat sitting on a crescent moon filled with Celtic knotwork, with swirling vines, leaves and flower buds.
Black cat on a Celtic moon with vines
Full back realism tattoo of cupped hands holding a leafy tree on a small island, set against a swirling galaxy with planets and asteroids, in full colour.
Cupped hands holding a tree in a cosmic back piece
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose, a gold heart padlock and a key on a forearm.
Rose, heart padlock and key on a forearm
Black line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha framed by an ornate mandala and resting on a lotus, a flash design suited to a larger back or chest piece.
Ganesha with mandala and lotus design
Two forearms crossed at the wrists, with a fine line black fork tattoo on one arm and a matching knife tattoo on the other.
Fork and knife tattoos on two forearms
Large coloured and black-and-grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a winged pale face with dark hair, flanked by a green skull and a coloured demonic face.
Winged face and skulls on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with silhouetted figures, framed by three roses and leaves, on the outer thigh of a person in shorts.
Clock and roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree whose trunk becomes an anatomical heart, sitting on a forearm.
Tree and anatomical heart on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala design with dotwork shading and a central gem motif, drawn on white paper beside fine liner pens and a stencil ruler.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork shading
Two wrists with fine line black script tattoos reading just and breathe, placed on the inner wrists.
Just and breathe script on wrists
Black linework tattoo of a matryoshka doll with a tulip, in a traditional style, on a limb.
Matryoshka doll with tulip tattoo
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic on the inner forearm, with a blurred metro carriage and passenger in the background.
Don't panic lettering on inner forearm
Black outline tattoo of three periodic table element boxes spelling THINK, with Th, In and K symbols, on a person's back.
THINK spelt in periodic table element tiles
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
Realism style black and grey tattoo across a woman's upper back showing a spiralling clock face with music notes, a treble clef and a guitar.
Spiral clock and music notes on a upper back
Black and white photo of a small fine line semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small semicolon tattoo on inner wrist
Black and grey fine line roses with leaves and buds across a person's shoulder and collarbone.
Rose cluster on the shoulder and collarbone
Black and grey tattoo of two pigs with the words Makin Bacon in script across the side of a torso.
Two pigs with Makin Bacon script
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a baby elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the ribs.
Small baby elephant outline on skin
Black and grey tattoo of shaded roses, leaves and musical notes on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photograph.
Roses and music staff on the side ribs
Small fine line lotus tattoo with a dotted line above it on the base of a finger, on a hand with pink nails.
Small lotus tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wearing sunglasses, set in smoky shading on a forearm, with a partial eye tattoo at the bottom edge.
Realistic skull in sunglasses on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat with green eyes in an ornate filigree frame with roses, on the thigh.
Cat portrait in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour tattoo on the side ribs of a West Virginia state outline containing an arched bridge, green hills and a river, with script lettering beside it.
West Virginia state outline with bridge on ribs
Twelve black moustache designs in varied shapes, each on a white diamond-shaped sheet, arranged in a grid on a white background.
Twelve moustache designs in a grid
Colour tattoo of a barn owl with spread wings above a lantern and bare branches, shown in a close-up and a wider view on the lower back.
Barn owl with branches and lantern on lower back
Fine line black tattoo of a bare tree with spreading branches on the inside of a wrist, next to a woven beaded bracelet.
Small bare tree on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a brown leather boot with yellow laces and a green seedling growing from its top, placed on the upper chest.
Boot with a sprouting seedling on the chest
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 botanical tattoo of flowers, a bud and leaves within a dotted diamond outline, on the inner upper arm.
Black and grey flowers in a dotted diamond on upper arm
Colourful faceted diamond with a keyhole and a bold black crown above it, a geometric style tattoo on the upper chest.
Crown and faceted diamond on the chest
Black line drawing of a standing bulldog looking upwards, drawn with bold tapering strokes as a tattoo flash design.
Stylised bulldog line drawing
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of two songbirds, a red birdhouse and pink blossom wrapping around an upper arm.
Birds and a red birdhouse with blossom on upper arm
Neo-trad tattoo of a shaded red heart with grey winged wings, black swirling vines and a small ladybird, on the lower back.
Winged red heart with swirls on the back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with shaded leaves running up the inside of a forearm, shown in two close-up photographs.
Leafy sprig tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a chain across the mouth, covering the front of a man's neck.
Realistic woman's face with chain on neck
Two matching fine line black cross tattoos with leaf-like curls sit on the inner wrists of two people, shown side by side.
Matching fine line crosses on wrists
Black tribal pattern tattoo on the back of a hand and wrist, with a gold and red bracelet on the wrist.
Tribal pattern on the back of a hand
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
Close view of a bold black lion silhouette tattoo with a flowing mane on a forearm, in a blackwork style, with a second part of the design on the adjoining arm.
Lion silhouette on a forearm
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

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