Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line tattoo of Snow White holding a red apple to her lips, outlined in black with red accents on the leg.
Snow White holding an apple on a leg
Colour tattoo of a tabby cat wearing a pink bow tie above a black banner reading CAT LADY, on the inner forearm.
Tabby cat and CAT LADY banner on forearm
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo, seen from behind and sat upright, on the inner wrist of a hand.
Small black cat silhouette on a wrist
Colour realism tattoo on a person's upper back showing a green frog on a lily pad, white lotus flowers, a blue butterfly and script lettering below.
Frog, lotus and butterfly on a back
Black fine line tattoo of a dachshund in a continuous outline style, shown on a area of skin.
Single-line dachshund outline tattoo
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a seahorse and a starfish on the inner ankle and lower leg of a bare leg against a white background.
Seahorse and starfish on an ankle
Illustrated design of a black cat head with a half-visible skull, red poppies across the face and a small golden halo above, shown without skin.
Black cat skull with red poppies
Black linework botanical tattoo of a peony with a bud and leaves on the upper thigh.
Peony and bud on an upper thigh
Shaded red rose with green leaves and black swirling vine linework on the lower abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Red rose with black vines on the abdomen
Black and grey tattoo of a dove carrying an olive branch above the script words Faith, Hope and Love, on a forearm, in a fine line style.
Dove with olive branch and script on a forearm
Black fine-line Om symbol tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a close photo against a blurred background.
Om symbol tattoo on a wrist
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
Dark fine-line snowflakes with dotted trailing lines across the back of a hand and fingers, geometric style, placed on the hand.
Snowflake design across back of hand
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a palm tree, waves and birds inside a dotted-edge inverted triangle, on the side of a person's ribs.
Palm tree and waves in a triangle on the side ribs
Black tribal-style design of a woman with flowing hair entwined with a winged dragon, drawn in bold solid linework on a white background.
Tribal woman and dragon design
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
Colour tattoo of a perched kestrel with pink peonies and peach poppies on a person's upper back and shoulder, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Kestrel and peonies across a shoulder blade
Black fine line script tattoo reading miles to go, sitting along the side of the torso below a dark garment hem.
Miles to go in script on the side
Black linework flash design of a stag head with antlers, a moth and overlapping geometric triangles, drawn on layered tracing paper.
Stag head and moth with geometric triangles
Black ink tattoo of a stylised bird with bands above the wrist on a forearm, with a woven cuff bracelet below and a knitted sleeve above.
Black geometric bird and bands on forearm
Small blue wave tattoo with white highlights in a Japanese-influenced style, placed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Blue wave on upper back
Close view of a person's legs and forearm showing a tiny grey mark on the knee and a small coloured tattoo on the forearm.
Small knee mark and coloured forearm tattoo
Black and grey realistic orchids with cursive script lettering covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic orchids and script on an upper arm
Small solid black tattoo of a treble clef with two dots and a sharp sign on the inner forearm near the wrist, against a plain wall.
Treble clef and sharp on the inner forearm
Black line tattoos on inner forearms: a geometric flower of overlapping circles and hexagons, a raised hand near the elbow and a small crescent moon on the wrist.
Geometric flower, hand and crescent moon on forearms
Colourful botanical tattoo of red, orange and pink flowers with green leaves on the inside of a wrist.
Red and orange flowers on a wrist
Sketch-style tattoo of a swan's head with a curved neck inside a loose circle of black linework, with pink and grey wash, on the lower leg.
Swan head in a loose line circle
Two-panel photo of a blackwork geometric tattoo of bold straight bars and chevron lines across the back of a woman's neck and upper back.
Bold geometric bars across neck and upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a semicolon and a cross on the inner wrist, shown against green grass.
Semicolon and cross on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pirate skull in a tricorn hat with a smaller grimacing face and pistols, wrapping the shoulder and upper arm.
Pirate skull and pistols on upper arm
Watercolour-style rose tattoo with black linework and green leaves on the thigh, set within a pink and purple wash.
Watercolour rose on a thigh
Upper back of a person with a botanical grapevine tattoo in fine line linework, with purple grapes and green watercolour leaves across the shoulder blades.
Grapevine across upper back and shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cuckoo clock with a deer head, maple leaves and birds, covering the upper arm.
Cuckoo clock with deer and maple leaves on upper arm
Black silhouette of a small bird with a plus sign and a pansy flower in outline, shown as a botanical flash design on a cream background.
Bird and pansy flash design
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the back of an ankle, with the foot raised towards a sunlit window.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Small colour tattoo of an open black outlined heart with a yellow and orange sunflower overlapping its lower left edge, on the inner wrist.
Sunflower and heart on a wrist
Two watercolour-style tattoos on the lower legs: a purple and green Boba Fett helmet on the left and an orange and teal BB-8 droid on the right.
Boba Fett helmet and BB-8 droid on calves
Black ink lettering design reading Long Live the Adventure, set in a circle on white paper beside a camera, passport and pens, in a lettering style.
Long Live the Adventure lettering design
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
Fine red script lettering reading Mischief Managed across the top of a foot in a black studded high heel, Lettering style, placed on the foot.
Script lettering on the top of a foot
Upper arm tattoo with a grey shaded elephant head framed by a red rose, a yellow rose and dark roses, in a neo-traditional style.
Elephant and roses on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a sunflower-style mandala with a crescent moon at its centre, shown as a design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Sunflower mandala with crescent moon
Black linework maple leaf with dotwork shading and green and yellow watercolour leaves on the forearm.
Maple leaf with watercolour leaves on a forearm
Small green monstera leaf tattoo on the top of a foot, just below a tan leather sandal strap, in a botanical style.
Monstera leaf tattoo on the foot
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
Black ink flash drawing of a planchette with a central eye, YES and NO lettering, a sunburst and acanthus scrolls, in a dotwork and blackwork style.
Planchette with eye and acanthus scrolls
Fine line tattoo of Snoopy sitting on grass and looking up at a small red heart, placed on the ankle.
Snoopy sitting beneath a red heart on an ankle
Close-up of a small fine line cross on the side of a finger, with slightly reddened skin around it.
Small cross on a finger

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