Tattoo ideas

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

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Woman seen from behind holding a barbell, with a black and grey winged emblem and script on her lower back, and a pink flower and scrollwork on her upper arms.
Back and arm tattoos during a barbell lift
Black and grey engraving-style anatomical heart tattoo with numbered labels and fig. 4 caption on the inner forearm, shown in three black and white photographs.
Anatomical heart tattoo on the inner forearm
Colourful geometric tattoo of overlapping blue, pink, orange and yellow blocks with thin black outlines, placed on a forearm against a teal background.
Geometric cube and colour blocks on a forearm
Pencil sketch of two overlapping Mickey and Minnie Mouse head outlines on white paper, with Minnie's bow coloured pink.
Mickey and Minnie head outline sketch
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a linework elephant, repeating tessellated shapes and a circle within flowing outlines.
Dotwork elephant and tessellation sleeve
Watercolour-style drawing of a tiger head with black linework and pink, blue and orange washes, shown as a design on white paper.
Watercolour tiger head design
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
Black script lettering tattooed along a thigh, reading a four-line quote in a fine line style, with denim shorts rolled at the top of the frame.
Script lyric quote along a thigh
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of five origami cranes hanging on dotted strings across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Origami cranes on dotted strings across a shoulder blade
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of cats among peony and leaf linework across a thigh, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Cats and peonies on a thigh
Realistic purple and peach lily tattoo with grey shading, black swirls and stars across a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Purple lily and stars on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of plumeria flowers, leaves and lace-like motifs running along a forearm.
Plumeria and lace design on a forearm
Black linework dreamcatcher with blue shaded feathers on the left side of a torso, above the waistband of light denim shorts.
Dreamcatcher with blue feathers on the side
Flash design of a white unicorn with a rainbow mane standing on a pink-frosted cupcake with sprinkles and a strawberry, drawn in colour on a pink background.
Unicorn on a rainbow sprinkle cupcake
Bold black brush-style Devanagari-style script lettering on a plain white background, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Black Devanagari-style script lettering
Close-up of a colourful botanical tattoo with leaves and flowers on a forearm, worn beside a gold beaded bracelet and gold bar cuff.
Colourful leaf tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black script reading always with a small pink heart at the end, on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Always script with heart on foot
Fine line tattoo of two hands linking little fingers, placed on the upper back just below the neck.
Pinky promise hands on upper back
Close-up of a woman's shoulder and collarbone with the words "with every heartbeat" in black fine line script tattooed along the collarbone.
Script quote tattoo on the collarbone
Black fine line lettering reading Hakuna Matata with small animal silhouettes above it, tattooed on the top of a woman's foot near the ankle.
Hakuna Matata and animal silhouettes on an ankle
Small black and grey tattoo of a vintage SLR camera on the outer ankle, resting on white bedding.
Small camera tattoo on an ankle
Colour realism tattoo on an upper thigh showing an older grey-haired man in a suit holding a card with a black and grey hairy creature on it.
Realistic portrait of a grey-haired man on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm inside an ornate gold frame, showing a black silhouette of a woman with a horned or feline head, beside a photo of scarred skin.
Framed silhouette tattoo on upper arm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading dance on the side of a heel, in the Fine line and Lettering style.
Dance script lettering on the heel
Black line drawing of an anchor with two crossed arrows on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body part visible.
Anchor with crossed arrows
Two-panel photo of black script lettering reading "I'm fine" on the lower leg and "save me" on the ankle and calf, in lettering style.
Script words "I'm fine" and "save me" on legs
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
Black and grey tattoo design of an infinity symbol with the words Stay and Strong in script, and a feather dissolving into flying birds.
Infinity symbol with feather and birds
Four-panel photo of a fine line tattoo on a shoulder showing a globe, a compass rose and coloured passport stamps in blue, red and purple.
Globe, compass and passport stamps on a shoulder
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
Black outline heart tattoo made from the words unity, hope, faith and love, placed on an ankle in a lettering style.
Word heart tattoo on an ankle
Two small colour pizza slice tattoos sit on the middle fingers of two hands held up against a tie-dye background.
Pizza slice tattoos on middle fingers
Close-up of a black cursive tattoo spelling the word faith on the inner forearm of a woman in a white top.
Script word "faith" on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'the very things that hold you down' on a thigh, beside a coloured cartoon elephant tattoo on a second thigh.
Script quote and cartoon elephant on thighs
Black linework tattoo of a jagged mountain range sitting on the outer hip or upper thigh, with a paper tissue tucked at the waistband above it.
Mountain range tattoo on the hip
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
Small fine line tattoo of a purple lavender sprig with green stems and leaves on the outer lower leg, shown in a close photograph.
Lavender sprig on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and scrolling leaves on the back of a hand.
Pocket watch with scrollwork on the back of a hand
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
Close view of a fine line botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig on the forearm of a person whose arm is extended against a pale grey background.
Fine line foliage sprig on a forearm
Interlaced Celtic heart knot tattoo with teal and blue shading and the letters K and R, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Celtic heart knot with initials on the wrist
Black script lettering reading 'To live is just to fall asleep, to die is to awaken' across the upper chest, in a lettering style.
Script quote across upper chest
Colour tattoo of two red roses with dark leaves and a music staff with notes wrapping across a person's side ribs, shown in a close photograph.
Red roses and music staff on the ribs
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
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with a grey botanical tattoo of flowers and stems running down the side of the spine.
Botanical sprig tattoo down a back
Black and red script lettering reading Money over Men with swirling flourishes, tattooed along a forearm.
Money over Men script lettering on a forearm

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