Tattoo ideas

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

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Small grey paw print tattoos across the top of a foot near the toes, with purple toenail polish and a garden pond behind.
Paw print tattoos across the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and floral patterns in a rectangular panel on the left ribs, in a painterly art nouveau style.
Painted woman portrait on the ribs
Black ink infinity symbol drawn as a single bold, tapered line on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol design
Colourful stylised snake tattoo in a neo-traditional style on the thigh, with eye motifs, triangles and bold black outlines.
Stylised snake on a thigh
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 tattoo on the side of a ribcage showing the Lorax on a tree stump beside a purple truffula tree, with the word Unless in blue lettering below.
Lorax and truffula tree on ribs
Fine line black tattoo of small birds in a trail from behind the ear down the side of the neck.
Small birds trailing down the neck
Colour tattoo of a fox lying on its back with an orange coat, black legs and a cream tail, on the upper thigh.
Fox rolling on its back on a thigh
Small colour fine line tattoo of Charlie Brown hugging Snoopy on grass with Woodstock above them, on the upper arm.
Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Woodstock on upper arm
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading "free" across the back of a hand resting on a shoulder, in black ink.
Fine line word "free" on the hand
Pencil drawing of a symmetrical geometric mandala design with petal shapes, swirls and dots, shown on a sketchbook page.
Symmetrical mandala flash design
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
Colourful neo-traditional flash drawing of a rainbow, lollipop, hearts, stars and flowers with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice, held up by a hand with glittery nail polish.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
Black and white photo of a black tribal-style tattoo wrapping around a foot and ankle, with a spiral motif at the ankle bone.
Tribal ankle tattoo with spiral motif
Black fine-line geometric tattoo of a woman's face and hair made of triangular facets, on the outer thigh.
Geometric face portrait on the thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a lion's head with a blended orange and rainbow mane, shown on the calf.
Lion head on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo sleeve on the upper arm and forearm of a person photographed from behind in a black t-shirt.
Black and grey tattoo sleeve seen from behind
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
Solid black silhouette design of an anchor with a flock of birds flying up from its shank, on a white background, suitable for a blackwork tattoo.
Anchor with birds taking flight design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, flanked by two roses and strands of pearls, in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch with roses and pearl chains
Pencil drawing of a tribal and knotwork emblem design with a central diamond motif, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part visible.
Tribal knotwork emblem tattoo design
Small soft-shaded tattoo of a grey elephant holding a pink heart-shaped balloon on the inner wrist.
Elephant holding a heart balloon on wrist
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
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue eye set within an orange rose on a calf, with part of another tattoo visible at the right edge.
Eye within an orange rose on a calf
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
Black and grey floral swirl tattoo with script lettering on a person's hip and side ribs, with a star on the upper thigh.
Floral swirls and script on hip and ribs
Colour Japanese style tattoo on an upper arm showing a crane in flight, a red sun, grey clouds, waves and orange and red maple leaves.
Crane, red sun and clouds on an upper arm
Cross tattoo made of pale blue Celtic knotwork outlines and solid black tribal swirls on skin.
Celtic knot cross with tribal swirls
Black and white photo of a small fine line arrow tattoo on the side of a finger, resting on white bedsheets.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Small fine line tattoo of a cabin among pine trees with a crescent moon, placed on the outer thigh of a person in shorts.
Cabin and pine trees on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a green frosted donut with a bite taken out and multicoloured sprinkles, on the upper arm.
Green sprinkle donut with a bite
Black and grey rose sleeve on a woman's left arm and a fine line mandala tattoo on her upper back, photographed outdoors on a beach.
Rose sleeve and mandala on a beach
Black line dreamcatcher tattoo with two feather charms on the side of a ribcage, photographed on a seated person in a loose pink top.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line elephant with mandala-style patterns on the upper back, with a script quotation tattooed below it.
Ornamental elephant and script quote on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon owl with orange eyes on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, across a shoulder and upper back.
Cartoon owl and cherry blossom on a shoulder
Black fine line and dotwork feather-like ornament tattooed at the centre of the chest, with fine radiating dots and curled scroll details.
Fine line feather ornament on the chest
Colour tattoo of a pink awareness ribbon with black scrolling swirls on the top of a foot.
Pink ribbon and swirls on a foot
Pencil and coloured drawing of an infinity symbol with the words Love and Family in script, with green and purple feathers and small birds, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Infinity design with love and family script
Close-up of a tiny solid black star tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, with a grey top off the shoulder and loose hair above.
Small star tattoo on upper back
Small black pine tree tattoo with shaded foliage on the inner forearm of a person wearing a navy dress and a gold watch.
Pine tree on a forearm
Black and grey ship's wheel tattoo on the inner wrist beside a small black anchor tattoo on the other wrist, photographed against a dark background.
Ship's wheel and anchor on wrists
Two wrists with black script lettering reading Stay and Strong, with a small red heart beside the word Strong.
Stay and Strong script tattoos on wrists
Close-up of a wrist with a small fine line script tattoo reading alive in dark ink, shown in a soft focus film photograph.
Script word alive on a wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo running along the inner side of a foot, with blue sandals and a floral trouser hem visible above.
Fine script line tattoo on the foot
Colour tattoo of a cockatiel with a yellow crest and orange cheek patch, with the word Charlie in script beneath it, on skin.
Cockatiel with the name Charlie
Black and grey comic panel tattoo on an upper arm, with a speech bubble of lettering above two cartoon figures under a starry night sky.
Comic panel quote tattoo on upper arm

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