Tattoo ideas

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

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Two colour cartoon cat tattoos on the calves of a person sitting in a bath of foam, one orange lion cub and one pale cat with a red bow, both upside down.
Two cartoon cat tattoos on lower legs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feather on the top of a foot, with dark nail polish on the toes against a wooden floor.
Feather tattoo on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a crowned heart, a winged Triforce and a four-star Dragon Ball framed by yellow scrollwork.
Crowned heart, Triforce and Dragon Ball on a forearm
Black and grey realism skull tattoo covering the back of a hand, with deep shading and a dark background.
Skull tattoo across the back of a hand
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 handwritten script design reading live to better the lives of others on a plain white background.
Handwritten quote about living to better others
Black line drawing of a seahorse filled with intricate doodle patterns of dots, scales and swirls, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Zentangle seahorse line design
Tattoo on the inner wrist of a solid black animal silhouette sitting above three shaded purple flowers with green leaves and loose petals.
Black animal figure over purple flowers on a wrist
Full sleeve realism tattoo of outer space with a colourful nebula, cratered moons, a glowing comet and a blue planet across the upper arm and forearm.
Space sleeve with nebula and planets
Black and grey geometric tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a sunflower at the base and fine triangles and circles above it.
Sunflower and geometric lines on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of a dancing figure in a hat and jacket, in a bold silhouette style, on the outer upper arm.
Dancing figure silhouette on upper arm
Botanical tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and dark stems across the top of a bare foot on grass.
Cherry blossom branch across a foot
Pencil line drawing of a woman's face and shoulders with flowers in her hair and leaves along her neck, shown as a flash design sketch with no visible body placement.
Pencil sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair
Temporary lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I Belong With Emme's Bachelorette party, If Found Please Buy Me A Drink, with pink and red lips, in a lettering style.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on wrist
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
Solid black cartoon cat with a curly tail chasing a small mouse, tattooed on the upper chest beside a grey crochet top strap.
Cartoon cat chasing a mouse on the chest
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo of a lotus flower and seated meditating figure within circles, on a forearm.
Lotus and meditating figure on a forearm
Black and grey monarch butterfly tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper arm, with wings spread and antennae visible.
Monarch butterfly on upper arm
Black tribal swirl and spike tattoo on the back of a person's neck, beside the ear, with dark hair above.
Tribal swirl tattoo on the back of the neck
Colour botanical tattoo of pink plumeria flowers, black swirling vines and a black tribal motif with green leaves, on the top of a foot.
Plumeria and swirl vine foot tattoo
Colourful circular tattoo of a snowcapped mountain peak under an orange, yellow and purple sky, placed on a forearm.
Mountain peak and sunset in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a leaping stag with a human face and arrows piercing its body, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Stag with a human face and arrows on the shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three lilies with swirling vines running down the side of a ribcage.
Lily and vine tattoo on the ribs
Watercolour-style ballerina tattoo with black linework and blue, red and green washes on the calf.
Watercolour ballerina on a calf
Colour tattoo of orange tiger lilies with black scrolling vines across the upper arm and shoulder.
Orange tiger lilies with vines on upper arm
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
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded feather with small star-like marks drifting upward above it, on the front of the ankle.
Fine line feather with scattered marks on the ankle
Pencil sketch of a lion's head in profile behind a woman with long, wavy hair partly covering one eye, drawn on cream paper.
Lion and woman with flowing hair sketch
Black ink forearm tattoo with a fine line geometric design above a solid band, a serif letter A and two bold bands below, in a Geometric style on the forearm.
Line-art sleeve band with serif A on a forearm
Blue feather tattoo in a fine line style on the lower leg, shaded with lighter blue highlights along its barbs.
Blue feather on a lower leg
Two black and grey skull tattoos on fingers, one skull wearing a top hat, with a bird and leafy vine on the back of a hand.
Top hat skull finger tattoos
Black and grey brush stroke tattoo sweeping from the side of the ribs over the hip and onto the upper thigh.
Brush stroke swirl across hip and side
Close view of a tattooed hand holding a paper stencil on a thigh, with a black and grey rose on the hand and a brain and cloud design on the leg.
Black and grey hand and thigh tattoos
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map on the wrist, with a hand raised beside it and grey nail polish visible.
World map outline on a wrist
Black linework owl with red accents inside a wreath of leafy vines, tattooed on the outer thigh in a botanical style with dotwork shading.
Owl in leafy vines on a thigh
Two pressed-together inner wrists show matching black script tattoos reading Yours and Mine, in a lettering style near the hands.
Matching Yours and Mine script on wrists
Black geometric spine tattoo with chevron panels and dotted borders running from the neck to the lower back, with a small lion head on the left side of the ribs.
Geometric spine tattoo from neck to lower back
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an owl above an ornate sugar skull on the inner forearm.
Owl and sugar skull on a forearm
Fine line black script quote reading because I knew you, I have been changed for good, with an outlined puzzle piece below it, on a person's upper back.
Puzzle piece outline with script quote on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a honeybee with stippled wings and shaded striped abdomen, on a person's limb.
Bee tattoo in dotwork
Close-up of a small fine line black crescent moon tattoo on a person's inner ear, with a stud earring in the lobe.
Crescent moon on the inner ear
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
Watercolour style tattoo of a woman's face with pink, purple and blue washes on the inner forearm, with a red sleeve at the edge of the frame.
Watercolour face tattoo on forearm
Upper arm tattoo of botanical scrollwork with grey flowers and vines over pink-toned swirls, shown against a dark background.
Floral scrollwork sleeve on upper arm
Black ink botanical tattoo of a thin branch with small blossoms running across a forearm, in a sepia-toned photo of a torso and crossed arms.
Blossom branch tattoo on a forearm
Black dotwork and geometric mandala tattoo with a solid triangle on the inner forearm, shown with the hand open and palm up.
Mandala and triangle forearm tattoo
Realistic colour tattoo of an open mouth with fangs and blood on the inner forearm.
Vampire mouth with fangs on a forearm
Colourful owl tattoo with mandala-style patterns in pink, teal and orange on the upper arm.
Colourful owl tattoo on the upper arm

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