Tattoo ideas

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

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Two colour tattoos on the inner forearms: pink peonies with violet flowers on the left, and a pale blue swallowtail butterfly among pink flowers on the right, in a botanical realism style.
Peonies and a butterfly on forearms
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart with a hand sign motif on the inner wrist, shown beside a silver bracelet.
Heart and hand sign on the inner wrist
Colour realism Star Wars full sleeve tattoos covering both arms of a bare-chested man, showing a stormtrooper, R2-D2 and a Han Solo figure.
Star Wars full sleeves on both arms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head and bushy tail on the outer forearm, overlaid with geometric lines, hexagons and dots.
Geometric fox and hexagons on a forearm
Neo-trad style tattoo of a quill pen with a blue feather and flying birds on the forearm, with a script lettering band at the wrist.
Quill pen and birds on a forearm
Black script lettering on a forearm reading "Don't let the past make your dicisions, for today", shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Small black fine line semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails, above a grey knitted sleeve.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black outline tattoo of a skull with a snake coiling around it, on the forearm, in a traditional style.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a golden ratio spiral within nested rectangles on the forearm.
Golden ratio spiral on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a yellow-gold towel with black lettering reading The Terrible Towel, A Pittsburgh Original, across the forearm.
The Terrible Towel forearm tattoo
Two views of a colourful neo-traditional fox tattoo on a forearm, framed by wheat stalks, orange flowers and a jewelled necklace.
Fox with wheat and flowers on a forearm
Small solid black airplane tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a plain grey background.
Small airplane tattoo on the inner wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a solid heart with an infinity-style swirl on the inner wrist, partly framed by silver bangles.
Heart and infinity swirl on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mason jar filled with planets and stars, with a label reading FAR AWAY, on the forearm.
Mason jar galaxy with FAR AWAY label
Black and grey lettering tattoo of the Camaro by Chevrolet logo in shaded script on a forearm, with a grey t-shirt in the background.
Camaro by Chevrolet logo on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm reading you see flowers in these weeds, beside a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds.
Quote and dandelion seed head on a forearm
Silver metallic temporary tattoo of a mandala on the back of a hand, with chevron and diamond bands across the wrist and lacy motifs on the fingers.
Silver mandala and wrist bands on a hand
Two small colour tattoos of pizza on the wrists of two people, one a dripping slice and one a whole pizza cut into slices.
Matching pizza tattoos on two wrists
Black and white photo of two matching fine line tattoos of elephants with trunks touching, one on each wrist.
Matching elephant pair on wrists
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoos include a spread-winged bird on the upper arm, a dotted geometric band on the forearm and a floral design on the foot.
Metallic temporary tattoos on legs at the beach
Black lettering-style numerals 2, 4 and 7 with a red shaded state outline between them, tattooed in a vertical line on a forearm.
Numbers and state outline on a forearm
Fine line outline star tattoo in black ink on the inner wrist, with stacked silver bead and cord bracelets beside it.
Outline star on the inner wrist
A red and black geometric folk-pattern tattoo wraps around the forearm and wrist of a person wearing a patterned top.
Red and black folk pattern on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork bee tattoo on one wrist beside the words just be in a simple serif font on the other wrist.
Matching bee and just be wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of the comic character Deadpool with arms crossed and crossed swords behind him, on the inner forearm.
Deadpool character on forearm
Two forearm tattoos: the word geronimo above a brown bow tie, and the words Allons-y above a pair of red and blue 3D glasses with small stars.
Geronimo bow tie and Allons-y 3D glasses tattoos
Small black fine line tattoo of a cactus with a flower on the top, placed on the inner forearm.
Small cactus with flower on inner arm
Small black compass rose tattoo on the inner wrist, shown on an open palm resting on a nautical chart.
Compass rose tattoo on the wrist
Two matching black outline four-leaf clover tattoos on the inner wrists of two people, with bracelets and green leaves behind.
Matching four-leaf clover tattoos on two wrists
Small colour tattoo of a yellow cartoon bird with black outlines on the inner wrist, shown on a fist held against a red fabric background.
Small yellow cartoon bird on a wrist
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a stag's head and antlers within swirling smoke shapes, shown on a forearm.
Stag silhouette blackwork on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a cross and heartbeat trace ending in an outlined heart on a forearm, shown on two arms in a fine line style.
Matching cross and heartbeat forearm tattoos
Small colour tattoo of two red cardinals perched on a black branch, on the inner forearm.
Two red cardinals on a branch on a forearm
Black ink lettering on a forearm in a typewriter-style font, reading so please forgive what i have done, no you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Four lines of text on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading what matters most is how well you walk through the fire, with a peace symbol at the wrist end, on a forearm.
Script quote and peace symbol on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading Jerk and Bitch on the inside of a wrist, in a script and a bold serif style.
Jerk and Bitch lettering on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a triangle, circle and line symbol, on the inside of a wrist.
Always script with triangle symbol on a wrist
Black and grey Cheshire Cat face tattoo with blue eyes and realistic shading, beside handwritten script on the inner forearm.
Cheshire Cat face and script on forearm
A woman with a grey-blonde bun and both forearms covered in traditional tattoo sleeves, including a bird and a mandala, with her hands raised over her face.
Traditional tattoo sleeves with hands over face
Black and grey portrait tattoo of two people kissing on a forearm, with shaded slicked hair and geometric shapes below.
Kissing faces portrait on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small bow on the inner wrist of a raised arm, with white nails and a ring visible above it.
Small bow tattoo on the inner wrist
Thin black script tattoo reading Trust Without Borders on the inner forearm, with a city skyline and motorway behind.
Trust Without Borders script on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with two shaded roses and leaves, on a forearm.
Anchor and roses on a forearm
Black repeating monogram pattern tattooed across the upper arm and forearm of a man wearing a grey tank top.
Repeating monogram pattern full arm sleeve
Black and grey caduceus with red stethoscope tubing forming a heart, a heartbeat line and the word Pacemaker in script on a forearm.
Caduceus and stethoscope heart on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a moonlit mountain landscape with a river and teal hills, set in an oval on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Moonlit mountain landscape on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of media player controls, rewind, pause, play, fast forward and repeat, on the inner wrist.
Media player controls on the wrist
Black and grey photograph of a block lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL with MUSIC SPEAKS upside down beneath it.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm

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