Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a blond man's torso on a black horse body, set against rainbows and purple clouds, realistically shaded on the leg.
Centaur with rainbows on a leg
Two people standing side by side, each with a yin yang tattoo on their ribs: the left one solid black, the right one a thin black outline.
Matching yin yang tattoos on ribs
Two matching fine line arrow tattoos in black ink on forearms, one arm resting across the other on a wooden bench.
Matching arrow tattoos on two forearms
Traditional style flower tattoo with blue petals, a black centre ringed in orange and green leaves with red tips, on the upper arm, with a partial yellow big cat head above it.
Traditional flower on upper arm
Two women seen from behind with their arms around each other, one with a black fine line crescent moon on her upper back and the other with a black sun tattoo on her back.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos on two backs
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat outline filled with a red rose and green leaves, placed on the forearm.
Rose inside a cat silhouette on a forearm
Black connect-the-dots giraffe tattoo with numbered dots on a calf, with red marker outlines drawn on in the side panels.
Dot-to-dot giraffe on a calf
Back view of a woman in a black top showing a small black fine line script tattoo on her upper arm, near the shoulder.
Fine line script tattoo on upper arm
Colour peacock tattoo with blue body and green eye-spot feathers across the top of a foot resting on grass.
Peacock tattoo across a foot
Black and white photograph of a small solid crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails.
Small crescent moon on the inner wrist
Woman sitting on sand with black and grey rose tattoos covering her forearms and upper arms, in a sleeve style.
Rose tattoos on both arms at the beach
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lighthouse in a storm with rays of light and crashing waves, covering the inner forearm, shown from two angles.
Lighthouse and storm waves on a forearm
A dark chevron stencil on a forearm, held in place by a paper band, while a hand wipes the skin with a green cloth.
Chevron stencil on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sun with a face above a column of planets running down the spine on a woman's back, photographed from behind.
Sun and planets down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of a griffin with spread wings and a lion's body, covering the upper back.
Black and grey griffin on upper back
Small black and grey swallow tattoo in flight on the skin behind a person's ear, in a traditional style with fine linework.
Small swallow tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of an adult giraffe and a young giraffe lying side by side, shown on the calf of a leg.
Adult giraffe and calf on the lower leg
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with a cross on her forehead, cracked hands and a red rose, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait with rose on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cat's face in a soft watercolour style with blue, pink and purple washes and drips, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour cat on upper back
Black and white photo of a small swallow silhouette above the words 'this too shall pass' in fine script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
A pink and black butterfly tattoo spans two forearms, with script lettering curving around its wings on each arm.
Matching butterfly and script forearm tattoos
Fine-line black outline of an irregular map shape with a small red heart on the side of the torso.
Outline map shape with small red heart
Black ink dreamcatcher tattoo with the word Family in script across the hoop, placed on the upper arm of a person in a white sleeveless top.
Family dreamcatcher on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional portrait tattoo on the outer thigh showing a man in a cap and smiley-face sunglasses with a cigarette in his mouth.
Portrait of a man in smiley sunglasses on a thigh
Full back tattoo in colour showing a white cat with pink ears, blue and red roses, daisies and skulls, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Four-view collage of a colour realism tattoo on a calf showing a clock, an owl, a maze, a tall-haired figure with a companion and furry creatures.
Fantasy scene with clock, owl and creatures on a calf
Black typewriter-style lettering reading one foot in the grave on a man's calf, with a prosthetic leg visible while he stands on an escalator.
"One foot in the grave" text tattoo on a calf
Black script lettering reading Philippians 4:13 on the inner wrist of a hand with red painted nails, against a carpeted floor.
Philippians 4:13 script on wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a Superman-style shield with stylised lettering inside, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Superman shield on a wrist
Black and grey pencil sketch of a steampunk compass rose surrounded by interlocking cogs, levers and scrollwork flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design.
Steampunk compass with gears and flourishes
Black linework tattoo of a treehouse in a bare tree with a crescent moon and small stars, on the side of a torso.
Treehouse in a bare tree on the side ribs
Two forearms rest side by side, each with a small black Roman numeral tattoo in a fine lettering style, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Roman numeral tattoos on two forearms
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Nelson Muntz saying Ha ha, set within a blue and orange geometric mandala on a calf.
Nelson Muntz in a geometric mandala on a calf
Black outline tattoo of a police box with swirling mist and spiral circles on the upper arm and shoulder.
TARDIS outline on upper arm
Black and grey magnolia flower tattoo with dotwork-shaded geometric shapes on the inside of a forearm.
Magnolia and geometric shapes on a forearm
Black and grey ink drawing of a milk bottle labelled MILK above a ribcage, set within a hatched oval with a laurel wreath, a ribbon banner and a diamond at the top; a tattoo design, no body placement
Milk bottle and ribcage in laurel oval
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a revolver wrapped in a thorned vine with red roses and green leaves, in neo-traditional style with shaded grey metal.
Revolver and roses with thorny vine on a thigh
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind in boxer briefs, with a large ornate tattoo on his upper arm and shoulder and a dark tattoo on his forearm.
Back view of tattooed arms in a kitchen
Colour tattoo of Finn and Jake from Adventure Time on a leg, with red and purple hearts above them.
Finn and Jake from Adventure Time on a leg
Black ink hand-lettered design reading never stop exploring, with a ribbon banner, shaded letterforms and swirling flourishes, drawn on white paper.
Never stop exploring lettering design
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with an ornate hilt and the word Rumplestiltskin on the blade, with banners reading All magic comes with a price, shown as a tattoo design.
Dagger with banner reading All magic comes with a price
Black and grey sketch-style anatomical heart with the words 'Pain demands to be felt' tattooed on the inner forearm.
Sketched anatomical heart with quote on forearm
Two black ink tattoos on a pair of legs: solid paw prints on the ankle and a fine line sketch of an owl on a branch on the calf.
Paw prints and owl on the lower legs
Fine line tattoo on the top of a foot, with a dashed line looping past the word allons-y to a blue TARDIS.
Dashed line, allons-y and TARDIS on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain range, pine trees, moon and stars inside a circle, with a quote around the edge, on the thigh.
Mountain landscape with quote on thigh
Small colour tattoo of a green cactus with a pink flower in a terracotta pot, on the inner forearm.
Small cactus in a pot on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon with stars, small clouds and wavy sea lines on the upper arm.
Moon, clouds and waves on upper arm
Two matching colour tattoos of a bitten pizza slice with pepperoni, one on each inner forearm near the wrist.
Matching pizza slice tattoos on forearms

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