Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with butterfly wings on the back of a hand.
Skull and butterfly on the back of a hand
Full-colour realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a girl on a swing under a starry sky above a planet.
Girl on a swing above a starry planet on the arm
Close-up of a dark serif lettering tattoo on a wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live', in Lettering style on the forearm.
Serif quotation tattoo on a wrist
Two matching puzzle piece outline tattoos on the inner wrists, each with a small red heart filled in.
Matching puzzle piece wrist tattoos
Black and grey flash design of a winged skull with ribbon banners carrying the words I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.
Winged skull with banner quote
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with curled horns and a stippled crescent moon, placed on the thigh.
Horned skull with crescent moon on thigh
Close photo of a small, solid black semicolon lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a person whose hand is raised to their hair.
Small semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Close view of a black tribal-style tattoo running across a forearm and onto the back of the hand, with a silver watch worn on the wrist.
Black tribal tattoo on a forearm and hand
Coloured flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a rope-edged oval frame, with two fish, an anchor and a SIREN banner, in a neo-traditional style.
Red-haired siren in an oval frame
Colour realism tattoo of a woman's face with a plaited braid and large red poppies on the outer thigh.
Realistic portrait of a woman with poppies on a thigh
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a songbird perched on an ornate birdcage beside a shaded purple rose, with leaves and dotted chain detail.
Bird, birdcage and rose design
Black and grey photo of a fine line arrow tattoo running diagonally up the inner forearm, with an outlined arrowhead at the top and small fletching at the base.
Fine line arrow on a forearm
Small black fine line tree with leaves above the words grow up, tattooed on the upper back of a person with long hair pulled to one side.
Small tree and grow up on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with curled blonde hair, dark lips and drop earrings, placed on the shoulder.
Realistic portrait of a woman with curled hair
Two small black and grey yin yang tattoos sit on the lower torso of two people, one on each side, just above their underwear waistbands.
Matching yin yang tattoos on two hips
Realistic steam locomotive with a skull front and red eyes, shaded in black and grey against orange and red sunset tones, on a forearm.
Skull-faced steam train on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a gold badge reading Together in Paris, with green petals around its edge, on the upper back near the neck.
Together in Paris badge on upper back
Colour realism style tattoo on the side ribs of a torso showing a terrier in a pirate hat and eyepatch, a fluffy white dog, a small creature in a red scarf and spiral snail shells.
Pirate terrier and fluffy dog on ribs
Grey and pink cherry blossom branch tattoo running down the outer thigh and leg of a person lying on a black tattoo bed.
Cherry blossom branch down a thigh
Realistic pink and blue-green roses with grey-green leaves, shaded in colour on the calf of a leg, with a bathtub in the background.
Pink and blue roses on a leg
Small black fine line Capricorn zodiac symbol tattoo on the ankle, shown in a black and white photograph.
Capricorn zodiac symbol on the ankle
Black ink infinity symbol tattoo with the words faith and family written in script lettering on skin.
Infinity symbol with faith and family script
Close-up of a black fine line anchor and the words I refuse to sink in script tattooed on the side of a woman's neck.
Anchor and script on the neck
Close-up photo of a small red elephant tattoo with a black outline and raised trunk on brown skin.
Red elephant tattoo with raised trunk
Black and grey dotwork and line tattoo of two roses around a central mandala, covering the forearm.
Roses and mandala on a forearm
Four-panel collage of bare feet with black script tattoos reading 'I am not worried, Harry' and 'I am with you', plus a triangle, circle and line symbol on the foot.
Quote script and triangle symbol on ankle and foot
Fine line black and grey tattoo of two arrows running in opposite directions across the inner forearm.
Two arrows on a forearm
Black and grey dandelion with drifting seeds and the script words love her but leave her wild across the ribs.
Dandelion seeds and script quote on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, drawn in a crosshatched engraving style, on the side of a person's ribs.
White Rabbit tattoo on the ribs
Thin black script reading fearless across the upper back, just below the neck, in a fine line lettering style.
Fearless script on upper back
Solid black triangle crest tattoo with angular wings on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Triangle crest on a shoulder blade
Fine line constellation tattoo of small dots and a star shape on the upper back, photographed from behind on a person with short dark hair.
Star constellation on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a butterfly with purple and teal wings and black outlines, placed on the upper shoulder near the neck.
3D butterfly on a shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of the word lumos beside a four-pointed star on the inner wrist.
Lumos word and star on a wrist
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a Roman numeral clock face with a monarch butterfly, orchids and ornamental swirls, with no body placement shown.
Clock, orchids and butterfly design sketch
Black and white photo of a fine line palm tree tattoo on the side of a finger, with a hammered silver ring on another finger, resting on dark leather.
Small palm tree on a finger
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with three teal feathers and red and yellow beads on a forearm, with grey shaded rim and black linework.
Dreamcatcher with teal feathers on a forearm
Small black fine line feather tattoo curving across the outer ankle and heel area of a light-skinned foot against a green background.
Small feather tattoo on an ankle
Close-up of a small green cactus tattoo in a simple fine line style on the inner forearm of a person wearing a denim jacket.
Small green cactus tattoo on a forearm
Black ink lotus mandala design drawn on white paper, with dotwork shading in the petals, beside two small carved figures and a clear quartz point.
Lotus mandala design on white paper
Japanese-style wave tattoo with pale outlines over solid black ink, running along a forearm.
Stylised waves on a forearm
Realistic grey planet with a dark starfield and faint red nebula haze, tattooed on the forearm.
Planet in a starfield on a forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of filigree ornaments with black gems across a forearm, wrist and hand, with a second design on the lower leg.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on arm and hand
Pencil drawing of a wolf head split down the middle, realistic shading on the left and ornate black ink pattern on the right, shown as a tattoo design.
Split wolf head design
Wrist stacked with gold and silver bracelets above a gold metallic shell temporary tattoo on the forearm.
Metallic shell temporary tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black cross tattoo, about the size of a fingernail, on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a brightly coloured traditional-style backdrop.
Small cross tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey ornamental elephant tattoo on the outer thigh, with denim shorts above and a hand wearing a ring at the left edge.
Ornate elephant on the thigh
Fine line tattoo of a pink flower bud on a thin black stem with two leaves, placed on the ankle.
Small pink bud on an ankle

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