Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm with a red line-drawn rose, a purple and blue-eyed face, a pair of hands and a teal geometric band near the elbow.
Rose and face on an upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line black tattoo on a forearm, showing a solid heart beside an outlined heart inside a curved arc.
Small heart tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with an arrow passing through the word, on the inner wrist against a green fern background.
Wanderlust script with arrow on the wrist
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair and a spider on its web, on the ribs, shown beside a close-up of the face.
Pin-up woman with rose and spider on ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of a mouse head with round ears on the inner forearm, with the arm bent across a floral bedsheet.
Small mouse ears tattoo on a forearm
Black linework lotus with dotwork petals and blue and pink watercolour splashes, tattooed on the upper back.
Lotus with watercolour splashes on upper back
Black and white photo of a single-line outline tattoo of the state of New York on the inner forearm of a person whose hand is visible.
New York State outline on a forearm
Pencil and ink drawing of a split ribcage and spine with a pink rose and vines on one side, and an animal skull with a moth wing below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ribcage, rose and moth skull design
Black script lettering tattoo reading The fear of suffering is far worse than the suffering itself, running down the upper arm towards the elbow.
Quote tattoo along the upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a sailor pin-up girl with red flowers, a striped top and a HOPE banner, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Sailor pin-up with roses and HOPE banner
Small colour tattoo of a maple leaf with a black outline and stem, shaded in orange and red, on the inner wrist.
Maple leaf on the inner wrist
Black and white engraved design of an elephant-headed deity with an ornate crown, rendered in fine parallel hatching on a white background.
Ganesha elephant head engraving design
Fine line black infinity symbol with a small outlined heart tattooed on the side of a finger, with pink nails visible.
Infinity and heart on a finger
Black and grey tattoo of AK-style rifles across the four fingers of a clenched hand, shaded in a realistic style.
AK-style rifles across four fingers
Black and grey dragon tattoo with a detailed head and scaled body wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh.
Dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoos of Anubis holding an ankh and an Egyptian woman with arms raised, both on the forearms, with a winged scarab above.
Anubis and Egyptian woman on forearms
Two wrists each show a fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with the word sister written in cursive inside the loop, placed on the wrist.
Matching infinity sister tattoos on wrists
Realistic colour tattoo of a feather fading into a flock of black birds, placed on the side of the ribs.
Colourful feather with flying birds on ribs
Pencil sketch of a winged heart with a banner wrapped around it, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Winged heart with banner sketch
Black and grey tattoo of a round-eyed bird beside a stem with heart-shaped leaves and a small bud, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Round-eyed bird and heart-leaf sprig on a wrist
Black lace garter tattoo with small floral motifs wrapped around a woman's upper thigh, worn above purple underwear.
Lace garter tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of three feathers hanging from a beaded cord anklet on the ankle.
Feathers hanging from an anklet band
Fine line botanical tattoo of flowers, leaves and swirls with dotwork shading on the outer thigh.
Floral mandala tattoo on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of four birds in flight, decreasing in size, across the top outer side of a foot.
Four birds in flight on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned beetle with spread wings inside a fine line diamond frame on the forearm.
Horned beetle in a geometric frame on a forearm
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists read Now you're my whole life and Now you're my whole world, with the hands held together.
Matching script quote tattoos on two wrists
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic skull with roses, an orchid and a daisy growing across its right side, a design suited to a realism tattoo.
Skull and flowers pencil design
Solid black blackwork leaf tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with sharply lobed edges against pale skin.
Solid black leaf tattoo on forearm
Watercolour-style cherry blossom tattoo across the shoulder and upper arm, shown from two angles, with pink flowers, green and blue washes and black ink splatter.
Cherry blossom tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black and white photo of a forearm with fine line tattoos of a question mark, comma, full stop, exclamation mark and ellipsis, stacked vertically.
Punctuation marks down a forearm
Realistic blue and orange butterflies tattooed across the upper and mid back, curving from the shoulder blade down towards the waist.
Blue butterflies across a back
Black ink tattoo on a calf of a banner scroll reading I WANT ALL OF THE CATS TO LOVE ME THE BEST, with cartoon cats, in traditional style with pink-red shading.
Cartoon cats on a banner across a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grey tabby and an orange cat curled together inside a circle on the upper arm.
Two cats curled in a circle on upper arm
A tattooed forearm and hand resting a pineapple top on the head of a grey tabby cat, with black fine line tattoos including a loop design on the forearm and small marks on the hand.
Tattooed forearm holding a pineapple on a tabby cat
Two hands with small black serif lettering reading Mr. on one ring finger and Mrs. on the other, shown in a fine line style on the fingers.
Mr and Mrs lettering on two ring fingers
Fine line drawing of two hands hooked together by their little fingers on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Two hands linking little fingers
Small black starburst with three tiny stars tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Starburst and three stars on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a straw beehive surrounded by red and orange flowers and green leaves on an upper arm.
Beehive and flowers on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a striped lighthouse with a banner reading There is a light that never goes out, above a red rose.
Lighthouse and rose on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a clean sans serif font, running diagonally across the side of the torso above the ribs.
Quote lettering along the side ribs
Pen and ink drawing of three ornate feathers filled with black linework, dots and coloured bands in pink, purple, orange and blue, shown on a white background.
Three patterned feathers in ink and colour
Black fine line calligraphic script tattoo running diagonally along the side of a person's ribs, against pale skin and a coral top.
Script tattoo running along the ribs
Black ink line drawing on white paper of a woman with billowing hair and one arm outstretched, her body trailing into flowing wisps, shown as a design sketch and not a tattoo on skin.
Flowing-haired female figure line drawing
Colour tattoo of an infinity symbol with small pink, green and blue hearts on a wrist, with black outlines.
Infinity symbol with hearts on a wrist
Black lettering reading I refuse to sink wraps around a black anchor with a pink heart, tattooed on the inner forearm.
I refuse to sink anchor on the wrist
Fine line pale script tattoo across the back of a hand, reading I must not tell lies, with black stiletto nails resting on a wooden table.
Fine line script quote on the back of a hand
Black cursive script lettering reading Hope on a wrist, with a purple awareness ribbon overlapping the letter o.
Hope script with purple ribbon on wrist
Back of a shoulder with a fine line black and grey tattoo of a compass rose, a world map and passport-style stamps.
Compass rose and world map on a shoulder

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