Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line outline tattoo of a standing penguin on an ankle, set against a red background.
Penguin outline on an ankle
Colour tattoo of an elephant in profile, filled with layered pink, blue and yellow landscape bands, on the side of the ribs.
Elephant silhouette with landscape fill on ribs
Black and grey spider web tattoo and small script lettering on a woman's hip and midriff, with a floral sleeve tattoo on her upper arm.
Spider web and script tattoos on a midriff
Black ink tattoo of a sun with a human face, a crescent moon and swirling stars, placed on the upper back.
Sun face with crescent moon and stars on upper back
Black script lettering reading WITCH on the forearm, with thin, slightly uneven linework.
Witch lettering on a forearm
Small green leaf tattoo with a thin stem on the lower leg above the ankle, in a fine line botanical style.
Small green leaf on a lower leg
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of lattice bands and small triangles on a woman's upper arm, with a coin-embellished top and chain jewellery beside them.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on upper arm
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small column of diamond shapes tattooed down her spine, looking over a beach and palm trees.
Diamond column tattoo on a spine overlooking a beach
Black and grey tattoo of a seated fairy with long flowing hair and wings, with a flower near her foot, on the side of the torso.
Seated fairy with wings and a flower
Fine line black script reading "It is well with my soul" runs vertically down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind on a beach.
Script quote down the spine
Flash design of a flock of dark silhouetted birds flying in a curving line across a white background.
Flock of birds flying in a curve
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses and a pocket watch with small script on the outer thigh.
Black and grey roses and pocket watch on a thigh
Two people seen from behind with matching fine line black crossed arrow tattoos on their upper arms.
Matching crossed arrows on two upper arms
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set over a woman's thigh in a typewriter-style font, placed on the thigh.
Quote tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of an olive branch with leaves and olives on the upper arm.
Olive branch on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a silhouetted woman with long flowing pink hair, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour figure with flowing pink hair on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a lake inside a circle, on the inner forearm.
Mountain lake and pine trees in a circle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a peacock perched on a blossoming branch across the side of the abdomen, with its feather tail running down onto the thigh.
Peacock and cherry blossom on hip and thigh
Four black fine line snowflake tattoos arranged in a diagonal row, decreasing slightly in size from top left to bottom right, on pale skin.
Four snowflakes descending diagonally
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo of pine tree silhouettes on a lower leg, with a geometric band above the ankle.
Pine forest silhouette on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of an arrow with red accents on the outer thigh, above the knee.
Arrow tattoo on the outer thigh
Colour cartoon tattoo of a grinning orange character with black outlines on a calf, with a smaller brown cartoon tattoo on the other leg beside it.
Grinning cartoon character on a calf
Close photo of a bold black swirl tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a single solid curved stroke.
Black swirl tattoo on the wrist
Fine line black safety pin tattoo on the upper arm, shown against a red fabric background.
Small safety pin tattoo on the arm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of large petals and a rose-like bloom across the back of a hand and fingers.
Dark botanical blackwork on the back of a hand
Close photograph of a small fine line black number 7 tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand raised against a dark wooden background.
Small number seven on the wrist
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading dad's angel in blue lettering with an orange halo and a small red sparkle.
Dad's angel script with halo on a wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a pink and blue butterfly with a grey cast shadow, sitting on a person's shoulder.
3D butterfly on a shoulder
Black and grey script tattoo reading When I am afraid, I will trust in you, with Psalm 56:3 beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Psalm 56:3 script quote on forearm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty posed like a maneki-neko lucky cat, with a red bow, red flowers and a gold coin, on a forearm.
Hello Kitty as a lucky cat on a forearm
Black dotwork drawing of a lion head with lilies, paw prints, a dreamcatcher and peacock feathers, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lion, lilies and dreamcatcher design
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo with a banner reading Dad, on the side of a man's neck.
Swallow tattoo on the neck
Black ink drawing of an ornate decorative capital letter with filigree patterning and curling flourishes on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate decorative letter in ink
A flash sheet of twenty blue line constellation designs, labelled with codes, sizes and star counts, showing the zodiac and northern and southern sky groups.
Constellation tattoo flash sheet with 20 star charts
Realism-style tattoo of a smiling bald man with a moustache, shaded in greys with touches of colour, on a person's chest.
Realistic portrait of a bald man on the chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a coil tattoo machine on the lower leg near the ankle.
Tattoo machine realism on the lower leg
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart with wildflowers growing from the upper vessels, shown as a flash design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Anatomical heart with wildflowers
Black outline of a heart with the words Bill Murray inside in a plain sans-serif font, tattooed on the back of a hairy leg below the knee.
Heart outline with Bill Murray lettering on a leg
Close photo of a forearm with a small colour tattoo of blue leaves and triangles around a central pink and black oval motif, with a hand on a moving vehicle handlebar.
Blue leaf motif tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a tabby cat's head with a red flower and green leaves on the side of a person's neck.
Tabby cat and red flower on the neck
Fine line dandelion seed head tattoos in red and black running down the side of the neck behind the ear.
Dandelion seed tattoos behind the ear
Gold and silver metallic arrow and dreamcatcher designs on a woman's collarbone, shoulder, upper back and hand, shot on a beach.
Metallic arrow and dreamcatcher temporary tattoos
Black and grey Celtic knotwork tattoo on the left hand and scale pattern tattoo on the right hand, both extending onto the forearms, with fingertips touching against a black background.
Celtic knotwork and scale tattoos on both hands
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a winged skull with crossed daggers and a flame on the upper arm.
Winged skull with crossed daggers on upper arm
Two hand-drawn interlaced heart designs on white paper, one in teal and black ink and one with teal and heavier black shading, with dot shapes at the top.
Interlaced heart design sketches in teal and black
Colour peacock feather tattoo in teal, green and blue with a purple eye, running down the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock feather tattoo on upper arm
Realistic red rose with green leaves, framed by black brush strokes and dot stippling, tattooed on a person's upper back.
Red rose with brush strokes on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a benzene ring with two OH groups and an NH2 group on the inside of a wrist.
Dopamine molecule tattoo on the inner wrist

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