Tattoo ideas

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

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Four-view photo of a colourful realistic botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing pink magnolia blooms, a branch, dragonflies and beetles.
Magnolia and dragonfly full sleeve
Collage of six red and blue outline tattoos in an offset, misregistered style, including a paper aeroplane, a ray gun, a suitcase with a palm tree, a fish skeleton and a cartoon creature, on arms and
Six red and blue linework tattoos in a collage
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with leaves, buds and a stem running down the inner forearm.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the Latin phrase carpe diem in script across the inner wrist and forearm.
Carpe diem script on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a blackberry sprig with leaves on the inner forearm, in blackwork style.
Blackberry sprig on a forearm
Photograph of a realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on the inner forearm, with a quarter coin resting above it.
Realistic red cardinal on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moon, stars, mountains and pine trees inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Moon, mountains and pines in a circle on a forearm
Black ornamental mandala tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman whose arm is raised across her head, with her back to the camera.
Black mandala sleeve on raised arm
Two forearms with brown ink designs: a winged angel with its face in its hands and the words Don't Blink, beside a police box with spirals and a crescent moon.
Angel and police box forearm designs
Black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a serif font on the inner forearm, with a rolled denim sleeve and stacked bangles.
Coordinates tattoo on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of an owl with yellow eyes in blue and green washes on the inner forearm.
Watercolour owl on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering and a small outlined triangle tattoo on a person's forearms, with both palms held up towards the camera.
Script lettering and a triangle on both forearms
Red heart outline with a grey shaded ribbon looping through it, a colour tattoo on the inner wrist.
Heart and grey ribbon on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of stylised teal and blue ocean waves with white foam crests and black outlines, on the forearm.
Stylised ocean waves on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of stacked circles, loops and small dots running vertically down a forearm.
Vertical line of circles and loops on a forearm
Black and grey floral tattoos on both forearms of a person in a black sleeveless top and ripped black jeans, standing against a white wall.
Floral tattoos on both forearms
Collage of four tattoos: a red and black sugar skull woman on the upper arm, a white cartoon robot on purple splashes, an owl's amber eye, and a black and grey woman holding banknotes on the forearm.
Collage of four tattoos: sugar skull, Baymax, owl and money
Fine line black and grey tattoo of antlers, roses and dotted triangles on a forearm.
Antlers and roses on a forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle, placed on the inner forearm.
Small circular wave on a forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a treeline with birds in flight on the inner forearm, shown against a dark top.
Treeline and birds on a forearm
Black cursive lettering reading dream with looping flourishes across the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Dream script tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey realistic full arm sleeve showing a galleon under sail, churning waves and a shark, across the upper arm and forearm.
Galleon and shark full arm sleeve
Black fine line script tattoo reading what appears to be in omnia paratus, placed on the inner forearm of a hand held out against a plain grey background.
Small script line tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a forearm with five thin black horizontal lines tattooed in parallel bands around it, in a fine line style on the forearm.
Five parallel lines around a forearm
Small solid black crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of a pale hand with black nails, set against black and white lace.
Crescent moon on the inner wrist
Black ink mandala tattoo with lotus flowers and leaves, shaded with dotwork, across the inner forearm.
Mandala and lotus design on a forearm
Colour Neo-trad style heart tattoo on a forearm, filled with green patterned background and dark fuzzy sprites with white eyes, edged in pink scallops.
Heart with soot sprites on a forearm
Small black outline heart tattoo in fine line style on the forearm near the wrist.
Small outline heart on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling panther with a third eye and a red rose above it, on the forearm, with the word LOVE below.
Panther head and rose on a forearm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork shading and outlined petals, placed on the forearm.
Lotus flower on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a green and brown parrot perched among red peonies with dark outlines, on the forearm.
Parrot and peonies on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye above a pink and purple lotus, with black linework, on a forearm.
Hamsa hand and lotus on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a pale blue-grey ghost with two dot eyes and bold black outlines, on the forearm, with a blue crystal design partly visible at the lower left.
Ghost tattoo on the forearm
A colour tattoo of a skull formed from a striped flag with stars, blue eyes and a blood-spatter edge, on the inside of a forearm.
Flag skull tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey rose and floral tattoo on a man's forearm and hand, with lettering across the knuckles, shown beside a cuff of a striped shirt and a dark suit.
Rose and floral forearm tattoo
Small black fine line snowflake tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and pink painted nails.
Small snowflake tattoo on the inner wrist
Two black and grey tattoos of Art Nouveau style women in circular frames, one on each forearm.
Two Art Nouveau women on matching forearms
Small bold-outlined cartoon cat with a red bow on the forearm, beside a large traditional flower with an eye on the back of a tattooed hand.
Cartoon cat with red bow on forearm
Realism tattoo of a rose with petals made from dollar bills, shaded in grey and olive tones across the forearm.
Money rose made from dollar bills on forearm
Two forearms with matching black geometric bands of zigzags and triangles, shaded with dotwork, in a sepia photo of two people holding hands.
Matching geometric forearm bands on two people
Small fine line tattoo of an orange and white cat face with green eyes and a pink nose on the inner forearm.
Small cat head on a forearm
Black linework tattoo covering a forearm in lattice, dot and bands patterns, with geometric and dotwork styling, photographed in black and grey.
Geometric lattice sleeve on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace that becomes a heart, with a small cross, on the inner wrist.
Heartbeat line and cross on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a dotwork mandala flower with orange petals, teal edges and mauve shading on a forearm, with a small geometric arrow design below it.
Mandala flower tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line black dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside several beaded and gold chain bracelets.
Small dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an anchor, rope and clouds covering a forearm, with a wooden watch on the wrist and pine trees behind.
Anchor and rope sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of the sun and a row of planets, including Saturn with its rings, with scattered stars running along a forearm.
Solar system tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of three outlined hearts descending diagonally across the inner wrist of a palm-up hand.
Three outline hearts on the inner wrist

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