Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black outline of a landmass on an upper arm near the elbow, with a small solid red heart linked to its edge by a thin line, in a Fine line style.
Outline map with red heart on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose and a grey skull on an ankle, with a black canvas trainer below.
Realistic rose and skull on an ankle
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design with the word Love in ornate script, a large swash L, leaves and buds in black and grey.
Ornate script Love with botanical flourishes
Colourful butterfly tattoo with orange, blue and purple wings and bold black outlines, placed on the chest in a neo-traditional style.
Orange and blue butterfly on chest
Black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with the script words guard your, and proverbs 4:23 in a typewriter style below, on skin.
Heartbeat line with script and Proverbs 4:23
Woman seen from behind with a black and pink cherry blossom branch tattoo running down her back in a Japanese-inspired botanical style, placed on the back.
Cherry blossom branch across a back
Black and grey ink wash tattoo of a rearing horse with a Chinese character and red seal stamps on the outer thigh.
Ink wash horse with seal stamps on thigh
Black ink tree of life enclosed in a circle on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and a ring on the fingers.
Tree of life on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line mermaid tail tattoo with shaded scales and flowing fin on the inner forearm, against a cream blind.
Mermaid tail on a forearm
Realism-style butterfly wing tattoo in grey and red with swirling linework, running down the back.
Butterfly wing tattoo across a back
Realistic drawing of a butterfly whose wings are human skulls, shaded in sepia and brown tones on a beige background.
Skull-winged butterfly design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a city skyline with a clock tower, power lines and a pine forest over waves, across an upper arm and forearm.
City skyline, power lines and forest sleeve
Close-up of a red and green stylised bird tattoo with green wing feathers and a red curled tail on a person's upper back.
Red and green stylised bird on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of a stylised Leo zodiac symbol on skin, with slight redness around the ink.
Small black Leo zodiac symbol tattoo
Black tribal tattoo with a spiral and fish motif across the hip and lower side of the abdomen, with a navel piercing visible.
Tribal fish design on the hip
Realistic swan tattoo on the inner forearm, with grey and white feathers, a red beak and blue water beneath.
Swan with spread wings on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Empire State Building rising through clouds and a city skyline, running down a forearm.
Empire State Building skyline on a forearm
Two matching fine line tattoos of dark silhouetted birds joined by a looping heart outline, one pink and one blue, on a calf and an ankle.
Matching bird and heart tattoos on two legs
Two colour traditional tattoos on the ribs, left a sugar skull in a veil with flowers and right a skull in a top hat with flowers and the word DEATH.
Sugar skull bride and top hat skull on ribs
Neo-traditional peony tattoo in red, peach and cream with green leaves and buds, wrapping across the outer thigh and hip.
Peony cluster on a thigh
Fine line black crescent moon tattoo on the wrist of a raised hand with pale pink nails against a white background.
Crescent moon on the wrist
Colourful botanical tattoo of roses and poppies across a woman's shoulder, with a smaller floral design on the back of her hand.
Floral bouquet tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line black ink tattoo of a mountain outline with a sunburst on the ankle, beside a black and yellow cord anklet.
Mountain line and sun tattoo on an ankle
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid in a shell top, with a skull under a spider web above her head and waves below, on an arm.
Mermaid with skull on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a brick lighthouse above a moustached man in a patterned collar, on the inner forearm.
Lighthouse and moustached man on a forearm
Black and white photo of two interlaced hands showing a small fine line outline heart tattoo on a finger.
Small heart outline on a finger
Printed sheet showing three black semicolon tattoo designs labelled The Semicolon, The Semicolon Trinity and The Semicolon Sol Invictus, with explanatory text beside each.
Semicolon tattoo project design sheet
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a drink cup with a straw and lemon slice, framed by purple and pink flowers and bubbles, on the upper back.
Drink cup with flowers on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of song lyrics with small music notes running down a lower leg, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Song lyrics tattoo on a lower leg
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a full moon with visible craters on the forearm, below a rolled denim sleeve.
Realistic moon on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on an arm showing a star-topped crown, a feathered arrow over a dotted line, a row of stylised glyphs and small symbols beneath.
Arrow, crown and glyph lettering on an arm
Colour tattoo of a house lifted by a bunch of red, blue, yellow and orange balloons, with a line of script above, on the side of a torso at the ribs.
Balloon-lifted house on the side ribs
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose with black and orange monarch-style wing petals on the upper back.
Red rose with monarch wing petals on upper back
Black ink drawing of a heart with a keyhole at its centre, flanked by keys, flowers and leaves, shown as a dotwork tattoo design on paper.
Heart with keyhole and flowers design
Realistic colour tattoo of Cookie Monster with shaded blue fur, a purple mouth and green and pink shading, on the thigh.
Cookie Monster tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a stack of four books with hatched shading on the side of a ribcage.
Stack of books on the side ribs
Fine line tattoo of a heart formed by two fishing hooks, one blue and one tan, with the word love in script on the upper chest.
Fishing hook heart with script love
Botanical flash design of two mirrored cherry blossom branches with pink flowers, dark linework and curling tendrils on a white background.
Symmetrical cherry blossom branches
Traditional style tattoo of a grey Dalek above two red roses with green leaves, on the thigh.
Dalek and red roses on a thigh
Realism style black and grey owl tattoo on the side of a man's neck, with shaded feathers and staring eyes.
Owl portrait on the neck
Small black letter Y tattoo on the side of a person's torso, with one hand resting near it and a striped top.
Small letter Y tattoo on the side
Colour tattoo of two cartoon Minion characters beside a speech bubble containing a stylised word, on skin next to a dark fabric edge.
Two Minions with speech bubble
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo covering a man's chest, abdomen, shoulders and neck, in dotwork and blackwork style.
Geometric mandala across chest and torso
Black and grey realism tattoo of clock gears and Roman numerals covering an upper arm.
Clockwork gears and Roman numerals on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional design drawn on tracing paper of a mermaid with a ship, anchor, rope and ship's wheel, with no body placement shown.
Mermaid with ship and ship's wheel design
Small solid black anchor tattoo on the middle finger of a hand held in a loose fist, resting on a grey fleece blanket.
Small anchor tattoo on a middle finger
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a large Victorian mansion with a tower and cross, on the inside of a forearm, above a banner reading The Devil.
Victorian mansion with tower on a forearm
Close-up of a black XO lettering tattoo with a small red heart above the letters, on the inner wrist.
XO lettering with red heart on a wrist

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