Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of the word adventure in small black serif lettering on the inner forearm, with a gold bangle and cord bracelet at the wrist.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Let go Laughing across the forearm.
Let go laughing script on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a wristwatch with paint splashes and drips across the inner forearm.
Watercolour splash and watch on a forearm
Small black doodle-style tattoos of symbols and objects cover both forearms and the back of the hands, which have dark nail polish.
Doodle-style symbol tattoos on forearms
Colour tattoo in a cross stitch style showing a pink and white motif with green and navy sprigs, shown in close-up and on a forearm.
Cross stitch style tattoo on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a green crocodile head with a red and yellow eye and open jaws on a forearm.
Crocodile head on forearm
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, each with a black Celtic knot tattoo on the forearm, geometric in style.
Matching Celtic knots on two forearms
Solid black silhouette of a soaring bird tattooed on a wrist, with a cream knitted sweater cuff below.
Soaring bird on a wrist
Black and grey realistic swallow in flight tattooed on the outer forearm, with wings spread and tail feathers extended.
Swallow in flight on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a waving flag with white stars across the inner forearm.
Realistic waving flag on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a small bird with a shaded wing, placed on the inner wrist, in a black and white photograph.
Small bird on a wrist
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoo bands with diamond and eye motifs on a forearm, with a hand raising a glass of white wine by the sea.
Metallic geometric bands on a wrist
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a clock face, a man in a top hat, an East End London sign and a street lamp.
Victorian London street sleeve in black and grey
Fine line black bird tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, photographed in black and white against a pale floral fabric.
Small bird on inner wrist
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line alien head tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting against a chin.
Small alien head on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a botanical vine with leaves and small buds wrapping around the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Botanical vine wrapped around a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of clasped hands inside a dotwork-shaded heart, with Call Me Safe Bet lettering and a flower, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a heart with Call Me Safe Bet lettering
Pink blossom tattoos on both forearms, with palms turned up against a plain grey background, in soft botanical colour.
Pink blossom tattoos on both forearms
Black script lettering across the upper torso, a lace-pattern band on the thigh and a tattooed forearm holding an orange cat.
Script lettering and lace thigh band
Black lettering reading Via Veritas Vita, in a blackletter-style font, across the inner forearm against a red fabric background.
Via Veritas Vita lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm, with a sun, mountains and pines above a sunflower on one band and a crescent moon and stars on a lower band.
Mountain, sunflower and moon forearm bands
Black linework lion head tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a small pink heart mark above it.
Lion head tattoo on inner wrist
Close-up of black script lettering reading "It's called Vitiligo." on a forearm, with lighter depigmented skin patches visible around the tattoo.
"It's called Vitiligo" script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading freedom with a small bird silhouette above the final letters, on the inner wrist, in a Lettering style.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds across the inner forearm, in fine stippled dotwork.
Dandelion seeds blowing across a forearm
Black tribal tattoo with a sun face on a shirtless man's chest, continuing over the shoulder and down the upper arm and forearm in a Polynesian-inspired blackwork style.
Tribal sun chest and full arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo on a forearm showing a full moon above a mountain lake framed by pine trees inside a diamond shape.
Moon over mountain lake on a forearm
Close view of gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos with ornamental patterns on a forearm, wrist, hand and lower leg.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on arms and hands
Realistic colour full sleeve tattoo of autumn maple leaves in orange, red and yellow across the upper arm and forearm.
Autumn maple leaves full sleeve
Black serif lettering tattoo reading I am out with lanterns, looking for myself, across an inner forearm with bookshelves behind.
Quote tattoo on the inner forearm
Full Japanese-style sleeves on both arms and a chest piece, with pink and yellow koi, cherry blossoms and black-grey waves, shown on a shirtless torso.
Japanese koi and blossom full sleeves
Black and grey tattoo of praying hands with a rosary, a cross and two banners reading IN GODS and HANDS, on a forearm.
Praying hands and cross on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of a horned, fanged beast with whiskers and a curling tail, shown on a forearm.
Horned beast with whiskers on a forearm
Colour tattoo of abstract yellow, black and purple swirls covering the outer forearm, with soft shading that resembles liquid marbling.
Yellow marbled swirl on a forearm
Watercolour-style tree tattoo on the inner forearm, with bare black branches over orange, pink and blue washes and small birds above.
Watercolour tree on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of blossoms, buds and a thin branch wrapping across the inner wrist and forearm.
Blossom sprig on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, crossed by a diagonal line, on the forearm.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 script with cross
Black and grey photo of a small Ganesha tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a dark leather background.
Small Ganesha motif on the wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with orange light beams, waves and clouds, framed by a rope border and banner on a forearm.
Lighthouse and waves with banner on a forearm
Blue glowing outline of a Mickey Mouse head tattooed on the inner wrist, photographed under ultraviolet light.
Glowing Mickey Mouse outline on wrist
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a misty pine forest wrapping around a forearm, with tall tree silhouettes rising towards the elbow.
Pine forest forearm tattoo
Small black fine line script lettering with a looping swash tail on the forearm near the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Small script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a tarot-style card labelled LA MORT with a skull, a hand holding the card edge, and a mandala below.
La Mort tarot skull and hand on forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, showing flying birds, clouds and a forest, shown from two angles.
Birds and forest full sleeve
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an owl perched on a sugar skull with flower eyes, across the forearm.
Owl and sugar skull on a forearm
Greyscale realism tattoo of a sequence of moon phases running down the inner forearm of a person in a red t-shirt.
Moon phases down a forearm
Colour traditional tattoos on a woman's leg and forearm, including a heart, a chrysanthemum and a skull, shown against white bedding.
Traditional colour tattoos on legs and forearms
Two forearms show matching geometric cat head tattoos in colour, one grey and green-eyed, the other purple and amber-eyed, on a Geometric style design.
Matching geometric cat heads on two forearms

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