Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of pine trees fading into dotted shading on a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Pine trees fading down a forearm
Small black fine-line script reading warrior with a bird silhouette in flight, tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned hand.
Warrior script and bird on a wrist
Close torso photo of a woman in a black lace bralette, showing a black geometric tattoo on her hand and a dark tattooed sleeve on her upper arm.
Geometric tattoos on hand and arm
Black fine line tattoo of a bare tree with a thin trunk and spreading branches on the inner wrist, beside a red and green beaded bracelet.
Bare tree tattoo on a wrist
Two mirrored forearm tattoos of an ornate black key surrounded by outlined and solid red, green and black geometric triangles, shown on the inner forearms.
Paired keys and triangles on forearms
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Woman on a sandy beach with silver ornamental mandala-style designs on her forearm and hand, and turquoise rings and bracelets.
Silver mandala designs on forearm and hand at the beach
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of shaded roses, leaves and mandala ornament covering the upper arm and forearm of a smiling woman in a grey vest top.
Rose and mandala full sleeve
Small fine line lotus flower tattoo in black and grey with a trail of dots along the forearm, shown beside a penny for scale.
Small lotus flower with dots on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face with a detailed eye and whiskers across the inner forearm.
Tiger face on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a butterfly with open wings above a shaded rose on the forearm.
Butterfly and rose on a forearm
Black line tattoo of the outline of the state of Oklahoma on the inner wrist, with the word HOME inside and a red heart in place of the O.
Oklahoma outline with HOME lettering on wrist
Two photographs show an abstract splatter tattoo with black lines, grey wash and teal and red dots, one across a woman's upper back and neck and one on an inner forearm.
Abstract splatter tattoos on neck, back and forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an anatomical heart framed by chrysanthemums, thistles and foxglove on a forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Anatomical heart and flowers on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of two cat heads side by side with green and blue eyes on the inner forearm.
Two cat heads with green and blue eyes on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head with a forest backdrop, running down the outer forearm.
Realistic wolf portrait on a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing horror film characters including a masked killer with a chainsaw, a clown, a shark and a figure with a bladed glove.
Horror film characters full sleeve
Black tribal tattoo of bands, zigzags and triangles covering a forearm, shown with coffee cups and a paper bag on a pavement.
Tribal band tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style compass with a star, yellow flowers and pink ribbon banners wrapping around a forearm.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Fine black line geometric wolf head tattoo with faceted panels and sharp ears, placed on the forearm.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a head outline with coloured Lego bricks scattered across the face, on the forearm.
Lego bricks spilling from a head outline
Close-up of a shaded realistic pink hibiscus tattoo with a yellow stamen on the inner forearm, near the wrist, against a dark background.
Pink hibiscus on the inner forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading there is light somewhere, it may not be much light, but it beats the darkness, tattooed along the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a poppy, feathery fronds and a tied bow with green leaves on the inner forearm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Poppy and ribboned bundle on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a magnolia branch with pink open blooms and olive buds, shown on the forearm.
Magnolia branch on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a globe, a compass and a rose over an old map background.
Globe, compass and rose on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a bird with a pointed beak and a curved tail, on the inner wrist.
Small bird on a wrist
Two forearms side by side, one with a red heart and gold filigree tattoo beside purple flowers, the other with a gold key and script name in Traditional style.
Heart and key tattoos on two forearms
Traditional style tattoos of roses and flowers covering a forearm and the fingers and hands of a person wearing a white graphic t-shirt.
Traditional forearm sleeve and hand tattoos
Fine-line tattoo of a row of elephants in blue, red, orange and green outline, running across the inner forearm.
Row of elephants on a forearm
Black and white photo of two people embracing, with LOVE tattooed across the knuckles and black-and-grey lettering and a portrait tattoo on the forearms.
Embracing couple with knuckle lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, filigree scrollwork and a hanging chain on the forearm.
Ornate pocket watch with chain on forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dandelion seedhead and bud with black linework and splashes of purple, yellow and green on a forearm.
Dandelion and bud in watercolour on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an eagle in a tuxedo with a red bow tie and medals, above orange lilies, on a forearm.
Eagle in a tuxedo with lilies on a forearm
Black and grey realism wolf tattoo on the upper arm, with a forest of trees continuing down the forearm.
Wolf and forest sleeve on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a whole fig with leaves and a halved fig showing its seeds, on the inner arm.
Fig and halved fig on an arm
Two matching black swirl symbol tattoos, one on each inner wrist, drawn in simple single-weight linework.
Two swirl symbols on the wrists
Close-up of a small fine line outline triangle tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail varnish and a thin gold ring.
Small outline triangle on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing galleon in heavy seas with crashing waves, wrapping around a forearm.
Galleon and waves on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a peony, green leaves and a butterfly wrapping up a forearm, in soft pink and green with grey shading.
Peony and butterfly on a forearm
Fine line black sailboat tattoo with small waves on the inner wrist of a hand raised above a nautical chart.
Small sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing praying hands, a cross, clouds, rosary beads and script lettering.
Black and grey sleeve with praying hands and script
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of triangles, chains and arrows across a wrist, hand and forearm in a geometric style.
Gold metallic triangle tattoos on hand and wrist
Small dotwork tattoo of scattered black dots resembling a constellation, on the inner forearm near the wrist, against a pale bedsheet.
Small dot constellation on a forearm
Woman seated in a car with a dark black and grey rose and ornamental tattoo running along her forearm.
Rose and ornamental tattoo on a forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a Siamese cat's head with bright blue eyes and whiskers, on the inner forearm.
Realistic Siamese cat head on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a drooping rose on a long stem with two leaves, placed on a forearm.
Drooping rose stem on a forearm
Small black Eiffel Tower tattoo with three birds on the inner wrist, in a close photo of a hand with dark green nail polish.
Eiffel Tower and birds on a wrist

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