Tattoo ideas

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

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Black geometric tattoo of an arrow, stippled diamond and circles running down the inner forearm, in fine line and dotwork.
Geometric arrow and diamond on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of mountains, pine trees, a lake and a rope inside a diamond shape on the inner forearm.
Mountain, lake and pines in a diamond on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted ship inside a bottle on the inner forearm, shaded with fine engraved hatching.
Ship in a bottle on forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Outline cat with curling tail on a wrist
Fine line black triple moon tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with a hand holding a dark stone and crystals in the background.
Triple moon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black botanical tattoo of bare branches with small buds wrapping around a wrist on the forearm, against a dark background.
Bare branches wrapped around a wrist
Small black and grey semicolon tattoo with soft, splashed ink edges on the inside of a forearm.
Semicolon in ink wash on a forearm
Two people hold hands to show matching colourful swallow tattoos on their wrists, one in green and orange and one in purple and yellow.
Matching swallow tattoos on two wrists
Black and white photo of three small solid black star tattoos on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and dark nail polish.
Three small stars on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo on an inner forearm showing a large tree above a hillside with small buildings, with a line of Elvish-style script beneath.
Tree over hillside village and script on forearm
Botanical tattoo of a bare black-branched tree with a pink blossom canopy on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Blossom tree on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a seated cat reaching up toward a butterfly with small sparkles, on the inner forearm.
Cat reaching for a butterfly on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of the numerals 18:13 on the inner forearm, with a metal wristwatch worn on the same wrist.
18:13 in fine line on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of two compasses, one with an anchor, with black linework triangles and splashes of blue, pink and green on a forearm.
Watercolour compass and anchor on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo on a forearm of marching soldier silhouettes forming a silver fern leaf, with the words Lest We Forget beneath.
Soldiers silhouette on fern leaf
Small black geometric arrow tattoo with chevron lines and a diamond centre on the inner forearm, beside a silver bracelet with a blue stone.
Geometric arrow tattoo on forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of a bow on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned arm.
Small fine line bow on a wrist
Fine black line tattoo of a ringed circle flanked by graduated dots and circles running diagonally along a forearm.
Circles and ringed planet on a forearm
Fine line black lotus flower tattoo with patterned petals and two small dots, on the inner wrist.
Lotus flower on the inner wrist
Woman in a grey button-front dress with small black fine line tattoos on her upper arm and forearm, cropped below the chin.
Small fine line tattoos on upper arms
Black and white photo of the words BE THE CHANGE in black lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, with beaded bracelets worn above and below it.
Be the change lettering on a wrist
Close photo of a colourful anchor tattoo on the inner forearm, with black linework over pink, orange, green, blue and teal paint-like splashes.
Anchor with watercolour splashes on a forearm
A black and grey realism rose sleeve covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm of a person wearing a dark top, with leaves filling the gaps between the blooms.
Black and grey rose sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with pink-framed glasses, red lips and an updo, shown twice on a forearm with blue wash accents.
Realistic woman portrait with pink glasses on forearm
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word sister in cursive script, shown as a temporary tattoo on a wrist.
Infinity symbol with sister script
Realistic colour tattoo on a forearm showing a green-screen retro handheld device, a red helmeted figure and several dice including a d20.
Retro terminal and dice on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Sailboat outline on the wrist
Fine-line black tattoo of a small abstract mark on the inner forearm, beside a silver bracelet, with a white knit jumper sleeve visible.
Small fine-line mark on a wrist
Black and grey geometric mandala above a cluster of botanical flowers and buds on a forearm, in a Botanical and Geometric style.
Mandala and flowers on a forearm
Black linework dreamcatcher tattoo with three soft purple and grey feathers on the inner forearm of a person wearing jeans and a black top.
Dreamcatcher with feathers on a forearm
Watercolour style tattoo of a figure holding a blue umbrella, with rainbow paint drips running down, on the forearm.
Figure under a blue umbrella with paint drips
Fine line tattoo of two closed eyes with lashes on the inner forearm, in dark ink against a cream shirt sleeve.
Closed eyes tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a compass-style symbol inside a ring of runic characters, shaded to look like weathered stone, on the forearm.
Compass symbol inside a runic ring on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a snare drum with drumsticks on the forearm, overlaid on a rainbow wash and red colour blocks with stippled shading.
Snare drum with rainbow streaks on a forearm
Black fine line lavender sprig with a dotted triangle outline on the inner forearm, with a hand resting beside it.
Lavender sprig in a dotted triangle on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a vintage film camera with poppy flowers and a bud on the forearm.
Film camera and poppies on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style samurai in horned helmet and armour covering a full sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with blossom above the shoulder.
Samurai in armour full sleeve tattoo
Woman seen from behind with a large black ornamental mandala tattoo across her upper back, a coloured floral sleeve on her right arm and a mandala on her left upper arm.
Mandala back piece and arm tattoos
Black and grey botanical forearm tattoo with a rose, quartz crystals, sprigs of foliage and fine dotted geometric lines.
Crystals and rose on a forearm
Close-up of a thin black fine line tattoo outlining a US state on the inner forearm, with a dark knitted sleeve above it.
Fine line outline of a US state on a forearm
Lettering tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm reading I'm with Megan's bachelorette party, with two pink martini glasses beside a line about buying a drink.
Bachelorette party text with martini glasses
Five black arrows of differing designs run down a forearm in a fine line style with solid black fills.
Five arrows down the forearm
Close-up of the inner forearm near the wrist showing the words learn to fly in dark fine-line script lettering.
Learn to fly script on a wrist
Side-by-side photos of a forearm: on the left a small dark anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, on the right the same area covered by a large shaded black rose with teal leaves in a traditional style.
Before and after: black rose cover-up on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mountain landscape framed by a triangle outline on a forearm.
Mountain landscape in a triangle on a forearm
Two forearms, each with a matching fine line tattoo of a stick figure girl holding a string, in black ink on the forearm.
Matching stick figure girls on forearms
Fine line black heart and infinity tattoo on a forearm, shown beside a matching design on a second forearm.
Matching heart and infinity tattoos on forearms
Black and grey botanical tattoo on a forearm with a long fern frond, pine cones, a dotted dahlia-like bloom, leaves and small crystals.
Fern, pine cones and crystals on a forearm

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