Tattoo ideas

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

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Partly visible tattoos on the upper arm and forearm of a rider in a full-face helmet sitting on a motorcycle.
Helmeted rider with arm tattoos on a motorcycle
Neo-traditional stag head with gold antlers, black fur and feathered neck, set within fine geometric linework and a red dotwork sun on a thigh.
Geometric stag head on a thigh
Colour botanical tattoo of a peony with green leaves and a small butterfly on a forearm, with a striped top in the background.
Peony and butterfly on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'We accept the love we think we deserve' across the ribs on a pale skin background.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a portable record player with a vinyl record and floating musical notes on the forearm.
Record player and music notes on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a seated cat outline on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting just above it.
Small cat outline on the ribs
Colour tattoo on a forearm of two interlocking puzzle pieces, one with a red and yellow Superman shield and one with a pink lily and gold crown, framed by script lettering reading Unique Different and
Puzzle pieces with a Superman shield and lily
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a forearm showing an inverted triangle filled with crystals, a sun above and ringed planets on dotted orbits.
Inverted triangle with crystals and planets on a forearm
Red and grey Celtic knot design that combines a triquetra with a heart, shown with a drop shadow on an orange textured background.
Celtic triquetra and heart knot design
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a dark head silhouette filled with a starry galaxy, showing Saturn and other planets, above a collar and tie.
Galaxy head with planets on a forearm
Black and grey paw print tattoo with soft shaded toe pads on the side of the ribs, shown in a wide shot and a close-up.
Paw print tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with two roses on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Pocket watch and roses on a foot
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Vincit qui se vincit across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Latin script quote along the collarbone
Traditional style flash drawing of a crowned figure with clasped hands in a robe, framed by pink flowers and green leaves on an orange background.
Crowned praying figure flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with an animal head below, on the inner forearm.
Feathered headdress woman on a forearm
Black and white photo of two hands with matching fine line arrow symbols with dots and small circles on the middle finger of each hand.
Matching arrow symbols on two fingers
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a skull fused with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, on the side of the torso.
Skull and clock mechanism tattoo on the side
Small black fine line tattoo of a nut and bolt on the inner forearm of a hand holding a wooden skateboard against a pink background.
Nut and bolt tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a circle filled with arcs and dots resembling Gallifreyan script, with pink and teal watercolour washes, on a lower leg.
Circular Gallifreyan-style script on the calf
Black and grey shaded anchor tattoo with a chain wrapped around the shank, on the top of a foot.
Anchor and chain on the top of a foot
Black line icon sheet on a light background showing twelve simple designs, including a dollar sign, crown, heart, flame, moon, compass and paper plane, each with a capitalised caption.
Line icon sheet with twelve labelled designs
Pencil drawing of a five-pointed star with a circle, a crescent and a sharp diagonal line cut into its outline, shown in grey shading on white paper.
Pencil sketch of a star with inset shapes
Pale outlined Roman numeral VII lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand held palm up and red nail polish visible.
Roman numeral VII on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of two purple bellflowers on a thin green stem, placed on the upper back below the neck.
Purple bellflower stem on upper back
Black and grey swallow tattoo carrying a small key, placed on the upper shoulder against a pink wall.
Swallow carrying a key on the shoulder
Black and teal crescent moon tattoo with soft brushstroke swirls and trailing dots on the forearm.
Crescent moon and brushstroke forearm tattoo
Black ink lion head framed by lace-like filigree and dreamcatcher motifs on the outer thigh, shown from two angles.
Lion and lace ornament on a thigh
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a bird with long swirling tail feathers on the lower abdomen, beside the navel.
Fine line bird on the lower abdomen
Fine black lettering in the Devanagari script on the inner forearm, framed by a row of small dots on each side.
Devanagari script on the forearm
Realistic black and grey astronaut tattoo on the forearm, with a purple galaxy reflected in the helmet visor and one gloved hand raised.
Astronaut with galaxy visor on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a centaur archer drawing a bow, shaded and placed on the side of the ribs.
Centaur archer on the side of the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo on a forearm reading happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the lights.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Two hands held together in a sepia photo, showing small black fine line anchor tattoos on two fingers.
Small anchor tattoos on fingers
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping triangles forming a star and central diamond on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Overlapping triangles on a forearm
Black ink mandala design with geometric triangles, dotted shading and hanging drops, drawn on paper beside three fine liner pens.
Ink mandala drawing with triangles and hanging drops
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a human ribcage with spine and shoulder blades, set within a circle of ornamental floral swirls.
Ribcage and floral dotwork design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of pine tree silhouettes above a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Pine forest and compass on a forearm
Black and grey watercolour drawing of three arrows bound with cord at the centre, shown as a tattoo-style design on cream paper.
Three arrows bound together
Black fine line script reading Perfectly Imperfect across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Perfectly Imperfect script on upper back
Black ink fine line drawing of ginkgo leaves on a curving branch, shown as a tattoo design on plain off-white paper.
Ginkgo leaves on a branch, line drawing
Full sleeve realistic tattoo of a galaxy, a ringed planet, a glowing black hole and a lightning storm on an upper arm and forearm.
Galaxy and planets full sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a long-haired grey cat with green eyes sitting on pink lotus flowers, with a blue halo behind, on the thigh.
Cat on lotus flowers on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of the Rebel Alliance insignia and the Millennium Falcon inside a black diamond on a forearm.
Rebel insignia and Millennium Falcon on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of an apple blossom with pink buds and green leaves across the back of a hand.
Apple blossom on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch rendered in blue, red, yellow and green splatter-style shading, placed on the outer thigh.
Stitch character in watercolour splatter on thigh
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with pink ribbons and two feathers on the upper back of a person with reddish-brown hair.
Dreamcatcher with feathers on upper back
Fine line tattoo of three flying silhouettes filled with blue, purple and pink starry shading, placed on the neck behind the ear.
Three flying silhouettes behind the ear
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue swallow with a banner reading O JOY, flowers and leaves, on a area of skin.
Blue swallow with O JOY banner

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