Tattoo ideas

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

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Collage of four photos of fine line skyline tattoos on a foot, an upper arm and a forearm, one showing London's Big Ben and London Eye in black and grey.
City skyline tattoos on foot and arms
Black tribal-style bands with spiral details and a central five-petalled flower tattoo wrapping across the side of a torso above the hip.
Tribal bands with a flower on the side
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script on the inner wrist, beside a hand holding a bunch of copper rings set with raw opal stones.
Devanagari script tattoo on a wrist
Small solid black crown tattoo on the side of a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of their jeans.
Small black crown on the hip
Close view of a small fine line tattoo of a botanical sprig with buds and leaves on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Fine line botanical sprig on a shoulder blade
Black script lettering design listing six phrases on separate lines on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Handwritten script quote design
Black blackletter-style tattoo of the word Magic, with a triangle and circle symbol in place of the a and a lightning bolt forming the i, on pale skin.
Magic lettering with symbols
Black and grey cartoon voodoo doll with stitched face, red devil horns, bat wings, a tail and a trident, tattooed on a foot.
Voodoo doll devil with bat wings on a foot
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves and foliage across a woman's thigh, above a black garment band, in a bright room.
Black and grey roses on a thigh
Fine line black and grey ginkgo leaf tattoo on the upper back, near the shoulder, with dark hair falling beside it.
Ginkgo leaves on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird of prey, a skull and playing cards covering a forearm.
Bird of prey, skull and cards on a forearm
Black fine line dragonfly tattoo with two parallel bands on a woman's forearm, with a small lotus outline on her chest above a black bra.
Dragonfly and bands on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style owl tattoo with turquoise accents on the eye and a blurred turquoise moon, across the inner forearm.
Sketch-style owl with turquoise moon on forearm
Black and grey fine line outline of an aeroplane tattooed on a forearm, beside a black passport cover printed with an aeroplane and the word PASSPORT.
Outline aeroplane on the wrist
Two small black fine line tattoos on wrists held together, a cross on one wrist and a circle on the other.
Small cross and circle on wrists
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of a mandala with teal swirls, a yellow and orange centre, and pink and yellow orchids.
Mandala and orchids on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two ravens in flight, their wings merging with bare branches, on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Ravens in flight merging with bare branches
Ink drawing of a songbird in flight, its body formed from a treble clef and musical notes, with wings of stave lines and floating notes, on a plain white background.
Bird made of music notes and a treble clef
Black and grey tattoo of an armoured truck with a mounted cannon above the words Future Nomads, on the outer thigh.
Armoured truck with lettering on thigh
Small black and grey scallop shell tattoo on the upper arm, with a bare back visible in the foreground.
Scallop shell on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red-haired fairy in a flower crown with green leaf-like wings, on the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Fairy with flower crown and leaf wings
Black ink drawing of an ornate feather with swirls, dots and paisley shapes, a tattoo flash design on cream paper with no placement shown.
Ornate feather design in ink
Black and grey realism tattoos of a man with a moustache and a woman with long dark hair, each in an ornate frame on a forearm.
Two framed portraits on forearms
Close-up photograph of a tattoo of a teal interlaced heart knot with a pink ribbon woven through it, on skin.
Teal interlaced heart with pink ribbon
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest fading up the inner forearm, with a wristwatch and red checked shirt in view.
Pine forest tattoo on a forearm
Gold and turquoise metallic temporary tattoo of feathers, elephants and a mandala across a woman's back and upper arm.
Gold and turquoise feather and elephant back design
Black fine line script reading family inside an infinity symbol, tattooed across the lower back.
Family script within an infinity symbol
Colour tattoo of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland in a sketchy neo-traditional style on a forearm.
White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland on forearm
Pencil sketch of a spade shape made from two skulls and jawbones with teeth, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull spade design sketch
Fine line shooting star tattoo on a forearm, with a small star and a trailing line in faded pink ink.
Shooting star on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a stag's head with large antlers on a forearm, photographed outdoors on a pavement.
Stag head tattoo on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a purple and rainbow UFO with a teal and yellow beam over orange pyramids and pink clouds, on an upper arm.
UFO beam over pyramids on an upper arm
Traditional-style flash design of a green cactus in a patterned blue pot with two flowers and a banner reading DON'T BE A PRICK, painted on a natural wood slice.
Cactus in a pot with banner on wood slice
Realism tattoo of a grey elephant with a pink flower on the back of a neck.
Realistic elephant tattoo on the neck
Two black infinity symbol tattoos in a fine line style, one on each of two fingers of a hand.
Infinity symbol tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey lettering with a brown and grey knife illustration on the upper thigh, reading I see a tattoo on my right thigh that I will probably regret one day.
Knife and quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on an ankle showing a row of small superhero-style emblems including a shield, bow, mask, hammer, fist and round badge.
Row of superhero emblems on an ankle
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a winged anchor with leaves and red shading on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Winged anchor tattoo on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a pug on the inner upper arm, drawn in black outline with solid black patches on its face and back.
Pug outline tattoo on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of Snoopy sitting and gazing up at a small red heart, placed on the back of a person's body.
Snoopy looking up at a red heart
Close view of black cycling shorts printed with grey traditional-style roses, snakes and daggers, with a black and grey floral tattoo on the thigh below the green waistband.
Tattoo-print cycling shorts with a tattooed thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two cartoon cats curled together in a heart shape on a limb, with bold outlines and soft shading.
Two cats curled into a heart
Three green, orange and red butterflies with black outlines in a traditional style, sitting on the inside of a wrist against a dark green background.
Three butterflies on a wrist
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, a triangle and dots on the inner upper arm.
Overlapping circles and geometric lines on upper arm
Close-up of a small dotwork bow tattoo in black ink on the back of a wrist, with a hand curled beside it on a soft beige blanket.
Small dotted bow on a wrist
Black and grey photo of two flying bird silhouettes above the script words Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, tattooed on a forearm in a fine line lettering style.
Two birds and script quote on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a peony, leaves and a dotwork mandala on the inner forearm.
Peony and mandala on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat with a striped tail on the upper back near the left shoulder blade, in a simple graphic style.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on a shoulder

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Popular subjects

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