Tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour-style lotus flower on the shoulder with black paintbrushes and a blue wash below, on a person's upper arm.
Watercolour lotus and paintbrushes on upper arm
Fine line black script reading run free on the outer side of a bare foot, close to the heel.
Run free script on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of two crossed arrows over a symmetrical flower with fern-like fronds, placed on the calf.
Crossed arrows over a botanical mandala on a calf
Small black silhouettes of five birds in a flight line across the ankle and top of a bare foot, photographed on a wooden floor.
Flock of birds on an ankle
Small black semicolon tattoo in fine line style on the side of a finger, shown on a hand with a pale pink manicure.
Semicolon tattoo on a finger
Gold and silver temporary tattoos of triangles and a mandala motif on the back of a hand, with a wristwatch on the wrist.
Metallic temporary triangles and mandala on hand
Six-panel collage of black feather tattoos, some with birds and script, on the ribs, shoulder, back, ankle and neck.
Feather tattoos in six placements
Sketch-style black and red rose tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with fine script running down the forearm.
Sketched roses with script on upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a blackwork chevron armband tattoo wrapped around a forearm, with a blurred street behind.
Chevron band tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a wide-eyed owl perched on a branch, on the forearm.
Wide-eyed owl on a branch on a forearm
Black and grey lotus tattoo with pink, purple and teal watercolour splashes on a forearm, with dotwork shading and dotted accents.
Lotus with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Sketch-style back tattoo of an ornate elephant framed by lotus flowers and roses, with pink watercolour splashes and black linework.
Ornate elephant with lotus and roses on back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies, roses, buds and leaves on the side of a ribcage.
Peony and rose cluster on the ribs
Black and grey shaded lotus flower tattoo with soft petals and trailing swirls on the upper back, with dark hair visible at the top of the frame.
Soft shaded lotus flower on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the upper chest, near the collarbone and shoulder.
Feather tattoo on upper chest
Fine line black ink tattoos on both arms of a person in a brown tank top, including a heart with text, a deer with butterfly wings and a feather, on the forearms and upper arms.
Small fine line tattoos across both arms
Black fine line tattoo of a stretching cat with a curled tail and four paw prints above it, on the upper back of a person seen from behind.
Cat and paw prints on upper back
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a fingerprint heart joined to an infinity symbol, one on each person's inner forearm.
Matching fingerprint heart and infinity tattoos
Black and white photo of a small fine line black feather tattoo on the side of a torso, wrapped in a towel.
Small feather on the side ribs
Back of a hand covered in a black blackwork mandala tattoo of swirls, stripes and dots, placed on the hand and fingers.
Black mandala design across the back of a hand
Forearm tattoo of an ornamental mandala with red linework on the upper part and black linework below, shaped around flower-like petals and a dotted circle.
Red and black mandala on a forearm
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long flowing tail running down the forearm.
Phoenix with spread wings on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a tui bird perched among red pohutukawa flowers on the calf.
Tui bird and red flowers on a calf
Black ink pen drawing of a skull and crossbones on paper, with hatched shading in a traditional tattoo style.
Skull and crossbones pen drawing
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, a faceted shape and a cat resting on an outlined hand, with a small teal wash, on a forearm.
Moon, cat and geometric shape on a forearm
Black fine line ornamental tattoo wrapping the wrist like a bracelet, with a lotus motif, dotted chains and diamond shapes, on a hand with dark nail polish.
Ornamental wrist bracelet tattoo
Temporary tattoo sheet design showing black and white zebras carried by clusters of red heart balloons, with a LOVE heart balloon bunch and a Your Name Here placeholder.
Zebras with heart balloons tattoo design sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose with two feathers, beads and a swirling line, on the upper back.
Compass and feathers on the upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with a feather fletching and script along the shaft, placed on the forearm.
Feather arrow with script on a forearm
Two black and grey death's head hawkmoth tattoos in a traditional style sit on the upper arms of two people, one larger than the other.
Death's head hawkmoth on upper arm, matching pair
White floral lace design on the upper arm of a woman with tanned skin, with a white lace top and a red background.
White lace floral tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stag's antlers on the side of a finger, in a black and white photograph.
Stag antlers on a finger
Two photos of a colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a sketch-style bird perched on a branch with leaves, one bird with an orange breast and one wearing a yellow crown.
Sketchy bird on a branch, upper arm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as a Stormtrooper, with a large red bow and black and grey helmet detailing, on skin.
Hello Kitty as a Stormtrooper tattoo
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo on the side of the torso, above the ribs, with a pale central quill.
Shaded feather tattoo on the side ribs
Fine line black seahorse tattoo on a wrist, with a curled tail and a small fin, shown in daylight against grass.
Seahorse tattoo on a wrist
Black linework flash design of a robot head inside circular blackletter-style lettering reading YOU ARE WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE, drawn on cream paper.
Robot head with circular quote lettering design
Pink Cheshire Cat tattoo with teal eyes and a grinning mouth, with script lettering curling down its tail on the thigh.
Cheshire Cat with script lettering on a thigh
Fine line world map tattoo with watercolour splashes in red, orange and teal on the side of the ribs.
World map with watercolour splashes on ribs
Black line drawing of overlapping geometric diamond outlines around a solid black kite shape, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Overlapping geometric diamonds with solid black centre
Upper arm tattoo of the words The Joke's On You in black lettering, with black Joker-style eyes and a red smile in a watercolour splatter style.
The Joke's On You lettering with Joker eyes on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a figure walking beside a fox among bare trees inside a circle, on the inner wrist.
Fox and figure in a circular woodland scene
Geometric mandala-style tattoo across a shaved scalp and nape, seen from behind, in orange-brown ink.
Mandala pattern across a shaved scalp
Black and grey script lettering reading big sis and lil sis across two fingers on the hand.
Big sis and lil sis finger lettering
Fine line black tattoo of mountain peaks with a small crescent moon below, on the ankle, while a gloved tattooist wipes the skin.
Mountain peaks and crescent moon on an ankle
Traditional-style black moth tattoo across the stomach, with a colour clock face tattoo with Roman numerals on the thigh.
Moth on stomach and clock on thigh
Black fine line palm tree tattoo with soft shading on the upper arm of a woman wearing a grey crop top and Calvin Klein waistband.
Palm tree tattoo on upper arm
Two forearms with matching colour tattoos of patterned owls, flowers and leaves on grey branches, in a botanical illustrative style on the forearm.
Owls on branches across two forearms

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451