Tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of a cat and a curled animal interwoven within a Celtic knotwork triangle, shown as a tattoo design.
Celtic knot cat in a triangle
Fine line tattoo of a low battery icon with a black outline and a single red charge segment, placed on the inner wrist.
Low battery icon on wrist
Close view of a white tie-front blouse and denim shorts, with a small fine line crescent tattoo on the outer upper arm near the elbow.
Small crescent tattoo on upper arm
Fine line and dotwork starburst tattoo in black ink on the side of the ribs, with soft shadow across the skin.
Small starburst on the side of the ribs
Colourful watercolour-style tiger head tattoo with blue paint drips and splatter marks on the lower leg, shown on a calf.
Watercolour tiger head on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a wren perched on a branch with green leaves and pink blossoms, on a person's back.
Wren on a blossom branch with pink flowers
Black and grey tattoo of three elephants walking in a row on the side of the ribs, shaded with soft grey tones.
Three elephants in a line on the ribs
Small fine line tattoo of a grey spotted fawn beside a pink peony and red flowers with green stems, on the upper back.
Fawn and peony on the upper back
Fine line black outline tattoo of a light bulb on the inner wrist of a raised hand, set against a textured white wall.
Light bulb tattoo on inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a small sailboat on waves on the inner wrist, with a nautical chart behind the raised hand.
Small sailboat on the inner wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of two loops, a cross shape and a long downward triangle on the lower leg near the knee.
Small line symbol on a leg
Black and white photo of the fine line script word smile tattooed on the side of a pointing finger.
Smile script on a finger
Traditional style tattoo of a solid black heart with a scalloped outline and pink and orange flowers with green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Solid black heart with flowers on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a cartoon octopus with a bow and eyelashes, its tentacles shaded with suckers, drawn as a tattoo design on sketchbook paper.
Cartoon octopus with bow design
Black and grey anatomical heart tattoo framed by flowers and leaves on the calf, drawn in a dotwork and engraving style.
Anatomical heart with flowers on a calf
Black and grey pencil drawing of an open rose with a side bud and serrated leaves, a botanical design suited to a tattoo.
Open rose with serrated leaves
Two matching black fine line tattoos on the wrists, one showing drifting dandelion seeds and the other a dandelion with birds flying from it, with a soft red wash behind.
Matching dandelion and bird wrist tattoos
Two arms with rainbow heart tattoos: an outlined heart with an unfilled centre on the upper arm, and a solid rainbow-striped heart on the forearm.
Matching rainbow heart tattoos on arms
Solid black stencil-style design of a serene Buddha face with curled hair, topped by an Om symbol, on a plain white background.
Buddha face design with Om symbol
Fine line black constellation tattoo of connected dots and lines on the inside of a wrist, with a raised hand and lilac nails in view.
Constellation tattoo on the inner wrist
Pink winged heart with a keyhole and swirling black and pink scrollwork, shown as a tattoo flash design on a white background.
Winged heart with keyhole and flourishes
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing several portraits, a woman in a white dress, vintage motorcycles, a motel sign and a Route 66 shield on the back.
Full back realism scene with motorcycles and portraits
Traditional style colour tattoo of a champagne bottle with a popping cork and the words No Troubles Just Bubbles on a banner, with red flowers, on a forearm.
Champagne bottle with banner on a forearm
Colour tattoo of SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star hugging from behind, with bubbles, on the lower leg.
SpongeBob and Patrick hugging on a calf
Four black ink tattoos in a collage: a dotted-line paper plane on a wrist, an aeroplane on a forearm over a vintage map, a map of Africa on a upper back, and a sailboat with a star on a forearm.
Travel tattoos: paper plane, Africa, aeroplane and sailboat
Pencil sketch of an octopus with curling tentacles and suckers, drawn on a sketchbook page beside a pen and a spiral notebook.
Octopus design in pencil on a sketchbook
Black ink tattoo of a circle divided by curved and straight lines into a grid, with dotwork stippling and small numerals around the edge.
Circular grid tattoo with dotwork shading
Pencil sketch of a Japanese-style dragon with claws, whiskers and a scaled body, drawn in blue and red pencil for a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon design in pencil
Fine line handwritten quote with a small black TARDIS icon tattooed on skin, placed on the back.
Quote and TARDIS on the back
Traditional style tattoos of an open book with an eye and an anvil with nails, one on each hand.
Open book and anvil on hands
Fine line black tattoo of a dress form wearing a bow, a dashed stitched heart and a needle with thread, on a limb.
Dress form, stitched heart and needle
Colour realism rose with black lace mandala patterns and red gems on a forearm, with dotwork diamonds near the wrist.
Realistic rose and lace forearm tattoo
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch, a sailing ship in rough sea with a tentacle, and a dotwork mandala.
Pocket watch, ship and mandala sleeve
Black line drawing of two leafy branches curving up from crossed stems at the base, with small dots above, shown as a botanical tattoo design on a white background.
Crossed leafy branches in a V shape
Close-up of a small black fine line arrow tattoo on the middle finger of a clenched fist, with a silver band on the ring finger.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo sleeve on a lower leg showing three armoured warriors, one horned, one in a conical straw hat, and a masked figure with a sickle, over green smoke.
Warriors and smoke on a calf sleeve
Two hands with dark, ornate henna-style mandala designs with leaf and paisley motifs across the back of the hand and wrist.
Henna-style mandala on both hands
Black stencil design of two stylised koi fish curving around a circle with three dots between them, in a Japanese style.
Two koi fish in a circle stencil
Black soft-shaded paw print tattoo with a small white heart in the main pad, on the top of a bare foot with pink toenails.
Paw print with heart on the top of a foot
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of utility poles, wires and root-like lines across an elbow and forearm.
Abstract poles and wires on an elbow and forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an owl, compass and rose with the script words Not all who wander are lost, on the upper arm.
Owl, compass and rose on an upper arm
Flash design of a pink heart pierced by a dagger wrapped in a snake, with bat-like wings and a skull above and a Without You banner below.
Snake and dagger heart with Without You banner
Two forearms showing a fine line black outline of the world map on the left arm and a shaded black compass rose with a fleur-de-lis on the right arm.
World map and compass rose on forearms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a reptile wearing a red hat with a green feather, sipping a martini through a straw.
Reptilian figure with martini on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull inside a bold spade shape, placed on the upper back.
Skull within a spade on the upper back
Fine line tattoo of a compass rose and a Madrid-Barajas passport stamp dated 27.06.13 on a person's upper back, with the date in red ink.
Compass and passport stamp on upper back
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo flash of a horned oni skull wearing a hannya mask, surrounded by swirling smoke, with no body placement shown.
Oni skull with hannya mask design
Small black botanical tattoo of a flower with a stem and feathery leaves on the upper arm, with a rolled linen sleeve above it.
Small yarrow-style flower on an upper arm

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