Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with an ornate crown on the upper forearm of a woman in a grey bikini, holding a mug.
Skull with crown tattoo on a forearm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a cat looking back over its shoulder with a curled tail, on the upper back.
Black cat silhouette on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf head with feathers and roses on the thigh.
Wolf, feathers and roses on a thigh
Full sleeve Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and red with red flames, shown on the upper arm and forearm of a shirtless man.
Dragon sleeve with red flames
A grey, shaded key tattoo on one forearm and a red and grey heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole on another forearm, in traditional style.
Key and heart padlock on forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a smiling ghost beside an orange moon and two bats, with Forever Halloween lettering below, on the lower leg.
Ghost and moon with Forever Halloween lettering
Black script lettering reading Believe across the inner wrist, with the hand curled above it in a fine line lettering style.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a stitched doll holding a jack-o'-lantern inside an orange heart with candy corn, shown in a four-panel close-up on a limb.
Stitched doll with pumpkin in a heart
Watercolour-style red flower tattoo with a teal wash and a long thin black stem running down the inner forearm.
Red flower with teal stem on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a segmented circular ring with a dark angular glyph and a dot above it, sitting on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Stargate-style ring with glyph on upper chest
Colour tattoo of the comic villain the Joker with green hair and a wide grin, torn skin around it, and a HA speech bubble, on the thigh.
The Joker grinning through torn skin
Close-up of a hand in a loose fist showing a small fine line black fish tattoo on the inner wrist.
Small fish outline on the inner wrist
Watercolour-style owl tattoo in orange, yellow, blue and purple with bold black outlines, sitting on a person's upper back.
Watercolour owl on upper back
Watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in purple, pink, blue and green on a forearm, with a pale grey background.
Watercolour hummingbird on a forearm
Black ink infinity symbol forming a heart, with the script words thick and thin, on the skin of a limb.
Infinity heart with thick and thin script
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a skull, crown, flower, feathers, roses, death's head moths and an eye with a tear, shown on paper with no body part visible.
Skull, crown and moth flash design
Close photo of fine line black script lettering reading Belong Everywhere across the inner wrist and forearm.
Belong Everywhere script on the wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a character with a smeared red mouth and long dark hair, set against blurred lights, on the upper arm.
Realistic character portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper, a winged woman, hourglasses and a skeletal hand, with clouds and a ship on the upper arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Colourful mandala tattoo with purple, pink, teal and yellow petals wrapped around the ankle in a geometric style.
Colourful mandala tattoo on an ankle
Stylised phoenix design in flowing gold and pink linework with spread wings and a long feathered tail, shown on a dark navy background.
Gold and pink phoenix in flight
Black line drawing of a teacup and saucer with swirling steam, a heart-shaped handle and a small butterfly on the saucer, shown as a tattoo design.
Teacup with steam, heart handle and butterfly
Black linework botanical tattoo of lilies, a chrysanthemum, a daisy and a carnation with swirling stems across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Lily, chrysanthemum and daisy flowers on a shoulder
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a sleeping face, a black cat and blue beaded chains on the forearm.
Crescent moon, black cat and beaded chains on a forearm
Two people in black trousers and black shoes on dark steps, with black and grey skull-style tattoos on a forearm and a small script tattoo on the other arm.
Dark skull tattoos on a forearm in black trousers
Traditional style tattoo of a guitar headstock with red roses and green leaves on the calf.
Guitar headstock and roses on a calf
Fine line black outline of a bear on a middle finger, with a small red star on the finger beside it, shown on a hand resting on a white rug.
Bear outline and red star on fingers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of lotus flowers and swirling bold lines across a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork lotus swirl on a shoulder and upper arm
Realistic red hibiscus flower with black and red swirling scrollwork tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red hibiscus with black scrollwork on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant head inside a hamsa hand, filled with mandala and floral ornament, on a lower back.
Elephant hamsa hand with mandala patterns
Black and grey dotwork sunflower tattoo with leaves, placed on the chest below the bust, with a white shirt lifted to the side.
Sunflower tattoo on the chest
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo on the inner forearm with the script words life and love and a grey shaded feather.
Infinity feather with life and love on forearm
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo bands with geometric patterns on wrists and forearms, with several hands clasped together.
Metallic temporary tattoo bands on wrists
Watercolour-style tattoo of a leaping fox in pink and blue with loose black sketch linework on the shoulder.
Watercolour fox on shoulder
Black and grey photo of a small serif lettering tattoo reading Be. on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails.
Small serif word Be. on a wrist
Black and grey flash drawing of an arrow with an infinity symbol wrapped around its shaft, in a fine line sketch style with hatched fletching.
Arrow with infinity symbol design
Overhead view of tattooed forearms and hands holding a brush over a ceramic dish, with black blackwork patterns on the forearms and hand, surrounded by pots of pastel paint.
Tattooed hands painting ceramics from above
Black and grey stippled line drawing of an ornate old key beside the hand-lettered words 'We carry our prisons with us'.
Ornate key and 'We carry our prisons with us'
Bold black lotus flower design with dot accents on a white background, drawn as a botanical tattoo stencil with no body placement shown.
Solid black lotus flower design
Back of a woman with dark hair in an updo, showing a Japanese-style tattoo of a grey swallow among red blossom branches on the upper back and shoulder.
Swallow and blossom on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black dog and a brown dog with red roses and a rope border, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Two dogs and roses on the upper back
Lettering tattoo on an upper back reading "Can we create something beautiful and destroy it?" with red roses and stems in a botanical style.
Quote script and red roses on upper back
Black outlined Hello Kitty face with a pink bow tattoo on the lower back, above purple heart-print underwear.
Hello Kitty tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey flash design of an open hand with a dotted triangle in the palm, a key, a bullet and the words TO KILL, with no body placement shown.
Open hand with triangle and key design
Black and grey feather tattoo across a woman's upper back and left shoulder, with coloured tattoos visible at the lower side.
Feather tattoo across back and shoulder
Black dotwork tattoo of a smoking pipe below a city skyline with a crescent moon and the word Gotham, on the stomach above red trousers.
Pipe and city skyline on the abdomen
Traditional style colour tattoo of the cartoon character Lumpy Space Princess with a star crown, a gold banner reading LUMP OFF and pink roses, on the thigh.
Lumpy Space Princess and roses on a thigh
Black infinity symbol tattoo on the forearm with a red bow and round ear shapes in the right loop, shown in a phone screenshot.
Infinity symbol with red bow on forearm

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