Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey ram skull tattoo with curled horns across the lower abdomen, with further tattoos visible on the upper arms.
Ram skull tattoo on lower abdomen
Black ink pen drawing of a snake with its head raised, knotted into a looped four-lobed shape on cream paper, with cross-hatched shading.
Knotted snake pen drawing
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bull skull with crescent moon, arrows and overlapping circles on the back of a lower leg.
Bull skull with arrows on a calf
Fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers, a key and a green dragonfly on a woman's upper back, partly covered by a blue towel.
Dreamcatcher, key and dragonfly on upper back
Fine line design of a small solid star above a thin vertical line, with the words TRUE NORTH in spaced capitals beneath, on a white background.
Star above a line with True North lettering
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo on the right side of the ribs, above a gold waist chain, with a beige bralette visible at the top of the frame.
Script lettering tattoo on the ribs
Teal jellyfish tattoo with soft, watercolour-like shading on a woman's calf, shown with tan strappy heels.
Teal jellyfish tattoo on a calf
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a castle in a beaded oval frame, surrounded by roses and the words Beauty Lies Within.
Castle and roses in an oval frame
Two black sugar skull tattoos with floral ornaments, one on each thigh, shown in black ink on skin.
Sugar skull tattoos on both thighs
Upper arm tattoo of a gnarled tree with twisting roots and branches, shaded in grey with pink-tipped leaves.
Gnarled tree on upper arm
Back view of a woman with a colourful watercolour-style floral tattoo of roses and blue flowers on her upper back, near the base of her neck.
Watercolour floral tattoo on upper back
A small black and grey realistic tattoo of a tiger cub sitting on the inner forearm of a person wearing a red polka dot sleeve.
Tiger cub on a forearm
Full back tattoo of a symmetrical biomechanical design, with a glowing amber centre panel framed by black, ribbed spine-like forms.
Biomechanical back piece in amber and black
Black and grey tattoo of a Stormtrooper helmet set within a geometric mandala, placed on the upper leg.
Stormtrooper helmet in a mandala on a thigh
Two wrists held together against a beach backdrop, each with a black lettering tattoo of the Roman numerals VIII IV XII.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Black dotwork tattoo of a full moon in a thin outline on the inner forearm, with stippled shading for the surface craters.
Dotwork moon on a forearm
Purple brushstroke enso circle above the script words not all who wander are lost, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Purple enso circle and script quote on a foot
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a falcon perched on a red rose branch in front of a red sun, on the outer thigh.
Falcon on a rose branch on thigh
Black and grey sleeve tattoo with swirling ornamental forms on the arm of a shirtless man leaning over a wooden pew, head bowed.
Black and grey sleeve tattoo in a church
Back view of two ankle tattoos: a black line sketch of an owl perched on a branch on the calf, and a small blue and black paw print on the ankle.
Owl and paw print tattoos on ankles
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inside of a wrist, on a pale background.
Immeasurably more script on a wrist
Small blue shaded tattoo of a high heel shoe on the side of an ankle, with white highlights along the upper surface.
Blue high heel shoe on an ankle
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull whose jaw and crown grow into twisted branches, with a forest scene in a circle, a deer, birds and orange falling leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design with
Skull formed from a tree and forest
Black and grey photo of a small fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, with silver bracelets worn alongside it.
Small anchor tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey fine line script reading live the life you love, curved around the inside of a wrist.
Live the life you love script on a wrist
Black and grey shaded anchor tattoo with a coiled rope around the shank, on the inner upper limb.
Shaded anchor with rope on the upper limb
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a palm tree on a forearm, beside a braided cord bracelet and cowrie shell bracelet.
Palm tree on a forearm with shell bracelets
Black ink dotwork drawing of a lace-patterned bow with a heart keyhole and a dangling key, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Dotwork bow with heart keyhole and key
A black and white flash sheet of twenty labelled moustache designs, shown as stencil-style temporary tattoo artwork with no body placement visible.
Moustache designs on a temporary tattoo sheet
Traditional style flash drawing in colour of a blue envelope with red flowers, green leaves and two red hearts.
Envelope with flowers and hearts
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant wearing a flower crown and a collared shirt with a camera, on the upper leg.
Elephant with flower crown and camera
Neo-traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a red fox face among green leaves, with a fox tail and a dark animal's clawed paws below.
Fox and foliage sleeve on upper arm
Black ink brush-style tattoo of a wolf head across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, with splattered ink lines.
Brush-style wolf head on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a songbird perched on a blossom branch with bleeding heart flowers, running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Bird and blossom on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading Let the Ocean take me across a forearm, with smaller script tattoos visible on the upper chest.
Script quote reading Let the Ocean take me on a forearm
Small black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a sun, crescent moon and eye with lashes on the upper arm.
Sun, moon and eye on an upper arm
Leopard print spot tattoo in pink and black ink running across the side of the torso, above the hip, with a pink top worn low on the body.
Leopard print spots across the side of the torso
Line drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress with two arrows, shown in cream linework on a black background.
Skull in feathered headdress with arrows
Small black fine line tattoo of a looped swirl symbol on the back of a person's neck, below the hairline.
Looped swirl symbol on the back of the neck
Small black and grey tattoos of a star, a bat and a skull and crossbones on the fingers of a hand resting on a keyboard.
Star, bat and skull tattoos on fingers
Back view of a person with hair in a loose bun and headphones, showing a purple floral tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder.
Purple flower tattoo on upper back shoulder
Colour tattoo on the thigh showing a blue TARDIS police box above a cream banner reading ALLONS-Y, framed by red roses and pink swirls, in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS and roses banner on a thigh
Small black fine line caduceus tattoo with two snakes and wings on the top of a foot near the toes, with red toenail polish.
Caduceus tattoo on the top of a foot
Black and white four-panel grid of a fine line infinity tattoo with three flying birds and script words on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with birds on a wrist
Forearm tattoo of an ornate grey frame with teal gemstones around a teal oval reading Beauty from pain in black script.
Beauty from pain script in an ornate teal frame
Black line drawing of a castle with a tall central spire, smaller turrets and small pennant flags, shown as a flash style design with no body placement.
Castle with pennant flags line drawing
Black fine line script tattoo reading I believe in miracles across the lower back, just above the waistband of light denim shorts.
I believe in miracles script on lower back
Teal and grey koru-style scroll tattoo wrapping around the ankle and onto the top of the foot.
Teal koru scrolls wrapping an ankle

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