Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Black script tattoo reading Because you're mine with a flourish on the forearm, and a black banner reading I walk the line on the arm below.
Script quote and banner on forearm
Colour tattoo of a raccoon in a suit and red tie with pink and orange roses on an upper arm, with a grey tattoo visible on the forearm.
Raccoon in a suit with roses on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon girl in a pink bunny-ear hat, surrounded by flames, with a ribbon banner reading SEE YOU IN HELL.
Cartoon character with See you in hell banner
Traditional style floral tattoo on a forearm, with red roses, a large grey dahlia and white blossoms outlined in black.
Red roses and grey florals on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a hand holding a crystal ball with teal and green stars, shaded in black on the forearm.
Hand holding a crystal ball with stars
Colour traditional tattoo of a scalloped teal-edged heart containing a spaceship, ringed planet and yellow crescent moon on an arm.
Heart with spaceship and crescent moon on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of an eye with lashes, a red skull in the iris and red teardrops below, on the inner forearm.
Eye with skull and teardrops on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with teal eyes and a teal wing, surrounded by red and pink flowers on a forearm.
Traditional owl and flowers on a forearm
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Traditional-style black outline rose and skull tattoo on an upper arm, with a blue rose and red floral linework on the forearm of a person with head bowed and arms crossed.
Rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pug's face inside a rope circle with red flowers and a pink backdrop, on the forearm.
Pug in a rope frame with red flowers
Close-up of two fists with black ink knuckle lettering spelling STAY TRUE, with a grey rose tattoo on the right forearm.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a gravestone reading GENDER ROLES ARE DEAD on an arm, with grass along the base.
Gravestone reading Gender roles are dead
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, featuring roses, a female portrait, a banner and a winged skull on the forearm.
Traditional sleeve with roses, portrait and winged skull
Traditional style swallow tattoo in black and grey on a forearm, holding a beaded chain and a red rose in an oval locket.
Swallow and rose locket on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with cuffs and a red rose with dark spiked leaves on a forearm.
Clasped hands and rose on a forearm
Two traditional style colour tattoos on forearms, one showing a bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and flowers, the other showing scissors with a CREATE banner and flowers.
Construct bottle and create scissors on forearms
Traditional style owl tattoo with black and grey feathers, red-brown accents and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Owl and leaves on a forearm
Colour traditional style sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a Route 66 sign, a red heart with an engine, a chequered flag, a flaming hot rod, playing cards, dice and a lighter.
Route 66 and hot rod sleeve on forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and a dotted outer ring, shown on the inner arm in a black and white photo.
Compass rose tattoo on inner arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a teal teacup with red roses, leaves and the words Death Before Decaf on the forearm.
Teacup and roses on a forearm
Two black and grey traditional swallow tattoos on the inner wrists, one larger than the other, with a checkered floor in the background.
Two swallows on inner wrists
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a striped lighthouse inside an oval rope frame with waves and a flower, on the forearm.
Lighthouse in rope frame on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a rose and a skull with scale detail on a woman's forearm.
Rose and skull on a forearm
Two black and grey floral tattoos, one on each forearm, in a traditional style with solid black leaves and detailed flower outlines.
Black floral tattoos on both forearms
Black and grey rose tattoo on the forearm running onto the back of the hand, with a geometric mandala design in fine linework and dark leaves.
Rose and geometric mandala on the hand
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a green octopus with yellow suckers wrapped around a grey anchor, with pink roses and blue flowers below.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor with roses
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with arms crossed resting on a snarling tiger head, on the inner forearm.
Woman resting on a tiger head on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a pink potion bottle with a DRINK ME banner, an EAT ME heart cookie and a red rose above.
Drink me bottle and eat me cookie on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a helmeted motorcycle rider with speed lines and a zigzag star, on an arm.
Motorcycle rider with speed lines
Colour traditional tattoo of a red rose with a central skull-like figure on a forearm, with a white long-haired cat held in the crook of the arm.
Traditional rose tattoo on a forearm holding a white cat
Black and grey moth tattoo with teal accents and bold outlines on the forearm, with a peacock feather tattoo partly visible below.
Moth on a forearm
Black and white photo of two hands held out palms down, with knuckle lettering, a skull and banner, a spider web and a broken heart tattooed on the hands and forearms.
Knuckle lettering and skull banner on both hands
Traditional colour tattoo of a butterfly with orange flowers, dark leaves and the word MUM beneath it, on an arm.
Traditional butterfly with flowers on an arm
Overhead view of two people in bed with traditional style tattoos of a snake, roses and a panther head on their legs, forearm and hand, with breakfast plates beside them.
Traditional tattoos on legs and forearms in bed
Black and grey winged heart tattoo with white highlights and bold black outlines across the inside of a wrist, in a traditional style.
Winged heart wrist tattoo
Four-panel photo of a traditional colour tattoo on a forearm, showing a heart, roses, a devil, a skull and a mermaid framed as Mexican loteria cards.
Loteria cards and roses on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow cottage with a red roof and door, a dotted heart of smoke, and a teal flower with green leaves on a forearm.
Cottage and flower on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a large mansion with turrets above a banner reading PEMBERLEY, on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Mansion and Pemberley banner on wrist
Hands holding a white mug, with a red and black traditional ship's wheel tattoo on the back of one hand and small anchor, arrow and Roman numeral tattoos on the fingers.
Ship's wheel and small symbols on hands
Traditional tattoo of a saguaro cactus, barbed wire ring, white flower and desert mesa on a forearm.
Desert cactus and barbed wire on a forearm
Traditional style heart tattoo with a scalloped top, black outline and orange-red shading, on a forearm, with partial tattoos visible around it.
Traditional heart on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an open scallop shell holding a pearl, in a traditional style with bold black outlines and pink, purple and teal shading, on the forearm.
Open shell and pearl on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a smiling matryoshka nesting doll with red roses on a forearm, in a traditional style with bold outlines, against a red and white striped background.
Matryoshka doll and roses on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cocktail glass showing palm trees and a red sun, with a parasol and orange slice, on the forearm.
Cocktail with palm tree sunset on a forearm
A woman in a lace dress shows a full colour sleeve tattoo of roses and flowers covering her upper arm and forearm, holding hands with a man in a grey suit.
Full colour rose sleeve on an arm held by a partner
Traditional style tattoo of a grey snake coiled around two daggers with green drips, on the outer arm.
Snake wrapped around two daggers on an arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of two clasped hands inside a red heart with a beaded border, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a beaded heart on a forearm

Ideas by style

Fine line Traditional Blackwork Japanese Dotwork Neo-trad Realism Lettering Botanical Geometric

Ideas by placement

Forearm Upper arm Shoulder Back Chest Ribs Thigh Calf Ankle Hand Neck

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