Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink checked oven mitt and wooden rolling pin with a banner reading BAKE OR DIE, on a shoulder.
Oven mitt and rolling pin with Bake or Die banner
Black and grey realism tattoo of a handgun with a lace-patterned garter band wrapped around it, on the upper thigh.
Pistol tattoo with lace garter on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of shaded flowers and flowing scrollwork across the upper and mid back.
Shaded flowers and swirls across a back
Full colour realism tattoo of a swirling galaxy, glowing nebula and planet covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Cosmic nebula and planet on an upper arm
Two matching yin yang tattoos with black mandala linework on the inner forearms, one with a light green fill, shown with a hand holding one wrist.
Matching yin yang mandala tattoos on forearms
Black ink drawing of a dreamcatcher with a tree of life inside its hoop, hanging feathers and beads, drawn in fine line on cream paper.
Dreamcatcher with tree of life and feathers
Colour tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake with a yellow flower, beaded trim and blue lace wrapper, with bold black outlines on skin.
Cupcake with flower tattoo
Black and grey owl tattoo with a crescent moon above a mandala design on the outer thigh, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Owl and mandala on a thigh
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a cross on the forehead and roses on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with cross and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo sleeve on a man's forearm and upper arm, showing clouds and what looks like ship rigging in a traditional style.
Colour sleeve with ship and clouds on forearm
Black ink line drawing of a cactus with three arms and a cluster of flowers and leaves at its base, drawn as a traditional-style tattoo design on paper.
Cactus and flowers tattoo design
Fine line black script tattoo on a forearm reading I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night, with three small stars below.
Star quote in fine line script
Small fine line tattoo of a steaming teacup on a saucer, in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a coral top.
Teacup and saucer on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed across the neck, worn with a silver necklace of two crescent moon charms and a pink stone pendant.
Script quote tattoo on the neck
Eight pencil and ink drawings of chest piece tattoo designs, including mandalas, lace, a tiger, scrollwork and swallows with roses.
Chest piece design sketches collage
Colour tattoo of an anime character in a sailor-style uniform with long black hair and a winking expression, on the calf.
Anime sailor character on a lower leg
A small filled circle tattoo with a soft blue to teal gradient sits on the inner forearm of a person wearing a patterned top.
Blue gradient circle on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, reading Words, are our most inexhaustible source of magic, set in a serif typeface below the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo on the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an armoured knight holding an axe and shield on the upper arm, with botanical flowers and leaves above it near the shoulder.
Armoured knight and flowers on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a desert sunrise, cacti and mountains with bands of solid black, across the back of both calves.
Desert landscape across both calves
Black ink tattoo of a horned helmet with the quote 'Every villian is a hero in there own mind' in cursive script on the outer arm.
Horned helmet with quote on the arm
Colour tattoo of a tiger face with a black tribal flame outline, placed on the upper arm of a person in a white vest.
Tiger face tattoo on upper arm
Close view of a small fine line arrow tattoo on the inner wrist, drawn as a thin single line with a tiny arrowhead.
Small arrow on the inner wrist
Black ink hand-lettered design reading Everything changes, with swirling flourishes on the capitals and tails, drawn on cream paper.
Everything changes lettering design
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a dagger held by two hands, with peony flowers and the words Hands Remember, in a traditional engraved style.
Dagger, hands and peonies on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of two cat silhouettes on the ankle, with their tails curling together to form an outlined heart.
Two black cats with a heart tail on ankle
Small black and grey circular tattoo with radiating dark strokes on reddened skin, placed on the upper body, possibly the shoulder or neck area.
Small circular sun tattoo on skin
Black and grey dotwork owl tattoo with detailed feathers covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a grey vest top.
Owl tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style seahorse tattoo in blue, teal and grey with black outlines and small bubbles, on the inner forearm.
Seahorse on a forearm
Black line drawing of a mandala-style lotus flower framed by curling leaf vines, with stippled dotwork shading, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Mandala lotus with dotwork and leaf vines
Colour tattoo of Yoda in front of a Jedi symbol with a galaxy-toned ring and small X-wing fighters, on the thigh.
Yoda and X-wings on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of an antlered animal head with red roses and a yellow Montana banner on an upper arm.
Antlered animal head and roses on upper arm
Colourful geometric skull tattoo with a green headband and black eye patch shape on a calf, in a neo-traditional style.
Geometric skull on a calf
Fine line tattoo of an outlined hand gesture with red fingertips on the inside of the ankle.
Outlined hand gesture on an ankle
Fine line black sun tattoo with a circle, triangle rays and dots, placed on an ankle.
Small sun tattoo on an ankle
Black filigree design of a butterfly with scrolled wing panels on a white background, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Filigree scroll butterfly design
Black and grey photo from behind of a person with hair tied up, showing a small solid black stag silhouette tattoo on the back of the neck.
Small stag silhouette on the back of the neck
Close side view of a person in a navy ribbed top with one arm raised, showing a very small black fine line tattoo on the upper back below the arm.
Tiny fine line mark on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of connected dots and thin lines in a zigzag shape on the inner forearm, shown with the hand raised against a plain beige background.
Fine line constellation on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wing veins spanning the upper back, with a second partial butterfly visible at the top right.
Large butterfly tattoo on upper back
White ink mandala tattoo on a woman's chest with white chevron markings across her fingers and hands, in a geometric style.
White mandala chest and chevron hand tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of a pink and grey bird surrounded by blue flowers and leaves on the upper leg.
Pink and grey bird with blue flowers
Black Roman numeral XIII lettering tattooed on the back of a bare ankle, above a dark trouser leg.
Roman numeral XIII on an ankle
Flash sheet of twelve loose black ink sketches of cats in sitting, sleeping and stretching poses on a white background.
Sketched cats flash sheet
Blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a solid black ink splash with dripping lines and a heart-shaped area of bare skin at its centre.
Heart in a black ink blot on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo filled with mandala patterns, sitting across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mandala-filled elephant on a upper back
Purple botanical tattoo with a butterfly and flower buds on swirling black vines, running down the outer thigh.
Purple butterfly and flowers on a thigh
Hand-drawn fine line arrow design with flowing script lettering reading follow your arrow wherever it goes, drawn in black ink on white paper.
Arrow with script quote design

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