Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black and grey tattoo of a swallow in flight with a thin arrow across its body, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Small swallow with arrow on upper chest
Colour traditional tattoo of a bee and red and purple flowers with leaves and sprigs on the forearm, with a partly visible second tattoo at the bottom edge.
Bee and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of stacked planets, including two ringed planets, within a thin rectangular frame marked 0, 1/2 and 1, on a forearm.
Planets in a vertical scale on forearm
Back view of two matching black and grey Japanese style tattoos on the calves, showing flower and flame motifs with wave lines below.
Matching Japanese flower tattoos on both calves
Two pen sketches of tattoo designs: a left panel with a skull, roses and geometric lines, and a right panel with a bull skull, moths and dotwork shading.
Skull and rose designs in pen sketches
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading 'i love you' on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small script 'i love you' on the wrist
Small black typewriter-style word oops tattooed on the top joint of an index finger, photographed on an open palm.
Small word tattoo on an index finger
Fine line drawing of a Wanderlust script word with an arrow and a blue watercolour planet with a ring, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Wanderlust script with arrow and blue planet
Colour tattoo of Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time with pink flowers and a LUMP OFF banner, on the thigh.
Lumpy Space Princess and flowers on a thigh
Black and grey pen drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower and dotted shading, sketched on grid paper with a hand holding the pen.
Hamsa hand and lotus design sketch on grid paper
Two black linework snail designs on pale paper, each with an ornate patterned shell, set over faint lotus outlines in a botanical flash style.
Two ornamental snail designs with lotus outlines
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a green bikini, with a small floral tattoo near the shoulder.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face partly covered by a cloth, with three stars and smoke, above rolled banknotes on a forearm.
Masked portrait and rolled cash on a forearm
Fine line black compass rose tattoos on the inside of a wrist, one small and one larger, with the hand raised against a stone tiled floor.
Two small compass roses on a wrist
Black lettering flash sheet of short phrases in assorted script and serif fonts, including Vampire, Love Bites, Bitten and Join the pack, with no tattoo shown on skin.
Lettering flash sheet of vampire and werewolf phrases
Black line drawing of flowing decorative lettering surrounded by clouds, a crescent moon and a small star, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Decorative lettering with moon and star doodles
Two forearms show matching black ink yin yang tattoos, each with a mandala flower filling the rounded half, placed on the forearm.
Matching yin yang mandala forearm tattoos
Colour tattoo of a yellow awareness ribbon wrapped around a shaded grey feather, with small birds flying off it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Feather and yellow ribbon with birds on ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus with mandala detailing and a dotted chain ending in a crescent moon, on a lower leg.
Lotus and crescent moon on a calf
Pencil drawing of an Egyptian-inspired winged cat holding an ankh pendant, shown as a flash design for a tattoo.
Winged cat with ankh pencil design
Black fine line outline of a jagged coastline map tattoo running down the inside of a forearm.
Coastline outline on a forearm
Two forearms in a sepia photo: the upper arm has fine line script reading Be Enchanted, and the lower arm has a small outlined heart near the wrist.
Be Enchanted script and small heart on forearms
Two matching black line tattoos of a standing female figure with long hair, one on each forearm, with both hands held palms up together.
Matching standing figure tattoos on forearms
Fine line white-ink treble clef tattoo on the inner wrist and lower forearm of a light-skinned arm.
Treble clef on the wrist
Small solid black rabbit silhouette tattoo on the forearm of a person wearing a red, cream and navy patterned outfit.
Small rabbit tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two cats seen from behind, one tabby and one black and white, framed by daisies, blue flowers and red berries on the upper arm.
Two cats among daisies on an upper arm
Photorealistic colour tattoo of a woman's eye, brow, nose and red lips running down a person's upper arm, with a white t-shirt beside it.
Realistic face tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tribal spiral tattoo with bold curved shapes across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Tribal spiral tattoo across upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo of teapots, a pink cloud and a red rose inside a lace-edged frame on the thigh.
Teapots and rose on a thigh
Two matching black ink tattoos of the ASL I love you hand sign with a heart, placed side by side on forearms.
Matching ASL I love you tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey fine line eye inside a triangle with small text around it on the upper arm, and 'be strong girl' lettering on the ribs.
Eye in triangle and 'be strong girl' lettering
Black ink drawing of a butterfly made of swirling tribal-style curls, with a diagonal trail of small spirals and squares, drawn on plain paper as a tattoo design.
Swirl butterfly with dotted trail design
Black and white flash design of treble and bass clefs arranged in a radial pattern with swirling curves and dots, shown without any body placement.
Radial design of clefs and dots
Black and grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals running along the inner forearm, with a small Roman numeral below the wrist.
Mandala and lotus forearm piece
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face framed by oak leaves, an acorn and pinecones on the forearm.
Woman's face with oak and acorns on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat seen from behind, with its tail curling into a small loop, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Sitting cat outline on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of three radishes with leafy green tops on the inner forearm, shaded in a botanical illustration style.
Radishes with leaves on a forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of eight-pointed stars and dots scattered across the inside of a forearm, photographed indoors.
Scattered stars and dots on a forearm
Fine line black botanical tattoo of a blossoming branch with leaves and small buds running across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Blossom sprig on a forearm
Black compass rose tattoo on one forearm beside a small black anchor tattoo on the other forearm.
Compass rose and anchor on forearms
A sheet of black line and solid silhouette botanical sprig designs with small oval leaves, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement visible.
Leafy sprig flash sheet
Fine line black script tattoo reading until the very end across the upper chest just below the collarbone.
Until the very end script on collarbone
Black fine line tattoos on a person's upper back, including a botanical sprig with cones above a hanging stick, an outlined stag bust with an arrow, and a compass design.
Botanical sprig and stag bust on a upper back
Flash design of a woman in profile wearing a red horned headpiece, with red roses and a banner reading Witches be crazy, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Witch profile with roses and banner
Neo-traditional tattoo of teal, plum and coral flowers with green leaves and buds across the outer thigh.
Colourful flower cluster on the thigh
Side view of a man's shoulder and upper arm with a dotwork tattoo of a red and black fan and geometric pattern, with red splatter shapes across the shoulder.
Red and black fan design on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of two birds in flight with long tails and white highlights on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two birds in flight on upper back
Black linework tattoo of overlapping squares, circles and radiating lines centred on a person's upper back, in a geometric style.
Overlapping geometric shapes across a back

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