Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and green leaves running up the side of the ribs.
Cherry blossom branch on a side ribcage
Black ink drawing of a gnarled tree with twisted branches and roots, shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Gnarled tree with exposed roots
Two colour tattoos: a traditional-style heart with a lipstick and two diamonds on an arm, and a peony and daisy band across the stomach.
Lipstick heart and floral belly band tattoos
Black and grey realism lion head with sunflowers and leaves tattooed on the side of a torso above jeans, beside the navel.
Lion and sunflower on the side of a torso
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower with a dotted halo and an unalome line running down the forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies on a woman's hip and thigh, with a small bird in flight on her ribs, shown while she lies on a blue couch.
Peony and bird tattoo on hip and ribs
Two black and grey tattoos: a dotwork and fine line sun over mountains on the upper arm, and a botanical flower with leaves and dotted buds on the forearm.
Sun over mountains and a flower sprig
Colour tattoo of a red poppy, a yellow sunflower, blue and purple daisies and pink blooms across the ankle and top of the foot, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Poppy and sunflower bouquet on a foot
Colour tattoo of a pink blossom branch with a hummingbird and three butterflies on the side of a thigh.
Pink blossom branch with hummingbird and butterflies
Black and grey botanical tattoo design of two sunflowers with leaves and acanthus scrolls running vertically, drawn as a line sketch with shading.
Sunflowers and acanthus scrolls design
Back tattoo of black ornamental lace-style linework with leaves and a mandala flower, plus realistic pink orchids and a tiger head, running down the spine and lower back.
Black lace floral back tattoo with orchids
Black and grey cherry blossom branch tattoo running vertically down a person's side back, drawn in a botanical realism style.
Cherry blossom branch down the back
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, mandalas, florals and the words hope, believe, dream and faith.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo sheet
Black and white flash design of a guitar with a treble clef, musical notes, swirling vines and flower motifs, shown with no body placement.
Guitar with florals and a treble clef
Small black and grey botanical flower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre, on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail polish.
Small flower tattoo on the inner wrist
Close-up of a traditional-style swallow tattoo on a shoulder, its dark body filled with an orange and red rose and green leaves.
Swallow with rose fill on a shoulder
Hand-drawn flash design of the words Be thankful in script, with leafy vines, a bare branch with acorns and the text Colossians 3:15, drawn in black line with pale yellow and pink accents.
Be thankful lettering with vines and branch
Close-up of a black and grey botanical rose tattoo on the upper hip, beside a navel piercing, with a dark patterned thong visible below.
Black and grey rose tattoo on a hip
Colour botanical tattoo of a blossoming tree with exposed roots and a banner reading Family, across the ribs on the side of the torso.
Blossoming tree with roots on the ribs
Colour tattoo of red poppies and buds in a watercolour style with ink splatters, running up the side of the ribs.
Watercolour poppies on the ribs
Black and red poppy tattoo with butterflies, vine and a camera on a person's back, in a botanical style with realistic shading.
Red poppies, butterflies and camera on a back
Pencil line drawing of a sugar skull woman with roses, leaves and a candle lantern, a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull woman with roses and lantern
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with yellow and orange petals, a dark centre and green leaves and stem, on the inner forearm.
Sunflower tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of skulls among roses and thorned vines on a textured grey background.
Skulls and roses on thorned vines
Black ink tattoo on the outer thigh of a lace-patterned design with a central lotus flower, swirling scrolls and hanging chain-like drops, in blackwork style.
Lace-style lotus and chain thigh piece
Black linework design of an om symbol above a lotus flower, with a flowing vertical stem and curled flourishes, drawn on plain white paper.
Om symbol above a lotus flower design
Botanical flash design of two white snowdrops on looping green leaves that form a figure-eight, shown on a plain white background.
Two snowdrops with looping green leaves
Painted-style red tulips on dark grey stems and shaded leaves, tattooed on the side of a thigh.
Red tulips with grey shading on a thigh
A colour tattoo of a blueberry branch with blue berries and reddish-brown leaves running down the inner forearm of a hand hanging against a white brick wall.
Blueberry branch on a forearm
Back view of a person with grey dreadlocks and botanical tattoos of flowers and leaves on both forearms and upper arms.
Floral tattoos on raised arms
Colourful folk-style floral vine tattoo running down a forearm, with red, orange and green flowers, leaves and a stylised central motif.
Folk floral vine down a forearm
Black abstract silhouette of a parent and child with green swirls and a pink lotus tattooed on a forearm.
Abstract parent and child with lotus on an arm
Black and grey photograph of a realistic-style cluster of three roses with leaves tattooed on the forearm near the elbow.
Three roses on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a deer inside a wreath of branches and roses with the word always, on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Deer and roses wreath on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a spiralling unalome with dots above and below, ending in a lotus flower, on skin in a greyscale photo.
Fine line unalome and lotus tattoo
Black and grey realistic roses with swirling vine linework running down the side of a back, placed on the ribs and back.
Black and grey roses with swirls down the back
Red cherry blossom branch tattoo with dark stems and leaves running across the side of a torso over the ribs.
Cherry blossom branch across the ribs
Blue line drawing of a sewing design with a coiled measuring tape, roses, scissors, a needle and a spool of thread, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Sewing tools and roses line design
Black line drawing of a dandelion clock with drifting seeds and the words my wish in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Dandelion seeds with my wish script
Black line drawing of two open roses, a rosebud and leaves on a curling vine, shown as a botanical flash design with no body placement.
Two roses and a rosebud on a vine with swirls
Colour tattoo of a yellow dandelion clock with green leaves and a handwritten quote running down the calf, in a botanical style.
Dandelion and script quote on a calf
Pencil sketch of a snake coiled around a lotus flower, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Snake coiled around a lotus flower
Large botanical tattoo across a back showing a grey tree with pink blossom, red falling leaves and a red anatomical heart among the roots.
Blossom tree and anatomical heart on a back
Colour neo-traditional full sleeve of flowers and swirls running from the shoulder to the wrist of an arm.
Full sleeve of colourful flowers on an arm
Black and grey realism rose sleeve on an upper arm and a script and pocket watch tattoo on a thigh, shown on a woman crouching outdoors.
Rose sleeve and script thigh tattoo outdoors
Black ink lotus mandala design with dotted outlines and a line of dots running diagonally, drawn on a pale surface under warm light.
Lotus mandala design with dots
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dandelion clock on the forearm, with its seeds turning into a flock of birds flying upwards.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on a forearm
Black line lotus mandala tattoo with dangling star and moon charms and blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Lotus mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm

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