Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic grey-shaded skull with pink cherry blossoms in colour, tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Skull and cherry blossoms on a foot
Black fine line tattoo of a marionette hanging from strings with a small bow, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Marionette on strings across the upper back
Two black ink tattoos on forearms: a crowned cat silhouette inside a dotted oval cameo on the left, and a pentagram within a spiked circle on the right.
Cat cameo and pentagram on forearms
Colour tattoo of a fox riding a chopper motorcycle on a calf, shown from two angles.
Fox riding a chopper on a calf
Black and white photo of a hand resting on dark fabric, showing a small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist in a fine line style.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Two matching black outline puzzle piece tattoos in a fine line style, one on each bare foot near the arch.
Matching puzzle piece outlines on two feet
Pencil-style drawing of a princess with long flowing hair, decorated with red and yellow roses, in a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Princess with roses in her hair design
Forearm tattoo of a teal heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole, framed by grey filigree scrollwork in a neo-traditional style.
Heart padlock with scrollwork on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of vertical columns of sacred-style script above a cluster of lotus flowers framed by flame motifs.
Sacred script and lotus on a forearm
Colourful botanical tattoo of a water lily pond with lily pads and reflections covering the upper arm, shown from three angles.
Water lily pond sleeve on upper arm
Colour peacock feather tattoo in purple, orange and teal, with black and grey feather barbs, on the side of the ribs.
Peacock feather on the ribs
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a feather with a flock of birds rising from it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Feather with birds taking flight on the ribs
Two wrists side by side, each with a small yin yang tattoo in black ink: the left one solid black with a white dot, the right one a thin black outline with a black dot, on the inner forearm.
Matching yin yang wrist tattoos
Black and blue tattoo of a winged staff with entwined snakes inside a blue ring, with the words Type 1 Diabetic written below, on the inner forearm.
Winged staff and Type 1 Diabetic on a wrist
Coloured pencil drawing of a stylised green hummingbird in flight, with a red and yellow fading tail and water droplets on its wings, suitable as tattoo flash.
Green hummingbird with water droplets
Black and grey shaded roses with rosebuds, leaves and a stem tattooed along a forearm.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Two ankles each show a cartoon slice of toast with a smiling face, one with pink jam and one with brown spread, in bold black outline on the ankle.
Matching toast and jam ankle tattoos
Black lettering design on a white background reading "to the moon and back" in English, with the Arabic translation above it, in a Lettering style.
Arabic and English "to the moon and back" script
Fine-line black tattoo of an open leaf wreath on the back of a neck, with leaves curving around the lower half.
Small leaf wreath on the back of the neck
Pen and ink drawing of four owls stacked one above another in a vertical column, shown beside a black gel pen on white paper.
Four stacked owls in ink
Traditional style tattoo of a ship's wheel over green waves with a banner reading Home Sweet Ocean, on the back of a hand.
Ship's wheel and Home Sweet Ocean banner
Colour tattoo of a peacock with feather eyes in a traditional style, covering the upper arm.
Peacock and feathers on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a chickadee with spread wings in flight, placed on the centre of the chest, with a dark cord necklace visible above.
Chickadee in flight on the chest
Traditional-style flash design of a sugar skull woman with flowers in her hair, a COSTURERA banner, scissors and a spool of blue thread, drawn in cross-stitch chart form.
Costurera sugar skull with sewing kit
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a wrist and forearm, with script reading be happy, a watch face and a bangle, and the word love in fine lettering.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a wrist
Black linework tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman with long hair, a triangle eye on her forehead, and a hand holding a flame, framed by a dotted halo and vines.
Woman with all-seeing eye and flame on forearm
Small black line cat face tattoo on the upper thigh, in a fine line style, with patterned socks and creepers nearby.
Small cat face tattoo on a thigh
Two wrists side by side with black lettering tattoos: the word Beauty in script on the left wrist and Beast in a bold blackletter style on the right wrist.
Beauty and Beast wrist tattoos
Black outline drawing of round glasses with a solid lightning bolt above them, shown as a flat design with no body part visible.
Round glasses and lightning bolt design
Black ink line drawing of a flowering plant with fern-like leaves inside an outlined light bulb, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Flowering plant inside a light bulb
Chest tattoo of a red stitched heart with black script lettering, two cherries and small stars, placed across the centre of the chest.
Stitched heart with script and cherries on chest
Close photo of the words expecto patronum in fine black cursive script running along the upper arm, with a sleeve of light denim at the top edge.
Script phrase along an upper arm
Colour tattoo of two swallows with purple wings and green and red bodies across the upper chest and shoulder.
Two swallows across the chest
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of an owl perched on a branch, on the back of a person's calf.
Owl on a branch on a calf
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on the top of a foot showing a claddagh with a red heart and crown, flanked by small Mickey Mouse ear silhouettes in red and black.
Claddagh and Mickey ears on the foot
Black fine line lettering tattoo wrapped in a circle around the ankle, with handwritten script words set around a blank centre.
Circular script quote on an ankle
Black linework tattoo of a flowering cactus growing out of a skull, placed on the calf.
Cactus growing from a skull on a calf
Black fine line compass rose tattoo with N and S points on the inner wrist and forearm, photographed from above on a concrete ground.
Compass rose on an inner wrist
Watercolour-style pansy tattoo with black linework, purple petals and a yellow centre, placed on the upper arm.
Pansy flower on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon framing a mandala with lotus-like petals, placed on the upper back.
Moon and mandala on upper back
Black and grey snake tattoos on a woman's ribs and hip, with a coiled snake wrapping around the side of her hip and thigh.
Snake tattoos on ribs and hip
Teal and black feather tattoo with tribal swirl detailing on the upper back.
Teal feather with tribal swirls on the back
Black and grey fine line script lettering reading Feminist Killjoy on pale skin, shown in a close black and white photograph.
Feminist Killjoy script lettering
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two butterflies, swirling scrolls and outlined stars arranged in a vertical column.
Butterflies, swirls and stars design
Forearm with a red botanical rose tattoo framed by grey lace work and red splatter dots, with applied pearls and crystals over the design.
Red rose with grey lace and pearls on a forearm
Two matching black cameo silhouette tattoos in ornate frames on the upper thighs of a person, in a traditional style.
Matching cameo silhouette tattoos on thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a classical angel statue with wings and flowers, with flowing drapery, on a forearm.
Classical angel statue on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an ECG heartbeat trace that turns into a wave, photographed on the upper chest in black and white.
Heartbeat line blending into a wave on the chest

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