Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a winged Egyptian goddess kneeling with outstretched wings, with a winged ankh above, across the upper back.
Winged Egyptian goddess on a back
Solid black tribal flame design on a white background, shown as a flash drawing rather than on skin.
Black tribal flame design
Black and white photo of two people seen from behind, one with a black anchor tattoo on the upper back and the other with a small black anchor on the upper arm, in front of a wall of traditional
Matching anchor tattoos in a studio
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a thigh, showing mountains, pine trees, a sunburst, roses and the script Let's be Adventurous.
Mountain sunrise and roses on a thigh
Black ink botanical mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and swirling vines on the outer thigh, with a hand holding a mug in the foreground.
Floral mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black botanical tattoo of a leafy tree with roots in a circular shape on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up and a wider view.
Leafy tree with roots on the wrist
Black botanical tattoo of a tree with curling vine branches and leaves wrapping around the calf.
Swirling tree tattoo on a calf
Geometric tattoo of a stylised tribal mask with purple and yellow accents and grey shading on a limb.
Geometric tribal mask tattoo
Black linework tattoo of outlined hearts linked by swirling vine lines, placed on the ankle in a close-up photo.
Hearts and swirling vine on an ankle
Black and grey flash sheet of small hand-drawn tattoo designs, including hearts, eyes, stars, a moon and a skull, under the heading Stick and Poke.
Stick and poke flash sheet of small doodles
Fine line black outline tattoo of a cat head with whiskers above a semicolon on the inner forearm near the wrist, photographed in a tattoo studio.
Cat and semicolon on the wrist
Black and grey photo of a small solid cross tattoo on the inner wrist, with black painted nails and a checked wristband.
Small cross tattoo on the wrist
Drawn tattoo design of a meditating Buddha filled with galaxy colour, set above a lotus with black and grey moon phases, branches and dotwork around it.
Meditating Buddha with lotus and moon phases
Fine line black tattoos of a star, ringed planet, arrow, crescent moon, crystal and beetle scattered along a forearm.
Small celestial tattoos on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a pink scallop shell holding a white pearl, with green seaweed and teal dots, drawn on paper.
Pearl in a pink shell design
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo on the upper back and shoulder showing a skull with flowers and leaves growing from its crown and roots trailing below.
Skull with flowers and roots on a shoulder blade
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a sailing ship in a storm above waves, with a compass rose and anchor chains below, in red, orange, yellow and grey.
Sailing ship and compass on a calf
Black lettering tattoo reading LOVE on the inner wrist, with the O replaced by a heart containing a wheelchair symbol.
Love lettering with wheelchair symbol heart on wrist
Three close-up photos of a small black fine line tattoo of a stick figure jumping on a trampoline, placed on the palm of a hand.
Stick figure on a trampoline on the palm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on a leg of a grinning alien with an exposed brain and bulging eyes, beside red lettering reading ACK! ACK! ACK!, flying saucers, leaves and red flowers.
Alien with exposed brain and ACK! ACK! ACK! lettering
Brown henna-style arrow designs with triangle and feather details running down a forearm and wrist, with the wearer's legs visible in the background.
Arrow designs on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a long-haired warrior in chainmail gripping a hammer amid lightning, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Armoured warrior with hammer on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of the word faith in script inside an outlined fish shape, placed on the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Faith script inside a fish outline on the lower back
Colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, with pink stripes, purple shading and yellow eyes, on skin.
Cheshire Cat tattoo in colour
Black tribal flash design of a turtle with spiral and wave patterns, set along a long curved band, with no body placement shown.
Tribal turtle design in a curved band
Black script lettering reading If you're a bird, I'm a bird, with small flying bird silhouettes, tattooed on the back of a neck.
Bird quote script on the back of the neck
Two views of a black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central unfilled flower on the forearm.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis along the side of the ribs, in a lettering style.
Latin script phrase along the ribs
Black and grey traditional-style bouquet of roses and small flowers with leaves on the upper arm.
Black and grey floral bouquet on an upper arm
Small black quotation marks tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand resting on teal denim, in a simple fine line style.
Quotation marks on the inner wrist
Close photo of a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, with a blurred bare foot in sandals in the background.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses over the shoulder and a skull-faced woman on the back, shown from behind.
Roses and skull portrait across back
Colour tattoo of a blue seahorse with a purple tail and star sparkles on the outer thigh of a man in dark shorts.
Blue seahorse tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey Roman numeral tattoo on a forearm beside a fine serif lettering tattoo on another forearm, outdoors in green grass.
Matching Roman numeral and lettering forearm tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eagle head and outstretched wings on skin, with stippled shading and fine engraved lines.
Eagle head and wings in dotwork
Black linework anchor with a rope wrapped around the shank, tattooed on the inner wrist in a traditional style.
Anchor and rope on the inner wrist
Large Japanese-style back tattoo of a geisha in a circle, surrounded by cherry blossom branches, a red sun, a mountain, a folding fan and kanji.
Geisha and cherry blossom back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dripping candle with radiating light rays on a man's neck, with a heart and portrait tattoos nearby.
Dripping candle with light rays on the neck
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with petals, eye motifs and fine geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Symmetrical mandala on the inner forearm
Fine line black botanical tattoo of two crossing stems with tiny flower buds on the inner upper arm.
Small wildflower sprig on an upper arm
Black brush-script lettering reading Feel the fear and do it anyway on off-white paper, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Brush lettering reading Feel the fear and do it anyway
Four fine line black tattoos of a heartbeat line, some with a heart, shown on wrists and a finger, one with the word faith in script.
Heartbeat line tattoos on wrists and a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour with a heraldic shield, pauldron and chainmail band across the upper arm and shoulder.
Plate armour and heraldic shield on upper arm
Colourful neo-trad style tattoo of a cassette tape with a yellow label and a trailing black ribbon, on a calf, set against coloured dots and a green and yellow wash.
Cassette tape on a calf
Black ink hand lettering on white paper reading Grace wins, with flowing script for Grace and smaller capitals for WINS.
Grace wins hand lettering
Pencil flash design of an ornate compass rose with a fleur-de-lis point and True North lettering, shown in black and grey without any body placement.
Compass rose with True North lettering
Pen drawing of an ornate oval frame made from acanthus leaves and scrolls in brown ink on a grey background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornate scrolled oval frame design
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading familia on the back of a neck, with hair tied up.
Familia script tattoo on the back of the neck

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