Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic lace bow tattoo with a shaded heart centre on the upper thigh, shown in four photographs.
Lace bow with heart on thigh
Flash sheet of Mexican-style tattoo designs in colour, including sugar skulls, roses, a praying woman, a sun with an eye and a central cross.
Mexican tattoo flash sheet with skulls and roses
Small fine line and dotwork tattoo of two avocado halves in black ink on the inner ankle, one half shaded with stipple dots.
Avocado halves on the ankle
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Jack Skellington style face, a spiral-eyed figure, a skull and a jack-o'-lantern.
Halloween character full sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork hourglass held by a skeletal hand, tattooed on the calf with a bold outline.
Hourglass held by a skeletal hand on a calf
Black line-art flash sheet of henna-style flowers, leaf sprays, dots, scrolls and geometric border strips, shown without any body placement.
Henna-style flower, leaf and border flash sheet
Black and grey photograph of a phoenix tattoo with swirling scrollwork across a woman's lower back and side, shown from behind with long dark hair.
Phoenix tattoo across a back and ribs
Black linework fox head in profile with pink roses and green leaves on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a botanical style.
Fox portrait with roses on a wrist
Black line drawing of a winged angel with flowing hair, framed by open roses, rosebuds and leaves, shown as a botanical-style tattoo design with no body placement.
Winged angel with roses design
Two people stand side by side showing fine line black script tattoos on their ribs, reading "To infinity" and "and beyond".
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" rib script
Solid black ink tattoo of a raised fist inside a circle, with arrow and cross motifs above and a cross below, on the top of a bare foot.
Fist and arrow symbol on a foot
A sheet of eight black line monogram designs in flourished lettering styles, with initials such as JM, CB, SB, AG, EJ and TS, shown on a plain white background.
Eight decorative monogram designs on white
Back of a woman with a neo-trad style chandelier and two roses tattooed across her upper back, shaded in grey with purple and pink accents.
Chandelier and roses across a upper back
Close-up of a fine line script lettering tattoo running along the inside of a forearm, with a crystal-encrusted bracelet worn on the wrist.
Small script line tattoo on a forearm
Two matching cartoon tattoos on the inner wrists, a bowl of food on the left and a pizza slice on the right, each with a face and limbs and outlined in dark ink.
Cartoon bowl and pizza slice on wrists
White line drawing on a black background of an eye within a circular frame, with a curved banner above reading EYE OF and a banner below reading ELENA.
Eye of Elena banner emblem design
Fine line black tattoo of a paw print with flowers, leaves and swirls drawn inside each toe and the pad, shown on a limb.
Floral paw print tattoo on skin
Colour Japanese koi fish tattoo with white wave swirls and a white lotus bloom, wrapping the shoulder and upper arm.
Koi fish and lotus on upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Vildhjärta on the side of the ribs, shown from the side with a yellow lace bralette above it.
Script word tattoo on the ribs
Two stacked photographs of black script lettering: on the side of the ribs it reads I carry your heart with me, and on the chest it reads I carry it in my heart.
Script quotes on ribs and chest
Japanese style flash drawing of a green and red dragon coiling over black and grey waves, with a small cartoon figure in a yellow robe beside it.
Green dragon flash with wave background
Fine line black tattoos of a ringed planet and a small rocket on two fingers of a hand resting on dark leather.
Planet and rocket finger tattoos
Black and grey tattoos of a feather, a skull and a small script word on a man's forearms, with arms crossed over a white shirt.
Feather and skull tattoos on crossed forearms
Woman seen from behind with a full-back Japanese style tattoo of a dragon and waves, extending over the upper arms and thighs.
Full back and leg Japanese dragon tattoo
Ink drawing of an ornate lettering design with curling leaf flourishes and dot shading, drawn on cream paper beside a fine liner pen.
Ornate lettering sketch with flourishes
Black compass rose tattoo with blue, green, pink and red watercolour splashes and a script quote, on a forearm.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the side of a middle finger on a clenched fist, with a silver band ring on the next finger.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Realistic biomechanical tattoo on a forearm, showing metal pistons and plates through torn skin in black and grey shading.
Biomechanical torn-skin forearm tattoo
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant walking across the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Elephant on the wrist
Close view of a small black fine-line mountain tattoo on a clenched forearm, with a beach and twin-peaked mountain behind.
Small mountain outline on a forearm
Black and grey realistic pocket watch tattoo with exposed gears, a beaded chain and scrollwork, sitting on the forearm.
Pocket watch with beaded chain on a forearm
Black ink circular tattoo of a rising sun with rays, a rounded rock and wave lines, on the outer forearm.
Circular sun and sea scene on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of torn sheet music with musical notes and a time signature wrapping around the upper arm.
Torn sheet music on upper arm
Dark distressed block lettering reading SUCK IT UP across a forearm just above the wrist, with a clenched fist at the top of the frame.
Suck It Up block lettering on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central star-shaped flower and petal rings, sitting on the forearm of a person in a grey top.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a seated pink cat with blue eyes and patterned lace-like shading, on the forearm.
Patterned pink cat on an arm
Small gold feather design on the upper back of a woman wearing a pink strappy bikini top, with long dark hair falling forward.
Gold feather on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a night mountain landscape with a moon and stars, set inside a leaf shape on the calf.
Night mountain landscape inside a leaf
Fine line tattoo of coloured transit map style routes in red, pink, orange, blue and green across the inner forearm.
Coloured transit map lines on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart with a NOT YOU banner, yellow daisies and black arrows on the upper arm, against a daisy-print top.
Heart with banner and daisies on an upper arm
Traditional tattoo of a black swallow with a red breast, a dagger-like blade and a red rose with green leaves, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Swallow and rose on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a white calla lily with green leaves and purple shading on the side of the torso.
Calla lily with green leaves on a side
Black linework tattoo of two crossed arrows with diamond and chevron patterns and small dotted accents, in a geometric fine line style on the inner forearm.
Crossed arrows and diamonds on a forearm
Black ink flash design of a symmetrical vertical motif with sweeping feather-like shapes and five circular emblems showing flame, hand, scales, eye and tree.
Symmetrical blackwork design with five circular emblems
White line drawing of a whale built from stylised waves on a navy background, with a tiny boat and figures in the sea, drawn as a flash design.
Whale formed from waves and a small boat
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a lion's head behind a woman's profile, with two pink roses and green leaves below.
Lion and woman with roses on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical looped symbol with a dot at the top, placed centrally on the upper back.
Fine line looped symbol on the upper back
Back view of a woman with blonde hair tucked to one side, showing a small fine-line black infinity symbol tattoo on the nape of her neck.
Small infinity symbol on the nape of the neck

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