Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine lettering reading "I am." in a typewriter-style serif on the side of a person's ankle and foot.
"I am." lettering on the ankle
Black lettering reading 'To die will be an awfully big adventure' above a thin outlined eight-pointed star, tattooed on a forearm in a lettering style.
Quote and star on a forearm
Hand-drawn ink flash design of a mechanical heart with gears and pipes, wrapped in a banner reading A Heart's A Heavy Burden, with leaves.
Mechanical heart with banner scroll
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading joy on the lower leg, with a blurred background and bare feet below.
Fine line script word joy on a calf
Fine line black ink tattoo of three arrows with the initials C&Q above them, on the inside of a wrist.
Three arrows and C&Q on a wrist
Black and grey anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around the shank and a small heart, on the side of the ribs.
Anchor with rope and heart on ribs
Close-up of two fine line black script tattoos reading still and beautiful on the side of a torso, with skin folds visible.
Still and beautiful script on the side of a torso
Watercolour-style design of a black spider on a fine-line web, with a small tan mouse hanging from a thread below it, shown on a plain white background.
Spider on a web with a mouse on a thread
Black fine line tattoo on the lower leg above a sandal strap, showing a feathered wing on a wand with a triangle and circle symbol, small stars and the script words It's real for us.
Winged wand and script on the lower leg
A woman in a white bralette and grey underwear shows a black and grey realism-style spread eagle tattoo across her lower abdomen and portrait-style tattoos on both arms.
Spread eagle wings on abdomen with arm sleeves
Black line tree with layered leaves inside a teardrop outline, with dotwork dots, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped top.
Leafy tree in a teardrop on a forearm
Black stylised eighth music note drawn on a plain white background, with a curved flag and a looped note head.
Stylised music note design
Small colour tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand showing a red medical alert star of life beside the black lettering DIABETIC TYPE 1.
Diabetic type 1 medical alert tattoo on a wrist
Two forearms crossed together, each with matching black script reading I will always stand by your side and a small swallow on the forearm.
Matching script quote and swallow tattoos
Black script tattoo of the words 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow' across the lower back, just above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo across the lower back
Back view of a black and grey heartbeat line tattoo with an outlined heart across the upper back and shoulders, with lettering on both upper arms.
Heartbeat line and heart across upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an owl within a pocket watch, with roses, leaves and wings, on a forearm.
Owl and pocket watch on a forearm
Black fine line lotus tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with short hair, with a dotted line running down below it.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Small heart tattoo with a blue diagonal stripe and black shading, with the word wife in black script beneath it, on an ankle.
Heart and wife script on an ankle
Pencil drawing of an apple with a leaf and stem, its surface melting into a skull face with dripping ink-like lines, shown as a tattoo design sketch on white paper.
Dripping skull apple design
Black ink line drawing of a heart built from flowers, leaves, swirls and cursive lettering, a flash-style design with no placement on skin.
Heart made of flowers and swirls in pen
Back view of a man in a black Lucky 13 t-shirt showing a traditional-style rose and anchor tattoo on his right forearm and cobweb tattoos on his left arm.
Rose, anchor and cobweb arm tattoos, back view
Black ink line drawing of an ornate vintage key with stippled dotwork shading beside the words 'We carry our prisons with us' in handwritten capitals, with no body placement shown.
Key with a 'We carry our prisons with us' quote
Drawn design of a heart-shaped dreamcatcher with three shaded feathers, beads and small coral and blue accents, shown without a body part.
Heart-shaped dreamcatcher with feathers
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a green frog and orange octopus tentacles on the side of a neck, set against a teal wash.
Frog and octopus on the neck
Realistic tattoo of three pink roses with green leaves and a bud on the lower leg, shown in a realism style.
Pink roses on a lower leg
Fine line tattoo of a double chain bracelet with blue gemstones and two script letter charms on the inner wrist and forearm.
Chain bracelet tattoo with script charms
Pencil sketch of a barn owl with spread wings, laurel sprig, arrows and an ornate hourglass, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Owl with wings and hourglass design sketch
Red flower tattoo on an upper arm, shown in a two-panel photo of a person in purple leggings with yellow emblems on the knees.
Red flower tattoo on upper arm
Black line tattoo of a rounded creature with a curled tail and a stylised symbol with a loop beside it, shown on a limb.
Black line creature with curled tail
Colour and black ink skull tattoo filled with pink flowers and green foliage on the upper thigh of a person lying on a bed.
Floral skull on a thigh
Small black and grey silhouette tattoo with a curling line above it on the outer ankle of a bare foot.
Small black silhouette tattoo on ankle
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of three arrows with feathers and dots on the upper arm.
Watercolour arrows on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering a forearm, with geometric patterns continuing up the arm.
Mandala sleeve on a forearm
Close-up of gold foil script reading bride tribe on the inner forearm and wrist of a hand, with a pink peony beside it.
Gold bride tribe lettering on a wrist
Fine line black ink lotus flower tattoo with a vertical ornamental stem on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus flower with ornamental line on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading "One foot in the grave" on the back of a calf, beside a blue prosthetic leg.
Lettering reading one foot in the grave on a calf
Black line drawing of a dreamcatcher with a radiating web, three flower blooms, feathers and a central gemstone pendant, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Dreamcatcher with flowers and feathers
Black ink quote tattoo reading 'The hardest thing in this world is to live in it' in serif lettering, running along a forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a peony, a honeybee and a faceted gem on an upper arm.
Peony, bee and gem on an upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Psalm 45:13 in a fine line style on the inner wrist.
Psalm 45:13 script on the inner wrist
Hand-drawn flash design of a syringe wrapped in grey banners with lyrics, with two purple flowers, in a traditional style.
Syringe with lyric banners and flowers
Close photograph of the word inspiration in thin black cursive script across the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Inspiration script on the inner wrist
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up styled Snow White figure with a red bow, framed by a rope border, red roses and a banner reading waiting for true love's kiss.
Pin-up Snow White with banners and roses
Forearm tattoo of a black yin yang style circle with brush strokes and pink and teal watercolour-style splashes.
Yin yang with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Small black feather tattoo on the side of a finger against a dark brown background, in a fine line style.
Small feather tattoo on a finger
Solid black swan silhouette with purple watercolour-style splashes beneath it, tattooed on the upper arm near the elbow.
Black swan with purple splashes on upper arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of two beetles in blue, orange and black ink, surrounded by dotwork stippling on a forearm.
Two beetles with dotwork on a forearm

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