Tattoo ideas

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

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Close photograph of a fine line botanical vine tattoo running across the back of a hand and onto the fingers, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Floral vine tattoo across hand and fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with full sails and rigging, placed on the side of the ribs.
Tall ship with billowing sails on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a raccoon in an ornate oval frame with green leaves, on the top of a foot.
Raccoon in a frame on a foot
Back view of both legs with black and grey fine line botanical tattoos of flowers above the knees, a thin stem running down each leg, and berry clusters with a bee on the calves.
Flowers and berries down the backs of both legs
Traditional style scorpion tattoo with black outlines, grey shading and a red sun behind it, on a forearm.
Scorpion over red sun on a forearm
Black and grey botanical fine line tattoo of a bouquet of poppies, buds and larkspur-style flowers tied with a ribbon, on the inner forearm.
Flower bouquet tied with a bow on a forearm
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, showing a figure with a fringed hairstyle, clasped hands and a pendant necklace.
Greyscale portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black linework tree of life tattoo with green leaves and spreading roots, in a botanical style, on a area of skin.
Tree of life with roots on skin
Black and grey dotwork and linework floral mandala tattoo running down a person's upper arm, with a white tank top and black scarf in view.
Black and grey floral mandala on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with a red and pink lily and vine spine tattoo running down her back, plus tribal and rose arm tattoos in botanical and blackwork styles.
Lily and vine spine tattoo on a back
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a green tent among pine trees under a starry sky, with the words Home is where your heart is arched above and below it, in a traditional style.
Tent and pine trees with lettering on an upper arm
Black circuit board tree tattoo across a person's upper back, with branching lines and circular nodes, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Circuit board tree on upper back
Black ink line drawing of New Zealand's two islands filled with roses, ferns and swirling linework, on white paper.
Floral map of New Zealand in line work
Black script lettering reading i am not afraid to walk this world alone, tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm of a hand held up against greenery.
Quote tattoo along the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with two paw prints and a small heart on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with paw prints and heart on wrist
Two matching fine line tattoos of a letter C with small numbers and a fraction, on the inner forearms near the wrists, in black and grey.
Matching C and fraction wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of a blue peacock with a long curling green tail and orange flowers on a person's upper back.
Peacock and orange flowers on a back
Fine line black tattoo of a dotted trail with loops leading to a small dark figure on the inner forearm, above a tiled floor.
Dotted trail and small figure on forearm
Two closed fists showing BOOKWORM tattooed in black traditional-style letters across the knuckles, one letter per finger.
BOOKWORM knuckle lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged caduceus with two snakes wrapped around a staff, placed on the back.
Winged caduceus with snakes on the back
Black and grey mermaid tattoo on the forearm, with a starfish in her hair, long flowing hair and a scaled tail curling below her.
Mermaid with starfish on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon baby giraffe with large teal eyes, yellow body and dark spots, on skin.
Cartoon giraffe with large teal eyes
Black ink snake coiling around a forearm, its body filled with lace-like ornamental patterns in a blackwork style.
Snake with lace pattern on a forearm
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with N and S letters, an arrow and a feather running down the inner wrist and forearm.
Compass rose and feather on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a cartoon peacock with large eyed feathers and an orange beak, in neo-traditional style, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cartoon peacock on upper back
Black serif lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading we all have scars and we all have stories, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo reading we all have scars
Small black fine line Aries zodiac symbol tattooed on the inner wrist, with pink and cream flowers held in the hand beside it.
Aries symbol on the inner wrist
Black line drawing of a butterfly at the start of a swirling musical staff with notes and scrolls, shown as a tattoo design on a grey background.
Butterfly and music staff swirl design
Two fingers with matching black script tattoos reading til my dying day, shown in a lettering style on the hand.
Til my dying day script on fingers
Blue, green and purple watercolour-style seahorse tattoo behind a person's ear, with a small stud and hoop earring visible.
Watercolour seahorse behind the ear
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading 'you're going to have to save yourself' across the upper back, with dark hair pulled up behind the neck.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black and grey elephant with ornamental patterns and a pink lotus flower raised on its trunk, tattooed on the lower leg.
Elephant holding a lotus on a calf
Realistic red poppy tattoo with a green stem curving across the forearm, shown in colour on a plastic-covered surface.
Red poppy on a forearm
Bold black tribal tattoo with a red and grey Celtic knot circle on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal and Celtic knot upper arm tattoo
Realistic colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and buds across the outer thigh.
Cherry blossom branch on a thigh
Black and grey owl tattoo with spread feather wings and floral sprigs across an upper back, with purple-tinted eyes, shown with hands resting on the neck above.
Owl with spread wings across the upper back
Black line tattoo of an outlined hand with two raised fingers and studded black bands on the fingers and wrist, on the forearm.
Outlined hand with studded bands on forearm
A purple hydrangea tattoo with green leaves in a botanical style, on the outer forearm of a person wearing an olive crochet top.
Hydrangea on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a curly updo, wearing a beaded dress with crossed straps, showing a fine black lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper back.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Close view of a man's clasped hands showing black lettering tattoos on both forearms and fingers, plus a black-and-grey ornamental design on the right wrist.
Script lettering and ornament on forearms and hands
Coloured Japanese-style flash design of a roaring tiger among bamboo and swirling clouds, with a small frog holding a leaf in the lower right corner.
Tiger and bamboo flash with frog in rain
Black abstract band tattoo along the side of the ribs and hip, shown in a two-panel photo of a bare midriff with a navel piercing.
Black band tattoo along the side of the ribs
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a horned animal skull framed by fine geometric lines on the forearm.
Horned animal skull with geometric lines
Fine line black tattoo of a cat face with pointed ears and whiskers on the inner wrist, next to a green patterned sleeve.
Minimal line cat face on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a cartoon baby elephant with its trunk raised, spraying pink and teal swirls, on the ankle.
Baby elephant spraying swirls on an ankle
Hand-drawn lettering design reading 'Bind my wandering heart to thee' in black marker on pale blue paper, a lettering sketch with no body placement shown.
Hand-lettered 'Bind my wandering heart to thee' design
Black and teal cicada tattoo with outlined wings, centred on the upper chest.
Cicada tattoo on the chest
Two small fine line black tattoos, a sun and an arched window, on the forearms of two people holding hands at a café table.
Sun and window tattoos on forearms

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