Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey leaf scroll tattoo beside script lettering reading 'It's supposed to be you and me against the world', on the side of the ribs.
Leaf scroll and script quote on the ribs
Back view of a shirtless person with reddish-brown hair, showing a black and grey mountain range tattoo across the upper back.
Mountain range across upper back
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat on the lower leg, shown on pale skin.
Sitting cat outline on the lower leg
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm of a Ouija planchette with an eye, above a hand holding pink crystals and wearing a bracelet.
Ouija planchette and hand holding crystals on a forearm
Small black and grey pine tree tattoo on the inside of an ankle, with a gloved hand and metal tool visible above it.
Small pine tree on an ankle
Black handwritten script lettering tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Script quote across a shoulder blade
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an orange and yellow rose with bold black outlines and green leaves on the forearm.
Orange rose with green leaves on a forearm
Colour photo of a realistic sunflower tattoo on the upper arm, with yellow petals, a brown seed head and green shading behind the bloom.
Realistic sunflower on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an open clam shell holding a pearl, with fern fronds above and roots below, on the outer thigh.
Pearl in a clam shell with ferns
Teal fine line drawing of a mermaid with flowing wavy hair and a scaled fish tail curling below, on a white background.
Teal line drawing of a mermaid
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a hand pierced by two arrows, with fine geometric construction lines, on the calf.
Hand pierced by arrows on a calf
Two open palms facing the camera, each with a black line tattoo of a game controller, one showing a d-pad and the other round buttons, with lettering across the fingers.
Game controller tattoos on palms
Black botanical tattoo of a trailing branch with small leaves running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Trailing branch tattoo on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a rope-wrapped anchor with pink roses, blue flowers and green leaves on the top of a foot.
Anchor and roses on a foot
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading all good things are wild and free on a person's ribs, with a white top and dark-painted nails at the edge of the frame.
Script quote along the ribs
Sun-tanned forearm and hand with black geometric patterns on the wrist and fingers, styled with silver body chains and a turquoise pendant.
Geometric hand and wrist designs on a beach
Small black and grey yin yang tattoo on the inner ankle of a bare foot resting on white crumpled sheets.
Yin yang tattoo on an ankle
Small black and grey wing tattoo on the inner ankle of a bare foot, with a black high-heeled shoe beside it on a light bed sheet.
Small wing tattoo on an ankle
Red brush-stroke tattoo design on a white background showing a kanji-like character, a paw print and the letter U.
Red brush paw print with letters
Two raised forearms showing a shaded black dotwork rose with leaves on the left forearm and the word Dreamer in fine script lettering on the right inner wrist.
Black rose and Dreamer script on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart merged with a light bulb and a magnolia, with leaves, on a calf.
Anatomical heart and light bulb on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a winged fairy sitting on an ornate swirling crescent moon and holding a small bird, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Fairy on a crescent moon with a bird
Black and grey botanical tattoo of large flowers and scrolling foliage across the shoulder and upper arm of a woman in a white vest top.
Black and grey flowers and scrollwork on upper arm
Coloured pencil drawing of a Deathly Hallows triangle and circle symbol surrounded by pink roses, skulls, round-framed glasses, a golden cup and a green snake, shown as a tattoo design.
Deathly Hallows symbol with roses and skulls
Ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with spread wings above two roses and dotwork petals, with two black pigment liner pens beside it.
Owl and roses tattoo design
Traditional-style flash drawing of a black skull filled with pink roses, green leaves and white highlights, on a pale background.
Rose skull flash design
Black fine line geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, with a circle, triangles, dots and an arrow running up towards the elbow.
Geometric arrow and circle on a forearm
Close view of a forearm with gold and silver metallic geometric tattoo bands of dots and triangles, alongside black leather bangles, in Geometric style on the forearm and wrist.
Gold and silver geometric bands on forearm
Black script tattoo reading 'You'll never walk alone' running along the top of a foot, with matching tattoos on a second pair of feet beside it.
You'll never walk alone script on feet
Colour tattoo of a curly-haired boy in sunglasses with the words EAT YOUR HEART OUT above, on the upper thigh in a traditional style.
Sunglasses portrait with Eat your heart out slogan
Pen and dotwork drawing on paper of three cat designs: two skulls and a hairless sphynx cat head, with black drawing pens beside them.
Cat skulls and sphynx cat flash sheet
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading but the fighter still remains, placed on the middle of a person's back.
Fine line script quote on the mid back
Colour forearm tattoo with dice, a piggy bank, the Monopoly man and a red banner, in a neo-traditional style on the forearm.
Monopoly themed dice and piggy bank forearm
Pencil flash design of a pirate ship under a compass rose with Tinker Bell and shadowy figures, above the words Second star to the right and straight on till morning.
Pirate ship and compass rose flash design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a shaded flower with swirling vine linework running down the ankle and onto the top of the foot.
Flower and vine tattoo on an ankle
Black and white photo of a full sleeve blackwork tattoo of mandala-style ornament and fern-like leaves covering the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork mandala sleeve on an arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with a heart shape at its centre, on the side of a person's ribs above a white bra strap.
Heartbeat line with heart on the side ribs
A woman seen from behind shows a gold metallic mandala design on her upper back, in a blue halter top, with a sunny white wall behind her.
Gold mandala on upper back
Black and white photo of a dancer en pointe showing a black and grey skull tattoo on the top of the foot, with a second tattoo on the lower leg.
Skull tattoo on foot in pointe shoe
Fine line black outline tattoo of the state of Michigan with a small red heart on the inner wrist.
Michigan outline with red heart on wrist
Two flash designs on a white background: a black and grey sword with a skull and dragons, and a colour dragon coiled around a red-hilted sword with flames.
Skull, sword and dragon flash designs
Black ink pen drawing of a dreamcatcher with a large feather hanging below it and small birds flying off to the right, drawn on a pale background.
Dreamcatcher with feather and birds design
Traditional style tattoo of a red and grey flying saucer over mountains, pine trees and a crescent moon inside a diamond frame, on the calf.
Flying saucer over mountains in a diamond frame
Small dotwork pineapple tattoo in dark ink on the side of a finger against a dark background.
Pineapple tattoo on a finger
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading Dad with a underline stroke, in a lettering style, on the inside of a wrist.
Handwritten word tattoo on the wrist
Watercolour-style monarch butterfly and handwritten script on a woman's upper back, with a black circle and a small heart beside it, placed on the shoulder blade.
Watercolour butterfly and script on upper back
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair and feathers above a wolf or lion head, with a butterfly below, drawn on translucent paper.
Woman, wolf and butterfly design sketch
Fine line black tattoo of a small dot cluster on the upper arm and a tiny arrow on the forearm, shown on a person in a white t-shirt.
Small dot cluster and arrow on an arm

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