Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script reading follow your heart, with a small arrow and heart beneath it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Follow your heart script with arrow on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a gravestone reading GENDER ROLES ARE DEAD on an arm, with grass along the base.
Gravestone reading Gender roles are dead
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with petals and leaves across the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Dotwork mandala on the wrist
Black and grey wing tattoo with outlined feathers running along a forearm, next to a gold watch and chain bracelet.
Wing tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, featuring roses, a female portrait, a banner and a winged skull on the forearm.
Traditional sleeve with roses, portrait and winged skull
Colour tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow and blue eyes, outlined in black, on the inner forearm above a floral ribbon.
Cartoon cat with pink bow on forearm
Black linework tattoo on a forearm of a stack of three books above the words I have lived a thousand lives, set in a typewriter-style font.
Stack of books with quote on forearm
Close up of script lettering reading Believe in Yourself in pink and black ink on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Believe in yourself script on forearm
Fine black line tattoo of a stethoscope shaped into a heart on the inner wrist.
Stethoscope heart on an inner wrist
Fine line black ink tattoos of two cats on the inner wrists of raised arms, one small and seated, one larger and fluffy.
Two cat outlines on inner wrists
Black fine-line tattoo of a skeleton leaf with visible veins and a long stem on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Skeleton leaf on the inner forearm
Black outline tattoo of a chubby cartoon cat with stripes on a person's forearm, shown in a black and white bathroom photo.
Cartoon cat outline on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two parallel geometric arrows running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Two parallel arrows on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical arrow made of dots, dashes and chevrons running down the inner forearm.
Vertical arrow line tattoo on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green zombie Hello Kitty with a red bow and red wounds, bold black outlines, on a forearm.
Zombie Hello Kitty tattoo on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a seated fox wearing a flower crown, with blue flowers beside it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Watercolour fox with flower crown on a wrist
Black geometric line and dot tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a black and grey wave sleeve on the forearm above it.
Geometric line and dot pattern on the back of a hand
Fine-line geometric tattoo in red and blue ink, made of interlocking triangles and angular lines, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey sweater.
Red and blue geometric lines on a forearm
Traditional style swallow tattoo in black and grey on a forearm, holding a beaded chain and a red rose in an oval locket.
Swallow and rose locket on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo combining fine line mountain peaks above a shaded pine forest landscape, with solid and thin bands near the wrist.
Mountain and pine forest forearm tattoo
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a small climbing figure on a rope, surrounded by blue and green watercolour washes, with the hand raised against a blurred green background.
Climber and watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two drawn hands showing a lotus and crescent moon design on one palm and a botanical stem and diamond eye design on the other, in black line with a warm peach wash.
Hands with lotus and botanical designs
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on forearms that together show a cat's head split down the middle within geometric triangles.
Split cat head in triangles on forearms
Black fine line Deathly Hallows symbol with purple and turquoise watercolour accents, above the script words After all this time? and Always, on the forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with Always script on forearm
Black and white photograph of a small fine line elephant and heart tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail polish.
Elephant and heart on a wrist
Colour tattoo of three cartoon owls in blue and purple perched on a green-leafed branch across a forearm.
Three cartoon owls on a branch on a forearm
Two small fine line black tattoos near the wrists, one a single vertical stroke and the other two parallel strokes, shown on two forearms.
Matching small numeral tattoos on forearms
Black lettering tattoo reading think POSITIVE on the inner forearm, with a cross in place of the T, photographed against a hazy green hillside.
Think positive lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of a dark snake tattoo on a person's chest, partly covered by layered silver necklaces with sword pendants, with tattoos visible on the forearm.
Snake tattoo on chest beneath layered necklaces
Two small geometric triangle tattoos on inner forearms: a thin black outline triangle on a light arm and a solid black triangle on a darker arm.
Outline and solid triangles on forearms
Two forearms with small black lettering tattoos, the word 'here' on the upper arm and 'now' on the lower arm, in a car interior.
'here' and 'now' on two forearms
Black tribal band tattoo wrapping a forearm, with bold solid shapes, triangles and spirals, photographed in black and white.
Tribal band tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR with an arrow on a forearm, and a lotus tattoo on an upper arm, both shown beside a woman wearing a white t-shirt.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on arms
Two forearms held together show matching tattoos: MRS with a red-bowed Minnie Mouse ear motif in black lettering, and MR with a black Mickey Mouse ear motif, both on the forearms.
Mr and Mrs Mickey and Minnie matching forearms
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with cuffs and a red rose with dark spiked leaves on a forearm.
Clasped hands and rose on a forearm
Two wrists side by side on grass, one with a botanical tattoo of red and pink geraniums and one with a white lily on the forearm.
Geranium and lily on two wrists
Colour tattoo of two cartoon mice and green thread spools on the outer forearm, drawn with bold outlines and flat colour.
Cartoon mice and thread spools on a forearm
Two watercolour-style tattoos on a pair of forearms: a blue and purple moon with a face on the left arm and an orange and red sun with a face on the right, both with black linework.
Sun and moon watercolour forearm pair
Woman with a raised hand showing a black and grey realism skeleton hand tattoo that runs from the fingers down onto the forearm.
Skeleton hand tattoo running onto the forearm
Two matching bat emblem tattoos in black and yellow with a figure silhouette inside, one on each forearm.
Matching bat emblem tattoos on forearms
Solid black grenade tattoo in a blackwork style on the inside of a forearm, with a hand holding the arm against a red plaid bed.
Solid black grenade on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow passing through an infinity symbol on the inner wrist and forearm.
Arrow and infinity symbol on a wrist
Two crossed hands and forearms on sand with gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos of mandalas and feathers on the hands and wrists.
Metallic mandala and feather designs on crossed hands
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing two large nautical stars, smaller stars, clouds, a crescent moon and birds in flight.
Stars, clouds and birds on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos cover a forearm, with the hand holding a cigarette and a drink can beside a grey t-shirt and black shorts.
Tattooed forearm holding a cigarette
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather with a red and blue eye spot running down the inner forearm, drawn in fine black linework.
Peacock feather on a forearm
Two traditional style colour tattoos on forearms, one showing a bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and flowers, the other showing scissors with a CREATE banner and flowers.
Construct bottle and create scissors on forearms
Black fine line cursive script tattoo running diagonally along a forearm against a dark background, in black and grey.
Fine line script on a forearm

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