Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic black, grey and red tattoo of an ornate pocket watch within scrollwork and feathered leaves, covering the forearm and back of the hand.
Pocket watch and scrollwork on forearm and hand
Black fine line tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Totoro outline on a shoulder blade
Black line tattoo of an anatomical heart with contour-line detail, placed on the upper arm of a person in a black top.
Anatomical heart on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of Jack Skellington and his ghost dog Zero on the upper arm, with a snowflake above.
Jack Skellington and Zero on upper arm
Black and grey fine line drawing of a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds on a long stem, on white paper, in a botanical design.
Dandelion seed head in fine pen line
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a calf showing a raised leg in a stocking and high heel inside a rectangular frame.
Legs in high heels in a framed outline
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading Team Bride, with a small heart and a lip print, on the inner forearm.
Team Bride gold lettering on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos of a realistic colour tattoo of a slice of toast on the inner forearm, one with purple jam and one with golden toast.
Toast tattoos on the forearm
Flash-style illustration of a cartoon woman with glasses and a striped headband, framed by banners reading I'm no hero, I put on my bra, one boob at a time, with roses and daisies.
Cartoon character with banners and roses
Two purple and green calla lily tattoos run down a lower leg in a botanical style, with a small black fine line calla lily on the ankle.
Calla lily tattoos on calf and ankle
Colour traditional style tattoo of two facing profiles inside a heart outline, framed by purple pansies and a bud, on the forearm.
Profile faces in a heart with pansies
Flash-style drawing of a leaping brown fox with a teal wash swirl, next to a bold black kanji character meaning fox, on a white background.
Leaping fox beside a kanji character
Fine line black heartbeat trace tattooed across the top of a finger on a hand held up against an orange wall.
Heartbeat line on a finger
Back view of a person with hands on their shoulders showing a skull on one hand, small star and heart tattoos on the fingers, and neck and upper arm tattoos.
Hands and fingers with traditional tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with a dreamcatcher-style wheel and feathers on the side of the ribs.
Arrow and dreamcatcher on the ribs
Freshly tattooed black and grey ornamental wolf head on the calf, being wiped by a gloved hand with a cotton pad.
Ornamental wolf head on a lower leg
Realistic red rose tattoo with shaded petals and small water droplets, shown on pale skin with no visible body placement.
Red rose with water droplets
Two forearm tattoos in a loose watercolour style: a leaping fox in orange and black on the left, and a grey wolf with a teal wash on the right.
Fox and wolf tattoos on forearms
Black and grey photograph of the words you only live once in black script tattooed diagonally across the inner forearm.
You only live once script on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of an eye with a spiral iris and lashes on the calf of a person in a white skirt and white trainers.
Eye tattoo on lower leg
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a red circle behind her head, tattooed on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Female portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Blue brush-stroke enso circle tattoo on the upper back of a woman with dark hair, seen from behind against a turquoise wall.
Blue enso circle on upper back
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a leafy feather tail across a person's outer thigh.
Phoenix with feather tail on outer thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a water lily, lily pads and a koi fish with ripples, placed across a person's upper back.
Water lily and koi on upper back
Colour tattoo of cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants holding a drink can and a bottle, with a black tie and brown shorts, on skin.
SpongeBob SquarePants tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey flash sheet showing a scallop shell, a beaded oval frame and a curling acanthus scroll on a kraft paper background.
Shell, oval frame and acanthus scroll designs
Arm with a colourful traditional-style sleeve of a rabbit and an animal design on the forearm and upper arm, worn with a white camisole and belt.
Colour animal sleeve on an arm
Realism tattoo of a large-eyed doll face with freckles and grey bob hair across the back of a hand.
Realistic doll face on the back of a hand
Fine line black script tattoo reading Never look back on the inner forearm, set against reddened skin.
Never look back in script on the arm
Coloured design drawing of a blue and pink feather that curls into black ink music notes and small floating feathers, with no body part shown.
Feather dissolving into music notes
Traditional style tattoo on a limb showing a handshake in front of a red sun, with GRATITUDE arched above and red and orange flowers below.
Handshake and flowers with GRATITUDE lettering
Two people press their inner forearms together, each showing half of a circular fine-line script tattoo that reads follow me and I'll follow you around a small outline motif.
Circular script quote tattoo on two forearms
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in Arabic script on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a steering wheel.
Small Arabic script tattoo on wrist
Painted-style colour tattoo of Batman with a glowing bat emblem on the chest, beside red and black quote lettering, across the left ribs.
Batman and quote tattoo on the ribs
Black ink lace-pattern band with daisy-like flowers and vines across the forearm, on a red background.
Lace-pattern floral band on a forearm
Man in a grey waistcoat and turquoise tie holding an MR sign, with colourful traditional-style tattoos covering both forearms and small tattoos on the fingers.
Colourful sleeve tattoos on forearms holding an MR sign
Close photo of a small black fine line elephant outline tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with painted nails, against a pale sky.
Small elephant outline on a wrist
Neo-traditional tattoo of a skull in a knitted bobble hat with an eyepatch, crossed crochet hooks and a HOOKED banner, on a leg.
Skull in a knitted hat with crossed crochet hooks
Small black treble clef tattoo on the ankle, shown beside a white canvas low-top sneaker on a wooden floor.
Treble clef tattoo on an ankle
Black lace heart tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a flock of small black birds flying away from it in blackwork style.
Lace heart with birds on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of two small quotation marks on the back of a hand, resting on grass.
Small quotation marks tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of a cathedral with onion domes, compass roses, a skull, an anchor, crossed bones and barbed wire motifs on a white background.
Traditional flash sheet with cathedral and nautical motifs
Black fern frond tattoo in stippled dotwork shading on the inner forearm of a person whose sleeve is rolled up.
Fern frond on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a tree above a round door on a curved hill, placed on the lower abdomen beside the waistband.
Hobbiton tree and hill tattoo on the hip
Black linework lotus tattoo with ornamental mandala patterns inside the petals, shown in a circular crop with no body part visible.
Lotus mandala tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a roaring tiger and a green snake with a red disc and flames, on the upper arm.
Roaring tiger and snake on upper arm
Traditional hourglass tattoo with a red flower and black leaves above it and red flames at the sides, on a forearm.
Hourglass and red flower on a forearm
Black handwritten script lettering reading blessed are the pure in heart on a plain white background.
Handwritten script reading blessed are the pure in heart

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