Tattoo ideas

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

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Loose black sketch-style linework of a ballerina in a leap, with purple, pink and teal watercolour splashes, tattooed on a calf.
Sketched ballerina tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a black lace heart with purple roses and grey leaves on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Lace heart with purple roses on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of roses, peonies and sweet peas spilling across the upper arm and shoulder, with a lace top visible beside it.
Vintage botanical flowers on upper arm
Bold black and white flash design of three plumeria flowers with leaves, drawn in a botanical blackwork style with no body placement shown.
Plumeria cluster design in solid black
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the solar system with a sun with a face, dotted orbits, planets and a ringed Saturn running down a forearm.
Solar system with sun on a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing an armoured warrior, a skull, a spiked mace, a chain and a sword.
Armoured warrior sleeve with skull and sword
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sunflower with shaded petals and a dark centre, suitable as a botanical tattoo design.
Sunflower pencil sketch
Colourful watercolour-style arrow tattoo with teal fletching and a grey tip, sitting on the side of the ribs below the arm.
Watercolour arrow on the side ribs
Small dotwork tattoo of three dotted concentric rings in black ink on the back of a hand, resting on a grey carpet beside a pink-stringed parcel.
Dotted concentric circles on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a seated fox filled with orange swirling linework and purple shading at the tail, on the inner forearm.
Ornamental fox on a forearm
Black line drawing of a flexed arm with a heart-and-arrow tattoo reading MOM on the upper arm, on a plain grey background.
Heart with arrow and MOM on a drawn arm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a striped lighthouse, a sailing ship and stormy waves framed inside a ship's wheel, in a traditional nautical style.
Lighthouse and sailing ship in a ship's wheel
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading "type one" with chevron symbols below it, on the inner wrist, in fine line lettering style.
Small fine line "type one" wrist tattoo
Black and grey blackwork cuff tattoo on a forearm, with solid black bands and thin geometric triangle lines near the wrist.
Black band cuff with geometric lines on wrist
Solid black ornamental design of a V shape with two curled scroll ends on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Black curled V swirl design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with a red bow and roses, on the inner forearm.
Heart-shaped padlock with red bow on a forearm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading on a bare stomach, sitting to the side of the navel.
Octopus tattoo on the abdomen
Watercolour-style feather tattoo in blue, green and yellow with black linework on the forearm.
Watercolour feather on a forearm
Realism style colour tattoo of a waving American flag across the shoulder and upper arm of a person in a white vest top.
Realistic waving American flag on shoulder
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'jeder tag ist ein geschenk' across the inner forearm, shown on a pale arm resting on a dark leather cushion.
German script quote on a forearm
Black and grey pencil sketch of a dragonfly with spread wings and the words embrace imperfection in cursive script above it, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Dragonfly sketch with 'embrace imperfection'
Man in a white linen shirt holding a straw hat, with small black fine-line tattoos on both forearms, against a whitewashed stone wall.
Man in linen shirt with small forearm tattoos
Black and white photo of a small single-line fine line dolphin tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a dark fabric edge on the left.
Small dolphin outline on the side ribs
Blue botanical flower tattoo with leaves on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top and a gold pendant.
Blue flower tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of a sun with a spiral centre and wavy green and blue rays on the inner forearm.
Green and blue sun with spiral centre
Black and grey full back tattoo of illustrated women, peacock feathers and cherubs in a detailed Art Nouveau style, shown across the upper and middle back.
Full back tattoo of figures and peacock feathers
Colour traditional tattoo of a teal crab holding a palm tree sunset in its shell beside an orange plumeria flower, on the thigh.
Crab with palm sunset and plumeria
Colour tattoo of a red and pink leaf with a green stem on the outer forearm, with a black linework floral tattoo above it.
Red leaf tattoo on a forearm
Black and white geometric panda with a red and white faceted balloon on a string, drawn as a tattoo design in a geometric style.
Geometric panda holding a red balloon
Close photograph of a small black fine line tattoo of two botanical sprigs forming a V shape on the inner forearm.
Small sprig wreath on the inner arm
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling bear head in orange, red and black on the back of a hand, with dark patterned ink on the wrist above.
Snarling bear head on the back of a hand
Two people wearing bras and loose tops show matching black script tattoos reading "to infinity" and "and beyond" on the upper chest.
Matching "to infinity and beyond" script tattoos on chests
Colour tattoo of the cartoon turtle Squirtle, with blue skin, an orange shell and a curled tail, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Squirtle tattoo on the inner wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a heart filled with swirling scrollwork and two small hearts, on the inner forearm.
Swirled heart tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a blue square and gold compasses with a letter G, on the inside of a forearm.
Square and compasses with G on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a curly-haired bearded figure with a crescent moon and blossoms on the back of a hand.
Bearded figure and blossoms on the back of a hand
Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading Sisters within an infinity symbol, one on the back of the neck and one on the inner wrist.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a cat curled up asleep inside a circle with small stars, on the forearm.
Sleeping cat in a circle on a forearm
Two forearms and hands with tattoos: a colour flower and green swirl on the left, and black and grey roses, a sun motif and mandala on the right, with ring-finger designs visible.
Floral and mandala tattoos on both forearms and hands
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a lion with a dreadlocked mane and small coloured beads on the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic lion with dreadlock mane on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with ornamental flourishes above and below the text.
Quote lettering with flourishes on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of the Golden Gate Bridge with a banner reading HOME and a red heart held in hands, on the inner forearm.
Golden Gate Bridge and heart on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon unicorn in a patterned kimono with hair sticks, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the side of the torso in a Japanese-influenced style.
Cartoon unicorn in kimono with blossoms
Fine line black tattoo of a simple cartoon figure with round eyes and a small nose on the lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Simple cartoon figure on the lower back
Pencil flash drawing of two owls perched on a branch with leaves, in a neo-traditional style, shown without a body placement.
Two owls on a branch design
Fine line handwritten script reading "Just be there" in black ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
"Just be there" handwritten script
Black ink tattoo of the word freedom in a serif typeface with a small bird above the final letters, on the inner wrist.
Freedom lettering with bird on wrist
Greyscale tattoo of a smiling, bald, laughing Buddha with an ornate patterned robe, covering the stomach.
Laughing Buddha tattoo on stomach

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