Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a purple grape soda bottle cap with a safety pin through it, on the forearm.
Grape soda bottle cap and safety pin on forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoo with a feathered head and diamond point running down the forearm of a person reading a book.
Arrow tattoo on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional mandala tattoo with red petals, gold accents and teal tips on the forearm, set against a brick wall.
Red and gold mandala on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart outline joined to a semicolon, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Heart and semicolon on the wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a rose and a skull with scale detail on a woman's forearm.
Rose and skull on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a yellow farfalle bow-tie pasta with a dark outline and grey shading, on the inner forearm.
Farfalle pasta on the inner forearm
Fine line outline of a small heart tattooed on the inside of a wrist, shown in black and white against a dark speckled background.
Small outline heart on a wrist
Two-panel collage showing a wavy musical staff with notes wrapped around a forearm, and bass and treble clef tattoos on the backs of two hands, each with watercolour-style splashes.
Musical staff and clef tattoos on forearm and hands
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of interlocking triangles forming a star shape on the inner wrist and forearm.
Nested triangle geometry on a wrist
Colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a veiled hat and lace collar, framed by black scrollwork with a red rose, on the forearm.
Cat in a veiled hat with a rose on a forearm
Blue script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand, shown palm up against a plain background.
Blue script lettering on a wrist
Two black and grey floral tattoos, one on each forearm, in a traditional style with solid black leaves and detailed flower outlines.
Black floral tattoos on both forearms
Black and white photo of a small solid black elephant silhouette tattoo with raised trunk on the forearm, in a blackwork style.
Small elephant silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a symmetrical ornamental band with geometric leaf shapes wrapping around the wrist.
Ornamental geometric band on a wrist
Fine black line infinity symbol tattoo with a small lightning bolt and two small circles, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Infinity symbol with lightning bolt on a wrist
Black serif lettering reading LOVE is split across two wrists, with LV on one wrist and OE on the other, while two hands are clasped together.
LOVE lettering split across two wrists
Colour tattoo of a faceted orange fox head in neo-traditional style on the inner forearm, with a grey ornamental motif below.
Geometric fox on forearm
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm showing a bearded figure whose beard is made of tentacles, with a carved skull coin above it.
Bearded tentacled figure and skull coin on a forearm
Thin black script reading hakuna matata inside an infinity symbol, tattooed on the inner forearm in a fine line lettering style.
Hakuna matata infinity script on forearm
Realism tattoo of a grinning villain face with bared teeth and wide eyes on a forearm, beside a black and white printed image of the same face.
Grinning villain face on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a peony and leafy stem running down the inside of a forearm, with fine hatched linework.
Peony on a stem down the forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a faceless masked spirit figure with a white mask, on the forearm, fading to grey at the base.
Masked spirit silhouette on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a world map tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a background of passport stamps.
World map outline on an inner wrist
Black-ink city skyline tattoo with a suspension bridge in soft shaded silhouette on the inner forearm.
City skyline silhouette on a forearm
Black fine line geometric stag head tattoo on the forearm, built from angular facets with branching antlers.
Geometric stag head on a forearm
Black ink mandala band tattooed around a wrist, in a geometric style, with a hand and trainers visible against a stone pavement.
Mandala band on a wrist
Dark grey stylised letter tattoo on the outer forearm of a hand with yellow stiletto nails reaching into a monogram tote full of banknotes.
Stylised letter tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of the word agape in fine line script with a small cross above it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Agape script and cross on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale skeleton running from the wrist up the forearm and onto the upper arm, showing the skull, ribs, spine and tail fluke.
Whale skeleton tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of three Totoro characters and two soot sprites in a row along the forearm.
Totoro trio and soot sprites on an arm
Black and grey rosary tattoo with a cross and heart-shaped centrepiece running down a forearm.
Rosary and cross on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo covering a torso and upper arm, with a pagoda, an oni demon holding prayer beads, clouds and a dragon on the sleeve.
Pagoda and oni demon torso and sleeve
A person in a black fedora and white tee shows tattoos on both forearms, with colour work on the left arm and grey work on the right.
Tattooed forearms under a black fedora
Black and grey rose tattoo on the forearm running onto the back of the hand, with a geometric mandala design in fine linework and dark leaves.
Rose and geometric mandala on the hand
Thin black cursive lettering reading 'totus tuus' on a woman's forearm, held beside a white and blue wedding bouquet.
Cursive lettering on a forearm beside a bridal bouquet
Two matching cartoon toast tattoos with smiling faces and small red hearts, one with peanut butter on the forearm and one with jam on the ankle.
Matching peanut butter and jam toast tattoos
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a green octopus with yellow suckers wrapped around a grey anchor, with pink roses and blue flowers below.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor with roses
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with arms crossed resting on a snarling tiger head, on the inner forearm.
Woman resting on a tiger head on a forearm
Fine line cursive script reading hope in pale ink on the forearm, shown in two close-up photographs of the same arm.
Hope script on a forearm
Fine line black script reading family, looped inside a single-line heart outline on the inner wrist.
Family script inside a heart on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork and fine line gardenia flower tattoo on the inner forearm, with shaded leaves and a thin stem.
Gardenia flower on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a pink potion bottle with a DRINK ME banner, an EAT ME heart cookie and a red rose above.
Drink me bottle and eat me cookie on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a pocket compass surrounded by magnolia flowers and green leaves, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Compass and magnolia flowers on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoos on a forearm, including a wand, a snake with a skull, Deathly Hallows symbols and the number 9 3/4.
Wand, snake and Deathly Hallows forearm set
Dotwork geometric lotus flower inside an upward-pointing triangle, flanked by two crescent moons, tattooed on the forearm.
Geometric lotus with crescent moons on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with the word liam in script on the inner forearm.
Arrow with script name on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and leaves on the inner forearm of a person in a striped top.
Black and grey peony bouquet on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm with the words knitting is the saving of life in typewriter lettering around three stylised leaf or wheat motifs.
Knitting quote with leaf motif on forearm

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