Tattoo ideas

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

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Drawing of a purple awareness ribbon with a butterfly on top and the script Strength through Weakness on a peach background.
Purple ribbon and butterfly design
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a pale child with yellow eyes holding a box, flanked by a masked rabbit figure and a wolf, with the word Korn above.
Surreal child and animals on a back piece
Small fine line tattoo of a red rose with a dotted black stem and two green leaves on the ankle, with a silver coin resting on the skin above it.
Small red rose with dotted stem on ankle
Black and grey realism-style tattoo of an eagle with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey eagle on upper arm
Small solid black umbrella tattoo behind a person's ear on the neck, in a fine line style.
Small umbrella tattoo behind the ear
Bold black horizontal bars tattooed across the ribs, with a great white shark photo shown above.
Black horizontal bars across the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a screaming long-haired undead figure and a grinning demon holding a trident, across the side of the ribs.
Screaming undead figure and demon on ribs
Black fine line paisley and lace-style tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with a row of red geometric cross shapes beneath it.
Paisley lace and red geometric upper back piece
Two small fine line tattoos in black ink on a pair of forearms, an hourglass on the left arm and a computer cursor arrow on the right.
Hourglass and cursor arrow on forearms
Black ink drawing of an ornamental mandala with paisley-like petals and fine dotted detail on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental mandala design drawn in black ink
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with a green tail rising from blue and white waves across the lower back, in a traditional style.
Mermaid rising from waves on lower back
Solid black camera aperture tattoo at the nape of a woman's neck, photographed from behind with her hair pulled up.
Camera aperture tattoo on the nape
Black line drawing of a sunflower with stippled centre, surrounded by a curling vine, small flowers, a yin yang symbol and an infinity sign, in a botanical style.
Sunflower with yin yang and infinity symbol
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red rose bud with a skull shaded inside its petals, with olive leaves and a thorned stem, on skin.
Rose bud with skull shading on the upper body
Black silhouette of a fairy with wings blowing a trail of small hearts, shown as a design on a white background.
Fairy silhouette blowing hearts
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall conifer tree with shaded branches and a rooted trunk, running down the inner forearm.
Tall conifer tree on a forearm
Black brush-lettered phrase reading Through it all, it is well on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Through it all, it is well lettering
Black and grey horned figure tattoo on a woman's abdomen, with further tattoos visible on her upper arm and forearm, photographed from below the neck.
Horned figure tattoo on the abdomen
A grey tabby kitten rests on an arm with a traditional-style snake and flower tattoo on the forearm and a LUCK banner tattoo on the upper arm.
Kitten resting on a tattooed forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a treble clef entwined with two shaded roses and leaves, placed on the outer thigh.
Treble clef and roses on a thigh
Black compass rose tattoo with brush-like shading on the upper back shoulder, with a small script word on the upper arm below it.
Compass rose tattoo on a shoulder
Blackwork tribal tattoo in blue-grey ink on a person's upper back, with a small asterisk above and tiny lettering below.
Tribal shape on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small sprig of tiny flowers on the inner upper arm, with a dotwork mandala tattoo visible lower down the arm.
Small flowering sprig on the inner upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a glass bottle holding a small red heart, with red and yellow flowers, dark green leaves and part of a swallow, on an upper arm.
Bottle with heart and flowers on an arm
Black ink tattoo on a thigh showing an atom with orbiting lines, a compass rose with N, E, S and W, and eight moon phases around it.
Atom, compass and moon phases on a thigh
Colour dreamcatcher tattoo with a braided gold rim, black feathers and red and blue beads on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the ribs
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a bare tree with the words Sister to sister on the calves of two people, shown side by side.
Matching sister family tree tattoos on calves
Fine line black ink tattoo of two embracing figures on the forearm of a person wearing a grey t-shirt.
Embracing figures on a forearm
A printed tattoo request form titled Typical girl tattoo form, showing line drawings of an anchor, a dreamcatcher, a feather, an infinity symbol and birds, held up by a hand.
Tattoo request form with anchor, dreamcatcher and feather
Black and grey lion head with lotus and blossom flowers tattooed on the outer thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Lion and lotus on a thigh
Close-up of a metallic gold temporary tattoo on a wrist showing a ring with a diamond, the words BRIDE and tribe inside the band, and small sparkles.
Gold bride tribe ring temporary tattoo
Black ink drawing of a cartoon giraffe with a large head, heart-shaped spots and hatched shading on a white background.
Cartoon giraffe with heart spots
Close-up of a fine line black script quote running diagonally across a fair-skinned forearm, with a ring visible on the hand below.
Script quote along a forearm
Collage of four small black ink tattoos: a sun and crescent moon on an ankle, a lotus on a toe, a rose behind an ear, and a panda on a wrist.
Four small black tattoos: sun, lotus, rose and panda
Close photo of a black silhouette swallow with blue-shaded wings and two blue leaves on the inner forearm.
Blue and black swallow on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, in pink and purple stripes, on the side of a lower back above a waistband.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the left ribs of a person lying on a white bed, wearing black underwear.
Mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the stomach with a small arrow tattoo at the side, shown above black lace lingerie.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the stomach
Black and grey tattoo of the numerals 1689 surrounded by scrollwork on the back of a hand, resting on a dark leather book.
1689 numerals with scrollwork on the hand
Black and grey barcode tattoo with printed digits on the inner wrist of a person's arm.
Barcode tattoo on the wrist
Small black outlined butterfly tattoo on the upper back, beside a dark strap top, in a simple fine line style.
Small butterfly on upper back
Black lettering reading don't blink in a typewriter-style font sits along the upper chest, just below the collarbone, in a close photo.
Don't blink lettering on the upper chest
Small fine line tattoo of a black pine tree inside a thin circle with green watercolour wash, on the inner forearm.
Pine tree in a green watercolour circle on a forearm
Illustration of a hairless cat with a Japanese style koi fish, waves and clouds tattoo in blue and black, leaning over a pale hairless cat.
Tattooed hairless cat with a koi and waves design
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Los Angeles street signs, palm trees and city buildings, from the upper arm to the forearm.
Los Angeles street signs and palm trees sleeve
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on a calf with the script words Not All Who Wander Are Lost arranged around it.
Compass rose and quote on a calf
Fine black handwritten script reading lumos with a four-pointed star beside it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Lumos script and star on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of a Pantone colour swatch with a small label on the upper arm, with a partly visible coloured flower tattoo on the thigh.
Pantone swatch tattoo on an upper arm

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