Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey back tattoo of Alice in Wonderland scenes, including playing card soldiers, a chequered path, a mushroom and a white rabbit, covering the whole back.
Alice in Wonderland back piece
Black ink tattoo of a Chi Rho symbol with alpha and omega letters inside a laurel wreath on the forearm.
Chi Rho with alpha and omega in a laurel wreath
Traditional colour tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, framed by red flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Crossed fingers and flowers on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a dog wearing a top hat, monocle and red bow tie inside an oval frame, on the thigh.
Dog in top hat and monocle on a thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of California poppies, buds and feathery leaves on the upper arm of a person in a black top.
California poppies on an upper arm
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the lower back of a person in a grey crop top and white shorts, photographed from behind in a mirror.
Script tattoo on lower back
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an eye within a teardrop mandala framed by cloud scrolls, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Eye in a mandala with cloud scrolls
Black outline tattoo on a lower leg showing a Cyberman, a Dalek, a TARDIS and a Weeping Angel, with no shading or colour yet added.
Doctor Who monsters and TARDIS on a calf
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of two wavy lines on the back of a hand making a V sign, with a torso in a dark crop top and white skirt behind it.
Tiny wavy lines on the hand
Black ink tattoo of the word lumos in script lettering with five small stars around it, on an ankle.
Lumos lettering with stars on ankle
Realism colour tattoo of a tan dog's face in an ornate gold frame, with pink roses below, on the upper arm.
Dog portrait in ornate frame with roses
Matching black ink lotus and floral mandala tattoos with dotted chain details on both calves, shown in a black and white photo.
Symmetrical lotus mandala on both calves
Fine line black script tattoo of the word explore on the inner forearm, with a blurred hand holding the wrist in the foreground.
Explore script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat face with blue eyes and a pink bow, in a bold outline style, on the forearm.
Cartoon cat with pink bow on a forearm
Colour tattoo of soft purple, teal and pink splashes trailing into a feather on the shoulder, next to a dark top.
Watercolour splashes and feather on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a blue-grey and green Eastern-style dragon coiling across a person's upper back, shown in a Japanese style.
Blue and green dragon across a back
Traditional colour tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a green and grey helmet with a yellow visor, a rifle, two red roses and a red sunburst.
Helmet, rifle and roses on the ribs
A metallic gold lip print temporary tattoo shown on white, on a woman's upper chest below the collarbone, and as two sheets on grass.
Gold lip print temporary tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a tree atop a globe with root-like branches forming land shapes, on a person's upper back.
Tree and globe on upper back
Watercolour style pink blossom branch tattoo with green leaves running up the inner upper arm.
Pink blossom branch on an arm
Black linework tattoo of a mountain range across the top of a foot, with a toe ring visible and dark flip-flops in the background.
Mountain range tattoo on a foot
Two calves with fine line doodle tattoos: a scribbled loop, scissors, a worm and a red fish on the left leg, and a smiling stick figure with a red music note on the right.
Doodle tattoos on two calves
Realism tiger head tattoo on a calf, shown in three views, with black, grey and orange brushstroke accents.
Tiger head on a calf
Close view of a hand with black nails showing a fine line tattoo of three small dots on the middle finger and a small circular symbol on the ring finger.
Small dots and circle symbol on fingers
Black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back of a woman seen from behind in a hot tub, reading I'm the hero of this story.
Quote tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a steampunk style compass with a flower centre, gear details, feathers and beaded chains, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass and dreamcatcher design in pencil
Small solid black fleur-de-lis tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, photographed in black and white.
Small fleur-de-lis on the inner wrist
Traditional style anchor tattoo with rope wound around the shank, shaded in grey and muted red, on the lower leg.
Anchor with rope on a calf
Watercolour-style tattoo of a hare with an eye motif on the ribs, in brown, orange and purple washes with loose black linework.
Watercolour hare on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small mouse in a flowing cape holding a sword, on the calf.
Mouse knight with sword on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stag head with branching antlers and fine line geometric triangles on the forearm.
Stag head with antlers on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey and blue owl with yellow eyes perched beside a pink rose with green leaves, on a limb.
Traditional owl and rose on skin
Black and grey fine line tattoo of ornamental script running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, photographed in black and white.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black barbed wire band tattoo wrapping around the inner wrist, with two temporary tattoo sheets showing the same design beside it.
Barbed wire band on a wrist
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a seated Guanyin holding a lotus, with sunburst rays and clouds, on a forearm.
Seated Guanyin with sunburst on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a white rose with purple and yellow shading, green leaves, swirling scrolls and small bubbles on a white background.
Purple and white rose design with swirls
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of nested triangles on a line with arrow ends, placed centrally on the upper back below the neck.
Nested triangles with arrow line on upper back
Fine line tattoo of parallel red and blue lines wrapping around a forearm near the wrist, with a brown belt and blue polka-dot dress in the background.
Red and blue fine lines on a forearm
Neo-traditional mandala flower with grey petals, teal rings and green leaves on the lower leg.
Dark floral mandala on a lower leg
Close view of the back of a hand with dark geometric lattice and lace-like patterns across the fingers, knuckles and wrist, in a henna-style design.
Henna-style lattice design on the back of a hand
Traditional flash design of a paper boat on stippled waves beneath a red lightning bolt and clouds, framed by a rope border with a red flower at the base.
Paper boat and lightning in a rope oval
Realism tattoo of a Siamese cat face with blue eyes and whiskers on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Siamese cat face on upper back
Flash design of a white rabbit sitting on a cream ribbon banner, framed by pink roses and teal leaves, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Rabbit and ribbon with roses
Fine line black wave tattoo on the inner wrist, with a blurred beach and sunset in the background.
Small wave tattoo on a wrist
Small red queen of hearts and king of hearts tattoos on the side of two touching fingers, in a simple lettering style.
Queen and king of hearts on two fingers
Black ink hand-lettered design reading Make Memories That Last Forever, with ornate scrolls and dotwork shading, being drawn with a fine pen on white paper.
Make Memories That Last Forever lettering design
Black line flash sheet of ornamental divider flourishes, scrolls and leaf motifs under the heading divider embellishments.
Divider embellishment flash sheet
Small black stormtrooper helmet tattoo in simple bold outline on a limb, covered in clear plastic wrap.
Stormtrooper helmet tattoo on a limb

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