Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line tree of life tattoo with spreading roots and a small owl perched on a branch, placed on a person's ribs.
Tree of life with owl on ribs
Black and grey realism style rose shaded inside an outlined triangle, tattooed on the centre of the chest.
Rose inside a triangle on the chest
Black line drawing flash of two deer heads above an ornate heart padlock with a keyhole, surrounded by flowers and beaded chains.
Two deer and a heart padlock design
Realistic black and grey rose tattoo with fine line swirls across the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses with swirls on the side
Black script lettering reading Family doesn't end in blood runs diagonally down the inner forearm in a fine line tattoo.
Family quote in script on a forearm
Black fine line geometric arrow tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a diamond shaped head at the centre and triangular fletching.
Geometric arrow on the ribs
Pencil-style drawing of two crossed arrows with shaded feathers hanging from their fletching, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Crossed arrows with hanging feathers
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with blue gems, red tulips and teal leaves on the inner forearm.
Hourglass with tulips on a forearm
Red line drawing of two stylised ornamental shapes on a white background, one tall and pointed, the other containing stylised characters, a flash-style tattoo design.
Red outline design with characters
Two small solid dark grey heart tattoos, one on each ankle, photographed from behind with the wearer in slip-on shoes.
Twin heart tattoos on both ankles
Pencil sketch of a dreamcatcher design with a world map, hanging feathers, a compass rose, a mandala and puzzle pieces.
Dreamcatcher with world map and compass sketch
Small black fine-line dreamcatcher tattoo with a circular web and three feathers on the inner wrist, with the hand raised against a pale background.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile in a teal circular frame with a yellow scalloped edge, flames and green leaves, on a forearm.
Profile woman in teal frame on a forearm
Black brush-stroke outline drawing of a cat sitting upright with its tail curling along the bottom, shown on a white background.
Sitting cat outline in brush strokes
Black and grey linework tattoo on a thigh showing a gothic cathedral skyline, a rayed sun, mountains and a half-sun above banded lines.
Cityscape with sun and mountains on a thigh
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing a pentagram, faces, an angel, a boombox, a factory and hooded figures, placed across the back.
Full back collage tattoo in black and grey
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bearded sailor in a knit cap with a pipe, rope and red rose, on the thigh.
Bearded sailor portrait with rope and rose
Black and grey dotwork rose with leaves inside nested geometric diamonds, tattooed on a limb, with a printed stencil of the same design beside it.
Rose within nested geometric diamonds
Black and grey fine line tree with stippled leaves and spreading roots, tattooed across the upper back near the neck.
Tree with roots on upper back
Fine line crescent moon tattoo in black ink on the forearm, shown against a pale background.
Crescent moon outline on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an arrow with two flowers and leaves, placed on the upper arm.
Arrow and flowers in traditional style
Two side-by-side photos of a traditional style compass rose on an inner wrist in black ink and an anchor wrapped in rope on a forearm in blue and grey shading.
Compass rose and anchor on forearms
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat face with red eyes and an inverted cross on the forehead, placed on the back of a hand over a red wash.
Black cat with inverted cross on the back of a hand
Two matching fine line tattoos of crossed fingers with small sparkle marks on the inner upper arms of two people.
Matching crossed fingers tattoos on upper arms
Several forearms and wrists show matching black script tattoos reading "to life.", with a small heart symbol on one arm and a colour flower tattoo on another.
Matching "to life" script tattoos on forearms
A grid of twelve black ink ornamental arrow and swirl designs on a white background, shown as tattoo flash without any body placement.
Twelve black ornamental arrow designs
Black and grey tattoo of an onion with long, curling stalks on the upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Onion tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of a geometric line tattoo of an anatomical heart with faceted outlines and vessels, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Geometric anatomical heart on the ribs
Neo-trad tattoo of a black maneki-neko cat with a crescent moon, pentagram, peach flowers and small white cats on a forearm.
Black maneki-neko cat on a forearm
Black and grey shaded owl tattoo with large round eyes and feathered wings, sitting on the inner forearm above grass.
Shaded owl on a forearm
Black linework flash design of an ornate seahorse built from curling swirls and solid circles on a white background.
Ornate seahorse design in black swirls
Colour flash design of a zombie pin-up woman with red hair and glowing green eyes, above a scroll banner reading MAN EATER, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Zombie pin-up with MAN EATER banner
Black ink drawing of a handgun outline filled with flowers, leaves and dotwork shading, shown as a tattoo design on plain grey paper.
Floral pistol line drawing
Close photo of a black lettering tattoo on the inner upper arm, reading three lines of italic text in a plain serif typeface.
Three-line quote on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of two red spider lily flowers on the ankle, joined by a thin black stem with small curved wisps above.
Red spider lilies on the ankle
Forearm with a colour traditional rose and star, a grey deer framed by flowers, and the words Don't let me drown in black lettering, with a thigh tattoo visible below.
Rose, deer and lettering on a forearm
Drawn tattoo design of a dragonfly with teal and purple translucent wings, its tail trailing a cloud of small black stars across a pale grey background.
Dragonfly with star trail design
Black and grey realistic scroll tattoo with the lettering you can run from your problems but you can't run from yourself, on the side of the ribs.
Scroll with quote on the side
Realistic shaded tattoo of feathers and three dreamcatchers running across the outer thigh and hip.
Dreamcatchers and feathers on a thigh
Small black fine line arrow tattoo pointing right on the side of a foot.
Small arrow tattoo on a foot
Black script lettering reading "I can go the distance" runs across the top of a foot and ankle.
Script quote "I can go the distance" on ankle
Fine line black arrow tattoo with the script words She will be free running vertically down the nape of a person's neck.
Arrow with script down the nape of the neck
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a ship's wheel with a coiled rope and anchor, with compass star points, on a person's upper back.
Ship's wheel and anchor on the upper back
Black and grey floral tattoos on the upper arms and upper back of a woman with a blonde bob, shown from behind in a black open-back dress.
Floral tattoos on arms and upper back
Small botanical tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and red buds on the inner forearm.
Red rose and foliage sprig on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering reading with pain comes strength, placed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black ink dotwork drawing of a horned bull skull with a lotus mandala on the forehead and dotted chains hanging from the horns, drawn on white paper.
Bull skull with lotus mandala design
Fine line black script reading let it be, set within a wave line on the outer ankle and foot, with a thin ankle chain and wooden decking behind.
Let it be script with wave on ankle

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