Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a castle on a rocky hill inside a heart outline, placed on the inner forearm.
Castle scene in a heart on a forearm
Black line drawing of a triskelion, three interlocking spirals arranged in a triangle, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Triskelion triple spiral design
Small geometric tattoo of three filled triangles in orange, pink and grey-blue on the upper arm of a person wearing a purple top.
Three small coloured triangles on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a round green door with an orange brick surround, a red rose and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Round green door and rose on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rabbit in a top hat, monocle chain, red tie and tan jacket, smoking a pipe, on a limb.
Anthropomorphic rabbit in top hat smoking a pipe
Black script lettering reading nil gach uile fhanai caillte in two lines across a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Script lettering across upper back
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with pink blossoms on the upper arm, in a traditional Japanese style.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper arm
Colour sunflower tattoo with yellow and orange petals and a shaded brown and dark centre, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a red phoenix with an orange flame tail and black text beside it, placed on the shoulder.
Red phoenix with flame tail on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and leaves on a bare leg, with a dark band wrapped across it, on the calf.
Black rose and leaf tattoo on a leg
Black and grey chest tattoo of the word CASH in ornate block letters above an acoustic guitar, with scrolling flourishes, placed on the upper chest.
CASH lettering and guitar on chest
Realistic shaded grey roses with black lace scrollwork and small teal and pink butterflies, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Roses, lace and butterflies across a back
Black linework tattoo of a sitting cat built from straight geometric lines in a folded, origami-style design, on a area of skin.
Geometric sitting cat tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a striped teepee, red sun, cactus and stars on a lower leg, with bold black outlines and red and yellow fills.
Teepee and desert scene on a calf
Two matching fine line lettering tattoos on the lower legs reading 'Different flowers from the same garden', one set in a circle and one in an arc, in dark ink.
Matching 'Different flowers' quote on calves
Neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow, set in a gold scrolled heart frame with pearls, on the upper thigh.
White cartoon cat in a gold and lilac heart frame
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with black shading on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on the upper back
Pencil drawing of an open lily with shaded petals and a bold black swirling vine, shown as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement.
Lily with swirling vine design
Blue ink botanical bouquet with pansies and small flowers on the inner forearm, drawn in a fine detailed vintage style.
Blue botanical bouquet on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design: an infinity symbol with the words be strong believe in cursive script, with small birds flying across the lines on lined paper.
Infinity symbol with 'be strong believe' script and birds
Four-panel photo of a full colour cartoon leg sleeve tattoo on a leg, featuring Bart Simpson, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spider-Man and Venom, shown from the thigh to the calf.
Cartoon leg sleeve across four views
Fine line cursive lettering tattoo in black ink running across the front of an upper thigh, with a black dress lifted beside it.
Cursive script tattoo on a thigh
Black and white photo of a fine line dandelion seed tattoo on the neck behind the ear, with two seeds drifting away from the head.
Dandelion seeds tattoo behind the ear
Fine line botanical drawing in dark ink on tracing paper, showing a crescent moon formed from roses, peony-style blooms, small blossoms, leaves and berries.
Crescent moon of roses and blossoms line drawing
Colour flash design of a cartoon kitty, a care bear, a pastel pony, cupcakes and a lollipop on purple clouds, with no body placement shown.
Cartoon cupcakes and pastel characters design
Colour tattoo of a swallowtail butterfly above a red sofa inside an ornate oval frame, in neo-traditional style on the calf.
Butterfly and sofa in an ornate frame
Two colour tattoos on a pair of thighs, one of Elsa from Frozen and one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, each in an ornate oval frame in neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Ariel framed portraits on thighs
Fine line infinity symbol with two small teal dots on the inner wrist, photographed with the palm turned upwards.
Infinity symbol on the inner wrist
Black infinity symbol with a grey fingerprint-pattern heart tattooed on skin, shown in close view on the side of the body.
Infinity symbol with fingerprint heart
Realistic colour tattoo of a nut-coated ice lolly with a red centre on the calf, surrounded by orange and yellow flames.
Nut-coated ice lolly with flames on a calf
Three upper arms show matching ochre and black armband tattoos with classical figures and palmette borders, in a vase-painting style.
Greek vase-style armband on three upper arms
Black line drawing of a bull skull with an ornate floral pattern on the forehead and teal feathers hanging from each side, shown as a standalone design.
Bull skull with feathers design
Black and white photo of a person's upper back showing a fine line compass rose tattoo centred between the shoulder blades.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Small fine line black paw print tattoo with a heart in the centre pad on the inner wrist, below a steel watch.
Paw print with heart on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a flock of birds flying diagonally across the upper back, from near the shoulder blade towards the spine.
Flock of birds across a upper back
Black line tattoo of a curling wave with spray dots on the inner forearm, in a fine line style with Japanese-inspired detail.
Curling wave on a forearm
Close photo of a solid red dripping band tattoo around the upper arm of a woman in a grey t-shirt.
Solid red dripping band on upper arm
Colour tattoo of shaded, three-dimensional Tetris pieces in red, purple, orange, blue and yellow across the forearm.
Tetris pieces tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a person's back, with layered petals, dotwork shading and a central circle in dotted linework.
Black mandala tattoo on the back
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo of the word bliss with a trailing line on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Bliss script on inner forearm
Black fine line botanical vine tattoo with leaves and flowers across a woman's upper back, shoulder and upper arm, shown from behind in a warm sepia photo.
Floral vine tattoo across a back and arm
Four small colour tattoos of emblems, a blue water symbol, a green earth symbol, a grey air symbol and a red fire symbol, stacked vertically on a person's upper back.
Four nation emblems down the upper back
Pink cartoon elephant tattoo with blue and green watercolour splashes on the forearm, outlined in black.
Pink elephant with watercolour splashes on forearm
Four tribal-style playing card suit designs, a spade, heart, diamond and club, drawn in black and red on a white background.
Tribal playing card suit designs
Black and white photo of the word freedom in serif lettering on a wrist, with a small bird silhouette above the final letters.
Freedom lettering with bird on wrist
Realistic grey and pink tattoo of a geisha in a kimono with cherry blossom branches, covering the upper back.
Geisha portrait with cherry blossom on a back
Black and white drawing of a symmetrical geometric star design with pointed blades and hexagon shapes, shown as a flash design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Geometric blade star design
Realistic colour sunflower tattoo with yellow petals and a teal centre on a woman's upper back, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Sunflower tattoo on upper back

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