Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour tattoo of red roses, green leaves and a falling petal with a grey pocket watch on an upper arm.
Realistic red roses and pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey fine line leaf tattoo with stippled shading and detailed veins, placed on the upper arm against a plain white background.
Leaf tattoo on the upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three daisies on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with shaded petals and dark centres.
Three daisies on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch with a soft painterly background across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Cherry blossom branch on upper arm
Colour Botanical and Realism tattoo on an upper arm showing orange and pink lilies, a hummingbird, a praying mantis and a bee against a turquoise watercolour-style background.
Lilies and hummingbirds on upper arm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, an outlined moth and a small sprig on the upper arm, with a coloured flower tattoo partly visible above.
Moon, moth and sprig on the arm
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a flowering stem with a butterfly on an upper arm, photographed beside a shop window.
Black line wildflower stem on upper arm
Black and grey rose and blackberry tattoo with touches of red shading, covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person shown in side profile.
Rose and blackberry sleeve on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing red peonies, white blossoms, raspberries and green leaves in a neo-traditional style with black outlines.
Peony and raspberry sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realistic roses with leaves and fine script lettering running down the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Black and grey roses with script on upper arm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork stippling and soft shading on a person's upper arm near the shoulder.
Lotus flower on upper arm
Upper arm tattoo of a brown twig pentacle wrapped in green leaves and vines, with the words Blessed Be in black script beneath it.
Twig pentacle with leaves and Blessed Be script
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart overgrown with flowers and leaves, across an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a purple crocus with bulb and roots, grass, a caterpillar, beetle, bumblebee, moth and jumping spider.
Crocus and insects on upper arm and shoulder
Colour tattoo of a peacock with magenta eye-spot feathers and pink peonies wrapping around an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock and peonies on an upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line botanical tattoo of purple statice sprigs with green stems on the upper arm, shown in two side by side photos.
Purple statice sprigs on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves on the neck, with script and rose tattoos on the shoulders and full arm sleeves on a woman wearing a dark bustier.
Leaf neck tattoo and tattooed arm sleeves
Black and grey peony tattoo with leaves on the upper arm of a person in a black vest top, shown in a black and white photo.
Peony and leaves on the upper arm
Realistic red rose with green leaves and shading tattooed on an upper arm, in full colour.
Realistic red rose on an upper arm
Black ink full sleeve on a woman's arm, with mandala patterns, scrollwork and fern sprigs covering the upper arm and forearm down to the wrist.
Blackwork mandala sleeve with fern motifs
Close photograph of a purple botanical tattoo with a large magenta flower and grey-purple flower sketches running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Purple flowers across shoulder and upper arm
Bold neo-traditional tattoo of a bouquet with a red poppy, orange tulips and a daisy in a blue vase, placed on the upper arm.
Flower bouquet in a vase on upper arm
Black outline tattoo of flowers, swirls and a geometric city skyline across a shoulder and upper arm, with red shading.
Flowers, swirls and a city skyline on upper arm
Small pastel succulent tattoo in a botanical style on the upper arm, close to the armpit.
Succulent tattoo on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a fox head framed by flowers and leaves on the upper arm, in a botanical fine line style.
Fox and flowers on an upper arm
Colourful Japanese style tattoo of a yellow chrysanthemum and a pink flower with grey waves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Chrysanthemum and pink flower on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas and roses covering the upper arm and forearm, worn by a person in a black graphic vest top.
Black and grey mandala and rose arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird, orange lily and blue butterfly with green leaves on an upper arm, in a realistic botanical style.
Hummingbird, lily and butterfly on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a large beetle with a crescent moon, crystal, ferns and flowers within triangle lines.
Beetle, crescent moon and crystal on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a brown antler-like branch with pink and yellow blossoms on the inner upper arm, in a botanical style.
Antler branch with blossom on upper arm
Close view of a fine line botanical tattoo of trailing green leaves and small buds on the upper arm of a woman in a striped top.
Trailing leaves and buds on an upper arm
Three views of a full arm sleeve in black and grey dotwork, with geometric flowers, circles and linked shapes covering the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey geometric flower sleeve
Botanical tattoo of a blackberry branch with purple berries, green leaves and thorny stem, with a white flower below, on an upper arm.
Blackberry branch on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of the words we should live until we die, set in a wreath of yellow flowers and teal leaves, in a Lettering and Botanical style.
Quote wreath with flowers on upper arm
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with stems and leaves on the outer upper arm of a person wearing a grey top and jeans.
Sunflowers on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two sunflowers with leaves on the upper arm, below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
Sunflowers on an upper arm
Black and grey blackwork elephant with a lotus mandala above it, tattooed on the upper arm, with dotwork shading beneath.
Elephant and lotus on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing two roses, an ornate birdcage with hanging chains, and a small bird perched on a branch, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Roses, birdcage and bird on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, wild rose blooms and leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey roses and wild roses on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids with flowing script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Woman in a grey racerback vest seen from behind in a mirror selfie, with colourful floral tattoos across her upper back and shoulder and a black ornamental piece at the nape.
Floral back and shoulder tattoos in a mirror selfie
Black and grey tree tattoo with a shaded ground line on the upper arm, close to the shoulder.
Tree silhouette on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head in a diamond frame with dotwork shading, flowers and a tied ribbon, on the upper arm.
Fox and flowers in a diamond frame
Black fine line outline of several roses with leaves across a person's shoulder and upper arm, photographed in strong sunlight.
Outline roses on a shoulder
Close-up of an upper arm with a gold botanical design of trailing vines, leaves and a five-petalled flower, with a woman's lips visible above.
Gold floral vine tattoo on an arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala and lotus flower tattoo covering the upper arm of a person wearing a blue sleeveless top.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a purple lotus on a pond with reeds, a sunset and a pink blossom branch across the upper arm and shoulder.
Lotus pond and cherry blossom on upper arm
Pink cherry blossom branch tattoo with black outlines wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Cherry blossom branch on a shoulder

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