Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour botanical tattoo of roses, lilac and peach flowers with green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Vintage-style florals on an upper arm
Black and white drawing of the words The Strokes inside a black circle, surrounded by intricate floral and paisley doodles, shown as a tattoo design.
The Strokes logo with floral doodle design
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol designs, featuring a feather, a rose, birds, music notes, hearts and interlocked loops.
Infinity symbol flash sheet with six designs
Black and grey realism tattoos on a thigh and knee, including a woman's portrait, a rose, peony leaves, script lines and a feather on the lower leg.
Portrait, rose and script on thigh and knee
Colour botanical tattoo of a flower bouquet with red poppies and pink peonies on a woman's outer thigh, while she holds a vintage camera.
Botanical bouquet on the thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette inside a crescent moon, with vines and flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cat silhouette in a moon with flowers on a back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with buds and leaves on the upper arm.
Two roses and buds on an upper arm
Forearm tattoo of a bare black tree with blue and yellow watercolour splashes in its canopy and a profile face shaped into the trunk.
Watercolour tree with profile silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with floral motifs covering an upper arm down towards the elbow.
Black and grey mandala sleeve
Black and grey fern frond tattoo with fine shaded leaflets running down the inner forearm, shown on a person in a blue gingham shirt and dark jeans.
Fern frond tattoo on a forearm
Blue and purple dandelion with drifting seeds and a black typewriter-style quote, tattooed on a forearm.
Dandelion seeds and quote on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with fine ornamental linework on the chest, below the breast, with a grey top held up beside it.
Dotwork lotus tattoo on the chest
Realistic purple tulip tattoo with a yellow wash behind it, on the top of a foot.
Purple tulip on the top of a foot
Black and grey dotwork design drawings of peonies, leaves and olive sprigs on tracing paper, with two marker pens beside them.
Peony and olive branch tattoo design sketches
Botanical tattoo of a double helix that grows into a tree with roots, with pink cherry blossoms, on the lower leg.
DNA helix tree with cherry blossoms on a calf
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a stippled centre, placed on the side of the ribs.
Sunflower tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey outline tattoo of stacked teacups, a pocket watch and roses on the thigh, with shaded leaves.
Stacked teacups, pocket watch and roses on thigh
Black fine line tattoo on a shoulder showing South America filled with flower and star patterns inside a thin circle, with stars beside it.
South America map tattoo on shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of a poppy flower with a crescent moon and star above, set within an arch and flanked by leafy sprigs, on the upper arm.
Poppy, moon and star on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork rose tattoo with leaves on a person's shoulder and upper chest.
Dotwork rose on a shoulder
Colour botanical tattoo of red hibiscus flowers with green leaves and buds on the outer thigh, shown in a realistic style.
Red hibiscus cluster on a thigh
Black ink botanical tattoo of a small bird perched on a stem with a poppy and a rose-like bloom, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading, on the side of the torso.
Bird and poppy on a side body
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a lavender sprig tied with string, sitting on the upper arm.
Lavender sprig on upper arm
Black botanical tattoo of two perched birds, a flying swallow and curling vines with leaves on a person's torso.
Birds and vines tattoo on the torso
Close view of a teal blue rose tattoo with green leaves and black outlines on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Blue rose on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism style rose tattoo with leaves and buds wrapping from the ankle down onto the top of the foot.
Rose and leaves on an ankle and foot
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a pine cone with sketched scale detail on the forearm.
Pine cone on a forearm
Blue tulip tattoo with black leaves on the side of a person's waist, drawn with soft shading in a botanical style.
Blue tulip on the side of the waist
Black and grey rose tattoo on a forearm near the wrist, beside stacked gold bracelets and white high-top sneakers.
Black and grey rose tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large five-petal flower, a daisy and leaves on a thigh, with part of a butterfly visible at the lower right.
Floral bouquet tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of an animal skull with flowers and leaves on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and flowers on a thigh
Red pencil sketch of a pocket watch with two roses, beads and leaves, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and roses design sketch
Two side-by-side photos of a realistic colour chrysanthemum tattoo with green leaves covering a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic chrysanthemum on an upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of paisley swirls and flowers across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Paisley and floral design across a upper back
Forearm covered in botanical designs, including a black line-drawn rose, the words Smell the Roses, and pastel and gold floral clusters on the arm.
Floral sleeve with rose and script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a purple lotus bloom with two buds and green curling vines on the upper arm and shoulder.
Purple lotus and green vine on an upper arm
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of red poppies, buds and grey-green leaves on a thin stem across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Red poppy sprig across the upper chest
Black linework lotus mandala with pink, purple and blue watercolour splashes, tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Lotus mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Traditional flash drawing of three blue roses with dark brown leaves tipped in teal, on a parchment-coloured background.
Blue roses and dark leaves flash
Pen drawing of a shaded skull wrapped in roses and leaves, with a snake coiled at its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, roses and snake design drawing
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined hand holding a sprig of small flowers, placed on the forearm.
Outlined hand with flower sprig on forearm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey pigeon with dandelion and cow parsley flowers and leaves on the inner forearm, with a small red word tattoo above it.
Pigeon and wildflowers on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the inner forearm, with a raised hand visible above it.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an orange and teal bee over a honeycomb, framed by a wreath of red and blue flowers and green leaves, on a limb.
Bee over honeycomb with flower wreath
Black ink paisley and floral tattoo across the upper back and shoulder blade, with a henna-inspired linework style.
Paisley and flower back tattoo
Colour and grey realism style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and decorated with pink roses and blue flowers, on the inner forearm.
Anchor with roses and forget-me-nots on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an anatomical heart with daisy-like flowers and buds growing from it, on an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on an upper arm
Black lace and pink flower tattoo with a dangling feather and chain details across a shoulder and upper arm.
Lace, flower and feather upper arm tattoo

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