Tattoo ideas

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

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Abstract tattoo on a forearm in loose black linework and grey shading, with a single orange splash of colour beside the shape.
Abstract grey shape and orange splash on forearm
Close photo of a hand with several small fine line black tattoos on the fingers, including a seahorse on the middle finger and a ship's wheel above it.
Small seahorse and symbol finger tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pink and orange owl with large round eyes, green scrolling vines and small flowers, on the calf.
Owl with green vines on a calf
Full-colour Japanese style flash drawing of a snarling tiger among bamboo leaves and clouds, with a small frog below, shown without a body placement.
Tiger, bamboo and frog flash design
Black and green quill feather and inkwell tattoo with ink splatter on the side of the torso, shown beside its pen-and-ink sketch.
Quill and inkwell on the side of the torso
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo reading Leave a Coment Below on a shaved scalp above an ear.
Text tattoo reading Leave a Coment Below
Black line drawing of a cartoon cat wearing a pirate hat, a heart-shaped eyepatch and crossbones beneath it, design only with no body placement shown.
Pirate cat with heart eyepatch and crossbones
Dark lettering reading Let it be... in a simple script on the side of the torso, partly covered by a red and multicoloured patterned bikini bottom.
Let it be lettering on the side of the body
Black and grey world map tattoo with a compass rose on the inner forearm, with the hand open to the right.
World map and compass rose on a forearm
Fine line lettering reading 'this is the beat of my heart' above a heartbeat trace tattoo on the inner wrist, shown in pale ink.
Heartbeat line and quote on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a circle filled with arcs, dots and script-like marks on a person's upper back, with a small star outline above it near the neck.
Circular script tattoo on upper back
Small blue starfish tattoo with soft shading on the back of a heel, photographed on a dark surface.
Blue starfish on a heel
Black and grey realism anchor wrapped in rope with a compass rose behind it, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Anchor and compass rose on the ribs
Black and grey wildflowers with a red swirling sun and small birds, tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Wildflowers and red sunburst on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a ring with glowing script inscription on the forearm, with a dark shadowy figure behind it.
Realistic inscribed ring on a forearm
Solid black geometric diamond tattoo with dripping ink on a forearm, set against white rosette fabric.
Dripping diamond on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the upper back that breaks apart into a flock of birds rising towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into flying birds on upper back
Traditional tattoo of a skull filled with a stars and stripes pattern, framed by banners reading American Beauty and American Psycho, in red, black and blue on skin.
Skull with flag design and banners
Colour tattoo of three stars in purple, pink and teal with black swirling lines across the upper back.
Coloured stars and swirls on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with red hair and green eyes on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small blue butterfly near the shoulder.
Cartoon mermaid with butterfly on upper arm
Black and grey Celtic knotwork shamrock tattoo with shaded ribbon-like strands on pale skin.
Celtic knot shamrock tattoo
Close-up photo of an awareness ribbon tattoo with a black outline and watercolour-style fills in pink, blue, teal, purple and orange, with splashes around it.
Watercolour awareness ribbon on skin
Traditional colour tattoo of a moth with eyespot wings above a red rose with a teal centre, shown on an upper arm in two side-by-side photos.
Moth and rose on an upper arm
Black silhouette design of four birds perched on a branch, with the word LOVE picked out in white letters across their bodies, in a blackwork style.
Four birds on a branch spelling LOVE
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red rose with a rosebud and green leaves, with a grey and black spider and web on a forearm, shown in two close-up photos.
Red rose and spider on a forearm
Black fine line heart tattoo made of fingerprint whorls, placed on the upper back.
Fingerprint heart tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat outline behind a person's ear, placed on the neck with hair visible at the top left.
Fine line cat outline behind the ear
Black outline rose with red and teal watercolour-style wash and leaves, tattooed on a shoulder and upper chest.
Red and teal rose on a shoulder
Two matching colour tattoos of Minnie and Mickey Mouse with sparkles and script, placed on the inside of two wrists.
Minnie and Mickey Mouse matching wrist tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a purple-maned unicorn with a red rose, pink hearts and green sparkles on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Unicorn and rose on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character in a wide-brimmed hat playing a bass guitar, on the outer upper arm.
Cartoon character in a hat on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf standing among bare birch trees on the inner forearm, with small birds at the top.
Black wolf among bare trees on a forearm
Black and grey botanical flower tattoo with fine linework on the upper back of a woman in a white crop top, in a forward fold on a yoga mat.
Floral tattoo on upper back
Fine line outline of a small heart in black ink on the top of a foot, between the big toe and second toe, with the foot resting in sand.
Small outline heart on a foot
Black and grey pocket watch with red cherry blossom branches and teal accents, tattooed across the upper back and shoulder.
Pocket watch and cherry blossom on a shoulder blade
Black lettering tattoo reading ELATION, ELEGANCE, EXALTATION and I LOVE SUPREME on a forearm, with a person in zebra-print shorts holding a cigarette in front of a brick wall.
Four-line text tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a yellow pencil appearing to pierce the side of a bald head above the ear, with red blood detail, and floral tattoos on the neck.
Pencil piercing the side of a head
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an owl with pink flower eyes, purple and teal scale feathers and orange accents on a thigh.
Colourful owl tattoo on a thigh
Grey realistic tattoo of an open zip with a metal pull tab on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair tied up.
Zip tattoo on the back of the neck
Crossed forearms under UV light show a small glowing swallow tattoo on one forearm and geometric band tattoos around the wrists.
Swallow and geometric bands under UV light
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pirate woman in a skull-and-crossbones tricorn hat with an eye patch, with a flower below, on a forearm.
Pirate woman with eye patch on forearm
Black ink tattoo of an Om symbol with an eye-like detail and two lines of Devanagari script on skin.
Om symbol with Devanagari script
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a white crop top and denim shorts, shown in black and grey.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on upper arm
Small black line anchor and a red shaded heart tattooed on the inside of a wrist, in a fine line style.
Anchor and heart on a wrist
Collage of three small fine line wrist tattoos: a black Eiffel Tower, a reddish-brown anchor and a dark checkmark.
Tiny Eiffel tower, anchor and checkmark on wrists
Black fine line tattoo design in continuous single-line script reading be happy, with the line running out to both sides on a white background.
Be happy continuous line lettering
Watercolour style tattoo of a stretching cat reaching towards a pink heart, outlined in fine black line with teal, pink, orange and purple washes, on a calf.
Stretching watercolour cat with heart
Full colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Disney princesses including Ariel, Belle and Tiana, with a rose and a frog, across the forearm and upper arm.
Disney princess sleeve across four views

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