Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line tattoo of a small boxy robot with a red heart on the torso, on the side of the body above the waistband.
Small robot with red heart on the side
Black and grey brushstroke tattoo of a small perched bird with a long tail, placed on the lower leg above a black sock.
Small bird on the lower leg
Dark ink tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope forming an infinity symbol, on the top of a bare foot above a wooden floor.
Anchor and rope infinity on a foot
A thin black horizontal brushstroke tattoo sits on the upper back near the neck of a woman in a white top with red trim.
Single black brushstroke line on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of wildflowers in a glass jar on the side of the ribs, with a black lace bra visible.
Small flowers in a jar on the ribs
Black cog and gear design arranged in a tall vertical cluster on a plain white background.
Vertical cluster of cogs and gears
Collage of colour Disney character tattoos, including the Beast on a hand, Scar, a Genie, and Peter Pan and Tinker Bell on a forearm sleeve.
Disney character tattoos collage on hand and arm
Black script lettering reading "I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell" across a patch of skin in a sepia-toned photo.
Script quote tattoo on skin
Black ink flash sheet of around twenty small hand-drawn tree designs on a white background, in a simple botanical linework style.
Hand-drawn tree designs flash sheet
Black ink flash drawing of a symmetrical geometric lotus-style motif with fine lines and stippled dots, shown on a cream background with no body placement visible.
Geometric lotus-style design drawing
Black and red tattoo design of a sword over a red cross shield, flanked by wings, with a banner reading Accipite Armaturam Dei.
Winged sword and shield with banner
Blackwork armband tattoo of stacked chevron bands on a forearm, photographed on a blurred city street.
Black chevron band on a forearm
Bare back of a woman with a vertical line of planets, including one ringed like Saturn, running down her spine and a world map tattoo on her shoulder blade, with red and blue continents.
Solar system down the spine and world map on shoulder
Black and grey fine line owl tattoo with spread wings, a script quote above and geometric lines below, across the upper chest.
Owl with spread wings across upper chest
Black and grey photo of a small black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Coordinates tattoo across the upper chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an eye inside an ornate triangle, with a chain and butterfly below, on the outer thigh of a person wearing a grey skirt.
Eye in triangle and butterfly on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a grey teacup with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves, placed on the thigh.
Teacup and rose on a thigh
A pencil sketch on tracing paper of a horned warrior holding a spear above a second armoured figure, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design with clouds and a large circle behind.
Horned warrior with spear, tattoo sketch
Black and grey dotwork elephant silhouette within fine line geometric circles and triangles on a forearm.
Elephant and geometric lines on a forearm
Black and grey diamond-shaped tattoo on a limb showing a flying saucer over mountains and pine trees, with the words I want to believe along the left edge.
UFO over mountains in a diamond frame
Black ink script quote reading Through Dangers Untold and Hardships Unnumbered on the inner wrist, beside a white dogwood flower on stone.
Quote on the inner wrist beside a dogwood flower
Fine line black script tattoo of a semicolon followed by the word live on the inner wrist.
Semicolon and live on a wrist
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a mint ice cream scoop shaped like a cat's face, with a chocolate drip and cherry, beside red flowers in a neo-traditional style.
Cat-face ice cream cone on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of pink roses, buds and small blossoms with green leaves across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Pink roses and blossoms on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of an owl perched on a leafy branch, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Owl on a branch on the upper back
Two matching black line tattoos of a stag head with antlers and leaves, one on each ankle.
Matching stag tattoos on ankles
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the inner upper arm, shown in a photo above a second photo of an arrow tattoo on the ribs.
Small arrow tattoo on upper arm and ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a pin-up style figure with an exposed ribcage and shaded roses on the upper thigh, shown on a person lying on a white bed.
Pin-up figure with ribcage and roses on thigh
Two views of a red and black mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner elbow and forearm.
Red mandala tattoo on an elbow
Black and grey seahorse tattoo built from ornate paisley and scrollwork, curling tail and dorsal fin, on the outer thigh.
Ornate paisley seahorse on thigh
Close-up of two hands with red K and Q letter tattoos, each paired with a heart, on the fingers and hand, with a dark tattoo partly visible on the wrist.
K and Q heart tattoos on fingers
Tiny solid black rabbit silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a light blue wristband.
Small rabbit silhouette on the wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a small standing astronaut in a helmet and spacesuit, placed on the upper arm.
Stippled astronaut on upper arm
Black infinity-style swirl design with trailing dots on a white background, shown as a tattoo flash drawing.
Infinity swirl design with trailing dots
Black and white photo of clasped hands with small dark tattoos on the fingers and back of the hand, a wristwatch on one wrist and a dark suit cuff.
Clasped hands with finger tattoos
Black ink script lettering reading hallelujah with a long flowing tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Hallelujah in script lettering
Two matching fine line black arrow tattoos, each pointing upwards, on the inner wrists of two people held side by side.
Matching arrow tattoos on wrists
Watercolour style tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and a blue wash behind it, placed on a person's upper back.
Watercolour elephant on upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two adult elephants and three young walking in a line across the upper back, with stippled shading.
Elephant family walking across upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tall lupin flower spike with buds and star-shaped leaves on the upper arm.
Lupin sprig on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a butterfly with curling scrolls filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Scrollwork butterfly tattoo design
Colour realism tattoo on the back of a woman's profile inside an outline map of Africa, with a beaded necklace and white and red headdress.
Woman in profile within a map of Africa
Fine line black script reading let it be with three small birds in flight above it, tattooed on the side of a person's body.
Let it be lettering with birds on skin
Black ink drawing of two whale tails rising from stylised waves on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Two whale tails with waves
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a flying saucer and a ringed planet with small stars on the inner wrists of two hands raised together.
Matching flying saucer and planet wrist tattoos
Pink rose tattoo in a stained-glass style with green leaves and the script words Tale as old as time, on the side of a torso.
Stained glass rose with script on the side
Black and grey dotwork back piece of a central lotus, ornate mandala motifs and geometric bands, placed across the upper and lower back.
Dotwork mandala back piece
Black and grey ornamental tattoos of an elephant and a cat in decorative headdresses, covering the outer thigh.
Elephant and cat thigh tattoos

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