Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a grey skeleton hand pointing with one finger and holding a red banner that reads BANG, on the upper arm.
Skeleton hand pointing with a BANG banner
Black and grey tribal blackwork tattoo with a circular chest panel and a band running down the upper arm, on a shirtless man outdoors.
Black tribal tattoo across shoulder and chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral pocket watch, a shaded rose and gears across the upper arm, shown in two side by side photos.
Clock, rose and gears on an upper arm
Black ink tattoo of the word CREATE in bold letters over brush strokes and ink splatter on the upper arm.
Bold CREATE lettering with brush strokes
Colour realism tattoo of a bald eagle head in front of an American flag, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Bald eagle and American flag on upper arm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty wearing a red bow, set against a blurred rainbow wash with small multicoloured stars, on an upper arm.
Hello Kitty with stars on an arm
Black and grey photo of a shirtless man with black tribal and spiral tattoos on his chest and shoulders and a sleeve on his arm, wearing a cap pulled low.
Tribal and sleeve tattoos on a muscular torso
Botanical tattoo of pink roses, rosebuds, green leaves and orange sprigs on a woman's upper arm, below the shoulder.
Pink rose spray on an upper arm
A person in a patterned dress holds a Ricoh film camera, showing a black and grey rose on the forearm, a sleeve on the upper arm, and lettering and a botanical design on the legs.
Rose, lettering and botanical tattoos on a person holding a
Close view of a pale, multicoloured tattoo covering an upper arm and the side of the torso, showing sea anemone and coral style forms.
Marine life sleeve on arm and side
Fine line black and grey tattoo of two crossed lavender sprigs on the inner upper arm, with stippled flower heads.
Crossed lavender sprigs on the inner upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Cellar Door with swirling flourishes on the inner upper arm, against a black and white damask towel.
Cellar Door script on upper arm
Black ink geometric tattoo of diamonds, crosses and lattice outlines on an upper arm near the elbow, shown in black and white.
Geometric cross-stitch elbow tattoo
Traditional colour tattoo of a red heart with a MOM banner, a blue swallow and green leaves on the upper arm.
Swallow and heart with MOM banner on upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating floral pattern on the upper arm, shown in a close photograph of a person in a striped top.
Dotwork mandala on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing three numbered line drawings of hands holding chopsticks.
Three-step chopstick guide on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing two pink flamingos, a silver vintage trailer, a crescent moon and pine trees against a sandy landscape.
Flamingos and vintage trailer on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a peacock feather with a blue and green eye running down the upper arm and shoulder.
Peacock feather on upper arm
Small black and grey fine line rose tattoo with a leaf on the inner upper arm.
Small rose on the inner upper arm
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an owl above a woman holding a book labelled WISDOM, set against a red circle.
Owl and woman traditional tattoo on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm spelling the word Always, with the letters replaced by symbols including a triangle with a circle, a wand, a lightning bolt and a snake.
Always lettering with symbols on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a carnation and leafy stem held by a dotwork hand on the upper arm.
Carnation and hand in dotwork
Black and grey fine-line geometric wave tattoo running from the upper back over the shoulder and down the outstretched upper arm.
Wave linework across back and arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose, a pocket watch, a rosebud and a string of pearls on the upper arm, outlined in bold black lines.
Traditional rose, clock and pearls on upper arm
Partly visible tattoos on the upper arm and forearm of a rider in a full-face helmet sitting on a motorcycle.
Helmeted rider with arm tattoos on a motorcycle
Full sleeve realistic tattoo of a galaxy, a ringed planet, a glowing black hole and a lightning storm on an upper arm and forearm.
Galaxy and planets full sleeve
Collage of four photos of fine line skyline tattoos on a foot, an upper arm and a forearm, one showing London's Big Ben and London Eye in black and grey.
City skyline tattoos on foot and arms
Small black and grey scallop shell tattoo on the upper arm, with a bare back visible in the foreground.
Scallop shell on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red-haired fairy in a flower crown with green leaf-like wings, on the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Fairy with flower crown and leaf wings
Gold and turquoise metallic temporary tattoo of feathers, elephants and a mandala across a woman's back and upper arm.
Gold and turquoise feather and elephant back design
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a purple and rainbow UFO with a teal and yellow beam over orange pyramids and pink clouds, on an upper arm.
UFO beam over pyramids on an upper arm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a winged anchor with leaves and red shading on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Winged anchor tattoo on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a pug on the inner upper arm, drawn in black outline with solid black patches on its face and back.
Pug outline tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, a triangle and dots on the inner upper arm.
Overlapping circles and geometric lines on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face, with a clock hand and faint script, on an upper arm.
Skull and clock face on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon elephant Dumbo with large pink ears and blue eyes, outlined in black, on an upper arm.
Dumbo the elephant on an upper arm
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style lion head tattoo on the upper arm, with an orange realistic half and a purple, teal and green galaxy-style half.
Watercolour lion on upper arm
Woman with a fine line black ornamental tattoo on her inner wrist and a black tree tattoo with Roman numerals on her upper arm.
Fine line wrist mark and tree with numerals
Fine line black script tattoo reading ohana on the outer upper arm, below a white sleeve.
Ohana script on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's back showing two bearded warriors, one in a helmet with a chain mail collar, with a raven, an axe and stormy clouds, extending onto the upper arms.
Norse warriors and raven across a full back
Full sleeve neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing cartoon video game motifs including a floating character, clouds, a question block, a green pipe and a piranha plant.
Video game sleeve tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of daisy-like flowers with buds and leaves, running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Botanical flowers across shoulder and upper arm
Small black fine line rabbit tattoo on the inner upper arm of a person with long auburn hair and a striped top.
Tiny rabbit on the upper arm
Woman with long blonde hair showing a metallic gold and turquoise feather temporary tattoo on her back, with small gold and black designs on her upper arm.
Gold and turquoise feather tattoo on the back
Realistic full moon with small stars and a purple and blue night sky tattooed across a shoulder and upper arm.
Full moon and night sky on a shoulder
Three men display black and grey full sleeve tattoos on their upper arms and shoulders, with swirling blackwork, dotwork and geometric panels.
Three black and grey ornamental full sleeves
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a pine cone with scratchy shading, placed on the upper arm of a person with freckled skin.
Pine cone tattoo on the upper arm

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