Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on an open book in front of an orange moon, on the upper arm.
Cartoon owl on an open book with a moon
Colour tattoo of a grey kaiju monster breathing a blue flame, surrounded by red flames and orange clouds, on the lower leg.
Kaiju monster breathing fire on a calf
Two forearms side by side with fine black script tattoos on the inner arms, reading Um coração on the left and Um amor on the right, in a black and white photograph.
Um coração and um amor forearm script
Colour tattoo of beetroot, carrots and potatoes with green leaves and a hand reaching in, placed on the upper arm.
Root vegetables and a reaching hand on an upper arm
Blue and teal watercolour-style butterfly wing tattoo with a black semicolon, on the inner forearm.
Butterfly wing and semicolon on a forearm
Two hands rest on a wooden tree stump, each with a small black tattoo on the ring finger.
Small finger tattoos on two hands
Two forearms with matching black lettering of latitude and longitude coordinates in a simple serif font, the lower line rotated upside down in the photo.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on two forearms
Flash sheet of black ink infinity symbol designs, each with a single handwritten script word such as love, family, music or faith, on white paper.
Infinity symbol lettering flash sheet
Woman in a blue dress with traditional tattoos on her thigh, including an eagle over a skull, and colourful designs on her lower leg and upper arm.
Eagle and skull on a thigh, traditional legs
Close crop of a person in a white crop top and pink cardigan, with black script tattoo on the upper chest and a small tattoo at the side of the waist.
Devanagari script tattoo on the chest
Two forearms pressed together, each with a fine black line tattoo of the US state of New Hampshire and a small red heart near its south-eastern edge, in a fine line style.
Matching state outline tattoos on forearms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dog's face inside a black heart with red flowers, on the inner upper arm, with a rose tattoo on the forearm below.
Dog portrait in a heart on an upper arm
Black and grey sketch tattoo of Totoro, a smaller Totoro, soot sprites and leaves across an upper arm and shoulder, in a fine line style.
Totoro and soot sprites on an upper arm
Black tribal and Celtic knotwork design of a six-pointed star with a braided circle at its centre, shown on a plain white background.
Six-pointed tribal and knotwork star design
Black fine line tattoo of a small group of birds on the forearm of a woman holding a film camera.
Small birds tattoo on a forearm
Winged golden ball tattoo behind an ear with teal wash shading, shown freshly done on the left and healed on the right.
Winged golden ball behind the ear
Black and grey photo of two hands resting together, with small simple linework tattoos on the side of two fingers.
Small finger tattoos on two hands
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a leafy branch with round berries across a shoulder, shown in a close photograph against dark clothing.
Leafy branch tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey rose tattoo on one forearm and a bearded face tattoo on the other, shown on a person in a tweed waistcoat with a white shirt.
Rose and face tattoos on forearms
Realistic red poppy tattoo with watercolour-style splashes and black line swirls across the upper arm and shoulder.
Red poppies with ink swirls on shoulder
Watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in blues, greens, purple and yellow on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour hummingbird on upper back
Realistic black and grey owl tattoo on a forearm, with a shaded scroll design below it.
Realistic owl on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a black panther with yellow eyes and a red rose, set against a torn pink and red background.
Black panther and rose flash design
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight with mandala patterns on its wings and body, placed on a person's upper back.
Mandala-patterned bird in flight on upper back
Small black dotwork triangle tattoo on the forearm of a person in a white top, photographed against a plain cream wall.
Dotwork triangle on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading FRIENDS with a small coloured dot between each letter, on the inside of a wrist.
FRIENDS lettering on a wrist
Small scattered star tattoo in red, orange, blue and dark ink, running across the inner wrist and forearm.
Scattered coloured stars on a wrist
Colour tattoo of two sugar skull cats with blue paw prints, pink hearts and orange flower details on a lower leg.
Sugar skull cats and paw prints on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a scalloped heart reading BE BRAVE, framed by two flowers and dark leaves, on a forearm.
Be brave heart with flowers on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a compass surrounded by red roses, green leaves and chain on an upper arm.
Compass and roses on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose with white baseball stitching and water droplets, placed on the forearm.
Rose designed as a baseball on a forearm
Red polka-dot bow tattoo with a black outline on a shoulder, with a black bra strap running beside it.
Red polka-dot bow on shoulder
Black and grey fine line script reading No Regrets, tattooed on a person's back in a close, softly lit photo.
No Regrets script lettering on skin
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a green dragon and a grey dragon among clouds and cherry blossoms, spanning the upper back and shoulders.
Twin dragons across a back piece
Neo-traditional tattoo of a sloth in red glasses and a plaid scarf, holding a takeaway coffee cup, on the upper arm.
Sloth with glasses and coffee on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wreathed in smoke on the outer forearm, photographed against grey paving.
Skull with smoke wisps on a forearm
Solid black lace-style tattoo with scrolling leaves and a net pattern running down the right side of a bare back.
Black lace tattoo down the back
Pencil sketch of a big-eyed, round cat-like creature hanging by its paws from two ropes, with a fluffy tail, drawn on cream paper beside a pencil.
Big-eyed cat creature hanging from ropes sketch
Botanical tattoo of a lilac flower cluster and shaded leaf on the lower leg above the ankle, with the flowers fading from grey to warm brown.
Lilac sprig and leaf on the lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of two roses in outline and soft shading, placed on the top of a shoulder and upper arm.
Two roses on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with a small script word above it on the upper arm, photographed in black and white.
Compass rose with script on an upper arm
Fine line script design reading carpe diem, drawn with one continuous black line that extends to both sides, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Carpe diem script line design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three ravens wrapped around a central eyeball with yellow lightning bolts and stars, across the outer thigh.
Ravens, eye and lightning on a thigh
Small coloured paw print tattoo on a thigh, with white daisies, green leaves and black swirling linework and dot details.
Daisy paw print on a thigh
Black fine-line tattoo of a map-like design with concentric circles and dots across a thigh, worn with frayed green shorts.
Map-style linework across a thigh
Black and grey fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by snakes, a rose, a bird and a butterfly, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman's face with snakes and flowers
Fine line Millennium Falcon tattoo in brown ink on the side of a person's ribs, with a white top lifted above blue jeans.
Millennium Falcon tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of circles, diamonds and hexagons joined by thin vertical lines, on a calf.
Geometric line tattoo on a calf

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