Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional colour tattoo of a dagger gripped by a hand with a crown pommel, above a red rose and black leaves, on the upper back.
Dagger and rose on upper back
Drawn flash design of an elephant head with pastel lotus petals above and below, framed by black ink swirls and dot ornaments.
Elephant and lotus flash design
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a branching twig running up a forearm, with the hand hanging down at the wrist.
Branching twig tattoo on a forearm
Dotwork and geometric flash design of a moth inside overlapping red triangles, with an eye, crescent moons and dots around it, in pink and red linework.
Moth in sacred geometry design
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with shaded blades and filigree handles across a forearm.
Ornate scissors on a forearm
Realistic red faceted gemstone tattoo on the forearm, with black facets and a soft shadow beneath it.
Red faceted gemstone on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a rose, with two leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a cat face with bright green eyes and a paw outline on the calf, with blue, red and black dot splashes.
Watercolour cat face on a calf
Hand-drawn black lettering design in a sketchbook reading 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now and this bird you cannot change, with decorative letterforms and shading.
Lettering design with a bird lyric
Colour tattoo of two songbirds perched among blackberry branches across the upper abdomen, in a neo-traditional style.
Two songbirds and blackberries across the stomach
Black blackwork tattoo of a crescent moon with white hatched stripes across the shoulder and upper arm of a person photographed from behind.
Crescent moon with striped shading on shoulder
Fine line black Eye of Horus tattoo on the middle toe of a foot with white painted toenails.
Eye of Horus on a toe
Black and grey ornamental tattoo on a woman's forearm, her hand resting on her chest while she wears a beige knit jumper.
Ornamental tattoo on a forearm
Black traditional-style tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with a dagger below, with dotwork shading, on a calf.
Snake coiled around a skull on a calf
Full back tattoo of a multi-armed goddess wearing a skull garland, set against a red sun disc, with a lotus on the shoulder and a blue sleeve on the arm, in Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Goddess with skulls full back tattoo
Colourful geometric bear face tattoo on the upper arm, built from pink, teal, purple and orange facets with soft gradient shading.
Geometric bear face on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a Vespa scooter framed by leaves, berries, swirling flourishes and cloud shapes, shown as a flash design.
Vespa scooter with leaves and swirls
Collage of nine sewing-themed tattoos, including a traditional sewing machine on a forearm and scissors with a red spool on an upper arm, with a fine line spool on a forearm.
Sewing-themed tattoos in a nine-image collage
Black and grey pen drawing of an anchor tattoo design built from a ship, two swallows, a butterfly, roses, a compass and small lettering, in a fine line style.
Anchor tattoo design made of small icons
Two hands rest on a black and white patterned fabric, showing a small black fine line chevron tattoo on one wrist and a tiny outline heart on the other forearm.
Small chevron and heart tattoos on wrists
Dark blue-black silhouettes of birds in flight rise across the upper back toward the shoulder, with the script words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly beneath them.
Flock of birds and script quote on upper back
Detailed black and grey realism style owl with amber eyes on the calf, with a branch tattoo running down to the ankle.
Owl and branch on a lower leg
Black line tattoo of a dreamcatcher with feathers and beads on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark nail polish.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the wrist
Open sketchbook with hand-drawn flash designs of eyes in green ink and skulls and eucalyptus sprigs in blue and orange, set on denim beside dried flowers.
Eye, skull and eucalyptus flash sketches
Close photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading Let It Be in white ink on the inner forearm, set against a leopard print background.
Let It Be script on the inner forearm
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo on the upper back, with a banner reading it's just a spark but its enough beside a starburst.
Swallow with spark quote on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a songbird with spread wings, shaded with stippled dotwork on the lower arm.
Flying songbird in dotwork shading
Fine line black tattoo of a teepee with the word HOME beneath it, a crescent moon, a ringed planet and stars on the calf.
Teepee, planets and HOME on a calf
Back view of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a solid black butterfly tattoo on the nape of her neck, with a thin black band running across the neck beside it.
Butterfly tattoo on the nape of the neck
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading love on a wrist.
Love script on the wrist
Black and grey ornate elephant tattoo with intricate patterned detailing on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant on a shoulder blade
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a bouquet of cartoon flowers with smiling faces and a blue bow with a gem, on the thigh.
Cartoon flower bouquet with bow on a thigh
Black fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with three shaded feathers on the inner wrist, beside an orange leather strap.
Dreamcatcher with three feathers on a wrist
Collage of six colour cartoon tattoos from The Simpsons, with lettering in banners and speech bubbles, shown on skin in traditional style.
Six Simpsons character tattoos in a collage
Black and grey realistic dragon with a shaded head and scaled body, claws gripping a sphere, tattooed on the upper arm.
Black and grey dragon gripping a sphere on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with layered petals and dotwork shading, centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Mandala tattoo between the shoulder blades
Black script lettering reading Wanderlust across the top of a bare foot, with dark jeans visible at the sides of the frame.
Wanderlust script on the top of a foot
Fine line black tattoo of a looping heart with an inner swirl, placed on the forearm near the wrist beside a steel watch and bracelet.
Looping heart on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a small mountain range on a forearm, resting on white bedding beside a knitted sweater sleeve.
Small mountain outline on a forearm
Black handwritten lettering on an upper arm reads its is my life with the attribution Jon Bovi beneath it.
Handwritten quote on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of footprints with angel wings and a purple halo on the torso, with a US quarter placed over the lower part for scale.
Baby footprints with angel wings and halo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, monarch butterfly and rose with a red wash behind, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull, rose and butterfly on an upper arm
Black line flash sheet of lightning bolts, clouds and the words Lightning and Thunderbolt, shown as designs with no body placement.
Lightning bolt and cloud flash sheet
Colour realism tattoo of an orange jellyfish with red trailing tentacles and a teal wash behind it, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Orange jellyfish with teal wash on ribs
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with dotwork detail on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Mandala flower tattoo on the side of the torso
Colour tattoo on a forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a stylised woman's face above a pink lotus flower with swirling orange and green shapes.
Woman and lotus colour tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line crescent moon tattoo on a forearm, filled with ornate floral and scroll patterns in a botanical fine line style.
Ornamental crescent moon on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a grey anchor with a yellow and orange flower, red accents and swirls, on the top of a foot.
Traditional anchor and flower on a foot

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