Tattoo ideas

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Pink Cheshire Cat tattoo with teal eyes and a grinning mouth, with script lettering curling down its tail on the thigh.
Cheshire Cat with script lettering on a thigh
Traditional-style black moth tattoo across the stomach, with a colour clock face tattoo with Roman numerals on the thigh.
Moth on stomach and clock on thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and buds across the outer thigh.
Cherry blossom branch on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow, set in a gold scrolled heart frame with pearls, on the upper thigh.
White cartoon cat in a gold and lilac heart frame
Four-panel photo of a full colour cartoon leg sleeve tattoo on a leg, featuring Bart Simpson, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spider-Man and Venom, shown from the thigh to the calf.
Cartoon leg sleeve across four views
Fine line cursive lettering tattoo in black ink running across the front of an upper thigh, with a black dress lifted beside it.
Cursive script tattoo on a thigh
Two colour tattoos on a pair of thighs, one of Elsa from Frozen and one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, each in an ornate oval frame in neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Ariel framed portraits on thighs
Black fine line geometric tattoo of a circle, arcs, a diamond and dots running vertically on the thigh.
Fine line geometric circle and diamond on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with closed eyes and a pearl headband, beside a horned pink creature, on the upper thigh.
Woman in profile with horned creature on thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a ram head with curled horns, a red crescent moon and a red rose on the thigh.
Ram head with rose and crescent moon
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with black hair and glasses inside a pink and purple scalloped frame on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon character portrait in a scalloped frame
Colour tattoo of a sleeping cartoon princess surrounded by pansies, a pink rose, a butterfly and a bee, with bold black outlines, on the upper thigh.
Sleeping cartoon princess among flowers on thigh
Black line tattoo of two roses and an ornate filigree oval on the outer thigh, with a dotted line trailing below.
Roses and filigree oval on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat face with sugar skull eye markings, framed by red roses and flowers, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull cat with roses on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a man and a woman in portrait, with a large red rose, spider web and green leaves.
Portrait couple and red rose on a thigh
Two raised legs covered in traditional style tattoos of roses, skulls and banners, with a large rose on the calf and a foot tattoo near the ankle.
Tattooed legs with roses and skulls
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a black cat wearing a jewelled headband and pearl necklace, resting behind a pale crystal ball on the thigh, shown in two photos side by side.
Black cat with crystal ball on thigh
Colour tattoo of a black raven beside red poppies and green leaves on a person's upper thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Raven and red poppies on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh showing two cartoon dogs, Lady and Tramp, inside an ornate orange and teal scrolled frame.
Lady and Tramp in an ornate frame on a thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of sunflowers, daisies and leaves wrapping across the outer thigh and hip.
Sunflowers and daisies across the outer thigh
Colour tattoo of a pumpkin-headed figure in a ruffled collar and striped body, holding a ghost with a candy bowl, with a small bat above, on the thigh.
Pumpkin-headed figure with a bat on thigh
Watercolour style Hogwarts crest tattoo in red, yellow, green and blue on the thigh, outlined in fine black linework with paint-like drips.
Watercolour Hogwarts crest tattoo on thigh
Colour realism tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and pink and peach roses with blue flowers, on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Anchor and roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer head with antlers, a flying bird, daisies and roses on the outer thigh.
Deer, bird and flowers on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a hand holding a steaming mug, sitting on the outer side of a thigh.
Steaming mug line drawing on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a pink-iced doughnut with white sprinkles, a bite taken out and a red drip, in bold black outline on the outer thigh.
Pink iced doughnut tattoo on a leg
Realistic shaded dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers and teal beads on the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a seated woman at a vanity, a horned demon in the mirror, and the quote 'What is this that stands before me' arched above.
Woman at a mirror with demon reflection
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a retro rocket and planets inside a dotted circle of stars, placed on the thigh.
Retro rocket in a dotwork night sky
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers, beads and shaded roses on the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher and roses on a thigh
Black and grey traditional roses with thorns and leaves on the upper thigh, shown against a white waistband and a patterned bedsheet.
Black and grey roses on a thigh
Black and grey script lettering on one thigh and a sugar skull with heart-shaped eyes on the other thigh, with legs resting on white sheets.
Script and sugar skull tattoos on thighs
Black cursive lettering quotation tattoo across the upper thigh, shown in fine line script beside denim shorts.
Cursive quotation tattoo on the thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a tan dog with its tongue out and a pink bandana, on the upper leg.
Realistic dog portrait with pink bandana
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat with a moustache and swept-back hair paddling an orange canoe, placed on the outer thigh.
Cartoon cat in a canoe on a thigh
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a pocket watch on a gold chain, a red heart and curling script reading Have I gone mad, in a lettering and neo-traditional style.
Alice quote and pocket watch on a thigh
Back view of two legs with a watercolour-style tree on the left calf and a splashed bird on the right thigh, in pink, blue, green and teal.
Watercolour tree and bird on both legs
Two thigh tattoos in black ink with grey shading and red accents, showing a Millennium Falcon and a Death Star with a red Rebel Alliance emblem and a black Imperial emblem below the knees.
Star Wars starships and emblems on thighs
Colour tattoo of a hairless sphynx-style cat with yellow eyes, set within green scrollwork and a red ornamental cartouche, on the outer upper thigh.
Sphynx cat with scrollwork on a thigh
Teal and black circular sigil tattoo on the outer thigh, surrounded by a curved black lettering quote.
Teal circular sigil with quote on thigh
Black and grey lion face framed by roses and crystals in a blackwork and dotwork style on the upper thigh.
Lion face and roses on the thigh
Black script lettering reading Every storm runs out of rain, curving across the outer thigh of a person lying on a bed.
Every storm runs out of rain quote on a thigh
Realistic blue rose tattoo with watercolour splashes and black ink streaks on the thigh.
Blue rose with watercolour splashes on thigh
Colour tattoo of a red rose and a sugar skull with grey vines on the outer thigh, shown above denim shorts against a graffiti wall.
Red rose and sugar skull on a thigh
Close crop of a torso in a white bikini with a fine line rose tattoo on the centre chest and a dark botanical sleeve on the upper arm, plus script on the ribs.
Fine line rose on a torso in a white bikini
Split image showing a purple linework sketch of R2-D2 beside a coloured traditional-style tattoo of R2-D2 on a thigh, with a banner reading BEEP BOOP and a flower.
R2-D2 banner tattoo, sketch and colour
Black London skyline tattoo on the side of a thigh, showing Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the London Eye and three birds in solid black ink.
London skyline silhouette on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a butterfly with black, tan, blue-grey and yellow wings on the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible at the edge of the frame.
Realistic butterfly on the thigh

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