Tattoo ideas

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

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A small brown puppy with a red collar held in a hand on a tattooed forearm, which carries a colourful traditional-style design, against a plain grey background.
Puppy held on a tattooed forearm
Colour tattoo of red peony flowers with green leaves on the outer forearm, shown on a person in a grey top and dark jeans.
Red peonies on a forearm
Close photo of black fine script lettering reading Moment on the inner forearm, with a pendant necklace and a bare shoulder visible.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Let me be your wings, with a small butterfly outline beside it, tattooed on a forearm.
Script quote with butterfly on forearm
Realism tattoo of fanned banknotes with a large 100 in an ornate circle on the forearm, shaded in black and grey.
Fanned banknotes with 100 on forearm
Colourful watercolour-style splash tattoo on a forearm with a white treble clef, black music notes and black vine linework.
Treble clef and rainbow splash on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of two crossed arrows with the letters N, E, S and W, on the inner forearm above a gold watch strap.
Crossed arrow compass on a forearm
Three photographs of a forearm tattoo of black hexagons and dotwork shading that wraps toward the elbow, with red and blue splashes above.
Hexagon and dotwork forearm tattoo
Black and grey photograph of a fine line botanical tattoo of two flowers with curling vines on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two flowers and vines on a wrist
Close view of a black script tattoo reading Remain you on the inner wrist of a hand with long nude nails.
Script wording on the inner wrist
Small fine line outline tattoo of a smiling ghost in black ink on the inner wrist.
Small ghost tattoo on the inner wrist
Two fine line black script tattoos, one reading amica mea on the upper back and one reading soror mea on the inner forearm.
Latin script words on back and forearm
Shirtless man with a realistic black and grey skull and red sunburst tattoo across his chest and stomach, with geometric linework and red and grey sleeves on both arms.
Skull and geometric full torso and sleeve tattoo
Two wrists side by side: a grey botanical wildflower tattoo on one inner wrist and a soft pink cherry blossom tattoo on the other.
Grey wildflowers and pink blossom on wrists
Two matching script tattoos reading 'our bond is everlasting' on a pair of inner wrists, each ending in a small heart, one red and one dark.
Matching 'our bond is everlasting' script on two wrists
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of script lettering on a line like a heartbeat, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line script on a heartbeat line
Fine line script reading laugh your heart out with pink and orange watercolour splashes and small birds on the inner forearm.
Script quote and watercolour splash on forearm
Colour forearm tattoo of a shouting martial arts fighter in a white gi and red headband, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Martial arts fighter character on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a grey skull with glowing teal eyes above a smaller red skull, on the inner forearm against a dark background.
Glowing teal skull and red skull on a forearm
Solid black cross tattoo on the inner forearm, with the text PSALMS 119:30 written in thin lettering alongside the upright.
Cross with Psalms 119:30 on a forearm
Close-up of a small blue-grey ornate key tattoo with a scrolled bow on the inner wrist, with the palm facing up.
Ornate key on the inner wrist
Small black crescent moon tattoo with soft shading on the inner wrist and forearm of a pale-skinned arm, against a plain light background.
Small crescent moon on the inner wrist
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a semicolon with green, blue, orange and purple streaks on the wrist.
Semicolon with watercolour splash on wrist
Black and grey lipstick tattoo with a pink tip on a forearm, with pink script reading Love and three small pink hearts above it.
Lipstick and Love script on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of an anatomical heart with blue and red vessels on the forearm.
Anatomical heart on a forearm
Close view of dark geometric henna-style patterns covering a forearm, wrist and the back of a hand, with rings on the fingers.
Henna-style pattern on hand and forearm
Black handwritten script tattoo of a quotation running down the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Handwritten script quote on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm of two large stars and a small star, one filled with a night sky and the other with a mountain scene and a bicycle.
Stars with night sky and mountain bicycle scene
Black line tattoo of an atom with a clustered nucleus and solid and dotted orbits on the inner forearm, in fine line style.
Atom diagram on an inner forearm
Small teal numerals reading 398.2 in a simple script on the inner wrist, with a hand holding a Grimm's Fairy Tales book and a tiara behind it.
398.2 numerals on the inner wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo of banknotes, a dollar sign and a $100 note covering a man's forearm, shown from the front with a white t-shirt and jeans in the background.
Banknote and dollar sign sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo with leaves on a forearm, shown beside a gold watch and pale pink nails.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a watch face with splashes, numbers and stars on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Watch face and colour splashes on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger through a red rose with black leaves, a chain and a bird on a forearm.
Dagger through rose and chain on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an animal skull with a yellow crescent moon, a red rose and green leaves on a forearm, with a black snake coiled below.
Animal skull, rose and snake on a forearm
Realism style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a wrinkled fantasy creature portrait above a smaller figure with green eyes, with a red flower at the top.
Realistic fantasy portraits on a forearm
Two photographs of a forearm sleeve tattoo in an Art Nouveau style, with red bellflowers and green vines on the inner arm and a framed seated woman with skulls on the outer arm.
Art Nouveau bellflower forearm sleeve
Fine line black tattoo of a paper plane and a paper boat on the inner forearm.
Paper plane and paper boat on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of bold outline symbols, including a Deathly Hallows triangle, a wand, three golden snitch style circles, a lightning bolt and a snake shaped S.
Harry Potter symbols spelling a word on forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm reading F:GHT ON in plain capitals, with the letter I replaced by a colon.
Small lettering reading F:GHT ON on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a cross with a semicolon beneath it on the inner wrist of a hand with black nail polish.
Small cross and semicolon on wrist
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a hovering hummingbird on the inner forearm.
Hummingbird on a forearm
Side-by-side photo: at left, a dog's paw pad held in a hand on straw; at right, a realistic black and grey tattoo of the same paw print on a forearm.
Realistic dog paw print tattoo on forearm
Black ink tattoo of an elephant filled with mandala-style patterns, placed on the forearm against a pale skin tone.
Ornamental elephant on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Beautiful on the inner wrist, with a silver wristwatch worn on the same arm.
Beautiful script lettering on a wrist
Small fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon beside a smiling bunny face on the inner wrist.
Crescent moon and bunny on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a purple perfume bottle with a gold cap, pink cherry blossoms and a teal feather on the forearm.
Perfume bottle with blossoms on a forearm
A hand with a dark tattoo with green accents on the forearm holds a blue plastic toy tattoo machine beside a box of pipe cleaners and temporary tattoo sheets.
Hand holding a toy tattoo machine

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