Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey geometric mandala with dotwork shading on a person's ribs, beside a colourful bird tattoo on the upper arm.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the ribs
Small grey shaded owl tattoo with yellow eyes on the middle finger of a clenched hand.
Small owl tattoo on a finger
Two colour tattoos of halved avocados with dark green outlines sit on the upper arms of two people standing side by side outdoors.
Matching avocado halves on two upper arms
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on the inner wrist, a heart outline with the word Love written in looping script inside it.
Script love heart on a wrist
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm of a young child resting their chin on their hands beside a tabby cat, with a few older tattoos at the top edge of the arm.
Realistic child and tabby cat on a forearm
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic open rose with a rose bud, leaves and a draped pearl necklace, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and pearls pencil design
Colour tattoo of a yellow and orange sunflower with green leaves and a red ladybird, in a traditional style on the thigh.
Sunflower and ladybird on a thigh
Back of a person's neck showing a fine line black tattoo of a horizontal bar balanced on a small upright triangle, in a fine line geometric style.
Balance line and triangle on the neck
Detailed fine line drawing of a sparrow in flight with outstretched wings, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Sparrow in flight, ink linework
Large black lace-style mandala tattoo with dotwork trails across a person's hip and upper thigh, lying on a bed.
Black lace mandala tattoo on hip and thigh
Black and grey rose tattoo with a long stem and leaves on a forearm, drawn in botanical linework with dotwork shading.
Rose with stem and leaves on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of two interlocking outline hearts crossed by a thin diagonal stroke, on the side of the torso.
Interlocking hearts on the side torso
Back view of both calves covered in black and grey roses, leaves and geometric dotwork patterns that run up towards the knees.
Geometric and rose leg tattoos on calves
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a teal and yellow mech figure among cherry blossom branches, with two black kanji characters, on skin.
Mech with cherry blossoms and kanji
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grinning shark head rising from a purple cupcake beneath a parasol, with bubbles, on the outer thigh.
Shark cupcake with parasol on thigh
Painterly colour tattoo of a cat head with blue eyes and small stars, placed on the calf and shown in pink, blue, green and orange.
Colourful cat head with stars on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with a striped scarf wrapped around it, on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey top.
TARDIS with striped scarf on upper arm
Colourful kawaii taco tattoo with a smiling face and the words I DON'T WANNA 'BOUT IT on an upper arm, surrounded by a skull, leaves and a butterfly.
Kawaii taco with lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey drawing of an elephant in profile, filled with intricate mandala and floral patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornamental mandala elephant design
Close up of a woman with long blonde hair wearing a white crochet bralette, with a gold-toned geometric arrow and triangle design on her forearm.
Gold arrow and triangle design on a forearm
Black ink mandala tattoo with floral motifs and dotwork shading across the back of a hand and onto the forearm, resting on a teal patterned cloth.
Mandala tattoo across hand and forearm
Close photo of a black rune-style tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with an open copy of City of Bones and its chapter 14 page beside it.
Black rune tattoo on a wrist beside an open book
Black linework compass rose inside rings, with crossed arrows, on a shoulder, in a geometric style.
Compass rose with crossed arrows on a shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunflower with two small birds and green leaves, placed on the calf.
Sunflower and birds on a lower leg
Black line drawing of an ornate butterfly with swirling filigree wings and heart-shaped motifs, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate butterfly line design
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "this too shall pass" in black ink across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Handwritten "this too shall pass" on the collarbone
Black fine line tattoo of a vintage single-lens reflex camera with shaded body detail, sitting on the upper chest beneath an open checked shirt collar.
Single-lens camera tattoo on the chest
Small black stag head tattoo with antlers at the nape of a person's neck, shown in a black and white photograph of the back of the head and shoulders.
Small stag head tattoo at the nape
Geometric fox tattoo with black patterned linework, a black-filled body and blue patterned wings, shown on skin.
Geometric fox with blue wings
Blue caduceus tattoo with outspread wings and a twining serpent on the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Blue caduceus on the inner wrist
Black fine line geometric tattoo of a circular pattern within a band shape on the inner forearm, photographed against a bathroom background.
Geometric line tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black botanical sprig with a dotted trailing stem on the upper arm of a person in a black dress.
Small botanical sprig on upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style drawing of a winged dragon with an open mouth and coiled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged dragon tattoo design
Colour tattoo of the Where's Waldo character's face in a red and white striped hat and round glasses, placed behind a person's ear.
Where's Waldo face behind the ear
Small black fine-line tattoo of two overlapping outlined triangles on the upper arm near the elbow, in a geometric style.
Two overlapping triangles on an upper arm
Black and grey shaded roses and a dark geometric shape tattooed on a forearm, with the person standing in a white room wearing a pale floral shirt and jeans.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Black ink mandala design drawn on pale paper, with a geometric star-like centre surrounded by ornate petal and scroll patterns, beside three red piping bags.
Radial mandala design drawn in black ink
Black and grey traditional style rose tattoo design with shaded petals and hatched leaves, drawn on a grey background with no body placement shown.
Black and grey rose with leaves
Black ink lace garter tattoo with a bow sitting around the upper thigh, with a hand resting on a person's head beside it.
Lace garter tattoo with bow on thigh
Realism tattoo of a shaded grey skull wrapped in green leaves and water droplets, on the outer thigh.
Skull with green leaves on a thigh
Small black silhouette of a walking cat on a forearm, with a trail of tiny multicoloured paw prints leading towards it.
Black cat with rainbow paw prints on forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a coffee plant branch with white flowers and red berries on the upper arm.
Coffee plant branch on upper arm
Colour tattoo of three cat heads, a calico, a grey tabby and a ginger tabby, inside a purple heart outline on an ankle.
Three cats in a heart on an ankle
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink wild rose with red rose hips and green leaves on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a wider view.
Wild rose branch on an upper arm
Fine line script tattoo reading "do small things with great love" running vertically beside the spine on a bare back.
Script quote running down the back
Fine line black tattoo of a cat with a raised tail, paw prints and a small red heart, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Cat and paw prints on the upper chest
Fine line tattoo of a black heartbeat trace with a small red filled heart on the inner wrist and hand.
Heartbeat line and heart on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's face with a shaded mane on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting on a dark leather surface.
Lion face tattoo on a finger

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