Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of the word Blessed in flowing shaded script lettering, decorated with curling flourishes, as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Blessed script lettering with swirls
Black line drawing design of a seated meditating figure with a small flower at the centre, above a five-line script quote, in fine line style, not shown on skin.
Meditating figure with flower and quote script
Fine black script reading I could really use a wish right now across the upper back of a woman with long hair, lit by sunlight through blinds.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey drawing of a winged skull with tribal swirls and ink splatter, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged skull with tribal swirls
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a ramen bowl with chopsticks, a halved egg and a spiral, with flowers on the bowl, on the calf.
Ramen bowl with chopsticks on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass and a rose on an upper arm, with fine map-like lines behind the design.
Compass and rose on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of an open green pea pod with peas, leaves, tendrils and a purple sweet pea flower on the top of a foot.
Pea pod and sweet pea flower on a foot
Black line drawing of an elephant built from roses, daisies, a peony, lilies and leaves, with leaf-shaped ears and a flower-covered trunk, in a botanical style.
Floral elephant line drawing
Neo-traditional botanical tattoo of a pink rose with rosemary sprigs and grey-green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Rose and rosemary on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of two pink flamingos with small black stars on the upper arm near the elbow.
Two flamingos and stars on an upper arm
Blue ink sketch of Beauty and the Beast characters, including Belle, the Beast, Mrs Potts and Chip, grouped around a rose under a glass dome with three birds above.
Beauty and the Beast characters around a rose dome
Fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping thread in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Fine line tree tattoo with a soft yellow, orange and blue watercolour-style canopy and the number 565886 below it, on the inner ankle.
Pastel tree tattoo on the ankle
Black script lettering on the ring finger of a clenched hand, sitting just above a dark metal band.
Black script name tattoo on a ring finger
Black and grey fine outline tattoo of a fish symbol with two arrows inside, placed on the top of a foot.
Fish outline with arrows on a foot
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small fine line cross tattoo on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small fine line cross on upper back
Dark brown henna floral design with dotted borders, swirls and leaf motifs across the back of a hand and fingers, styled as a botanical design.
Henna floral design across the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of travel stamps for Barcelona, Athens and Marrakech, with a globe, compass star and suitcase, on the upper back.
Travel stamps and globe on upper back
Black ink line drawing of an ornate hummingbird with swirling scroll detailing and a curled flower, printed on a pale wood background.
Ornate hummingbird with swirling scrolls
Woman with black blackwork coverage across her chest, shoulder and upper arm, with a greyscale realism rose on her forearm and black linework at her lower abdomen.
Black coverage with a grey rose on the forearm
Black line drawing of a retro-style rocket with porthole windows and flame trail, surrounded by four-pointed stars on a beige background.
Retro rocket with stars flash design
Pale white line tattoo of a dragonfly with outstretched wings on the upper back of a person with shoulder-length blonde hair, styled in fine line.
Dragonfly outline on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of four small birds in flight on the skin behind a person's ear and above the neck.
Small birds in flight behind the ear
Fine line geometric tattoo of a thin band with red, orange, green and black triangles around the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Triangle band tattoo on the wrist
Traditional colour tattoo of a crescent moon filled with orange, teal and red flowers, on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon with flowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a torn, billowing American flag with stars and stripes across a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn American flag tattoo on shoulder
Black handwritten script reading 'Who gon stop me' in thin monoline lettering on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Handwritten 'Who gon stop me' script design
Black and grey botanical twig tattoos on two forearms, one placed above the other, forming a matching sprig design.
Matching twig tattoos on two forearms
Black serif capital lettering reading PROME QUEEN runs vertically down the centre of a person's back in a lettering style.
Spaced capital lettering down the spine
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an angel with wings, a robed bearded saint, a raven and a clock face with Roman numerals.
Angel, saint and clock full sleeve
Black and grey tattoos on a forearm: a dress form outline near the elbow and a larger figure surrounded by roses on the lower arm.
Dress form and figure tattoos on a forearm
Close-up of a hand with small black geometric tattoos of dots, lines, a triangle and a cross on the fingers, worn with gold and silver rings.
Small geometric finger tattoos on a hand
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face merged with a skull, with a butterfly wing over one eye and a Roman numeral clock behind.
Half skull and half woman face with clock on upper arm
Colour geometric tattoo of a spiral shell overlapped by blue, green, yellow and purple triangles, placed on the upper arm.
Geometric shell and triangles on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass and a pocket watch with Roman numerals, framed by chains and scrollwork on a forearm.
Compass and pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of a banner reading GRRRL on a forearm, with part of another tattoo visible above it.
GRRRL banner tattoo on forearm
Two circular mandala designs drawn in reddish-brown line work on a white background, one with scrolls and a central dot, the other with layered petals and a spiral centre.
Two circular mandala designs in red-brown line
Neo-traditional tattoo of a glass bottle filled with coloured hearts, surrounded by green clouds and sparkles, on an arm.
Heart bottle with sparkles and clouds
Black ink mandala tattoo centred between the shoulder blades on the upper back of a woman with shoulder-length hair, photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Ornamental lotus flower tattoo in black and grey dotwork shading on the back, with a dotted line running above and below it.
Ornate lotus flower on the back
Black linework tattoo of a walking cat built from circles and straight lines, on the inner forearm.
Geometric walking cat on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Polynesian-style tribal tattoo design with a sun motif, bands of triangles and zigzags, shown on a sketchbook page.
Polynesian-style tribal sleeve design
Black and white photo of a bare back with a line of small black bird silhouettes tattooed from the upper back towards the shoulder, with hands visible at lower left.
Flock of birds across a bare back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug's face and front paws on a forearm, with soft shading behind the head.
Pug portrait tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a sailing ship in her hair, red cheek circles and blue accents, on the outer thigh, shown in two photos.
Sailor woman with ship in hair on thigh
Black linework world map outlines tattooed across the tops of both feet, with a red string anklet on one ankle.
World map outlines on both feet
Black filigree scrollwork heart tattoo with a small red ladybird on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a fine line style.
Filigree heart with ladybird on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a log cabin among pine trees, a mountain, a moon and clouds, with a scroll banner of lettering beside it.
Cabin, pines and mountain on a forearm

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451