Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a purple galaxy-textured cartoon character with crossed arms and a yellow star, set in a gold frame, on the inner forearm.
Galaxy cartoon character on forearm
Realism-style colour tattoo of a man with swept-back hair and a downcast gaze, framed by orange flames, on the forearm.
Realistic portrait of a man with flames
Pencil drawing of a revolver with a spade on the grip, surrounded by three roses and leaves with vines, shown in black and grey as a tattoo design.
Revolver with roses and ace of spades
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a woman's face with flowing hair beside floral and swirling motifs, extending from the shoulder to the forearm.
Woman portrait and floral full sleeve
Black and grey photograph of script lettering reading Forever 18 with a small bird beside it, on a lower torso above a waistband.
Forever 18 script on lower torso
Black ink script reading love inside an outlined heart, tattooed on the ankle.
Love script heart on an ankle
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington, Sally and other Nightmare Before Christmas characters under a spiral moon, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Nightmare Before Christmas characters on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on the upper arm showing a ringed planet, stars, mountain peaks and horizontal lines of water beneath a dark night sky.
Ringed planet and mountains on upper arm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten quote, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate, beside a simple stick figure holding a briefcase.
Quote and stick figure on a forearm
Black and grey Buddha face tattoo covering a person's back, with clouds, two praying monks and cloud work extending onto the upper arms.
Buddha face and monks across a back
Watercolour phoenix design in orange, red and teal with spread wings and swirling fire-like tail feathers, shown as a drawing on white paper.
Watercolour phoenix in flame colours
Colourful watercolour-style lotus tattoo with black outline and blue, pink, orange and green washes, placed on the upper chest.
Watercolour lotus on the chest
Black fine-line cursive script reading Your forever is all that I need on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Cursive quote: Your forever is all that I need
Close-up of a black Greek lettering tattoo reading gnothi seauton in two lines on pale skin.
Greek lettering tattoo reading gnothi seauton
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat with orange eyes and purple clouds, on the back of a person's neck.
Grey cat with purple clouds on the neck
Black pen sketch of a curved, scalloped arc design with dotted lines and small circles, drawn on white paper; no body placement is shown.
Scalloped arc design sketch in black pen
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose merged with a clock face with Roman numerals and gears, on the back of a hand.
Rose and clock face on the hand
Small watercolour-style tattoo of a black semicolon with rainbow splashes on the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of the forearm.
Rainbow watercolour semicolon on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with a rope and anchor on a forearm, in red, teal and black ink.
Ship in a bottle and anchor on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash design of two pink roses, a pastel banner reading Nugg Life, and a pile of chicken nuggets with a dipping sauce pot, with no body placement shown.
Nugg Life rose and nugget flash design
Simple black outline drawing of an ouroboros, a grey snake biting its own tail to form a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ouroboros snake eating its tail
Fine line black tattoos on several fingers of a hand, including an eye, a crescent moon, a small mountain and a mandala-style lotus on the hand.
Small finger tattoos: eye, moon and lotus
Black and grey photograph of a mandala tattoo with dotwork dotted lines and arrows across the lower chest and upper abdomen, with a navel piercing.
Mandala and dotwork tattoo below the bust
Black and grey swallow tattoo with cloud-like patterned fills on the side of the ribs, with a coloured sleeve tattoo partly visible at the left edge.
Swallow tattoo on the ribs
Two matching fine line black tattoos on the inner wrists, each a continuous looping figure with the word love written in script.
Matching fine line love loops on wrists
Small black ink tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a grey wrap top, layered silver coin necklaces and denim shorts.
Small dark tattoo on upper arm
Woman seen from behind riding a longboard on a rural road, with tattoos across her back, arms, thighs and calves.
Tattooed back and legs on a longboard
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and clouds on the inner forearm, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Crescent moon with face and clouds on a forearm
Traditional swallow tattoo holding a leafy sprig, with a red rose and rosebud on a forearm, shaded in grey with red and yellow accents.
Swallow and rose on a forearm
Two matching fine line black and grey key tattoos on the inner wrists of two people, one with a hand raised and one with a fist clenched.
Matching key tattoos on wrists
Colourful tattoo on the upper arm of a woman wearing a rust denim vest over a striped top, outdoors.
Coloured upper arm tattoo under a denim vest
Black and grey tattoo of a McDonald's receipt on the outer forearm, with the golden arches logo at the top and itemised lines below.
McDonald's receipt tattoo on a forearm
Small tattoo of a smiling stick-figure girl in a green dress and green bow, outlined in black on pale skin.
Small green-dressed stick figure girl
Black silhouette tattoo of three birds perched on a thin branch with small leaves, on the inner forearm.
Three birds perched on a branch
Teal and pale yellow line drawing of an owl with a heart knot emblem, a dreamcatcher web and five hanging feathers on a cream background.
Owl and dreamcatcher line drawing
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an elephant head wearing a jewelled headdress with teal leaves, placed on the outer thigh.
Elephant head with jewelled headdress on thigh
Black dotwork tattoo of a circular moon with a constellation and cloud shapes on a person's shoulder.
Moon with constellation and clouds on shoulder
Small fine line black feather tattoo on the inner upper arm of a woman with long hair, with her arm raised.
Small feather on an upper arm
Black line drawing sheet of stacked tribal-style border designs, with zigzags, triangles, arrows, rectangles, chevrons and diamonds, with no body placement shown.
Tribal-style border patterns sheet
Black linework tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral on a shoulder, with shaded chambers at the centre and a single outline sweeping over the top of the shoulder.
Nautilus spiral tattoo on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading 'Music is an outburst of the soul' beside a large treble clef, drawn as a tattoo-style design with no body part shown.
Treble clef with 'Music is an outburst of the soul'
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a sailing ship, a hot air balloon with a Take Me Home banner, and stylised waves, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Sailing ship, hot air balloon and waves on upper arm
Four wrists pressed together, each with a fine line infinity and heart tattoo on the inner forearm in red, blue or black ink.
Matching infinity and heart wrist tattoos
Close photograph of a black geometric tattoo of parallel lines and small dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in a fine line style.
Parallel line geometric mark on the wrist
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fawn's head with pink blossoms, a daisy and red berries on an upper arm.
Deer with blossom on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red nail polish bottle with its brush and a drop of polish, placed on the top of a foot.
Red nail polish bottle on the top of a foot
Black and grey drawing of a skull with bat wings and a small bat at its jaw, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on white paper.
Winged skull with bat design
Two open hands with silver and blue metallic geometric designs on the fingers, palms and wrists, styled with rings and bracelets.
Silver metallic geometric designs on both hands

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Popular subjects

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