Tattoo ideas

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

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Thin black lettering tattoo reading beloved on a forearm, beside an open Bible and brown leather case on a brown surface.
Beloved script on a forearm
Realism-style tattoo of a blue feather on the side of the ribs, with black silhouette birds lifting away from its upper edge.
Blue feather with flying birds on ribs
Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey face with red lips, with a grey scaled snake emerging from the mouth and a red forked tongue.
Snake emerging from lips on a thigh
Colour flower in a red pot and a black and grey whale tattoo, with small script lettering on the skin, in a close photo of two people's bare skin.
Flower in pot and whale tattoos on two people
Colour traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a red and white striped lighthouse, orange roses, an anchor and rope.
Lighthouse, rose and anchor sleeve
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a trailing stem and loose watercolour-style splashes across the side of a torso, sitting on the ribs.
Monarch butterfly and stem on ribs
Small fine line evil eye tattoo with a blue iris and black outline and radiating lashes, on the side of the ribs beside a hand with red nails.
Small evil eye tattoo on the ribs
Three-panel photo of a neo-traditional horse tattoo with a feathered headdress and red accents on the upper arm.
Horse with feather headdress on an upper arm
Four thin black parallel lines wrap around a woman's forearm near the elbow, in a fine line geometric style, with a rolled-up plaid shirt sleeve.
Four thin black lines around a forearm
Black serif lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'If you don't swim you'll drown', with a white shirt pulled up beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black dashed-line heart with a red sewing needle and looping black thread, a tattoo on the inner wrist.
Stitched heart on a wrist
Solid black blackwork tattoo across a man's back, with bold abstract shapes over the shoulders and circular motifs running down the spine.
Black abstract back tattoo with spine motifs
Fine line black script reading if you're a bird, I'm a bird, with three bird silhouettes, tattooed on the wrist.
Script quote with three birds on a wrist
Fine line red constellation tattoo of joined dots and thin lines on an upper arm, against a dark background and grey knitted fabric.
Red constellation tattoo on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and yellow flower with an eye inside a heart across the back of a hand, with a chrysanthemum on the forearm above.
Eye in heart flower on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of a stethoscope whose tubing forms a heart, on the inner upper arm.
Stethoscope with heart tubing on an upper arm
Black continuous-line cloud with green, red, orange and blue rainbow drips running down the upper arm.
Scribbled cloud with rainbow drips on upper arm
Black ink flash sheet of ornate butterflies, swirling vines, flowers and music notes, drawn as tattoo designs on a white background.
Butterfly and floral swirl flash sheet
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo reading Smile on the side of a woman's upper arm, with her shoulder and long hair visible.
Fine line script word on upper arm
Woman in a black bra seated in an armchair, showing black and grey rose tattoos on her upper arm and forearm, script on her torso, and a winged design on her thigh.
Roses, script and wings on a seated woman
Black script tattoo reading curiosity often leads to trouble, with swirls and playing card suits, on the outer thigh.
Script quote with playing card suits on thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey Dalek with red and yellow lightning bolts beneath a red banner reading To Victory, on the lower leg.
Dalek with lightning bolts on a calf
Black ornamental tattoo of stacked mandala-style bands with lotus, paisley and heart motifs, running down the inside of a forearm.
Ornamental mandala bands on a forearm
Greyscale pencil drawing of a side-view skull whose cranium is filled with carved gothic tracery and acanthus-style foliage, with two drawing pens below.
Realistic skull with gothic tracery
Black line drawing of a stylised animal leaping beside a blossom branch and curling cloud shapes, in a Japanese-influenced flash style.
Stylised animal with blossom branch
Small black fine line wave tattoo on a person's hip, just above the waistband of black underwear.
Small wave tattoo on a hip
Black fine line lettering design of the symbols G>ΛV above a horizontal rule and the words God is greater than the highs and lows, on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows
Black and grey snarling wolf head tattoo on a forearm, built from fine linework and dotwork shading.
Snarling wolf head on forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a police box with Bad Wolf lettering above and a Dalek below, in a sketchy, splattered style.
TARDIS, Dalek and Bad Wolf lettering on a forearm
Blue UV-reactive lettering reading Lumos with a starburst on the back of a hand, photographed under ultraviolet light.
Glowing Lumos lettering with starburst on the hand
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with ornate filigree scrollwork and a bold brush stroke across the top, on a man's upper chest near the shoulder.
Yin yang with filigree on the chest
Colour botanical tattoo of purple pansies, peach blossoms and green leaves arranged in a radial design on the forearm near the elbow.
Pansy and blossom design on an elbow
Black script lettering reading promise along the side of a finger, with a diamond eternity ring on another finger.
Promise lettering on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose and a sunflower on the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a white vest top.
Black and grey rose and sunflower on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a ladybird on a leg, covered by clear plastic wrap, with a green and yellow wash behind it.
Realistic ladybird tattoo on a leg
Black tribal-patterned hammerhead shark tattoo wrapping across the upper arm and shoulder, with bold solid areas and fine interior detail.
Tribal hammerhead shark on upper arm
Collage of four realistic tattoos on skin showing a man in a dark suit, a man riding a raptor, a raptor beside a flag, and a hand holding a rifle in front of a flag.
Realistic portrait and flag scenes collage
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a mountain, pine forest and a cabin with smoke, set inside a diamond shape on the forearm.
Mountain, pines and cabin in a diamond
Black script lettering reading "We are the kids your parents warned you about" along the side of a ribcage, worn with a white open-back vest.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey realistic drawing of a tiger's face with a direct gaze and detailed whiskers, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Realistic tiger face drawing
Fine line black tree tattoo covering the calf, with a small solid black animal silhouette sitting near the ankle.
Branching tree and animal silhouette on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a detailed full moon with sprigs of foliage, dotted geometric lines and a crystal in a black triangle, on the outer thigh.
Moon, foliage and crystal on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an ornate hummingbird with swirling filigree wings and tail, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate hummingbird on the upper back
Flash sheet of four black line-art geometric animal heads, a stag, a dragon, a wolf and a lion, each with a name and short motto beneath.
Four geometric animal sigils on a flash sheet
Black lettering reading Anam Cara in a flowing script across the inner wrist, with the hand visible below.
Anam Cara lettering on the wrist
Neo-traditional tattoo of a stag head with bold outlined antlers wreathed in pink peonies and yellow flowers, on the thigh.
Stag with peony antler wreath on thigh
Black Devanagari script tattoo on the side of the ribs, shown beside a blue patterned dress held by a hand.
Devanagari script tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a hare's head inside a dotwork diamond frame, placed on the upper arm.
Hare in a diamond frame on upper arm

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