Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a hand with black nail polish showing a black barcode tattoo on the wrist and a small heart-shaped barcode tattoo on a finger.
Barcode tattoos on a finger and wrist
Black and grey engraved tattoo of a skull fused with a gramophone horn and spine on an upper arm.
Skull and gramophone horn on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a tooth inside an oval frame with red flowers, a pink heart and a red bow, on a forearm.
Tooth in a frame with flowers and bow
Colour tattoo of a diamond shape on the inner forearm, with black pine tree silhouettes below and a purple, pink and teal galaxy sky above.
Diamond with pine trees and galaxy sky
Black and grey realism tattoo of a samurai in armour holding a katana, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai warrior with katana on upper arm
Black and grey brush script lettering of the word wander on a plain white background, drawn as a design for a tattoo.
Wander script lettering design
Three raised wrists with gold metallic lettering: bride on the centre wrist and SQUAD with rules on each outer wrist, against a beach backdrop.
Gold bride and squad wrist tattoos
Pencil sketch of the word Hope in flowing, looped script lettering on a sheet of paper, with a mechanical pencil resting at the top of the frame.
Hope in flowing script lettering sketch
Black blackwork spiral heart tattoo on the palm of a hand held open, with heavily tattooed arms and legs of a kneeling person on grass behind it.
Spiral heart tattoo on a palm
Black fine-line lettering reading a quote, with two small roses and a colour sugar skull tattoo on a thigh.
Quote text and sugar skull on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and a shaded rose below it, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading the heart of life is good on the upper arm, with a red and purple checked shirt beside it.
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Woman with blue-grey hair in a floral dress holding her skirt in a grassy field, showing a dark grey tattoo on her forearm.
Woman with blue hair and forearm tattoo
Colour tattoo of a yellow Pac-Man style character with a dark outline, chasing a grey ghost, with a separate green dollar sign to the right, on the forearm.
Pac-Man chasing a ghost with a dollar sign
Back view of a large black and grey dotwork tattoo with a central spiral in a diamond frame, extending across the shoulders and down both upper arms and forearms.
Full back dotwork spiral with geometric sleeves
Black and grey realistic tattoo design drawing of a pocket watch, compass and two roses on a chain, with a banner reading Not all those who wander are lost.
Pocket watch, compass and roses design
Realistic tattoo of a lace garter with a green satin bow wrapped around the thigh, worn below denim shorts.
Lace garter and bow on a thigh
Small brown castle silhouette with a central spire and towers, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Castle silhouette on a forearm
Realistic pink rose tattoo with green leaves and a thorny stem on the ankle, in soft colour shading.
Realistic pink rose on an ankle
Black ink lettering M, E and W with a small star across the fingers of a hand, placed on the knuckles, with gold glitter nail polish.
Letters M, E, W and a star on fingers
Arm with a colourful cartoon sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, holding a comic-printed skateboard with orange wheels.
Cartoon sleeve tattoo on an arm holding a skateboard
Black and grey shaded anatomical heart with a red triangle outline and red arrows on the side of the ribs.
Anatomical heart with red triangle on ribs
Mixed colour and black and grey tattoos of Sally and Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas, standing on cracked grey stone slabs across two legs.
Sally and Jack Skellington on matching legs
Two black and grey script lettering tattoos on shoulders, reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, each finished with small heart shapes.
Matching Like Mother and Like Daughter script tattoos
Colour tattoo of a pink coffee mug with teal leaves and the words death before decaf in teal script on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Death before decaf mug on a forearm
Bare midriff wearing a layered gold chain with a crystal teardrop pendant, with a partly visible dark tattoo at the right side of the waist.
Layered belly chain on bare midriff
Black, uneven hand-drawn block lettering on a lower leg reads 'Don't let them see you're afraid', in a rough lettering style on the calf.
'Don't let them see you're afraid' lettering on a calf
Black fine script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper chest, with a small butterfly in the middle and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on the shoulder
Black and grey fine line outline of the world map on the inside of a wrist, with the hand resting palm up on a light surface.
World map outline on a wrist
Forearm with a botanical bouquet of pink roses, red buds and dark green leaves in a painted style, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Pink rose bouquet temporary tattoo on a forearm
Black monoline drawing of the words New York in angular geometric letters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
New York geometric line lettering design
Fine line black outline of a sun with pointed rays on a forearm, and a crescent moon outline on a person's lower back beside jeans.
Sun and crescent moon outline tattoos
Japanese back piece in black and grey showing two guardian lion statues beside a pagoda and kanji, with coloured tattoo work on the upper arm.
Guardian lions and pagoda across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo on the thigh showing a veiled woman among clock gears and a Roman numeral clock face.
Clockwork woman and gears on a thigh
Black and white photo of a woman with hair across her face, showing a small fine line tattoo on the inside of her forearm.
Small mark on a forearm
Colour drawing of a silver Japanese-style dragon with orange flame accents, coiling through blue stylised waves, as a tattoo design.
Silver dragon with blue waves and orange flames
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three chrysanthemums and a leaf on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three chrysanthemums on upper back
Black and white photo of two bare soles, each with a matching dotwork mandala tattoo on the sole near the arch.
Dotwork mandala on both soles
Fine line black anchor tattoo with a heart at the top and the letters L and M beside the shank, on an ankle.
Anchor with heart and initials on an ankle
Black ink tattoo of a bird formed from musical staves, notes and a treble clef, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird made of musical notes on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping squares and circles forming a spiral across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Overlapping geometric spiral on shoulder blade
Solid black butterfly tattoo on the upper thigh of a person standing on grass, wearing a lace skirt and blue canvas trainers.
Black butterfly tattoo on a thigh
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo on the upper back and shoulder blade showing silhouetted flying figures, a small fairy and a dotted trail of stardust.
Silhouetted flying figures and dotted trail on upper back
Black and grey shaded chess king and queen tattoos on the forearms of two people holding hands in a black and white photo.
Matching chess king and queen tattoos on forearms
Fine line botanical tattoo of two thin stems with small leaves and pink buds on the forearm of a person wearing a white top and dark jeans.
Delicate botanical sprig on a forearm
Close photo of a teal and black filigree heart tattoo with lettering across its centre, sitting on the upper arm.
Filigree heart with lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of two matching fine line cat tattoos, one on each ankle, with the feet pressed together.
Matching cat tattoos on ankles
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two koi fish curled into a circle on the side of a person's ribs.
Two koi fish in a circle on the ribs

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