Tattoo ideas

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

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A woman in a straw hat and polka dot top shows a colour floral tattoo on her upper arm, with black tattoos on her forearm and thigh, and a black tattoo on her lower leg.
Woman in straw hat with arm and leg tattoos
Realistic black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a domed government building above a portrait banknote and a stack of notes marked 100.
Capitol dome and banknotes on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two overlapping buttons, one purple and one blue, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Purple and blue buttons on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo on the inside of a wrist reading ATTITUDE is EVERYTHING, set in a geometric typeface with arrow lines beside the word is.
Attitude is everything wrist lettering
Back view of a man in a red plaid shirt and leather suspenders, with partly visible black and grey tattoos on both forearms.
Forearm tattoos on a man in a plaid shirt
Close-up of a dark script tattoo reading "it's only rock 'n' roll" on the inner forearm of a person with long blonde hair and silver rings.
Script quote on a forearm
Woman with long blonde hair wearing an orange top, showing gold metallic temporary tattoos of scales, a feather, leaves and a key on her shoulder, chest and forearms.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on shoulder and arms
Black script lettering reading Yahweh, in a flowing lettering style, across the inner wrist and forearm.
Yahweh script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey realism sleeve on a woman's arm, showing a scaled snake, a camera and a portrait tattooed on the forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey sleeve with snake and camera
Colour botanical tattoo of a blueberry branch with green leaves and dark blue berries wrapping around the inner forearm.
Blueberry sprig around a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a classic lowrider car with a scroll banner reading Calles, on a forearm.
Lowrider car with banner on forearm
Close-up of a small black handwritten GRL PWR lettering tattoo on a forearm, with a hand with red nails resting beside it.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a camera with a circular lens, on the inner wrist.
Line drawn camera tattoo on a wrist
Small solid black crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with a raised fist and red painted nails against a plain wall.
Small crescent moon on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bone bound with rope, shown on the inner forearm of a person wearing dark clothing.
Rope-wrapped bone on a forearm
Solid black geometric stag head tattoo with angular antlers and a circle, on the inner forearm, in blackwork style.
Geometric stag head on a forearm
Two colourful anime-style lucky cat tattoos side by side on forearms, one purple holding a red heart and one grey holding a yellow star with a green number 4.
Two lucky cat tattoos on forearms
Full colour sleeve tattoo on an arm, shown in two photographs, depicting a Candy Land board game scene with a gingerbread house, lollipop trees, gumdrops, candy canes and a winding path.
Candy Land board game sleeve on an arm
Dotwork hamsa tattoo with a blue and cream mandala centre on a forearm, the arm raised in front of a car steering wheel.
Hamsa hand tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering and symbol tattoos on a forearm, including a platform 9 3/4 roundel, the word always, a golden snitch, a lightning bolt and the Deathly Hallows symbol.
Harry Potter themed tattoos on a forearm
Small fine line outline heart tattoo on the wrist of a hand that is holding another hand, with a silver ring on one finger.
Small outline heart on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of three short vertical lines on the inner wrist, with gold rings and a knotted gold bangle.
Three short lines on the inner wrist
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo with a shaded feather and the script words Faith and Love on the inner forearm.
Infinity feather with Faith and Love on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing three arrows, two with hearts and the word love written in script between them.
Three arrows with hearts and love on a forearm
Realistic peach rose tattoo with green and black smoky shading on the inner forearm.
Peach rose tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale above coral, set inside a geometric shape with a puzzle-piece notch on the forearm.
Whale in a geometric shape on a forearm
Two photos of small geometric tattoos on the forearm: three solid black triangles in a cluster above, and a thin black line outline of a stepped square below.
Triangle cluster and line square on forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a llama wearing a hat and monocle, with the words save all drama for your llama, on a forearm.
Llama in a hat with dotwork shading
Fine black line tattoo of a cat in profile with a dotted echo outline on the inner forearm.
Cat outline on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a paisley and floral ornament with a leaf and a rose-like bud on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Paisley and floral mandala on a wrist
Two matching feather tattoos on a forearm, one teal with the words Her Mother and one pink with the words Her Daughter, in a colour illustrative style with dotwork stippling.
Pair of colour feather tattoos with script
Traditional style tattoo of a grinning panther head and an umbrella with eyes and lightning on the inner forearm.
Umbrella and panther on a forearm
Two forearms in black and grey showing matching heart outline tattoos with the words lil sister and big sister written in script on the forearms.
Matching big and lil sister heart tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words you are beautiful, you are valuable, you are enough, with small birds, on a forearm.
Quote and birds on a forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of two overlapping downward triangles, one outlined and one shaded with dotwork, on the inner forearm.
Overlapping triangles on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of three small outlined triangles on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a woman in a white blouse raising her hand to her hair.
Three triangles on the forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cartoon character wearing a feathered cap, placed on the forearm.
Cartoon character in a feathered cap on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a claw hammer with a wooden handle wrapped in two banners reading TELL HIM I'M GONE, on the outer forearm.
Hammer with banner reading Tell him I'm gone
Black and white photo of a small fine line eye tattoo on the inner wrist.
Small eye tattoo on a wrist
Colourful owl tattoo on the forearm in a soft watercolour-style wash of purple, pink, yellow and orange with dark shaded edges.
Watercolour-style owl on a forearm
Black and grey poppy tattoo with a long thin stem and leaves running across the inner forearm, drawn in a botanical style with stippled shading at the centre.
Poppy with a long stem on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a broomstick with hatched bristles and a bound handle, on the inner forearm.
Broom tattoo on a forearm
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown against a dark background.
Small pine tree on the inner wrist
Black script lettering running along a forearm, with the hand resting on a laptop keyboard beside it.
Thin script word on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a leafless tree in front of a full moon, with birds in the sky and dark posts above still water.
Leafless tree and full moon on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an owl wearing cat-eye glasses and perched on a stack of books, on a forearm.
Owl in cat-eye glasses on stacked books
Black script lettering tattoo on a forearm beside a gold wristwatch, with a fan of banknotes held up in front of the face.
Small script tattoo on a forearm
Two black and grey shaded feather tattoos on the inner forearms of a woman whose hands are clasped under her chin.
Two feather tattoos on forearms

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