Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoos covering a woman's thigh and calf, with a further design on her forearm, while she sits on sand.
Blackwork mandala leg sleeve on sand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bouquet of marigold-style flowers and leaves tied with a ribbon, running along the forearm.
Flower bouquet tied with ribbon on a forearm
Both legs covered in traditional style tattoos on the thighs and calves, including a fox, a butterfly, a nutcracker and a mandala, with a plate of strawberries resting on the thighs.
Traditional leg sleeve with fox and nutcracker
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a skeletal raptor dinosaur running across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in two photos.
Skeletal raptor dinosaur on a shoulder
Two daffodil flash designs side by side: a coloured version on the left and a black line art version on the right, both in a botanical style.
Daffodil flash designs in colour and line art
Close-up of a black ribbon-style knot tattoo with three purple flowers on a forearm, with small lettering at the left edge.
Black ribbon knot and violets on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a barn owl's face and feathered chest on the inner forearm.
Barn owl on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a compass rose set within a mandala, with dotwork shading on the petals, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Compass rose mandala design
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo reading everlong on the upper chest, with a hand holding the edge of a white top.
Everlong script on upper chest
Small black lettering on the top of a finger reads Sm:)e, with the colon and bracket forming a smiley in place of the i.
Smile lettering with smiley on finger
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon penguin in a red bobble hat on an ice floe, with snowflakes and blue swirls, on the upper arm.
Cartoon penguin with snowflakes on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, beside a silver bead bracelet, in a sepia-toned photo.
Hope script lettering on a wrist
Fine black outline of a landmass on the inner forearm, with the word nice in script written beside its lower edge.
Outlined landmass with 'nice' on forearm
Flash sheet of tattoo designs with script lettering reading Stay Strong, let go and faith, plus a cross, lips, a feather, a heart and small birds.
Flash sheet of script quotes and small motifs
Back view of a woman in a patterned open-back dress showing a large black and grey tattoo across her upper back and spine.
Large back tattoo seen at a market
Colour tattoo of a snarling black bear head inside an orange C with blue outline, sitting on the upper arm.
Bear head in a C logo on upper arm
Black outline tattoo of three interlocking triangles in geometric style on the calf.
Three interlocking triangles on a calf
Black and grey tribal tattoo with chevrons, diamonds and spirals wrapping around the upper arm near the elbow.
Tribal band wrapping the upper arm
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol framed by ornamental scrolls and dots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with swirls
Pencil sketch sheet of 24 circular abstract symbol designs, each labelled with a word such as peace, win, shield, sword, army or lose, on a beige background under the heading WAR AND PEACE.
War and peace symbol sketch sheet
Black dotwork tattoo of two crossed arrows with hatched fletching on the forearm, shaded to a dotted fade at the centre.
Crossed arrows on a forearm
Black line drawing of a heart built from faceted geometric panels on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric heart line design
Traditional tattoo on a forearm showing an eye in a dark shape, red roses and a banner reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Eye, roses and banner quote on a forearm
Black and grey peony flash drawing with dotwork shading and leaves, shown on white paper.
Peony flash design with leaves
Fine black script reading wanderlust on a shoulder, with a rocky beach and sea behind.
Wanderlust script on a shoulder
Back tattoo of a dark grey tree with pink blossoms and red leaves trailing down the spine, in a botanical style on the back.
Blossom tree with falling leaves across a back
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of a teardrop medallion with dots across the back of a hand, with a patterned cuff on the wrist, on a person lying on sand.
Gold metallic hand chain and wrist cuff
Realism tattoo of a roaring lion head and clawed paw tearing through skin on a leg, in black and grey with red and yellow accents.
Roaring lion tattoo on a leg
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a stippled moon inside an inverted triangle above a detailed rocket surrounded by circles and dotted lines.
Rocket and moon in a triangle on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a horned, snake-tailed creature above the words Never run from anything immortal, on the upper arm of a woman in a navy vest top.
Horned creature and slogan on upper arm
Colourful foliage and puzzle piece tattoo sleeve on a forearm resting against an acoustic guitar.
Foliage sleeve on a forearm resting on a guitar
Black lettering reading STAY and SOFT on the backs of two clasped hands, with a small black and grey insect motif near one wrist.
STAY and SOFT lettering on two hands
Colour tattoo of swirling flame-like shapes with small white star sparkles across a person's upper back.
Colourful swirling flame tattoo on upper back
Black and grey ink drawing of a mermaid holding a water jug, with an anchor, stars and an AQUARIUS banner, shown as a tattoo design.
Aquarius mermaid with anchor
Black script tattoo reading que sera sera on the inner forearm, with the hands clasped over bare knees outdoors.
Que sera sera script on a forearm
Close view of a woman with crossed hands showing traditional tattoos with dark outlines and red and orange colour on the back of both hands and wrists, plus small black symbols on the fingers.
Traditional hand tattoos with finger symbols
A product sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs, showing geometric chain, diamond and zigzag bands, with no body part visible.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with geometric bands
Small black fine line tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, on the inner wrist, shown beside a coin for scale.
Tiny elephant line tattoo on wrist
Two black ink designs on the inner forearms: a decorated sugar skull with flowers on the left arm and a dreamcatcher with feathers on the right arm, against a stars and stripes background.
Sugar skull and dreamcatcher on forearms
Fine line grey tattoo of a paintbrush running up the inner forearm from the wrist.
Paintbrush on the inner wrist
Close-up of a cartoon-style skull tattoo with a pink polka-dot bow, heart eyes, crossbones and pink swirls on skin.
Pink bow skull with crossbones
Black outline tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner upper arm.
Two reaching hands on the inner upper arm
Black and grey swallow tattoo with dotted shading on the inner forearm, above a silver and turquoise bracelet, with rocks and sea behind.
Swallow tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey ink drawing of a spread-winged creature built from stippled dotwork, shown as a tattoo flash design on white paper.
Stippled winged creature design in black ink
Black and grey script tattoo reading Miles To Go with a semicolon at the start, on the inner wrist.
Miles To Go lettering with semicolon
Black and grey photograph of a fine line cat silhouette tattoo on the skin behind a person's ear, next to a flower stud earring.
Fine line cat behind the ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with a rope border and shaded roses on the forearm, shown in three views.
Pocket watch and roses on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a stag head with antlers and leaves on a forearm, with a green and grey leaf rosette above it.
Stag head and leaf rosette on a forearm

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