Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line arrow tattoo on the inner wrist, with the skin around the lines slightly reddened as it heals.
Small arrow tattoo on inner wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat face with sugar skull eye markings, framed by red roses and flowers, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull cat with roses on a thigh
Full colour tattoo of a line-up of superheroes, including Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, across a person's upper back, with a Celtic triquetra above.
Superhero group across a back
Realistic green and black butterfly tattoo with soft shadowing on the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Green butterfly on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of two red cherries with cartoon cat faces, pink bows and a green leaf and stem on skin.
Twin cherry cat heads tattoo
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth' on an upper arm, in black and grey.
Quote tattoo on an upper arm
Black script quote reading The past can hurt, you can either run from it or learn from it, above a black-outlined Simba cub tattoo with red and grey shading.
Simba cub and script quote
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bald elder with a beard resting over the rim of a peach teacup, with black and white jasmine flowers, in a bold neo-traditional style on the leg.
Cartoon elder peering over a teacup on a leg
Black fine line tattoo of peonies and trailing foliage across a woman's upper back and shoulder blades, seen from behind.
Peony and foliage tattoo across upper back
Close view of two hands with small colour cartoon tattoos on the fingers, including a heart, star, moon, rainbow and a hat, on a hand placement.
Small cartoon icons tattooed across fingers
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of Alice in a blue dress holding an umbrella, with pink and teal splashes, on the upper back.
Alice with umbrella on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey and white owl with orange eyes perched on a brown birdhouse, with a teal circle behind it, on an upper arm.
Owl on a birdhouse on the upper arm
Colourful dotwork tattoo of a house lifted by balloons under a moon, set in an oval landscape on the upper arm.
Balloon house in an oval on an upper arm
Back view of a woman with colourful traditional tattoos of a snake and flowers across her back and arms, and a black and grey dotwork mandala on her neck.
Back, arm and neck tattoos with snake and mandala
Pencil drawing of a woman wearing an ornate filigree mask, framed by roses, lilies, leaves and orchids, in a botanical realism style.
Masked woman with roses and orchids
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a feather on the inner upper arm, with a small outlined triangle beside it.
Shaded feather and triangle on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat face with a bow above a teal and blue cupcake case on the top of a bare foot, with pink toenail varnish.
Cartoon cat cupcake tattoo on a foot
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a man and a woman in portrait, with a large red rose, spider web and green leaves.
Portrait couple and red rose on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a swallow in flight on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Swallow in flight on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a flowering botanical sprig on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a red top and gold chain in view.
Floral sprig tattoo on upper chest
Black and white photo of a hand with dark nail polish resting on a bent leg, with a small fine line cross tattoo on the wrist.
Small cross tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a small stylised craft on the top of a foot, with the words still flying in script beside it.
Still flying script and small craft on foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bearded sea god holding a trident, with waves and a sea serpent, on the forearm.
Sea god with trident and serpent on forearm
Colourful traditional tattoo of a woman's profile with a shaved patch and curly blonde hair, beside candy hearts on the ribs.
Woman's profile and candy hearts on ribs
Black linework hummingbird with ornamental scrolled detailing across the wings and tail, tattooed on the outer forearm.
Filigree hummingbird on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with a small fine line sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist, set against a nautical chart.
Small sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist
Fine line black script reading Until the very end, with three small stars and a Deathly Hallows symbol, tattooed on a shoulder.
Script quote and Deathly Hallows symbol on a shoulder
Neo-traditional purple octopus tattoo with curling tentacles, shaded in violet and blue, on the calf.
Purple octopus tattoo on a calf
Fine line tattoo of a colour swatch card labelled TATTONE 5K1 N on the inner wrist, in black ink on pale skin.
Colour swatch card on the wrist
Small black outline tattoo of a heart with inner lines on bare skin beside the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Small heart tattoo on the side torso
Black and grey realism tattoo of a full moon with stippled craters and shading, on the upper arm.
Full moon on the upper arm
Black ink line drawing of four tall pine trees on a ground line, with a small campfire, a tent and a hammock, drawn on white paper.
Pine trees with campfire, tent and hammock
Traditional style tattoo of a turquoise sewing machine with pink flowers, a yellow fabric and a dashed thread heart on an arm.
Sewing machine with flowers on an arm
Gold and blue metallic feather design with an om symbol and eye motifs across a woman's upper back, shown in a fan shape.
Gold and blue feather design across a back
Black ink lettering tattoo of the word family inside an infinity symbol with a small heart, on a forearm.
Family script in an infinity loop on a forearm
Realistic owl face tattoo with amber eyes and grey dotted shading on the inner wrist and forearm.
Owl face tattoo on the wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading lumos on a forearm, shown in a black and white photo.
Lumos script on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo on the forearm showing the words Hebrews 6:19 in script above an anchor with a small heart and an infinity symbol looping through it.
Anchor, infinity sign and Hebrews 6:19 script
Fine line black tattoo of a slender sprig with three open flower shapes and small buds on the ankle, worn above a white canvas sneaker.
Fine line flower sprig on an ankle
Two black lace-style butterfly tattoo designs on a white background, one with dotted wing panels and one with mesh wing panels, both with dangling dotted chains.
Two lace-winged butterfly designs
Small black fine line tattoo of a winged unicorn outline on the forearm.
Small unicorn outline on a forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of six beer can ring pulls in a grid across a man's stomach, with a red cup in his hand.
Six ring pulls on a belly
Two raised legs covered in traditional style tattoos of roses, skulls and banners, with a large rose on the calf and a foot tattoo near the ankle.
Tattooed legs with roses and skulls
Black fine line script reading no fear tattooed across the top of a woman's foot, with red painted toenails, resting on a dark leather surface.
No fear script tattoo on a foot
Black script lettering reading Never run faster than your guardian angel can fly, tattooed in a long line across a bare back.
Script quote along the back
Black and grey dotwork anchor tattoo with a dotted arrow, circle and star motifs on the centre of the chest.
Anchor and arrow tattoo on the chest
Fine line black and grey geometric thunderbird with a vertical arrow tattooed on the ribs.
Geometric thunderbird and arrow on ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine line heart tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with her hair pulled up.
Fine line heart on the back of the neck

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