Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of two embracing figures based on Klimt's The Kiss, with the word LOVER beside them, on the inner forearm.
Klimt-style embracing couple on a forearm
Seated fox tattoo with black fine-line outline and orange watercolour wash on pale skin.
Watercolour fox outline tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate gold key wrapped in a teal ribbon on the calf.
Ornate key with teal ribbon on a calf
Black script lettering runs along the inside of both feet, with flip-flop straps crossing the toes, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote tattooed along both feet
Black outline tattoo of two cats seen from behind, sitting side by side with tails curled together, placed on the back of the neck.
Two sitting cats outline on the neck
Small colour tattoo of a brown tea bag with a string and a tag reading TEA, on the side of the ribs.
Tea bag with a TEA tag on the ribs
Pencil-style drawing of an anatomical heart with pink and mauve daisies, thistle and small blossoms growing from its top, on a white background, in a botanical design suited to tattooing.
Anatomical heart with flowers
Two black line drawings on cream paper: a matryoshka doll with a heart and roses on the left, and a dagger wrapped in a rose on the right, in a traditional flash style.
Matryoshka doll and dagger flash designs
Close photo of a traditional style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in a rope heart, in black, grey and muted purple, on a area of skin.
Anchor wrapped in rope heart tattoo
Realistic colour tattoo of a great white shark with open jaws attacking a whale in blue water, placed on the outer thigh.
Shark and whale underwater on a thigh
Black silhouette tattoo on a person's upper back showing a flying boy, a fairy with a dotted trail, a girl in a flowing dress and a pirate ship with a rowboat below.
Peter Pan silhouette scene on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with the Statue of Liberty on the inner wrist, with chain bracelets worn nearby.
City skyline with Statue of Liberty on wrist
Black and grey flash drawing of a pocket compass with waves breaking beneath it and a flock of birds rising above, drawn on pale paper.
Compass, birds and waves design
Colour tattoo of a round-headed skeleton figure in a long dark coat, set in a black ornate oval frame with a purple and yellow moon, bats and a swirl hill, on the thigh.
Skeleton figure in an ornate oval frame on a thigh
Woman in a black band t-shirt showing a colourful neo-trad style tattoo of a rose, sun and hot air balloon on her upper arm and forearm.
Rose, sun and hot air balloon tattoo on an arm
Fine line black coffee cup tattoo with rising steam on the inner wrist, next to a white mug of coffee on rumpled blue bedsheets.
Small coffee cup tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Madonna holding a sleeping child within a halo, with roses below, on an upper arm.
Madonna and child with roses on an upper arm
Colourful puzzle piece tree tattoo with a dark shaded trunk and roots, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Puzzle piece tree on the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a snake coiled around it, running up the inside of a forearm.
Skull and coiled snake on a forearm
Black and grey olive branch tattoo with leaves and small flowers running up the inner forearm of a person lying on a bed beside an open book.
Olive branch tattoo on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a toilet decorated with a red rose and teal leaves, on the calf.
Toilet with rose on a calf
Small fine line black tattoo of an upward triangle crossed by a horizontal line, on the side of a foot near the heel.
Small triangle with a bar on the foot
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a fairytale castle with fireworks and a small flying figure inside a scalloped heart on the thigh.
Castle and fireworks inside a heart on a leg
Black line tattoo of a sitting pug with grey shading on its face and ears, with two small red hearts above it, on the inner forearm.
Sitting pug with hearts on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork octopus tentacle tattoo with rows of ringed suckers running down the outer upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Octopus tentacle tattoo on an upper arm
Line drawing of a traditional-style sailor with a cap and pipe, holding a rose, drawn in grey ink on the side of a brown leather boot.
Sailor and rose design on a leather boot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a haunted house under a purple sky with bats and bare trees, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Haunted house and bats on upper arm
Fine line script tattoo reading "one day at a time" in black ink across the inner wrist, with the hand open and fingers visible.
One day at a time script on a wrist
Traditional style flash design of a woman in leopard print holding a wand, with red roses and cream banners reading GREEN, SUPER GREEN, BZZZZZZTTT and HOT HOT HOT, on a green background.
Pin-up figure with roses and banners
Two solid black silhouette tattoos on the inner wrist, a winged fairy on the left and a figure in a pointed cap and running pose on the right.
Fairy and boy silhouettes on wrist
Script reading The heart of an Indian beside a profile headdress tattoo on the lower back, mostly black and grey with small red accents.
Script lettering and feathered headdress on back
Two black ink tattoos of the lyric phrases "You are my sunshine" and "My only sunshine", each with a small sun motif, on a person's upper back and a second area of skin below.
Matching sunshine lettering on the back
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo on the inner upper arm, with an ornate hamsa hand motif filled with swirling patterns along its shaft.
Arrow with hamsa hand on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two hydrangea blooms and leaves, shaded with dotwork, on an upper arm.
Hydrangea blooms and leaves on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two birds perched on a bare branch, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two birds on a branch across a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of red flowers with black and teal scrollwork across the top of a foot, with dark painted toenails.
Red flowers and scrollwork on a foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an owl face beneath a crown, with ornate scrollwork below, on the forearm.
Owl with crown and ornamental scrollwork
Black and grey geometric tattoo on the thigh showing latitude and longitude numbers, a boxed 12.31 and 12, two chevrons and a dot.
Coordinates and chevrons on a thigh
Vivid colour tattoo of Maleficent with a green dragon and a staff on a forearm, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Maleficent and green dragon on a forearm
Watercolour-style tree tattoo with black bare branches, pink, purple and teal splashes and two small birds, on the lower leg.
Watercolour tree with birds on a lower leg
Black and grey ornamental band tattoo with paisley and lotus-like motifs wrapping the upper arm, below a dark top with embroidered flowers on the sleeve.
Ornamental band tattoo on upper arm
Solid black treble and bass clef merged into a heart shape on the top of a foot, with two small dots beside the bass clef.
Treble and bass clef heart on a foot
Pencil drawing of a winged anatomical heart beneath a crown, with skulls, a triangle and an eye, in a dotwork and geometric style, shown as a tattoo design on aged paper.
Winged anatomical heart with crown and eye
Blue ink drawing of a geometric compass rose mandala on paper, held up by a hand against a plain wall.
Compass rose mandala drawing
Sketch-style tattoo of a skull with a smoking pipe and grey smoke wisps, with orange wash shading, on the outer thigh.
Skull with pipe and smoke on a thigh
Black script lettering reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with dark footprints, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote and footprints across upper back
Cartoon tattoo of a mother duck followed by four yellow ducklings in a line across the top of a foot, with dark outlines and red feet and bills.
Mother duck and four ducklings on a foot
Traditional colour tattoo on a chest showing a peach, pink flowers and leaves, with a banner reading Wisdom, Moderation, Justice, and flowers continuing onto the shoulder.
Peach and flowers chest tattoo with banner

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