Tattoo ideas

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

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Two black and grey dotwork tattoos of a doe and a stag head with antlers, placed on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching doe and stag heads on two forearms
Black and grey botanical tattoo of sunflowers, peonies and leaves covering the shoulder and upper arm of a woman in a floral dress.
Sunflowers and peonies on an upper arm
Black ink handwritten lettering reading Be still on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Be still handwritten lettering design
Black script tattoo reading Believe with small birds rising above it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Believe script with birds on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of an elephant in a vintage engraving style, placed on the inner forearm and wrist.
Engraved elephant on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an anime character with red hair and blue eyes, appearing to burst through torn skin on the upper arm.
Anime character torn through skin on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Never Again across a limb, with flowing, joined letters and a soft natural skin tone.
Never Again script tattoo on a limb
Fine black line tattoo of a mother and child embracing, with a small red heart beside it, shown in close up on the back and in a wider view.
Mother and child line tattoo with red heart
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bandana-masked banknote portrait with TRUST NO ONE and a script quote on a forearm.
Masked banknote portrait and script on forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading "He Lives" on a plain white background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
"He Lives" script lettering design
Black and grey shaded dragon tattoo running from the shoulder down the upper arm, with its horned head resting on the shoulder.
Black and grey dragon across shoulder and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm, with a wolf and a woman's face split by a geometric triangle and scattered diamond shapes.
Wolf and woman portrait on a forearm
Two-panel photo of fine line black script on a side ribcage reading we loved with a love that was more than love, with a small butterfly beside the word love.
Script quote along the ribs
Black linework tattoo of a geometric mountain range with dotwork shading on the inner upper arm, sitting above a straight horizon line.
Geometric mountain range on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of red and grey roses, rosebuds and leaves in a botanical style, shown on a person wearing a knitted cardigan.
Rose and bud sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a moth beside a crescent moon on a person's chest, partly visible between the open edges of a light denim shirt.
Moth and crescent moon on the chest
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a pine tree silhouette on a forearm, fading into fine stippling towards the wrist.
Pine tree forest silhouette on a forearm
Close view of a black blackwork tattoo wrapped around a forearm near the wrist, with a lattice panel between solid bands, against a dark background.
Geometric blackwork band on forearm
Black and grey dotwork luna moth tattoo on the upper arm, with a gold cuff bracelet on the wrist and a floral top visible beside it.
Luna moth tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of pink and yellow lotus flowers with turquoise butterflies and grey shading across the ribs and side of the torso.
Pink and yellow lotus flowers on ribs
Black ink MMVI Roman numeral lettering on the forearm of one person, held hands with another person who has a matching tattoo on the forearm.
Matching MMVI numerals on forearms
Pencil drawing of a pair of antlers with crossed arrows, a small sprig of flowers and the words a wounded deer leaps the highest, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Antlers, arrows and flowers with a quote
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a curved claw or horn shape with small hatched marks, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stippled curved claw design
Two hands held together show small black fine line tattoos of a simple curved mark on each wrist, in a fine line style on the forearm.
Tiny fine line wrist tattoos on two hands
Realistic colour tattoo of a maple leaf with a forest and bird scene inside it, placed on the forearm.
Maple leaf with forest scene on an arm
Black geometric stag head tattoo in fine linework on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Geometric stag head on forearm
Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with green leaves and purple flowers on a person's shoulder and upper back, seen from behind.
Sunflower and purple flowers on a shoulder
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a cat's head with a flame-like sunburst above it, on the calf.
Cat head with sunburst halo on a leg
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheets with vine, leaf and dotted border designs, shown partly out of a pink envelope on a grey surface.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheets
Anchor tattoo filled with pink and red flowers and leaves on the back of a hand, resting on kraft paper.
Floral anchor on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a forearm with two thin solid black bands tattooed around it, below a pushed-up grey sweatshirt sleeve.
Two black bands on a forearm
Traditional coloured flash design of a pin-up woman performing an acrobatic pose inside a green aerial hoop, with yellow ropes and black swirls.
Pin-up acrobat on an aerial hoop
Close-up of a tiny black fine line arrow tattoo on the side of a bare ankle, with rolled denim jeans and a sofa visible.
Small arrow tattoo on the ankle
Colourful watercolour feather tattoo in blue, orange and red with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a person's upper back.
Watercolour feather with quote on upper back
Four black and grey botanical flash drawings of succulent rosettes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design sheet with no body placement.
Four succulent rosettes in black and grey
Colourful neo-trad tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with large blue eyes and a blue striped scarf, set within dotted circle linework on the arm.
Sphynx cat in a blue scarf on an arm
Black and grey flash design of a three-masted pirate ship with a skull flag, surrounded by pirate-themed lettering and a shark.
Pirate ship with lettering flash design
Pencil drawing of a realistic shaded rose surrounded by leaves, a tattoo design shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Shaded rose with leaves pencil design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a triceratops skull with stippled shading on the outer thigh and hip.
Triceratops skull on the thigh
Photorealistic full-colour tattoo of a green pickle with white highlights and dark speckles, on the upper leg.
Realistic pickle tattoo on a thigh
Line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on a torso, with an eagle, a LOYALTY banner, a ship, a skull and flags, shown in black outline.
Eagle, ship and LOYALTY banner torso design
Grey sunflower tattoo with shaded centre and outlined petals on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone, in a botanical fine line style.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey stylised cat tattoo with a long curling tail on the upper back, just below the nape of the neck.
Stylised cat tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a snarling werewolf with a glowing orange eye and a clawed hand, shown in two side-by-side photos on the lower leg.
Snarling werewolf with clawed hand on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a wand with curling scroll tips and small dotted stars on the handle, placed along the inside of a forearm.
Wand with swirls on a forearm
Lace doily design tattooed in a band around an upper arm, with red ink at the top fading to dark purple and black at the scalloped lower edge.
Lace doily band tattoo on an arm
Small solid black hummingbird silhouette tattoo in flight on a forearm, with soft edges and a long slender beak.
Hummingbird silhouette on a forearm
Fine line black outline world map with the word wanderlust in script on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
World map and wanderlust script on upper back

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