Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a blue and orange owl perched on a red berry branch with leaves, across the top of a foot, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl and berry branch on a foot
Side-by-side photos of a traditional-style anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped top and a pink bow, shaded in black and grey on the foot near the ankle.
Anchor with heart and pink bow on a foot
Black line drawing of a winged symbol with a cross and an A-shaped figure, above the words Archangel Michael protects me, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Archangel Michael wings and cross design
Fine line tattoo of a thin arrow pointing left across the inner wrist and forearm.
Single line arrow on a wrist
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with a monarch butterfly and leaves on the outer thigh.
Sphynx cat and butterfly on a thigh
Coloured drawing of a cat face in sugar skull style, with black outlines, patterned fills and floral eyes, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull cat design
A colour realism tattoo on the forearm of open red lips framing a grey space scene with planets, set within black geometric linework of a circle, triangles and stars.
Open red lips with planets and geometric linework
Two black ink infinity symbol tattoos made of small letters, one on the top of a foot and a smaller matching one on an ankle.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on feet
Small black fine line tattoo of a stylised bird with scrolling swirls on the neck behind the ear, with a yellow flower in the hair.
Swirled bird tattoo behind the ear
Two matching small black XO lettering tattoos on the inner wrists of two forearms.
Matching XO tattoos on two wrists
Fine line butterfly tattoo with black scrollwork wings and a red awareness ribbon at its centre, on a person's upper back.
Butterfly with awareness ribbon on upper back
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a detailed moth with patterned wings, sitting on the forearm against a background of green foliage.
Moth tattoo on a forearm
Side-by-side photos of an anime-style girl tattoo on a lower leg, showing the black outline stage on the left and the finished colour on the right.
Anime girl with cat creature, before and after colour
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, a poppy-style flower and leaves across the inner upper arm.
Black and grey roses and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey Japanese style phoenix tattoo covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, with feathers and wisps of cloud, shown in two photos.
Phoenix full sleeve in black and grey
Black and white photo of a script lettering tattoo across a man's chest and an ornamental tattoo on the back of his hand, with a tabby kitten resting against him.
Script chest tattoo and hand tattoo with a kitten
Colour tattoo of the blue furry monster Grover holding a green GROVER name sign, on the upper arm.
Grover from Sesame Street on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a swallow in flight on the inner upper arm, with a red throat and shaded grey and brown wings.
Swallow in flight on upper arm
Solid black acoustic guitar silhouette tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a green dress.
Acoustic guitar on upper arm
Thin black fine line tattoo of a continuous looping abstract design on a forearm, shown against a beige tiled floor.
Fine line abstract squiggle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red-eyed alien figure in a dark suit holding an orange object, shown in three side-by-side views on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Alien figure in a black suit on an arm
Colour tattoo on the forearm of a person in a white top, showing a purple watercolour orb inside fine black triangle linework with pink and blue washes.
Purple orb in a geometric triangle on forearm
Red pencil sketch of a woman's face with closed eyes, a feathered headdress and roses, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Woman with feather headdress and roses sketch
Realistic colour tattoo of a green hummingbird and pink orchids on the side of a torso, with the bird flying towards the flowers.
Hummingbird and orchids on the side
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman with blonde hair, dark shaded eyes and a choker, with red roses below her hand.
Portrait of a woman and roses on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pepperoni pizza slice with a pink banner reading PIZZA MY HEART, script text above and small hearts around it, on a forearm.
Pizza slice with banner on forearm
Black and grey drawing of a skull with butterfly wings, held up by two hands in front of a person's face against a plain grey background.
Skull and butterfly wing drawing
Black and grey owl tattoo on the side of the thigh, perched on a branch in front of a pale moon and clouds.
Owl on a branch with moon
Pencil sketch of a lion head in profile with a flowing mane and the word Leo in script beneath, drawn as a tattoo design.
Lion profile sketch with Leo script
Flash sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs with blue accents, including lotus, heart, mandala and chain motifs on a white background.
Gold and blue metallic flash sheet
Realistic drawing of a green and blue hummingbird with trailing wisps of colour, above a black and grey bird in a swirling dark form, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hummingbird with ink smoke and a black bird
Flash sheet of ten black tribal-style heart designs on a white background, each built from swirls, dots and linework, with no body placement shown.
Ten tribal heart designs on a flash sheet
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a key with a Mickey Mouse head bow, a red polka dot ribbon and a castle silhouette, on a lower leg.
Mickey Mouse key tattoo on the calf
Small solid black hummingbird silhouette tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
Small hummingbird silhouette on upper back
Black line drawing of a horse head in profile with a windswept mane, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Horse head with flowing mane
Black and grey owl within a dreamcatcher design with feather charms, tattooed on the inner forearm and wrist in a detailed blackwork style.
Owl and dreamcatcher on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of two stylised birds with blossom sprigs and grass stems on skin, with a faint grey sketch visible beneath.
Two birds and blossom linework
Black and white photo of a dotwork and fine line tattoo of a world map with a paper plane outline on the forearm.
World map and paper plane on a forearm
Pink butterfly tattoo with black and white dotted edges and a soft grey shadow, sitting on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Pink butterfly with shadow on a shoulder blade
Three black orca designs in a loose swirl on the inside of a wrist, shown in solid black ink against a pale background.
Three orcas on a wrist
Blue ink drawing of a symmetrical ornate beetle-like motif framed by flowers, leaves and geometric bands, drawn on kraft paper.
Ornate beetle design with flowers
Geometric tattoo on a woman's upper back near the neck, showing a compass with a red-tipped arrow, a teal and lilac heart with an infinity loop, and a shaded grey feather hanging below.
Compass, heart and feather on upper back
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing the cartoon characters Link with a shield and sword and Zelda, with a triforce and ivy in a stained-glass style circle.
Link and Zelda forearm piece with triforce
Black and grey tattoo of a compass rose beside a tall pine tree, with dotwork fading down the trunk, on the calf near the ankle.
Compass and pine tree on a lower leg
Close photo of black block-capital lettering reading HEART HOPE tattooed on a lower leg above a sheer ankle sock, in a fine line lettering style.
Heart Hope lettering on a lower leg
Fine line script design spelling the word joy in black ink on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Joy in fine line script
Black lettering tattoo reading There's no place like HOME on the inner wrist, with a large looping script H.
There's no place like home lettering on wrist
Colour tattoo of a stretching cat with a soft watercolour wash and black outline on the lower leg, with a small pink heart on a thin line.
Stretching cat with watercolour wash

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