Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a figure seen from behind, framed by banners with lyrics reading Cast your stones and You don't make me who I am.
Figure and lyric banners on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a large red and orange feather with bold black outlines on a forearm.
Red feather on a forearm
Black fine-line lettering reading "not all those who wander are lost" runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey unicorn with a purple mane, pink roses, red ribbons and a crescent moon on the thigh.
Unicorn with roses and crescent moon on a thigh
Pencil drawing of three owls perched on a branch above the words Nobody's Perfect in ornate block lettering, with a fourth owl hanging upside down, drawn on wood-grain paper.
Owls on a branch with Nobody's Perfect lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with two roses, a thorny vine and a teardrop eye motif on a forearm.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with her hands in her hair, showing a black dotwork mandala lotus tattoo at the base of her neck and upper back.
Mandala lotus tattoo at the nape and upper back
Black and white photo of a raised forearm with a small fine line botanical tattoo of a wildflower sprig on the inner arm.
Wildflower sprig on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line arrow tattoo pointing upwards with chevron fletching on the inner forearm of a person in a striped top.
Fine line arrow tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script reading I hope you dance across the top of a bare foot, with silver glitter polish on the toenails.
I hope you dance script on a foot
Traditional-style flash drawing of an eye with radiating lines inside a turquoise heart with a pink scalloped border and a small pink bow on top.
Eye in a turquoise heart flash design
Fine line feather design in pale white ink on a forearm, shown beside a real white feather held by a hand with red nails.
Pale feather tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on a forearm showing a circle of crystals and moons around a stippled mountain landscape, with a poppy, moon phases and a crocus with its bulb.
Moon phases, crystals and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with a coiling body, clawed feet and wispy cloud-like smoke.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat's head in profile with yellow eyes, set within a yellow and orange circle and scrollwork on the calf.
Black cat head with scrollwork on calf
Close side view of a fine line black script tattoo on a hip, partly above black lace underwear, with a navel piercing visible.
Cursive script line on a hip
Handwritten fine line lettering reading inspire, with a semicolon in place of the i dot, in black ink on a white background, shown as a design with no placement.
Inspire lettering with semicolon
Black and white photo of a small fine line cursive lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, with a dark sleeve and blurred shoes in the background.
Small cursive lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading F;GHT ON on the forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Brown henna-style floral and paisley design covering the top of a foot and toes, shown in a sepia photograph.
Floral henna-style design across a foot
Black and white photo of a fine line script word, joy, tattooed on a woman's wrist and forearm, with her hand raised near her neck.
Joy script tattoo on the wrist
Traditional style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a woman in profile with a tall black updo topped by a pink-sailed ship.
Sailing ship above a profile woman on the ribs
Colour botanical tattoo of sunflowers with green leaves on the back of a hand and finger.
Sunflowers across the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grey alien head and two flying saucers with light beams over a starry night sky, on a limb.
Alien abduction scene with UFOs
Blue line tattoo of a dreamcatcher with feathers and pink and purple flowers on the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher and flowers on a thigh
Black bold script lettering set vertically on a cream background, shown as a lettering design with no skin or body placement visible.
Bold black script lettering, set vertically
Colourful forearm tattoo of an electric guitar body and neck with strings and pickups, set against red sun rays and black ink splatter.
Electric guitar and red sunburst on a forearm
Black ink semicolon above the words My story isn't over in script lettering on the ankle.
Semicolon and quote on an ankle
Black and grey drawing of a skull wearing a feather headdress, with crossed bones and axes beneath it on a black background.
Skull with feather headdress and crossed axes
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cartoon old man with glasses holding a balloon, on the outer thigh above the knee.
Cartoon old man holding a balloon on a thigh
Two small black traditional-style tattoos on fingers: a ship's wheel on one finger and a compass star on another, shown on hands resting on dark leather.
Ship's wheel and compass star on fingers
Neo-traditional red rose with black shading and two black leaves on a forearm, with a thin red stem running down the arm.
Red rose on a forearm
Traditional tattoo of Darth Vader above a red heart and the words Who's Your Daddy, on the side of the ribs, with a red halo behind the helmet.
Darth Vader with heart and banner
Close crop of a woman in a pale blue blazer and black lace bra, showing a small black line tattoo on the inner wrist and silver and pearl bracelets.
Small inner wrist tattoo with pearl jewellery
Black fine line tattoo of a violin with a shaded fingerboard on the forearm, shown against white fabric.
Violin outline tattoo on a forearm
Close photograph of a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, with a gold bracelet and plaid sleeve cuff nearby.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Black ink flash drawing of a symmetrical mandala-style owl with dotwork detail, lotus motifs and hanging teardrop chains, set over a teal and purple geometric background.
Mandala owl design with teardrop drops
Two thin black script tattoos on a person's forearms: a short line of non-Latin script on the left arm and a cursive English quote on the right.
Two forearm script tattoos
Two black script quote tattoos on forearms, reading For them I'll risk it all and Because of her I will not fall, in a fine line style.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Navy line drawing of a vintage-style woman holding a fringed banner that reads FREE WILL, on a tan background, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman holding a fringed FREE WILL banner
Blackwork and dotwork hamsa hand tattoo with an eye at its centre, shaded in grey and placed on the upper leg.
Hamsa hand with eye on a thigh
Pencil and ink drawing of a symmetrical radial ornamental tattoo design with curled scrolls and leaf shapes on cream paper against a red wall.
Radial ornamental design drawn on tracing paper
Close-up of a hand with black stiletto nails and black skull rings, over a forearm covered in black blackletter lettering tattoos and an ornamental design.
Blackletter lettering on a forearm beside skull rings
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a hand holding a tarot card with a moon and sun, with a snake wrapped around the arm.
Tarot card, hand and snake on a forearm
Black ink pen drawing of a crescent moon with a fern-like pattern inside, surrounded by curling vines, tendrils and small leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Crescent moon with botanical swirls
Fine line tattoo of a cat's nose and whiskers in plum ink on the side of an ankle.
Cat whiskers on an ankle
Black and white photo of a raised fist showing a fine line outline tattoo of the world map across the wrist.
World map outline on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate hand mirror with a scrolled frame and long handle on the upper back, below the neckline.
Ornate hand mirror on upper back

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