Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism drawing of a tattoo design showing a bicycle wheel with a world map, roses, an orchid and a chain, drawn on white paper.
Bicycle wheel with roses and orchid
Pencil line drawing of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch with a bow, a ladybird, a poppy and leaves, drawn on tracing paper.
Pocket watch, bow, poppy and ladybird design
Black line-work tattoo of a lion's head with the word Courage in script and DEAR HEART in capitals below, on the forearm of a person with long auburn hair.
Lion and courage lettering on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a swirling tree with curled branches above the word Family in script lettering, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Swirling family tree with Family script
Realism sleeve on an upper arm with a greyscale portrait of a man, a red classic car, a vintage microphone, flames and a Sun Records style badge.
Portrait, red car and microphone upper arm sleeve
Black silhouette of a girl blowing a stream of red butterflies across the upper back, placed near the shoulder blade.
Silhouette girl releasing red butterflies on upper back
Realism tattoo of a large eye above hands cupping an orange flower, with a feathered wing on the left, on the side of a torso.
Realistic eye, hands and flower with wing
Black line drawing flash sheet of four infinity symbol designs, three of them with silhouetted birds flying away from the loop.
Infinity symbols with flying birds flash sheet
Small black fine line palm tree tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with long wavy hair, seen from behind.
Small palm tree on upper arm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker duelling with green and red lightsabers on the back of a calf.
Vader and Luke lightsaber duel silhouette
Small black outline diamond tattoo in fine line style on the inside of a person's ankle, above a black shoe heel.
Small outline diamond on an ankle
Close-up of black typewriter-style lettering reading "the past is practice" across a bare torso, placed on the ribs.
"the past is practice" lettering on ribs
Fine line Mickey Mouse head tattoo filled with black scrollwork and a red rose with green leaves, on skin of the torso.
Mickey Mouse outline with scrollwork and rose
Small black fine line tattoo of two arrows with feathered fletching on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a white mug on a wooden table.
Two arrows on a wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a bird with spread wings across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird in flight across upper back
Small black fine line crown tattoo on a woman's upper chest, beside a thin silver necklace with a pendant.
Small crown on upper chest
Small solid black silhouette tattoo of a figure holding an umbrella and bag, placed on the neck behind the ear.
Silhouette of a figure with umbrella behind the ear
Small solid black elephant silhouette tattoo on the side of a finger, with silver painted nails on a hand.
Elephant silhouette on a finger
Fine line script monogram of the letters N and L in black ink on the inner wrist, photographed in black and white.
Script NL monogram on a wrist
Pencilled neo-traditional tattoo design on paper showing a cat's head, a large rose, mandala-style flowers, a butterfly and a fan motif, with no body placement shown.
Cat, rose and mandala tattoo design
Line drawing of two ravens in green and blue ink, each with a column of runic characters across its body, shown as a tattoo design without placement.
Two ravens with runes
Traditional style sacred heart tattoo with flames, radiating lines and a beaded outline, placed centrally on the chest.
Sacred heart with flames on the chest
Black lettering tattoo reading YOU ARE WHAT YOU LOVE NOT WHO LOVES YOU, with a small crown at each end, running vertically down a lower leg.
Crown and quote tattoo down the shin
Large back tattoo of a purple and grey winged dragon with a serpent-like tail, with a zipper motif opening down the spine.
Winged dragon back piece with zipper
Colour tattoo of the island of Jamaica filled with green, black and gold bands, with the word irie in black script, on a person's lower back.
Jamaica outline with irie script on lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a Superman shield, a spider emblem and bats flying against clouds.
Superhero emblems and bats on upper arm
Small fine line black and grey butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm, photographed in black and white.
Butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm
Black and grey realistic owl tattoo on the thigh, perched on a stack of books and surrounded by looping cursive script.
Owl on books within cursive script
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant on long, spindly legs across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Surreal elephant on upper back
Black script tattoo reading "My story isn't over" with a large semicolon, on the inside of an ankle.
Semicolon and quote on an ankle
Small black lettering tattoo of four lines of abbreviated text on the inner forearm, beside a gold coin resting on the skin.
Four lines of small text on a forearm
A colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grinning face with blue eyes and purple and black watercolour splashes, on the upper arm of a person in a light blue top.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on upper arm
Fine line black script lettering reading 'We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us' tattooed along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Two wrists placed side by side, each with black script lettering: No lies on the left and Just love on the right, both on the wrist and forearm area.
Matching script wrist tattoos reading No lies and Just love
Two small traditional-style tattoos on fingers in a black and white photo, a red bow with a heart on one finger and a red bow on a torn paper design on another.
Red bow and heart tattoos on fingers
Pencil drawing of a roaring lion head in profile, with a full flowing mane and small beads hanging from the mane.
Roaring lion head in profile
Black ankle tattoo of two birds perched on a branch with two more birds flying above, shown in a solid black silhouette style on the ankle.
Perched and flying birds on a branch on the ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a violin on a finger, with a straight line on the neighbouring finger and a small sprig on the back of the hand.
Violin and line tattoos on two fingers
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with a dark centre and green leaves on the outer upper arm, in a realistic style.
Sunflower on an upper arm
Small black mountain range tattoo with pine trees on the ankle of a bare foot resting on a rock beside a waterfall.
Mountain range tattoo on an ankle
Two bare lower backs show black script lettering: To infinity on the left hip and and beyond on the right side, both in fine cursive style.
Script phrases on two sets of hips
Pencil flash sheet of a teapot, teacups, a cupcake, strawberries, a rose and a biscuit, drawn in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Teapot, teacups and strawberries flash sheet
Small black botanical tattoo of a fern frond on the back of an upper arm, with a rolled grey sleeve above it.
Fern frond on the upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a cat skull with anatomical labels, drawn in an engraved illustration style, on the outer thigh.
Labelled cat skull on a thigh
Traditional-style tattoo of an open book with the words turn over a new leaf in black script and a red leaf on the page, sitting on the upper arm.
Open book reading turn over a new leaf
Fine line black envelope tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a wall covered in postage stamps and envelopes.
Small envelope tattoo on wrist
Six black line-art cats on a cream background, shown sitting, walking and stretching, drawn as a fine line tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Six line-drawn cats in varied poses
Black and grey realism tattoo of two stacked skulls with a ribcage and skeletal hand on an upper arm.
Skulls and skeleton ribcage on upper arm

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