Tattoo ideas

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

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Full back tattoo of an ornate colourful skull surrounded by clouds, beads and red peony flowers, in a neo-traditional style on a bare back.
Ornate colourful skull full back piece
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox looking back over its shoulder, on a limb of bare skin.
Fox looking back in fine line
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a fine-line henna-style pattern.
Mandala and paisley shoulder piece
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word love and a paw print, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Infinity loop with paw print on wrist
Black and grey photo of a bold blackwork tribal tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a swirl and chevron bands.
Bold tribal band on a shoulder
Hand-lettered navy script reading 'the ocean cures all' stacked over three lines on a white background, a lettering design suitable as a tattoo stencil.
The ocean cures all lettering design
Black and grey tattoo on the upper arm of a silhouetted figure with large scissors inside an ornate frame, with spiders on a web below, with a soft red wash behind.
Silhouette with giant scissors in an ornate frame
Black ink sak yant style tattoo of sacred geometry and script across the upper back, shown in a two-photo diptych of a woman in a red open-back dress.
Sak yant style tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of Jake the Dog hugging Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time, inside a scalloped heart with a teal and pink background, on a calf.
Jake and Princess Bubblegum in a heart
Traditional style tattoo of a black storm cloud with red shading, yellow lightning bolts and teal raindrops on the upper arm.
Lightning bolt and storm cloud on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a scythe whose blade is a dripping pepperoni pizza slice, with bold black outlines.
Grim reaper with pizza slice scythe
Black and grey traditional wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, with a leaping cat tattoo on the forearm and further tattoos on the same arm.
Wolf head and big cat on arms
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a peach with green leaves and a red stem on a forearm, outlined in black.
Peach with leaves on a forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style showing a blue-green scaled serpent, red flames and dragon heads, shown from three angles.
Full sleeve with dragons and serpent in Japanese style
Black and grey geometric forearm tattoo in dotwork style, with a shaded triangle containing a swirling wave above linked triangles, squares and circles.
Geometric triangles and circles on a forearm
Drawing of a mermaid seated on a rock with her back to the viewer, long hair blowing sideways and a teal scaled tail.
Mermaid seated on a rock
Black line drawing of eight cartoon bees with striped bodies and wings, scattered across a white flash sheet.
Eight cartoon bees on a flash sheet
Fine line black tattoo of two hands clasped together on the forearm, with sketchy broken outlines and small dots of shading.
Two hands clasped on a forearm
Colourful traditional-style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a sunburst, a rose and a hot air balloon.
Sun, rose and hot air balloon sleeve
Black fine line tattoo of a stylised skyline silhouette with a small craft above it, circled by a thin band around the forearm.
Skyline silhouette with thin band on forearm
Close-up of a woman in a white graphic t-shirt, showing small black lettering tattoo reading KEEP GRL PWR on her left forearm and a dark tattoo sleeve on her right arm.
Keep grl pwr script on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental paisley tattoo across the chest beneath the bust, with a central point and scrolling motifs, shown with black bra cups above.
Ornamental paisley underbust tattoo
Fine black cursive script reading namaste across a forearm, photographed against a blurred green background.
Namaste script on a forearm
Black line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, with an om symbol on the forehead and a lotus flower beneath the trunk.
Ganesha with crown and lotus line drawing
Black and white photo of a fine line botanical tattoo of a bare branch with a small bird perched on it, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird perched on a branch across a shoulder blade
Neo-traditional tattoo of a teal and orange mandala-style flower surrounded by brown and green leaves on the upper arm.
Teal mandala flower with leaves on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a bird holding a flower, outlined in black with pale pink details, on the inner wrist.
Small bird holding a flower on wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with visible gears, appearing to break through skin on the upper back.
3D clock face tearing through skin on a back
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart joined to a heartbeat line that ends in the word family in cursive script, on the top of a foot.
Heartbeat line and family script on a foot
Black fine line script tattoo reading free on the upper arm, and a second script tattoo reading apodyopsis on the thigh.
Fine line script words on arm and thigh
Collage of four small fine line tattoos: a pizza slice on each foot, an avocado on the wrist, a pineapple on a finger and a coffee cup on the wrist.
Pizza, avocado, pineapple and coffee cup tattoos
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm, with a drop pendant design hanging below it and a second mandala motif near the wrist.
Mandala and drop pendant tattoo on a forearm
Close view of a small black swallow tattoo on the inner forearm, near the wrist, with gold bangles and a light blue denim outfit.
Small swallow tattoo on a forearm
Neo-trad tattoo of a pug wearing a gold crown and jewelled pink collar, framed by pink flowers and green leaves, on the thigh.
Pug with crown and flowers on a thigh
Two people seen from behind, each with a butterfly tattoo and a script quote on the shoulder blade, in black and brown shading.
Matching butterfly and quote tattoos on shoulder blades
Black and grey engraved drawing of an anchor with a twisted rope coiled around its shank, on a plain white background.
Anchor with rope wrapped around the shank
Black and white photo of a black script lettering tattoo reading Everything has beauty across the upper back, with a fainter second line of lettering below.
Script quote across upper back
Black line drawing of a heart outline with swirling script letters inside, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Heart with swirling script lettering
Tattoo of an ornate hamsa hand with a teal eye at its centre, drawn in dotted and patterned detail on the side of a ribcage.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with a heart in the loop, three birds in flight and the word Believe in script on skin.
Infinity symbol with birds and Believe
Black-outlined butterfly tattoo with blue, teal, pink and orange wings on the chest.
Multicoloured butterfly on the chest
Black ink drawing of an ornate hot air balloon filled with floral and geometric patterns, with two mandala flowers drawn on the page beside it.
Ornate hot air balloon ink drawing
Black and grey thigh tattoos on a person seen from behind in sheer lace underwear, with Good Girl script and floral and bird designs.
Good Girl lettering on both thighs
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat built from angular geometric facets filled with fine parallel hatching, shown on a plain white background.
Geometric cat design in black ink
Solid black tattoo of a silhouetted figure with a flowing ribbon inside a circle, on the outer lower leg.
Silhouette figure in a circle on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a skeleton drum major in a shako hat, mid high-step with a baton, with the script 'We'll Carry On' below, on the thigh.
Skeleton drum major with 'We'll Carry On'
Realistic fishing hook tattoo on the top of a foot, appearing to pierce torn skin, with grey and blue shading and a dark outline.
Fishing hook piercing skin on a foot
Solid black tattoo of a stylised swirling symbol enclosed in a circle, sitting on the shoulder and upper arm.
Black swirl symbol in a circle on shoulder

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