Tattoo ideas

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

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Teal-shaded tattoo of an Edison-style light bulb with a black filament and outline, sitting on the upper back.
Edison light bulb tattoo on the back
Black lettering tattoo of four vertical Chinese characters running down the centre of a person's back, shown from behind.
Vertical Chinese characters down a back
Close-up of two hands with small black fine line om and crescent moon tattoos on the fingers, worn with silver and turquoise rings.
Small om and crescent finger tattoos
Dark henna-style mandala and paisley sleeve covering a woman's forearm and upper arm, with a white crop top and a sunlit brick wall behind.
Mandala and paisley sleeve on arm
Black script lettering reading "We accept the love we think we deserve" on a forearm, shown in a close photo against a red and blue background.
Script quote on the inner arm
Colour tattoo of the state of Texas filled with paisley and flower patterns in pink, orange and yellow, with bold black outlines, on the top of a foot.
Texas outline filled with paisley and flowers
Realism style black and grey tattoo of a sequence of moon phases running across the inner forearm.
Moon phases sequence on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a fairy with small star marks on the upper back, just below the nape of the neck.
Fairy and stars on upper back
Black ink drawing of an ornate hourglass with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and dotwork shading, drawn on paper beside a black pen.
Ornamental hourglass with lotus design
Black ornate script lettering tattoo on the ankle, photographed in black and white with a stylised flourish above the letters.
Ornate black script tattoo on ankle
Black line drawing of a geometric design of stacked dotted and solid triangles at the top, joined by a vertical line to arrowheads and a dotted tail at the bottom.
Stacked triangles and arrow line design
Black and grey ornamental elephant tattoo with dense dotwork patterns on the thigh, shown in a full view and a close-up detail.
Ornamental elephant on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rearing cobra with a raised hood and coiled body on the upper arm.
Cobra tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail polish, in a black and white photo.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist
Two side-by-side photos: a black ink wash cat curled on a forearm, and a colourful watercolour-style bird on a shoulder.
Ink wash cat on forearm and bird on shoulder
Black lettering quote and a dopamine molecule drawing with blue, yellow and purple watercolour splashes, tattooed on an upper thigh.
Dopamine molecule and two lines of lettering on thigh
Fine line black outline heart tattoo on the ankle, shown with cuffed denim jeans and a leopard print slide sandal.
Small outline heart on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a compass rose surrounded by orange, red and purple leaves and dots on a forearm, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Compass rose with autumn leaves on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a owl with a clock face on its chest and a branch beneath it, on the upper arm, in green, yellow and red.
Owl with clock face on upper arm
Black and grey dandelion with drifting seeds and the script quote 'Staring down the barrel of a 45, but I'm alive' across the shoulder and upper chest.
Dandelion and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing latitude and longitude coordinates flanking large N and W letters, with the handwritten words I love you beneath.
Coordinates and handwritten message on forearm
Black and grey shaded anchor tattoo with a coiled rope on the inner forearm, photographed indoors against a white cabinet and wooden flooring.
Shaded anchor with rope on a forearm
Fine line tattoo on the ankle of a chain leading to an outlined heart and infinity loop, with small coloured paw prints inside.
Chain, heart and paw print ankle tattoo
Black and white photo of a small solid black airplane tattoo on a forearm, with a knitted sleeve and an aeroplane window behind it.
Small airplane tattoo on a forearm
Fine black line tattoo of a world map outline with continents across the inner upper arm, in a fine line style.
World map outline on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of several flowers and olive leaves in bold black outlines, sitting on the upper arm.
Traditional flower cluster on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with pink flowers, green leaves and hanging feathers on the side of a thigh.
Dreamcatcher with flowers on thigh
Black brush script lettering on a white background reading be strong and courageous, with the reference Joshua 1:9 beneath, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Be strong and courageous lettering design
Colour realism full sleeve tattoo of lilies, magnolias and a bluebird on a branch over a green and orange background, shown from four angles on an arm.
Floral full sleeve with bluebird on branch
Black line flash design of an eye within a cloud, with two crossed straight razors above and red rays and raindrops below, with no body placement shown.
Eye in a cloud with crossed razors
Fine line white ink lettering reading expecto patronum in cursive script across the inner forearm.
Expecto patronum script on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a swallow in flight with black and grey wings, orange body and red and yellow accents, on pale skin.
Traditional swallow in flight
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical dotwork mandala tattoo design with leaves, acorns and geometric borders, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Dotwork mandala design with leaves and acorns
Colour cartoon fox and lion cub tattoos with pink flowers and a peacock feather on the tops of two feet, shown in three photographs.
Fox, peacock feather and flowers on feet
Neck and chest with a red-shaded skull surrounded by grey lilies on the chest, a grey butterfly on the neck, and a tattoo on the upper arm, in realism and botanical styles.
Red skull and lilies on chest and neck
Black and grey dotwork lotus flower with a mandala above and a dotted triangle below, tattooed across the upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Forearm tattoo with a shaded red rose above black script lettering and large ornate letters, in a traditional style.
Rose and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, featuring a large rose, a central mandala flower and fine ornamental linework.
Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a death's head hawkmoth with a skull marking on the upper thigh, set against a red circle.
Death's head hawkmoth on thigh
Realism style tattoo of a standing tabby cat with brown and grey striped shading on the inner forearm, shown beside another hand with white painted nails.
Tabby cat on the inner forearm
Illustrated dreamcatcher design with a brown woven web, five hanging feathers in red, teal, brown and cream, and red and turquoise beads, on a plain white background.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and red beads
Two black Chinese characters tattooed on the inner wrist in a lettering style, photographed against a wooden background.
Two Chinese characters on the inner wrist
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a wolf head built from dense, intricate patterned linework, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornamental wolf head design
Close view of a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist of a woman wearing a knitted brown sleeve.
Small anchor on a wrist
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre on the shoulder and upper arm of a person whose long hair partly covers their face.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag with antlers wearing a suit and tie, across the inner forearm.
Stag in a suit on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a heart entwined with an infinity symbol on the upper back near the neck, seen from behind.
Heart and infinity symbol on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a horned animal skull above a pair of scales holding a feather and a small object, with an ankh inside a downward triangle.
Horned skull and scales dotwork design

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