Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black lettering running diagonally up the inner forearm, set in a thin sans serif typeface and rotated so the text reads vertically.
Rotated sans serif lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink ball of yarn with blue knitting needles and loops of thread, outlined in black, on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Ball of yarn and knitting needles on a shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a teacup with a pink rose and green leaves on the upper arm, with the words Tea heals all wounds curving around the saucer.
Teacup and rose with tea quote
Pencil sketch of a geisha with cherry blossom, clouds and a koi fish in Japanese style, drawn on pink paper as a tattoo design.
Geisha with koi and cherry blossom sketch
Pencil drawing of a feather quill pen with curling barbs and an ornate scrolled handle, shown in black and grey on textured paper.
Quill pen design in pencil
White ink mandala tattoo in a geometric style on the forearm, with layered petals and concentric rings on reddened skin.
White ink mandala on a forearm
Black ink flash drawing of a sun with a sleeping face and moon phases above, with dotwork shading and hanging drops, on a sketchbook page.
Sun face with moon phases design
Small colour tattoo of a golden snitch with grey wings on the upper arm, with a Hogwarts shirt visible behind.
Golden Snitch on the upper arm
Pink, blue and purple soft-edged abstract tattoo with white star marks on the inner upper arm.
Watercolour-style sky tattoo on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a lion's head in profile, a lamb, chain links, lilies and an anchor, in a realistic shaded style.
Lion, lamb and anchor design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red rose, a dagger with a yellow ribbon and a small skull on a forearm, with stars and leaves around it.
Traditional rose and dagger on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with a flock of birds rising above a dark forest, on the inner forearm of a raised hand.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of two arrows on the side of a ribcage, seen in a mirror photo of a person in a grey tank top.
Two arrows on the side ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a seated pug with hatched shading on the inner forearm.
Seated pug on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo with dotwork shading and fine geometric lines beneath it on a forearm.
Black rose and geometric lines on a forearm
Small black and grey fine line dandelion tattoo with drifting seeds on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds tattoo on upper back
Two mirrored black and grey antler tattoos shaded in realistic detail, one on each forearm, with the wrists held together below.
Mirrored antler tattoos on both forearms
Colour tattoo of a pink cartoon dog with wide eyes and a toothy grin on the forearm, set against a teal wash.
Pink cartoon dog on a forearm
Black line flash of a woman in a polka dot headscarf and sunglasses with a cigarette, above the words MONEY and TALK$, shown on a white background.
Money talks woman in headscarf flash
Colourful galaxy wolf tattoo on a forearm, with blue, purple and pink nebula shading and small stars across the face.
Galaxy wolf tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling wolf in front of a full moon, on the upper arm.
Howling wolf and full moon on an upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Meow across the back of a hand, with the word love on a finger, beside stacked gold rings.
Meow and love script on the hand
Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with a teal geometric centre and black outlines, placed on the upper shoulder.
Sunflower with mandala centre on shoulder
Small fine line tattoo of Hello Kitty holding a red heart balloon on the inner wrist.
Hello Kitty with heart balloon on a wrist
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with a thorned stem and two leaves on the back of a hand, with a coin resting on the skin above it.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Black line drawing of a serpentine dragon with a curled tail and spiked back, shown as a flash tattoo design.
Black line serpentine dragon design
Neo-traditional style illustration of a dark-haired pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, with blue line roses shown across her shoulder as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with rose and shoulder roses
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a gramophone with a flared horn and wooden turntable base, on the outer forearm.
Gramophone on a forearm
Black and grey stag head tattoo with red-tinted antlers, a mandala ornament and feathers, placed on the outer upper thigh.
Stag head and mandala on thigh
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with a solid semicolon above and below it on the inner forearm.
Lotus with semicolons on a forearm
Two people holding hands, each with a small black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm or wrist: a triangle on the left and a pair of linked circles on the right.
Matching fine line symbols on two wrists
Solid black stylised lotus flower with pointed petals and a long curling stem, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised lotus flower with curling stem
Bold solid black tattoo of a Stormtrooper helmet on the calf, in a blackwork style with simple shapes and no shading.
Stormtrooper helmet on a calf
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork shading and mandala-like detail on a person's ribs, with three dots above it.
Lotus flower tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line bell curve above a quote in black lettering, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Bell curve and quote on the ribs
Black and grey geometric tattoo of an arrow crossing an atom-like orbit and compass rings on the inner forearm, with a small leaf above.
Arrow over atom and compass on forearm
Realistic pink rose tattoo on a forearm, with soft grey shading and deeper red edges on the outer petals.
Pink rose on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a vintage film camera with teal and purple washes and pink and green paint drips below it, on the forearm.
Watercolour-style camera on forearm
Small black and grey shaded rabbit tattoo on a forearm, with the rabbit seated and its head turned to the side.
Small shaded rabbit tattoo on an arm
Traditional style flash design of a black coffin with a skeleton hand emerging from it, flanked by grey flowers and olive leaves, with a WIDE AWAKE banner below.
Coffin with skeleton hand and banner
Colour tattoo of red stage curtains, a skull and a Fall Out Boy banner on the back of a calf.
Stage curtain and skull banner on a calf
Black and grey photo of the word Blessed in script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm, with a hand gripping from the left.
Blessed script on a wrist
Black barbed wire tattoo wrapping vertically around the upper arm of a person wearing a green top, with the arm raised and flexed.
Barbed wire band on upper arm
Colour traditional style tattoo of R2-D2 above a red rose with an orange banner reading
R2-D2 and red rose on a calf
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo covering the upper back and shoulders, seen from behind.
Geometric mandala back piece
Black script lettering with swirling flourishes reading Kiss Me Where I Pee, tattooed across the lower abdomen above a dark waistband.
Black script lettering with flourishes across the lower
Back tattoo of a stylised wolf drawn in fine line hatching, with green swirling vines around it, across the upper and middle back.
Stylised wolf across a back
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a human face and long wavy rays on the forearm, with a hand visible at the top left.
Sun with a face on a forearm

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