Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading "A dream is a wish your heart makes" with small blue stars, tattooed on the inner forearm, lettering style.
Script quote with stars on a forearm
Black and grey owl tattoo with a dreamcatcher and hanging feathers on a forearm, with a grey skirt in the background.
Owl and dreamcatcher on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork forearm tattoo of an eye in a triangle, leaves, crescent moons and a diamond motif, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric eye and leaves on a forearm
Blackwork tattoo of two solid black bands on the inner forearm, each with a key silhouette knocked out in skin tone.
Two key bands on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a heart with a ribbon wrapped through it on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Heart and ribbon outline on an inner wrist
Two photographs, one above the other, of black script lettering reading Party on, Wayne on an inner arm and Party on, Garth on a second arm, both in a fine-line lettering style.
Two matching script quote tattoos on arms
Small black silhouette tattoo of an electric guitar on the inner forearm of a hand gripping a guitar neck, in a black and grey style.
Small guitar tattoo on a forearm
Realistic tattoo of a sailboat on calm grey water under a soft pinkish sky, across a forearm.
Sailboat at sea on a forearm
Two small black fine line tattoos, an X on one inner wrist and an O on the other, shown on raised hands against a white background.
Small X and O wrist tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate oval frame enclosing a dark silhouette, on the inner forearm of a person holding an artichoke.
Ornate frame with dark silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork pineapple tattoo with stippled leaves and diamond-patterned body on the forearm.
Dotwork pineapple on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two bluebirds, one leaving an open birdcage, framed by pink cherry blossom on a forearm.
Bluebirds and cherry blossom on a forearm
Close photograph of three small black fine-line snowflake tattoos on the inner forearm and wrist of a person resting their hand against their chin.
Three snowflakes on the inner wrist
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo on a forearm, next to a hand holding a white travel mug printed with the words There's a chance this is wine.
Rose tattoo on forearm beside a travel mug
Black outline tattoo of two hearts on the inner wrist, a small heart above a larger one, in a fine line style.
Two outlined hearts on a wrist
Fine black-outlined daisies with yellow centres and green stems wrap around the inner forearm near the wrist.
Daisy chain tattoo around a wrist
Two matching fine line arrow tattoos in black ink on the inner wrists and forearms, one on each arm.
Matching arrow tattoos on two wrists
Fine line black outline tattoo of a ringed planet, resembling Saturn, on the inner wrist of a raised hand with coral nail polish.
Small Saturn outline on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a wooden birdhouse beside a birch tree, with a geometric paper-style bird, inside a circle on the forearm.
Birdhouse on a birch tree in a dotwork circle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face split into angled panels with a cigarette, on the inside of a forearm.
Fractured male portrait on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a dark starry night sky over a brushed shoreline on the inner forearm, in a painterly blackwork style.
Night sky and shoreline on a forearm
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading be still on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Be still script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line compass tattoo with arrows and cardinal points on the forearm.
Compass tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a single-line drawn face and leaf on the inner forearm, with pink flowers in the background.
Fine line face and leaf on a forearm
A red-toned botanical tree tattoo with a full shaded canopy, trunk and branches, sitting on a forearm.
Tree tattoo on a forearm
Fine black line tattoo of an animal outline, possibly a dog lying low, on the inner forearm, in the Fine line style.
Single-line animal outline on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the forearm showing an upside-down bat inside a solid black circle, with a trailing branch of leaves and daisies below.
Upside-down bat and daisy branch on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of Captain America's star-and-ring shield bursting through cracked skin on the outer forearm.
Captain America shield breaking through skin on a forearm
Four forearms show matching black arrow tattoos with Roman numerals, two small fine line arrows on the wrists and two larger feathered arrows on the forearms.
Matching arrow tattoos with Roman numerals
Two black script tattoos on the inner wrists, reading No lies and Just love, set side by side in a lettering style on a forearm.
No lies and Just love wrist script
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a fern sprig running from the wrist across the back of a hand, with a silver ring on the middle finger.
Fern sprig tattoo across the back of a hand
A small black outline crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of a person's arm, shown in a fine line style.
Small crescent moon on a wrist
Two matching traditional-style colour tattoos of pizza, one a slice with a banner and one a whole pie, on the calves of two people.
Matching pizza tattoos on two calves
Two wrists side by side with fine line script tattoos on the inside, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', with a small red mark near the end.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Two matching fine line heart tattoos with the word sisters written inside, one in grey and one in purple, on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching sisters heart tattoos on inner forearms
Two forearms, one above the other, each with a fine line black script tattoo reading "We got this" followed by a small heart, on the inner forearm.
Matching "We got this" script on forearms
Two matching black outline puzzle piece tattoos with dotted multicolour fill and script wording, one on an upper forearm and one on a lower forearm, in fine line style.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on two forearms
Two wrists in a sepia photo, each with black script lettering reading Love all and Trust few, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Love all and trust few script on wrists
Close photo of a hand resting on a black top, showing a small black lightning bolt tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lightning bolt tattoo on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a cat head made of pizza with pepperoni and a cheese drip, on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Pizza cat head on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a geometric, faceted fox head on the inner forearm.
Geometric fox head on a forearm
Dark lace-patterned tattoo wrapping around the wrist and onto the back of a hand.
Lace design across wrist and hand
Traditional style tattoos of a red flower with green leaves at the wrist and a red and black butterfly on the back of a hand, with small star dots on the knuckles.
Red flower and butterfly on the hand
Two inner wrists held together, one with a small solid black downward triangle and the other with a fine outlined triangle, both on the forearm.
Small solid and outlined triangles on wrists
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we're all stories in the end' runs along the inside of a forearm.
Quote 'we're all stories in the end' on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a sixteen-point star at its centre, on the forearm.
Dotwork mandala star on forearm
Two forearms held together, one with a fine line outline of a camera and the other with black lettering reading f/5.6 and 1/125 on the inner arm.
Camera and exposure settings tattoos on forearms
Collage of nine black ink tattoos in fine line script and small symbols, including a feather behind the ear, a key with the word honesty, an anchor with chains and the word alive on the wrist.
Script and symbol tattoos on wrists and ear

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