Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photo of a fine line geometric tattoo of linked triangles and a small circle on the inner forearm.
Linked triangles on a forearm
Black tribal blackwork sleeve covering the upper arm and forearm, with bold bands and triangle patterns, shown against a dark background and a grey sleeveless top.
Tribal blackwork sleeve on arm
Black linework drawing of a heart made of faceted geometric polygons with shaded facets, in a geometric style, shown as a design with no body placement.
Geometric anatomical heart drawing
Black fine-line geometric cat face tattoo with small dots above it on the inner forearm, with a white and ginger cat lying on a bed beside it.
Geometric cat face on a forearm
Blue fine line tattoo of a swirled heart with the word Sisters in script lettering, on a person's upper back.
Sisters script inside a swirled heart
Colour botanical tattoo of a blue crescent moon with pink roses and green vines wrapping around the upper thigh.
Crescent moon and roses on the thigh
Black fine line Virgo zodiac symbol with a small red heart accent on the ankle.
Zodiac symbol with red heart on ankle
Small black fine line tattoo of a row of moon phases across the inner forearm, with a book and a dark sleeve beside it.
Moon phases on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lioness face on the upper arm, with shaded fur, detailed eyes and a dark nose.
Lioness face portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings rising from flames across the upper arm and shoulder, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Phoenix rising from flames on upper arm
Colour tattoo of monarch and swallowtail butterflies with pink lilies and purple smoke running down a woman's back, in a botanical realism style.
Butterflies and lilies across a back
Black and white flash sheet of crescent-moon eyes, octopus tentacles, triangle borders and stripes, designed as temporary tattoo artwork.
Sheet of eyes, octopus tentacles and bands
Two people holding hands show matching traditional anchor tattoos on their forearms, each with orange accents and a rope detail.
Matching anchor tattoos on two forearms
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pug wearing pink sunglasses with blue lenses, on the outside of a lower leg.
Pug in pink sunglasses on a calf
Black and grey linework finger bands on two hands held together: a heart within scrolling waves on one finger and a trident above waves on the other.
Matching heart and trident finger bands
Black and grey botanical orchid tattoo across a woman's upper back, seen from behind in a backless sequin gown.
Orchid tattoo across the upper back
Black fine line script reading she flies with her own wings across the side of a torso, above the ribs, with grey fabric at the top edge.
Script quote along the side ribs
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading We're all mad here across a forearm, with a blue beaded bracelet on the wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental tattoo of a symmetrical scrolled motif across the backs of both hands.
Symmetrical ornamental design across both hands
Two small black outline animal tattoos on a woman's upper arm, with a multicoloured feather and flower tattoo beside one of them.
Outline animal tattoos on an upper arm
Botanical tattoo of pink and grey blossoms on a branch across the top of a foot, with soft black outlines.
Blossom branch on the top of a foot
Black and grey sun and moon tattoo with stylised faces, dotwork shading and swirling clouds, on the forearm.
Sun and moon face tattoo on forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on the fingers and back of a hand, including a wolf head on one finger and a compass and square on another.
Wolf and symbol finger tattoos on a hand
Small fine line tattoo of a cat wearing a striped scarf, with a curled tail and green eyes, on the shoulder blade of a person seen from behind.
Cat in a striped scarf on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a chess queen and king on a checkered board above the letters XX, shown on the inner forearm in two side-by-side photos.
Chess queen and king on a forearm
Full-colour realism portrait tattoo of a startled older man with white swept hair holding a card, on the calf.
Startled older man portrait on a calf
Close-up of a shoulder tattoo with a blue and teal wash city skyline, a thin black heartbeat line and four pink stars beneath it.
City skyline, heartbeat line and four stars on shoulder
Black script lettering tattooed on the side ribs reads I gave them life, they gave me a reason to live.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curling wave inside an inverted triangle on the outer thigh, shown beside black shorts.
Wave inside an inverted triangle on a thigh
Two matching shoulder blade tattoos of the word Ohana in fine line script beside a pink flower, shown in two photos.
Matching Ohana script and flower tattoos
Small black outline butterfly tattoo with swirl detail on the neck behind a person's ear, in a fine line style.
Butterfly tattoo behind the ear
Colourful watercolour-style daisy tattoo with paint splashes and drips on an upper arm, below a rolled plaid sleeve.
Watercolour daisy on upper arm
Fine line black script lettering with a pink and blue watercolour poppy on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Script and poppy on the shoulder
Colour botanical tattoo of blue foxgloves, a red poppy and pink gerberas with black outlines on the upper arm.
Foxglove, poppy and gerbera flowers on an arm
Black and grey Virgo zodiac symbol with three small red hearts inside its loop, tattooed on the back of a person's neck.
Virgo zodiac symbol with hearts on the neck
Black and grey line drawing of an anchor wrapped in an infinity loop, with the script words Love anchors the soul and Hebrews 6:19 and a small heart beside it.
Anchor, infinity loop and script quote
Black and grey realism roses with thorned stems and swirling shading across the middle and upper back.
Black and grey roses with thorny vines on a back
Black and white photo of matching fine line geometric tattoos on both upper arms, showing draped chains with diamond and arrow shapes.
Draped chain and diamond tattoos on upper arms
Black and grey rose tattoos on a man's upper arm and forearm, shown with a white graphic tee and black suspenders.
Rose tattoos on arms with graphic tee
Black and grey botanical tattoo of layered peonies and leaves running down the thigh.
Peony cluster on a thigh
Back of a person's neck showing a red and orange flame-like tattoo with tapering, sweeping lines, placed at the centre of the neck below the hairline.
Red and orange flame tattoo on the neck
Colour realism tattoo of Animal from the Muppets, mouth open with wild red hair, across the upper chest and collarbone area.
Animal from the Muppets on the chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun over clouds and waves in a circle on the forearm, with the scene mirrored below a horizontal split.
Sun, clouds and waves in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, leaves and trailing vines across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Floral shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two shaded roses with leaves and buds on the outer upper thigh.
Roses on the upper thigh
Black fine line tattoos on the top of a foot showing a heart-shaped cat outline, the word Cat in script, and a small whisker face near the ankle.
Cat heart, script word and whiskers on a foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh showing a stag head with antlers, an owl wing and Deathly Hallows triangle symbols above.
Stag and owl wing on a thigh
Black and white photo of a small fine line ladder tattoo on a forearm.
Ladder tattoo on a forearm

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