Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a sun with a face and a crescent moon with a face, a tattoo design in engraved-style linework with dotwork and hatching.
Sun and crescent moon design
Traditional style flash design of a black anchor wrapped in rope and entwined with red and orange roses, teal leaves and blue flowers.
Anchor with roses and rope
Black and grey photo of a bold black skull with a snake coiled around it on the inner forearm, in a traditional style.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull face and red roses on the outer thigh.
Owl with sugar skull face on thigh
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with a seated black cat on its lower horn, on the upper arm.
Crescent moon and cat on upper arm
Traditional style butterfly tattoo in red and black with bold outlines and small white dots on the wings, placed on a forearm.
Red and black butterfly on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue skull with red eyes, crossed wheat-tipped arrows and a banner reading DEATH BY GLUTEN, on the forearm.
Skull with wheat arrows and banner on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a straight razor with a striped colour handle, beside a black and grey eagle, on a limb.
Straight razor and eagle on a limb
Traditional style flash drawing of a witch in profile wearing a pointed hat decorated with a gold crescent moon and star.
Witch in profile with crescent moon hat
Black and grey sailing ship tattoo with a rose and scrollwork running down the ribs and onto the hip in a traditional style.
Sailing ship and rose down the side and hip
Colour traditional tattoo on the back of a neck showing a top hat, teacup, pocket watch, playing card spades and a banner reading We're all mad here.
Mad Hatter top hat and teacup on a neck
Traditional style tattoo of a pizza cut into slices and arranged in a circle, with pepperoni and melted cheese drips, on the upper arm.
Pizza slices in a circle on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a ringed planet, moons and four-point stars above mountains, framed in a hexagon on a forearm.
Ringed planet and mountains in a hexagon on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of praying hands with an orange cigarette and a dark pipe, shown on the neck in shaded grey with teal accents.
Praying hands with cigarette and pipe
Traditional style tattoos of ships, roses and a sailor portrait on a woman's stomach and upper thigh, with her face cropped out of frame.
Ships, roses and a sailor on torso and thigh
Traditional black and grey goat head tattoo across the back of a hand, with horns running onto the fingers and flame-like shading up the forearm.
Goat head on the back of a hand
Several arms and hands pressed together, showing a realistic black and grey cat tattoo, banknotes, portrait tattoos and a skull on the forearms and hands.
Realism portraits and cat on hands and forearms
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a winged Egyptian-style figure seated on the chest, with wings spread and a feather headdress.
Winged Egyptian figure on the chest
Close view of heavily tattooed arms in a traditional style, with a pin-up figure, stars, roses and a crescent moon on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional sleeve tattoos on two arms
Black and grey traditional-style sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a man in a white tank top printed with the words I FITNESS BECAUSE I FOOD.
Arm sleeve tattoo with white slogan tank top
Two matching black linework tattoos of a dog portrait in ornate oval frames with flowers on the lower legs, with a bulldog puppy resting on the knees.
Matching dog portrait tattoos in oval frames
Traditional style tattoo sleeve with skulls and daggers in black and red on a forearm and upper arm, with arms crossed.
Traditional tattoo sleeve on crossed arms
Traditional flash sheet with the words NO MONEY NO TATTOO, a swallow, a lighthouse, falling coins, a clasped handshake on a striped sleeve, an anchor and shears in the corners.
No money no tattoo flash sheet
Traditional style flash design of Hello Kitty sitting in front of a pink heart with a banner reading HELLO KITTY, framed by flowers and leaves.
Hello Kitty traditional design with heart and banner
Traditional-style flash design of a woman with a wolf's head above her, pearl strands, a red rose and black scrollwork, drawn on cream paper.
Wolf-headed woman with rose flash
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a leaping rabbit, a bear trap with a chain, and the words NEVER RENOUNCE FREEDOM beneath it.
Rabbit, bear trap and lettering on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of an ornate key with a red polka dot bow and a castle with a Mickey-shaped silhouette on the top of a foot.
Ornate key with bow and castle on a foot
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a heart shaped house with chimneys, trees, stars, a dotted constellation and the words home is where the heart is.
House-heart tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing the LA Kings crest, the letters LA, a crown and the outline of California, in a bold traditional style.
LA Kings logo and crown on a calf
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a rope border and stippled shading on the calf, with N, E, S and W letters around the star.
Compass rose on a lower leg
Black ink traditional-style anchor design with three banner scrolls across the shank reading Sleeping With Sirens, drawn as a flash sheet with no body part visible.
Anchor with three banners reading Sleeping With Sirens
Black and white photo of a traditional style swallow and rose tattoo on a man's neck, above a suit collar.
Swallow and rose on the neck
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red and black emblem with red triangles, dark swirling shapes with red eyes, and a grey medallion with green leaves.
Red and black emblem with leaves on upper arm
Two traditional-style tattoos on a pair of thighs: a bearded man in profile beside a compass and flowers, and a woman in a headscarf beside a red rose.
Portraits, compass and rose on the thighs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a woman's face, roses and a banner reading LA LUNA on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon with face and roses on back
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a pin-up style woman in a feathered headdress holding a staff and shield, surrounded by roses and flowers.
Feathered pin-up and roses across a back
Black tribal tattoo with a central sun-like disc and swirling wings across the upper back, in a Polynesian-inspired blackwork style.
Tribal sun motif across the upper back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a shaded profile silhouette with ribbon banners reading Darling You'll Be Okay, on a forearm.
Silhouette and banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a tooth wrapped in a yellow banner reading WISDOM, set in a black triangle with laurel branches, on a limb.
Wisdom tooth in a triangle with laurels
Black and grey Traditional-style rose tattoo on one thigh and an ornate cameo frame with roses on the other, both worn with black stockings.
Rose and cameo tattoos on thighs
Traditional colour tattoo of scissors, a ball of green yarn, a paintbrush, a pen nib and a red banner reading CRAFTY, with flowers, on a limb.
Crafty scissors and yarn tattoo
Watercolour-wash wolf head silhouette howling upward, drawn as a tattoo-style flash design in blue and green tones.
Howling wolf silhouette in watercolour wash
Two matching heart-shaped traditional tattoos with scalloped yellow borders on forearms, one showing a cabin among pines under a moon, the other a forest scene with a moon.
Matching heart-frame forest tattoos on forearms
Two traditional style thigh tattoos showing R2-D2 and C-3PO, each with a banner scroll, roses and a sunflower, on a person's upper thighs.
R2-D2 and C-3PO thigh tattoos
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship, a diver in a brass helmet, a submarine, fish and an octopus.
Nautical sleeve with diver and sailing ship
Traditional style tattoo on the side of the body showing grey cat paws above a red flower and green leaves, with the words Only my cat can judge me.
Cat paws and flower with slogan on the side
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe and smoking a cigarette, with 'Life's a Drag' script, on the upper leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and script
Black line drawing of a snake coiled around a dagger, in a traditional tattoo flash style, printed on pink handmade paper.
Snake wrapped around a dagger

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