Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with two fine line swallows over the shoulder blades and a small script tattoo running down the side.
Two swallows and script on a back
Small black geometric arrow tattoo made of stacked triangles on the inside of a woman's forearm near the wrist, with her face hidden by a black hat.
Geometric arrow tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of a rearing horse built from triangular geometric facets on a plain white background.
Geometric rearing horse line design
Five views of a colourful full sleeve tattoo in neo-traditional and Japanese-inspired style, showing birds, swirling clouds and rays across the upper arm and forearm.
Colourful bird and cloud full sleeve
Black blackletter script reading We the People tattooed along the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, with a checked shirt and bookshelves in the background.
We the People lettering on a forearm
Two pairs of tattooed legs in black sneakers, with traditional-style skulls, roses and a compass on the calves and hands, in mixed colour and black ink.
Traditional leg and hand tattoos with black sneakers
Colour compass rose tattoo with vines, an anchor and a yellow bird on the upper chest of a woman wearing a denim shirt and striped top.
Compass rose with anchor and bird on chest
Traditional colour tattoo of a globe on a stand with an orange flower, black leaves and the words WHEN I COME AROUND, on a limb.
Globe with flower and lettering
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing the word Yorkies in black script above a cartoon Yorkshire terrier with a red bow and a small paw print.
Yorkies script and cartoon Yorkshire terrier on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of peppermints, hearts, gumdrops and lollipops covering an upper arm.
Candy sweets pattern on an upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading 'Destroy what destroys you' across the nape of a person's neck, photographed from behind with dark hair falling over the shoulders.
Quote lettering across the nape of the neck
Dark brown henna flower with curling vine and leaf details on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical style.
Floral henna design on a wrist
Woman seen from behind with a braided updo, showing a small abstract tattoo in red and black ink near the base of her neck on the upper back.
Small red and black abstract tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a fine line circle tattoo on his shoulder and upper arm and a long thin line running down his back.
Fine line circle and line tattoo on shoulder and back
Botanical tattoo of orange poppies on slender dark stems with small buds, shaded in a fine line style, on the forearm.
Orange poppies and slender stems on a forearm
Black handwritten script reading Spoilers on a plain white background, a fine line lettering design with no body placement shown.
Spoilers script lettering design
Dotwork crescent moon filled with black mandala patterns, with a red mandala inside and dotted drips hanging below, tattooed on the back.
Mandala crescent moon with dotted drips
Black and grey realism lion head tattoo on a forearm, with the arm raised against a brick paved ground.
Shaded lion head on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a smiling sun with a face and spiky rays on the side of a ribcage, with a white garment falling beside it.
Sun with face on the ribs
Two matching black and grey lotus tattoos with ornamental petal detailing and dot accents, one on each of a person's forearms.
Matching lotus tattoos on forearms
Colour tattoo of a shaded anchor wrapped in rope, with a pink starfish and a blue wave, on the ankle.
Anchor, starfish and wave on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a three-leaf clover with faceted geometric leaves on the forearm.
Geometric clover on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red-haired Art Nouveau woman framed by a golden halo and white flowers, placed on the outer thigh.
Art Nouveau woman with halo on thigh
Black ink tattoo of two footprints with angel wings, a halo and script reading Too Beautiful for Earth, on the wrist.
Footprints with wings and script on a wrist
Four people hold hands, each with a black and grey realistic tattoo of feathers wrapped around the inner wrist.
Realistic feather bands on four wrists
Blackwork armband tattoo on the forearm with white negative-space daisy and leafy flowers set in a solid black band.
Daisy and flowers in a blackwork armband
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man's face with his hair tied back, sitting on the forearm.
Realistic portrait of a bearded man on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading esse quam videri across the top of a bare foot, with dark painted toenails visible.
Latin script phrase across a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a looping cross with swirled ends on the side of the ribs.
Looped cross tattoo on the side ribs
Colourful swirl-patterned tattoo of a stylised animal head on the neck behind a woman's ear.
Swirling animal head behind the ear
Several arms crossed together, each wrist marked with a matching pink, red and teal chevron band tattoo.
Matching chevron wrist bands on several arms
Black ink drawing of an ornamental cross design with filigree detail, leaf motifs and stippled dotwork shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental cross with leaves and dotwork
Colourful feather tattoo in blue, purple and green on the lower abdomen, with a trail of small birds rising towards the navel.
Feather and flying birds on the abdomen
Geometric tattoo of a solid black disc inside an orange ring with radiating black marks, on the front of a lower leg below the knee.
Geometric sun and lines on a lower leg
Black and white photo of a small fine line cross tattoo on the wrist of a hand gripping a microphone.
Small cross tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script lettering with a small starburst on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script word with starburst on wrist
Black script reading Let it go surrounded by teal and blue snowflakes and a soft lavender wash, tattooed on the shoulder.
Let it go script with snowflakes on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a veiled woman holding a baby, with ornate scrollwork and a bearded male face below.
Veiled woman holding a baby, black and grey sleeve
Small black fine-line outline of a faceted diamond on the upper arm, beside a black and white patterned shirt sleeve.
Small diamond outline on an upper arm
Traditional-style flash design of two swallows, a red rose, a red heart, a blue flower, a pocket watch and two sonic screwdriver-style objects, with banners reading All of Time and Space and Allons-y.
Swallows, rose and heart with banner scroll
Black ink dotwork sketch of two roses with shaded leaves, drawn on white paper in a spiral sketchbook as a tattoo design.
Two roses dotwork flash sketch
Close-up of a black fine script lettering tattoo of four lines of text on the left side ribs of a woman wearing a black bikini.
Script lettering quote on side ribs
Traditional style flash design of an open book with a quill and chain, flanked by two closed leather-bound books, with banner scrolls carrying lettering above and below.
Open book with quill and banner scrolls
Black and grey traditional grim reaper tattoo with dotted shading, a scythe, falling tears and the words O heaven knows we'll soon be dust, on a limb.
Grim reaper with quote on a limb
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Hello Kitty with a red bow and pink dress, in a bold black outline with soft grey shading, on a limb.
Hello Kitty tattoo with red bow
Small black and grey ornate cross tattoo with dotted detail on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small ornate cross on upper back
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas on the inner forearm, with a purple head, black bow tie and blue swirling background.
Jack Skellington on a forearm
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind with a black geometric lotus tattoo on her upper back, with a dotted line below it.
Lotus tattoo on upper back

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