Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a purple lotus flower with pink centre and blue-tinged shading on the outer thigh, in a botanical realism style.
Purple lotus tattoo on a thigh
Colourful tattoo on a calf showing a figure in a grey suit and striped tie, with a ram skull head, a coffee cup and paint splashes above.
Suited figure with ram skull head on calf
Fine line black tattoo of a small two-masted sailboat on the inner wrist, with a fist raised above it against a wooden surface.
Small sailboat on an inner wrist
Black line drawing flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, including a ship, anchor, dagger through a heart, snake, swallow on a padlock and diamond in a laurel wreath, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet of nautical and classic motifs
Fine line black tattoo of a small sun and crescent moon on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a tree and parked cars behind.
Small sun and crescent moon on the inner wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink ball of yarn with knitting needles and a banner reading Knit Fast Die Warm, on the upper arm.
Yarn, needles and Knit Fast Die Warm banner
Black line drawing of a skeletal female profile with swirled hair inside an oval scrollwork frame, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull profile cameo in ornate frame
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grinning face with green eyes and teal stripes, in neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Cheshire Cat grin on upper arm
Black and grey design drawing of a wolf's head with intricate dotwork and geometric patterns across the face and hanging feathers below, shown without a body placement.
Ornamental wolf head with feathers
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each showing a small fine line geometric triangle tattoo with a circle on a finger.
Matching triangle tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a piston and cog gears breaking through torn skin on the forearm.
Piston and gears on a forearm
Fine line single-line tattoo of two facing cats with flowing wave-like strokes on the outer thigh, in reddish-brown ink.
Two facing cats in single line on thigh
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, covering most of a person's back.
Feathered skull headdress across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a chain and ornate scrollwork on the upper arm.
Pocket watch with scrollwork on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the words love yourself in script on the lower back.
Love yourself script within an infinity symbol
Close-up of a small black and grey fine line feather tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with a black top being lifted above it.
Small feather tattoo on the ribs
Black monoline handwritten script reading Riddikulus on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design shown without a body placement.
Riddikulus handwritten script design
Black script tattoo reading beautiful, with a decorative flourish at the start, on the side of the ribs.
Beautiful script on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with a swallow in a ring of yellow dots, on the upper arm.
Profile face and swallow in a dotted circle
A full sleeve tattoo of feathered wings in grey and beige with red shading, running from the upper arm down to the wrist on a man wearing a white vest.
Feathered wing full sleeve tattoo on an arm
Colour tattoo of a black branch with pink cherry blossoms and black Japanese characters beside it, in a Japanese style, on the back.
Cherry blossom branch with kanji
Close view of a fine line black tattoo of four arrows meeting at a central point, sitting on the forearm below a raised fist against a clear blue sky.
Crossed arrows on the inner wrist
Watercolour feather tattoo in purple, pink and blue with black birds rising from the shoulder, shown on an upper arm from two angles.
Watercolour feather with birds on upper arm
Realism colour tattoo of pink magnolia blossoms and buds on a branch running down the calf, shown from two angles.
Pink magnolia branch on a calf
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
Black ink lettering tattoo of a coffee spoon outline reading I have measured out my life with coffee spoons, in a typewriter-style font, on the forearm.
Coffee spoon quote on forearm
Small black outlined sun tattoo with a ring centre and pointed rays on the inner wrist, beside festival wristbands.
Outlined sun on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a kingfisher in flight above a black branch with blue and pink watercolour splashes, on a forearm.
Kingfisher and branch on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cross with the word Redeemed in cursive script running down the upright stroke, on a forearm.
Cross with script word Redeemed on a forearm
Close-up photo of a small colour tattoo of a four-leaf clover made of purple hearts threaded with cream Celtic knotwork, on skin.
Purple Celtic knot clover on skin
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart made from leafy vines and tiny roses, placed on the outer ankle.
Heart of leaves and roses on the ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeleton embracing a sugar skull woman with a rose in her hair, covering the back, with sleeves on both arms.
Skeleton and sugar skull couple on full back
Arm with a full sleeve tattoo of mandalas, crystals and leaves in dotwork and shading, covering the forearm and upper arm.
Botanical and crystal sleeve on arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a goldfinch in flight on an upper arm, with black and white wings and a yellow body, above a faint outlined leaf design.
Goldfinch in flight on an arm
Black and grey realistic diamond tattoo on the side of the ribs, with script above reading You're a diamond my dear, They can't break you.
Diamond and script on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a black leopard print pattern with a purple crown, diamonds and a pink gem on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Leopard print and crown on an upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a cartoon fairy's head with a hair bun and closed eyes, placed on the calf.
Cartoon fairy head on a calf
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with outstretched wings and a long curling tail across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Phoenix with a long curling tail on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line heartbeat tattoo on the back of a neck, below hair worn up in a loose bun.
Heartbeat line on the back of the neck
Reddish-brown henna-style mandala tattoo with lace-like ornamental borders covering the upper and middle back, with a beach at sunset behind.
Mandala design across a woman's back
Close crop of a woman in a turquoise bikini showing a small black dragon-like tattoo on her lower abdomen beside the waistband.
Small dragon-like tattoo on the hip
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a koi fish with a faceted geometric lower body, sketched on a tablet with a stylus.
Geometric koi fish design sketch
Black dotwork tattoo of swirling dots and curls across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with a striped top visible at the edge of the frame.
Dotwork swirl tattoo across a shoulder blade
Seven small black fine line radial burst tattoos run in a diagonal row across the top of a bare foot, on a tiled floor.
Seven radial burst tattoos across a foot
Black fine-line tattoo of two crossed oars surrounded by the letters N, E, S and W, on the inner forearm.
Crossed oars with compass points
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of four arrows in a cross shape on a lower leg, with sand dusted over the skin.
Arrow cross tattoo on a lower leg
Black geometric star motifs in a repeating pattern tattooed across the back of a clenched hand and onto the knuckles, in a Japanese-influenced geometric style.
Geometric star pattern across the back of a hand
Black and grey shaded paw print tattoo above an infinity symbol with a red heart and script lettering, on a lower leg.
Paw print and infinity script on a lower leg

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