Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's face wearing a feathered headdress, on the inner forearm.
Lion in feathered headdress on a forearm
Black linework origami paper boat with blue, pink and orange watercolour splashes, and a thin line running down to a small anchor on a lower leg.
Origami paper boat with watercolour splashes on calf
Two wrists with gold metallic script temporary tattoos reading bride tribe, with pink painted nails and a sandy beach behind.
Gold bride tribe temporary tattoos on wrists
Fine line black outline tattoo of two roses with leaves on the forearm near the wrist, shown with a hand resting on a black boot.
Two roses on a wrist
Several sheets of cartoon cat temporary tattoo designs in watercolour style, with cat portraits, paw prints, fish, mice and words such as Meow and Purr.
Cat temporary tattoo design sheets
Black fine line script lettering reading No power in the verse can stop me, tattooed across the upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Japanese style colour design of a red oni with thunder drums, blue dragons and swirling clouds, shown as a full drawing with no body placement.
Red oni with dragons and thunder clouds
Black tribal-style line drawing of an eagle head in profile, with bold sweeping strokes forming the feathers and a sharp, angled beak, on a white background.
Tribal eagle head design
Black script lettering reading There's Faith In Love across the upper back and shoulder, photographed from behind.
Script quote 'There's Faith In Love' on shoulder
Black ink crescent moon tattoo with a dotted mandala pattern and dangling beaded chains, sitting on the ankle.
Crescent moon with mandala and beaded drops
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace that ends in the word 'life', placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Heartbeat line with 'life' script on chest
Flash sheet of fine line heartbeat and ECG designs in black, with small red heart and red spray accents, plus script wording.
Heartbeat line tattoo flash sheet
Fine line tattoo of a sleeping cat with green, blue and purple watercolour washes on the top of a foot.
Watercolour cat on the top of a foot
A model in a red polka dot pencil skirt shows a colourful tattoo on her lower leg and black and grey tattoos on her arms.
Colour leg tattoo beside a red polka dot skirt
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cartoon elephant wearing a decorated blanket, on the inner forearm.
Elephant with patterned blanket on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a treble clef followed by musical notes arranged to read as love, placed on the upper back.
Treble clef and music notes on the back
Black and grey photograph of a tiny fine line tattoo of scattered dots and a four-pointed star on the inner wrist.
Tiny star constellation on the inner wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of a red 1950s-style classic car with chrome details on the inner forearm.
Red classic car on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading make it count on the upper chest, under the neckline of a white tank top.
Make it count script on the chest
Black tattoo of a bird silhouette inside a circle with an arrow passing through it, on the inner wrist.
Bird in a circle with arrow on a wrist
Black anchor tattoo entwined with an infinity symbol on the side of a person's hip, above black underwear.
Anchor and infinity symbol on a hip
Black ornamental drawing of a seated dog filled with tribal-style linework and dotwork patterns on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Tribal-patterned seated dog design
Black dotwork and line tattoo of a stylised horse head with geometric ornament, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric horse head on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink-iced doughnut with white sprinkles, a bite taken out and a red drip, in bold black outline on the outer thigh.
Pink iced doughnut tattoo on a leg
Black ink fine line drawing of an infinity symbol on white paper, with a small script word along the lower stroke and the numerals 1.23 inside the right loop.
Infinity symbol with script word and numerals
Black and grey anchor tattoo wrapped with rope in a traditional style, shown on a patch of hairy skin with a reddened area around it.
Anchor with rope on skin
Colour tattoo of two blue tits perched on a branch of yellow forsythia, across the shoulder and upper back of a person in a white top.
Blue tits and forsythia on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of two faces in profile, drawn in one continuous line, on the side of a person's ribs.
One-line profiles on the ribs
Black and grey shaded rose with swirling scrollwork tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, shown beside a white top and leopard print fabric.
Black and grey rose and scrollwork on ribs
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a raven and a woman's face on the inner forearm.
Raven and woman sketch on a forearm
Close-up of a small teal and silver geometric diamond tattoo on the side of a finger, with a silver ring on the adjacent finger.
Teal geometric diamond on a finger
Black linework tattoo design on paper of a symmetrical moth flanked by two beetles, with ornate scrollwork and leaves, suited to a large back or chest piece.
Central moth with beetles and scrollwork
Upper arm and shoulder tattoo of a winged wolf head inside a diamond frame of runes, with knotwork above, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Wolf in runic frame on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a worn, stitched plush rabbit sitting in grass on the inner forearm, rendered in ochre and grey with soft shading.
Worn plush rabbit on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today, with a feather and a bird above it, across a man's upper back.
Script quote with feather across upper back
Small solid black paw print tattoo, four prints in a loose diagonal group on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Four paw prints on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a realistic angel wings tattoo across the upper back of a woman facing away from the camera.
Black angel wings across a woman's back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and leaves across the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, wearing a sequin top with an open back.
Black and grey floral tattoo on upper back
Small full-colour taco tattoo on the back of a clenched hand, with a tan shell and green lettuce.
Small taco tattoo on the hand
Realism-style tattoo of a moth with blue-shaded wings across the back of a hand, with red nail polish on the fingertips.
Realistic moth on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with pink and peach flowers and green leaves on a navy background, on the back of a lower leg.
Floral cat silhouette on a calf
Fine line tattoo of a teal balloon with a handwritten lettering line reading Sometimes you need to let things go, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Balloon and quote on upper back
Solid black heart inside a dotted outlined heart, surrounded by a mandala pattern, tattooed in black ink on a forearm.
Black heart mandala on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a pink heart with a black and grey cross and anchor, sitting on the neck behind the ear.
Heart, cross and anchor behind the ear
Two forearms in black and white, each with a small black fine line anchor and a flock of birds rising towards the elbow, shown as a matching pair.
Matching anchor and bird flock forearm tattoos
Close photograph of a red rose tattoo with black lace and dangling chains and red drops across the upper chest, in a realistic botanical style.
Red rose and black lace on the chest
Black lettering tattoo of Roman numerals XX·III on the ankle of a leg resting on a bed, beside a black high-heeled shoe and a silver chain anklet.
Roman numerals tattoo on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a small bow on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Small bow on the inner wrist

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