Tattoo ideas

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

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Black silhouette tattoos of a figure on a forearm, with cursive script reading Michael Jackson on another forearm, photographed with the arms crossed.
Silhouette and script forearm tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding strings attached to an anatomical heart, on the forearm.
Marionette hand and anatomical heart on a forearm
Black and grey crown with feathered wings tattooed across a person's lower abdomen, below the navel.
Crown and wings across the lower abdomen
Upper thigh with a shaded pink and grey rose tattoo, shown in two panels, one bare and one with a white fishnet stocking, against a dark lip-print background.
Rose tattoo on upper thigh
Black script lettering reading Don't let the past make you're decisions, four today across a forearm, a lettering style tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Black tribal-style design of a heart outline with two curled spiral motifs facing each other, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Tribal heart with twin spirals
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose inside a shield-shaped banner with numerals, on the back of a hand.
Rose and numbered banner on the hand
Black script lettering of Jeremiah 29:11 across the thigh, in a fine, flowing handwriting style.
Jeremiah 29:11 script on a thigh
Soft pink and red rose tattoo with watercolour-style shading on the side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment held at the waist.
Pink rose on the side ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two molar teeth with small numerals above them, placed on the ribs of a person in a lace top and tan suede skirt.
Two molar teeth on the ribs
Back tattoo of a sketched black-line doll with button eyes, beside watercolour pink and purple orchids and a red butterfly, covering the upper and mid back.
Sketched doll and watercolour orchids on a back
Black ink drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a central eye, filled with dotwork shading and mandala-style patterns, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand with eye in dotwork design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a gerbera daisy with shaded petals on the upper arm.
Gerbera daisy on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded skull wrapped in a snake, with two roses and a dagger at the base.
Skull with snake and roses design
Pencil drawing of a revolver with a wooden grip and three banners of handwritten lettering, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Revolver with banner lettering design
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Curiosity often leads to trouble along a person's hip and upper thigh.
Quote tattoo along the hip
Black ink portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair, labelled FRIDA KAHLO beneath it, on the inner forearm.
Frida Kahlo portrait on a forearm
Two wrists with small black semicolon tattoos, one on each person, with hands raised inside a car.
Matching semicolon wrist tattoos
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon penguin with orange feet standing on a blue ice block, shown on skin.
Cartoon penguin on an ice block
Two small black fine line arrows, one on each ankle, pointing in the same direction on a pair of feet resting on a white surface.
Two small arrows on both ankles
Colourful paisley and mandala tattoo with scrollwork and dotted detail on the lower leg.
Paisley and mandala tattoo on a leg
Black line drawing of a Gemini zodiac symbol with a crescent sweep and a small outlined star, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Gemini zodiac symbol with crescent and star
Black ink botanical mandala with a curled figure in a circle, covering a rounded bare abdomen, in a blackwork and botanical style.
Floral mandala with curled figure on a belly
Black and grey Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing armour plates, a scale pattern and swirling shapes.
Japanese armour sleeve on an arm
Black and grey shaded peony tattoo with leaves and a bud on the forearm, in a traditional botanical style.
Black and grey peony on a forearm
Black line drawing of a three-part curled swirl with thin vine tendrils and small leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Three-part swirl with leaves and tendrils
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a red and white lighthouse over the sea inside a black anchor with teal accents and a rope loop.
Lighthouse and anchor on a forearm
Solid black silhouette of a snake coiled into an S shape with its head raised to the left, drawn on a plain white background.
Coiled snake silhouette
Black and grey photo of a small fine line infinity symbol tattoo on the chest, with a snakeskin print top worn off the shoulder.
Small infinity symbol on the chest
Black lettering reading Insert Coins In Slot with a small red arrow and black flourishes above it, on a person's lower back above jeans.
Insert Coins In Slot lettering on lower back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a flower crown with hibiscus, plumeria and a daisy-like bloom on an upper arm, above a simple headband line.
Flower crown tattoo on an upper arm
Mixed colour tattoo of Calvin and Hobbes lying in grass beside a dark tree on the inner upper arm, with the quote 'I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up'.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a dense mandala with leaves and feathers on white paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch beside a fine liner pen.
Mandala with leaves and feathers design
Black lettering reading hiv in bold lowercase letters with a thin curved arrow pointing left, tattooed on a lower abdomen above a waistband, in a black and grey lettering style.
Lowercase hiv lettering with arrow on abdomen
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic catfish wearing a blue waistcoat and red bow tie, on the inner forearm.
Catfish in a waistcoat and bow tie
Black fine line script reading take care with a heart shaped swirl between the words, tattooed on a forearm.
Take care script with heart on forearm
Torso of a person in a white vest top, with black and grey realism style tattoo sleeves on both arms showing a cat, a skull and a ship.
Black and grey sleeve with cat and skull
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose above a blue faceted gemstone in a silver filigree setting, on a forearm.
Realistic rose above a blue gemstone on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grinning rabbit mask with glowing eyes, a crescent moon above and the numerals 06:42:12 below, on a forearm.
Rabbit mask and moon on a forearm
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue tail on the forearm, with loose ink splashes around her.
Watercolour mermaid on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small guitar on the side of an ankle, photographed in black and white against crumpled bedsheets.
Small guitar outline on an ankle
Black ink botanical tattoo of leaves and flowers running from the back of the hand down over the wrist and forearm.
Leaf and flower tattoo on hand and wrist
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with geometric petals and dots on the upper arm of a person wearing a sleeveless top.
Mandala tattoo on an upper arm
A hand holds a white card with four colourful pineapple temporary tattoo designs in green, pink, yellow and blue patterns.
Four pineapple temporary tattoo designs on a card
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl, a skull wearing a feathered headdress and a wolf across the shoulder and upper arm.
Owl, skull and wolf on an upper arm
Black tribal blackwork leg tattoo covering the thigh and calf, with red flower motifs on the thigh, worn by a woman sitting on a wall.
Tribal leg sleeve with red flowers on thigh
Small black and grey shaded triceratops tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a lace edge of clothing visible above it.
Small triceratops tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey line drawing of a horned bull skull decorated with geometric patterns and three roses with leaves, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Bull skull with roses design

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