Tattoo ideas

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

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Three side-by-side views of a colour tattoo of a green eastern dragon with red eyes and gold accents coiling around a calf, Japanese style.
Green eastern dragon wrapped around a calf
Fine line illustrated tattoo of a woman in a cloche hat reading a book beside a red tulip, on the inner forearm.
Reading woman and tulip on forearm
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and decorated with pink roses, orange lilies and yellow flowers on the side of the ribs.
Anchor with roses and flowers on ribs
Two tattoos of the robots WALL-E holding a small plant and EVE, one in colour and one in pale grey, on a person's arms.
WALL-E and EVE tattoos on arms
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty peeking over a pink swirled cupcake with a striped blue case and a lollipop, in a neo-traditional style on skin.
Hello Kitty cupcake with lollipop
Close crop of a woman's torso showing a small dark butterfly tattoo on her hip, with a black printed crop top and pale blue bikini bottoms.
Small butterfly tattoo on a hip
Colourful geometric anatomical heart tattoo with bold black linework and red, orange and yellow watercolour-style fill, on the calf.
Geometric anatomical heart on a calf
Black ornamental dragonfly tattoo with swirling patterns across the wings, placed on a person's upper back over the shoulder blade.
Ornate dragonfly on upper back
Small black swallow and star tattoos on two people's hands and wrists as they hold hands outdoors, with a dark tattoo visible on a forearm.
Swallow and star tattoos on joined hands
Light blue tribal-style sea turtle tattoo design on a white background, with bold solid shapes and patterned shell detail.
Tribal sea turtle design
Black and grey drawing of a bird in flight with ornate, marbled wing feathers and a long forked tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Flying bird in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork tree inside a faceted crystal outline on a forearm, with a dotted circle and single dots above and below.
Tree within a geometric crystal on a forearm
Colour flash design of a woman in profile within an ornate gold oval frame, with purple roses and a white rose, in a Neo-trad style.
Woman in profile cameo with roses
Black dotwork and line tattoo of a bare tree whose roots form an arrow of overlapping triangles, on the inner forearm.
Bare tree and overlapping triangles on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of an interlocking star-shaped flower with curling swirl tendrils on skin, in a geometric style.
Interlocking star flower with swirls
Black ink tattoo of a cross with a flock of birds flying off it, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cross with birds on upper back
Black and grey vintage engraved octopus tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with blonde hair and a white lace top.
Vintage octopus on upper arm
Woman in a pink t-shirt and black leather skirt showing a traditional-style pin-up tattoo of a dark-haired woman in a red dress on her forearm.
Pin-up woman tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black compass rose with N, E, S and W letters and a cursive script word beside it, tattooed on an ankle.
Compass and script word on an ankle
Close up of fine script lettering reading "it can't rain all the time" tattooed across two fingers of a hand with pink nails.
Script quote across two fingers
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a crab with a central eye, set inside a circle with geometric construction lines and lettered points, shown as a tattoo design.
Crab with an eye in a geometric circle
Pencil line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with roses, two lovebirds in an ornate heart frame and a banner reading Hopeless Romantic.
Roses and lovebirds tattoo design
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading There will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears, set across the ribs of a person whose face is not shown.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Two people's forearms side by side showing matching traditional-style tattoos of a shovel and a shaded object, each with a scroll banner carrying lettering, on the inner forearm.
Matching shovel and banner forearm tattoos
Black and grey photo of the words Phil. 4:13 in thin handwritten-style lettering on the inner wrist.
Phil. 4:13 lettering on the wrist
Black fine line tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon on two wrists, with both fists pressed together in front of a striped top.
Sun and moon wrist tattoos
Blue botanical tattoo of peonies, roses and leaves with soft shading across the top of a bare foot and up towards the ankle.
Blue peony bouquet across a foot
Flash design of a compass rose on a teal world map, framed by branches, flowers, leaves, rope, a fish, a bird and an anchor, in a botanical style.
Compass rose with anchor, bird and botanical wreath
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bird-like creature with wide eyes and an open orange beak, above a furry orange figure, on the inside of a forearm.
Cartoon bird-like creature on a forearm
Close photo of the words TAKE CARE in black hand-drawn lettering on a pale arm near the elbow.
Take Care lettering on an arm
Black and grey drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a detailed eye at its centre, set on a textured beige background, shown as a tattoo design.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Black ink botanical vine with leaves and flower buds wrapping from the calf over the ankle and onto the foot, shown in a two-panel photo.
Botanical vine down calf, ankle and foot
Realistic skull tattoo with shaded black and grey bone, red and blue roses and a torn skin effect, on the calf.
Skull and roses on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a German Shepherd's head with pricked ears and open mouth, placed on the back of the neck.
German Shepherd head on the back of the neck
Black fine line tattoo of a small bird with a curling tail, placed on the skin behind a person's ear.
Small bird tattoo behind the ear
Colour forearm tattoo of a skull beside a woman with teal hair and red bows, with the typewriter-style quote 'And I know these dreams will be the death of me' above.
Skull and woman with quote on forearm
Black and grey Celtic cross tattoo with interlaced knotwork and thorny vines wrapped around it, on the upper arm.
Celtic cross with thorns on upper arm
Colour realistic tattoo of large sunflowers, a field and a cloudy blue sky covering a woman's back, seen from behind with a sunflower in her hair.
Sunflower field tattoo across a woman's back
Black and grey realistic skull with a shaded rose above it, a small cross and dark scrollwork, tattooed on a forearm and shown from two angles.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Metallic gold geometric temporary tattoos with triangles, chains and leaf motifs on a woman's forearm and upper arm.
Gold geometric armband tattoos on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a knotted white Nike t-shirt, with a bare midriff.
Black rose tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a daisy and swirling linework across the top of a foot.
Sugar skull with daisy on a foot
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey and ginger cat with green eyes, a red heart and pearl chain, with pink and purple flowers, on a person's calf.
Cat with heart and flowers on a calf
Small black line tattoo of a cartoon figure in a cap on the inner wrist, drawn in a fine line style.
Small cartoon figure in a cap on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crouching cougar with its tail curled up, on the side of a person's torso.
Crouching cougar on the side of the body
Geometric big cat face tattoo in orange, red and black with grey-green shading on the forearm.
Geometric big cat face on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on a person's side ribs reading She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future, Proverbs 31:25.
Proverbs 31:25 script quote on ribs
A sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs, including wings, feathers, an eye of Horus and sun motifs, laid on a wood slice beside pink flowers.
Gold and black temporary tattoo sheet

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