Tattoo ideas

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

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Red and black lettering tattoo on an inner wrist reading I belong with Ashley's 21st birthday party, with martini and cocktail glass illustrations.
Birthday party slogan tattoo on wrist
Black and grey lion face tattoo with loose ink splatter on the calf of a leg, in a realistic style.
Lion face tattoo on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a limb showing an orange butterfly, leaves, a geometric flower and a bird's head, with black outlines and dot shading.
Neo-traditional butterfly and bird on a limb
Black ink heart tattoo with a small cross above it, placed behind the ear in a black and white photograph.
Heart and cross tattoo behind the ear
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a seated woman at a vanity, a horned demon in the mirror, and the quote 'What is this that stands before me' arched above.
Woman at a mirror with demon reflection
Black and grey realism rose with leaves, thorny stem and a small script word on the side of a person's ribs.
Shaded rose with leaves on the side ribs
Black and grey photo of a single-line outline of a small bird tattoo on the inside of a forearm, in fine line style.
Simple bird outline on a forearm
Realism style black and grey tattoo of a white tiger head with bright blue eyes, placed on the forearm.
White tiger head on a forearm
Fine gold line drawing of a vertical totem design stacking lotus flowers, a central mandala and geometric diamonds, shown on a cream background.
Stacked lotus and mandala totem design
Black ink drawing of a bare tree with spreading branches inside a brushed enso-style circle, with ink spatter at the base, shown on a white background.
Bare tree inside a brushed black circle
Four pen drawings of tattoo designs: a dotwork geometric stag, a jellyfish, a ram skull inside a circle and two feathers, all in black ink on white paper.
Geometric stag, jellyfish, ram skull and feathers
Bold black tribal-style design on a white background, with swirling flame-like shapes and a heart-like curl at the top.
Bold black tribal design
Realistic black and grey pocket watch tattoo with roman numerals on an upper arm, with a partial rose tattoo above it.
Pocket watch with roman numerals on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of an infinity symbol with a small dragonfly on its left loop, a fine line tattoo design shown on white paper.
Infinity symbol with dragonfly
Fine line tattoo of a small pale cross on the inner wrist, with the hand curled upward and pale nails visible.
Small cross on the inner wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of a dandelion clock with drifting seeds on a forearm, set against a blue wash background.
Dandelion clock on a forearm
Black line drawing of a traditional-style bird carrying a sealed envelope with a scalloped flap and small heart, with flowers and radiating rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bird carrying a love letter with flowers
Black and grey shaded keyhole surrounded by ornate scrollwork, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Ornate keyhole escutcheon on the wrist
Fine line tattoo of a red rose with small blossoms and shaded grey leaves running down the upper back.
Red rose with stem on upper back
Small black and grey tattoo of a horseshoe forming an infinity loop, placed on the ankle.
Horseshoe infinity symbol on an ankle
Three matching black line infinity symbol tattoos, each with a small bird head on the left loop, shown on three wrists.
Matching infinity and bird wrist tattoos
Black and grey swallow in flight with a swirling tail above the word Freedom, tattooed on the forearm beside stacked silver bangles.
Swallow and Freedom on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of red poppies, white blooms and small blue flowers on the upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Poppy bouquet on the upper chest
Fine line wrist tattoo of a mother and child in profile inside a heart, with two green hearts and a pink flower.
Mother and child profile tattoo on wrist
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a howling wolf head in profile on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Howling wolf tribal design
Black fine line script tattoo reading It's all for love across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script phrase on upper back
Small fine line black tattoo of a cloud with a lightning bolt and sun rays on the upper back, shown in a black and white photo.
Cloud and lightning bolt on the upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a wild flower sprig with leaves and seed heads on the inner upper arm.
Wildflower sprig on an upper arm
Two small black anchor tattoos, one on each ankle, in simple fine line style, with a sandal and woven bracelets nearby.
Matching anchor ankle tattoos
Fine line black botanical vine with small leaves running across the top of a bare foot towards the toes, with coloured beaded anklets above the ankle.
Fine line vine tattoo across a foot
Large black tribal tattoo covering a man's shoulder, upper arm and part of his chest, with bold swirls and geometric bands.
Tribal shoulder, arm and chest tattoo
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a feather running along the back of a hand, close to the thumb.
Feather tattoo on the back of a hand
Two matching fine line tattoos of Saturn, smaller planets, a crescent moon and dots on the wrists of two people, in black and grey.
Matching planet tattoos on wrists
Black and grey shaded peony tattoo with a bold outline, placed on a woman's upper chest and shoulder, with a beach in the background.
Black and grey peony on the shoulder
Black linework tattoo of two women on a calf, one upside down with geometric triangular hair, with a mint green triangle and red circle accents.
Two linework women with geometric hair on a calf
Fine line black script reading Not all those who wander are lost, with a small compass ornament near the ankle, shown in a black and white photo of a foot.
Quote script and compass on foot
Traditional style tattoo of Medusa's head with grey snakes, yellow eyes and a gold tiara, on the side of a finger.
Medusa head on a finger
Colour traditional tattoo on an arm of two candy-style hearts reading NOT and YOURS, with stars, dots and a small heart above an open book.
Candy hearts saying NOT YOURS on an arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon face with ginger hair and blue eyes pushing through torn skin on the stomach, with a tongue piercing visible in the open mouth.
Cartoon face bursting through skin on stomach
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird pulling a string that holds a hanging chandelier, on the inner forearm of a person in a dark top and jeans.
Bird pulling a hanging chandelier on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a retro rocket and planets inside a dotted circle of stars, placed on the thigh.
Retro rocket in a dotwork night sky
Small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist, shown in a fine line style, with the palm facing up towards the camera.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Small black bird silhouettes in a scattered flock across a shoulder, in black ink.
Flock of birds across a shoulder
Black and grey photo of a hand with a small fine line umbrella tattoo on the side of the middle finger.
Small umbrella tattoo on a finger
Shaded black and grey drawing of a geometric tattoo design in a cross shape, made of stacked triangles and arrowheads, with no body placement shown.
Geometric triangle and arrow cross design
Two hands with black and grey tattoos, including triangles on the fingers and a spider design on the back of one hand, with a wide-brimmed black hat covering the face.
Geometric finger tattoos and floral forearm
Solid black stencil-style tattoo of a figure mid-throw holding a bouquet with small red flowers, on the side of the ribs.
Figure throwing a bouquet on the ribs
Neo-traditional tattoo of a large pink flower with green leaves and a green beetle across the back of a hand, with a tattooed forearm above.
Pink flower and beetle on the hand

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