Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring red roses, a ship in a bottle and a dagger in bold colour.
Traditional rose and ship sleeve on arm
Woman in a white V-neck tee with colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses, flowers and a woman's face on both upper arms and forearms.
Floral and portrait tattoos on both arms
Two crossed hands on a white background showing a realistic black and grey rose tattoo framed by ornate filigree on the inner wrist and forearm.
Grey rose wrist tattoo with filigree
Fine line butterfly tattoo with blue and pink swirled wings and black tendrils trailing down the forearm.
Blue and pink butterfly with swirl tail
Colourful geometric band designs and a feather motif, apparently temporary tattoos, on a forearm and hand with a woven bracelet look.
Geometric bracelet-style temporary tattoos on arms
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of stripes wrapping around a forearm in an optical illusion, with a dotwork spiral pattern on the arm above.
Striped optical wrap on forearm
Black and grey shaded lotus flower tattoo on a forearm, with layered petals and a textured seed pod at the centre.
Shaded lotus flower on a forearm
Black and grey geometric cube tattoo with a lotus inside on the left upper arm, beside a black and grey rose sleeve on the right upper arm and forearm.
Lotus in a cube and rose sleeve on arms
Small black fine line dragonfly tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, with a white sleeve at the top edge of the photo.
Dragonfly on a forearm
Close-up of a botanical peony tattoo in black outline with soft pink-grey shading on the inner wrist and forearm.
Peony tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with purple, orange and yellow wings, dotted detailing and hanging dotwork chains, on the forearm.
Jewel-toned butterfly on forearm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a smiling sloth hanging on the inner forearm.
Small sloth tattoo on a forearm
Small black ink tattoo of a crescent moon with a palm tree and scattered cross marks on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Crescent moon and palm on inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with closed eyes and blunt fringe, with a large clock face and gears behind her.
Realistic woman's face and clock on forearm
Black linework tattoo of a geometric petal mandala on the inside of a forearm, with a checked shirt sleeve above it.
Black linework petal mandala on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an arm of a butterfly above an ornate filigree heart locket, with a bead chain running down the left side.
Butterfly and filigree heart locket on arm
Black and grey Volkswagen emblem tattoo on the inner forearm, shown in a casual indoor photo of a person in a white t-shirt.
Volkswagen logo on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line outline of a heart tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned arm, with a grey sleeve at the edge of the frame.
Small outline heart on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of overlapping geometric shapes, with a wireframe sphere, a dotwork diamond, a flower of life pattern and a teal circle.
Geometric sphere and diamonds on a forearm
Black and grey triquetra knot tattoo with a teardrop loop at the top, placed on the inner wrist.
Triquetra knot on the inner wrist
Black linework tattoo of a snake with ornamental swirls and flowers running along a forearm, with a large swirling pattern beside it.
Ornamental snake tattoo on a forearm
Small fine-line black tattoo of a pair of curly braces on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Curly braces on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a snarling cartoon Tasmanian Devil in bold black outlines and brown, tan and red tones, on the forearm.
Tasmanian Devil cartoon on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a treble clef flowing into a heartbeat line on the inner wrist.
Treble clef and heartbeat line on a wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a seated Egyptian-style cat with a sunburst and crescent moon behind its head, on a forearm.
Egyptian cat with sunburst on a forearm
Colour tattoo of mountains, a lake and pine trees inside a diamond frame with a red and orange sunset, on the forearm.
Mountain lake sunset in a diamond frame
Two black and grey fern frond tattoos, one on each forearm, shown against a background of green ferns.
Fern tattoos on both forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two feathers beside the word Dreamer in blackletter-style script on the inner wrist.
Dreamer lettering with dreamcatcher on wrist
Colour tattoo of a cartoon boy in a grey raccoon costume, set against a watercolour splash background, on a forearm.
Cartoon boy in raccoon suit on a forearm
Black and white photo of an open hand and forearm with a black tribal tattoo running along the forearm.
Tribal tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line arrow tattoo with a diamond head and a dot at the tail, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line arrow on a forearm
Thin black outline tattoo of a bird with a long curved neck and outstretched wing on the inner forearm, in a fine line style.
Single-line bird on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a pale pink flower with green leaves wrapping around a forearm, shown in a main photo and two close-ups.
Pale flower and leaves on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of two interlocking red outline hearts crossed by a black ribbon-like line shape, on the inner wrist.
Two red hearts and a black ribbon on wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose merging into a skull with leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and rose blend on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of Pikachu in profile with a solid lightning bolt tail, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Pikachu outline on a wrist
Black and grey circular tattoo of a curling wave with dotwork shading, on a forearm.
Hokusai-style wave in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an anatomical heart with poppies growing from it and two curled animals resting inside.
Anatomical heart with poppies on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a handwritten script quote tattooed on the inner wrist, reading sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
Mark Twain quote on the inner wrist
Fine black script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind it.
Book quote script on a forearm
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo with wispy dark shading across the inner forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Shaded skull on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a snarling tiger head inside a cross on the inner forearm of a person wearing grey clothing.
Tiger head inside a black cross on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a long-beaked bird with an ornate patterned tail on the forearm of a person whose hand rests on a lace garment.
Ornate bird tattoo on forearm
A raised hand and forearm covered in a road map design with red routes and place names, set against a dark background, with the design appearing to sit on the skin.
Road map tattoo across hand and forearm
Forearm tattoo of a bare black tree with blue and yellow watercolour splashes in its canopy and a profile face shaped into the trunk.
Watercolour tree with profile silhouette on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists and forearms held together.
Matching script quote on two wrists
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a detailed compass with Roman numerals above a shaded palm tree beach sunset.
Compass and palm trees on a forearm
Colour cartoon creatures with black outlines covering a forearm, including a turtle-like figure and a round creature with a yellow-eyed face, placed on the forearm.
Colourful cartoon creatures on a forearm

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