Tattoo ideas

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

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Black tribal-patterned hammerhead shark tattoo wrapping across the upper arm and shoulder, with bold solid areas and fine interior detail.
Tribal hammerhead shark on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a hare's head inside a dotwork diamond frame, placed on the upper arm.
Hare in a diamond frame on upper arm
Black and grey engraved tattoo of a skull fused with a gramophone horn and spine on an upper arm.
Skull and gramophone horn on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a samurai in armour holding a katana, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai warrior with katana on upper arm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading the heart of life is good on the upper arm, with a red and purple checked shirt beside it.
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Woman with blue-grey hair in a floral dress holding her skirt in a grassy field, showing a dark grey tattoo on her forearm.
Woman with blue hair and forearm tattoo
Back view of a large black and grey dotwork tattoo with a central spiral in a diamond frame, extending across the shoulders and down both upper arms and forearms.
Full back dotwork spiral with geometric sleeves
Arm with a colourful cartoon sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, holding a comic-printed skateboard with orange wheels.
Cartoon sleeve tattoo on an arm holding a skateboard
Japanese back piece in black and grey showing two guardian lion statues beside a pagoda and kanji, with coloured tattoo work on the upper arm.
Guardian lions and pagoda across the back
Close photo of a teal and black filigree heart tattoo with lettering across its centre, sitting on the upper arm.
Filigree heart with lettering on upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour showing the Joker, Batman, a bat emblem and Two-Face, running from the shoulder to the wrist on a man wearing a grey vest.
Batman villains full sleeve tattoo on an arm
Realism colour tattoo on the upper arm showing a figure fishing from a wooden dock beside a lake at sunset, with mountains and trees behind.
Fishing figure on a dock in a sunset landscape
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mermaid draped over an anchor on the upper arm and shoulder.
Mermaid draped over an anchor on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of peonies, anemone-style flowers and a moth across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Peonies and moth on upper arm
Torso of a person in a navy and yellow PLC 46 shirt, showing colour sleeve tattoos with musical notes and a landscape on both arms.
Colour sleeve tattoos with musical notes and landscape
Black tribal tattoo with swirls, triangles and spiky bands wrapping around the upper arm, shown from the side.
Tribal bands tattoo on upper arm
Black ink illustration of a woman with a hair bun and tattoos of a swallow, skull and Darth Vader helmet on her upper arm, traditional style.
Tattooed woman with blaster illustration
Black and grey profile portrait of a woman with red line planet, red and black lightning bolts and a red triangle, tattooed on the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Profile portrait with planet and lightning bolts
Realistic green starfish tattoo with yellow and orange dots, shaded to look three-dimensional, on the upper arm.
Green starfish on the upper arm
Small black hand-lettered script reading never grow up on the outer upper arm of a woman in a teal t-shirt, in a black and grey lettering style.
Never grow up script on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress holding a tomahawk, with red flowers below, on an upper arm.
Feathered headdress woman with flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner upper arm, with the arm raised.
Mandala flowers on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon penguin in a red bobble hat on an ice floe, with snowflakes and blue swirls, on the upper arm.
Cartoon penguin with snowflakes on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a snarling black bear head inside an orange C with blue outline, sitting on the upper arm.
Bear head in a C logo on upper arm
Black and grey tribal tattoo with chevrons, diamonds and spirals wrapping around the upper arm near the elbow.
Tribal band wrapping the upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a horned, snake-tailed creature above the words Never run from anything immortal, on the upper arm of a woman in a navy vest top.
Horned creature and slogan on upper arm
Black outline tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner upper arm.
Two reaching hands on the inner upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat with yellow-green eyes, pink lilies and lilac blooms on swirling vines across the upper arm and shoulder, in a soft pastel background.
Black cat and lilies on an upper arm
Black fine line single-line tattoo of a rose on the upper arm, set against a vintage botanical plate background.
Single line rose on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line floral mandala sleeve on an upper arm, with a rose at the shoulder.
Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and white photo of a shirtless man with a small star tattoo on his upper arm near the shoulder, his head hidden by dark fabric.
Star tattoo on a shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a dark grey whale with a rope around it, rising above green and grey waves in front of a red sun, shown on an upper arm in two photos.
Whale with rope over a wave and red sun
Black and grey tattoo of a howling wolf on the upper arm, its head filled with stars and a moon above a pine forest and a tent, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Wolf howling over a pine forest on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, buds and leaves running down the upper arm, photographed against a brick wall.
Roses and foliage on an upper arm
Realism style tattoo of red and pink roses with water droplets covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic red roses on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with stars, leaves and a dagger around her.
Profile portrait and stars on a full sleeve
Black and white photo of a small fine line Greek word tattoo, χάρις, on the upper arm below a grey sleeve.
Small Greek word tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a house with a chimney and shrubs on either side, placed on the upper arm.
Fine line house on the upper arm
Woman in a black band t-shirt showing a colourful neo-trad style tattoo of a rose, sun and hot air balloon on her upper arm and forearm.
Rose, sun and hot air balloon tattoo on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Madonna holding a sleeping child within a halo, with roses below, on an upper arm.
Madonna and child with roses on an upper arm
Black and grey blackwork octopus tentacle tattoo with rows of ringed suckers running down the outer upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Octopus tentacle tattoo on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a haunted house under a purple sky with bats and bare trees, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Haunted house and bats on upper arm
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo on the inner upper arm, with an ornate hamsa hand motif filled with swirling patterns along its shaft.
Arrow with hamsa hand on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two hydrangea blooms and leaves, shaded with dotwork, on an upper arm.
Hydrangea blooms and leaves on an upper arm
Black and grey ornamental band tattoo with paisley and lotus-like motifs wrapping the upper arm, below a dark top with embroidered flowers on the sleeve.
Ornamental band tattoo on upper arm
Black ornamental mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a beige camisole, shown in fine linework.
Mandala sleeve from shoulder to wrist
Solid dark blue geometric mountain tattoo on the inner upper arm, with a faded smaller peak rising above the larger ones.
Geometric mountain peaks on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a circular seal with a pyramid and eye on an upper arm.
Pyramid and eye seal on upper arm

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