Tattoo ideas

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

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Botanical tattoo of a swirling vine with small red flowers and three silhouetted birds on a branch, running down the calf.
Vine and birds tattoo on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an owl with red and brown feathers above yellow daisies and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Owl and daisies on a forearm
Black and white photo of a shaved-headed man seen from behind, with a large blackwork tribal tattoo across his back, shoulders and upper arm.
Blackwork tribal back and shoulder tattoo
Man seen from behind against a black background, with a dark black and grey tattoo across his left shoulder and upper arm.
Dark shoulder tattoo on a muscular back
Realistic grey lion head with a yellow crown and splashes of red, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain grey background with no body part shown.
Lion wearing a crown
Two lines of black typewriter-style coordinates tattooed on an upper arm near the shoulder, with a grey top visible below.
Coordinates lettering on upper arm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a peacock with green feathers and red eyes on an upper arm, beside a partly visible tattoo of a woman's face on the other arm.
Peacock tattoo on upper arm
A large eagle in flight tattooed on a person's upper back, with black wings and blue, green, purple and yellow splashes of colour.
Splashed eagle in flight on upper back
Black and grey photo of a fine line crescent moon tattoo with a small dot beside it, on the outer ankle and heel.
Small crescent moon on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a blue swallow in a loose watercolour style with the script 'you always have to trust' above it, on the side of the ribs.
Blue swallow with script on ribs
Colour mandala tattoo with teal, blue and black petals and dotted centre, on the thigh.
Teal and blue mandala on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a campfire with logs and flames inside a diamond frame showing mountains, pine trees and a sun, in bold black outlines, on a forearm.
Campfire and mountains in a diamond on a forearm
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with soft shaded edges and a small heart left as bare skin at its lower curve, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Crescent moon with a heart on the wrist
Small colour tattoo of a red and blue shield with a white star and paint-like drips, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Star shield with drips on forearm
Two photos of a matching infinity symbol tattoo with the word sisters in script, one in blue and purple and one in pink and red, on a small patch of skin.
Infinity sisters tattoo in two colourways
Purple pencil sketch of crossed scissors, a comb and two roses wrapped in a ribbon, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Scissors, comb and roses design
Pencil sketch of a faceted mountain with a snow-capped peak and pine trees inside an inverted triangle, in a geometric design style.
Faceted mountain inside an inverted triangle
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and a bud, set on a shoulder blade over a soft grey wash.
Cherry blossom branch on a upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sunflower with lavender sprigs and leaves on the inner forearm.
Sunflower and lavender bouquet on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'my story isn't over yet' ends in a semicolon, running diagonally across a pale forearm.
Semicolon and quote lettering on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "but first, tea" on a white background, with a distressed stamp-like texture, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
But first, tea lettering design
Close-up of a small solid black bird silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm, against a yellow, red and blue background.
Small black bird on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of yellow, orange and pink hibiscus flowers with green leaves and a red bud on the outer thigh.
Hibiscus flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat face with a pink bow, large blue eyes and black whiskers, shown on skin.
Cartoon cat with pink bow
Two forearms with botanical tattoos in muted green and grey, wheat ears on the left arm and lavender sprigs on the right, with hands clasped.
Wheat and lavender forearm tattoos
Close view of white geometric patterns with dots and lines across the back of a hand and onto the wrist, with rings on the fingers and denim shorts in the background.
White geometric hand and wrist design
Black and grey realistic winged dragon tattoo across a woman's upper back, with wings spread and head turned to the right.
Winged dragon across a back
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo with a long trailing tail on the upper back of a person with their hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an older bearded man in a star-spangled top hat, with stripes behind him, on a limb against a dark background.
Older man in star-spangled hat portrait
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo in green and blue with red and orange flowers and blue roses, on the thigh.
Colourful sugar skull with roses on a thigh
Photograph of a large surreal tattoo on a person's upper back and shoulder, showing a glowing blue night sky with a moon and small planets framed by swirling brown organic shapes, with a tiny standing
Night sky and moon across a shoulder blade
Small wrist tattoo of three red and pink lip prints above four lines of black serif lettering, on a forearm against green grass.
Three lip prints and text on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dandelion seed head on the side ribs, with seeds drifting off and turning into small birds.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on the ribs
Fine line black script lettering tattooed along a finger, on a hand with white-tipped nails against a pink leopard print background.
Script word tattoo on a finger
Two roses tattooed on the side of a torso in black and grey shading with red accents, sketchy linework and soft smudged shadows.
Two roses on the ribs
Side view of a person in a maroon bikini top showing a small grey dotwork tattoo of a circular symbol on the ribs, with a beach behind.
Circular dotwork symbol on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a face in profile with two outlined hands and a small red rose on the inner wrist.
Profile face and rose on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-haired cartoon pin-up woman in purple gloves, with blue flowers below, on the calf.
Cartoon pin-up with blue flowers on a calf
Black and grey geometric stag head tattoo with dotwork shading and a triangular frame, on the inner forearm.
Geometric stag head on forearm
Small black fine line arrow tattoo with crossed lines on the side of the ribs, photographed beside a window.
Small arrow tattoo on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a green leaf with a looped knot outline on the inner upper arm.
Green leaf with knot on upper arm
Small solid black fleur-de-lis tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, seen from behind with hair tied up in a bun.
Fleur-de-lis on the nape of the neck
Black and grey realism wolf head with oak leaves, acorns and moon phases across an upper arm sleeve, with a dotwork mandala at the shoulder.
Wolf and oak sleeve on upper arm
Two overlapping hands show black and grey chain link tattoos on fingers, one on the top hand and one on the lower hand, in a close-up on a patterned background.
Chain link tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of storm clouds and a rolling wave across a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Clouds and wave on a shoulder
Black and grey script lettering over a shaded block monogram on a forearm.
Script lettering over shaded monogram on forearm
Colour traditional style tattoo of a smiling pink cartoon train with a speech cloud reading I choo-choo-choose you and small red hearts, on the back of a leg.
Cartoon pink train with I choo-choo-choose you
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves on the forearm of a person wearing a lace crop top and denim shorts.
Shaded rose on a forearm

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