Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey owl tattoo with ornate floral and mandala details on the inner forearm, shaded with fine dotwork.
Owl and ornamental design on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a woman with an updo, long gloves and a cigarette holder, on the outer upper arm, in a realistic portrait style.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on upper arm
Small black and grey camera tattoo with a heart on the top body, in fine line style, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small camera tattoo on a wrist
Realistic red bow tattoo with white polka dots and grey shading on the inner forearm.
Red polka dot bow on a forearm
Close photo of a colourful feather tattoo with a rainbow gradient from red and yellow at the tip to green and blue at the base, outlined in dark grey, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Rainbow gradient feather on the upper back
Black script lettering tattoo of a quote running across the side of the ribs, with a black lace bra above it.
Script quote tattoo across the ribs
Black fine line geometric tattoo of a bow and arrow with circles, triangles and dots running down the inner forearm.
Geometric bow and arrow on a forearm
Small solid black heart tattoo on the thumb of an open palm held up towards the camera, against a dark patterned background.
Tiny black heart on thumb
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and peonies covering the upper arm, shown on a woman with blonde hair and a grey top.
Black and grey roses and peonies on an upper arm
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings across the upper back, its long swirling tail running down towards the lower back.
Phoenix rising across a back
Colourful rainbow heart tattoo on the chest, drawn as a geometric faceted gemstone with shaded panels in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and pink.
Rainbow faceted heart on chest
Fine line black tattoo of a cat's head in profile with whiskers, on the inner forearm.
Single-line cat head on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on a thigh showing a curled deer surrounded by peonies, a chrysanthemum and fern sprigs, in engraved-style hatched linework.
Deer and peonies on a thigh
Close photo of white ink script reading Live Life across the inner wrist, in a fine lettering style.
Live Life script on a wrist
Traditional colour tattoo of small feet held inside a heart frame, with teal flowers and red leaves on skin.
Heart frame with feet and flowers
Fine black outline tattoo of the world map on the inner forearm of a person with light skin, with a wooden floor and fan in the background.
World map outline on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a flourished letterform with scrollwork and a lotus flower on the inside of a wrist.
Flourished letterform and lotus on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a girl sitting on a crescent moon swing, with a thin rope running to a small hanging ornament, on the inner forearm.
Girl on a crescent moon swing on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves and a rose bud on the side of a woman's neck, in fine line style.
Leaves and rose bud on the neck
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos inside circular outlines on the legs, showing a mountain range on the left and a curling wave on the right.
Mountain and wave tattoos in circle frames
Two side-by-side black line drawings of a fawn with roses and leaves, a traditional style tattoo design shown without any body placement.
Fawn and roses tattoo design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a butterfly, a bird with spread wings and roses across the ribs and side of a torso.
Butterfly, bird and roses on the ribs
Black and grey realism eagle tattoo with a Harley-Davidson bar and shield logo on a man's upper arm.
Eagle and bar and shield logo on upper arm
Two matching black script lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, reading It's Only Forever and Not Long At All.
Matching script quote tattoos on wrists
Black ink tattoos on the back and fingers of a hand, including a shaded butterfly, a leafy vine with a flower, and small geometric symbols.
Butterfly, vine and symbols on a hand
Watercolour and ink drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with pink coral, barnacles and a red starfish, designed as a tattoo design.
Anchor with rope, coral and starfish
Fine line constellation tattoo of seven small star dots joined by thin dotted lines, sitting on the inner upper arm of a person whose arm is raised.
Star constellation tattoo on inner upper arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a figure with dandelion seeds drifting away, on the upper arm.
Dandelion seeds drifting from a figure on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a heart-shaped wreath of blue, orange and pink flowers around black script reading Fall in love with yourself, on the outer thigh.
Heart wreath with script quote on thigh
Watercolour-style forearm tattoo of Alice in Wonderland beside a Roman numeral pocket watch, with the quote 'I knew who I was this morning' in script, shown in two matching photographs.
Alice, pocket watch and quote on a forearm
Black blackwork-style tribal butterfly design with swirling wings and curled antennae, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal butterfly design in solid black
Woman in a red and white striped swimsuit with a traditional-style eagle and heart tattoo on the chest, and tattoos on the upper arm, forearm and thigh.
Traditional eagle chest tattoo with arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curled fox, pine trees, a lake and snowy peaks under a crescent moon, framed by a botanical wreath on a thigh.
Fox and mountain scene on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a songbird perched on a swirling branch with curled tendrils, a tattoo design drawn in a spiral notebook.
Songbird on a swirling branch sketch
Black and grey realistic wolf head with two roses and leaves, tattooed on the thigh.
Realistic wolf and roses on thigh
Traditional-style Halloween flash sheet in bold black outlines and bright flat colour, showing a pin-up witch, ghost, bats, skull, pumpkin and coffin designs.
Halloween flash sheet with witch and bats
Black and grey ornamental tattoo running down the spine, with partial Namaste lettering on the upper back of a woman in a white lace top.
Namaste lettering and spine ornament on a back
Tabby cat held against a forearm and upper arm with a black and grey cat face banner tattoo and script lettering, with touches of red ink.
Cat face banner tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up photo of a solid black treble clef tattoo on skin, with bold filled linework and a smooth, simple outline.
Solid black treble clef tattoo
Fine line tattoo of a small outlined cloud with four raindrops on the inner wrist, in dark ink against pale skin.
Cloud and raindrops on a wrist
Fine line black outlined flower with a pink fill on the inner ear, with a small crystal stud piercing set in its centre.
Small flower tattoo on the inner ear
Small fine line gold metallic bee tattoo on the inner wrist, seen against a warm wooden background.
Small gold bee on the wrist
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a green raptor head with open jaws, two red roses with green leaves, and the words Life uh finds a way.
Raptor head and red roses with lettering
Black and white photo of two hands raised, each wrist bearing a small fine line script tattoo that reads love, placed on the wrist.
Matching love script on wrists
Black and white photo of two geometric mandala tattoos, one on each forearm, with fine linework on the left and dense dotwork shading on the right.
Matching mandala tattoos on two forearms
Black script lettering reading Twenty-Six. Two with a stylised running figure above the first letter, on the upper back.
Twenty-Six. Two script with runner on back
Black stylised flash design of two bird heads on curving necks joined to a tapering tail with a spade tip, shown on a plain grey background.
Stylised bird and serpent motif
Colour realism tattoo of a griffin with an eagle head, white and grey wings and a golden lion body, set against a pale blue and pink cloud background on a limb.
Griffin with eagle head and wings on clouds

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