Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of cartoon Mario in a red raccoon suit with a striped tail, drawn in bold black outlines on a limb.
Cartoon Mario in raccoon suit on an arm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two swallows in flight on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Two swallows in flight on a shoulder blade
Close view of a forearm with two fine-line gold arrow designs, one with feathered fletching, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold arrows on a forearm
Colour tattoo of stylised blue and teal waves with black outlines and a curled crest, on the thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Stylised blue waves on a thigh
Small black peace sign tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades, with a long braid decorated with yellow daisies.
Small peace sign tattoo on upper back
Black and grey script tattoo reading Dance like nobody's watching along the top of a foot, in lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on a foot
Close-up of a 3D-style tattoo on the top of a foot, showing two puzzle pieces in grey shading with one piece filled with teal mermaid scales.
Puzzle pieces with teal scales on a foot
Black ink flash drawing of a pair of mirrored butterfly wings with dotted patterns and curled antennae, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
Solid black silhouette of a greyhound head with ears, combined with swirling black and white filigree scrolls in a blackwork style design.
Greyhound head with scrollwork
Small black geometric fox tattoo on the inner wrist, built from straight lines and triangles with dotwork shading in some sections.
Geometric fox on the inner wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a burning campfire with orange flames and dark logs on the forearm, shading up into smoky dark tones.
Campfire realism tattoo on the forearm
Full colour sleeve tattoo in a Japanese and traditional style on a raised arm, showing a rose, clouds, a wave and a script banner on the forearm and upper arm.
Colour sleeve with clouds and script banner
Photograph of a watercolour-style wolf head tattoo in blue and black with ink splashes on a forearm.
Blue watercolour wolf on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a dotted outer ring and N, E, S and W points, shown on a forearm in a black and white photo.
Compass rose tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a rose with shaded petals, leaves and a thin stem, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Shaded rose design with stem and leaves
Two hands show a blue seahorse tattoo running from the back of the hand along the fingers, with blue outlines and shading.
Blue seahorse tattoo across fingers and hand
Black and grey dragon tattoo with a coiled tail and a small line of script beneath it, on a person's left side ribs.
Black and grey dragon tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo across the chest and upper abdomen, with a rose on the upper arm and a peony on the hip.
Lotus, rose and peony tattoos on torso
Fine line black script tattoo reading walk by faith across the top of a foot near the ankle, with a grey trainer beside it.
Walk by faith script on the foot
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a vine of hearts ending in a bow, in a fine line style, on the side ribs.
Chain of hearts with a bow on a side ribs
Small solid black keyhole tattoo on the side of a woman's neck behind her ear, with her hair pulled up.
Keyhole tattoo on the side of the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hummingbird in flight with swirling trails and two feathers, on the forearm.
Hummingbird and feathers on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo with a red sun of a moustached man in profile, wavy lines and a pentagram on an upper arm.
Moustached man portrait and pentagram on upper arm
Fine line outline tally marks on the inside of a wrist, beside temporary tattoo sheets showing Roman numerals and a feather.
Fine line tally marks on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a simple ghost with dot eyes and the words ride or die in script, shown in two side by side photos on a limb.
Ghost with ride or die script
Traditional style colour tattoo of a globe on a stand, sitting on a suitcase with clouds and a red aeroplane, on the upper arm.
Globe, suitcase and aeroplane on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of six loose feathers scattered across a pale page, drawn with soft shading and fine hatched strokes, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Scattered feather sketches in pencil
Black and grey script tattoo reading Angels never leave, they're always at your side, with a feathered angel wing, on the side of a body.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Realistic pink rose tattoo with green leaves and soft, blended colour on the upper chest.
Pink rose tattoo on the chest
Black lettering tattoo reading eyeballs to entrails next to an open swirling heart outline on the upper back.
Swirling heart and script quote on upper back
Black and grey lotus and scrollwork tattoo across the lower abdomen, shown above a lower panel of the same area with a horizontal scar and no ink.
Lotus scrollwork tattoo across the lower abdomen
Black and grey photo of a small, solid palm tree tattoo on the back of a lower leg above the ankle, seen from behind with white Converse trainers.
Small palm tree tattoo on the ankle
Colour tattoo of a red rose under a gold-rimmed glass dome with the words until the last petal falls, on the thigh, shown in daylight and under UV light.
Enchanted rose under glass dome on a thigh
Six printed temporary tattoo designs of cartoon racing cars, checkered flags and a gold trophy on a white background.
Six racing car temporary tattoo designs
Faded fine line infinity symbol joined to the word love in cursive script, tattooed on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo with circles, a triangle and dotted details on the inner forearm.
Fine line arrow with circles on an inner arm
Black fine line tattoo of a geometric crystal cluster on the inner forearm of a person wearing rings, with a red scarf draped beside them.
Crystal outline on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded black and grey bird beside red poppies, green leaves and white scrollwork.
Bird and red poppies on a thigh
Two versions of a tattoo design drawing of a lantern lamppost with three banners reading COURAGE, DEAR and HEART, one in green and one in black and grey, in a fine line lettering style.
Lamppost with COURAGE, DEAR, HEART banners
Black and white photo of a tiny fine line lightning bolt tattoo on the inner wrist, with a thin ring on the hand resting on a leather seat.
Small lightning bolt on a wrist
Fine line black crown tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with pale pink long nails and a rhinestone accent.
Small crown tattoo on a finger
Bold traditional style tattoo sleeve on a raised leg, showing a panther head, a swallow, a sailing ship and red flowers, with flash sheets on the shop wall behind.
Traditional panther and ship sleeve
Colourful watercolour-style abstract tattoo across the inner forearm, with pink, purple, blue, green and red washes and dark ink splatters.
Watercolour-style abstract tattoo on forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cross with the word Faith in black script and a dove, on the inner forearm.
Watercolour cross with Faith script on a wrist
Full colour neo-traditional phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a person's back.
Phoenix across a full back
Traditional-style tattoo of a pink and purple grenade with a tied ribbon, outlined in black, on a person's leg.
Pink grenade with ribbon on a leg
Fine line black script reading memento mori running vertically along the ribs of a woman whose black top is pulled up to the side.
Memento mori script on ribs
Hand-drawn black ink mandala with layered petals and fine dotted detail, drawn on white paper in a spiral sketchbook.
Black ink mandala design in a sketchbook

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