Tattoo ideas

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

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Small coloured planet tattoo in a diagonal row running from the wrist across the back of a hand, with white lace fabric behind.
Planet row tattoo across the hand
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling red-mouthed T-rex with olive and salmon scales, wrapping around a lower leg.
Neo-trad T-rex on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a cartoon brown puppy climbing over an orange ribbon loop with bold black outlines, on an upper arm.
Puppy climbing an orange ribbon
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a spotted leopard-like cat and a black and white cat across the top of a foot and ankle.
Leopard and cat on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a songbird in flight with spread wings, sitting on the upper chest.
Songbird in flight on the upper body
Black dotwork drawing of a man's face inside a circle, with a red lightning bolt crossing the head and face.
Stippled portrait in a circle with red lightning bolt
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cracked lantern and a death's head hawkmoth on the inner forearm.
Lantern and death's head moth on a forearm
Botanical arm sleeve with two birds, peony flowers and leaves in black and grey, with red linework on the shoulder.
Birds and peonies on an arm sleeve
Black ink drawing of a mandala-style compass rose with lotus motifs, shown as a flash design for a tattoo.
Mandala compass rose tattoo design
Black script lettering reading individuality, tattooed across a person's shoulder, with a soft-focus background.
Individuality in script on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a galloping horse with a flowing mane on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Galloping horse tattoo across the upper back
Fine line black and grey outline tattoo of a standing dog on the side of a ribcage, above a white bra strap.
Dog outline on the ribs
Neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded grey skull wearing a red football helmet marked HUSKER, torn skin reveal and red N on the upper arm.
Skull in football helmet on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon lion cub sitting on a lower leg, with a curled tail and shaded orange fur.
Cartoon lion cub on a lower leg
Two matching wrist tattoos in black typewriter-style lettering, reading ad astra on the left wrist and per aspera on the right.
Matching Latin wrist lettering tattoos
Realistic colour tattoo of a peacock's head and blue-green feathers with a trailing eyed feather across the forearm.
Peacock and feather on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a skull, an eye in a triangle, a rose, a pocket watch and a compass.
Skull, rose and pocket watch on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red lily with black and grey swirling clouds on the side of the ribs, shaded in a Japanese-influenced realistic style.
Red lily with grey clouds on ribs
Colour tattoo of the video game character Kirby wearing a green cap and holding a large blue sword, with three grey fairies with glowing centres, on a leg, in a traditional style.
Kirby with a sword and fairies on a leg
Colour tattoo of a striped teepee beside a campfire, with pine trees, clouds and a crescent moon, on the upper arm.
Teepee campfire and moon on upper arm
Black and grey realism back piece of a blindfolded Lady Justice holding scales and a sword, with cherubs and a ship across the upper back.
Blindfolded Lady Justice back piece
Two bare feet with black script lettering tattooed along the tops, forming a quotation that continues from the left foot to the right, with painted toenails and a toe ring.
Script quote tattoos across both feet
Small colour tattoo of a pink flower with a green stem and yellow accents on the inner forearm, in a soft watercolour style.
Pink watercolour bloom on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette filled with flowers in teal, pink and purple on a lower leg, with bold black outlines.
Floral Mickey Mouse silhouette on calf
Black fine line geometric tattoos on the side of the ribs: a triangle with tally marks, a circle with an arrow, and a square enclosing a circle and a shaded triangle.
Triangle, circle and square geometric tattoos on ribs
Small black and grey tattoo of two cats seen from behind, standing side by side above a thin horizontal line, on the side of the ribs.
Two cats seen from behind on the ribs
Black and grey photo of the words skin is boring in script tattooed among bold black linework on skin.
Skin is boring script tattoo
Watercolour-style tattoo of two birds in blue, purple and pink on the inner wrist of a hand.
Watercolour birds on a wrist
Black mandala tattoo with a compass star at its centre, shown in two photos on a forearm against a white wall.
Mandala and compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a heart holding an umbrella in the rain, with lightning, a beaded line, flowers and leaves, and the words It's Rainin' Inside.
Heart with umbrella and rain, It's Rainin' Inside
Close-up of a symmetrical geometric tattoo in blue and purple with black outlines and dotwork shading, placed on the centre of the chest between the breasts.
Blue and purple geometric crystal on the chest
Colourful tattoo of a leaping wolf silhouette filled with pine trees, mountains and a purple and orange night sky, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Wolf silhouette with aurora forest on chest
Black geometric band tattoo of triangles and zigzags across the wrist of an open hand, with a dish of coarse salt beside it.
Geometric band tattoo on a wrist
Close-up of a black mandala design covering the back of a hand, worn with several silver rings and green-grey nails, on a cream fur background.
Black mandala design on the back of a hand
Black and grey shaded rose with a stem and leaves tattooed on the side of a neck, just behind the ear.
Black and grey rose on the neck behind the ear
Black and grey script tattoo reading 'You are my sunshine' curved around a shaded heart with a sun behind it, placed on the side of the hip.
You are my sunshine heart with sun on the hip
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a girl with a braid and a collared striped dress, her head hidden by a cloud, on a forearm.
Girl with a cloud for a head on a forearm
Traditional style tiger tattoo across a man's back, with bold black linework, grey shading and red accents around the mouth and paw.
Tiger across a back
Black ink drawing of a snarling tiger with bold striped shading, crouched on rocks, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Snarling tiger on rocks design
Black and grey realistic eye tattoo on the back of a hand, with the fingers shaded solid black and skull-like details on the middle fingers.
Realistic eye tattoo on the back of a hand
A woman seen from behind wears a tattoo of Alaska's outline on her upper back, filled with a sunset sky and mountains, while she looks out over a coastal town.
Alaska map with sunset on the upper back
Black fine line tattoo of two feathers wrapping around the wrist of a hand held against a plain pale background.
Two feathers on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head covering the back of a hand, with the mane extending towards the wrist and pale pink nails and gold rings visible.
Realistic lion portrait on the back of a hand
Black script lettering reading belle âme with small dots either side, above a smaller line reading a beautiful soul, on a plain white background.
Belle âme script lettering design
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with a vintage microphone, dice, two skulls, a rose and an 8 ball, shown without any body placement.
Skulls, dice and microphone flash design
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping circles, dotted orbit paths and a small star on the inner wrist.
Overlapping circles and star on the wrist
Traditional-style owl tattoo with yellow eyes and a small red heart, set inside an ornate oval frame on the side of the ribs.
Owl in ornate frame on ribs
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a fluffy tabby kitten sitting and looking to the left, on a area of pale skin.
Realistic kitten tattoo on skin

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