Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a raspberry sprig with green leaves on the inside of a forearm, shown against a dark background.
Raspberry sprig on a forearm
Realism style forearm tattoo of Big Ben in black and grey shading beside a colour Union Jack flag, shown in two side by side photos.
Big Ben and Union Jack on a forearm
Black Tibetan script lettering design on a plain white background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body part visible.
Tibetan script lettering design
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a dragon head and a serpent coiled around a dagger on the forearm.
Dragon and serpent around a dagger on a forearm
Two pink flamingos with necks curved to form a heart, in a soft red-pink colour on the upper arm.
Two pink flamingos on an upper arm
Fine line botanical tattoo of pink roses and grey eucalyptus sprigs on the upper back, below the nape of the neck.
Pink rose bouquet on upper back
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading "it is well" in a typewriter style font on the inner forearm, with a woman in a striped top standing in a grassy field.
Small "it is well" lettering on a forearm
Black cursive lettering quotation tattoo across the upper thigh, shown in fine line script beside denim shorts.
Cursive quotation tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey photo of a small fine line cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Small cross on upper back in black and grey
Watercolour-style drawing of a feather headdress design with black, grey and red splashes on a pale background, with no body part shown.
Watercolour feather headdress design
Colour traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon cat batting a pink ball of wool, set inside a lilac and teal scalloped heart on a limb.
Cartoon cat with yarn in a heart
Small black fine line mountain tattoo on the nape of a woman's neck, with her hair pulled up and a grey top visible.
Mountain peaks on the nape of the neck
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles and arcs with red and blue wash on the upper arm and shoulder of a man in a dark top.
Overlapping circles and arcs on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue NY logo with grey and black biomechanical-style shading on the upper arm, shown in close view.
Blue NY logo on upper arm in biomechanical shading
Realistic colour tattoo of a red open-top Jeep driving through grey trees and smoke on an upper arm.
Red open-top Jeep on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated cat silhouette filled with pine trees, on the inner forearm.
Cat silhouette filled with pine trees on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sea turtle with swirled flippers, a blue wave and an orange and pink flower, with dark teal outlines, on skin.
Sea turtle with wave and flower
Black and grey realism tattoo of parted lips clenching a bullet between the teeth, placed on the inner upper arm.
Lips biting a bullet on the upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a cabin with a smoking chimney, pine trees, a low sun and a red flower on the calf.
Cabin scene with pines and flower on a calf
Black ink calligraphy reading go live in flowing script across a pale background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Go live script lettering design
Black line drawing of a cat sitting in a teacup on a saucer, with a small solid heart on the side of the cup, shown as a flash design.
Cat sitting in a teacup with a heart
Colour tattoo of pink cherry blossom branches and a purple butterfly running from the ribs across the side of the abdomen, in a Japanese style.
Cherry blossom branch and butterfly on ribs and hip
Back view of a woman with a black blackwork ornamental tattoo of stacked leaves and a mandala motif running from the nape of the neck down the upper back.
Black ornamental tattoo across upper back and neck
Black and white photograph of a solid black shark silhouette tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting on a bare shoulder.
Shark tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of scissors on a dashed cutting line across the top of a foot toe, with blue glitter nail polish.
Scissors and dashed cut line on a toe
Fresh purple portrait of a face with a grey shaded rose below it, being tattooed on the side of a torso by a gloved artist.
Purple portrait and grey rose on a side torso
Two matching black ink XOXO tattoos in a thin handwritten script on the ankles of bare feet resting on a grey blanket.
XOXO lettering on two ankles
Colour realism tattoo of a tan dog with its tongue out and a pink bandana, on the upper leg.
Realistic dog portrait with pink bandana
Small black and grey fine line swallow in flight with faint script above it, tattooed on the side of a person's abdomen above light grey shorts.
Small swallow tattoo on the side of the abdomen
Full sleeve tattoo in pastel colour on an upper arm and forearm, showing cartoon bears, a pony, rainbow, clouds, stars and hearts.
Pastel cartoon bears and ponies full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lynx head centred on a person's upper back, with ear tufts and a steady gaze.
Lynx head on upper back
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with fine lines and dotted shading on the upper back of a woman in a white vest top, photographed from behind.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Black and grey script quote running along the outer foot with a compass and gears emblem on the heel, shown beside a close view of the toes.
Quote and compass tattoo on a foot
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a green-skinned zombie pin-up woman in a red dress, seated on a chair, on the calf.
Zombie pin-up in a red dress on a calf
Blackwork tattoo covering the forearm and upper arm in solid black ink, with two thin bands of bare skin running along the forearm.
Solid black forearm with pale skin stripes
Fine line tiny sun tattoo in black ink on the side of a woman's back, photographed from behind in a white knit top.
Tiny sun tattoo on the side of the back
Small black semicolon tattoo on the side of a finger, shown against a teal background in a fine line style.
Semicolon tattoo on a finger
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a single flower with dotwork shading in the bloom, a long stem and two leaves, on the inner forearm.
Single flower with stem and leaves on a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of birds flying diagonally down the back of a neck and onto the upper back.
Flock of birds on the back of the neck
Black and grey tattoo of an owl perched on a vine branch across the top of a foot, with shaded feathers and leaves.
Owl on a branch on the foot
Two stacked photos of blue script lettering tattoos reading deirfiúr mhór and deirfiúr bheag on pale skin.
Irish script lettering tattoos in blue ink
Realistic colour tattoo of an orange lily with shaded petals and yellow stamens on skin, with a faint teal wash behind it.
Orange lily tattoo in colour
Fine line black tattoo of the Hogwarts banner and a tower on a wrist, shown beside an illustrated Marauder's Map.
Hogwarts banner and tower on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat with a moustache and swept-back hair paddling an orange canoe, placed on the outer thigh.
Cartoon cat in a canoe on a thigh
Collage of six traditional style tattoos on skin, including a rocket, a mouse head with a bow, a skull, a shotgun shell, a spider and a key with a heart, several marked with the number 13.
Six traditional flash tattoos with the number 13
Small shaded black and grey crescent moon tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with her hair pulled up.
Small crescent moon on the nape of the neck
Fine line black tattoo of a thin wavy line with small peaks on the side of the ribcage, seen in a selfie of a person in a white camisole.
Small wavy line tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey script lettering reading Just Breathe across the upper chest, shown in a black and white photo.
Just Breathe script on chest

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Popular subjects

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