Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a black classic muscle car with a yellow stripe, surrounded by yellow and orange flames, on the forearm.
Classic muscle car in flames on a forearm
Traditional style robin wearing a sailor hat and collar beside a red lifebuoy and clouds, tattooed on a forearm.
Sailor robin with lifebuoy on a forearm
Two matching black and grey wing tattoos, one on each ankle, with outlined and shaded feathers in a traditional style.
Matching wings on both ankles
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue swallow with a red chest and yellow accents on the top of a foot, above a tan slip-on shoe.
Blue swallow tattoo on a foot
Person seen from behind with black and grey tattoos covering the back, neck and both arms, including a winged figure on the back and a rose on the upper arm.
Heavily tattooed back and arms seen from behind
Black linework drawing of a pair of legs in high heels, covered in traditional-style tattoo flash designs such as a heart banner, anchor, spider web and skull across the calves.
Traditional flash designs on drawn legs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and orange mandala with green leaves on the back of a hand.
Mandala rosette on the back of a hand
Colour traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a pink flower on a man's forearm as he holds a tray of coffee cups.
Sugar skull tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a red wax-sealed envelope, two red roses, blue forget-me-nots and a banner with lettering.
Envelope, roses and banner on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a green kaiju monster with an open mouth and red and orange details, set within a black circle with waves, on the thigh.
Kaiju monster in a circle on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of stacked toy pirate figure parts, including a skull hat, eyepatch head and sword torso, running down a forearm.
Stacked pirate minifigure parts on a forearm
Two clenched fists with traditional-style tattoos on the back of the hands, a white flying bird with green splashes on the left and a dark brown bat with red splatter on the right.
White bird and red-splashed bat on two fists
Colour tattoo of sunflowers, red blooms and a purple bud in a botanical style on the outer thigh, with a hand and floral skirt beside it.
Sunflower bouquet tattoo on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a pale-faced woman with blue hair and flowers in an orange frame, beside a red rose, on the upper thigh.
Pale-faced woman in a frame with a red rose
Traditional style tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on rough green waves with a red flower below, on a lower leg.
Galleon and flower on a lower leg
Traditional-style tattoo of pink flowers and dark green leaves with black outlines, placed on the chest just below the bust.
Pink floral tattoo below the chest
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a gold crown set with pink jewels, outlined in black, on the lower torso.
Pink-jewelled crown tattoo on the torso
Flash drawing of pink lips biting a gold bullet engraved with the words Trust no Bitch, in a traditional style, with no placement on the body shown.
Pink lips biting a bullet with script
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a snarling wolf head with a dark grey coat, yellow and orange highlights and a red inner ear and mouth, shown without any body placement.
Snarling wolf head flash design
Black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W lettering on the upper back near the shoulder, shown from behind.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Black and grey flash design of a pin-up skeleton woman and a top-hatted skeleton man holding hands, with a banner quote above and below them.
Skeleton couple with banner quote
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoos on the upper chest of a person, with bold outlines and solid shading.
Two swallows on a chest
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a lighthouse with banner lettering on a person's calf, shown beside a black and grey flash design of the same lighthouse.
Lighthouse banner tattoo on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling cat head with bared fangs and dotted shading, on a lower leg, in a traditional blackwork style.
Snarling cat head on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a stack of books with lettered spines reading There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more, on a lower arm.
Stacked book spines with lettering on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a grey globe with a woman's profile, a red and orange butterfly and red and orange flowers on the outer thigh.
Globe, butterfly and flowers on a thigh
Two traditional colour tattoos side by side on a leg, a smiling sun with a face on the left and a teal crescent moon with a face on the right, both with a dotted chain and gemstone pendant below.
Paired sun and moon tattoos on legs
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a compass rose in a round frame, framed by yellow flowers and pink banners with partly visible lettering.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two swallows with swirling tails and flower details on the side of a person's ribs, with bold blue, green, orange and purple ink.
Colourful swallows with swirls on the ribs
Traditional style flower tattoo with green and black petals, red and orange accents and a mandala-like centre, on the upper arm.
Traditional flower tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a tomahawk with a beaded handle and red and brown feathers on the forearm.
Tomahawk and feathers on a forearm
Black line drawing of a message in a bottle with a tied scroll, flanked by three roses and leaves, drawn on pale paper.
Message in a bottle with roses
Painted traditional-style flash of a pin-up woman with red roses, a polka dot headscarf and a heart banner, shown on paper.
Pin-up woman with roses flash
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a leg, showing a woman's profile filled with a night sky, crescent moon, stars and pine trees, above a rose and a small flower.
Night forest silhouette with roses on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a storm cloud with lightning, a wave and a sailing ship rising out of a floral teacup.
Storm cloud and ship in a teacup on a calf
A seated woman with colour tattoos on her forearm and shoulder, outline stars on her thigh and a red and green snake on her calf, on a black leather sofa.
Star and snake tattoos on bare legs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a black witch hat with a purple ribbon on a broomstick, placed on the upper back.
Witch hat and broomstick on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a sun and crescent moon, each with a face, on the side of an upper arm, in a traditional style.
Sun and moon with faces on the side of the arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh showing the Lumpy Space Princess character from Adventure Time above a banner reading LUMP OFF, framed by pink roses.
Lumpy Space Princess and roses on a thigh
Black and grey eagle, globe and anchor tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Eagle, globe and anchor on upper back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the forearm showing a house with a scalloped roof, dotted smoke, a TAKE CARE banner and a rope knot.
House and rope knot with TAKE CARE banner
Black outline drawing of a rose with leaves on a white background, a traditional style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Outline rose with leaves
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow flower with dark green-black leaves on a calf, with a faded outlined flower visible above it.
Yellow flower with dark leaves on a leg
Two traditional-style tattoos on a calf: a mug with a heart and the word MOM beside a pink flower, and an envelope with a heart and the word DAD beside a pink flower.
Mug and envelope tattoos on a calf
Two black and grey traditional swallow designs on white fabric, each with a ribbon banner reading HIS on the top and HERS below.
Traditional swallow designs labelled his and hers
Black and white photo of a woman in a studded leather jacket showing a heart tattoo on her chest and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Sleeved arms and heart chest tattoo
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a pocket watch with a dangling chain, framed by pink and peach roses and grey leaves.
Pocket watch and roses on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse inside a rope frame, with a pink flower above, on the outer thigh.
Lighthouse and flower on a thigh

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