Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black tattoo of the Aquarius zodiac symbol, two wavy lines, on the lower abdomen above a patterned bikini bottom.
Aquarius zodiac symbol on the lower abdomen
Black and grey treble clef tattoo with small musical notes trailing up and to the right, placed on the shoulder near the collarbone.
Treble clef and music notes on a shoulder
Three black butterfly stencil designs on a white background, one at the top and two lower down, with wings filled in by bold solid shapes and open cut-outs.
Three butterfly stencil designs
Colour tattoos of three cupcakes with small dots and sparkles on a person's ankle and heel.
Three cupcakes on an ankle and heel
Close view of a small fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the lower leg, with embellished heels in the background.
Fine line script quote on a lower leg
Two matching black and grey tattoos of the Tweedledum and Tweedledee characters on a pair of forearms, drawn in an engraved style with fine hatching.
Matching Tweedledum and Tweedledee forearms
Black ink tattoo of a block of decimal digits beginning 1.6180339 across the upper arm, shown in a close photograph with a grey sleeve at the edge.
Decimal digits tattooed on an upper arm
Black monoline handwritten script reading Be kind on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Be kind handwritten script design
Two matching forearm tattoos with black bird silhouettes, script quotes and teal and pink watercolour splashes.
Matching watercolour quote forearm tattoos
Close-up of a raised hand showing silver-gold foil lettering reading GIVE GRACE in block capitals on the inner wrist, with matching cards on a white background.
Metallic GIVE GRACE lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'For one so small, you seem so strong' across the side of the ribs, in a Lettering style.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of the solar system, with planets including Jupiter and ringed Saturn in a vertical line on the inner forearm.
Solar system planets down an arm
Black ink line drawing of an ornamental cat with a butterfly beside it, filled with intricate patterns, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornamental cat and butterfly line design
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo behind a person's ear, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small cat silhouette behind the ear
Flash design of a black-outlined ribbon banner with green shading carrying the lettering IN THE WAVES OF CHANGE WE FIND OUR TRUE DIRECTION, shown on a speckled background.
Ribbon banner with a lettered quote
Small colour cupcake tattoo with a black outline, orange-pink frosting and yellow wrapper, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cupcake tattoo on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves and watercolour-style splashes on the upper thigh, with denim shorts visible above it.
Watercolour rose on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of an anatomical heart with flowers and leaves and the words you are the blood in my veins on the upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey tribal phoenix tattoo with spread wings across a man's upper back, shown in a black and white photograph.
Tribal phoenix with spread wings on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a woman's upper arm and shoulder covered in a shaded rose sleeve tattoo with leaves and smaller roses.
Rose sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Colourful butterfly tattoo on a forearm, with blue wings, black lace-like detail and loose yellow, orange and red splashes in a painterly style.
Blue butterfly with paint splashes on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red flag with a blue cross and white stars, shown through torn skin on the upper arm.
Torn skin revealing a flag on the upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands above cursive script lettering, on the back of a person's neck.
Praying hands and script on the back of the neck
Pencil sketch of a traditional style tattoo design showing a headstone inscribed Wish You Were Here, a crescent moon, a rose and leaves.
Headstone with rose and crescent moon design
Black ink line drawing of an angular mecha head with a long lance-like horn, shown on plain white paper as a possible tattoo design.
Mecha head line drawing
Black and grey shaded skull tattoo with visible teeth, placed inside the inner ear.
Skull tattoo inside an ear
Black line drawing of a tree with an eagle perched on top, a curled creature in the trunk and serpents coiled among the roots, with dotted shading in the canopy.
Tree with eagle and serpents design
Pencil sketch of an open hand with the words Promise, love, PROVOKE, DIRECTION and Good Luck written around the fingers, shown as a tattoo design idea.
Hand sketch with word designs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a human skull held by a hand rising from a scalloped cuff, placed on the thigh.
Skull held in a hand on a thigh
Black silhouette tree with spreading roots and leaves, with the word Family in script and a quote about branches and roots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Tree with roots and family script quote
Fine line black tattoo of nested circles, triangles and a curved outline on the side of the ribs.
Nested circles and triangles on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stack of books under an arched glass dome with stars and a ringed planet, on the inner forearm.
Stacked books in a glass dome on a forearm
Two forearms: a red heart with a keyhole and small lettering on the left, and a shaded grey ornate key with lettering on the right, both in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Heart with keyhole and ornate key on forearms
Close-up of a hand with black nail polish showing a small black eye with radiating lines on the middle finger and a triangle with circle and line symbol on the ring finger.
Eye and triangle tattoos on fingers
Colour tattoo of a green zombie cartoon cat with a bow, red dress and blood, with a spider web and flies, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Zombie cartoon cat on the wrist
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull merging into a spiral galaxy with stars, placed on the side of the ribs.
Skull and spiral galaxy on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly runs along the neck behind the ear of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Fine line black tattoo of a cat sitting in a teacup on a saucer, on the inner wrist.
Cat in a teacup on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a curling wave on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with the sea and sky behind.
Small wave tattoo on the wrist
Traditional style flash drawing of a red rose inside a black crescent emblem with brown leaves, on textured white paper, with no body placement shown.
Rose inside a rebel emblem flash design
Black ink lettering tattoo reading think positive on the inner forearm, with a cross running through the letter I in positive.
Think Positive lettering with a cross on the wrist
Black tattoo of a stacked tiki totem with a tribal band across the nape of the neck, shown on the back of a person's neck and upper back.
Stacked tiki totem on the neck and upper back
Fine line white ink tattoo of flowers and curling swirls on a limb, with a Botanical floral design.
White ink floral swirls on skin
Two wrists show matching black infinity symbol tattoos with the word love in script and Roman numerals beside them, in a lettering style on the wrist.
Matching infinity and love tattoos on wrists
Black and white photo of a blackwork tribal tattoo with flowing spirals and curved lines running down a person's back.
Tribal spiral design down a back
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of red roses with dark green leaves and black outlines on the side of a person's lower abdomen, above a lace waistband.
Red roses on the hip and abdomen
Colour tattoo of a pink cartoon starfish with a shocked face rising from a sunset sea, framed by rope and topped by a shell, on the thigh.
Sunset sea and cartoon starfish on a thigh
Abstract black linework with a blue circle and soft pink and teal washes across a shoulder and upper arm.
Abstract linework and colour wash on shoulder

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