Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, shown from three angles, with roses, a pocket watch, a crown, playing cards and a skull on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and pocket watch
Traditional colour tattoo of a dripping pizza slice with pepperoni and two banners reading Drink Pizza and Eat Beer, on the forearm.
Pizza slice with Drink Pizza and Eat Beer banners
Colourful Star Wars forearm sleeve in a realistic style with a galaxy background, Darth Maul, a stormtrooper and Darth Vader on the forearm.
Star Wars galaxy sleeve on forearm
Pen and watercolour tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a skull, a woman's face, roses and flowing hair, being inked by hand.
Skull, roses and woman design drawing
Watercolour-style Cheshire Cat head with a wide grin and teal eyes, surrounded by purple and teal splashes, tattooed on a shoulder.
Cheshire Cat on a shoulder blade
Pencil-style drawing of a bull skull with wrapped horns, hanging feathers and a red eight-pointed star on the forehead, shown as a tattoo design.
Bull skull with feathers and red star
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue anchor wrapped in a yellow rope with red roses and green leaves, placed on the shoulder.
Anchor and rope with roses on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a tied bundle of lavender with bold black outlines and green stems, on the calf in a botanical style.
Tied lavender bundle on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a flying saucer above a log cabin and mountains in a triangle, with the words I want to believe arched above.
UFO over a cabin on a calf
Black and grey lettering reading IRON BORN with a crossing arrow on a forearm, beside a black spider web tattoo, with redness around the fresh ink.
Iron Born lettering with arrow on a forearm
Black ink flash drawing of two flowing goldfish with scale detail and a fine geometric hexagon outline, a design suited to a tattoo, shown without a body placement.
Two goldfish with geometric linework
Three black swallow silhouettes on a forearm, with soft green, blue and pink shading behind the wings, set against a patterned top.
Three swallows on a forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with the lowercase word breathe in lettering on the forearm below it.
Arrow and breathe lettering on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small hand with crossed fingers on the outer upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Crossed fingers hand on upper arm
Small black tattoo of four birds in flight running up the inner forearm near the wrist, in a photo with a blurred green background.
Four flying birds on a wrist
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Pura Vida across the ribs, shown on a person's side below a black crop top.
Pura Vida script on the ribs
Black and grey realism rose with leaves, buds and scrollwork across a forearm tattoo.
Black and grey rose and scrollwork on forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Never give up. across the inner forearm.
Never give up script on forearm
Close-up of a black ink script tattoo reading Love, Mom on the inner wrist, beside a handwritten note on yellow paper with the same words.
Love, Mom handwriting tattoo on wrist
Black fine line mandala tattoo with dotwork detail covering a woman's shoulder, shown from the side with her face out of frame.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Botanical tattoo of blue five-petalled flowers and dark grey vines with curls and leaves wrapping from the ankle across the top of the foot.
Blue flower vine across ankle and foot
Black and grey yin yang tattoo on a back with a sun face and crescent moon inside, with a black linework sun, moon and stars flash design shown above it.
Sun and moon yin yang tattoo on a back
Black teardrop design with white ornate script lettering reading The craziest thing we can do is nothing, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Teardrop lettering with swirled script
Small fine line black tattoos of the letters O and C on the ankles, shown above white sneakers on sand.
Letters O and C on the ankles
Close-up of a small fine line feather tattoo in black and grey on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Small feather on the upper chest
Small black outline giraffe tattoo with solid black spots on the ankle, shown above a black strappy sandal.
Small giraffe tattoo on an ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading Love with a small solid heart on the inner wrist, against a dark background.
Love script with heart on the wrist
Realistic biomechanical tattoo sleeve in grey and red covering an arm, shoulder and part of the chest, with a mechanical dial on the shoulder.
Biomechanical sleeve with red wires on arm and chest
Black handwritten script lettering reading wander often and wonder always on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Wander often, wonder always script lettering
Black ink drawing of two swallows in flight, with fine hatching and stippled dotwork on the wings and bodies, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Two swallows in flight
Black and white photo of five outline star tattoos of varying sizes running down the top of a foot towards the toes.
Five outline stars on a foot
Colourful watercolour-style sea turtle tattoo in pink, yellow, green and blue with fine black linework and a small fish, on a limb.
Watercolour sea turtle with a small fish
Close-up of a small solid black crescent moon tattoo on the side of a neck, just behind the ear, with a dangling earring visible.
Small crescent moon tattoo behind the ear
Two small black scissor tattoos on the fingers of two hands with pink nails, held together in front of a green wall.
Small scissor tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a city skyline, a bridge-like grid and dense trees.
City skyline and forest arm sleeve
Black and grey tattoo of a vintage hot rod roadster with a supercharged engine on the outer forearm.
Hot rod roadster on a forearm
Two photos of a shoulder and upper arm tattoo with a pink and purple flower, black lace pattern, hanging chains and a feather, in a botanical style.
Lace, flower and feather on upper arm
Black line drawing of a heart built from clustered five-petal flowers, shaded with fine radiating hatching, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heart made of five-petal flowers
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a gold coin, with koi fish and clouds, on the upper arm.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cupcake with pink frosting, star sprinkles and a trail of small stars rising above it, on a limb of skin.
Cupcake with star sprinkles tattoo
Woman seen from behind in tree pose on a canyon ledge, with tattoos on her upper arms and left forearm.
Woman in tree pose above a canyon
Full sleeve tattoo of a seated Buddha and lotus flowers in a watercolour style with colour splashes, shown on an upper arm and forearm.
Buddha and lotus full sleeve
Close photo of black script lettering reading 'Never don't give up' tattooed along a forearm, with a bent arm and an indoor background.
Script quote lettering on a forearm
Grey shaded cartoon baby elephant spraying a purple and blue watercolour splash from its trunk, tattooed on a calf.
Baby elephant spraying water on a calf
Colour tattoo of Princess Peach and Mario in a pixel-style cartoon look, below bold black lettering reading Two Against the World, shown on ribs and on an ankle.
Mario and Peach with "Two Against the World" text
Small red fine line lightning bolt tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, shown against pale skin and a green background.
Small red lightning bolt on a wrist
Dotwork and line drawing of a cat with a third eye, a flower and a mandala behind its head, with faint red wash on the left.
Cat with third eye and mandala design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked skull with water droplets and a pocket watch, shown on the outer thigh, with a close-up detail panel beside it.
Realistic skull and pocket watch on a thigh

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451