Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line script reading wanderlust on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled up behind it.
Wanderlust script on the back of neck
Two traditional style tattoos on a pair of calves, each showing a turreted castle inside an oval frame with a ribbon and heart at the base.
Two castle cameo tattoos on the calves
Cartoon black cat tattoo on an upper arm beside a grey and white tabby kitten lying on its back on white bedding.
Cartoon black cat tattoo beside a kitten
Healed watercolour-style cross tattoo in teal, purple, pink and yellow with the script words Lead me to the cross, on a forearm.
Watercolour cross with script on a forearm
Black and grey knotwork tattoo shaped like armour bands with a central emblem, across the upper arm and forearm with the elbow bent.
Knotwork armour bands on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically on the back of a person's neck, photographed from behind with purple hair and a white top.
Fine script tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line black script reading courage, dear heart, running diagonally along the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Courage, dear heart script on a wrist
Black and grey tribal tattoo covering the back of a man's neck and upper back, with bold chevrons, triangles and shaded panels.
Tribal neck and upper back tattoo
Black and white mirror photo of a fine line tattoo of two arrows on the ribs, with a leopard print top and black clothing.
Two arrows on the ribs
Black infinity symbol tattoo with scrolling swirls and small blue and red flowers with green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbol with flowers on a forearm
Woman in a black sheer top and grey shorts showing a rose, owl and script tattoo on her right upper arm and forearm, with a small coloured tattoo on her left forearm.
Rose and script tattoos on a woman's arms
Black ink tattoo on the inner wrist reading Music is Life in script with an underline, above rewind, pause, fast forward and repeat icons.
Music is Life lettering with media player icons on a wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of a green crocodile coiled around an upper arm with yellow flowers and dark leaves, shown in three side-by-side views.
Crocodile and flowers on an upper arm
Two forearms covered in small black line doodle tattoos of dice, lightning bolts, arrows, a pentagram and the word GHOUL, with dark nail polish on the hands.
Small doodle symbols on forearms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a wolf head framed by a teal dreamcatcher and dotwork beads on the forearm.
Wolf head with dreamcatcher on forearm
Black script lettering of a poem verse across the side of a torso, placed on the ribs.
Poem verse in script along the ribs
Ink sketch in a spiral notebook of a treble clef and 4/4 staff that flows into a double helix with piano key rungs, with faint pencil studies beside it.
Musical staff merging into a DNA helix sketch
Traditional style tattoo of a log cabin with smoking chimney and pine trees on the back of a hand, with a small red flower at the edge.
Log cabin with pine trees on the hand
Small black dotwork tattoo of a semicolon inside a heart on the upper chest, beside a silver pendant on a chain.
Semicolon in a heart on the chest
Fine line black tattoo of a US state outline resembling Kentucky, with the word home in script beneath it, on the top of a foot.
State outline with 'home' script on a foot
Ink and colour drawing of a three-headed black cat with yellow eyes, seated beneath a hatched crescent moon and a small cross.
Three-headed black cat under a crescent moon
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded feather and an infinity symbol with the words stay strong on the upper arm.
Feather and infinity with stay strong on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'Too weird to live, too rare to die' with a small arrow above it, across the upper back and neck.
Handwritten quote and arrow on upper back
Traditional tattoo of a ship in a bottle with an orange banner reading Steady as she goes, purple flowers and a ship's wheel on the upper arm.
Ship in a bottle with banner on upper arm
Black ink pen drawing of a mermaid seen from behind, with wavy hair raised above her head and a fishtail, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Mermaid with flowing hair, seen from behind
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated mermaid with flowing hair and a scaled tail on the back of a calf.
Seated mermaid on a calf
Black and grey fine line swallow on the left inner wrist and an open birdcage on the right inner wrist, photographed with the palms facing up.
Swallow and open birdcage on wrists
Black brush lettering design reading Fuck around and find out, with sweeping underlines, drawn on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Fuck around and find out lettering design
Black and grey fine line botanical tattoo of flowers and leaves curving along the ribs, with a hand with pale nails resting above it.
Floral sprig tattoo on the ribs
Black ink line drawing of a figure seen from behind, with antlers rising through wavy hair inside an oval hatched frame, above the words Sugar we're goin down.
Antlered figure with lyric lettering
Black tribal-style cat with swirling vine motifs on the side of a torso, with a yellow fabric edge visible at the left.
Tribal cat with swirling vines on skin
Colour tattoo of a pink poppy with green shading and dotted accents across the back of a hand, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Pink poppy tattoo on the hand
Sheet of assorted temporary tattoo designs including koi, arrows, a hummingbird, a skull, owls and hearts, mostly black with some colour.
Assorted temporary tattoo designs sheet
Black line tattoo of a wild rose, lavender sprigs, a strawberry and serrated leaves in a botanical bouquet on the inner forearm.
Flower and lavender bouquet on a forearm
White chalk line drawing of an anchor with a looping ampersand-style swirl on a black chalkboard background.
Anchor with ampersand design
Black line drawing of a hand with a cuff reading LOVE KILLS, holding up a card marked with a heart pierced by an arrow.
Hand holding a heart card with Love Kills
Colour tattoo of sunflowers and a pink peony spreading over the upper arm and shoulder of a woman in a green striped sports bra, with earphones hanging from her neck.
Sunflowers and peony on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face in a hat with red BAD lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realism portrait with red lettering on upper arm
Black and grey diptych of a shirtless man with two bold chevron stripe tattoos, one running down the side of his ribs and one from the shoulder down the upper back.
Chevron stripes along ribs and back
Two matching colour tattoos on the tops of bare feet, each showing a child holding a tin can telephone joined by a fine black line.
Paired child and tin can telephone tattoos on feet
Black and grey ornate elephant head tattoo with a curling trunk and decorative patterning on the outer thigh, in a traditional style.
Ornate elephant head on a thigh
Woman in a white mesh top taking a mirror selfie, showing a grey dotwork mandala tattoo centred below the bust and a shaded realism rose tattoo on the upper arm.
Mandala and rose tattoos on chest and arm
Pencil sketch of a small fairy seated with tall, swept wings and curling flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Pencil sketch of a fairy with wings
Black and grey daisy tattoo with a yin yang centre on the inner forearm, shown against a knitted blanket.
Yin yang daisy on a forearm
Pencil and ink drawing of a neo-traditional hourglass flanked by two roses, a small diamond and scrollwork, drawn on paper beside a pen.
Hourglass and roses tattoo design
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by red snakes, a crown and a single eye, with dotwork ornament, on paper.
Female face with snakes, crown and eye
Fine line black outline of a lotus flower with a small dotted triangle on the outer ankle of a bare foot resting on a beige cushion.
Lotus outline on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a tree with a black and grey trunk, a heart-shaped gap in the trunk, green leaves and curling roots, on plain skin.
Tree with heart trunk and curled roots

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