Tattoo ideas

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

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White ornamental lettering reading Serenity, with swirling flourishes above and below, on a plain black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Serenity lettering with flourishes
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mountain range with shaded peaks and a soft ground line, across the inside of a forearm.
Mountain range tattoo on a forearm
Realistic coloured poppy bouquet tattoo on the upper chest, visible above a grey V-neck top, with a partly visible tattoo on the upper arm.
Poppy bouquet on the upper chest
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair on the upper arm, with the lettering Only Grohl can judge me below it.
Black and grey portrait with quote on upper arm
Compass rose tattoo on a forearm with blue watercolour washes and dotwork shading in black and grey.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lotus flower inside a dotted circle with small stars and a geometric triangle, on the upper back.
Lotus in a dotwork circle on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hut standing on chicken legs with claws, placed on the outer thigh.
Hut on chicken legs on a thigh
Two matching fine line tattoos of a purple heart outline with a pink loop crossing its top, shown on inner wrists.
Matching heart and loop tattoos on wrists
Colour tattoo of the Joker grinning beside a camera and playing cards, with HA HA lettering, on the upper arm.
Joker with camera on upper arm
Woman in a white mandala sun print t-shirt, with black lettering and a red rose tattoo on her forearm and upper arm.
Lettering and rose tattoos seen beneath a mandala tee
Black line-art tattoo of poppies, a ranunculus and a dahlia in a fine line botanical style on a forearm, resting on a wooden table.
Poppy, ranunculus and dahlia line tattoo on forearm
A black outline tattoo of a brain with red shading at its centre and the word think beneath it, on an upper arm, examined under a purple UV lamp.
Brain outline tattoo with the word think
Colour botanical tattoo of an orange tiger lily with green leaves and dark outlines, placed on a person's upper back.
Orange lily tattoo on upper back
Two black ink infinity heart tattoos with script text, one reading My Brother's Keeper and one reading My Sisters Protector, on two forearms.
Matching infinity heart tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo spreading across a person's hip and upper thigh, photographed from the side against a plain background.
Dotwork mandala on hip and thigh
Two realistic black and grey seahorse tattoos, one on each ankle, with curled tails and shaded fins, photographed in a warm-toned image.
Two seahorse tattoos on ankles
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with an arrowed star and a clockwork mechanism of gears at its centre, drawn on aged parchment.
Compass rose with clockwork gears
Colour tattoo of a pink flower with a green stem inside a circle of black lettering reading A Person's A Person No Matter How Small, on the lower abdomen.
Circular quote around a pink flower on the stomach
Pink rose with a bud and green leaves in a botanical neo-traditional style with bold black outlines, tattooed on a forearm.
Pink rose and bud on a forearm
Black tribal-style cross tattoo with scrollwork flourishes on the upper arm, shown in a photograph of healed skin.
Tribal cross on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red and white rose with green leaves on the inner forearm.
Red and white rose on a forearm
Black and grey fine line dagger tattoo with an ornate hilt and dotted detail on the upper arm, photographed in black and white.
Ornate dagger on the upper arm
Black dotwork arrow design with a Virgo-style zodiac glyph and dotted constellation lines, drawn on pale green paper.
Dotwork arrow with constellation and Virgo symbol
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a stag head with antlers, a flying goose and a crystal cluster within dotted geometric lines.
Stag, goose and crystals on upper arm
Red pencil sketch of a neo-trad tattoo design showing a sugar skull woman with pinned curls, a profile of a man with a quiff, and a Vigilante script banner.
Sugar skull woman and profile man flash
Black fine line drawing of peonies, a lotus and leaves on tracing paper, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Peony and lotus linework design
Black and grey outline tattoo of a seated cartoon man with glasses and a hat among grass, on a leg, photographed in black and white.
Seated cartoon man with glasses on a leg
Close-up of a hand and wrist against a black background, showing a small black fine-line curl tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Black curl tattoo on the wrist
Realism tattoo of a bear paw print pressed into cracked earth, with claw marks above it, on a person's calf.
Bear paw print in cracked earth on a calf
Close-up of a fine script lettering quote tattooed along a forearm in dark ink, with striped fabric and a dark garment in the background.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a hamsa hand with an eye at its centre, flanked by two roses, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand with eye and two roses design
Small black fine-line tattoo of a looping, abstract script-like symbol on the arm, photographed against a blurred warm background.
Looped fine line symbol on an arm
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the outer ankle and heel of a foot resting on white textured paper.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inside of a forearm.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat wearing a tartan deerstalker and holding a pipe, on the forearm of a person in a checked shirt.
Grey cat in a plaid deerstalker on a forearm
Black sans-serif lettering reading Made by Mattel with a trademark symbol, tattooed vertically along the sole of a foot on a dark leather surface.
Made by Mattel lettering on the sole of a foot
Fine black infinity symbol tattoo with small red and blue puzzle pieces on the top of a foot, with blue toenail polish.
Infinity symbol with puzzle pieces on foot
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing an instant camera, a red rose, pink flowers and an hourglass in a photo frame, with the words Everything and Changes.
Instant camera, rose and hourglass on a thigh
Leopard print tattoo of black rosettes on an orange base covering the upper arm of a woman with a long braid.
Leopard print tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands linking little fingers inside a circle of contour lines, on the inner forearm.
Linked little fingers in a circle on a forearm
Two solid black eagle designs with outstretched feathered wings, shown as a blackwork tattoo flash sheet.
Two spread-wing eagle designs
Black text reading a bachelorette party quote with a red lip print, shown on the inner wrist.
Printed quote and red lips on a wrist
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a geometric centre and leaves beside it, on a forearm.
Dreamcatcher and leaves on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue owl with orange and purple flowers on the top of a foot.
Owl and flowers on the top of a foot
Sketchy black linework tattoo of Totoro holding an umbrella on the upper arm, with grey shading and a pink brush-stroke splash behind it.
Totoro with umbrella on upper arm
Realistic black and grey lion head tattoo with a full mane and blue eyes, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic lion head on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf of a cartoon monster with yellow eyes and red lips, framed by dripping green slime.
Cartoon monster in green slime on a calf
Black lettering tattoos reading BRAAAP with an arrow on the back of one hand, and BRAKE and CLUTCH across the fingers of the other hand.
BRAAAP, brake and clutch lettering on hands

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