Tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour-style drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope, with a death's-head hawkmoth, two compasses, lightning flags and two revolvers.
Anchor with moth, compasses and revolvers
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with an orange ribbon and the words I refuse to sink in black script, on a limb.
Anchor with ribbon and script on skin
Watercolour-style seahorse tattoo in red, pink and purple on the forearm, with turquoise splashes of ink around it.
Watercolour seahorse on a forearm
Two infinity symbol tattoo designs decorated with flowers, leaves and butterflies, one in pink and red colour and one in black line art, shown without a body placement.
Infinity symbol with flowers and butterflies
Collage of black tribal line designs showing a heart-shaped pair of penguins with swirling koru-style detail, drawn as stencil or flash artwork with no body part visible.
Tribal penguin and heart designs
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon with a leaf sprig and diamond shapes on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon and leaf sprig on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading i came. i swam. i conquered. in a condensed typeface across the inner wrist and forearm, with a raised fist and a lake behind.
Three-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a mallard duck with spread wings in flight, with a green head and blue wing patch, on the forearm.
Mallard duck in flight on an arm
Black line drawing of an ornate cross built from curling scrolls and swirls on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Scrollwork cross design
Collage of six photographs showing black and grey feather tattoos on the ribs, shoulder, back, ankle and neck, some with birds or script beside them.
Feather tattoos in a six-photo collage
Small tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and scattered grey letters above it, on the inner forearm.
Open book and floating letters on a forearm
Black line drawing of a symmetrical pinstripe-style flame ornament with tapering swirls and two open circular scrolls at the base, shown as a design on a white background.
Symmetrical pinstripe flame ornament
Black fine line tattoo of five swallows in flight on a woman's ribs, photographed from the side with her arm raised.
Five swallows in flight on the ribs
Fine line drawing of a deer head wearing a beaded chain, framed by peony blooms and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Deer and peony flower design
Colour tattoo of Disney's Ariel, Flounder the fish and Marie the cat among seaweed and bubbles, in a bold neo-traditional style on a forearm.
Ariel, Flounder and Marie on a forearm
Black and white photo from behind of a fine line script tattoo reading lux in tenebris on the upper back, with the figure's hair in a loose bun.
Lux in tenebris script on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of two cats sitting on a branch under a full moon in a blue night sky, placed on the thigh.
Two cats watching a full moon on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a purple zombie hand rising through a green banner reading CREEPIN IT REAL, with a bone at the base.
Zombie hand and CREEPIN IT REAL banner
Colour tattoo of a pink Truffula tree with a green stem above a black quote reading Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, on a forearm.
Truffula tree and quote on a forearm
Realistic black, grey and brown wolf face tattoo with bright blue eyes on the forearm, shown in two photographs.
Realistic wolf face on a forearm
Back view of a woman on a beach showing a small black fine line wave tattoo on her left shoulder.
Small wave tattoo on a shoulder
Black script tattoo reading Never Grow Up across the upper back, with a small green and red heart shape between the words.
Never Grow Up script on upper back
Black lettering tattoo in a serif typeface reading Strength is what we gain from the madness we survive, across a shoulder and upper back.
Strength quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of crystal pendants hanging from fanned beaded chains, across the chest below the sternum.
Crystal pendants on fanned chains across chest
Black and white photo from behind of a fine line cat outline tattoo on the nape of a person's neck.
Single line cat on the nape of the neck
Solid black silhouette design of three hearts of different sizes linked by thin curling scroll lines, shown on a white background.
Three hearts with swirling scrolls
Black and white flash design of two arrows set on a diagonal, with solid black feathered fletching and dashed shafts, shown on a plain white background.
Two arrows tattoo flash design
Realism tattoo of a great white shark with a school of fish in blue water, on a man's back and side, with red coral at the lower edge.
Great white shark and fish tattoo on the back
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a snarling wolf head in profile with a scaled mane, shown on skin.
Snarling wolf head with scale mane
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
Black and grey photo of a serif lettering tattoo reading "; not ended" across the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Semicolon and "not ended" on a wrist
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon filled with a mandala and floral motifs, with chains and drop ornaments hanging below, on the upper arm.
Crescent moon with mandala and dangling charms
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping across the lower abdomen and hips.
Octopus tattoo across hips and abdomen
Black and white photo of a raised fist showing a small solid black cross tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small cross tattoo on forearm
Black and grey tribal tattoo with red accents wrapping around the upper arm, featuring large swirling spirals and grid-like shading.
Tribal swirl design on an upper arm
Small red hand-lettered tattoo reading wild, with two short rays above it, on an ankle.
Wild script on an ankle
Woman seen from behind in a red lace dress with an open back, showing a small black script lettering tattoo across her upper back.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with the words Let it be in fine script above it, on the inner forearm.
Let it be mandala on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an owl in flight carrying an envelope, inked on the outer thigh.
Owl carrying a letter on a thigh
Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in blue, purple, red and yellow across the forearm.
Watercolour hummingbird on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a interlocking knot motif with three looped petals and a central loop, on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Fine line triquetra-style knot on a foot
Black and grey botanical tattoo of poppies and fern fronds covering a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Poppies and fern on an upper arm
Black fine line honeycomb tattoo on the inner wrist and a small black line drawn bee on the palm, with a dotted trail leading towards it.
Honeycomb on wrist and bee on palm
Two views of a black and grey neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with roses, a diamond, a flaming heart and scrollwork.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and heart
Neo-traditional style flash design of Alice holding a white rabbit, with roses, mushrooms, lilies and a banner reading Follow the White Rabbit, shown without a body placement.
Alice with white rabbit banner design
Blue shaded tattoo of a crested bird on a branch beside a floral scroll design, on the forearm of a person wearing a light blue denim shirt.
Blue bird and floral scrollwork on forearm
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork border on a tanned shoulder, with a beach and sea behind.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder at the beach

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