Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a stretched yellow unicorn-like creature trailing a rainbow across the forearm, in a cartoon style.
Yellow unicorn creature over a rainbow on a forearm
Small green shaded four-leaf clover tattoo on the inner wrist, with a thin maroon cord bracelet, against a black background.
Four-leaf clover on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, arrows and dots with crosshair lines across the forearm.
Fine line geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey paisley and ornamental tattoo wrapping around a forearm and wrist, shown from three angles against a black background.
Paisley wrist cuff tattoo
Black geometric band of small stars and triangles across the inner forearm near the elbow, in a black and grey photo.
Star and triangle band on forearm
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin opening onto a grey metal mechanical core with green, red and blue details.
Mechanical core revealed through torn skin
Fine line black tattoo of a botanical bouquet with two daffodils, lily of the valley and a sunflower on the inner arm.
Daffodil, lily of the valley and sunflower bouquet
Collage of four photos showing a red rose band tattoo with dark green leaves wrapped around a forearm and wrist, in neo-traditional colour.
Red rose band tattoo around a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoos covering both forearms, each with a dense radial pattern of petals and rings.
Matching mandala tattoos on both forearms
Realistic crocodile head tattoo with a glowing orange eye across the forearm, shown in green and brown tones against a dark background.
Crocodile head tattoo on a forearm
Colour and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded skull, a red rose, a pale butterfly, bird silhouettes and a lettered banner.
Skull, rose and butterflies on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a faceted arrowhead with a dark shaft crossing diagonally over it, on the forearm.
Faceted arrowhead with crossing shaft
Fine line tattoo of a sitting dog outline with a small red heart beside it, on the inner wrist.
Sitting dog outline with red heart on wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a hand holding a flower with an eye at its centre and radiating rays, with leaves, on a forearm.
Hand holding an eye flower on forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line sprig with leaves tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist, below a knitted sleeve.
Small sprig tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm spelling LOVE, with a hair dryer, hand mirror, scissors and a cord forming the letters.
LOVE lettering made of hairdressing tools
Four hands stacked together in the centre, each wrist showing a small black compass rose tattoo in Geometric style on the forearm.
Matching compass tattoos on four wrists
Watercolour-style jigsaw puzzle pieces in red, yellow and teal with the words Define and Normal in black script on a forearm.
Jigsaw pieces with Define Normal lettering
Close-up of a multicoloured rose tattoo on a forearm, painted in blue, green, yellow, pink and red with loose black sketch lines around its edges.
Watercolour-style rose on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental sleeve tattoo with geometric panels and dotwork shading covering a forearm and upper arm.
Ornamental geometric sleeve on an arm
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a triangle with a circle and vertical line on the inner wrist, with a grey cardigan and floral dress visible.
Fine line triangle and circle on a wrist
Black fine line cursive script quotation running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Cursive quotation on forearm
Black and grey realism rose and scrollwork sleeve tattoo covering both upper arms from the shoulder to the forearm, photographed from behind.
Black and grey rose and scrollwork sleeve
Small fine-line black tattoos of crosses and dots on a forearm, beside a black leather handbag and a silver cuff.
Tiny fine-line crosses on a forearm
Black fine line anchor tattoo with script lettering curling around it on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Anchor and script on inner forearm
Dark botanical fern leaf tattoo on the outer forearm of a person wearing a grey top and olive trousers.
Fern leaf tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small flower with a thin stem on the inner forearm, shown in a Botanical style.
Small flower tattoo on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a planchette with a moon, a yellow rose and a spider, above a hand with a jewelled ring and spiders crawling near a red cuff with a web.
Planchette, hand and spiders on a forearm
Two colour lion tattoos on forearms: a seated orange and yellow lion on the left, and a walking blue and purple lion on the right.
Two stylised lions on forearms
Three fine line heartbeat tattoos, one blue on the forearm, one red with a small heart on the chest, and one pale white on the shoulder.
Heartbeat line tattoos in three placements
Colour tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and a script banner reading Loving on the Edge, on the inner forearm.
Open book with Loving on the Edge banner
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose with yellow and orange flowers, dark green leaves and a ribbon banner on a forearm.
Traditional rose and flowers on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos side by side: a realistic knife on the forearm with a woman's face shaded in the blade, and a neo-traditional style house in an oval frame with cherry blossom on the upper
Knife with a face and a house in an oval frame
A raised hand shows a small fine line black circle tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a minimal fine line style.
Fine line circle on the forearm
Black and grey ornamental mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm, shoulder and forearm of a person in a grey tank top.
Ornamental mandala full arm sleeve
Fine line black tattoo of two reaching hands inside an outlined triangle on the forearm, against a white brick wall.
Reaching hands in a triangle on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds drift into small birds across the inner forearm.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script lettering tattoo reading we're all mad here, placed across the forearm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black ink pine tree tattoo running up the inner forearm, with a tall thin trunk and soft, feathered branches in a botanical style.
Pine tree tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a lighthouse, sailboat and waves inside a rope-edged heart, with purple flowers and green leaves, in a traditional style on a forearm.
Heart-framed lighthouse and sailboat on a forearm
A stag head with long antlers and swirling linework glowing bright blue under UV light on a forearm.
Glowing stag on a forearm under UV light
Black ink mandala tattoo with a radiating geometric pattern on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black anchor tattoo on the inner forearm, wrapped with pink and purple roses, pale pink blossom and green leaves, in a botanical style.
Anchor with roses and blossom on a wrist
Black and grey brushstroke tattoo of a wolf head on the forearm, with loose ink splashes fading around the design.
Brushstroke wolf head on a lower arm
Close photo of a dark typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading breathe with a full stop, sitting on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Breathe lettering on an inner wrist
Close view of a woman's forearm, wrist and hand with gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of a mandala, feathers, an arrow and bands, with a feather necklace at the chest.
Metallic temporary tattoos on forearm and hand
Two hands with pale blue nails on a white wooden surface, showing red script lettering on the inner left wrist and dark grey script on the back of the right hand.
Pale blue nails with script tattoos on hands
A tattooist in gloves works on a small design on a person's forearm with a tattoo machine.
Tattooist inking a forearm

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