Tattoo ideas

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

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Back view of a woman with colourful traditional tattoos of a snake and flowers across her back and arms, and a black and grey dotwork mandala on her neck.
Back, arm and neck tattoos with snake and mandala
Colourful traditional tattoo of a woman's profile with a shaved patch and curly blonde hair, beside candy hearts on the ribs.
Woman's profile and candy hearts on ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a turquoise sewing machine with pink flowers, a yellow fabric and a dashed thread heart on an arm.
Sewing machine with flowers on an arm
Two raised legs covered in traditional style tattoos of roses, skulls and banners, with a large rose on the calf and a foot tattoo near the ankle.
Tattooed legs with roses and skulls
Traditional style colour tattoo of stacked green and brown books with a buckled strap above a red rose and green leaves, on a limb.
Stacked books with a strap and red rose
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of blossom clusters and two swallows across the upper chest and shoulders.
Blossom and swallows across the chest
Close-up of two traditional-style tattoos of pencils with green and yellow leaves and red shading, on skin beside other colour and black-and-grey tattoos.
Pencils sprouting leaves in traditional style
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing red roses, two round picture frames and a banner reading There is no place like home.
Roses and frames with a home banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with a curled updo holding banknotes, with the slogan BITCH BETTA HAVE MY MONEY beneath, on a calf.
Woman holding banknotes portrait on calf
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with a yellow flower on its head, sitting on a pink frosted cupcake with a green striped wrapper, placed on the upper back.
Sugar skull on a cupcake
Traditional style heart tattoo with a banner reading As You Wish and blue and purple flowers on the upper arm.
Heart and banner tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey flash design of four arrows wrapped in a ribbon reading A MAN MUST MAKE HIS OWN ARROWS, with feathered shafts and radiating lines.
Four arrows with ribbon banner quote
Black and grey photo of a shaded skull wearing a chef's hat over crossed knives on the upper back, with the script words Mise en Place and a small cupcake above it on the neck.
Chef skull and crossed knives with script on neck
Mixed-colour skull and butterfly tattoo with red eye sockets on the top of a foot, in a traditional style.
Skull and butterfly hybrid on the top of a foot
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a heart on the shank and the words Have Heart beneath, on the upper back.
Anchor and heart with Have Heart script
Coloured drawing of a purple iris with yellow markings and green leaves, outlined in black on white paper, in a traditional botanical flash style.
Purple iris flower design
Black and grey guitar tattoo with two roses and a Music Forever banner on a lower leg, shaded in a realistic style.
Guitar, roses and Music Forever banner
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cartoon elephant wearing a decorated blanket, on the inner forearm.
Elephant with patterned blanket on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink-iced doughnut with white sprinkles, a bite taken out and a red drip, in bold black outline on the outer thigh.
Pink iced doughnut tattoo on a leg
Black and grey anchor tattoo wrapped with rope in a traditional style, shown on a patch of hairy skin with a reddened area around it.
Anchor with rope on skin
Traditional-style flash sheet of cartoon characters, a dagger wrapped in a rainbow snake, flowers, a heart and a lemon, drawn in bold outlines and bright colour.
Cartoon character flash sheet with dagger and snake
A traditional-style swallow tattoo in blue, red and yellow with black outlines, shown in flight on the forearm.
Traditional swallow on a forearm
Traditional style rose tattoo in red and yellow with green leaves and a pale banner reading MOM, shown on skin.
Rose with MOM banner
Black ink line drawing of a rose with leaves and curling vine scrolls on white paper, a flash design suited to a tattoo.
Rose with scrolling vines line drawing
Shaded pencil drawing of a Scottish heraldic lion on a shield, flanked by thistles, a sword and banners reading Scotland and Forever, a design suited to a tattoo.
Scottish lion crest with thistles and banners
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a seated woman at a vanity, a horned demon in the mirror, and the quote 'What is this that stands before me' arched above.
Woman at a mirror with demon reflection
Black line drawing of a traditional-style bird carrying a sealed envelope with a scalloped flap and small heart, with flowers and radiating rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bird carrying a love letter with flowers
Traditional style tattoo of Medusa's head with grey snakes, yellow eyes and a gold tiara, on the side of a finger.
Medusa head on a finger
Colour traditional tattoo on an arm of two candy-style hearts reading NOT and YOURS, with stars, dots and a small heart above an open book.
Candy hearts saying NOT YOURS on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a retro rocket and planets inside a dotted circle of stars, placed on the thigh.
Retro rocket in a dotwork night sky
Colour sunflower tattoo with yellow and orange petals, a shaded brown centre and black outlines on the side of the ribs, in a traditional style.
Sunflower tattoo on the side ribs
Person seen from behind with a traditional style back piece of a dark panther-like creature among flames, skull and goblet motifs, and tattooed arms on a plain wall background.
Full back and sleeve tattoos seen from behind
Black and grey traditional roses with thorns and leaves on the upper thigh, shown against a white waistband and a patterned bedsheet.
Black and grey roses on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a crab with red, green and brown shading and bold black outlines, shown on a limb of pale skin.
Crab tattoo in traditional style
Two side-by-side photos of traditional-style colour tattoos on skin: a flaming marshmallow on a stick on the left, and a campfire with logs on the right.
Flaming marshmallow and campfire tattoos
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded black and grey matryoshka doll above a wrist band of a yellow flower with dark green leaves.
Matryoshka doll and yellow flower on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of an eagle in flight with red roses and green leaves on a pale background.
Eagle and roses flash design
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a dragon head and a serpent coiled around a dagger on the forearm.
Dragon and serpent around a dagger on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon cat batting a pink ball of wool, set inside a lilac and teal scalloped heart on a limb.
Cartoon cat with yarn in a heart
Traditional style tattoo of a cabin with a smoking chimney, pine trees, a low sun and a red flower on the calf.
Cabin scene with pines and flower on a calf
Collage of six traditional style tattoos on skin, including a rocket, a mouse head with a bow, a skull, a shotgun shell, a spider and a key with a heart, several marked with the number 13.
Six traditional flash tattoos with the number 13
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull wearing a nurse's cap with a red cross, crossed syringes and script reading Registered Nurse est. 2013 on the upper arm.
Sugar skull nurse with crossed syringes
Small black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship above waves, with stippled shading, on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a hand with dark nails holding a cracked oval hand mirror, with a banner reading YOU'RE STILL PRETTY.
Hand holding a cracked mirror with banner
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red swallow above a gold compass rose, framed by red flowers and green leaves on the upper arm.
Swallow and compass on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a pin-up woman in a polka dot bikini riding a grey Vespa, framed by red flowers with green leaves.
Pin-up on a Vespa with red flowers on an upper arm
Two black and grey swallow tattoos on the backs of hands clasped together over a grey tweed jacket.
Two swallows on clasped hands
Traditional style tattoo of a pin-up woman and a sailor kissing inside a red heart, with rope and flowers, on the upper arm.
Sailor and pin-up couple in a red heart

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