Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink tattoo of a temple with spires, an eye and stars above, and two open hands with water drops below, on a person's upper back.
Temple with hands and eye on a back
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
Black and grey botanical line drawing of an aster-like flower with buds on slender stems, suitable as a flash design for a tattoo.
Aster stems and buds in engraved line
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with a city scene and "Ride or Die" script, tattooed across a full back.
Realist woman portrait and script across a full back
Colour realism sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a tree with glowing branches, two embracing figures in the trunk, roots and green aurora sky.
Tree of embracing figures on an upper arm sleeve
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
A pink and grey dandelion seed head on a long stem runs down the side of the ribs, with a black script quotation across the stem.
Dandelion and quote on the ribs
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a chain and Roman numerals, placed on a man's upper chest and shoulder.
Pocket watch tattoo on upper chest
Fine line black tattoos on two forearms, one reading bon voyage in script and the other showing a city skyline with a dotted path and a sun.
Bon voyage script and skyline on forearms
Black fine-line tattoo of a UFO, planets, stars and a crescent moon scattered along a forearm, with the hand raised and nails painted black.
Space motifs on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two roses, a Roman numeral pocket watch and swallows with scrollwork across an upper arm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Roses, pocket watch and swallows on upper arm
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
Black and white photo of a shirtless man kneeling on a bed with his back to the camera, showing a large tiger tattoo across his back and a tattooed upper arm.
Tiger tattoo across a man's back and arm
Black lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND on a forearm, with a partly visible black and grey lion head tattoo near the wrist.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and a cracked face revealing gears, on the inner upper arm.
Cracked pocket watch on 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
Black and grey script lettering reading Semen Demon across the lower back, with a small grey creature sketch above the centre, sitting just above the waistband of jeans.
Script lettering and small creature on lower back
Black and grey blackletter Latin lettering with small flourishes across a forearm, set in two lines.
Latin blackletter text on a forearm
Black and grey coiled snake tattoo with hatched shading and bold outlines on the outer forearm, with a small curling line above its head.
Coiled snake on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of the white Ford script logo on a blue banner with grey smoky shading and ragged edges.
Ford script logo on a forearm
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a bat, irises, foxglove-style flowers and leaves in fine engraved-style linework.
Bat and iris sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a pine forest with a small bear walking along a solid black band at the base, shown from two angles.
Pine forest and bear on a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos of a stylised buck symbol, the left shaded in blue and purple and the right in pink with the word love in script beneath it.
Matching buck symbol tattoos on forearms
Colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic fox in a pinstriped suit and knickerbockers, standing upright on the inside of a forearm.
Anthropomorphic fox in a suit on a forearm
Black castle silhouette with the word Believe beneath it, surrounded by blue, green, purple, red and yellow fireworks, on the lower leg.
Disney-style castle with fireworks and Believe on a lower
Fine line black tattoo on a chest reading Follow your arrow in script, with three arrows, one with a shaded grey arrowhead.
Follow your arrow script with three arrows on the chest
Black fine line script reading Angels never leave they're always at your side, with an outlined angel wing, tattooed on the side of the body.
Angel wing and script quote on skin
Two black and grey swallow tattoos on the backs of hands clasped together over a grey tweed jacket.
Two swallows on clasped hands
Small black fine line tattoo of a feather breaking up into flying birds on the inner upper arm, shown against a pale background.
Feather dissolving into birds on upper arm
Colour tattoo of stylised blue and red lettering with two crossed wands on a person's upper back.
Blue and red lettering with crossed wands on back
Black and white flash sheet of twenty-four Chinese characters in brush script, each labelled in English with its meaning, such as joy, courage and wisdom.
Chinese character symbols flash sheet
Black and grey pen drawing of a human skull wrapped in coiling snakes, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull entwined with a snake, pen drawing
Black fine line script reading believe across the inner wrist, with blurred grass in the background.
Believe script on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Allons-y with a sonic screwdriver and dotted swirls on the outer thigh.
Allons-y lettering with sonic screwdriver on thigh
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
Three people seen from behind, each with a matching black bare tree and birds tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching bare trees with birds on three backs
Black and grey realism tattoo of two sailing ships fighting on rough seas, placed on the side of the ribs.
Two galleons in battle at sea
Black fine line dandelion with seeds drifting into small birds on the inner forearm and wrist of a person with pink lipstick.
Dandelion and birds on a wrist
Traditional-style colour tattoo on the forearm of a cartoon cat in a red bow and eye patch, standing in a galleon with orange sails above green waves.
Cartoon cat pirate on a sailing ship
Fine line hamsa hand tattoo with filigree scrollwork and a central eye, sitting on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Hamsa hand on upper back
Black and grey realism style crown tattoo with beaded edges and a small cross on top, placed centre of the upper back.
Ornate crown on upper back
Shaded grey anchor with a looping rope and pink blossoms, a botanical style tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Anchor and blossoms on the side ribs
Watercolour-style drawing of a pink rose with black linework and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Watercolour rose design
Two black and grey photographs of a lettering tattoo on the side of the torso reading There is no better friend than a sister and and there is no better sister than you.
Sister quote tattoo on the side ribs
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a leaping rabbit with crosses, chevrons and dotted lines on the inner wrist, shown in black ink against a dark background.
Leaping rabbit and crosses on a wrist
Black linework sun with dotted hanging chains and drop motifs tattooed on the side of the ribs, with a grey top lifted above it.
Sun with dotted hanging chain on ribs
Black and grey flash design of a symmetrical lotus mandala with dotwork shading and dotted chains hanging below, drawn on a white background.
Lotus mandala with dotted chain drops

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