Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a traditional style tattoo on skin showing a flying saucer with a small figure beneath it, a stars, a red heart on an envelope, and a red and blue heart at the top.
UFO, envelope and heart tattoos on a limb
Traditional style colour tattoo of a lit candle with a drip-covered purple and blue wax body and a brass holder, with the words A FIRE INSIDE beneath, on the upper arm.
Candle with A FIRE INSIDE lettering
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the back of a caterpillar smoking a pipe on a red spotted mushroom, with purple-edged leaves behind it.
Caterpillar smoking on a red mushroom
Numbered traditional flash sheet of Hello Kitty tattoo designs in bold colour, including roses, a dagger, a heart, a telephone and an umbrella.
Hello Kitty traditional flash sheet
Black and grey tattoo of a light bulb containing a rising sun, rays and clouds, on a forearm, with framed traditional flash art in the background.
Light bulb with sunrise and clouds on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an eagle gripping a key, set against a red circle, on a forearm.
Eagle holding a key on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a hedgehog covered in teal and orange flowers and green leaves, placed on the outer thigh.
Hedgehog made of flowers on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a bulldog wearing a green checked flat cap and scarf, on the calf.
Bulldog in a checked cap and scarf
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail seated on a rope-wrapped anchor, framed by red, purple and dark roses.
Mermaid on an anchor with roses on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of an open-mouthed anglerfish with a pin-up woman in fishnet stockings and red heels, on the side of the ribs.
Anglerfish and pin-up on the side ribs
Traditional style flash sheet of nine tattoo designs with lettering, including a winged banner, a pie, a black car, a flaming coffin and a salt canister, with red sigils scattered between them.
Supernatural themed flash sheet
Traditional style flower tattoo with red petals and green leaves on a forearm, with a small dark tattoo on the back of the hand, and a wristwatch worn on the wrist.
Traditional flower forearm tattoo with wristwatch
Colour traditional-style tattoo of two cartoon characters from Beetlejuice with a skull above, set in a grey scroll frame on the upper arm.
Beetlejuice and Lydia cartoon tattoo in a scroll frame
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart with a HOLD ON banner and blue and purple flowers on the upper arm.
Traditional heart with HOLD ON banner
Two people hold hands, showing full colour tattoo sleeves on their forearms and upper arms, with a dragon-style design on the woman's right arm.
Colourful tattoo sleeves on two clasped arms
Traditional style tattoo of an hourglass with a red blood drip, the words TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND and a blue flower below, on the forearm.
Hourglass with blood drip and blue flower
Traditional colour tattoo of a blossom patterned vase with a red rose, blue daisy and orange flowers on a forearm, with a small bee near the top edge.
Flower vase with rose on a forearm
Three hand-coloured traditional flash designs on paper, showing a red heart, a blue rose and a blue swallow, each with a scroll banner carrying names.
Heart, rose and swallow flash designs
Black line drawing of a snarling wolf head pierced by a dagger, with a Winter is Coming banner and snowflakes, shown as a tattoo design.
Wolf head and dagger with Winter is Coming banner
Colour tattoo of a swallow among pink cherry blossom branches with the word Nanny in black script, shown in two close photos on a leg.
Swallow and cherry blossom with script on a leg
Traditional colour tattoos of a pin-up woman on the forearm and a rose on the upper arm of a woman in a black patchwork-print t-shirt.
Pin-up and rose tattoos on arms
Black and grey traditional tattoo of moth wings arranged in a circle with a separate moth in flight above, on a shoulder.
Moth mandala and flying moth on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red roses and a beaded arc on the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.
Traditional raven and red roses on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a teapot, teacup, red flowers and green leaves above a orange banner that reads TEA LOVER.
Tea lover banner with teapot and flowers on upper arm
Two bare feet with bold colour neo-traditional tattoos across the tops, including an orange target-like motif, a small skull and red roses on the lower legs.
Colourful abstract foot tattoos with roses above the ankles
Traditional colour tattoo of orange butterflies and red flowers with green leaves running down the lower leg and onto the ankle.
Butterflies and flowers on an ankle
Two blue swallow tattoos in a traditional style, one on each inner wrist of a person with their hands clasped together behind the body.
Blue swallows on both wrists
Traditional-style tattoo of a red anatomical heart pierced by arrows, with a banner reading WE ARE NOT OUR FAILURES, on the upper arm.
Heart with arrows and banner
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman with a headband, flanked by red roses and LOVE and LIFE banners, with a large red rose below.
Pin-up with roses and LOVE LIFE banners
Black line drawing of a flying saucer over a desert with cacti, an eye motif and the lettering Just Hold On We're Going Home, in a traditional flash style.
UFO and lettering tattoo design
Black line drawing flash of two traditional-style roses with leaves, designed as a tattoo stencil.
Two roses with leaves line drawing
Flash-style design of a black cat with yellow eyes, framed by pink roses and green leaves, with a banner reading Wednesday beneath it.
Black cat with roses and Wednesday banner
Traditional-style rose tattoo on the upper arm and small star tattoos near the wrist of a person with raised arms, seen from behind with a bare back.
Rose and star tattoos with raised arms
Traditional style flash designs of a swallow, a rose, a dagger, a sparrow, blossoms and a heart, painted in colour on pale paper.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow, rose and dagger
Two legs covered in colourful traditional tattoos, including roses, a dagger, a heart and a bird, photographed from above in a bath.
Traditional tattoos covering both legs
Colour traditional tattoo of a grey elephant in a blue and orange ornate blanket, raising its trunk towards a red lotus, on a forearm.
Decorated elephant with lotus on forearm
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a red rose, a spool of red thread and a bee, with the hand holding a white pot with a succulent against a plain white background.
Traditional rose and thread tattoos on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a hawk with a pearl necklace and red medallion, perched on a black leather glove, on a calf.
Hawk perched on a glove, traditional style
Man with crossed arms in a navy T-shirt showing a black and grey traditional-style sleeve, with a bird on the forearm and a rose on the lower arm.
Crossed arms with bird and rose tattoos
Neo-traditional eagle head tattoo in grey and yellow over a red, orange and teal star on the back of a hand, with a floral tattoo at the top of the frame.
Eagle head and star on the back of a hand
Traditional style tattoo of a green leaf rosette with gold dotted outlines and grey petals, surrounded by large leaves on a forearm.
Green leaf rosette on forearm
Close-up of a grey and red floral tattoo on a forearm, with a central pink flower surrounded by leaves and petals.
Red and grey floral tattoo on a forearm
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor with rope, a skull and a cluster of flowers, in a traditional style.
Anchor, skull and flowers drawing
Traditional style colour swallow tattoo on the back of a hand, with blue-grey wings, a red chest and orange accents.
Swallow tattoo on the back of a hand
Traditional style flash design of a gold winged W flanked by two red roses and green leaves, with a yellow banner reading WARRIOR.
Winged W with roses and Warrior banner
Traditional colour tattoo of a log cabin with a red moon, wolf, pine trees and orange flower on the upper arm.
Log cabin, wolf and red moon on upper arm
Black linework flash design of a pocket watch framed by five-petal flowers and leaves, drawn in a traditional style on paper.
Pocket watch and flowers flash design
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a crown-topped key with a twisted shaft and a small cross above, on the inside of a forearm.
Crown key tattoo on a forearm

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