Tattoo ideas

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

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Black linework flash design of an ornate feather filled with geometric patterns, dots and small teal, pink and yellow accents, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in black and colour
Black and grey geometric cat head tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Geometric cat head on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a woman wearing a helmet, a rose and a revolver with smoke.
Woman portrait, rose and revolver upper arm sleeve
Painted design of a lotus flower in red and black with ink splashes and bold strokes on a cream background.
Lotus flower with red and black splashes
Black fine line tattoo of a feather that breaks up into a flock of flying birds, placed on the inner ankle.
Feather dissolving into flying birds on an ankle
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing a black and grey realistic portrait of a man with curly hair, framed by a teal brick hood with an eye, a lantern, a globe and bright geometric shapes.
Realist portrait with eye and globe on a calf
Small coloured tattoo of a green and teal hummingbird with a pink throat in flight on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey top.
Hummingbird on a forearm
Black and grey sketch tattoo across a man's upper back showing two hands holding a wooden cross above an anatomical heart with thin wire-like lines.
Hands holding a cross above a heart on back
Black dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon, pine trees, mountains and a tent inside a diamond, with fan shapes below, on the upper back.
Mountain and tent scene in a geometric diamond
Colour tattoo of a faceted blue and pink crystal with black outlines, sitting on the side of the torso.
Blue and pink crystal on the side of the body
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a glass jar filled with planets, a ringed planet and a spiral galaxy, with the words FAR AWAY on the label, on a forearm.
Galaxy jar with Far Away label on a forearm
Close-up of black script lettering reading Make that change on the inside of a forearm, in a lettering style.
Make that change script on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on the side ribs, with a two-line quote above Roman numerals in a serif font.
Script quote and Roman numerals on the ribs
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a woman with a voluminous updo and bare shoulder on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with updo on upper arm
Black script lettering reading One step at a time across the outer ankle and top of a bare foot, with a woven anklet on the other ankle.
One step at a time script on ankle
Black line drawing of a stylised bee with ornate filigree wings, a striped abdomen and antennae, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Bee design with ornate wings
Black and grey moustache tattoo with curled ends on the upper arm, just below a pale t-shirt sleeve.
Moustache tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a bare back and side with a flowing abstract fine line tattoo of wave-like strands across the ribs and lower back.
Flowing black lines across ribs and back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose formed from a banknote, covering the back of a fist with more banknote detail continuing up the forearm.
Banknote rose on the back of a hand
Tattoo flash design of a red heart with a bold black outline and white swirling flourishes, painted on brown kraft paper, with no body placement shown.
Red heart with white swirls
Black and grey flash design of a pin-up skeleton woman and a top-hatted skeleton man holding hands, with a banner quote above and below them.
Skeleton couple with banner quote
Large solid black Triforce crest with wings tattooed across the upper back of a person with red hair, arms raised.
Triforce crest with wings on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two apples with blossoms and leaves on the outer thigh.
Apples and blossom on a thigh
Back view of a woman in a white corset dress with a shaded grey chameleon tattoo on her upper back, its eye picked out in green.
Chameleon tattoo on upper back
Black line drawing of a circle filled with arcs, small circles and dots in a Gallifreyan-style pattern, shown as a design with no body placement.
Circular Gallifreyan-style line design
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoos on the upper chest of a person, with bold outlines and solid shading.
Two swallows on a chest
Pencil flash drawing of a shaded pocket watch wrapped in chain with a key and scrolling ornament, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch, chain and key design
Black and white Norse sleeve design with runes, a Vegvisir and valknut symbols, shown beside a mock-up of the design on an upper arm.
Norse rune sleeve design with Vegvisir
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a peacock with red and orange peonies across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Peacock and peony tattoo on shoulder and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a small animal with a pointed snout, surrounded by flowers and leaves, on the upper thigh.
Hedgehog and flowers on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a lighthouse with banner lettering on a person's calf, shown beside a black and grey flash design of the same lighthouse.
Lighthouse banner tattoo on a calf
Four black and grey fine line tattoos of classical marble statue heads arranged in a grid on the outer thigh.
Four classical sculpture heads on a thigh
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, with small dot accents on two fingers, in a geometric dotwork style.
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Black lettering tattoo of the quote 'No matter how far life pulls you back eventually you move forward' with a grey arrow across the ribs.
Quote and arrow tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of two hands with realistic shaded lion head tattoos on the fingers.
Lion heads tattooed on two fingers
Black script lettering reading I'll rise like the break of dawn, with a soft grey shaded cloud above it, tattooed on a forearm near the wrist.
Script quote about dawn on inner wrist
Black line drawing of an Art Nouveau style mermaid with flowing hair, surrounded by octopus tentacles and a lettered circular border, as a tattoo design.
Art Nouveau mermaid with octopus tentacles
Two small solid black heart tattoos sit on the upper chest near the collarbone and on the shoulder of a person with long hair and a dark top.
Two small heart tattoos on shoulder and chest
Realism tattoo of a horse head with a flowing mane on the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.
Horse head portrait on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the tops of both feet, with a small outlined star near the toes of the right foot.
Mandala tattoo across both feet
Colour tattoo of red roses, small yellow flowers and butterflies wrapping from the ribs across the lower stomach, in a botanical realism style.
Red roses and butterflies across ribs and stomach
Black fine line script lettering reading NOT all who WANDER are LOST, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Quote lettering on a lower leg
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word run in script on a shoulder, with a teal top at the upper left.
Infinity symbol with run script on shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and roses with leaves and buds, wrapping from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Peony and rose flowers on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon woman with a dark bob and glasses, framed by a blue leaf wreath, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Cartoon character in a blue leaf wreath on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range above the word wanderlust in script on skin, with a lake landscape photograph below.
Mountain line and wanderlust script tattoo
Small black blackwork tattoo of a spiky hedgehog-like animal on a patch of skin with fine body hair.
Small tribal hedgehog tattoo
Black and grey geometric cat tattoo with dotwork shading on the lower leg.
Geometric cat on a calf

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