Tattoo ideas

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

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Two traditional colour tattoos side by side on a leg, a smiling sun with a face on the left and a teal crescent moon with a face on the right, both with a dotted chain and gemstone pendant below.
Paired sun and moon tattoos on legs
Fine line script lettering reading Dare to Begin, drawn in black ink on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Dare to Begin script lettering design
Black fine line tattoo of a leafy branch with hatched leaves sitting on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Leafy branch on the collarbone
Black script lettering tattoo on the ribs reading Without struggle, There is no progress, shown beside a pink top.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of stacked vertebrae running down the back of a person's neck, seen from behind.
Vertebrae tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a treble clef and curling music staff with notes on the inside of an ankle.
Treble clef and music staff on an ankle
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a dachshund on the inner forearm, set against pleated fabric.
Simple dachshund line tattoo on a forearm
Colourful cross-stitch style folk pattern tattoo covering a forearm, with red, green, blue and yellow motifs outlined in black.
Cross-stitch folk pattern on a forearm
Black linework flash drawing of an anatomical heart with a faceted geometric lower half, a dotted oval gem and scrolling filigree at the top, shown on paper with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with jewelled gem design
Colour cartoon tattoo of a brown bear with an open mouth above a tan teddy bear with a fanged face, in a bold outlined neo-traditional style on the side of the ribs.
Cartoon bears on the ribs
Black line drawing of an ornate cross with filigree scrollwork and pointed arms, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate filigree cross line drawing
Dotwork drawing of a mountain valley with a river, pine trees and clouds, shown as a black and grey tattoo design on paper.
Stippled mountain valley with river and pines
Colour tattoo of a blue Ganesha with a jewelled headdress and an om symbol on its trunk, placed on an upper arm.
Blue Ganesha on upper arm
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a compass rose in a round frame, framed by yellow flowers and pink banners with partly visible lettering.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two soft-shaded flowers with long stems and dotted swirls, placed on a shoulder and upper arm.
Two flowers and swirling stems on a shoulder
Small black fine line tattoo of a treble clef with two musical notes on the outside of an ankle, with jeans rolled above it.
Treble clef and music notes on an ankle
Fine line flash design of a teal heartbeat trace with a heart loop, small flower, cross and dove carrying an olive branch, on a beige background.
Heartbeat line with dove and heart
Colour tattoo of two swallows with swirling tails and flower details on the side of a person's ribs, with bold blue, green, orange and purple ink.
Colourful swallows with swirls on the ribs
Crouching winged gargoyle tattoo on an upper arm, shaded in black and grey with a blue torn-skin background.
Winged gargoyle on an upper arm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a girl in a long dress flying a kite, placed on the side of the ribs.
Girl flying a kite on the ribs
Realism tattoo on a forearm combining an amber glass bottle, a black and white portrait of a long-haired man and a figure in a top hat.
Bottle and portrait collage on a forearm
Realistic red diamond tattoo with a soft red glow on the top of a foot, with red toenails and silver toe rings.
Red diamond tattoo on the top of a foot
Pencil-style flash design of a woman with flowing hair, two roses in her hair and a rose and script reading You're So Cool on her shoulder, in Botanical and Lettering style.
Woman with roses and script lettering
Colour tattoo across the upper chest showing a girl in a blue dress standing between two armoured figures who hold a long pole, one in grey and one in red.
Three figures tattooed across a chest
Colour tattoo of a stitched blue ragdoll character with red hair and large eyes, holding a small tombstone-style design, shown on a forearm in three side-by-side photos.
Stitched ragdoll with red hair on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, filled with mandala patterns and framed by a scalloped mandala border, shown as a tattoo design.
Mandala moon line drawing
Black fine line script tattoo reading These violent delights have violent ends runs along a forearm.
Handwritten quote script along a forearm
Black and grey realistic raven with spread wings tattooed on a man's left ribs, with his shirt lifted to show it.
Raven tattoo on the ribs
Traditional style flower tattoo with green and black petals, red and orange accents and a mandala-like centre, on the upper arm.
Traditional flower tattoo on upper arm
Coloured illustration of a tree of life whose trunk forms a DNA double helix, with leafy branches, green roots, birds and butterflies on a parchment background.
Tree of life with DNA helix trunk and roots
Traditional style tattoo of a tomahawk with a beaded handle and red and brown feathers on the forearm.
Tomahawk and feathers on a forearm
Black line drawing of a message in a bottle with a tied scroll, flanked by three roses and leaves, drawn on pale paper.
Message in a bottle with roses
Colour botanical tattoo of a leafy branch with orange berries wrapping around a forearm, below a plaid shirt sleeve.
Berry branch sprig on a forearm
Black and white side profile of a person with long wavy hair, showing a small fine line cross tattoo on the neck behind the ear.
Small cross tattoo behind the ear
Small black fine line tattoo of two stick figures holding hands on the side of the ribs, photographed against a black and white background.
Tiny stick figures holding hands on ribs
Fine line tattoo of a seated cat outline with pink, blue and purple watercolour splashes on the forearm.
Cat silhouette with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black tribal swirl tattoo with sweeping scrolls on the lower abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Black tribal swirl on the lower abdomen
Fine line black tattoo of a pine tree inside an open circle on the ankle of a foot resting on a striped sheet.
Pine tree in a circle on an ankle
Black ink flash design of a seahorse built from swirling scrolls, curls and circles on a white background.
Ornamental seahorse design
Two cartoon tattoos of peanut butter and jelly toast characters with googly eyes, one above the other on a forearm, in colour.
Peanut butter and jelly toast characters on forearms
Realistic shaded headphones with a cable running down to a jack, with a small red, green and blue sound wave between the earcups, tattooed on the forearm.
Headphones and sound wave on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with radiating geometric petals on the upper arm of a person in a maroon top and blue-grey skirt.
Mandala tattoo on an upper arm
Solid black blackwork design of a leaping orca with a white patch behind the eye and a curved tail, on a white background.
Leaping orca design
Fine-line black tattoo on a forearm, drawn as one continuous line that forms the London Eye, a spire and Tower Bridge, with a rainy city view behind.
London skyline line on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a hand making a peace sign with two pink badges reading The Beatles, on the inner forearm.
Peace sign hand with Beatles badges on a forearm
A small, fine line black arrow tattoo on the side of the ribs of a person lying on a white bed, wearing a white lace bra.
Small arrow tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant head with a mandala headdress on the calf.
Elephant head with mandala on a calf
Painted traditional-style flash of a pin-up woman with red roses, a polka dot headscarf and a heart banner, shown on paper.
Pin-up woman with roses flash

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