Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic rose and pocket watch with Roman numerals and a chain, tattooed on the front of a thigh.
Rose and pocket watch on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork oak leaf tattoo with the year 1908 written above it, sitting on the upper arm.
Oak leaf with date on upper arm
Fine line black music notes tattooed on the outer ear, including a treble clef, a flat sign, a sharp sign and quavers.
Music notes along the ear
Faded fine line infinity symbol joined to the word love in script on a wrist, shown in a close photograph.
Infinity symbol with love script on wrist
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo of bare trees and branches in solid black silhouette on the forearm, with stippled red and black dots fading into the skin above and below.
Tree silhouettes in a forest on a forearm
Black flowing script lettering reading Carpe Diem with long thin flourishes on a white background, a design for a tattoo.
Carpe Diem script lettering design
Small black fine line tattoo of a mountain range with three peaks on the inner forearm, with a denim jacket sleeve rolled up above it.
Fine line mountain range on a forearm
Woman seen from behind holding an antelope skull, with a gold and silver metallic arrow and triangle design on her upper arm.
Metallic arrow temporary tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink plumeria flower with black and grey swirling vines and dots on the ankle, in a botanical style.
Pink plumeria and swirls on an ankle
Black and grey geometric armband tattoo with chevrons and triangles wrapping the forearm near the elbow.
Geometric armband tattoo on forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the forearm showing a house with a scalloped roof, dotted smoke, a TAKE CARE banner and a rope knot.
House and rope knot with TAKE CARE banner
Black script lettering reading sic parvis magna across a man's upper back near the shoulder, with framed pictures on the wall behind.
Script lettering across a shoulder
Pencil sketch of a bee in flight above a faint geometric pattern of overlapping circles and hexagons, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Bee sketch over geometric circles
Two palms face up showing small black typewriter-style lettering on the inner wrists, reading like the wind and i am free.
Two wrist quotes in black lettering
Black outline tattoo of Mickey and Minnie Mouse shapes, with a red bow and a pink bow, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Mickey and Minnie silhouettes on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a blue lupin flower spike with green leaves and stem on the forearm, in a botanical style.
Blue lupin flower on forearm
Pencil drawing of three roses with shaded petals and leaves on a sepia background, a design suitable as a black and grey tattoo flash.
Three shaded roses with leaves
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a wolf head with ornate filigree patterns across the forehead, cheeks and ruff, on a white background.
Ornamental wolf head design
Two small black outline tattoos on interlocked fingers, a Superman shield on one finger and a Wonder Woman emblem on the next, in a fine line style.
Superman and Wonder Woman emblems on fingers
Two black line drawn crown designs, each with a scrolling ribbon banner beneath, shown as tattoo flash on a plain white background.
Two crown designs with ribbon banners
Black outline drawing of a rose with leaves on a white background, a traditional style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Outline rose with leaves
Black silhouette tattoo of a flying figure, three smaller trailing figures and two stars across a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Silhouetted flying figures and stars on upper back
Close photo of a small black tribal-style dragonfly tattoo on the lower back of a person wearing a white top.
Black dragonfly tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm of an anatomical heart over a fanned hand of playing cards, including an ace of spades and hearts.
Anatomical heart and playing cards on upper arm
Small black fine line symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, with gold nail polish visible on the hand.
Small symbol tattoo on a finger
Small black eye tattoo with dotted rays on the inner wrist, shown with a hand held open and teal painted nails.
Small eye with dots on the inner wrist
Three small rabbit tattoos on the side of a foot, two grey and one orange, with soft shading and dark outlines.
Three rabbits on a foot
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a red heart padlock with gold scrollwork and purple ribbons, with a gold key below it, on the top of a foot.
Heart padlock and key on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a cartoon hairless cat with large blue eyes wearing a teal knitted sweater, placed on a calf in a neo-traditional style.
Sphynx cat in a teal sweater on a calf
Black and grey realism tiger head tattoo wrapped around the middle finger of a hand resting on a wooden table.
Tiger head on a finger
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of three birds with detailed feathers and loose linework, shown on a forearm.
Three birds in flight on a forearm
Matching black ink symbol tattoos on the tops of two bare feet near the ankles, with small script beside the left one.
Matching symbol tattoos on two feet
Pink cherry blossom flowers with black centres and red leaves on a forearm, in a soft watercolour style.
Cherry blossom flowers on a forearm
Black line tattoo of peonies and leaves on an upper arm, botanical style, with a partial bird tattoo visible on the forearm below.
Peony and rose bouquet on upper arm
Rear view of two women kneeling side by side in swimwear, with black lettering tattooed across the lower back of the woman on the right.
Lettering tattoo on lower back, two women
Black and grey sun tattoo with wavy rays and a shaded disc, edged by a dotted arc with hanging dots, on a person's abdomen.
Sun with dotted arc on the abdomen
Black outline lotus flower tattoo in fine line on an ankle, with no shading or colour.
Outline lotus flower on an ankle
Black linework tattoo design of a wolf howling skywards, drawn in a bold tribal style on a white background.
Howling wolf tribal design
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow flower with dark green-black leaves on a calf, with a faded outlined flower visible above it.
Yellow flower with dark leaves on a leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stippled moon, a crescent moon and small stars on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dotwork moon and stars on a shoulder blade
Black fine line tattoo of a cartoon owl on a branch with the script words owl love you forever along the side of an ankle and foot.
Owl on a branch with script quote on foot
Two matching fine line stick figure tattoos, each a pair of small figures, on the forearms of two people holding hands.
Matching stick figure tattoos on forearms
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a heart-shaped ornamental motif with swirls and dotted chains on a forearm.
Ornamental heart with dotted chains on forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a woman with dark wavy hair, a small otter and autumn oak, maple and ivy leaves in red, orange and olive.
Woman with otter and autumn leaves on ribs
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles and dotted lines on a forearm, with a smaller circular design above it.
Overlapping circles tattoo on a forearm
Black linework rose and a brown lotus mandala with a crescent moon on a thigh, in a mirror selfie of a person with teal hair.
Rose and lotus mandala on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a sun with dotwork and rays above geometric mountains and wavy sea lines, all enclosed in a triangle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sun, mountains and waves in a triangle
Black and grey tattoo of two cats curled together in a circle among blackberry branches, leaves and flowers, on the upper arm.
Two curled cats with blackberry branch on upper arm

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