Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line outline of a small heart tattooed on the side of a finger, with red painted nails visible.
Small outline heart on a finger
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a pocket watch with a dangling chain, framed by pink and peach roses and grey leaves.
Pocket watch and roses on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a chibi stormtrooper holding a blaster on the forearm of a person wearing a brown cap and black watch.
Chibi stormtrooper tattoo on a forearm
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with geometric gears and circles, a dotwork sky, and a shaded landscape of trees on the forearm.
Full sleeve with gears, trees and dotwork sky
Four purple ink sketches of cats with octopus tentacles for bodies, arranged in a grid on white paper.
Cat and octopus hybrid sketches
Black and grey realistic calla lily tattoo with shaded petals and leaves running vertically down the side of a person's back.
Calla lilies running down the back
Black and grey geometric tattoo of thin horizontal and vertical lines forming bands across a forearm.
Geometric line bands on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional style tattoos of an owl on the left foot and a squirrel on the right foot, with ornamental swirls and feathery shapes around them.
Owl and squirrel tattoos on both feet
Colour tattoo of a worn stuffed rabbit with a button eye and stitched seams, shaded in ochre and grey on the forearm, with grass at the base.
Worn stuffed rabbit on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two soft shaded feathers on the inner forearm, one larger and one smaller and angled.
Two shaded feathers on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a pale pink dress with sheer sleeves, photographed from behind.
Script tattoo on upper arm
Black lace-patterned bow tattoo on the upper back, with a small fine script line to the left, in blackwork style.
Lace bow tattoo on upper back
Black and white photograph of a blackwork elephant tattoo with paisley and spiral motifs on a lower leg, likely the calf.
Elephant and paisley design on a lower leg
A small red outlined heart with a black cross overlapping it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Heart and cross on the inner wrist
Pencil and ink sketch of a small girl with her hair in a bun, holding balloon strings behind her back, with the words Sometimes you have to let go, to be able to move on around a circle.
Girl releasing balloons with circular quote sketch
Traditional style tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse inside a rope frame, with a pink flower above, on the outer thigh.
Lighthouse and flower on a thigh
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
Fine line black botanical sprig with small budded flowers and leaves tattooed vertically on the left ribs of a torso.
Fine line botanical sprig on ribs
Black ink tattoo of a bird and trailing vine with small flowers on the upper thigh of a seated person holding a glass.
Bird and vine tattoo on a thigh
Black line tattoo of the serotonin molecule on the upper chest, with HO, NH2 and NH labels and a blue-toned NH2 group.
Serotonin molecule on chest
Colour tattoo of large peonies with green leaves in a Japanese-influenced style, covering the shoulder and upper chest.
Blue and pink peonies across shoulder and chest
Realistic colour tattoo of an adult male lion, a lioness and a cub on skin along the side of the torso.
Realistic lion family tattoo on the side
Colour tattoo of an open pink shell holding a white pearl on the outer thigh, with a green leaf tattoo below and a partly visible tattoo above.
Shell with pearl on a thigh
Small black fine line double chevron tattoo on the back of a person's neck, above a grey knit jumper collar.
Double chevron on the back of the neck
Black lettering tattoo reading 'nōsce tē ipsum' in a blackletter-style script across the inner forearm, above the wrist, with beaded and braided bracelets.
Latin lettering 'nōsce tē ipsum' on forearm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with ornamental swirls, leaf motifs and dotwork on a shoulder, photographed in black and white.
Lotus and ornamental swirls on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a large pink peony with a smaller bud, dark green leaves and small purple flowers on the calf, in a botanical style.
Pink peony and leaves on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a mask emerging through torn skin on the forearm, shown in shades of tan, red and black.
Torn skin revealing a mask on a forearm
A six-panel grid of small black fine line tattoo designs on pale backgrounds, including mountains with a moon, a tree with stars, a leaf, a serpent, and a ring with inscribed lettering.
Six small fine line tattoo designs in a grid
Black and grey butterfly and daisy tattoo on the forearm, drawn in a fine line botanical style with soft shading.
Butterfly and daisy on a forearm
Back view of a woman in a blue sports bra with a small black fine line script tattoo reading Run Free on her upper back.
Run Free script on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose with forget-me-not sprigs and leaves on the forearm, shaded with fine hatching.
Rose and forget-me-not bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horse head wearing a bridle with a windswept mane, placed on the upper back.
Horse head with bridle on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a single wing with bold outlines and stippled feather shading, on the outer ankle.
Dotwork wing on an ankle
Black and grey line-work tattoo of a bird and foliage on a thigh, with a studded corset and black stockings visible in the photo.
Black and grey line-work thigh tattoo
Colour tattoo of Winnie the Pooh in a red top beside a small green balloon on the side of the torso.
Winnie the Pooh with a balloon on the side of the body
Solid black line drawing of a phoenix in flight with sweeping wings and a long tail of feathers on a plain tan background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Phoenix in flight design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word love across the side of a finger, with red painted nails.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Forearm tattoo of a grey wolf with red splatter accents, with block lettering above reading Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious.
Wolf and motto on a forearm
Collage of four colourful watercolour-style tattoos on arms: an anchor with rope, a deer, a skull and an outlined lily, with the lily and anchor on forearms and the skull on the upper arm.
Watercolour anchor, deer, skull and lily
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red and blue lightning bolt, an green eye in black linework, and yellow and orange circles on a light background.
Lightning bolt and eye on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and roses with leaves and buds across the upper thigh.
Peony and rose cluster on a thigh
Neo-trad tattoo of a black cat with a crescent moon headpiece, green clouds and a heart-shaped locket with a sun, on an upper arm.
Black cat with crescent moon and heart locket
Fine line black outline tattoo of a face in profile and a hand, with a small red rose, on the inner wrist.
Profile outline and red rose on wrist
Back of a person with short brown hair, showing a bold black geometric labyrinth tattoo in a circle on the upper back.
Black labyrinth circle on upper back
Black script lettering reading The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You'll Have Tomorrow, with a blue awareness ribbon, tattooed on a person's side ribs.
Script quote and blue ribbon on ribs
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
Black and grey tattoo of a compass rose over a globe with an arrow above and three feathers below, on the upper arm.
Compass and arrow on an upper arm

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