Tattoo ideas

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

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Pen sketch of a tattoo design on lined paper showing a semicolon above the words INHALE and EXHALE, with two opposing arrows between them.
Inhale and exhale semicolon design sketch
Red line drawing of a heart with a sprig of three flowers and a black script quote beneath, a flash design with no visible body placement.
Heart with flower sprig and script quote
Realism style black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a full moon over clouds, a pine treeline and a kneeling figure by water.
Moonlit forest landscape on a forearm
A pastel watercolour-style unicorn head tattoo in pink, purple and blue on a woman's shoulder blade.
Pastel unicorn head on shoulder
Small black outline crown tattoo on the side of a finger, with gold nail polish and a silver ring on the next finger.
Small crown tattoo on a finger
Three bands of metallic silver and gold dots in a dotwork-style temporary tattoo on an upper arm, with a hand in front wearing rings.
Metallic dot bands on upper arm
Flash sheet of black henna-style floral and paisley designs drawn on outlined hands, with pricing bundles shown at the top of each section.
Henna hand design flash sheet
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
Realistic colour tattoo of an adult elephant and its calf walking under an orange sunset, on the forearm.
Elephant and calf with sunset on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoos on a pair of lower legs, with a honeycomb hexagon pattern on the left calf and concentric arcs on the right.
Blackwork geometric bands on lower legs
Black silhouette design of a horned serpent coiled around a staff, with a crown above, a crossbar with arrow tips, wings and three triangles.
Serpent dragon and crowned staff design
Black and grey drawing of a snake with a geometric patterned body on pale paper, with dotted linework and small arrow marks, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Geometric snake design in black ink
Small black fine line key tattoo with an ornate bow on the back of a hand, running towards the index finger.
Small key tattoo on the back of the hand
Fine line black tattoo of a cat curled around an outlined heart on the inside of a wrist.
Sleeping cat curled around a heart on a wrist
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of an owl perched on a blossoming branch across the ribs, with red flowers and yellow and orange plumage.
Owl and cherry blossom on the ribs
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
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with yellow pigtails, red lips and pink hearts above a teal banner reading Bad Bitch, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon character with banner on thigh
Black and white flash sheet of six tattoo designs: paw prints, a cat silhouette, a handprint with a paw, a yin yang with a hand and paw, and a spiral paw.
Paw print and pet flash designs
Black and grey photograph of the words NORMAL PEOPLE SCARE ME in block lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, with leather and metal bracelets worn below it.
Normal people scare me quote on wrist
Small circular colour tattoo of a red and orange sunset over blue waves, with purple clouds and a yellow star, on the forearm.
Sunset over the sea in a circle on a forearm
Red carnation tattoo with a green stem and leaves on the side of a person's ribs, in a painterly botanical style.
Red carnation on the side ribs
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
Two black and grey cartoon chipmunk tattoos, one on each thigh, shown below plaid shorts.
Two cartoon chipmunks on thighs
Black geometric tribal tattoo with an arrow motif on the index finger of a hand, beside a gold band ring and a woven bracelet.
Geometric tribal tattoo on a finger
Black and white engraved drawing of an anatomical heart with dense hatched linework, presented as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Anatomical heart engraving line drawing
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with three hanging feathers on a woman's upper back, beside the shoulder blade.
Dreamcatcher on upper back
Colour tattoo of a smiling teal handheld game console inside a pink and purple galaxy heart with small sparkles, on the lower leg.
Handheld console in a galaxy heart on a calf
Black ink drawing of three swallows in flight over grey wash and small dots, shown as a design on white paper.
Three swallows in flight
Small red maple leaf tattoo with a little blue detail on the inner wrist of a hand with red nail polish.
Small maple leaf on a wrist
Black block lettering reading BEER GOES HERE across the web of a hand between the thumb and index finger, with coloured tattoos partly visible at the edges.
Beer goes here lettering on hand
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
Black ink flash design of an eye inside a triangle, with feathers, a crescent mandala and lettering, drawn in blackwork and geometric style.
Eye in triangle with feathers and lettering
Small black and grey fine line swallow in flight with the words stand by me beside it on a forearm.
Swallow and stand by me on a forearm
Handwritten black ink script on white paper reading I exist as I am, that is enough, with an attribution beneath, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Handwritten quote in script
Realistic colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and entwined with pink and cream roses and blue flowers, on the outer thigh.
Anchor and roses on a thigh
Black fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the words love and life in script on a forearm, while a hand wearing rings grips the arm.
Infinity symbol with love and life script
Black dotwork elephant head with ornate mandala detailing across the back of a hand and onto the wrist.
Ganesha mandala on the back of the hand
Coloured drawing of a roaring lion head with a white rose and flowing green and yellow mane, with orange butterflies, on white paper.
Lion head with rose and butterflies
Black and white photo of a fine line lightning bolt tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand resting on a leather seat.
Small lightning bolt on the wrist
Neo-traditional botanical tattoo of a bouquet of pink and purple flowers and green leaves, tied with twine, on the forearm.
Floral bouquet on a forearm
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
Black script lettering reading "and in the end we will always have each other" across three lines on the side of the ribs.
Handwritten script quote on the side ribs
Black stylised lettering reading BAD on the inner forearm and wrist, shown against a cream panelled door.
Black lettering reading BAD on a wrist
Black and grey realistic wolf tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with dark trees fading into the shoulder.
Realistic wolf sleeve on upper arm
Flash-style drawing of a Hello Kitty face styled as a sugar skull, with pink bow, turquoise flowers and cobweb ears, with no body placement shown.
Hello Kitty sugar skull design
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Love on the upper arm, with a white lace top in the background.
Love script tattoo on an 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

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