Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic grey and red forearm tattoo showing a gas mask, a skull and a red spiral, shown on a person's forearm against a dark background.
Gas mask and skull sleeve on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of praying hands with an orange cigarette and a dark pipe, shown on the neck in shaded grey with teal accents.
Praying hands with cigarette and pipe
Realism forearm tattoo of a green eye with a grey pocket watch and Roman numerals, with the letters MMX below, in black and grey with green colour.
Green eye and pocket watch on a forearm
Colour lotus flower with teal shading and black paisley mandala linework on the upper thigh.
Lotus flower with mandala on thigh
Several arms and hands pressed together, showing a realistic black and grey cat tattoo, banknotes, portrait tattoos and a skull on the forearms and hands.
Realism portraits and cat on hands and forearms
Black and grey tattoo of two baby footprints forming a heart around script lettering, on a person's side above the hip.
Baby footprints in a heart with a name on the side
Black and grey ink drawing of a ram skull with large curled horns, rendered in fine hatching on a plain light background.
Ram skull with curled horns
Realism-style black and grey tattoo of a long-haired, bearded figure in a robe, with an ornate halo and one hand raised, on the upper arm.
Robed religious figure with halo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs showing two hands clasped together, with their shadow forming a side profile of a head.
Hands casting a profile shadow on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face inside a pyramid with birds and scrollwork on the forearm.
Clock, pyramid and birds on a forearm
Full-colour realistic tattoo of a lion head with a dark mane and amber eyes, on a limb of the body.
Realistic lion head portrait
Realism tattoo on an upper arm of a grey portrait of a woman in a crown and veil, with pink watercolour splashes and the words WE ARE NOT AMUSED above.
Crowned portrait with pink scrollwork on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a peach rose with a green bud and leaves, surrounded by teal and purple watercolour-style splashes, on the side of the torso.
Peach rose with watercolour splashes on torso
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a chain and key, above a shaded rose, on a lower leg.
Pocket watch and rose on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a sunset beach with a palm tree and orange plumeria flowers covering the upper arm.
Sunset palm tree and plumeria on upper arm
Realistic black and grey winged angel tattoo spanning the upper back of a person wearing a white helmet.
Winged angel across a back
Black and grey script tattoo reading Love is in the Hair on a forearm, with shaded hair dryer and scissors and a small heart.
Love is in the hair lettering with scissors and dryer
Black and white photo of a realistic shaded feather tattoo on a person's side ribs, with a hand resting on their waist.
Feather tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey realism eye inside a triangle with fine radiating lines, tattooed on an upper arm.
Eye in triangle on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a chickadee perched on a thin branch, shown on the upper chest.
Chickadee perched on a branch on the chest
Shaded pink rose tattoo with soft white highlights on a shoulder, photographed against a blurred indoor background.
Pink rose tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on a shoulder, with the words I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at every thing forming the trailing wing.
Butterfly with quote on the shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of three open roses and a rosebud with leaves, on the side of a torso above the waistband of jeans.
Black and grey roses on the side of the torso
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull woman portrait above a pocket watch and a skull.
Sugar skull portrait and pocket watch on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an orange and black butterfly with spotted wings on the inner wrist, against a blurred green background.
Orange butterfly on the inner wrist
Realistic tattoo of a cat's head with green eyes and fine whisker detail on the upper arm, shaded in black, grey and brown.
Realistic cat portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of four women's portrait faces arranged across the back.
Four portrait faces on a back
Realistic colour skull tattoo covering a person's entire back, shown from behind with ochre bone tones and teal and black shading.
Large realistic skull across a back
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, with a star and partial lettering nearby.
Realistic octopus tattoo on the hand
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a clock with Roman numerals, a shaded rose and ornamental scrollwork.
Clock and rose thigh sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Spitfire fighter aeroplane with shaded wings and the number 130 on the fuselage, placed on the ribs.
Spitfire fighter plane on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a male lion and a lioness side by side on the upper arm.
Lion and lioness portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realistic drawing of a cracked clock face breaking into shards, with a skull and fragmented faces, shown as a tattoo design.
Shattering clock and skull design
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo on the side of the ribs, with shaded petals and detailed stamens.
Realistic lily tattoo on the ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a terrier-type dog portrait in a scalloped oval frame, surrounded by poppies, cornflowers and daisies, with a small bee above, on the upper arm.
Dog portrait in a frame with poppies on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red muscle car with a dark shadowed background, sitting on the forearm.
Red muscle car on a forearm
Realistic owl face tattoo with orange eyes and grey feather shading, set among swirling tribal-style lines on the upper arm.
Owl face tattoo on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a green eye with long lashes and grey feathers beneath it, placed on the upper shoulder.
Realistic green eye and feather on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cougar walking towards the viewer, covering the upper arm of a person wearing a white t-shirt.
Cougar walking on an upper arm
Realistic neo-traditional tattoo of a grey skull shaped like a cupcake with red blood dripping down, placed on the upper arm, shown in a two-panel photo.
Skull cupcake with blood drip on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a tentacled creature head beneath a full moon and stars, with swirling waves below.
Tentacled creature, moon and waves on upper arm
Realistic black and grey rose tattoo with leaves and a bud across a woman's shoulder and upper back, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Black and grey roses across a shoulder and back
Black and grey realism and dotwork tattoo of a lion's face with mandala patterning and a small skull on the inner forearm.
Lion and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding strings attached to an anatomical heart, on the forearm.
Marionette hand and anatomical heart on a forearm
Soft pink and red rose tattoo with watercolour-style shading on the side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment held at the waist.
Pink rose on the side ribs
Black and grey Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing armour plates, a scale pattern and swirling shapes.
Japanese armour sleeve on an arm
Torso of a person in a white vest top, with black and grey realism style tattoo sleeves on both arms showing a cat, a skull and a ship.
Black and grey sleeve with cat and skull
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose above a blue faceted gemstone in a silver filigree setting, on a forearm.
Realistic rose above a blue gemstone on a forearm

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