Tattoo ideas

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Traditional style tattoo on an arm showing a woman with a cherry on her head, a Be Brave banner across her eyes and smoke curling from a cigarette.
Woman with cherry and Be Brave banner
Colour traditional style tattoo of a smiling cartoon hamburger with raised arms and music notes, on a lower leg.
Cartoon hamburger with music notes on a calf
Black and grey nautical star design with zebra stripe shading inside and the script words Class of '08 beneath it.
Nautical star with zebra stripes
Traditional style swallow tattoos in red, blue and black on the ankles of two bare feet resting on a wooden bench dusted with sand.
Matching swallows on both feet
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red-eyed wolf head on the back of one hand, a woman in a beanie on the other, and black lettering across the fingers.
Wolf and portrait hand tattoos with lettering
Two forearms covered in small colour tattoos of Hello Kitty, a Smurf, roses, cherries and hearts, placed on the forearm.
Hello Kitty and cartoon tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope stopper, on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship in a bottle on a forearm
Black linework flash design of an ornate sugar skull flanked by roses and leaves on a cream background, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull with roses flash design
Traditional tattoo of a red rose with green leaves above a black banner with lettering, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and black trousers.
Rose and banner lettering on a forearm
Monochrome traditional flash sheet of lumberjack designs including a bear, log cabin, pin-up with a saw, axe, truck and bearded man, with no body part shown.
Lumberjack themed flash sheet
Traditional style tattoo of a black umbrella with a green bird-head handle and a red banner reading Anything Can Happen, on a forearm.
Umbrella with banner on a forearm
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoos with flowers and a rose on a person's forearm, in front of a white door.
Sugar skulls and rose on a forearm
Small traditional-style tattoo of a skull with a red rose and dark leaves on the side of a finger.
Skull and rose on a finger
Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with a red hull, clouds and birds, above a banner reading Homeward Bound, on a forearm.
Sailing ship with Homeward Bound banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship in an ornate oval frame on the inner forearm, shown in two side by side photographs.
Sailing ship in oval frame on forearm
Vintage-style anchor design with pink and peach roses, teal leaves and a rope wrapped around the shaft, shown on a plain pale background.
Anchor with roses design
Traditional flash drawing of a flaming sacred heart ringed with red roses and dark leaves, in colour on a cream sheet.
Sacred heart with roses flash design
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a woman in profile with black hair, yellow and pink flowers, a teal headband, teal roses and a Love Is Blind banner.
Profile woman with teal roses on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a squirrel in a bow tie holding an acorn, with a speech bubble reading gracias, on the upper arm.
Cartoon squirrel with acorn and gracias speech bubble
Black and grey lettering tattoos reading LOVE HER and I LOVE HIM across two fingers in a lettering style, with a small motif above the first word, photographed on a wooden surface.
Love her and love him finger lettering
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon cat floating from pink, teal and purple flower balloons, with small hearts, on an upper arm.
Cartoon cat on flower balloons on upper arm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a central flower and scrollwork border, with a small fleur-de-lis above it, on the calf.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis on a leg
Traditional style flash design of a skateboard with a lettered banner, orange flames and two blue flowers, with no body placement shown.
Skateboard with flames and blue flowers
Two mirrored traditional tattoos on an upper arm, showing a blue-visor pilot helmet above a blue rose and a dark trooper-style helmet above a red rose, with banners reading Standing By and Move Along.
Pilot helmets and roses on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey knight helmet with red and orange feather plumes on the upper arm, with part of another coloured tattoo visible at the top left.
Knight helmet with red plumes on upper arm
Traditional style full arm sleeve tattoo in bold colour across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, featuring a rosette, a grey skull in a hat, roses and an orange flower.
Traditional full sleeve with skull and roses
Flash sheet of five heart designs: a red winged heart, a black dotted heart, a heart with a ribbon banner, a scrolled heart and a floral heart with leaves.
Five heart flash designs on a sheet
Traditional-style owl with a third eye on its headdress, a pocket watch and a pink flower in blue, grey and red ink on the forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Owl and pocket watch on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with yellow petals, dark outlines and a shaded brown seed head on pale skin.
Sunflower tattoo on pale skin
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a faceted diamond heart with a dotted border, flanked by roses and a small flower, on the thigh.
Diamond heart and roses on a thigh
Traditional tattoo of a red-rimmed eyeball with black wings, orange and red flames and small stars on a limb, in bold colour.
Eyeball with wings and flames traditional tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of four cats in a four-pane window framed by flowers, on the thigh.
Four cats in a window with flowers
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a mountain and pine tree landscape with an orange sunset inside a black diamond frame, flanked by black and orange flowers.
Mountain landscape in a diamond frame on an upper arm
Black and grey flash sheet of arrow designs with feathered fletching and decorative shafts, drawn on aged paper, suitable as tattoo inspiration.
Arrow flash sheet
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a bird-headed figure in a suit holding a sword, inside an oval frame with scrollwork, on an upper arm.
Bird-headed figure with sword in oval frame
Colour traditional tattoo of a geisha with a half-skull face and flower hair pins on the back of a hand.
Geisha and skull portrait on the back of a hand
Traditional colour tattoo of a bicycle with orange flowers, a red heart and a grey DAD banner on a thigh.
Bicycle, heart and flowers with DAD banner on thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of three nesting matryoshka dolls with pink flowers and green leaves on a forearm, shown in two side-by-side views.
Nesting dolls and flowers on a forearm
Shirtless man with a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a galaxy, planets and a crescent moon on his chest, with roses and an eye on both arms.
Full colour galaxy chest and arm sleeves
Pen drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on paper, with two banners reading Fatally Yours, a skull, a heart, a flower and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Fatally Yours banners with skull and flower
Black and grey pencil and ink drawing of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis on top and scrolls and dots around it, a tattoo design sheet.
Compass rose design with fleur-de-lis
Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.
Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette
Traditional colour tattoo of an anatomical heart beneath a black umbrella and a row of seven daggers, with a gold arrow below, on the chest.
Anatomical heart with umbrella and daggers on chest
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow crescent moon framing a dark mountain landscape under stars, with black leaves and red berries, on the shoulder and upper arm.
Crescent moon landscape on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoos on a pair of thighs and knees, including lace-like patterns and a snake, with a black cat lying across the lap.
Black and grey thigh tattoos with a black cat
Two traditional colour tattoos on a calf: a blue heart reading eat me beside a pink bottle reading drink me, both with flowers and leaves.
Eat me heart and drink me bottle on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a dagger, an AS IF banner, red flowers and green leaves on a leg.
Traditional heart with dagger and AS IF banner
Two carved wooden arm and hand boards showing traditional-style tattoo designs of skulls, a heart with a dagger, a goat, a cat and flowers, in black and cream.
Carved arm boards with skull, goat and cat designs

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