Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a cartoon Tasmanian Devil tearing through torn skin on a leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Tasmanian Devil tearing through skin
Two small black hash symbol tattoos in fine line style sit on the wrists of two people whose arms rest together, one wearing a gold chain bracelet.
Matching hash symbols on two wrists
Small red bow tattoo with a black outline on the skin behind a person's ear, with a hand holding a tissue nearby.
Small red bow tattoo behind the ear
Black geometric tattoo of six curved commas radiating from a central dot on the side of an upper thigh.
Radial comma design on the upper thigh
Colour tattoo of a red-hatted garden gnome with a white beard and blue jacket, holding a brown case, on a lower leg.
Red-hatted garden gnome on a lower leg
Black and grey botanical rose tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and upper chest of a woman in a red floral dress.
Black and grey roses across shoulder and chest
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, both with tattooed arms, showing a dragon and clouds sleeve on the right arm and a dagger design on the left forearm.
Tattooed sleeves holding hands
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'you are enough' on the inside of a wrist, with a fist raised in the background.
Fine line script 'you are enough' on a wrist
Two small black triangle tattoos, one outlined on an upper arm and one solid on an upper back near the shoulder, with partial script above the solid triangle.
Two small triangle tattoos on arm and back
Dotwork solar system tattoo wrapping a lower leg, with a sun with a red-orange centre near the knee and shaded planets, including Saturn, on orbit lines.
Solar system with sun on a lower leg
Small fine line outline tattoo of a seated cat on the outer ankle, with the foot resting on a wooden surface.
Seated cat outline on an ankle
Colour realism tattoo of pink lotus flowers on the chest with grey swirling shading and a blue butterfly on the shoulder.
Pink lotus and blue butterfly on chest and shoulder
Black crescent moon tattoo filled with interlaced knotwork, sitting on the forearm of a person seated in grey jeans.
Crescent moon with knotwork on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an open swirled heart with the word sisters in script, on skin at the upper back or shoulder.
Heart with the word sisters
Black and grey realistic eye tattoo with long lashes and three flies on a limb, shown against a dark background.
Realistic eye with flies
Colour traditional tattoo of a sloth hanging from a leafy branch with a banner reading nap all day, sleep all night, party never, on a limb.
Sloth on a banner with nap and sleep lettering
Three black ink line drawings of cups with swirling steam, a tattoo flash style design with no body placement shown.
Three ink sketches of steaming cups
Brown ink drawing of a songbird perched on a curling scroll branch with filigree swirls, shown as a tattoo design on aged parchment with no body placement visible.
Songbird perched on a scrolling branch
Sketch-style tattoo of Jack Skellington in a striped top hat on the forearm, with black and grey shading and purple watercolour washes.
Jack Skellington on a forearm
Black ink dragonfly tattoo with dotwork wing patterns and geometric triangles on the side of the ribs.
Dragonfly with geometric dotwork on ribs
Black fine line script lettering reading remain in me on a sage green background, a tattoo lettering design with no placement shown.
Remain in me script lettering design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded eye inside an inverted triangle, with overlapping circles and dotted guide lines, on a forearm.
Eye in a triangle on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a curled branch with an outlined heart above, placed at the back of the neck.
Two birds and a heart on the neck
Black script lettering reading One Love with sweeping flourishes on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
One Love script lettering design
Photograph of a realistic brown and green tattoo of branches, leaves and a pinecone-like form across a man's upper arm, in realism style.
Realistic branches and foliage on an upper arm
Black and grey lotus tattoo with ornate detailed petals on the upper back between the shoulder blades, shown from behind.
Lotus tattoo between the shoulder blades
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor beneath an infinity symbol with the words love and life on a thigh.
Infinity anchor with love and life script on thigh
Fine line black outline fairy tattoo on the inner forearm, with yellow, green and turquoise wash and swirled wings.
Fairy with watercolour wings on forearm
Back of a woman with a large botanical tattoo of flowers and leaves across her upper back, with a white satin sash being tied at her waist.
Floral back tattoo above a tied white dress
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a lion head framed by pink and red flowers and a butterfly, on the outer thigh.
Lion head with pink flowers on a thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo with dotwork shading and faint red tints on the upper arm and shoulder, showing a central flower surrounded by leaves.
Floral mandala tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a compass rose, red rose and pink and orange flowers with green leaves on the forearm.
Compass, rose and flowers on an arm
Two pencil drawings of tattoo designs in script lettering: a shaded key reading one heart, and a red and grey heart reading one love.
One heart key and one love heart designs
Small black fine line tattoo of a cartoon pig on the side of a torso, shown in a sepia photo with a navel piercing above it.
Small cartoon pig on the side of the torso
Black botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with four pairs of hatched leaves on a stem, on the calf.
Leafy sprig on a calf
Black line drawing of a circular seal of interlocking arcs, circles and lines above the words I'M NOT BROKEN., with no body part shown.
Circular seal design with the words I'M NOT BROKEN.
Realistic colour tattoo of a stag head in an ornate gold frame with paint splashes on the outer thigh.
Stag in ornate frame on thigh
Black fine line lettering forming an infinity symbol with the words Live the life you love, tattooed on the ribs.
Infinity symbol lettering on the ribs
Black ink line drawing of a moth in an ornate frame with rose or peony flowers, drawn as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Moth and flower design with ornate frame
Small black fine line tattoo of a mountain range on the side of an ankle, against pale skin.
Mountain range tattoo on an ankle
Colour realism tattoo of a purple and red rose with green leaves on a forearm, with printed rose photographs in the background.
Realistic purple rose on a forearm
Small black fine-line tattoo of a fish outline with a cross over it, on the side of a foot above a wooden floor.
Small fish and cross tattoo on a foot
Realistic tattoo of a grey tiger head with blue orchids and green leaves across the upper back.
Tiger head and blue orchids on upper back
Realism black and grey tattoo across a torso and ribs showing an 18th century woman in period dress beside a sailing ship.
Black and grey portrait and ship across ribs
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a fish with mountains in a circle, framed by diamond outlines and dots, on the upper arm.
Fish and mountains in a diamond frame
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering the wrist and lower forearm of a person with red painted nails.
Mandala tattoo across wrist and forearm
Black and grey realistic anatomical heart tattoo on one forearm beside a Portuguese quote in typewriter-style lettering on the other forearm.
Anatomical heart and Portuguese quote on forearms
Small fine line outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, on a hand with dark nails and gold rings.
Outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger

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