Tattoo ideas

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red and orange phoenix with spread wings and a small grey skull motif, on an upper arm against a black background.
Red phoenix tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose and a sunflower across the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white vest top.
Rose and sunflower on a upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a witch in a pointed hat riding a broomstick, with dotwork stippling behind her, on a calf.
Witch on a broomstick silhouette on a calf
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with diamond accents on a woman's upper stomach below a black lace bralette, with a smaller ornament on the chest.
Dotwork mandala tattoo below a bra line
Colourful peacock feather tattoo with the words Let it be in black script on the lower abdomen, beside a navel.
Peacock feather with script on the abdomen
Before and after photo of an abdomen where red flowers and black ink splashes cover faded grey script and star outlines.
Red flowers covering an old script tattoo
Small dark cross tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up, with a mint green wristband and red painted nails.
Small cross tattoo on the inner wrist
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small star points joined by dotted lines on the upper arm.
Star constellation on upper arm
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo in flight, with bold outlines and shaded wings, on the side of the ribs.
Swallow in flight on the side ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bird with spread wings and talons gripping a branch, on the upper arm.
Diving bird on an upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo of the word fidelium on the top of a foot near the ankle, with a purple patterned fabric beneath.
Fine line script word on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a perched owl with detailed feathers and wide eyes, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Owl tattoo on a shoulder blade
Black fine line tattoo of a bare tree with spreading branches on the inner wrist, photographed in direct sunlight.
Bare tree branches on an inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Malia 2011, that's what she said, running along the outer top of a bare foot.
Script quote along the top of a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an arrow with overlapping circles and thin lines on the forearm, photographed against a dark background.
Arrow with geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey Celtic cross tattoo with interlace knotwork, a ring and a purple gem at the centre, on the upper back of a person seen from behind.
Celtic cross with purple gem on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a crescent moon and a sun, each with a face and hanging chain details, shown on two upper thighs.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos on the thighs
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a lighthouse and a sailing ship inside an oval frame, with a rope, feathers and a yellow flower.
Lighthouse and sailing ship on upper arm
Pale white ink outline of a rose with leaves on the inner forearm, in a traditional style.
White ink rose on a forearm
Small black lettering reading let it be on the upper back of a person with brown hair, with a tattooist's gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Fine line cat face with whiskers and a small pink heart on a finger, with a grey bow and script lettering on the fingers beside it.
Cat face and bow on fingers
Solid black geometric tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with two round mouse ears on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Deathly Hallows symbol with mouse ears on back
Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with birds flying off its sails, waves below and the words SAIL ON beside them, on the forearm.
Sailing ship and birds on an arm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dragon's head and wing above a sword on the calf, with a black silhouette and pink and purple wash.
Dragon and sword on a calf
Close-up of a fine line black script lettering tattoo reading Send me on the side of a foot, with blue painted toenails and rolled denim jeans.
Script lettering on the side of a foot
Four black ink circular designs on a grey background, showing a snake on a staff, a hare, a toad and a raven on a branch, each surrounded by symbols.
Four circular designs with snake, hare, toad and raven
Close-up photograph of the word promise in thin white script tattooed along the side of a finger, shown in a lettering style.
Promise written in script along a finger
Two forearms with matching black and yellow Batman-style emblem tattoos, each with a black figure silhouette in the centre.
Matching Batman logo tattoos on forearms
Solid black blackwork asterisk tattoo with six rounded arms on the outer ankle of a person wearing rolled jeans, standing on grass.
Black asterisk tattoo on an ankle
Black geometric armband tattoo with zigzag borders wrapping the forearm of a person wearing a dark grey top.
Geometric armband tattoo on forearm
Colourful sketch-style tattoo of a stack of books with small floating letters and watercolour splashes, on the forearm.
Stack of books with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black and grey line drawing of a horned animal skull framed by roses and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull with roses design
Neo-traditional elephant head tattoo wearing a red jewelled headdress and teal feather, set within a teal-outlined orange diamond, on a limb.
Elephant with feather headdress in a diamond
Black lettering tattoo of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again 5-17-12, in a typewriter-style font on skin.
Two swallows above a quote and date
Two sheets showing the word POWER stacked vertically in bold serif capitals, purple letters with an offset orange shadow, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
POWER lettering design on two transfer sheets
Sketch-style fox head with orange watercolour splashes and a drawn tape deck with red dots, tattooed along the side of a person's ribs.
Fox head and tape deck on ribs
Back view of a muscular man in a cap with a black tribal tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder blade, with a band continuing down the side of the back.
Black tribal tattoo on arm and shoulder blade
Small black and grey realistic tattoo of a walking elephant with its trunk curled, sitting on the ankle.
Walking elephant on an ankle
Black linework flower with leaves, with a geometric centre, on a woman's hip and upper thigh, in a botanical style.
Black line flower tattoo on hip and thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a gold pocket watch reading WELL SPENT, with pink and teal roses and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and roses with WELL SPENT dial
Black and white photo of a fine line arrow tattoo on the inner upper arm of a woman whose arm is raised behind her head.
Small arrow tattoo on upper arm
Black lettering design on a plain white background reading BREATHE in spaced capitals above the handwritten phrase this isn't the end, with no body part shown.
Breathe and this isn't the end lettering
Black and grey photograph of a woman in a black corset and suspenders, with a floral and figure tattoo on her upper arm and a bow tattoo on her thigh.
Black and grey arm sleeve and thigh bow tattoo
Black and grey photograph of a small shaded rose tattoo on the inner forearm of a person, with bare skin of the upper back visible behind it.
Small shaded rose on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer upper arm of a person with blonde hair, who wears a jewelled corset.
Script tattoo on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a lion head in fine line style, framed by ornate paisley and mandala-like patterns, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Ornate lion head design on paper
Close view of a hand with dark ornamental tattoo linework across the back and fingers, with stacked gold rings and long brown hair in the frame.
Ornamental hand tattoo with finger designs
Black ink geometric mandala with script symbols across a woman's upper back, with English words tattooed to the upper right.
Yantra mandala tattoo across upper back

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