Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine-line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, a vertical line and small arrowheads on an upper arm.
Fine-line circles and arrows on upper arm
Two colour Hello Kitty tattoos on the ankles, one dressed as a red devil with a pitchfork and one holding a heart wand, both with black outlines.
Two Hello Kitty ankle tattoos in red
Black and grey traditional-style ram head tattoo on a lower leg, beside a colourful design on the calf of a cyclist riding a red bicycle.
Ram head tattoo and colour calf design on a cyclist
Fine line black star and dot tattoos scattered along the inner forearm of a raised hand against a white textured wall.
Tiny star tattoos on a forearm
Small fine line giraffe tattoo with dark spots on the top of a bare foot, near the ankle.
Small giraffe tattoo on the foot
Black and grey swallow tattoo with lace-patterned wings in blackwork style, placed on the side of the ribs.
Lace-patterned swallow on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of two colourful mandala flowers with dark green serrated leaves on a calf.
Traditional mandala flowers on a calf
Black cat silhouette sitting inside an ornate scrolled oval frame, a blackwork tattoo on the forearm.
Cat silhouette in ornate oval frame
Black and white photo of a fine serif lettering tattoo reading I am significant. on the upper back below the shoulder blade, with dark hair falling over the shoulder.
"I am significant" lettering on a shoulder blade
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoos on a forearm and hand, including a large bee, planets, a dotted constellation and crystals.
Bee, planets and crystals on forearm and hand
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo with scaled body, wings and clawed feet across an upper arm, shown in four close-up panels.
Black and grey dragon on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rosary with beads, a rose and a cross across the wrist and back of the hand.
Rosary bead wrist and hand tattoo with cross
Traditional style tattoo of a bat head with a crescent moon and star above it, placed on the calf.
Bat head and crescent moon on a lower leg
Black linework and dotwork mountain peaks with a purple triangle beneath them, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric mountain tattoo on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a small horned symbol with dots on a woman's upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Small line symbol on upper back
Red pencil drawing of a skull shaped as a dripping ice cream cone, with a fishnet leg in a heel and the script words I'm so above it.
Skull ice cream cone with dripping melt
Black script tattoo reading Previously on Lost across the fingers of a hand, with striped fabric in the background.
Previously on Lost script across fingers
Black ink line drawing of a small sun with rays and a crescent moon with three dots, sketched on white paper as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon sketch
Small black outline heart enclosing a solid paw print, tattooed on the lower stomach just below the waistband.
Heart and paw print on the lower stomach
Black and grey tattoo of a cabin under pine trees and a moon, on the calf of a leg above brown suede boots.
Cabin and pine trees on a calf
Two black infinity symbol tattoos with a heartbeat line, one on the lower back and one on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbols with heartbeat lines
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into small birds, running up the ankle and onto the foot.
Dandelion seeds becoming birds on an ankle
A bold outline of a skull entwined with a serpent, applied as a temporary stamped tattoo on a forearm.
Skull and serpent stamp on a forearm
Small black fine line semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a person holding their raised hand, shown in a muted, grainy photograph.
Small semicolon tattoo on a wrist
A tattooist in blue gloves uses a tattoo machine on a person's upper arm, which has blue marks and faint black script above the work.
Tattooist working on an upper arm
Black and grey blackwork mountain range tattoo on the side of a foot near the heel, shown in a black and white photograph.
Mountain range tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of a pink and blue treble clef, black music staff and notes, with the script words His Wounds Have Paid My Ransom, on the upper back.
Treble clef and script quote on upper back
Full body Japanese-style tattoo with green and orange dragons, koi and goldfish over black wave-patterned ground across the chest, arms and thighs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with dragons and koi
Black and grey fine line swallow tattoo with geometric circles and triangles across the back of a hand.
Swallow tattoo on the back of a hand
Black dotwork mandala with scrollwork and leaves across the upper back, with a smaller fleur-de-lis tattoo above it on the spine.
Mandala and fleur-de-lis on upper back
White brush-style lettering reading Hot mess across a forearm near the wrist, with an inset showing the design glowing green under UV light.
Hot mess lettering on a wrist
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style skull framed by red-outlined flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Skull and flowers flash drawing
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cat with blue eyes in an ornate gold frame above white flowers and green leaves, on the thigh.
Cat portrait in ornate frame with flowers on thigh
Black and grey pine forest tattoo on a forearm, with tall conifers in the foreground and fading trees in stippled mist behind, plus one solid white pine at the base.
Pine forest tattoo on a forearm
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with wave motifs on the outer thigh, shown in a close photograph against a red background.
Tribal sea turtle and waves on a thigh
Black and grey photo of a forearm with a lowercase typewriter-style quote tattooed along it, the fist clenched at the right of the frame.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Red line drawing on paper of stacked teacups, a rose at the top and a beaded chain hanging beside them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Stacked teacups and rose design sketch
Colour and grey tattoo of an ornate oval mirror with red script reading Create Yourself, a red lipstick and a shaded grey rose, on the calf.
Mirror, rose and lipstick on a calf
Teal flower tattoo with ochre petal edges and brown leaves in a traditional style, on the upper leg, with a partial eye design at the top edge.
Teal flower with leaves on the upper leg
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and the script 'You are my sunshine' running down the side of the ribs, in a botanical style with black outlines.
Sunflower and script on the ribs
Blue silhouette birds rise in a flock above the script words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, tattooed across the upper back.
Flock of birds and script quote on upper back
Colour tattoo of a yellow crescent moon with a grid-patterned grin and a black sun motif on the forearm, outlined in black with red shading.
Yellow crescent moon with grinning face on forearm
Colourful botanical tattoo of calla lilies and green leaves running down a person's back, with pink, orange, yellow and purple blooms.
Calla lilies running down the back
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black panther with a raised curled tail, yellow claws and red accents, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Snarling black panther on the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a mechanical bird with gears and a winding key on the inner forearm of a person wearing a rolled denim shirt.
Mechanical bird on a forearm
Two matching black and grey fine line tattoos on a pair of forearms, one showing a stag head and one a deer skull, both inside thin geometric circles.
Matching stag and skull tattoos on forearms
Colourful anatomical heart tattoo with a galaxy fill and pixel checkerboard on the thigh, with black lace underwear visible above it.
Galaxy anatomical heart on a thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a mountain range on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a thin chain necklace.
Mountain range tattoo on upper chest

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