Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, partly above the cuff of a knitted grey sleeve.
Small anchor tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of three roses with leaves running up the inside of a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Three black roses with leaves on a forearm
Overhead photo of black and grey blackwork tattoos on a thigh and calf, including a skull with a sun motif and a mandala, with henna and gold temporary designs on a hand.
Black and grey mandala and skull tattoos on legs
Sheet of six tribal-style creature designs in red, green, blue, purple, brown and teal on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Six tribal-style creature designs in colour
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a mermaid with a flowing orange and red tail and blue splashes, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour mermaid on upper back
Black line drawing of a crescent moon filled with botanical roses and leaves, drawn on pale paper as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon filled with roses
Fine line sun with a black and white yin yang centre on the top of a bare foot, with small stars on the second foot.
Sun and yin yang on a foot
Fine line black ink drawing of a dandelion seed head on a long stem, with one seed drifting away, on a plain off-white background.
Dandelion seed head with drifting seed
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pink peony with black outlines and green leaves on the inner upper arm.
Pink peony and leaves on upper arm
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading family with a heart, on the side of a finger, in a Lettering and Fine line style.
Family script with heart on a finger
Black script lettering tattoo reading an Irish phrase across the ribs, shown on skin with a shirt lifted to the side.
Irish script lettering on the ribs
Woman in a peach sleeveless blouse with a lace collar, showing colour tattoos of roses and a bird on her upper arms and forearms.
Colour roses and bird tattoos on both arms
Small coloured tattoo of a taco with green lettuce and pink filling on the back of a clenched hand.
Small taco tattoo on the hand
Black ink script lettering reading Allonsy, decorated with fine line swirls, on the inner upper arm of a woman with long wavy hair.
Allonsy lettering with swirls on upper arm
Fine line black hourglass tattoo on the side of a woman's finger, with her hand raised near her lips.
Hourglass tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of a vintage bicycle with a flower-filled basket on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Vintage bicycle with basket on a wrist
Close photo of a small fine line black star cluster tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, against a yellow textured background.
Small star cluster on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses, a rosebud and leaves on a lower leg, drawn with fine linework and light shading.
Black and grey roses on a lower leg
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with a peony in her hair and a moth below, in black, grey and mauve on the outer thigh.
Neo-trad woman and peony on a thigh
Colour sunflower tattoo with a purple centre, orange petals and green leaves, placed on the chest beneath the bust of a woman in a dark top.
Sunflower tattoo under the bust
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading history will be kind to me, running down the inner forearm near the wrist.
Typewriter quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo of the HTML tags </head> and <body> in a simple sans-serif style, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
HTML head and body tags across upper back
Black and grey feather tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back, shaded with realistic detail.
Feather tattoo down the upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an anchor with a shaded feather on the upper arm, photographed from the side.
Anchor and feather on upper arm
A shirtless man in a black-trousered headstand against a black background shows a large back tattoo and forearm tattoos.
Headstand pose showing a back tattoo
Colour tattoo of the blue cartoon character Stitch above a black handwritten quote about family, on an upper arm.
Stitch character with quote on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a songbird perched on a floral teacup and saucer, on the lower leg.
Songbird on a teacup and saucer
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I write for fear of silence across the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Quote in typewriter lettering on the wrist
Traditional flash sheet of four designs in colour: chess pieces with a rose, a sunset over waves, an hourglass with a skull, and a fox with pine trees, above a BRAND NEW banner.
Traditional flash sheet with rose, fox and hourglass
Back view of a fine line black outline tattoo of a cat on the back of a woman's neck, with a tabby cat resting on her shoulder.
Cat outline tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and white flash design of primrose flowers and leaves on two side panels with cattails and dragonflies in the centre, in an art nouveau woodcut style.
Art nouveau primrose and reed panels
Black and grey realism tattoo of a quill feather beside an ink bottle on the upper back, near the nape of the neck.
Quill feather and ink bottle on upper back
Colour tattoo of a brown and cream dog portrait inside an ornate gold frame with a heart, a purple glow and a banner reading GRYNET, on a forearm.
Dog portrait in gold frame on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical row of planets, including one with rings, and small dots for stars, on the side of a thigh.
Vertical row of planets and stars on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a spotted fawn and pink blossom with green leaves on the thigh, shown against grey bedding.
Fawn and blossom on a thigh
Black and white photo of a single-line fine line wave tattoo on the side of a person's ankle and heel.
Fine line wave on the ankle
Black script lettering tattoo reading strength across the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Strength script on the inner wrist
Colourful butterfly tattoo with a painted splash effect on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Colourful butterfly with paint splash on upper back
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts crest with a HOGWARTS banner above it and a Latin motto ribbon below, on the calf.
Hogwarts crest on a calf
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a swooping eagle above red roses, a sailing ship on waves and a red sun, with colour ink throughout.
Eagle, roses and sailing ship back piece
Green shamrock design with black Celtic knotwork interlace outlines on a white background, shown as a drawn tattoo design.
Celtic knot shamrock design
Black and grey cartoon tattoo of Mickey and Minnie Mouse kissing, placed on the upper chest.
Mickey and Minnie kissing on the chest
Colour tattoo of a running red fox with a black-tipped tail on the outer thigh, drawn in a illustrative style.
Running fox on a thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of an outlined heart and a music note on a forearm, with a guitar neck in the background.
Heart and music note on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a stylised eye symbol with a curved hook below it, placed on the inner wrist.
Stylised eye symbol on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cabin beside tall pine trees under a misty sky, across a forearm.
Forest cabin and pines on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake with a purple bow, teal gem, green stars and a cartoon cat face on the blue striped case.
Cupcake with bow and cat face
Small black outline butterfly tattoo on the back of a woman's shoulder, seen from behind while she wears a white off-shoulder top.
Small butterfly on a shoulder

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