Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a mascara wand, eyelashes, hearts, a rose in a bottle and script lettering.
Make-up motifs with script on a forearm
Watercolour style tattoo on the ankle showing a blue police box outline beside a dark swirling circular motif, with blue, purple and pink washes.
Watercolour police box and swirl on an ankle
Person in a black sweatshirt with white wing print, showing a red rose tattoo on the neck and floral tattoos on the hands.
Red rose on neck and floral hand tattoos
Pencil sketch of three fine line arrows with feathered fletching and dotted trails, drawn as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Three arrows fine line tattoo design
Pen and ink sketch of an ornate clock face with scrollwork borders and fine radiating detail, drawn on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Ornate clock face design sketch
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a spiral galaxy with small white star dots, covering the top of a shoulder.
Spiral galaxy tattoo on shoulder
Navy line drawing of a bearded sailor in a striped top and cap, with tattooed arms, anchor and rope, and the lettering A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Sailor flash with smooth sea lettering
Fine line geometric tattoo of a spiral inside a circular grid with two triangles, on the forearm.
Spiral and grid circle on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded figure with a radiating halo and a spread-winged dove on an upper arm.
Bearded figure with halo and dove on upper arm
Black line drawing flash sheet of a saguaro-style cactus, prickly pear, crescent moon, fish, sun and wavy lines on a cream background.
Desert cactus flash sheet
Realism colour tattoo on the upper back of a red rose with green leaves and buds, with an orange, a pink and a blue butterfly around it.
Red rose and three butterflies on upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of a flower bouquet on a calf, featuring a pink peony, purple lisianthus, crocus, poppy and red berries in a Botanical style.
Botanical flower bouquet on a calf
Fine line tattoo of two cartoon cats in soft grey-blue and peach on the inner wrist.
Two cartoon cats on a wrist
Small black silhouette tattoo of a figure holding an umbrella and carpet bag, placed on the neck behind the ear, in a black and grey photograph.
Umbrella and figure silhouette behind the ear
Black and grey serif lettering reading past on one inner wrist and future on the other, shown in a black and white photograph.
Past and future lettering on two wrists
Black script lettering reading Keep Moving Forward with a long arrow running along the forearm in a fine line tattoo.
Keep Moving Forward arrow on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering tattoo across the upper back, spread over several lines of text beside the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo across the upper back
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small dog on the side of a finger, held up against a pale pink brick wall.
Small dog outline on a finger
Black tribal-style swirl tattoo with bands and spirals running down and across the back of a person seated on grass.
Black tribal swirl tattoo across a back
Two black and grey claddagh tattoos, each showing a heart held between two hands beneath a crown, on the fingers of two people's hands.
Claddagh finger tattoos in black and grey
Black and white botanical line drawing of a magnolia branch with closed buds, open blooms and broad leaves, suitable as tattoo flash.
Magnolia branch line drawing
Black and grey paw print tattoo on the top of a foot, with the script words "You will never walk alone" written above and below it.
Paw print and quote on the top of a foot
Black and grey ornamental tattoo on an upper arm, with a Deathly Hallows symbol at the centre, a winged motif at the top, and flowers and leaves framing it.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper arm
Black and grey lion face tattoo framed by mandala-style ornament and a small crown, placed on the side of the ribs.
Lion with mandala ornament on ribs
Small solid black police box tattoo on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey t-shirt against a white backdrop.
Small black police box on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a bird silhouette beside Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist, in a lettering style with a simple silhouette motif.
Bird and Hebrew lettering on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a ring of old-fashioned keys with an open hand above them, on the upper thigh of a person wearing sheer tights and a black skirt.
Bunch of keys and a hand on a thigh
Colour tattoo of pink flowers and green leaves wrapped around a bold black stylised symbol, shown on a forearm.
Pink flowers and vines on a black symbol
Fine-line script tattoo reading love is enough across the forearm, shown in a close-up and a full-arm photo in black ink.
"Love is enough" script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two otters holding hands on the lower leg.
Two otters holding hands
Small black geometric tattoo of two triangles on the inner wrist of a raised hand, set against a white faceted wall.
Small triangle pair tattoo on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of a bird whose tail forms an infinity symbol, with soft pink and mint shading, on the side of the ribs.
Bird and infinity symbol on the ribs
Pencil sketch of a single balloon on a long thin string, with the words let it go beneath it, suited to a fine line tattoo design.
Balloon with the words let it go
Pencil drawing of a sun and crescent moon sharing a face, surrounded by swirling rays, curls and stars, shown as a design sketch with no body part visible.
Sun and moon face pencil sketch
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' running along the outer edge of a foot on sand, with a pink nail polish visible.
Script quote reading 'this too shall pass' on a foot
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with filigree detailing on the inner wrist, beside a metal chain bracelet.
Ornate cross tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers on the upper back and shoulder of a person with long hair, in a black and white photograph.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on upper back
Two matching black linework tattoos of bridges, one on each forearm, drawn in a loose sketch style with thin lines and light shading.
Matching bridge sketches on forearms
Forearm covered in colour tattoos, including a green gecko, a dragon and lettering, with a dark t-shirt sleeve above.
Colour tattoos on a forearm
Grey interlaced knotwork design forming a stylised bearded face with one glowing blue eye, shown as a drawing on a dark background.
Knotwork face with a blue eye
Small black fine line arrow tattoo with a triangular head and layered feather fletching, on the inner wrist and forearm of a person resting on a grey knitted jumper.
Small arrow tattoo on the wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue striped gift box with a blue bow and a pink burst on an upper arm.
Striped gift box with bow and pink burst
Black line tattoo of a lightning bolt over a circle inside a triangle, with small star shapes around it, on the inside of a forearm.
Triangle, circle and lightning bolt on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the back of a hand and wrist, with bold outlines and small teardrop accents.
Mandala design on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty holding a pink heart, with a soft red shaded background, on the side of the ribs.
Hello Kitty tattoo on the ribs
Realism back tattoo in black and grey showing a man in a hat and suit walking a narrow ledge between tall city buildings, with colour sleeves on both arms.
Man in a hat walking a ledge above a city
Colour tattoo of a wolf head split down the middle, blue on the left and red on the right, in a faceted geometric style on a person's chest.
Split wolf head on chest
Fine line black ink tattoo of a dandelion seed head breaking up into small butterflies across a person's upper back.
Dandelion seeds turning into butterflies on back

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