Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink flash drawing of a skull wrapped in leaves above a large peony, with dotwork shading in the eye sockets, on white paper.
Skull and peony flash drawing
Two open palms, each with the words Place Boob Here tattooed in black block lettering on the palm.
Place Boob Here lettering on both palms
Woman seen from behind kneeling at the water's edge, with a large blackwork tribal tattoo across her back and arm and red, green and pink colour accents.
Full back tattoo with tribal sleeve at the shore
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman with roses in her hair, her head resting beside a cat, shown on paper with no body placement.
Woman with roses and a cat design
Black line tattoo of two outlined hands reaching towards a solid black heart on a lower limb, shown in a fine line style.
Two outlined hands with a solid heart
Two hands pressed fingertip to fingertip against a dark background, with small fine line black tattoos of a bow, an arrow with a heart-shaped tip, music notes and a triangle with a circle on the
Fine line bow, arrow, notes and triangle on fingers
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose with a long curving stem, leaves and scattered petals along the side of the ribs.
Rose with falling petals on the ribs
Two small black outline crown tattoos on the upper arms of two people, shown in a fine line style.
Small crown tattoos on two arms
Black and grey realism back piece showing Poseidon with a trident above a sailing ship in a storm, placed across the whole of the upper and middle back.
Poseidon and a sailing ship across a full back
Colourful botanical sleeve tattoo of large flowers, leaves and paisley swirls covering a limb, in orange, red, yellow and teal with black outlines.
Colourful floral and paisley sleeve tattoo
Black script tattoo reading No half measures across the inner forearm, set against a dark background.
No half measures script on forearm
Back of a woman with her hair tied up, showing a pair of fine line black outlined wings with teal wash fills across the upper back.
Teal wing pair across upper back
Back of a woman with dark bob hair showing a blue and grey tattoo of lilies, a daisy, a rose and a peacock feather across her shoulder blade and upper arm.
Floral and peacock feather shoulder tattoo
Traditional style colour tattoo of a compass rose inside a scalloped medallion, framed by two red flowers and green leaves on a forearm.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tiger head tattoo with pink, orange, yellow and green splashes across the upper back.
Watercolour tiger head on upper back
Two black and grey Celtic knotwork band tattoos wrap around fingers on two hands, in a blackwork style on the hand.
Celtic knot bands on two fingers
Black and grey yin yang symbol set within a shaded lotus mandala tattoo on the upper back.
Yin yang inside a lotus mandala on upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a bird with feathered wings that curve up into a heart shape above its body, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged bird with heart-shaped wings
Colour realism tattoo of a blue bird perched on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, on a person's leg.
Bluebird and cherry blossom on a leg
Close-up of a small black open-circle arrow tattoo at the back of a woman's neck, with her blonde hair gathered in one hand.
Open circle arrow tattoo on the neck
Colour tattoo of blue, purple and teal fish-like scales shown through a torn-skin effect on a person's limb.
Blue and purple scales under torn skin
Colour botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing peonies, lavender sprigs, leaves and a small brown songbird.
Peony and songbird sleeve on an arm
Black ink sketch of a hummingbird hovering beside a flower on a long stem with two leaves, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Hummingbird and flower sketch
Back and upper arm tattoo of rainbow-coloured angel wings in a neo-traditional style, photographed with the arms raised.
Rainbow angel wings across the back
Black ink pen drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds, rays and an anchor, in a lettering style suited to a
Hot air balloon with journey banner design
Black and grey fine line and dotwork cactus in a pot with small flowers, on the inner upper arm.
Cactus in a pot on an upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork detailing covering the top of a person's shoulder and upper back.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Solid black ampersand tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of black lace underwear.
Ampersand tattoo on the lower abdomen
Black and grey tattoo of a beaded crescent moon with four-pointed stars, a round gem medallion and dangling beaded chains with purple drops, on a limb.
Beaded crescent moon with stars and chains
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a swallow in flight with wings spread, on the inner upper arm.
Swallow in flight on an upper arm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Non ducor duco across the side of a person's ribs.
Non ducor duco in fine script on the side
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink cherry blossoms and a grey folding fan in Japanese style on a calf.
Hello Kitty with cherry blossom and fan
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a black and white striped lighthouse with a red light and swirling blue waves inside a porthole frame, on the forearm.
Lighthouse and waves in a porthole frame
Botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with green leaves running up a forearm, shaded in grey and green.
Flowering sprig tattoo on the forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon sea witch Ursula with white hair and dark tentacles, shown on a calf.
Ursula sea witch tattoo on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf head and a hummingbird among leaves, with swirling shapes, on an upper arm.
Snarling wolf and hummingbird on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on an arm showing a woman with a cherry on her head, a Be Brave banner across her eyes and smoke curling from a cigarette.
Woman with cherry and Be Brave banner
Black dotwork tattoo of the Aries zodiac symbol behind a person's ear, shown in close-up.
Aries ram symbol behind the ear in dotwork
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a thigh and knee, showing a pocket watch, a large rose and flowers.
Black and grey pocket watch and rose leg sleeve
Small black ink panda face tattoo with pink cheeks on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Panda face on the inner wrist
Two photos of fine black script lettering reading you are the smell before rain and you are the blood in my veins, both on the side of the ribs.
Script quote tattoos on the side ribs
Black and grey fine line lotus flower with dotwork shading, set within thin geometric diamond lines, on the inner forearm.
Lotus flower in a geometric frame on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other across a person's upper back.
Two reaching hands across the upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of a stag with a songbird perched on its antlers, placed on a shoulder.
Small stag with a bird on a shoulder
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "Write in recollection and amazement for yourself" across a forearm, in a lettering style.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black brush-stroke abstract heart design on a plain white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Abstract heart line design
Realistic coloured tattoo of a rainbow trout, antlers and a deer skull across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Trout, antlers and skull on a back
Black and white photo of two people's side rib tattoos in script lettering reading Part of me and Apart from me, with a dressing over one fresh tattoo.
Matching "Part of me" and "Apart from me" rib tattoos

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