Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line semicolon tattoo on one finger and a small black cross tattoo on the next, shown on a hand held in a peace sign.
Semicolon and cross on two fingers
Close-up of a small black fine line rabbit face tattoo with long ears and whiskers on the side of a finger, with pink nails and dark denim behind.
Small rabbit face on a finger
Black and grey ornamental design on the back of a hand and wrist, shown in a mirror selfie of a woman in a grey t-shirt.
Ornamental design on the back of a hand
Close photo of a small black fine line sprig tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised against a pale bed sheet.
Small fern sprig tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey hourglass design with dotwork shading, shown as a small temporary tattoo on a finger and on a sheet of temporary tattoos.
Hourglass design with dotwork shading
Small black line tattoos of a zigzag, triangles, a pizza slice, an eye and a heart across the fingers and hand, in a fine line style.
Small finger tattoos of simple symbols
Black and grey realism tattoo of a turntable with a vinyl record and tonearm on the back of a hand, with script lettering partly visible above the wrist.
Turntable and vinyl record on the back of a hand
Small black outline tattoo of a cartoon dinosaur with a touch of purple shading, on the side of a finger.
Cartoon dinosaur on a finger
Small black fine line tattoo of a bird-like outline joined to a heart with a curling tail, placed on the back of a hand.
Fine line heart and bird outline on hand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose with leaves on the back of a hand, held under clear turquoise water.
Rose tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with a green stem and black script reading Tale as old as Time across the fingers of a hand, shown in a Hand placement.
Script quote and rose on a hand
Two clasped hands with matching fine-line black Roman numeral lettering reading XIV II MMXII on the fingers, styled as lettering on the hand.
Roman numeral date tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a detailed human eye with lashes on the wrist or back of the hand, against a dark background.
Realistic eye tattoo on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo in two lines of angular script across the inner wrist and hand, shown in a close photograph.
Two lines of script on an inner wrist
Black and grey photo of a small fine line infinity symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, with the hand resting on a bare leg.
Small infinity symbol on a finger
Black and grey tattoo of three folded banknote triangles on skin, shown beside a hand tattoo of Family First script lettering on the back of the hand.
Banknote triangles and Family First hand script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a turntable and vinyl record across the back of a hand, with script tattooed on the wrist above.
Turntable and vinyl record on the hand
Black and grey fine line outline of a sitting cat on the side of a finger, with a silver ring on the neighbouring finger.
Small cat outline on a finger
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate diamond and cross motif wrapped around a finger, with black nail polish on the hand.
Ornamental dotwork on a finger
Black and grey geometric symbol tattoo on a finger of a hand, with a partial curved tattoo visible at the top left.
Abstract symbol on a finger
Close view of a white t-shirt printed with black line drawings of hands holding cigarettes, beside a forearm with small black script lettering and a tiny hand tattoo.
Hand-print tee with script forearm tattoos
Close photo of a small fine line script word love tattooed on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style, on a hand against a blurred night background.
Script love tattoo on a finger
Fine line black swallow tattoo on the back of a hand, with more tattoo work visible on the forearm against a dark background.
Swallow on the back of a hand
Black and grey sugar skull tattoos with floral detail on two fingers, with a silver ring on a neighbouring finger.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Small black cross tattoo in fine line style on the side of a finger with glitter nail polish, against a plain background.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Black fine line cross tattoo on the side of a finger, with a dark ornamental tattoo visible at the wrist.
Small cross tattoo on a hand
Two realistic orange, black and teal butterfly tattoos, one on the back of each hand, with a partly visible traditional flower tattoo at the top left.
Butterflies on the backs of both hands
Brown henna botanical design of flowers, leaves and scrolling vines across the palm, fingers and wrist, with dotted line accents.
Henna flower design on hand and wrist
Black and white photo of an open palm with a black linework outline of a hand gesture tattooed across it, placed on the palm.
Hand outline tattoo on palm
Fine line black cross with thin cursive script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand.
Cross and script on the inner wrist
Small fine line hamsa tattoo in black ink on the back of a hand, near the base of the fingers.
Small hamsa tattoo on the hand
Black and grey skull tattoo with ornamental shapes on the back of a hand, which is holding a black ceramic skull mug.
Skull tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Small outlined heart tattoo in dark ink on the side of a finger, with the hand raised against a dark background.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Close view of two hands with a tiny fine line tattoo of a circle with a curved stroke on the side of one finger, in black ink.
Small fine line circle on a finger
Simple black fine line cat face tattoo with whiskers and a small nose on the side of a finger, with long wavy hair behind.
Cat whiskers tattoo on a finger
Two hands pressed together showing a shaded grey open book tattoo across the back of the hands, with small outlined finger tattoos above.
Open book tattoo across two hands
White fine-line mandala design with lotus-style petals on the back of a hand, placed on the hand and wrist, with silver rings and grey nails.
White mandala design on the back of a hand
Black and grey pencil sketch of a raised hand with a ribbon banner wrapped around the wrist reading Do not open before Christmas, with music notes, shown as a tattoo design on the forearm.
Raised hand with ribbon banner on wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye on the back of a hand, with heavily shaded fingers and bone-like detail on the middle finger.
Realistic eye tattoo across the back of a hand
Two hands with matching black lettering tattoos on the fingers, reading love you most and love you more.
Matching love you most and love you more finger tattoos
Black script lettering reading Favoured, Constant and a third word on three fingers of a hand, placed on the finger segments.
Script words tattooed on three fingers
Two hands with crossed fingers show small black fine line arrow tattoos on the fingers, photographed in a car.
Arrow tattoos on crossed fingers
Two stacked photos show a fine line lowercase letter a on a man's middle finger knuckle and a fine line lowercase letter j on a woman's inner wrist.
Small letter tattoos on a finger and wrist
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with red eyes and a white cross on the forehead, set on red splatter on the back of a hand.
Black cat with cross on hand
Traditional style tattoo of a globe with a compass rose, a sailing ship and teal flowers with leaves on the back of a hand.
Globe, compass and ship on the back of a hand
Black and grey mandala and floral dotwork tattoo covering the back of a hand and wrist, with fine line chain detail across the fingers.
Mandala and floral hand tattoo
Black and white photo of a forearm tattooed with piano keys and a small treble clef on the hand, with the fingers raised in a rock gesture.
Piano keys forearm with treble clef on hand

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