Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a small, realistic red ladybird tattoo with black spots on the top of a foot, near the toes.
Small realistic ladybird tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of blue and red open books and small hearts above the words the world was hers for the reading in black script on the shoulder.
Open books and reading quote on the shoulder
Watercolour-style tattoo of a rib cage with a pink and red central form and black linework, on the inner forearm.
Watercolour rib cage on forearm
Close photo of the word Believe in black cursive lettering tattooed on the upper chest below the collarbone.
Believe script on upper chest
Pencil sketch of the words Stay a little longer in flowing script lettering with swirled flourishes, drawn on paper beside a stencil and an eraser.
Stay a little longer script lettering sketch
Hand-drawn tiger design looking back over its shoulder, with black ink on the head and shoulders shading to purple, blue and green on the body, legs and tail.
Tiger design with black, purple, blue and green stripes
Two matching fine line black and grey palm tree tattoos on the forearms of two arms resting side by side.
Two matching palm trees on forearms
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs showing triangles, chevron bands, scale patterns, bubbles and chain lines on a plain background.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet in gold and silver
Black and grey nautical star design with zebra stripe shading inside and the script words Class of '08 beneath it.
Nautical star with zebra stripes
Three-panel drawing of a black ink design of a cat curled up with a tiger's head, shown being brushed in progressively in a Japanese-influenced style.
Sleeping cat and tiger design in ink
Black and white photo of a fine line wave tattoo with three curls on the inner wrist and forearm.
Fine line wave on the inner wrist
Black script tattoo reading friends forever, looping through an infinity symbol, on a person's side ribs below a lace waistband.
Friends forever script in an infinity loop on ribs
Traditional style swallow tattoos in red, blue and black on the ankles of two bare feet resting on a wooden bench dusted with sand.
Matching swallows on both feet
Realistic biomechanical tattoo on a man's chest showing torn skin revealing gears, metal plates, cables and red tissue, in grey, silver and red.
Mechanical gears and torn skin on the chest
Black and white photo of a shirtless torso showing fine line Chi-Rho symbols on both shoulders, a small cross on the abdomen and letters on the upper arms.
Chi-Rho symbols, cross and letters on torso
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red-eyed wolf head on the back of one hand, a woman in a beanie on the other, and black lettering across the fingers.
Wolf and portrait hand tattoos with lettering
Black linework stencil of a symmetrical mandala design with lotus-like petals, scrolls and circles on translucent paper, shown for a tattoo placement.
Symmetrical mandala stencil with lotus petals
Red lotus flower tattoo in a botanical style on the lower leg near the ankle.
Red lotus flower on an ankle
Two forearms covered in small colour tattoos of Hello Kitty, a Smurf, roses, cherries and hearts, placed on the forearm.
Hello Kitty and cartoon tattoos on forearms
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a big-eyed Medusa with green skin and pink snakes on the outer thigh.
Big-eyed Medusa with snakes on a thigh
Two matching infinity symbol tattoos near the ankles, one with a purple heart and the word niece, the other with a teal heart and the word aunt.
Matching infinity heart tattoos on two feet
Colour and black ink tattoo of a lace-style flower and a pink peony on a calf, in a botanical style.
Lace and peony flowers on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two cats, pink and purple flowers and a butterfly on the outer thigh.
Two cats and flowers on a thigh
Fine line black arrow tattoo running vertically down the side of the ribs, with a feathered shaft and a pointed tip.
Vertical arrow tattoo on the ribs
Close-up photo of a black outline tattoo of a bow with a circular knot and tapered tails, on the inner wrist.
Outlined bow tattoo on the inner wrist
Two hand-drawn lotus flower designs in brown marker on white paper, one densely patterned with paisley-style detail and one outlined with open petals and dots, suitable as tattoo flash.
Two lotus flower designs in brown marker
Colour tattoo of pink, purple and red flowers with green leaves on a shoulder and upper arm, with a knitted or embroidered texture.
Colourful flowers across shoulder and upper arm
Black tribal-style butterfly with a purple awareness ribbon in its centre and the word Hope in script beneath it, tattooed on an upper arm.
Butterfly, ribbon and Hope script on upper arm
Colourful tattoo of a black police box beneath a swirling pink and teal vortex across the shoulder and upper arm, shown from two angles.
Police box and vortex on a shoulder
Pencil drawing of a tree of life with leafy branches and roots forming a circle, a botanical design for a tattoo with no body part shown.
Tree of life pencil design in a circle
Black and grey script lettering reading Fleur Rebelle across the ribs, with a hand with long nails resting beside it.
Fleur Rebelle script on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope stopper, on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship in a bottle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fox and a floppy-eared hound beside the script words Best of Friends, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon fox and hound with Best of Friends script
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the forearm, surrounded by blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes.
Mandala with watercolour splashes on forearm
Red heart in an ornate blue-framed tattoo on a forearm, beside a shaved lattice design at the back of a woman's head.
Red heart in ornate frame on forearm
Pencil sketch on white paper of a fine-lined symbol made of curling swirls and an infinity-style loop, with a small number written beside it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Swirl and loop symbol pencil sketch
Black linework flash design of an ornate sugar skull flanked by roses and leaves on a cream background, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull with roses flash design
A dog rests its head against a pale forearm bearing a small fine line outline tattoo of a dog's head in dark blue-black ink, in the Fine line style.
Dog outline tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing flash of an owl wearing a beaded necklace, perched above a rose and an all-seeing eye in a triangle, with a cross on the left, in a neo-traditional style; no body placement is
Owl, rose and all-seeing eye line drawing
Colour tattoo of a large pink and orange flower with green swirling vines and small cartoon cars across the upper back.
Flower and small cars on upper back
Black ink tattoo on the upper arm showing a savanna scene with elephants, a giraffe and trees above an inverted city skyline.
Savanna and city skyline on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a purple iris with yellow centre and green stem on the outer thigh.
Purple iris on a thigh
Black and grey drawing of a fairy silhouette in mid-flight, with shaded swirled wings and scattered star sparkles on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Fairy silhouette with swirled wings and stars
Small fine line treble clef tattoo in dark grey ink on the side of a finger, with lips partly visible in the background.
Treble clef tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a yellow cartoon face with angry eyes and a zigzag mouth, flanked by two crossed scythes, on the outer thigh.
Soul Eater face and crossed scythes on thigh
Realistic colour full sleeve tattoo of autumn maple leaves in orange, red and yellow across the upper arm and forearm.
Autumn maple leaf full sleeve
Line drawing of a dragon built from Celtic interlace, with blue knotted wings spread wide and a green knotted body curling below, shown on a white background.
Celtic knot dragon design
Close-up of a small black fine line Om symbol tattoo on the inner hand or wrist.
Small Om symbol tattoo on the hand

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