Tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a red songbird with a pale moon, berries and a pearl-edged mirror on the forearm.
Red songbird with moon on forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an eye within a pyramid and sunburst inside a circular coin-style border with lettering, on the back of a hand, with a tattooed forearm above.
Eye in pyramid coin design on hand
Small solid black paw print tattoos grouped on the ankle of a person wearing rolled-up jeans and a black shoe.
Three small paw prints on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small six-pointed star with a circle at its centre, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small six-pointed star on upper back
Hand-painted flash design on cream paper showing a red lightning bolt with a teal shadow, a black line sun with rays, and a teal teardrop.
Lightning bolt, sun and teardrop flash
Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with a red hull, clouds and birds, above a banner reading Homeward Bound, on a forearm.
Sailing ship with Homeward Bound banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship in an ornate oval frame on the inner forearm, shown in two side by side photographs.
Sailing ship in oval frame on forearm
Black and grey hatched mountain range tattoo across the inner forearm near the wrist, with part of an arrow and a circle visible above it.
Hatched mountain range band on a forearm
A realistic green snake tattoo with grey shading wraps around the outer thigh, its head turned to the left.
Green snake on a thigh
Small black crown tattoo with a cross on top and scroll details, placed on the nape of the neck, in a black and grey photograph.
Crown tattoo on the nape of the neck
Blue ornamental flower tattoo with scrolling leaves on the inside of a wrist, worn with a denim shirt and dark jeans.
Blue floral ornament on a wrist
Black flash design of a knotwork raven in flight, with interlaced Celtic-style patterns across its wings and body and a thin white outline.
Knotwork raven in flight
Split image of a upper back: on the left a black tribal tattoo, on the right the same area covered with a shaded lily and star design in purple and grey.
Tribal tattoo covered with lilies and stars
Black fine line Om symbol tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades, seen in a black and white photo with a white top pulled aside.
Om symbol on upper back
Black and grey photo of a fine black branch tattoo with a small perched bird on the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Bird perched on a branch on the upper back
Black script lettering of a poem verse tattooed across the ribs on a side of the torso, in a lettering style.
Poem verse in script across the ribs
Black and grey crown tattoo with script reading Her King on the back of a hand, paired with a crown and His Queen script on the chest.
Matching crown tattoos reading Her King and His Queen
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a forward-facing elephant head with a mandala behind it on the forearm.
Elephant head and mandala on a forearm
Vintage-style anchor design with pink and peach roses, teal leaves and a rope wrapped around the shaft, shown on a plain pale background.
Anchor with roses design
Black and white photo of a small fine line bicycle outline tattoo on the inner forearm.
Small bicycle outline on an inner arm
Black handwritten script on a white background reading Better an oops than a what if, shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Better an oops than a what if script
Black and grey botanical tattoo of chrysanthemum-style flowers, leaves and berries on a hip and upper thigh, with a skull shaded among the blooms.
Black and grey florals on hip and thigh
Two-panel photo of a small black and blue Cheshire Cat grin tattoo on the upper chest, shown in normal light and under UV light where the full cat glows.
Cheshire Cat grin on the chest
Black botanical tattoo of flowers and leaves climbing up the inner forearm, with small Roman numerals on the wrist.
Botanical flowers and leaves on a forearm
Black linework tattoo on an outer thigh showing swirling scrollwork around a triangle, a tram and a round motif, in a Geometric style.
Scrollwork thigh tattoo with tram and triangle
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a green dragon and an orange tiger among pink cherry blossoms and clouds.
Dragon and tiger back piece with blossoms
Four black and grey dotwork wolf head designs arranged in a grid, each decorated with intricate ornamental patterning.
Four ornate wolf head designs
Realistic all-seeing eye with a green iris inside a gold-edged triangle on a man's neck, framed by grey ornamental scrollwork.
All-seeing eye in a triangle on a neck
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon character riding a chained grey wrecking ball with a sad face, on the calf.
Cartoon character on a wrecking ball, calf
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a thin trailing line leading to the word Believe in script, on the inner wrist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Two-panel photo of a woman in a cherry-print outfit showing a Japanese style black and grey oni mask tattoo on her thigh, with further tattoo work on her upper arm.
Oni mask tattoo on a thigh
Colour fine line tattoo of a dragonfly with patterned blue, green and orange wings and purple vine swirls on a lower leg.
Patterned dragonfly with swirls on a calf
Traditional flash drawing of a flaming sacred heart ringed with red roses and dark leaves, in colour on a cream sheet.
Sacred heart with roses flash design
Fine line grey tattoo of a curled-up cat on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown on skin in a teal top.
Curled cat on upper back
Four views of a colour Japanese-style peony sleeve tattoo with pink and magenta blooms, green leaves and yellow stamens on an upper arm.
Pink peonies with green leaves on an arm
Black fine line tattoo of an ornate street lamp post standing on wavy ground lines, on the forearm.
Lamp post tattoo on an arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a state-shaped outline filled with mountains, a sun, a peach, a log cabin, a pine tree and the words On My Mind, in a neo-traditional style.
State outline with mountains and peach on upper arm
Black line drawing of a treble clef wrapped in swirls, surrounded by music notes, sharps, flats and small leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Treble clef and music notes design
Small shaded crown tattoo with a pink gem on the inner ankle, above a black cut-out high-heeled shoe.
Small crown tattoo on the ankle
Tattoo of six owls perched on two branches with green leaves, in grey shading with coloured eyes, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Six owls on branches across a shoulder blade
Large back tattoo of a blue bevelled cross flanked by grey shaded angel wings, with red tones behind the top of the design, placed across the upper back.
Blue cross with angel wings on a back
Red and blue outline tattoo of a cartoon piranha with an open jaw and spiral eye, shown on a limb of skin.
Outlined piranha on a limb
Fine line black ink outline of a Totoro-style creature on the ankle, with a small black line and round motif below it on a second ankle, shown beside maroon sneakers.
Totoro outline on an ankle
Upper arm tattoo of a rearing black hare in hatched blackwork, set against a stippled red moon and red pine trees.
Black hare and red moon on upper arm
Pink rose design drawn on paper with black outlines, surrounded by leaves and lace-like shading, alongside black and brown pens.
Pink rose with lace and leaves design
Close photograph of a pink awareness ribbon tattoo looped into an infinity shape with black script lettering reading faith, on the inner wrist.
Pink ribbon infinity with faith script
Two small black anchor tattoos, one on each foot near the ankle, with a flip-flop and layered bracelets visible beside them.
Matching small anchor tattoos on two ankles
Fine line tattoo of a pastel house lifted by coloured balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on a person's upper back.
Balloon house with Adventure is out there

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