Tattoo ideas

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

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Black silhouette of a small figure holding a bunch of balloons, with blue and pink watercolour washes and French script, tattooed on a upper back.
Silhouette figure with balloons and script
Black tribal-style dragonfly flash design with swirling wings, a long curving tail and small star sparkles on a white background.
Tribal dragonfly design with trailing stem
Black line drawing of a mechanical horse with cogs and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical horse with gears
Black outlined anchor tattoo filled with pink, red and purple roses and green leaves, in a botanical neo-traditional style, on the wrist.
Anchor filled with roses on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a roaring orange and black striped tiger with a small red and orange bird beside it, on the side of a torso below a black top.
Tiger and small bird on the side ribs
Black line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with the word Always in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Deathly Hallows and Always script on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a laced corset across a bare back, with a hook shape at the lower edge.
Corset lacing tattoo across the back
Solid black tribal tattoo running down the spine and widening over the lower back of a shirtless man photographed from behind, with kite surfers in the sky.
Tribal back tattoo with spiral motifs
Purple cornflower tattoo with angular faceted petals and dark stems, placed on the side of the ribs.
Cornflower sprig on the ribs
Fine line black outline of a dove in flight with a small red heart beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Dove outline and red heart on a wrist
Fine line botanical tattoo of a black vine with pink flowers and leaves running up the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Pink flower vine on the inner forearm
Small red heart tattoo on the back of a clenched hand, set against a blurred green background.
Small red heart on a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face and a skull across a person's full back, with a small rose tattoo at the nape of the neck.
Realism portrait of a woman and skull on full back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a Holy Bible with a ribbon bookmark on a forearm, with other tattoos partly visible above and to the right.
Holy Bible tattoo on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a heart whose single flowing line loops into an infinity shape, with cursive script inside the heart.
Heart with script and infinity loop design
Two photos of script lettering on skin: top reads To infinity beside a small blue ringed planet, bottom reads and beyond beside a red and orange rocket, both in a lettering style.
To infinity and beyond with planet and rocket
Black lettering tattoo of a plain cross joined to the word Blessed in script, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cross and Blessed script on a wrist
Black tribal-style wolf design shown in profile, walking left, with bold patterned linework along its body and a flame-like tail, drawn as a flash design on a pale grey background.
Tribal wolf design in profile
Black continuous single-line drawing of a fox on a white background, captioned ONE LINE FOX, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Single-line fox drawing
Black and grey realism owl head tattoo with scale-pattern feathers inside a black diamond shape on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a wider view.
Owl head tattoo on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a woman in profile with black hair, yellow and pink flowers, a teal headband, teal roses and a Love Is Blind banner.
Profile woman with teal roses on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a faceted mountain range above a lake, with a small circle for a sun, framed inside an outlined triangle, shown beside a Micron 005 pen.
Mountain lake inside a triangle line drawing
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a shaded balloon and the words Sometimes you need to let things go, running diagonally across a person's upper back.
Balloon and quote on upper back
Fine line tattoo of two blue and pink jellyfish with soft watercolour-style shading, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two jellyfish on upper back
Geometric tattoo of a row of ten colour blocks in a black outlined rectangle, shown on the inner forearm.
Colour swatch bar on a forearm
Blue ink line drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and a long, swirling tail in fine line style, shown on plain white paper.
Phoenix in flight line drawing
Fine line outline of a seated cat with a soft pink and blue watercolour wash on the inner wrist.
Cat outline with watercolour wash on wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a squirrel in a bow tie holding an acorn, with a speech bubble reading gracias, on the upper arm.
Cartoon squirrel with acorn and gracias speech bubble
Black and grey tattoo of the word Dream in script with small sparkles and a shaded Mickey Mouse ears silhouette on a foot.
Dream lettering with Mickey Mouse ears on a foot
Fine line black outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist, with the palm turned towards the camera and lilac nail varnish visible.
Small outline heart on the wrist
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black queen of spades tattoo with a letter Q on a woman's ankle, shown above a strappy high-heeled sandal.
Queen of spades tattoo on an ankle
Black ink spiral heart tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a sleeve printed with red hearts.
Spiral heart tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoos reading LOVE HER and I LOVE HIM across two fingers in a lettering style, with a small motif above the first word, photographed on a wooden surface.
Love her and love him finger lettering
Pink, purple and blue watercolour-style wash tattoo running down the inside of a forearm, with bare legs and white bedding behind it.
Watercolour wash tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve of realistic roses and flowers on an upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Black and grey rose sleeve
Colour tattoo of a smiling matryoshka nesting doll with red poppies and a pale blue wash behind it, on a lower limb.
Matryoshka doll with poppies on a lower limb
Small black fine line tattoo of a lion cub outline on the inner wrist, with an animated lion scene on a laptop screen behind it.
Lion cub outline on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a whale on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a small bird above it and a braided bracelet worn on the same arm.
Fine line whale on a wrist
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo of peonies and leaves on an upper arm, shaded with fine dotwork.
Peony sleeve in black and grey
Black lettering tattoo reading jì'e'toh in a thin cursive script on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled back.
Word tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower, a looping unalome-style swirl and three dots on a forearm, beside a silver charm bracelet.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a melting gold clock with Roman numerals and a cracked face, sitting across the shoulder and upper arm.
Melting clock on a shoulder
Fine line black outline tattoo of a peony with a long thin stem on the inner upper arm of a woman in a dark top, against a white wall.
Peony outline on the upper arm
Neo-trad style flower tattoo with grey shading and orange accents on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and a ring.
Flower tattoo on a forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a realistic style showing banded and red planets and a cratered moon against a starry night sky, on the upper arm and forearm.
Space sleeve with planets on an arm
Full colour sleeve tattoo themed on The Nightmare Before Christmas, with Jack Skellington and jack-o'-lanterns, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Nightmare Before Christmas full sleeve
Woman seen from behind in a car with black linework floral and paisley tattoos across her back and down her side, and tattooed upper arm.
Floral back tattoo seen from behind in a car
Black and grey realism rose with leaves above a line of Roman numerals running diagonally down the inside of a forearm.
Rose and Roman numerals on a forearm

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