Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line tattoo of a pink heart shaped stethoscope with a dark grey earpiece on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Stethoscope and heart tattoo on the ankle
Colour tattoo of a stylised shark with bold black outlines, blue and yellow shading and a red eye, on the outer thigh.
Stylised shark on the thigh
Black tattoo on the inside of a wrist showing three flying bird silhouettes above the script words Let it be.
Three flying birds and Let it be on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a leaping fish in turquoise, pink and blue with black outlines and splatter dots, on the thigh.
Leaping fish on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon cat floating from pink, teal and purple flower balloons, with small hearts, on an upper arm.
Cartoon cat on flower balloons on upper arm
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a geisha holding fans, cherry blossoms, butterflies and wind lines in colour across the back.
Full back Japanese piece with geisha and butterflies
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a central flower and scrollwork border, with a small fleur-de-lis above it, on the calf.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis on a leg
Coloured ink drawing of a leaping trout curved into a circle, with black linework, green, peach and teal washes, and splashes of water around it.
Leaping trout within a circle of splashes
Two black and grey sugar skull tattoos on a pair of forearms, one with floral detail on the forehead and one with hair and a rose, with the fists pressed together.
Matching sugar skull tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork sun mandala tattoo with radiating rays and oval motifs across a woman's upper thigh.
Dotwork sun mandala on a thigh
Black and grey tribal cat tattoo with geometric and dotwork patterns, sitting on the upper arm.
Tribal cat tattoo on an upper arm
Woman lying on her side on white bedding, showing a black fine-line branching tree tattoo across her back in a Botanical style.
Branching tree tattoo across a back
Fine line black script lettering running along the inner forearm of a raised arm, with a small dark tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Fine script lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script design of the word infinite written in a loose handwritten style on a plain white background, with no body placement visible.
Infinite in fine line script
Black fine line drawing of stylised wildflowers and curling stems on a white background, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Fine line drawing of wildflowers on stems
Back of a woman's neck with her hair in a bun, showing a fine line black script tattoo reading Stay Gold running vertically down the neck.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of a tiger with black shaded stripes, creeping head first down the side of the ribs, with its tail curling above the shoulder line.
Tiger crawling down the ribs
Black ink lettering reading John 3:30 and He > I on a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
John 3:30 lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a hovering hummingbird with dotwork shading on the wings, on the upper arm.
Hummingbird on an upper arm
Fine-line black tattoo of a jagged heartbeat-style line with a spike at each end, sitting across the shoulder of a person whose hand holds the fabric at the right edge.
Heartbeat line tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a human skull wrapped in octopus tentacles, spanning the shoulder and upper back.
Skull and octopus tentacles on shoulder
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo on a forearm showing a crescent moon with a smiling face, clouds, stars and a small figure on a hillside.
Crescent moon and clouds on a forearm
Blackwork tattoo of a burning church with a spire and black flames rising beside it, on a forearm.
Burning church on a forearm
Two side by side sepia photos of black ink lettering on the inner wrists, reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE in a plain serif style.
Too weird to live and too rare to die wrist script
Traditional style flash design of a skateboard with a lettered banner, orange flames and two blue flowers, with no body placement shown.
Skateboard with flames and blue flowers
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a geisha with a parasol on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Geisha with parasol on upper back
Two mirrored traditional tattoos on an upper arm, showing a blue-visor pilot helmet above a blue rose and a dark trooper-style helmet above a red rose, with banners reading Standing By and Move Along.
Pilot helmets and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a peace symbol wrapped in brown vine with purple flowers and green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Peace symbol with vine and flowers on a forearm
Black Roman numerals in a fine line lettering style tattooed along the side of two fingers, one on each of two hands.
Roman numeral finger tattoos on two hands
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey knight helmet with red and orange feather plumes on the upper arm, with part of another coloured tattoo visible at the top left.
Knight helmet with red plumes on upper arm
Two women seen from behind, one with the word DUDE in black blackletter script across her upper back, the other with sweet in black script above her shoulder blade and a colour lily tattoo on her
Dude and sweet lettering with a lily on two backs
Black and grey world map tattoo across a person's upper back, with the continents filled with ornamental mandala-style patterns.
World map tattoo on upper back
Pink bow tattoo in fine line on the back of a woman's neck, below a layered blonde bob haircut.
Pink bow tattoo on the nape of the neck
Close-up of a black tribal swirl tattoo on the side of a tanned hip, with a white plumeria flower tucked into a blue floral bikini tie.
Tribal swirl tattoo on a hip
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a butterfly with wings filled with overlapping circle and flower-of-life patterns, shown on pale paper.
Geometric butterfly design
Colour tattoo of a minion dressed as the Joker, with green hair, purple suit, red tie and goggles, holding a toy gun and a BANG flag, on a lower leg.
Minion dressed as the Joker on a calf
Black linework tattoo of paisley-style flowers, leaves and swirls covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Paisley floral design across the shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Alice from Alice in Wonderland in an oval frame, surrounded by red apples, on a person's stomach.
Alice in a frame with apples on the stomach
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with a smiling face and a black cat sitting on it, with small stars, on a torso.
Crescent moon and black cat on torso
Two tattoo flash designs of a bold black swirled motif, the left version with pink lily-style flowers and green stems, the right version in solid black.
Swirled black motif with lily flowers, two versions
Black handwritten script reading let it be, running vertically up the right side of a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Let it be in handwritten script
A hand with a black pen sketching an ornate scrollwork heart frame on paper, with a small anchor tattoo on a finger.
Ornate scroll heart frame sketch with anchor
Black dotwork tattoo on a forearm, with dots shrinking and spacing out towards the wrist, while a hand rests on a keyboard.
Dotwork fade on a forearm
Close-up photograph of a red line-work mandala tattoo with radial lace-like detail, sitting on a forearm in a geometric style.
Red mandala tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style full arm sleeve tattoo in bold colour across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, featuring a rosette, a grey skull in a hat, roses and an orange flower.
Traditional full sleeve with skull and roses
Black and grey tattoo of a Batman mask on the side of the torso, with a flock of bats breaking away from its edge towards the upper left.
Batman mask dissolving into bats
Flash sheet of five heart designs: a red winged heart, a black dotted heart, a heart with a ribbon banner, a scrolled heart and a floral heart with leaves.
Five heart flash designs on a sheet
Black ink lace-style ornamental tattoo with a lotus flower and drop motifs across the back of a woman's neck and upper back.
Lace-style lotus neck tattoo

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