Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey Japanese style back tattoo of a geisha with chrysanthemums and wave patterns, covering most of the upper back.
Geisha and waves across a back
Close-up of a traditional-style blue swallow tattoo in flight on the lower abdomen, beside a navel piercing with a star charm.
Blue swallow on the lower abdomen
Traditional flash drawing of three swallows in blue, red and orange, one with a small orange flower and green leaves, and one holding a cream scroll banner.
Three swallows in traditional flash
Hand-drawn star design filled with orange and yellow zentangle patterns, set on a purple watercolour background with hearts and a dotted border.
Zentangle star design with hearts
Fine line black script tattoo reading Loved by the King, running diagonally along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote along the inner forearm
Black hand-drawn outline of a bow above the handwritten words 'a girl without a bow is not a girl' on a cream background, shown as a flash-style design.
Bow and handwritten quote design
Symmetrical black line drawing of a lion head in an ornamental fine line style with mandala-like patterns in the mane and face, shown on a plain white background.
Ornamental lion head line drawing
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor with a ship's wheel and compass rose at the centre, shown on a forearm.
Anchor, ship wheel and compass on a forearm
Sepia photo of two people's inner forearms touching, with fine line script tattoos reading one in the same and two of a kind.
Matching script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey line drawing of an interlaced dragon with shaded scales, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Interlaced dragon design
Black and grey geometric tattoo of circles, triangles and arrows running vertically down the upper back, in a Geometric style.
Vertical geometric tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of two clasped hands showing matching fine line flourish tattoos on the wrists.
Matching flourish tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey ribbed, spine-like tattoos run along the index and little fingers of a hand held in a rock gesture.
Ribbed black tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey tattoo of a stag inside an ornate scrolled frame with a small circular symbol, on the outer thigh.
Stag in an ornate scrolled frame on a thigh
Two matching forearm tattoos of pink smiling flowers, outlined stars and small coloured stars, shown on the inner forearms with the hands resting below.
Matching kawaii flower and star forearm tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of the character Yoda standing on a cloud with a staff, shaded with brown tones on the robe, on the outer thigh.
Yoda on a cloud on a thigh
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a man's back, with swirling clouds and scaled body detail.
Dragon back piece in black and grey
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of cascading star outlines running from behind the ear down the side of the neck.
Cascading star outlines behind the ear
Black fine line wrist tattoo of two birds on wires, one perched and one in flight, with a second photo showing the wire lines alone.
Birds on wires around the wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a sailing ship at sea inside a moon shape, with birds and stars above, on a lower leg.
Sailing ship in a moon on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue-haired woman with a red rose in her hair and painted sugar skull face markings, on a forearm.
Blue-haired woman with rose on forearm
Hand-drawn yin yang design with a coloured sun on one side and a starry moon on the other, with the words live by the sun and love by the moon.
Yin yang sun and moon design with lettering
Black dotwork drawing of ornate skeleton keys fanning out from a filigree circle, photographed on white paper.
Ornate skeleton keys around a filigree circle
Colourful peacock feather tattoo with a watercolour splash on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a lower detail view.
Peacock feather on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of paisley-style flowers, leaves and scrolls across a shoulder and upper back.
Black ornamental floral scrollwork on a shoulder
Fine line black crown tattoos on the fingers of a hand, with silver painted nails and a dark background.
Fine line crown tattoos on two fingers
Sketchy black linework bird tattoo with orange, grey and red watercolour washes on the inside of a forearm.
Watercolour-style bird on forearm
Close view of a fine line black constellation tattoo of connected dots and stars on the upper chest, below a white floral top.
Constellation tattoo on the upper chest
Black ink mandala tattoo with fine ornamental detail on a shoulder and upper chest, in a blackwork style.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black and grey realistic scorpion tattoo with a raised, sculpted look on the shoulder blade, curling tail above a segmented body and pincers.
Realistic scorpion on a shoulder blade
Black and grey flash sheet of cartoon ghosts, a skull, a moon, a heart, a mountain and stars, with the lettering Sad Ghosts Forever and Stay Nice.
Sad ghosts flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork and fine line rose enclosed in a triangle on the forearm, with wooden panelling behind.
Rose inside a triangle on a forearm
Back view of a bare back with a thin black line running down the spine and a soft teal green wash spreading across the upper back.
Teal wash and fine line down the spine
Colour neo-traditional sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a princess in a yellow gown holding a rose and a mermaid beside a fish.
Disney princess sleeve across upper arm and forearm
Black line drawing of an ornamental cat face framed by roses, leaves and swirling stems, in the style of a tattoo design.
Ornamental cat face with roses
Black geometric tattoo of a symbol of interlocking triangle and angled bars inside a ring, on the left side of a person's ribs.
Bold circle and triangle symbol on ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on the inner upper arm.
Single-line cat on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a paw print on the upper arm, with a peach toned paw resting on blue, purple and pink shaded pads.
Paw print on upper arm
Gloved hands press a blue and purple transfer stencil of a dome and rain-like design onto a forearm ahead of tattooing.
Transfer stencil being applied to a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a long serpentine dragon with a feathered head, segmented body plates and scaled sections, shown as a tattoo design.
Serpentine dragon line drawing
Colourful lotus flower tattoo with black outline and soft blue, green, pink and purple wash shading, on the upper leg above a blue checked cloth.
Watercolour-style lotus flower on a thigh
Two black and grey fine line script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Together Forever Never Apart and the other reading Maybe in Distance But Never in with a small heart.
Script quote tattoos on the upper back
Line drawing flash design of an elephant head within a mandala frame, with flowers and dotwork petals, drawn on tracing paper.
Elephant and mandala flash design on tracing paper
Coloured flash design of a star fruit with a green leaf on top and a pale blue banner reading One Sky, One Destiny across it, drawn in a bold traditional style.
Star fruit with banner reading One Sky, One Destiny
Person seen from behind in black top and blue jeans, with a small multicoloured illustrated tattoo on the outer forearm near the elbow.
Small illustrated tattoo on a forearm
Hand-drawn flourished script monogram of interlocking letters in dark ink on a sepia background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Flourished script monogram design
Two people hold hands showing matching black castle silhouette tattoos with the word Dream on their inner wrists.
Matching castle and Dream wrist tattoos
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a bearded sailor smoking a pipe, with a sailing ship, orange roses, waves and a lighthouse.
Bearded sailor with ship and roses on a calf

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