Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style dagger piercing a blue rose with leaves, tattooed on a calf.
Dagger and blue rose on a calf
Black ink drawing of a bouquet of daisy-like flowers, leaves and sprigs on pale pink paper, drawn in a botanical style.
Daisy and leaf bouquet drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird in flight holding a dreamcatcher with hanging feathers across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Bird in flight with dreamcatcher on back
Two side-by-side photos of black outline tattoos on a calf: a guillotine reading Keep your chin up, and a noose on a gallows reading Hang in there.
Guillotine and gallows with slogans on a calf
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with scaled tail and curling waves, sketched on paper beside two fineliner pens, a tattoo design for fine line work.
Mermaid with curling wave tail line drawing
Botanical dotwork illustration of a white wolf and an orange fox in profile, framed by roses, leaves and butterflies on a grey background.
Wolf and fox profiles with florals
Black tattoo of a snake coiled around a straight staff, centred on the upper back.
Snake coiled around a staff on upper back
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green and teal leaves on the upper arm, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sunflower with green leaves on upper arm
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outspread wings, built from dots and small oval shapes, shown as a dotwork flash design with no body placement.
Dotwork butterfly design
Colourful watercolour-style splash tattoo with a watch face and numerals on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Watercolour splash and watch on a wrist
Fine line tattoo design of a woman in profile with flowing red and black hair, overlaid with grey script initials.
Woman in profile with flowing hair and script
Traditional colour tattoo of a swallow above a cherry pie with banners reading FRESH and TIL DEATH, on the outer thigh.
Swallow and cherry pie on a thigh
Black and grey photograph of the word BELIEVE in block capitals tattooed vertically behind a person's ear, in a lettering style.
Word BELIEVE behind the ear
Small fine line black tattoo of the Aquarius zodiac symbol, two wavy lines, on the ankle of a person wearing a blue canvas shoe.
Aquarius symbol tattoo on an ankle
Close view of a small black palm tree tattoo with a thin stem on the upper arm of a woman seen from behind, in a fine line style.
Small palm tree on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a dachshund on the inner forearm, in a fine line style.
Dachshund outline on a forearm
Black and grey crown tattoo with a heart above it and script lettering on the thigh, shown in two photos, one wider and one close up.
Crown and script quote on the thigh
Black and grey elephant head tattoo framed by mandala patterns and flowers, placed on the front of a thigh.
Elephant mandala on the thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man's face wearing a crown of thorns, on the upper arm.
Realistic crown of thorns portrait on upper arm
Black ink script tattoo running vertically along the inner forearm of a hand holding a silver clutch bag.
Vertical script tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork fern frond tattoo curling down the outer side of an ankle and onto the foot.
Fern frond tattoo on a foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a staring owl above a framed seaside lighthouse scene and a red rose, on the calf.
Owl, lighthouse and rose on a calf
Upper back with three Hello Kitty tattoos, the centre one wearing glasses and framed by pink flowers and stars, with one Hello Kitty on each shoulder blade.
Hello Kitty tattoos across upper back
Black and grey tattoo flash design of two crossed revolvers above a cluster of flowers, with a woman's face at the centre and tribal-style linework.
Twin revolvers and flowers design
Hand-drawn flash design of two pink popsicles, one with a bite mark, wrapped in a mint ribbon banner reading BITE ME.
Bitten popsicles with a Bite Me banner
Back view of a person in a black cut-out swimsuit with arms raised, showing a small solid black cross tattoo at the top of the back near the neck.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Two matching fine line tattoos of wings above the knees with a dotted chain running down the shins and calves, one with a small interlocked C emblem, on bare legs.
Winged chain tattoos on both legs
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of two lions' heads inside overlapping geometric diamonds on the inner forearm.
Two lions in a geometric frame on a forearm
Pen sketch on grid paper of a looped, abstract seated figure with the word love in handwritten script beneath it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Looped figure sketch with love script
Fine line tattoo of a black anchor wrapped by a thin light blue rope, placed on the side of the torso.
Anchor with rope line on the side
Two small black scissor tattoos in a simple fine line style, one on each of two fingers of a hand resting on a knee.
Pair of scissor tattoos on two fingers
Fine line black outline of an elongated US state-shaped map across the top of a foot, with a small reddish spot near its right edge.
Thin line state outline on the top of a foot
Pencil-style drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design with a curling vine, a pocket watch, a key and the words Life is what you make of it, shown on a pale pink background.
Vine, pocket watch and key design
Black and white tattoo design of bold italic script lettering set within a circular wreath of roses, peonies and a dahlia, with no body placement shown.
Script lettering in a circular rose and peony wreath
Black and grey realistic pencil drawing of a skull wearing a knitted beanie, with a full beard and a pipe in its teeth, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull in beanie with beard and pipe
Fine line black tattoo on a shoulder showing two facing profiles with a small red rose, in a fine line style.
Profile pair and rose on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of shaded feathers hanging from lace-like ornament across the outer thighs.
Feathers and lace ornament on both thighs
Two matching fine line stick figure tattoos of girls holding a string telephone, one on each forearm, with red accents on the cheeks.
Matching stick figure phone tattoos on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a paper plane trailing a dashed flight path across pale skin.
Paper plane with dashed flight path
Engraved illustration of a sword wrapped in grey ribbons in front of a gold globe and sunburst, drawn in a tattoo-flash style with no body placement shown.
Sword wrapped in ribbons over a golden globe
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox-headed figure under a crescent moon and star on the upper thigh, with bold black outlines and teal guide lines.
Fox-headed figure with crescent moon on thigh
Black and grey blackletter script with a diamond lattice border tattooed along a forearm, against a dark background.
Blackletter text and lattice on a forearm
Two matching fine line forearm tattoos of geometric polyhedra in black ink, shown on two people holding hands.
Matching polyhedron tattoos on two forearms
Fine line black tattoo of an interlocking loop knot with three teardrop shapes on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Interlocking loop knot on inner wrist
Fine black line tattoo of a jagged mountain skyline wrapped around the ankle, with a rolled denim cuff above it.
Mountain skyline outline on an ankle
Black and white flash sheet of nine tattoo designs, including a flaming skull, a dragon, a wolf head, a tribal motif and a biohazard symbol.
Black ink flash sheet of skulls, dragons and tribal designs
Woman in a black Wayne Enterprises t-shirt with a grey shield logo, showing a black and grey floral tattoo on her upper arm.
Floral arm tattoo with Wayne Enterprises t-shirt
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing makeup brushes, a hand mirror, a lipstick and mascara inside a beaded oval frame, with a WARPAINT banner.
Makeup brushes and mirror banner on upper arm

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