Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a black and blue butterfly with a pocket watch, its face marked with Roman numerals, on squared paper.
Butterfly and pocket watch design
Black and white photo of a fine line crescent moon and sun tattoo on the side of a finger, with the hand curled against a plain background.
Crescent moon and sun on a finger
Small black fine line eye tattoo on the side of a tanned torso, above the hip, with denim shorts and white bedding behind.
Small eye tattoo on the side of the ribs
Black and grey mandala-style elephant tattoo on the thigh, with dense blackwork and dotwork patterns across its head, ears and trunk.
Mandala elephant on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a large flower mandala with leaves and petals on a limb, shaded with stippled texture.
Dotwork flower mandala with leaves
Small black fine line tattoo of a triangle above a t-like symbol on an ankle, above a white sock and a pink and blue sneaker.
Triangle and t symbol on an ankle
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a fox-like creature with galaxy dots and eye motifs on the thigh.
Watercolour fox and galaxy on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo on the outer thigh of a dark-haired girl with a long plait, with small framed faces pinned across her body in a manga-style line drawing.
Girl with pinned portrait panels on thigh
Full back tattoo of a black and grey Japanese dragon with red flames and swirling clouds, covering the upper and mid back.
Japanese dragon back piece with red flames
Black line drawing of a circular Gallifreyan-style script design made of circles and arcs inside a double outer ring, with no body placement shown.
Circular Gallifreyan-style line design
A man in a white t-shirt and dark trousers holds an apple, showing black and grey fine line tattoos of animals and flowers on his forearms and upper arms.
Black and grey animal tattoos on both arms
Colour tattoo of an elephant head with red geometric lines, circles and black ink splatters on the forearm.
Elephant head with geometric lines on forearm
A woman with her face hidden by her hands shows a dark tattoo on her upper arm near the shoulder, in a blue tank top and denim cut-offs.
Dark tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded grey eagle within a rope-style border, with a hand above it holding a red and orange flame.
Eagle, hand and flame on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by purple roses, pearls and dark curling hair, placed on the outer thigh.
Woman's portrait with purple roses on a thigh
Full colour leg sleeve tattoo of Dragon Ball Z characters, including Goku, Vegeta and Cell, shown from four angles on the thigh and calf.
Dragon Ball Z characters leg sleeve
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a bicycle on the inside of a woman's ankle, with a navy slip-on shoe below it.
Bicycle outline on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a wildflower bouquet with a poppy, daisy and foxglove on a forearm.
Wildflower bouquet on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of two cardinals perched on a black branch, one red and one orange-yellow, on the ankle in fine line style.
Two cardinals on a branch on an ankle
Black ink elephant with an ornate patterned fill and small birds flying above it, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Patterned elephant with birds on the back
Pen and shaded drawing of a Gemini zodiac symbol in a bold, flowing tribal-influenced style, drawn in dark ink on cream paper.
Gemini zodiac symbol design in tribal style
Small black dandelion tattoo with seeds drifting off the head, on the inner wrist, in a fine line botanical style.
Dandelion seeds tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of a winged pocket watch flanked by roses, with a skull and beads below, on a shirtless man's chest.
Winged pocket watch, roses and skull chest piece
Traditional style tattoo of a shaded brown owl perched on a branch with red flowers and green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Owl and red flowers on a thigh
Black and grey sketch-style bird tattoo on a forearm with ink splatter blotches on both forearms near the elbows.
Sketched bird and ink splatter on both forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's upper back showing a falcon-headed figure and a jackal-headed figure flanking an ankh and an eye of Horus, set against cracked stone.
Egyptian deities, ankh and eye of Horus on a back
Close-up of a small black fine-line Taurus symbol tattoo on the side of a finger, with a silver ring on the next finger.
Small Taurus symbol on a finger
Black tribal-style Pisces tattoo of two fish joined by a cross-shaped line, placed on the back.
Tribal Pisces symbol on skin
Fine line black tattoo of a small flower with a long thin stem on the inner ankle, with a white platform sneaker.
Single flower with long stem on an ankle
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horse head with a pearl bridle and orange flowers, placed on the forearm.
Horse head with bridle on a forearm
Close-up of a hand resting flat on dark wooden boards, with a fine black line tattoo encircling the forearm just above the wrist, in a fine line style.
Thin black line band on a forearm
Black lotus flower design above the word Namaste and a short verse about honouring others, shown as a black-ink design on a white background.
Lotus with Namaste verse
Black and grey flash design of a cartoon pin-up riding a chopper motorcycle above blackletter Born Wild lettering.
Pin-up cartoon on a chopper with Born Wild lettering
Small black fine line wave tattoo on an ankle, with a bare foot resting on a sandy beach beside clear turquoise water.
Small wave tattoo on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a sunset beach with palm trees, breaking waves and surfboards, with pink hibiscus flowers, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Sunset beach scene and hibiscus on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a woman wearing a crown of roses and a draped scarf, with a braided updo and realistic shading.
Dotwork portrait of a woman with a rose crown
Traditional style flash design of three cartoon characters, a vampire, a grinning skeleton and a witch, above a banner reading Three of a Kind and a red rose.
Three of a Kind witches and skeleton flash
Torso with a large colour neo-traditional tattoo of glowing honeycomb hexagons and organic swirls across the chest and ribs, with sleeve work on the upper arms.
Colourful honeycomb and organic torso tattoo
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers, beads and a flower, shown across the upper back in a fine line style.
Dreamcatcher with feathers across upper back
Colour realism portrait tattoo of a smiling bearded man with a full afro, wearing a light blue collared shirt, on the calf.
Smiling portrait tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a full moon above a dark pine forest and a starry purple and teal sky, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Night sky, moon and pine forest on upper arm
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the neck behind a person's ear, with cartilage piercings visible on the ear above it.
Small cross behind the ear
Two matching forearm tattoos in fine line script reading I'll love you forever and I'll love you for always, each with a small red linked heart.
Matching love quote tattoos on forearms
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering the upper arm, shoulder and chest, with bold solid patterns and a central sun-like motif.
Polynesian tribal shoulder and chest piece
Black outline tattoo of a heart wrapped in a ribbon with two red roses, on the upper arm of a person wearing a white top.
Heart with ribbon and red roses on upper arm
Brush lettering design of the word Breathe in dark ink on cream paper, with a yellow marker pen lying beside it, in a lettering style.
Breathe hand lettering design
Two people seen from behind with black script quote tattoos on their shoulders, reading I'll love you forever and I'll like you for always.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Fine line black constellation tattoo on the side of a woman's torso, above the hip, with her wearing black lace lingerie.
Constellation tattoo on the side torso

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