Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine-line tattoo of an anchor whose curves and wavy lines form a heart shape, shown on skin.
Anchor and heart fine-line tattoo on skin
Black and white line drawing of a stylised owl with closed eyes and dotted patterned feathers, perched on a curling branch, shown as a tattoo design.
Sleepy owl perched on a curled branch
Fine line black script reading live on the inner wrist, with stacked silver bangles and gold rings worn on the same arm.
Fine line script word on the wrist
Realistic tattoo of two red roses with shaded petals on the forearm, with a partly visible tattoo at the right edge of the frame.
Two red roses on a forearm
Purple mandala tattoo with a central eye and leaf motifs across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Purple mandala with central eye on foot
Fine line tattoo of a music staff with notes and a bow, worn as a garter-style band around the upper thigh.
Music staff garter tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a handwritten phrase arranged in a circle on the inner ankle of a foot resting on a wooden floor.
Circular script quote on an ankle
Black and white photo of a clenched fist showing the words sola gratia in fine line script lettering on the inner wrist.
Sola gratia script lettering on the wrist
Black line drawing of a caduceus, with a winged staff entwined by two snakes, on a white background.
Caduceus line drawing
A full colour Japanese style sleeve tattoo of a red koi fish, cherry blossoms and waves on a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Koi and cherry blossom sleeve on an arm
Black and grey fine script tattoo reading Omnia causa fiunt across the inside of a wrist, in a lettering style.
Latin script tattoo on a wrist
Close-up of a small black tattoo of the words It All Works Out in a serif lettering style on the upper arm.
Words tattooed on the upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping around the inner wrist and onto the forearm of a hand resting on a dark fabric surface.
Mandala tattoo on wrist and forearm
Black and grey drawing of three peonies with leaves on white paper, shaded with stippling and bold outlines, shown as a tattoo design.
Black and grey peony flash design
Black tribal-style lion head design with a roaring mouth, bared teeth and flowing mane lines on a white background.
Tribal lion head design
Lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I belong with Stephanie's, Bachelorette party, If found please buy me a drink, with pink and red lips.
Bachelorette party lettering on the wrist
Flash sheet of many small colour tattoo designs, including a swallow, butterflies, roses, a dolphin, a ladybird, a heart and a sun, with no body placement shown.
Fund-raising tattoo flash sheet with assorted designs
Black and grey flash drawing of mountains and pine trees inside a diamond outline, with dotwork shading and root-like lines beneath.
Mountains in a diamond frame
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Hello Kitty wearing an eye patch, holding a revolver, with blue PEW PEW lettering behind on skin.
Hello Kitty with eye patch and revolver
Black and grey drawing of a Norse hammer design flanked by two beast heads, with interlaced knotwork, spirals and runes across the top.
Norse hammer with beast heads and knotwork
Colour tattoo of a green-eyed owl with orchids and a small butterfly on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl and orchids on a shoulder blade
Black tribal-style bull head design with swirling horns and ornamental linework, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Tribal bull head design
Fine line black script tattoo reading live fearless on the inner forearm.
Live fearless script on an arm
Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a purple nebula, a cratered planet and two dark silhouetted figures walking across a grey surface.
Nebula, planet and silhouetted figures on a thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a flying bird on the inner forearm, above the wrist, with a stacked gold and black bracelet set and a light blue denim shirt and jeans.
Small bird tattoo on a wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a sugar skull Hello Kitty design surrounded by red roses, green leaves, a purple flower and spiderweb lines, on skin.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty with roses
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing three silhouetted figures, wisps of smoke and a triangle, circle and line symbol beside small script.
Silhouette figures and triangle symbol on forearm
Black ink drawing of a top hat with a ribbon, above the quote "It's only a dream..." and the word ALICE, in a fine line style, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Top hat with ribbon and Alice quote
Split image showing a scarred forearm on the left and the same area on the right covered by a black and grey realism rose tattoo with leaves.
Black and grey rose covering a scar on wrist
Two legs covered in traditional tattoos of a sailing ship, red roses, a mermaid and anchors on rope, running from thigh to ankle.
Traditional ship, rose and mermaid leg tattoos
Small brown and grey owl perched on a leafy branch, tattooed on the ankle with soft shading and fine outlines.
Owl perched on a branch on the ankle
Watercolour-style tattoo of a deer with antlers among red, orange and green flower washes, placed on the ribs.
Watercolour deer tattoo on the ribs
Colour tattoo of blue three-dimensional block letterforms on a man's chest, shown as if tearing through the skin to reveal red beneath.
Blue 3D letterforms torn through skin on chest
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a blue police box with paint splashes in green, pink, purple and yellow, on the calf.
Police box and watercolour splash on a calf
Black and grey lion tattoo on the upper arm, split between a geometric faceted left side and a realistic shaded right side within large triangles.
Geometric and realistic lion on upper arm
Black ink tattoo covering a person's whole back in a symmetrical pattern of spirals and scrolls, with the figure photographed from behind against a dark background.
Full back spiral tattoo
Black and purple watercolour tattoo of a bare tree, crescent moon and stippled mountains, with ink splatter, on a limb.
Bare tree and crescent moon with watercolour sky
Black and white photo of a small fine line eye tattoo with lashes on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Small eye tattoo on the wrist
A small black cross tattoo with simple solid lines on the side of a person's ribs, photographed from behind while they give a thumbs up.
Small black cross on the ribs
Black-outlined Deathly Hallows symbol with soft rainbow brush-stroke colour behind it, on the inner forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with rainbow wash on forearm
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting into swallows, with the script line Every breath is a second chance.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds with script quote
Two stacked photos of small black Greek lettering tattoos on the top of a foot, one reading arete and the other agape, cropped at the edge.
Small Greek word tattoos on two feet
Colour tattoo of the deity Ganesha seated on a pink lotus across the upper back, in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines.
Ganesha on a lotus across a woman's back
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with green mohawk hair, a skull, stars and a green guitar, shown on a forearm in a bold neo-traditional style.
Punk Hello Kitty with guitar on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a cluster of tall pine trees on the back of a lower leg, above the ankle.
Pine trees on the lower leg
Two arms show a full sleeve tattoo of skulls, swirling forms and hands in realistic grey shading with bright pink bands, worn on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of skulls and swirls in grey and pink
Small solid black silhouettes of five swallows in flight on the side of a woman's ribs, photographed from behind with one arm raised.
Five swallows in flight on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a pinwheel above, framing a dog and a penguin in a window, on the lower leg.
Anatomical heart with pinwheel and animals

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