Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a black script tattoo reading "We're all mad here" in flowing lettering on the inner forearm, with a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
"We're all mad here" script on a forearm
Black and grey realism roses with leaves and a script quote tattooed on the outer thigh.
Black and grey roses with quote on thigh
Black script lettering running along the side ribs of a person lying down in neon yellow underwear, with part of the phrase readable.
Script quote along the ribs
Small black line tattoo of a cartoon revolver in fine line style on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey top.
Small revolver tattoo on upper arm
Torso in a white crop top and denim jeans with a gold belly chain, showing a partly visible red and green rose tattoo on the side of the hip.
Partly visible rose tattoo at the hip
Black fine line drawing of a winged heart within a geometric mandala, with hanging chain and bead details, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged heart mandala design
Pencil drawing of an anatomical heart with loops of thread wrapped around it, a flash design suitable for a tattoo in black and grey.
Anatomical heart wrapped in thread
Colour traditional-style tattoo of cartoon Homer Simpson in a teal shirt with pink flowers, on the calf.
Homer Simpson in a floral shirt on a leg
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a dagger piercing a rose, with dotwork shading, on the forearm of a person standing on a tiled floor.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a fox headpiece and flowers, above a teal rose, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Woman profile with fox and teal rose on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on the ankle, shown in a close photograph of the skin.
Sitting cat outline on an ankle
Black and grey triquetra Celtic knot tattoo with shaded ribbon effect on a person's ankle.
Triquetra on an ankle
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-shaped eyes, framed by two roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with roses design
Black line drawing flash of a vintage ribbed microphone held in a hand, with roses on a plain tan background.
Vintage microphone with roses
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with hanging chain and bead details, centred on a person's ribs below a grey knit top.
Mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a star of printed words, including family, love and friendship, appearing through a torn skin effect.
Star of words torn through skin on upper arm
Two matching colour sugar skull tattoos with roses on the inner forearms, in a traditional style, shown on a person wearing a black top.
Matching sugar skull tattoos on forearms
Two black ink thigh tattoos on a woman in denim shorts: a ship's wheel with script reading Be the one to guide me, and an anchor with script reading but never hold me down.
Ship's wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Small fine line tattoo of scissors with a dashed cutting line, in black ink on the top of a foot between the toes.
Scissors and dashed cut line on a foot
Black and white photo of a fine script tattoo reading 'The ones that love us never really leave us' along the ribs, with an arm raised above it.
Script quote along the ribs
Solid black tribal-style scorpion tattoo on a person's back, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
Black scorpion tattoo on the back
Small black fine line wave tattoo on the side of the torso near the ribs, on sun-warmed skin dusted with sand.
Small fine line wave on the side of the body
Two bare feet, soles up, each with a small simple outline tattoo on the heel: a blue and red round object on the left and an orange panel with hatched bars on the right.
Two small outline tattoos on the heels
Black and grey mandala tattoo with radiating petal shapes and dotted shading on the side of a torso, above the hip.
Mandala tattoo on the side of the torso
Black and grey tattoo across the upper back reading REDNECK in gothic block lettering, with a strand of barbed wire beneath it.
Redneck lettering and barbed wire on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of R2-D2 with a red banner reading You're my only hope and pink flowers, on the upper arm.
R2-D2 with banner and pink flowers
Back of a person's neck with a small fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon beside a sun with rays, placed just below the hairline.
Crescent moon and sun on the neck
Black ink drawing of a grinning cat with a wide toothy smile, set inside an ornate oval frame topped with a crown and a MADNESS banner, with no body placement shown.
Grinning black cat in an ornate crowned frame
Black and grey mandala tattoo covering the back of a hand and forearm, with thin stripes across the fingers.
Mandala tattoo across hand and forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a stylised bird head with a round eye and feathered lines across the palm and fingers of a hand.
Dotted bird head across the palm and fingers
Black and grey angel wing with a halo on the left and a devil wing with an arrow-tipped tail on the right, tattooed across the upper back.
Angel and devil wings on upper back
Black script lettering reading Believe, a lettering tattoo running down the upper back beside the spine, with a woman in a white lace top.
Believe script tattoo on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a glowing red sun, a small blue planet, an asteroid and metallic spacecraft parts across an upper arm and shoulder.
Sun, planets and spacecraft on an arm sleeve
Close-up of a small black outline butterfly tattoo in fine line style on the side of a woman's neck near the shoulder, with sunlit skin and water droplets.
Outline butterfly on the side of the neck
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two birds in flight with red ribbons, spread across a woman's upper chest.
Two birds and ribbons across the chest
Two photos of a black and grey blackwork forest tattoo on a forearm, showing pine trees and a small bear silhouette fading into dark ground near the wrist.
Black forest scene with a bear on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses with leaves on the inner wrist and forearm of a woman in a mustard top.
Rose cluster on a wrist
Fine line black heart tattoo on a finger of a hand held against a checked blanket.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a script word across the upper back and two outlined figures on the upper arms, on a person wearing a bear-print tank top.
Script and outlined figures on upper back and arms
Black and grey tattoo of curling waves, swirling clouds and a stippled sun with rays, on the upper arm, in a linework style.
Waves and rising sun on an upper arm
Two matching black dotwork tattoos of a cartoon tooth with a grumpy face, one on each person's thigh.
Matching cartoon tooth tattoos on two thighs
Flat teal sugar skull design on a coral background, with flower-shaped eyes, scrolled forehead detail and a fleur-de-lis between the brows.
Sugar skull design in teal and coral
Small black fine line outline of a heart tattooed on the side of a finger on a hand with dark nail polish, in front of weathered wooden planks.
Small outline heart on a finger
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue bird with spread wings holding a green ribbon in its beak, placed on the upper chest.
Blue bird with green ribbon on chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles spanning the entire back.
Realistic octopus across a full back
Fine line tattoo of a curled, sleeping cat with a swirling tail on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised and red nail polish.
Sleeping cat outline on the inner wrist
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Allons-y on the upper chest below the neck.
Allons-y script above the collarbone
Two matching inner forearm tattoos of the words MRS and MR, each with a mouse head silhouette, the left one with a small pink bow, in black ink.
Matching Mrs and Mr forearm tattoos

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