Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with hanging feathers and beads on the upper back, set against orange and blue watercolour splashes.
Dreamcatcher with feathers on upper back
Two thighs: a colour budgie with roses inside an ornate black frame on the left thigh, and a black and grey sketch of a cat with glasses reading on the right thigh.
Budgie in a frame and a bespectacled cat on thighs
Close view of a teal snowflake tattoo on a person's upper back and shoulder, worn under a navy shoulder strap, with a chain-link fence behind.
Teal snowflake on a shoulder
Two forearms with black fine line tattoos: a bare tree with stars on the left arm and an arched doorway with a crown and vine motifs on the right.
Tree and arched doorway forearm tattoos
Woman seen from behind with long wavy hair and a white crochet top, wearing silver temporary tattoos of scales and a chain motif on her upper arm.
Metallic temporary tattoos on an upper arm
Black ink botanical lotus tattoo with ornate mandala-style detailing on a person's upper back, with a short vertical dotted line below it.
Lotus with dotted line on upper back
Black and grey dotwork forearm tattoo of an eye in a sunburst, a shaggy ink cap mushroom, crystals and a puffball within dotted diamond lines.
Eye, mushrooms and crystals on a forearm
Six white line-art geometric designs on a black textured background, including a pentagon, nested diamonds, triangles and circular mandala motifs.
Six geometric line designs on black
Black fine-line pen sketch of a feather-fletched arrow with beaded shaft and a diamond arrowhead, drawn on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Feather and arrow design in pen
Black and white flash design of a cat in a top hat with a spade card, bow tie and cigar, flanked by roses and leaves, with the words Lie to the Liars and Steal from Thieves arced around it.
Cat in top hat with roses and slogan
Traditional coloured floral leg sleeve with red roses, leaves and fern fronds running down a bare leg, with a mug held in the hand beside it.
Floral leg sleeve with red roses
Small black fine line tattoo of a music staff with a treble clef and flowing notes on the shoulder.
Music staff and treble clef on a shoulder
Colour fine line tattoo of an atom with three orbits and blue, teal and purple watercolour splashes, on the side of the ribs.
Atom orbit tattoo on the ribs
Small solid black triangle tattoo on the forearm of a person in a grey top, photographed in a mirror with the face out of frame.
Solid black triangle on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a globe with a dotted flight path leading to a small aeroplane, shown on a forearm in a three-photo collage.
Globe and aeroplane flight path on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of pine trees on a forearm, fading into dots towards the wrist, shown in two photos.
Pine forest sleeve on a forearm
Close photo of a hand resting on a neck with a fine line black ink tattoo of small symbols down the nape and tiny marks on the fingers.
Small symbols on the nape and fingers
Small fine line black tattoo of a sun, crescent moon and dotted stars on the inner wrist.
Sun, crescent moon and stars on the wrist
Close-up of a bold black geometric tattoo of a broken circle enclosing a vertical bar and a right-pointing triangle, on a forearm.
Bold geometric circle symbol on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the nape of a neck showing an umbrella above the word SUPREME in a bold lettering style.
Umbrella and SUPREME lettering on the nape
Black ink tattoo of a wooden signpost reading GONE TO MARKET on the top of a foot, near the toes, in a simple outline style.
Gone to Market sign on top of a foot
Large colourful elephant head tattoo on a thigh, painted in orange, purple and red with teal tusks and loose paint splashes.
Watercolour elephant on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with green feathers and purple flowers running down a person's side ribs.
Dreamcatcher with feathers on the side ribs
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon blue and pink bird with outstretched wings on the top of a foot.
Cartoon blue bird on a foot
Black dotwork moth drawing with spread wings set over a red mandala pattern on a cream background.
Moth within a red mandala
Close-up of a forearm with a small gold metallic butterfly temporary tattoo and a thin copper band and a blue band around the wrist.
Gold butterfly and bands on a forearm
Woman in a plank position with a grey kitten on her back, showing black and grey botanical rose tattoos on her side and hip.
Plank pose with kitten and rose tattoo
Black ink drawing of the Cancer zodiac symbol in a bold swirling linework design, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Cancer zodiac symbol in swirl linework
Close-up of a small black fine line compass rose tattoo on the side of a finger, held beside a red autumn leaf.
Small compass rose on a finger
Close-up of a small fine line outline four-leaf clover tattoo in dark ink on the inner forearm, with a window blurred in the background.
Small four-leaf clover on a forearm
Two colour tattoos on arms: Ariel the mermaid with a teal tail on the upper arm, and a split-face Aurora and Maleficent with a dragon on the forearm.
Ariel and a split Aurora and Maleficent tattoo
Small solid black crescent moon tattoo on an ankle, partly visible above a white sock and canvas trainer.
Crescent moon tattoo on an ankle
Two matching black and grey crown tattoos with Roman numeral lettering, one on each of two wrists, shown side by side.
Matching crown and Roman numeral wrist tattoos
Upper arm with blue and pink floral tattoos, a small butterfly and the words Always and forever in black script, shown beside a bouquet.
Floral upper arm tattoos with script
Black fine line heartbeat trace with the script words Just live across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Heartbeat line with Just live script
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat dressed in a blue Star Trek style uniform with a yellow insignia, on a forearm.
Spock-style cartoon cat on forearm
Black and grey tribal tattoo with a skull-like face and small red accents on the upper arm.
Tribal skull on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a compass rose within a mandala pattern near the upper back, with a fine-line arrow and feather fletching running down the spine, shown in three photos.
Compass and arrow down the back
Black and grey tattoo of two roses on leafy stems beneath a geometric diamond outline, on the side of a person's ribs.
Two roses and diamond lines on the ribs
Small solid black giraffe tattoo on the inner forearm, worn beside a beaded bracelet below a rolled green jacket sleeve.
Small giraffe tattoo on forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of an elephant with ornamental swirls on the ankle, photographed against a green cloth.
Elephant with swirls on an ankle
Fine line gold chevron tattoo with small text inside the lines, placed on the back of a woman's neck below her hairline.
Fine line chevrons on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer head with antlers in a forest scene on the upper arm, with a banner below reading RIP JOEY.
Deer and forest on upper arm
Black and grey pineapple tattoo with botanical leaves on a person's upper back, shown in a black and white photo with bra straps visible.
Pineapple tattoo on upper back
Close-up of a woman wearing a grey tank top, showing a colour botanical tattoo of blue hydrangea blooms with green leaves across her shoulder and upper arm.
Blue hydrangea tattoo over shoulder and upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red-shaded eye sockets, crossed banners reading Goonies Never Say Die and a ship's wheel on an upper arm.
Skull with Goonies Never Say Die banners
Black and grey outline of a world map tattooed on the forearm of a person with the arm extended against a red wall.
World map tattoo on a forearm
Black tribal sun design with rays and three spiral roses at the centre, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal sun with three roses

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