Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of a looping acanthus scroll with leaves and small flower shapes on translucent paper, with the handwritten word angel at the top left.
Acanthus scroll pencil sketch
Black line drawing of a heart enclosing the words Adventure is where your heart is, with a cactus, mountains, palm tree, sailboat, pine trees and a sun, as a tattoo design.
Heart with adventure lettering and landscape
Black and grey fairy silhouette tattoo with shaded wings and a trail of dots across the upper back.
Fairy silhouette with wings on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage hot rod front with a supercharged engine and a small red Maltese cross on the grille, on the calf.
Vintage hot rod front on a lower leg
Black ink crescent moon filled with rose outlines and leaves, fine line botanical style, on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon filled with roses on forearm
Healed colour tattoo of a red and magenta butterfly above a black script name with a decorative capital, with small star sparkles, on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Butterfly and script name on a forearm
Black fine line rose and botanical sprigs tattooed along the forearm of a raised arm against a plain pale wall.
Rose and botanical sprigs on a forearm
Colour full sleeve tattoo on the right arm showing Batman above a city skyline, with a grinning Joker face and the word HA at the lower edge.
Batman and Joker full sleeve tattoo
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with blonde hair pulled up to one side.
Small cross on the back of the neck
Fine line black vine tattoo with small leaf marks wrapping around a woman's forearm, with silver bracelets above it.
Thin black vine tattoo on a forearm
Two arms pressed together showing matching fine line botanical tattoos of small sprigs on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching fine line sprigs on two forearms
Realistic coloured tattoo of a sparrow perched on a branch among orange autumn maple leaves, on a limb.
Sparrow on a branch with autumn leaves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer skull with antlers, above it a forest scene with a full moon, a deer and a hunter silhouette, on the upper arm.
Deer skull and forest scene on upper arm
Black fine line script reading Not all those who wander are lost, with four bird silhouettes, tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with birds across upper back
Close-up of a hand with four small fine line black monogram tattoos, one on each finger, sitting on the fingers of the hand.
Four monogram tattoos across the fingers
Small black outline tattoo of a puzzle piece with a red heart inside, on the back of a person's ankle, in a fine line style.
Puzzle piece with red heart on an ankle
Black tribal swirl tattoo with tapering tails on the upper arm, photographed against a pale wall and dark clothing.
Black tribal swirl on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an ornate red and orange keyhole heart beside a purple rose with green leaves, on the upper arm.
Keyhole heart and purple rose on an arm
Black ink practice sheet on white paper showing step-by-step line drawings of dragonflies, flowers, paisley motifs and star designs, with handwritten encouragement to practise.
Henna-style practice sheet of dragonflies, flowers and
Two small black outline diamond tattoos, one on the upper arm of a person in a grey top and one on the shoulder of a woman in a striped vest top.
Two small diamond outline tattoos
Small colourful swirl tattoo with red, blue, green, pink and yellow teardrop shapes on the inner wrist.
Colourful swirl tattoo on wrist
Black script tattoo reading Remember the Magic with a small Mickey Mouse ears silhouette, on the ankle above a patterned shoe.
Remember the Magic script with Mickey ears on ankle
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, with the words To the moon and back and small stars along the inner edge.
Crescent moon mandala with lettering
Black ink tattoo of a stretching cat decorated with tribal patterns and spirals, on the outer upper arm beside a white sleeve.
Stretching cat with tribal patterning on upper arm
Black line drawing of a Māori-style moko facial design, with labels for forehead, brows, nose, nostrils, upper lip, cheeks and chin, placed across the face.
Moko facial design with labelled regions
Colour tattoo of Batman in a dark city street scene, in blue and brown ink, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Batman on an upper arm in blue tones
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate padlock with a keyhole, scrolled detailing and a key, on the ankle.
Padlock and key on an ankle
Traditional style flash design of a woman in profile wearing a black bowler hat with a red flower, beside a ship's wheel and green leaves.
Profile woman in bowler hat with ship wheel
Traditional-style flash design of a skull with a red rose crown, orange earrings and a FRIDA banner over red roses.
Skull with flower crown and FRIDA banner
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant with peacock feathers, hibiscus flowers and a mandala pattern on the outer thigh.
Elephant with peacock feathers on a thigh
Black script lettering quote with red, blue and yellow puzzle piece tattoos across the inside of a man's forearm.
Quote and puzzle pieces on a forearm
Sketch-style tattoo of a sloth clutching a branch, with red, orange and blue washes, on the thigh.
Sloth with watercolour washes on thigh
Red script lettering reading stay grindin across the back of a hand holding fanned banknotes, in a Lettering style, placed on the hand.
Script lettering on the back of a hand
Two photos of matching black fine line script quote tattoos with crossed arrows, one on the inner upper arm and one on the ankle.
Matching arrow and quote tattoos
Flash sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including a hamsa hand, a dreamcatcher, arrows, chevrons, a sun star and a diamond border.
Metallic flash sheet with hamsa and dreamcatcher
Ink and watercolour drawing of a feather in blue, green and yellow washes with black splatters on a white background.
Watercolour feather design
Black and grey photograph of a fine line tattoo of a teardrop shape with radiating lines ending in small circles, on the inner wrist.
Teardrop burst tattoo on the inner wrist
Black linework tattoo of a faceted geometric giraffe head with hatched shading and solid black spots, sitting on the upper arm.
Geometric giraffe head on upper arm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a poppy with a long single stem, placed on the ankle.
Fine line poppy on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly above a yellow and black swallowtail butterfly, framed by grey and white swirls, on the upper back.
Two butterflies and swirls on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a matryoshka nesting doll with a peony on the outer thigh, photographed in black and white.
Matryoshka doll with peony on thigh
Fine line origami crane tattoo with small coloured flowers and leaves on the upper back, near the nape of the neck.
Origami crane with small flowers on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a small outlined heart, on the inner wrist against a pink background.
Stay Strong script with heart on the wrist
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with a leafy tree and twisting roots at its centre, with a heart-tipped loop line running to the east point.
Compass rose with tree and roots sketch
Black and grey dragon head with Celtic knotwork wrapping across an upper arm and shoulder, with two smaller dragon heads below.
Dragon and Celtic knotwork on an upper arm
Black and grey Celtic knotwork heart tattoo with shaded interlaced ribbons on the upper arm.
Celtic knot heart on upper arm
Two matching small black tribal-style turtle tattoos, one on each foot, photographed on bare skin against a dark background.
Matching turtle tattoos on two feet
Woman seated on a striped bed showing traditional tattoos on her upper arm, forearm, hand and lower leg, including roses, an eagle and a portrait.
Traditional arm and leg tattoos with roses

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451