Tattoo ideas

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

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Dark brown henna design on the back of a hand, with the word Believe in cursive script on the wrist and a cross with swirling ornamental lines on the hand.
Believe script and cross on the back of a hand
Black silhouette tattoo of small flying figures trailing towards glowing star sparkles along the side of the ribs.
Flying silhouettes and stars along the ribs
A pair of stylised gold foil wings with sweeping feather lines, shown on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Gold foil pair of wings
Black lettering spelling READ MORE across the knuckles of two clenched fists, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Read More lettering across knuckles
Black and red lettering with a black anchor wrapped in red rope on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Anchor and slogan text on a wrist
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, shown in profile, set within a geometric mandala tattooed across a back and shoulder.
Feathered portrait with geometric mandala on back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an open book with trailing ribbons and the script it's not the destination it's the journey, on the side of the ribs.
Open book with ribbons on the ribs
Fine line black arrow tattoo running along the side of a finger on the hand, with the arrowhead pointing left.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Black and grey shaded tattoo of the world map with continents blended softly across the side of the ribs.
World map tattoo on the side ribs
Two forearm tattoos side by side: a colour sun with the words Live by the sun on the left, and a black and grey crescent moon with a feather and Love by the moon on the right.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with script
Black fine line tattoo of three star shapes joined by a dotted line, running from the collarbone up towards the shoulder.
Three star motifs with dotted line on shoulder
Small solid black owl tattoo with fine swirling vine lines on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm and hand.
Owl and swirls on the inner wrist
Flash sheet of six numbered black line drawings of angel wings in varying sizes and feather detail, set on a parchment-style background.
Angel wing designs on a parchment flash sheet
Forearm tattoo of two black-clad figures crouched together against a red geometric triangle background, in a bold illustrative style.
Two crouching figures on a red triangle pattern
Black and grey feather tattoo with orange and red accents and a braided band above it, on the upper arm.
Feathers with a braided band on upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line black tattoo of a heart with a looping script letter on the inner ankle, beside a bare foot on a wooden floor.
Fine line heart and script on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a doe's head rising from pink roses and green leaves, placed on the thigh.
Doe and roses on a thigh
Black and grey ornate spade tattoo with filigree detail on the inner wrist of a raised fist, reflected in a dark glossy surface.
Ornate spade on the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo of a treble clef, time signature, rests and notes in a row around a forearm, shown in two photographs.
Musical notation band on a forearm
Coloured drawing on kraft paper of a house lifted by a cluster of multicoloured balloons, with a pastel banner reading Adventure is out there, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Balloon house with Adventure banner design
Close-up of a blue shaded rose tattoo on the upper chest, with a thin necklace and white top visible.
Blue rose on the upper chest
Black and grey photograph of a raised arm with a Japanese style sleeve on the upper arm, showing clouds, swirling waves, wings and script lettering.
Japanese style arm sleeve with wings and script
Black and grey shaded key tattoo with soft swirling shadows on the lower leg above the ankle.
Key with swirls on a lower leg
Close-up of a bold black hand-drawn hand sign tattoo with a red heart fill on pale skin.
Hand sign tattoo with a red heart
Traditional style tattoo of an eye within a screwed metal plaque with red rays and a red drop, on the inner forearm.
Eye plaque on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a bold letter G beside an outlined globe with shaded continents, on plain skin.
Letter G and globe tattoo
Colour tattoo of a smiling sloth clinging to a cream sign with the words LET'S FUCK, shown on a section of skin.
Sloth holding a sign
Solid black geometric tattoo of angular linework on the forearm near the wrist, with a silver cuff bracelet beside it.
Angular geometric tattoo on a wrist
Fine line drawing of cat whiskers meeting at a small solid black heart on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Cat whiskers with a small heart
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace ending in an outlined heart, placed on the top of a bare foot.
Heartbeat line and heart on a foot
Black and grey Japanese style sleeve tattoo with a koi fish on the upper arm and shoulder and wave-like linework on the forearm.
Koi and wave sleeve on a arm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a traditional style: a hanging flower with leaves on the left, and a skull within an ace of spades playing card with a skeletal hand on the right.
Flower and ace of spades skull on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a seated Buddha with a halo above a lotus flower, placed across a person's upper back.
Seated Buddha on lotus across upper back
Fine line pencil drawing of a lotus flower running along a decorative arrow, with dotwork accents, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lotus and arrow tattoo design
Black linework tattoo of an anklet band with a dangling shield charm bearing a Superman-style logo, on the inside of an ankle.
Superman shield charm anklet
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned woman with a three-eyed creature above her head, a crescent moon, and a compass star, on the inner forearm.
Horned woman and moon on a forearm
Two wrists pressed together showing a small black fine line arrow on the left and a small red heart on the right, both placed on the inner wrist.
Arrow and heart on matching wrists
Black musical notes on a staff tattooed inside an ear, with a white earbud and a stud piercing nearby.
Musical notes tattoo inside the ear
Pencil drawing of a bearded skull wearing a peaked captain's cap with a star and laurel badge, with rope and crossed anchors below, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull in captain's cap with beard and anchor
Tiny fine line tattoo of a green cactus in a black-outlined pot on an ankle, shown against a pale background.
Small cactus in a pot on an ankle
Black and grey flash design of a warrior's face framed by an eagle, a bear, a wolf and a Celtic knot, set within a cracked stone opening.
Warrior face with eagle, bear and wolf design
Open hand showing a small black cross tattoo on the side of one finger, with dark nail polish and a living room in the background.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Black lettering-style tattoo forming a rabbit shape on the side of a lower leg near the ankle, with a bare foot visible at left.
Rabbit made from characters on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of a stylised thunderbird with outstretched wings, set within fine geometric circles and lines on the upper arm.
Thunderbird and geometric lines on upper arm
Green dollar sign tattoo with a black outline and white highlights on the centre of a palm, against a metal grate.
Green dollar sign on a palm
Black and grey photograph of a fine line bare branch tattoo running up the middle finger of a hand, in a Botanical style.
Bare branch tattoo on a finger
Black and white flash sheet of fourteen tattoo designs, including Chinese characters for health, wisdom and love, a bagua, and a mystic knot, each with a printed English label.
Chinese symbol flash sheet with labelled motifs
Black fine line handwritten script reading inhale exhale, with a long horizontal line running beneath it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Inhale exhale script with underline

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