Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a cartoon garden gnome with a pink pointed hat, white beard and blue jacket, on a lower leg against a blue fabric background.
Garden gnome on a lower leg
Colour traditional tattoo of a toasted marshmallow on a forked roasting stick, on a limb with grey scrollwork and leaf tattoos around it.
Toasted marshmallow on a stick
Small colour tattoo of a spiral horn with a pink bow on the side of a finger, with tiny dots above it.
Spiral horn and pink bow on a finger
Two wrists side by side, each with a matching black infinity symbol tattoo containing the word friends in fine script, placed on the inner wrist.
Matching friends infinity wrist tattoos
Small coloured tattoo of a sitting fox cub on a wrist, with the hands crossed in front of dark denim jeans and a white lace top.
Fox cub tattoo on a wrist
Two people with matching black script tattoos on their ribs, one reading together forever never apart and the other reading maybe in distance but never in heart with a small heart.
Matching script quote tattoos on two sets of ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain valley with a river inside a circle, on the calf or lower leg.
Mountain valley landscape in a circle
Fine line script lettering reading Stay Strong with a small heart and loose flourishes, drawn in black on a white background.
Stay Strong script with heart
Realistic colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with orange and black wings and white spots, shown on the side of a person's torso.
Realistic monarch butterfly on the side
Back of a neck with a black and grey dotwork mandala and star tattoo, shading into colour ornamental designs lower down the neck.
Mandala and star neck tattoo
Dark ink mandala flower with layered petals and dot detailing on pale skin, shown close up with no body placement visible.
Mandala flower design on skin
Black capital letters spelling WITCHCRAFT tattooed one letter per toe on two bare feet with black nail polish.
Witchcraft lettering across the toes
Colour tattoo of a cartoon dinosaur in green and blue with the word RAWR above it and a pink heart, shown on a limb.
Cartoon dinosaur with RAWR and a heart
Colour and black-and-grey neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a snake coiled around a circle of poppies, black-eyed susans, a carnation and mushrooms.
Snake and wildflowers in a circle on a thigh
Close-up of a small black semicolon tattoo in fine line style on the ankle, with a tan suede shoe below.
Small semicolon tattoo on an ankle
Solid black silhouette design of a mermaid with flowing hair, swirling curls and a long fin-like tail on a cream background, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Mermaid silhouette flash design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a stacked sandwich with an olive on a cocktail pick, wrapped in an orange banner reading 'We finish each others sandwiches', on the ankle.
Stacked sandwich with banner on ankle
Black fine line chain with looping script wording running down the side of a shirtless man's ribs.
Chain and script down the side ribs
Colour tattoo of an animated red-haired character with the words "If you had a chance to change your fate would you?" on a limb, photographed against a dark background.
Animated red-haired character with quote
Colour tattoos of two cartoon women in ornate gold frames, one with glasses and a green jacket, one with a black bob and red jacket, on the upper thighs.
Two cartoon portraits in gold frames on thighs
Black and grey dotwork snake coiled up the forearm with flowers, leaves and small dotted accents, in blackwork style.
Snake and flowers on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a purple Mad Hatter top hat, the words We're all mad here, a teapot pouring into a teacup, and an open pocket watch.
We're all mad here design with teapot and watch
Small black fine line tattoos of a bowler hat, a top hat, a bow tie and a curved hook shape on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small hat and bow tie icons on a wrist
Black fine line drawing of a butterfly with curved wings and a trailing antenna on a plain light grey background, shown as a tattoo design without any skin visible.
Fine line butterfly design
Black and grey realism style portrait tattoo with roses and script on the outer thigh of a woman in black bikini bottoms.
Portrait and roses on a thigh
Black script lettering reading 'My story isn't over' with a large semicolon beneath the words, tattooed on an ankle.
Semicolon and script 'My story isn't over'
Three lotus flower designs stacked vertically: a solid black silhouette, an outlined version, and a fine-line version, shown on a white background.
Three lotus flower designs in black
Painterly watercolour-style butterfly tattoo in orange, yellow, blue and pink with dark wing edges, sitting on the upper chest.
Watercolour butterfly on upper chest
White Celtic heart knot stencil design with interlaced looping bands, shown against a grey metallic background.
Celtic heart knot stencil
Colourful nautilus shell tattoo with a red geometric flower of life pattern behind it, placed on the upper back.
Rainbow nautilus shell over a flower of life on back
Black and grey traditional-style US Navy emblem tattoo on the upper arm, with a NAVY banner, eagle, anchor and the words We Own The Seas.
US Navy emblem on upper arm
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with fine-line script lettering running vertically down the spine, one arm raised to her head.
Script lettering down the spine
Stippled pen drawing of a crescent moon with a city of domed towers and minarets on its surface, surrounded by small stars, in grey ink on a light grey background.
Crescent moon with a domed city
Small fine line tattoo of a French bulldog head with red inner ears on the lower back above jeans, beside a photo of a white French bulldog.
French bulldog head tattoo on lower back
Black and grey octopus tentacle tattoo with rows of suckers running from the upper arm down the forearm, seen while the wearer raises a white t-shirt sleeve.
Octopus tentacle down an arm
Full body Japanese style tattoo across a torso, arms and thighs, showing a scowling figure with a blade among red flames and a tiger on the arm.
Full body Japanese tattoo with a fierce figure
Two crossed forearms with fine line metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of bands, dots, a leaf and a feather around the wrists.
Metallic gold and silver wrist bands and feathers
Two inner wrists side by side in black and white, with the word past in black serif lettering on the left wrist and future on the right.
Past and future wrist lettering
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a semicolon forming its body, shown in bold black outlines and orange wings on freckled skin.
Monarch butterfly with semicolon on skin
Colour tattoo of a brown bear's face with geometric facets and watercolour splashes, on the upper arm of a man in a grey shirt.
Geometric bear on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing an ornate lace-style flower with dangling chains, a smaller flower below and a feather near the elbow.
Lace flower and feather on upper arm
Small black line tattoo of a ship's wheel, an anchor and a wave on the outer ankle, shown in two photographs.
Ship's wheel, anchor and wave on ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a teal five-petalled flower with orange-brown leaves on the outer thigh, with part of a coloured eye tattoo visible above.
Teal flower with orange leaves on thigh
Close-up of a black blackletter-style AC/DC lettering tattoo with a lightning bolt between the letters, sitting on the inner wrist of a person's arm.
AC/DC lettering logo on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a rabbit head with long ears on the ankle, shown with grey sneakers and rolled jeans.
Rabbit head tattoo on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a faceted geometric orange cat with a green eye, above two red roses, on the side of the ribs.
Geometric cat and roses on ribs
Fine line dotwork constellation tattoo in black ink on the side of a ribcage, with a hand resting over the top edge.
Constellation tattoo on the ribs
Traditional-style chest tattoo of a crest with a Dropkick Murphys banner, a red-eyed skull, a shield holding a red rose, and a Signed and Sealed in Blood scroll.
Band crest with skull and rose on chest

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