Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a skeleton wearing a pith helmet, sunglasses and a striped top, with a cactus and birds in a framed panel on the forearm.
Skeleton in pith helmet and sunglasses on a forearm
Two forearms shown side by side with matching colour tattoos: yellow stars and the word Player 2 on the left, and a blue shell with the word Player 1 on the right, both on the inner wrist.
Matching Player 1 and Player 2 wrist tattoos
Close-up photo of a grey handwritten lettering tattoo on the side of a neck, reading Abby above GIRL in block capitals.
Grey lettering reading Abby Girl on neck
Realism tattoo covering a man's back, made to look like cracked carved stone with a medallion, two cherubs and a skull on a placement across the back.
Carved stone back piece with skull and cherubs
Black ink tattoo on the inside of a wrist showing a stylised figure symbol above the lettered words be the change.
Be the change lettering with figure on wrist
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a canine with its head raised and tail lifted, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Black canine silhouette on upper back
Black and grey traditional arm sleeve tattoo with a skull in a bottle, a lady portrait and roses across the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional black and grey arm sleeve
Two small colour tattoos of LEGO bricks on the ankles, a blue brick on the left leg and a pink brick on the right leg, both below denim jeans.
Matching LEGO brick ankle tattoos
Fine line script word Joy joined to an infinity symbol, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, in a reddish-brown single ink.
Joy script with infinity symbol on wrist
Traditional style tattoo of an acoustic guitar wrapped in a script banner, with two red roses, on the forearm.
Guitar, roses and lyric banner on a forearm
A fine line black bird tattoo on the forearm of a person holding a cat resting on their knees in lace tights.
Small bird tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a globe cradled by two outstretched hands, placed across the chest below the breasts.
Globe held by two hands on the chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crouched figure with large butterfly wings on the outer thigh.
Winged figure tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey fine line pineapple tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a white tank top and gold necklaces.
Pineapple tattoo on an upper arm
Thin black branching tattoo with watercolour pink, blue and purple washes along the centre of a person's upper back.
Watercolour branch and roots down the back
Black ornamental feather tattoo with swirling details on the inside of a foot, resting on a blue fabric background.
Ornamental feather tattoo on a foot
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Octopus tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a small outlined diamond fine line tattoo on a wrist, with a braided cord bracelet and a blurred clenched fist above.
Small outlined diamond on wrist
Black and grey neo-traditional skull set within a rose outline, tattooed on an upper arm, shown in two side-by-side close-up photographs.
Skull and rose on an upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a jellyfish with a dotted, stippled bell and wavy trailing tentacles, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Jellyfish line drawing design
Woman lying on a white bed showing a black and grey mandala and a red rose with feather detail tattooed on her thigh and hip, in a Geometric and Botanical style.
Mandala, rose and feather tattoos on thigh and hip
Back view of a woman with a black ornamental blackwork tattoo spreading from the nape of the neck down the upper back.
Ornamental neck and upper back tattoo
Black lettering tattoo reading Expecto Patronum across the inner wrist, in a serif and script style.
Expecto Patronum lettering on a wrist
Three views of a man's arm with a full sleeve tattoo of a seated Buddha, lotus flowers and grass in watercolour-style colour washes and black ink, shown on the upper arm and forearm.
Seated Buddha and lotus full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tabby cat's face above the script word Woody, on a forearm.
Cat portrait with script name on forearm
Small fine-line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner forearm.
Two reaching hands on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line sunflower tattoo with shaded leaves, centred on the chest between the breasts.
Sunflower tattoo on the chest
Black and grey tattoo of a stack of books on the outer upper arm of a person in a blue top.
Stacked books on an upper arm
Black line tattoos of simple dancing figures on the fingers of a hand, one figure on each of four fingers, with the outline style sitting on the Hand placement.
Dancing figures tattooed on four fingers
Small colour tattoo of two red cherries with green stems on an ankle, with legs resting in green wedge sandals on a vintage cream car.
Cherry tattoo on an ankle in green wedge sandals
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in black ink on the upper back.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on upper back
Fine line drawing of a hummingbird in flight with a long beak and outstretched wings, shaded in a rainbow gradient of colour lines.
Rainbow line-art hummingbird in flight
Black and grey Japanese style floral back tattoo on a woman seated on sand, photographed from behind.
Floral back tattoo on a woman on the beach
Fine line black outline of a heart with a semicolon inside its lower right, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Outline heart with semicolon on a wrist
Small black fine line anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped ring on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small anchor with heart near the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye, two skulls and tribal linework across the upper arm and shoulder.
Eye and skulls on an upper arm
Black script lettering spelling a name across a forearm, set over a background of blue star shapes.
Script lettering name on a forearm
Colourful Hogwarts house crest tattoo on a forearm, with a lion, serpent, badger and eagle around a central H, a banner reading DRACO and a Latin motto, in a traditional style.
Hogwarts house crest on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two nails forming a cross, wrapped in a thorny vine, on a person's back.
Nails and thorns cross on the back
Fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol joined to the word love in script, on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol and love script on a wrist
Black linework tattoo of a multi-storey apartment block with many windows, on the upper arm, in a black and white photo.
Apartment block tattoo on an arm
A colourful realistic eye tattoo with a blue iris, violet lid wash and loose watercolour splashes, on the forearm.
Watercolour-style eye on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a two-line literary quote in a serif typeface across a forearm.
Literary quote on forearm
Black linework anchor tattoo with a ring at the top and curved flukes, shown on the inner upper arm.
Anchor tattoo on the inner upper arm
Black line tattoo of a cat with its tail curled up, with a trail of paw prints above it and one red heart pad, placed on the upper chest.
Cat silhouette and paw prints on upper chest
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon, nested triangles and three dots on the centre of the chest, between the breasts.
Crescent moon and triangles on the sternum
Black geometric tattoo of stacked triangles and chevrons on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Geometric triangle tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photograph of a fine line tattoo of nested triangle outlines on a forearm, with a hand and bracelets visible on the left.
Nested triangles on a forearm

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