Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour traditional tattoo of cartoon Homer Simpson in a red devil costume holding a banner, with a pink flower, on a lower leg.
Devil Homer Simpson with banner on a calf
Pencil drawing of a snail with shaded shell and textured body beside cursive script reading I'll be there soon, shown as a design sketch rather than on skin.
Pencil snail with I'll be there soon script
Black and grey tattoo of a bird with long tail feathers and talons on a lower leg, shaded in traditional style.
Black and grey bird tattoo on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned dinosaur skull on a bare female figure holding a flower, across the upper arm.
Skull-headed figure holding a flower on upper arm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing zombie figures, character portraits and tattooed lettering in colour.
Zombie and portrait full sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in orange and yellow flames on a forearm, shown in two side by side photos.
Flaming skull on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with shaded black and grey feathers and a rainbow splash behind it, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour splashes on an ankle
Black fine line tattoo of overlapping concentric circles running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Overlapping circles on a forearm
Black script reading sempre con voi with a simple bird outline on the upper arm, shown in two stacked photos.
Sempre con voi script and bird on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of the words She believed she could so she did in script, beside a shaded feather on the forearm.
Feather and quote on a forearm
Realism back tattoo in black and grey showing a busy garage workshop with mechanics working on cars, oil barrels and a vehicle on a lift.
Garage workshop scene across a full back
Fine line grey tattoo of three swallows in flight on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Three swallows on upper back
Two views of a woman's neck behind her ear, showing a black feathered wing tattoo on the left and a solid black elephant silhouette on the right, both placed on the neck.
Wing and elephant tattoos behind the ear
Small black fine line chevron tattoo on the side of a finger, shown on a hand curled into a loop gesture.
Small chevron tattoo on a finger
Small black fine line vine with leaves tattooed on the inside of an ankle, with rolled denim jeans above it.
Fine line vine tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey profile of a woman with curly bubble-textured hair and a coloured bird perched on top, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Bird and profile on a thigh
Black linework tattoo of a tree with a leafy canopy, two long trunks and grass, beside the quotation 'and she loved a little boy very, very much even more than she loved herself', with grey shading at
Tree and quotation tattoo on the side of the body
Two arms crossed together, each with the word 'always' in thin black cursive lettering on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Matching 'always' script tattoos on two forearms
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with three roses, an open birdcage and a bird in flight, in black and grey shading.
Roses, birdcage and flying bird design
Black line drawing flash of a microphone, headphones, vinyl records, piano keys, sheet music and a circular star emblem, with no body placement shown.
Music icons line drawing design
Black ink drawing of a hamsa hand with an intricate elephant and lotus pattern filling its outline, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Hamsa hand with elephant in black ink
Two traditional-style tattoos side by side: a black and grey Darth Vader head with a red banner reading BENTLEY on the left, and a colourful heart with flowers, a pink bow and a ZOEY banner on the
Darth Vader and floral heart tattoos with banners
Colour tattoo on a limb of a grey tabby cat with a raised paw, a woman with red hair holding purple irises, in a neo-traditional style.
Tabby cat and woman with irises
Colour realism tattoo of a purple octopus with teal-suckered tentacles curling across the outer thigh.
Purple octopus with curling tentacles on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with two red roses covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white vest top.
Owl and roses on an upper arm
Large realism back tattoo in black and grey showing an Africa map, two winged angels, a compass and portraits, with a red and grey Liverpool crest on the upper arm sleeve.
Africa map and angels back piece
Colour traditional tattoo of an orange marigold with yellow-edged petals and green leaves, outlined in black, on a shoulder.
Marigold tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch above large roses, with a key near the lower edge.
Pocket watch and roses on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a glowing lantern surrounded by pink and teal clouds and stars, on the forearm.
Pastel lantern with clouds and stars on a forearm
Flash sheet of metallic gold and silver tattoo designs including arrows, feathers, chevrons, a swallow, a dreamcatcher and an infinity symbol.
Metallic gold and silver arrow and feather flash sheet
Black stylised lettering reading LOVE on the inner forearm, with a looping swash finishing the final letter, shown beside a wine glass.
LOVE lettering on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a glowing moon, silhouetted palm trees and a teal starry sky over a pink and orange beach, across a forearm.
Moon and palm trees beach scene on forearm
Side-by-side before and after photos of an eyebrow above the eye, with the after panel showing fuller brow strokes in brown pigment on the brow.
Eyebrow before and after comparison
Two wrists held together, each with a fine line script tattoo in black ink, one reading to with an infinity symbol and the other reading and beyond with small birds.
Matching infinity and beyond wrist tattoos
Fine line tattoo of a small bird carrying a dandelion seed head, with a tiny red heart above it, on the ankle.
Small bird and heart on an ankle
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat with teal eyes, a pink collar and bow, and pink and purple flowers, on a limb.
Grey cat with teal eyes and pink bow
Small black cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun and her arms raised.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Small black script tattoo reading Love with an ellipsis and a tiny heart, on the side of a finger, in a lettering style.
Love script with heart on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of an Aztec-style skull in a headdress, with a sun stone above and a stepped pyramid below, on a forearm.
Aztec skull and pyramid on a forearm
Close photograph of a black feather tattoo with fine barbs on the ankle of a bare foot, with a cord and beaded anklet nearby.
Black feather tattoo on an ankle
Black line drawing of a low-poly world map built from angular triangular facets on a white background, a geometric tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Geometric world map line design
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with flame-like red, orange and yellow feathers and trailing tail plumes, placed on the side of a person's ribs.
Flame-coloured phoenix on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm, set over faded cursive script and a heartbeat line.
Pocket watch and heartbeat line on a forearm
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of a seated girl beside playing cards inside an ornate scrolled frame, on a woman's upper back.
Alice and playing cards on upper back
Close view of a pale, white-ink style scrolling filigree tattoo across a bare shoulder, upper back and upper arm.
Pale swirling filigree on shoulder and arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a wooden barrel with a paddle, a glass of beer, green hops and wheat stalks.
Beer barrel, hops and wheat on upper arm
Black and grey geometric full sleeve tattoo on an arm, featuring a large cicada above a mandala with dotwork shading and floral detail.
Cicada and mandala full sleeve
Small black fine line tattoo of a treble clef and three musical notes on the skin behind a person's ear.
Treble clef and notes behind the ear

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