Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a large-eyed owl with fine hatched feathers, perched on a Roman numeral pocket watch.
Owl perched on a pocket watch
Black and grey tiger head sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a man wearing a tank top and snapback cap.
Tiger sleeve on a raised arm
Black and grey realistic wing tattoo spanning the upper back, shoulder and upper arm of a woman seen from behind.
Realistic wing tattoo across back and shoulder
Small black Chinese-style character tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting on a car steering wheel, in a lettering style.
Small character tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of the state of Texas filled with swirling scrollwork on the upper arm.
Texas outline filled with scrollwork
Fine line black script reading beyond inside an infinity symbol tattooed on the inner wrist.
Beyond script inside an infinity symbol on a wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with the words love and life in flowing script on an upper arm, with a hand resting beside it wearing two gold rings.
Infinity symbol with love and life script
Black ink calligraphic design of two spirals joined by an infinity-like loop and a long tapering stroke, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Calligraphic double spiral with loop
Mixed colour tattoo of a ribbon with script and dandelion seeds drifting into butterflies on the side of the ribs, in a botanical style.
Awareness ribbon and dandelion on the ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat with a curled tail on the side of a torso, with a grey cat in the foreground.
Fine line cat tattoo with a grey cat
Solid black tribal-style biohazard symbol on a white background, drawn as a bold stencil-like flash design with no body placement shown.
Tribal biohazard symbol design
Black and grey dragon with swirling vines tattooed on a woman's side and hip, worn with a black corset top and checkered skirt.
Dragon and vines on a side hip
Realistic colour tattoo on a leg of a red-haired grey-skinned creature with large ears resting on a stone wall beside a wooden ladder.
Furry creature peering over a stone wall
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a clock face with splashing and dripping ink on the inner forearm.
Clock face with ink splash on forearm
Small fine-line black tattoo of a triangle, cursive letters cf and the number 508 on the top of a foot.
Triangle, script letters and 508 on a foot
Fine line white ink tattoo of a feather on the upper arm, showing faint raised linework on pale skin.
White ink feather on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a butterfly on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with butterfly on upper arm
Black and grey typewriter lettering reading 'Fight it, take the pain, ignite it' across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Four photos of small fine line arrow tattoos in black ink on the upper back, side ribs, inner wrist and upper arm.
Arrow tattoos in four fine line placements
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue and cream Volkswagen camper van on the upper arm, shown from the front three-quarter view.
Blue VW camper van on upper arm
Bare legs standing on a wooden floor, with a colour traditional-style tattoo of a dagger and flowers down the calf and ornamental pieces on both ankles.
Traditional leg and ankle tattoos on bare legs
Colour mandala tattoo with pink petals and teal and orange rings, in neo-trad style, on the upper back of a person wearing a pink and grey bra.
Pink and teal mandala on upper back
Black line drawing of the word LOVE in serif capitals, entwined with flowers and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
LOVE lettering with floral vines
Black and grey tattoo of an arrow with hanging shaded feathers and beads across the side ribs, above the navel.
Arrow and hanging feathers on the side ribs
Watercolour style bird tattoo in blue, red, orange and green with loose black linework, placed on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour bird tattoo on the ribs
Black ornate emblem tattoo with a scrollwork frame on the upper back of a person with red curly hair, wearing a black lace corset.
Ornate emblem tattoo on upper back
Three inner wrists pressed together, each with a small matching Sisters script tattoo beside a purple and teal feather.
Matching Sisters feather wrist tattoos
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the neck just behind the ear, with the hair pulled up.
Small cross behind the ear
Black ornamental hamsa hand tattoo with an eye motif on the outer thigh of a seated woman in a red skirt, in Blackwork style.
Ornate hamsa hand on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a Boba Fett style helmet on an upper arm, shaded in green, red, yellow and grey.
Boba Fett style helmet on upper arm
Black treble clef tattoo behind an ear, shown in a close photo with hair pulled back and stud and dangling earrings.
Treble clef behind the ear
Fine line black tattoo of seven stacked chakra lotus flowers running down the middle of a person's bare back.
Seven chakra lotuses down the spine
Black script lettering reading Dream across the inner wrist, shown in a close, straight-on photo.
Dream script on the inner wrist
Three arms pressed together, each with a small fine line owl tattoo, the middle owl with red hearts and the right owl with a crescent moon and stars.
Three matching owl tattoos on forearms
Black line floral mandala tattoo across the underbust, with a swallow and sleeve tattoo also visible on the chest and upper arm.
Floral mandala underbust tattoo
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a red and purple lotus flower above black Sanskrit script and a green Om symbol, linked by black swirling linework.
Lotus flower and Om symbol on a forearm
Realistic pocket watch with gold chain and playing card suit symbols beside script quotes from Alice in Wonderland, a lettering and realism tattoo on the thigh.
Pocket watch and quote on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a blue shaded diamond on a forearm, surrounded by bold red, green and grey flash-style motifs.
Blue diamond in a traditional sleeve on a forearm
Black lace-pattern tattoos with floral scrollwork across a forearm and upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Black lace sleeve on forearm and upper arm
Two matching fine line black tattoos of a heart entwined with an infinity symbol, on the skin of two people sitting close together.
Matching heart and infinity tattoos
Colour tattoo of a compass rose with loose watercolour splashes in blue, pink, green and yellow, with Roman numerals above it on the upper arm.
Watercolour compass rose on upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading "this too shall pass" across the upper back, with a beige lace top and teal fabric visible above it.
"This too shall pass" script on the back
Black fine line tattoo of dense vertical lines across the upper chest, worn with a silver necklace and a grey top.
Vertical line tattoo on the chest
Pencil sketch of a long-finned fish with flowing fins, a detailed eye and scale shading along the body, drawn as a tattoo design.
Long-finned fish design in pencil
Black fine line script reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed on the outer side of a bare foot on wet sand.
Quote and birds tattoo on the side of a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a heart wearing headphones, with a heartbeat line running through it, on the side of a person's torso.
Heart with headphones and heartbeat line
Two matching pastel scallop shell tattoos with black outlines sit on the upper arms of two people, placed side by side.
Matching scallop shell tattoos on two arms
Two cat silhouettes sit side by side, their tails curling together to form a heart, shown as a grey filled version on the left and an outline version on the right.
Two cats with a heart-shaped tail outline

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