Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain lake landscape with pine trees and a winding river, on a forearm.
Mountain lake landscape on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a pale pink rose overlaid with thin black circles and lines, placed on the inner forearm of a person wearing a silver bracelet.
Pink rose with fine line circles on a forearm
Black and white photo of a foot with a fine script lettering tattoo reading Dance like nobody's watching running along the side of the foot.
Script quote tattoo along a foot
Fine line black script reading follow your heart, with a thin arrow and small heart below it, on a forearm.
Follow your heart script and arrow on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a blindfolded Lady Justice holding scales, with acanthus leaf ornament, on the side of the torso.
Blindfolded Lady Justice with scales
Colour traditional tattoo of a sugar skull with a red rose across its forehead and pink flower eyes, on a forearm.
Sugar skull with red rose on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of an owl with roses, beaded chains and a face in a medallion on a person's ribs, with a skull tattoo on the forearm at the left edge.
Owl and roses on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of a feather on a person's upper back, with its quill edge breaking into a flock of flying birds that climb towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into birds on a back
Fine black line tattoo of a leafy vine wrapping around the wrist and lower forearm, in a fine line botanical style.
Leafy vine wrapped around a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of a crescent moon with the words I love you to the moon and back and small stars, on the inside of a raised wrist.
Crescent moon lettering tattoo on a wrist
Black ink line drawing of a woman with cat ears, a flower crown and long flowing hair, holding an angular heart-shaped object, as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Woman with flowers and cat ears line drawing
Close-up of a clenched hand with four small finger tattoos of a black spade, a red heart, a black club and a red diamond.
Playing card suit tattoos across four fingers
Red peony and rose tattoo with black leaves on a woman's upper chest near the shoulder, shown beside a white lace top.
Red peony cluster on the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a kokeshi-style doll in a red kimono with cherry blossoms, in a Japanese style, on the outer forearm.
Kokeshi doll with cherry blossom kimono on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon black cat with a curled tail sitting on a stack of books, shown on a limb.
Black cat sitting on stacked books
Close photo of the word cont;nue in black serif lettering with a semicolon on the inner wrist.
Cont;nue lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the inner wrist and forearm, with a hand raised above it against a dark background.
Black and grey rose on the inner wrist
Black and grey blackwork tribal flame tattoo with a thin-line infinity loop and curled ends, placed on a shoulder.
Tribal flame and infinity swirl on shoulder
Black script lettering with red lips and a cocktail glass, a temporary tattoo style design on the inner forearm and wrist.
Bachelorette slogan with lips and cocktail on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a lollipop with the words SUCK IT above it, placed on the upper arm.
Lollipop and SUCK IT lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line Roman numeral lettering tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back.
Roman numerals down the upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into birds, across a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a pocket watch with a banner on the inner wrist and forearm of a woman wearing a denim cap embroidered with babe.
Pocket watch tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tribal chest tattoo with symmetrical spirals and a central motif, shown on a bare torso with hands resting over the breasts.
Symmetrical tribal chest piece
Two photographs of fine line black arrow tattoos on the inner forearm, one with circles along the shaft and one with geometric triangles and a chevron feather.
Arrow tattoos on a forearm
Small black ink tattoo of an abstract symbol made of dots and lines on the forearm, with a teal skull bead bracelet above it.
Small dotted symbol on a forearm
Black blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoo with a white heart at its centre, placed on the calf.
Mandala with a heart on a calf
A gloved tattooist works with a machine on a black tribal blackwork design on a shoulder.
Tribal blackwork being tattooed on a shoulder
Black ink drawing of a swallow above a speech-bubble shape containing the handwritten quote about desire and fire, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Swallow and quote design on paper
Coloured pencil drawing of two red cherries whose green stems curl together to form a heart, shown as a botanical design on a cream background.
Cherries forming a heart
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant facing the viewer, with tusks, wrinkled trunk and grass at the base, covering the upper arm.
Realistic elephant portrait on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork peony tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person wearing a grey top, against a dark background.
Black and grey peony on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a silhouetted man standing atop a spiral of stacked books beneath a stippled galaxy.
Silhouetted figure on stacked books under a starry sky
Red pencil tattoo design of a woman in a headscarf with peacock feathers, jewellery and a cluster of roses, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Woman with peacock feathers and roses
Black and grey scrollwork tattoo with a solid black loop motif on the side of a hip, shown on a person in a pink top and dark leggings.
Black heart and scrollwork on a hip
Close view of the back of a neck with the black lettering open at the close tattooed in a serif script, with a raised scar running down below it.
Open at the close lettering on neck
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo on the upper arm, with bold black wing outlines and soft grey shading across the wing panels.
Shaded butterfly tattoo on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a row of cartoon pugs wrapping around the forearm, shown in two photographs.
Row of cartoon pugs around the forearm
Black and grey photograph of a small tattoo of two flying swallows above the script phrase 'you can go now' on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two birds and script on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading if i could fly on a shoulder, with a striped top at the edge of the frame.
Fine line script quote on the shoulder
Red maple leaf tattoo with bold black outlines and cut-out lettering-style shapes across the top of a foot, placed near the ankle.
Red maple leaf on the top of a foot
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a small astronaut holding a helmet, with a cratered full moon for a head, on the forearm.
Astronaut with moon head on a forearm
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on forearms: on the left a moon in a triangle above a rocket, on the right an eye in an inverted triangle, both framed by fine geometric circles.
Moon over rocket and eye in triangle on forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses, a bud and curling vines running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Black and grey roses and vines on ribs
Black linework tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers on the forearm, shaded with fine hatching in an engraving-like style.
Crossed fingers hand on forearm
Small black ink lotus tattoo with fine mandala detailing and dot accents on an ankle.
Lotus tattoo on an ankle
Grey scrollwork heart around a red keyhole with three grey skeleton keys and red ribbons, tattooed on the back.
Keyhole heart with three skeleton keys
Close-up of a small black script tattoo reading Jesus on the wrist of a raised hand, in a lettering style.
Jesus script on the wrist

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