Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black and grey butterfly with curling vine tattoo on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and vine tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of pink, blue and purple stars with black swirling linework on the inner wrist.
Coloured stars and swirls on a wrist
Ink and watercolour drawing of a hummingbird perching, with teal, green, blue and yellow washes on a cut-out paper shape.
Watercolour hummingbird sketch
Two matching colour tattoos on forearms showing video game characters on a purple space background, with a script line reading I'll follow you anywhere.
Matching video game characters on forearms
Fine line black cross tattoo on the side of a foot, just below the ankle.
Small cross on the side of a foot
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo reading iloveyou on the upper back near the shoulder.
Script phrase below the shoulder
Black and grey fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the script words Curiouser and Curiouser and playing card suit shapes, shown on skin.
Infinity script with playing card suits
Fine line feather tattoo in pale white ink on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a raised hand and silver chain bracelet visible.
Feather tattoo on inner forearm
Neo-trad style tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a roaring tiger above a coiled snake with leaves and a lotus-like flower in red and grey shading.
Roaring tiger and snake design sketch
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter D with acanthus leaf flourishes, shaded with fine hatching in a lettering style.
Ornate capital letter D with acanthus leaves
Small fine line black ink tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle on a pale forearm, beside a black sleeve.
Wave in a circle on a forearm
Pencil and watercolour drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a small bird perched on the crossbar and pink peonies and roses, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Anchor with bird and peonies design
Black and white photo of a fishnet-stockinged leg in a red high heel beside a chrome motorcycle engine, with a partly visible black and grey tattoo on the thigh.
Fishnet leg and red heel beside a motorcycle engine
Black solid silhouette tattoo of a sitting cat with two paw prints above it, placed on the skin behind a person's ear and neck.
Sitting cat and paw prints behind the ear
Black and grey photo of two forearms, each with a line of serif lettering tattooed on it: a quote about understanding and destroying oneself on the left, and one about fixing oneself on the right.
Two serif quotes on both forearms
Black and grey photo of three small solid black bird silhouettes in flight, tattooed on the back of a neck.
Three birds in flight on the nape
A solid black heart silhouette on a plain white background, shown as a simple design with no body placement visible.
Solid black heart design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a death's head moth with a skull on its thorax, placed on the outer upper arm.
Traditional death's head moth on an arm
Fine-line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace with a small heart in the centre, on a pale forearm against a patterned fabric background.
Heartbeat line with heart on a forearm
Three feet side by side, each with a fine-line black script tattoo of the word sisters beside a small outlined heart, placed on the ankle.
Matching heart and sisters script on three ankles
Fine line black outline of an aeroplane on the side of the ribs, photographed in a mirror selfie.
Airplane outline on the ribs
Pen and watercolour drawing of a small cartoon baby elephant whose trunk sprays a bright blue, pink and purple galaxy with white stars, shown on white paper.
Baby elephant spraying a galaxy
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a curled, striped animal inside a circle on a thigh, with a fine line rose partly visible below.
Striped animal curled in a circle on a thigh
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a head in profile with hair pinned up, on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Profile silhouette on upper back
Two fingers with matching black script lettering reading 'til death, a fine lettering style tattoo on the finger joints.
'til death lettering across two fingers
Small black camera tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with blurred shelves of vintage cameras behind.
Small camera tattoo on the inner wrist
Upper arm tattoo of a woman with long hair seen from behind, in grey dotwork shading, with melting red, orange, blue and purple abstract shapes below her.
Woman with long hair and melting colour on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a sea turtle with a spiral shell, flippers and head drawn in loose brushstrokes on a white background.
Sea turtle with spiral shell design
Black fine line ruler tattoo with numbers from 5 to 35 running down a forearm, held beside a perch fish.
Ruler tattoo on a forearm beside a perch
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with white windows inside an ornate grey filigree frame on the outer thigh.
Blue police box in an ornate frame on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading choose joy with a small cross on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Choose joy script on inner wrist
Row of rainbow-coloured geometric hexagons in a geometric style on the inner forearm, below a yellow sleeve.
Rainbow hexagon row on a forearm
Close-up of a solid black mother and child silhouette tattoo with a looping curved base, shown on skin.
Mother and child silhouette tattoo
Close-up of a fine line botanical tattoo of three poppies in red and blue outline, running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Poppies in red and blue line on upper arm
Fine line black and grey geometric mandala tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Geometric mandala on a shoulder blade
Black and grey photograph of a fine cursive script tattoo running along the inner upper arm, with the person's face not shown.
Cursive script quote along an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cabin with smoking chimney, pine trees and rolling hills inside a scalloped heart frame, on the thigh.
Cabin landscape in a heart frame on a thigh
Black and silver flash design of a winged shield with the Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles logo at its centre, with scrollwork and feather-like wings on either side.
Winged Harley-Davidson shield design
Two wrists with matching black fine line script tattoos of the word nourish, each with a swirl flourish at one end.
Matching nourish wrist tattoos
Black fine line script tattoo on the inner wrist reading Live by the sun above Love by the moon, with a horizontal arrow under each line.
Live by the sun and love by the moon wrist script
Small white mandala tattoo between the shoulder blades on the upper back of a tanned woman lying face down on white bedding.
White mandala tattoo on upper back
Black line drawing of a vertical geometric tattoo design, stacking triangles, diamonds, chevrons and a small circle along a central line, with grey dotwork shading on some shapes.
Vertical geometric stack design
Forearm with a blue-grey mandala tattoo near the wrist, the hand holding a thin cigarette over sandy ground.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a lionfish in purple and red-brown stripes across the outer thigh.
Lionfish tattoo on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a rubber duck dressed as Batman, with a black cowl, bat symbol and orange beak, on a person's shoulder.
Batman-themed rubber duck on a shoulder
Black outline tattoo of a large bow, heart-shaped lock, planetary symbols and keys on the side of the ribs, in fine line style.
Bow, heart lock and keys outline on ribs
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol above a lettered quote on the inner forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol and quote on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of bare trees standing in shallow water with a low shoreline, placed on the inner forearm.
Bare trees rising from water on a forearm

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