Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a red rose and green butterfly with black outlines on a thigh beside the knee, with a close-up of the same motif on an upper arm.
Rose and butterfly tattoo on thigh and upper arm
Black outline tattoo on the inner wrist showing a figure in a pointed hat beside two creatures with long tails.
Outlined figure and creatures on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a small circle with wings on the inner wrist, shown on a forearm against a blurred book cover.
Winged circle on the inner wrist
Black and grey circular tattoo of a crescent moon, stars, waves and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork on the upper back near the shoulder.
Moon, waves and whale tail in a circle on a shoulder
Colourful fine line constellation over a blue, green and purple galaxy background in a circle on the inner forearm.
Constellation in a circle on a forearm
Flash-style drawing of a cartoon woman with black bob hair and glasses, her arms raised, framed by hatched gold banners reading Smart, Strong, Sensual, Woman.
Cartoon woman with Smart Strong Sensual Woman banners
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo centred between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a matryoshka doll with a pink rose, white lilies and lily of the valley on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Matryoshka doll with roses and lilies on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a breaking wave with an orange sun inside the curl, set against a sunset sky, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful breaking wave and sunset on shoulder
Small black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a heart above and star bursts, on the inner forearm.
Anchor and heart on a forearm
Black and white photo of both forearms covered in lettering and collage-style tattoos, including outlined MY LIFE text, a skull, and a rose on the hand.
Forearm lettering and sticker-style collage tattoos
Black script lettering reading My Story Isn't Over, with a large solid black semicolon above and below it, on a plain white background as a lettering tattoo design.
Semicolon with My Story Isn't Over script
A woman in a standing split yoga pose shows a small black script lettering tattoo on her ribs, in black and grey ink.
Standing split pose with small rib lettering
Photo of a flying red dragon tattoo with black outlines on the upper back near the shoulder, with a grey tribal tattoo to the left.
Red dragon tattoo on upper back
Black line design of a triangle with a circle and vertical line, a trident above, a bird with an arrow on the left, flames on the right and a rune below.
Triangle, circle and bird design with trident and flames
Red dragon tattoo with spread wings and dark grey shading on the skin of the back.
Red dragon tattoo on the back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a radiating leaf mandala on the back of a hand, with a geometric cube pattern running up the forearm.
Leaf mandala tattoo on the hand
Pencil sketch design of a heart filled with rib-like lines, with the words hearts are wild creatures, that's why our ribs are cages curving around it.
Heart rib cage pencil sketch with quote
Black and white photo of a raised fist showing a small solid black semicolon tattoo on the wrist, above stacked beaded bracelets.
Semicolon tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey brushstroke flamingo tattoo on a calf, with a small coloured piece lower down the leg.
Brushstroke flamingo on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and a black cat sitting on it, with orange stars, on the forearm.
Crescent moon and black cat on a forearm
Black ink swallow tattoo with swirling ornamental detail on the side of the ribs, shown on tanned skin.
Ornamental swallow on the ribs
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo on a woman's ribs, with a tiny star-like tattoo on her upper arm, taken on a sunny beach.
Fine line script tattoo on the ribs at the beach
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with teal, pink and blue watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Lotus mandala with watercolour splashes on forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange mask with angry eyes and bold black outlines on the upper arm.
Orange mask with angry eyes on upper arm
Photograph of a pastel blue and pink watercolour-style tattoo with thin black linework forming a ridge, on the lower back of a person with wavy hair.
Pastel wash ridge tattoo on lower back
Colour tattoo of a lavender sprig with green stem and leaves running diagonally along the inner forearm, in a fine line botanical style.
Lavender sprig on the inner forearm
Black ink tattoo of three vintage-style sewing buttons on the lower stomach, above the waistband of dark jeans.
Three sewing buttons on the lower stomach
Black and grey tattoo flash design covering a phone case, with swallows, a moth, a compass, a rose, a microphone and chevrons in a traditional style.
Black and grey flash sheet of swallows and a moth
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snow globe with a pink and teal castle, pink flowers and a Mickey Mouse silhouette base, on the upper arm.
Snow globe with castle on upper arm
Two inner wrists show matching black serif lettering reading home, one upright and one upside down, as a lettering tattoo on the wrist.
Matching home lettering on two wrists
Two forearms pressed together showing a fine line bird head on the left and a poppy with watercolour wash on the right, both placed on the forearm.
Bird and poppy forearm pair
Black fine line anchor tattoo with a small heart at its base and script lettering reading Hebrews 6:19, on the outside of an ankle.
Anchor and scripture reference on an ankle
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala design with leaf sprigs, dotted chains and droplet shapes, drawn on white paper with fine liner pens beside it.
Mandala design with leaves and dotted chains
Black and grey botanical sprig tattoo with hatched leaves and small berries on the back of a person's neck.
Botanical sprig on the back of the neck
Black serif lettering reading "but without the dark, we'd never see the stars" tattooed across the upper back below a dark strap.
Quote tattoo across the upper back
Black ink pen drawing of an anatomical heart with daisies, a rose and morning glory growing from it, with butterflies and birds around it.
Anatomical heart with flowers and butterflies
A simple hand-drawn anchor design in navy ink on a white background, with a ring at the top, a crossbar and curved flukes.
Navy anchor tattoo design
Brown ink drawing of a compass rose with a ship's wheel and anchor at its centre, shown on a cream notebook page, styled as a traditional nautical tattoo design.
Compass rose with ship's wheel and anchor
Small fine line anchor tattoo in pale ink on the side of a finger, held up against a blue rippling water background.
Small anchor tattoo on a finger
Back view of a man with a large black tribal tattoo covering his back and upper arms, with bold solid shapes and fine interlocking patterns.
Full back tribal tattoo with arm sleeves
Gold and silver metallic tattoo of lace and mandala patterns around an ankle and lower leg, with bare feet on sand.
Metallic ankle band on a bare leg
Woman in a white top with black and grey botanical tattoos of roses and leaves on her raised upper arm, shoulder and upper chest.
Floral tattoos on arm and chest
Close photo of a small black outline scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, with a silver ornate ring on the neighbouring finger.
Scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Pencil sketch of a mermaid with shell and starfish tattoo designs on both upper arms and forearms, drawn in red and blue on kraft paper.
Mermaid tattoo design sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's head on the middle finger of a hand with dark glitter nail polish.
Tiger head tattoo on a finger
Black and grey botanical tattoo of pansies and a lavender sprig on the upper arm, shaded with fine stippled dotwork.
Pansies and lavender sprig on upper arm
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo on the ankle with tribal patterns in the loops and the word ohana in script across the centre.
Infinity symbol with ohana script on ankle

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