Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour traditional tattoo of a message in a bottle with pink flowers, green leaves and yellow sprigs on an upper arm.
Message in a bottle with flowers on an arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of Jake the Dog from Adventure Time eating a sandwich, set inside a red heart with a teal scalloped border, on the forearm.
Jake the Dog in a heart on a forearm
Black line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with a pocket watch, an hourglass, three roses, a bird wing and a strand of beads on a cream background.
Pocket watch, hourglass and roses line design
Colourful neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing an owl, a woman's profile, red roses, a clock and a rabbit on a purple background.
Neo-traditional full sleeve with owl and roses
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a thigh showing a cartoon clown with red hair and a shirtless muscular body, wearing red underwear decorated with french fries.
Cartoon clown in fries underwear on thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS with orange explosions, a gear motif and banners reading We only have what we remember, on an upper arm.
TARDIS and explosions on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red flower, yellow flower and green leaves wrapping around a forearm.
Red and yellow flowers with green leaves on an arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a stylised bird with folded wings and a banner reading PRETTY BIRD, on the upper arm.
Pretty Bird banner tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm of a hammer with two red roses and a ribbon banner reading SMASH THE PATRIARCHY.
Hammer, roses and banner on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a woman clinging to a cross beside a ship, under a banner reading Rock of Ages.
Rock of Ages cross and woman on a calf
Black outline swallow tattoo in fine line style on the inner wrist and forearm of a pale-skinned person against a dark background.
Swallow outline on an inner wrist
Colour botanical tattoo on a thigh showing pansies, an orange tiger lily, a blue bell-shaped flower, buds and green leaves in a traditional style.
Pansies, lily and blue bloom on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a blue inhaler with a grey banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, on the calf.
Blue inhaler with banner on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid sitting on a rock inside an ornate grey oval frame with shells and a starfish, on the thigh.
Mermaid in a shell-framed oval mirror on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a green cactus in a brown pot with pink and orange patterning and red flowers, on a limb.
Cactus in a decorated pot with red flowers
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a glass bottle with a woven stopper, showing a green graveyard scene with crosses and lightning bolts, beside a red flower and green leaves.
Graveyard bottle and flower on a forearm
Two photos of a colourful traditional-style sleeve on an arm, with a black steam locomotive with red details on the upper arm and a cartoon-style face and other scenes on the forearm.
Steam locomotive arm sleeve
Two hands held together in sepia, each with a black and grey tattoo on the back of the hand: a tea bag tagged TEA on the left and a steaming teacup on the right.
Tea bag and teacup hand tattoos
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a bold black crown, script lettering and a red flower with green leaves.
Crown, script and red flower on a forearm
Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.
Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an owl, red roses, a snarling wolf head and a woman with a pearl necklace against black clouds and orange flames.
Owl, wolf and rose full sleeve
Traditional style pin-up woman with rolled hair, red roses and a red hoop earring tattooed across the back of a hand.
Pin-up woman and roses on a hand
Traditional colour tattoo of a pepperoni pizza slice with dripping cheese above green leaves on a forearm.
Pepperoni pizza slice with leaves on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a peacock with red flowers and leaves above a large feathered tail, across a person's upper back.
Peacock and red flowers across a back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of two lilies with blue petals spotted with white stars and red edges, with dark green leaves, on the side of a ribcage.
Star-patterned lilies on the ribs
Black and grey forearm tattoos showing crystals, a heart, a bell, crossed nails, a swallow and the words THE END, on a forearm.
Black and grey forearm sleeve with swallow and bell
Hand-drawn traditional flash designs on tracing paper, including a rose, a bowed heart, a beaded heart locket, a crown, and a beetle, with no body placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet with roses and hearts
Black and grey owl tattoo perched on a bare branch beneath a full moon, shown across the upper arm and shoulder in three photographs.
Owl and full moon on an upper arm
Two bare feet with colour tattoos of scales of justice on the left foot and a sugar skull on the right, with lettering reading Tread Lightly across the tops and Heisenberg along the soles.
Scales and sugar skull on both feet
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a bare torso: a dove over a heart with a banner on the chest, and a rose with a ribbon banner on the stomach.
Dove and heart chest tattoo with rose on stomach
Two bare legs in a bath of foam, covered in colour traditional tattoos including roses, an animal head, a wolf or panther head, script lettering and designs on the feet and ankles.
Traditional leg tattoos with roses and animal heads
Traditional style tattoo of an eagle in flight with black wings, red and yellow accents and outstretched talons, across a person's chest.
Traditional eagle on chest
Close crop of a woman's left arm showing a traditional-style red rose and bear tattoo on the upper arm and a darker design on the forearm.
Rose and bear tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Close view of a hand with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the back of the hand and wrist, worn beneath a tan suit sleeve with a striped shirt cuff.
Traditional-style hand and wrist tattoo
Traditional style colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a pin-up nurse in a red cross cap holding a syringe, with roses above a MOM banner.
Nurse pin-up and roses with MOM banner on a foot
Traditional style colour tattoo of a crown above a red rose with green leaves and a stem, on a person's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Crowned red rose with leaves on upper back
Heavily tattooed upper arm and forearm in traditional style, with a swallow and a banner design, cradling an orange cat.
Traditional tattoo sleeve holding an orange cat
Colour traditional style tattoos on a person's thighs and hand, showing a tiger head, a red rose, a framed portrait and a pocket watch, photographed in a car.
Traditional tattoo sleeve on legs and hand
Colour traditional-style rose tattoo on an upper arm beside a black and grey floral tattoo on the shoulder, with a person whose hair is braided and dyed teal, pink and purple.
Floral tattoos on upper arm and shoulder
Traditional-style swallow tattoo with black wings, red flowers and green leaves on a limb, with yellow accents along the wing and chest.
Traditional swallow with red flowers
Black and grey owl tattoo with spread wings, a green gem and a dotwork sunburst, with an arrow beneath, on a torso in traditional style.
Owl with spread wings and arrow on the torso
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing an eye within a dark diamond, flanked by red flowers and green leaves, with a Vini Vidi Vici banner above.
Traditional eye and flowers on upper arm
Cream baby cardigan with traditional swallows beside a bodysuit printed with anchors and banners, next to a chalk swallow drawing on a dark grey background.
Swallow designs on baby cardigan and bodysuit
Two black and grey traditional swallows in flight, one above the other, tattooed on a person's back.
Two swallows on the back
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on a forearm, framed by the words 'Create your own path' in a curved lettering style.
Compass rose with 'Create your own path' on a forearm
Traditional style butterfly tattoo with blue and green wings, bold black outlines and curled antennae, on the top of a foot or ankle.
Blue and green butterfly on the foot
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a raccoon face with bold outlines and hatched fur, on the back of a hand.
Raccoon face on the back of a hand
Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with a heart-shaped top, wrapped in gold rope and overlapped by a red lily, on the lower leg.
Anchor with heart, rope and red lily

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