Tattoo ideas

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

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Back of a shoulder with a fine line black and grey tattoo of a compass rose, a world map and passport-style stamps.
Compass rose and world map on a shoulder
Fine line black script reading "It is well with my soul" runs vertically down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind on a beach.
Script quote down the spine
Gold and silver metallic arrow and dreamcatcher designs on a woman's collarbone, shoulder, upper back and hand, shot on a beach.
Metallic arrow and dreamcatcher temporary tattoos
A woman lying face down on a beach towel in a black bikini, with a small fine line script tattoo on her lower back.
Small script tattoo on a lower back
Black ink fine line and dotwork tattoo of a cat head with a rose over one ear and lightning bolts below, centred on a person's upper back.
Cat head with rose and lightning bolts on upper back
Fine line jellyfish tattoo with a soft blue wash across the ribs and back, with a short script word along the lower ribs.
Jellyfish tattoo across ribs and back
Woman seen from behind with a hand in her hair, showing a fine line black crescent tattoo on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Thin crescent tattoo on upper back
Small grey feather tattoo with soft shading on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, in a fine line and soft realism style.
Feather tattoo on upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading 'Have courage and be kind' in black ink across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Have courage and be kind script on upper back
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a single flower on a stem with dark leaves, placed on the upper back below the neck.
Small flower on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a small curved botanical sprig with leaves and buds, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Fine line sprig tattoo on upper back
Black and grey fine-line geometric wave tattoo running from the upper back over the shoulder and down the outstretched upper arm.
Wave linework across back and arm
Fine line tattoo of two purple bellflowers on a thin green stem, placed on the upper back below the neck.
Purple bellflower stem on upper back
Black fine line script reading Perfectly Imperfect across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Perfectly Imperfect script on upper back
Close view of a small fine line tattoo of a botanical sprig with buds and leaves on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Fine line botanical sprig on a shoulder blade
Fine line black and grey ginkgo leaf tattoo on the upper back, near the shoulder, with dark hair falling beside it.
Ginkgo leaves on upper back
Black fine line script reading family inside an infinity symbol, tattooed across the lower back.
Family script within an infinity symbol
Fine line black tattoo of Snoopy sitting and gazing up at a small red heart, placed on the back of a person's body.
Snoopy looking up at a red heart
Black and grey photo of a small, fine line angular lettering tattoo on the side of a person's back, below the shoulder blade, with the head turned away.
Small angular lettering on the side of the back
Black fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line with ornate swirls, above the script word Always, on the upper back.
Triangle and circle symbol with script word on back
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with the words NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST set in a circle across a person's upper back.
Compass rose with circular quote on upper back
Black script lettering reading Nothing lasts forever, Nothing stays the same, in a fine line lettering style across the upper back.
Script quote across the upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a grey spotted fawn beside a pink peony and red flowers with green stems, on the upper back.
Fawn and peony on the upper back
Fine line handwritten quote with a small black TARDIS icon tattooed on skin, placed on the back.
Quote and TARDIS on the back
Fine line tattoo of a compass rose and a Madrid-Barajas passport stamp dated 27.06.13 on a person's upper back, with the date in red ink.
Compass and passport stamp on upper back
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind, with fine script lettering across the upper back and a small mark on the upper arm.
Fine script lettering across upper back
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo in dotwork and fine line style on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black fine line compass rose tattoo centred on the upper back, just below the nape of the neck.
Compass rose on upper back
Collage of four tattoos: outline giraffes on forearms, watercolour hearts on wrists, a fine line clover on a wrist, and script reading I am because you are on shoulder blades.
Giraffes, hearts, clover and script tattoos
Small fine line black tattoo of three birds in flight on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three birds in flight on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of an arrow with a geometric diamond pattern on the shaft, sitting on the upper back near the neck.
Fine line geometric arrow on upper back
Two photos: fine-line black script reading 'We're all stories in the end' across the upper back near the shoulder, and a bold black Deathly Hallows symbol with Mickey Mouse ears tattooed on skin.
Script quote and Deathly Hallows with mouse ears
Fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers, a key and a green dragonfly on a woman's upper back, partly covered by a blue towel.
Dreamcatcher, key and dragonfly on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading I believe in miracles across the lower back, just above the waistband of light denim shorts.
I believe in miracles script on lower back
Black fine line script reading I refuse to sink, with a small anchor at the end, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
I refuse to sink script and anchor on shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of an arrow above an ornate mandala-style motif and a second arrow, running vertically down the centre of a person's back.
Arrow and ornate mandala down the spine
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with hanging feathers and beaded chains across the upper back, in a fine line botanical style.
Lotus mandala with hanging feathers on upper back
Close side view of a person in a navy ribbed top with one arm raised, showing a very small black fine line tattoo on the upper back below the arm.
Tiny fine line mark on upper back
Black fine line tattoos on a person's upper back, including a botanical sprig with cones above a hanging stick, an outlined stag bust with an arrow, and a compass design.
Botanical sprig and stag bust on a upper back
Black linework tattoo of overlapping squares, circles and radiating lines centred on a person's upper back, in a geometric style.
Overlapping geometric shapes across a back
Black fine line tattoo of a marionette hanging from strings with a small bow, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Marionette on strings across the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical looped symbol with a dot at the top, placed centrally on the upper back.
Fine line looped symbol on the upper back
Black fine line lotus tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with short hair, with a dotted line running down below it.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Fine line black ink lotus flower tattoo with a vertical ornamental stem on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus flower with ornamental line on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading but the fighter still remains, placed on the middle of a person's back.
Fine line script quote on the mid back
Black fine line tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Totoro outline on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a woman leaning back, with fine line constellation tattoos across her neck, shoulders and upper chest.
Constellation tattoos across neck and chest
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo running vertically down a person's upper back, with small marks along the line, in a fine line style.
Fine line vertical marks down the spine

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