Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading The ones we love never truly leave us, tattooed along the side of the ribs in a lettering style.
Script quote along the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with swirled outline wings and a pink and teal ribbon on the inside of a wrist.
Butterfly and ribbon on a wrist
Black fine line script reading Dreamer Of Improbable Dreams with a trail of small stars and dots across the top of a foot.
Script quote with stars on a foot
Colour tattoo of a cartoon boy riding a red wagon with a striped tiger behind him, over an orange flame trail, on the upper arm.
Cartoon boy and tiger on a red wagon
Fine line black tattoo of a lemon wedge on the inner upper arm, with segments drawn in simple outline.
Lemon wedge on the upper arm
Two matching fine line black heartbeat tattoos with a small heart shape, one on each inner wrist, shown side by side.
Matching heartbeat line tattoos on two wrists
Black ink lettering reading adventure on a forearm, which holds a camera on a selfie stick above a rocky sea coastline.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a curved raptor claw with the words Clever Girl beneath it, with a teal and red flower above, on a forearm.
Raptor claw with Clever Girl lettering
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me, with a black linework castle outline behind the words.
Castle and quote lettering on a thigh
Black and grey abstract flowing swirl tattoo with sweeping curved lines on the inner forearm, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Abstract flowing swirl tattoo on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo in three vertical columns on the upper back, below blonde hair, with looping characters and thin strokes.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress, with a skull in a teal circle, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress and skull on arm
Traditional style tattoo of a gold pocket watch with Roman numerals, pink and blue flowers and a beaded chain on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and flowers on an arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of vampire fangs with two drops of blood beneath, on skin, with a partial diamond tattoo at the right edge.
Vampire fangs with dripping blood
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
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a potted cactus inside a thin square frame on the outer thigh.
Potted cactus in a frame on a thigh
Close photo of a forearm with the word re:stacks in dark lettering, with bare legs crossed on a bed behind it.
Re:stacks lettering 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
Black outline stars of varying sizes with small sparkles run down the upper back from the nape, on a woman with her arms raised.
Outline stars trailing down the upper back
Two forearms with fine line botanical tattoos, ears of wheat on the left arm and lavender sprigs on the right, with the two wearers holding hands.
Wheat and lavender on two forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying across the chest, shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree and birds across shoulder and arm
Large red chrysanthemum tattoo with dark green leaves in a Japanese style, placed on the side of the ribs.
Red chrysanthemum with leaves on the side
Shaded sunflower tattoo on a shoulder with the words you are my sunshine in black script running across the upper chest.
Sunflower and script on a shoulder
Cream line drawing of a seahorse filled with ornate doodle-style patterns on a plain olive green background.
Patterned seahorse line drawing
Black and grey realistic wolf head tattoo on the forearm, with a smaller silhouetted animal scene below it.
Realistic wolf head above a silhouette scene
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two smiling cartoon toast slices, one with purple jam and one with peanut butter, on a limb.
Jam and peanut butter toast characters on a limb
Flash sheet of around a dozen black silhouette bird designs, including hummingbirds, swallows and peacock-like birds, with no placement shown.
Flash sheet of stylised black bird designs
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
Realism tattoo of a laughing Buddha with red blossoms and a blossom tree on the forearm, shaded in browns, greys and reds.
Laughing Buddha and cherry blossom on a forearm
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
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script word tattoo on the inner forearm.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Two matching black fine line tattoos of a dashed infinity symbol with a small solid heart, shown on the inner wrists of two people holding hands.
Matching dashed infinity wrist tattoos
Close-up of a small black fine line butterfly tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a thin silver chain at the neck.
Small butterfly tattoo near the collarbone
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line, with script lettering along its edges on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script quote on back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with typewriter-style lettering tattooed across her upper back and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter text tattoo across upper back
Fine line black Scorpio zodiac symbol tattoo on the middle segment of a finger, shown on a hand held up against a pale background.
Scorpio zodiac symbol on a finger
Fine line tattoo of an arrow with feathered fletching and an open arrowhead, curving across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line arrow and feather on forearm
Colour tattoo of a man's head broken into angular red, orange and brown facets with a teal line, in Geometric style on the upper arm.
Geometric portrait of a man's head on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a loose, washed flower bloom with a long stem, on the inner forearm above the wrist.
Black wash flower on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird on a thin trailing line leading to the word Believe in script, on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Bird and Believe script on wrist
Fine line tattoo of a red outlined heart joined to a black heartbeat line and script letters on a lower leg.
Heartbeat line with red heart on lower leg
Close-up of four solid black music notes tattooed in a diagonal line behind a person's ear, with blonde hair visible at the side.
Four music notes behind the ear
Black fine line compass rose with a fleur-de-lis above the north point and the words Not all those who wander are Lost beside it, tattooed on a forearm.
Compass rose and quote on a forearm
Black silhouette design of a stylised goddess figure with raised arms, a white spiral on the belly and a crescent moon on each side, on a white background.
Triple moon goddess silhouette with spiral
Colour tattoo of a betta fish with flowing blue, teal and red fins on the forearm, shown in two close-up photographs.
Betta fish on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a triangle with small cross marks on a finger, with a sparkly ring on the next finger.
Small triangle line tattoo on a finger
Black and grey snake coiled around a skull on a forearm, with a fine line triangle and circle tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Snake and skull on a forearm

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