Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a deer head among leaves with an animal head and ribbon-like lines below.
Realistic deer and foliage full sleeve
Black and grey shaded angel wing tattoo with outlined feathers on the upper arm of a person with one arm raised.
Shaded angel wing on an upper arm
Two people hold hands, showing full colour tattoo sleeves on their forearms and upper arms, with a dragon-style design on the woman's right arm.
Colourful tattoo sleeves on two clasped arms
Colour tattoo of orange peonies, buds and teal-green leaves forming a sleeve across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Peony sleeve across shoulder and upper arm
Three bands of metallic silver and gold dots in a dotwork-style temporary tattoo on an upper arm, with a hand in front wearing rings.
Metallic dot bands on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoos of a pin-up woman on the forearm and a rose on the upper arm of a woman in a black patchwork-print t-shirt.
Pin-up and rose tattoos on arms
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red roses and a beaded arc on the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.
Traditional raven and red roses on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a teapot, teacup, red flowers and green leaves above a orange banner that reads TEA LOVER.
Tea lover banner with teapot and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey realistic wolf tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with dark trees fading into the shoulder.
Realistic wolf sleeve on upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Love on the upper arm, with a white lace top in the background.
Love script tattoo on an upper arm
Three black and grey dotwork tattoos: a skull with peonies and a fern on the thigh, a moth over a split skull on the upper arm, and a skull with leaves on the upper arm.
Skulls with peonies, fern and moth tattoos
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink chrysanthemum, yellow gerbera and orange poppy with green stems across the upper arm and shoulder.
Chrysanthemum, gerbera and poppy on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a small black serif lettering tattoo reading JOY on the upper arm, just below a grey T-shirt sleeve.
JOY lettering on an upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing a cartoon cat with a red bow, a giraffe, a pink strawberry ice cream cone and purple bubbles.
Cartoon cat, giraffe and strawberry ice cream on upper arm
Black and grey tattoos on a seated woman's arm and thigh, including a shaded rose and script on the upper arm and a larger ornamental design on the thigh.
Rose, script and ornamental thigh tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of a stitched rag doll with button eyes and a pin in its dress, shown on the upper arm.
Button-eyed rag doll on upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of several feathers across an upper arm, shown from behind with the face out of frame.
Realistic feathers on an upper arm
Traditional-style tattoo of a red anatomical heart pierced by arrows, with a banner reading WE ARE NOT OUR FAILURES, on the upper arm.
Heart with arrows and banner
Solid black tribal phoenix tattoo with spread wings on a man's upper arm, near the shoulder.
Tribal phoenix on upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of a sun, pine tree and mountain inside an inverted triangle on an upper arm.
Sun, mountain and pine in a triangle
Fine line black script tattoo reading don't let your fears win along the inner upper arm.
Script quote on upper arm
Geometric rabbit head in black linework with stippled grey shading above a solid red faceted heart, tattooed on an upper arm.
Geometric rabbit and red heart on upper arm
Traditional-style rose tattoo on the upper arm and small star tattoos near the wrist of a person with raised arms, seen from behind with a bare back.
Rose and star tattoos with raised arms
Black and grey geometric dotwork full sleeves covering both arms of a shirtless man, with hexagons, dot gradients and sunburst patterns.
Geometric blackwork and dotwork full sleeves
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style galaxy with pink, purple and blue clouds and small star sparkles across the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour galaxy on an upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a crescent moon filled with flowers and leaves, on the upper arm above the elbow.
Floral crescent moon on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of an animated female character with a long side braid and freckles, on the upper arm.
Colour portrait of a cartoon character with a braid
Black and grey realistic jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles across the upper arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Close-up of a colourful geometric bear head tattoo in pink, purple and green on a woman's upper arm, in a geometric style.
Geometric bear on an upper arm
Four illustrated paper dolls with fine black linework tattoos covering their chests and arms, two with moustaches and beards, shown against pale walls.
Four tattooed paper dolls
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a hare entwined with a snake, a blackberry branch, rhododendron flowers and an eye within a triangle.
Hare, snake and blackberry on an upper arm
Realism-style black and grey tattoo of Batman's head and chest emblem on an upper arm and shoulder.
Batman portrait on upper arm
Colour geometric tattoo of a row of rainbow hexagons with soft edges on an upper arm, below a yellow sleeve.
Rainbow hexagon band on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person in a dark top.
Ornate mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Man with crossed arms in a navy T-shirt showing a black and grey traditional-style sleeve, with a bird on the forearm and a rose on the lower arm.
Crossed arms with bird and rose tattoos
Two views of a fine line tattoo on the inner arm near the elbow, showing a small sunburst, a short dashed line and a tiny star in black ink.
Fine line sunburst and dashes on the arm
Black and grey botanical rose sleeve running down the upper arm and forearm, with a small script tattoo on the lower back, photographed from behind on a beach.
Rose sleeve and back script at the beach
Three photos of a colour realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a spiral galaxy, a nebula, a small astronaut and a ringed planet resembling Saturn.
Galaxy, nebula and ringed planet sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo of a tabby cat with yellow-green eyes on the upper arm, set against a red background.
Tabby cat portrait on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a headwrap and beaded necklace, set inside an outline of the African continent with the word Africa in script.
Woman profile and Africa map on upper arm
Realistic black, grey and blue sleeve tattoo of a skier, chairlift, mountains and snowflakes on an upper arm and forearm, with a No Guts No Glory banner.
Ski themed sleeve on upper arm and forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, a peony bud and leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person lying in white bedding.
Black and grey botanical sleeve on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a log cabin with a red moon, wolf, pine trees and orange flower on the upper arm.
Log cabin, wolf and red moon on upper arm
Black lace-style ornament with hanging chains, an anchor and a feather, with pink and purple flower details, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black lace and pink flower on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose with leaves and a geometric mandala on the upper arm.
Black and grey rose with mandala on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading 'she wasn't looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword' in a serif script.
Quote tattoo: she wasn't looking for a knight
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a tabby kitten sitting upright on the upper arm, with faint sketched building lines behind it.
Realistic kitten tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up of a fine line and dotwork starburst tattoo in black ink on an upper arm, with a hand and gold ring at the left edge.
Fine line starburst on an upper arm

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