Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, two skulls and folded banknotes.
Pocket watch, skulls and banknotes on an arm
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 wolf head tattoo with roses across the abdomen, with script lettering above and coloured tattoos on the thighs and upper arms.
Wolf and roses across the abdomen
Black and grey pencil drawing of an hourglass made from tree trunks and roots, with a small tree in the lower bulb, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Hourglass formed from tree trunks
Black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon entwined with blossom flowers and a sitting cat, on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon with cat and blossom on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolling filigree on the inner wrist of a person holding a hand.
Ornate cross on a wrist
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading blessed on a person's shoulder.
Blessed script tattoo on a shoulder
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
Pencil drawing of a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and three butterflies, shaded in purple and pink tones, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Two forearms with matching black and grey tattoos: a ship's wheel with script reading be the one to guide me, and an anchor with script reading but never hold me down.
Matching ship's wheel and anchor forearm tattoos
Black line drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing an hourglass, roses, a pocket watch and a banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash
Realistic tattoo portrait of a woman with dark lips and drifting orange petals, in a realism style on the calf.
Realistic portrait with orange petals on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with a clock face and Roman numerals on the forearm.
Eye and clock face with Roman numerals
Black and grey photograph of a geometric blackwork tattoo of solid and outlined hexagons across a forearm and onto the side of the ribs.
Hexagon blackwork on forearm and ribs
Colourful watercolour-style flower tattoo with pink, teal and orange petals and thin black linework on the inner forearm.
Watercolour-style flower on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a geometric faceted heart with internal lines, sitting on the inner forearm.
Faceted heart on an inner forearm
Watercolour-style compass rose with an anchor below it, in blue, purple and black ink on a forearm.
Compass and anchor on a forearm
Solid black moustache tattoo on the side of a finger, photographed against a light fabric background.
Moustache tattoo on a finger
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a glowing red lava lamp with a plug and electric spark on a calf.
Lava lamp with plug on a calf
Watercolour-style heart tattoo in rainbow colours with black script lettering across it, on the lower limb of a person's skin.
Watercolour heart with script quote
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
Watercolour-style tattoo of two red poppies with green leaves and a small script word on the inner forearm.
Red poppies on a forearm
Photograph of a realistic colour tattoo of an open eye with a red iris and three dark markings, on the forearm, in Realism style.
Realistic red eye on a forearm
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
Pencil drawing of a realistically shaded rose and a pocket watch with Roman numerals, with leaves and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Rose and pocket watch pencil design
Black and grey four-leaf clover tattoo made of outlined hearts with light shading, on the side of a person's ankle.
Four-leaf clover of hearts on an ankle
Fine line black script infinity symbol tattoo containing three handwritten names across the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with script names on foot
Black and grey geisha portrait tattoo with a flower hair ornament on the back of a hand, with smoky swirling shading on the forearm above.
Geisha portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Black script lettering reading Nothing is promised with a red lip print below it, tattooed across the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and red lip print on collarbone
Close-up of a small black fine line crescent moon tattoo on the side of a finger, held near a person's face.
Tiny crescent moon on a finger
Small dark grey paw print tattoos across the top of a foot with purple painted toenails, beside a garden pond.
Paw print tattoos on the top of a foot
Black and grey neo-traditional key tattoo with red shading on the bow, crossing a rope-framed compass rose on the forearm.
Key and compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on an upper back, with its wings made of banknote designs and the word MONEY above it.
Butterfly made of banknotes on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of three hummingbirds in flight across the lower back, with soft shaded clouds behind them.
Three hummingbirds in flight on the lower back
Flash design of a teal block letter M with a teal sphere and black and blue scrollwork swirls on a white background.
Teal M letter with blue scrollwork
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
Black line circular emblem over a pink and blue galaxy watercolour background on a forearm.
Circular emblem over galaxy wash on forearm
Black and grey botanical mandala tattoo with dotwork and flowing swirls running from behind the ear down the side of the neck.
Mandala and swirl tattoo on the side of the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stone guardian lion statue standing on the outer thigh.
Stone guardian lion on a thigh
Black and grey realism upper arm sleeve showing a bat signal over a moon, a city skyline, a Superman shield and a spider on a web.
Batman, Superman and Spider-Man upper arm sleeve
Realistic tattoo of a silver chain with a shaded crown charm and a small pink heart charm across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crown and charm chain on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink cupcake topped with a sugar skull wearing a red bow, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sugar skull cupcake with pink frosting
Black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner wrist, where the capital B forms a heart loop, with a blurred shoreline behind.
Believe script with heart on wrist
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
Coloured drawing of an owl perched on branches beside a pocket watch on a chain, with a pale moon behind, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Owl with pocket watch and chain
Two bare feet, one with a fine line bird's nest on a branch with a teal leaf and a small blue and pink detail, the other with a fine line bird carrying a red heart, both on the top of the foot.
Nest and bird tattoos on two feet
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

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