Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic grey skull surrounded by orange and yellow sunflowers, tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and sunflowers on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of three purple pansies and a white daisy with a yellow centre, with soft green shading, in a botanical style.
Purple pansies and a daisy on skin
Black blackwork lace tattoo with floral motifs and fine mesh detail running diagonally across the upper and side back.
Black lace tattoo across a back
Black ink flash design of a winged owl beneath an all-seeing eye in a triangle, with a skull, banner and geometric patterns on a cream background.
Owl, all-seeing eye and skull tattoo design
Fine line black ink constellation tattoo with dotted connecting lines and four-pointed stars on the side of the ribs.
Constellation tattoo on the ribs
Red and blue fine line tattoo of a saguaro cactus with a stippled crescent moon and small stars on the outer thigh.
Cactus, crescent moon and stars on a thigh
Black and grey photo of the word Strength in flowing script lettering on the inner wrist, with another hand holding it.
Strength script lettering on a wrist
Black dotwork tattoo of a globe showing Africa and part of Europe, placed on a forearm.
Dotwork globe showing Africa on a forearm
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
Colour realism tattoo of a lighthouse on rocks under a red and orange sunset sky, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Lighthouse at sunset on a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo running vertically down the upper back of a person with dark hair, near the neck.
Fine line script tattoo on upper back
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
Japanese style tattoos on a pair of thighs, with a black linework dragon and flower on the left and a shaded black and grey tiger with maple leaves on the right.
Tiger and dragon tattoos on both thighs
Realistic grey tattoo of a cat's head with pale blue eyes and pink nose and inner ears, on the outer forearm.
Cat head with blue eyes on a forearm
Realistic black and grey bear paw print with claw marks tattooed on the calf, shaded to look pressed into cracked ground.
Bear paw print on a calf
Black and grey fine line constellation tattoo of connected star points on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Constellation tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a wolf head on the upper thigh, one half realistic and the other half a geometric mandala pattern.
Split wolf head tattoo on thigh
Back of a shaved head and neck with a black line lotus mandala on the scalp, a stemmed lotus design down the neck and mandala pieces across the shoulders.
Lotus mandala on scalp and neck
Realistic drawing of a skull with a peach rose across its left side and dark drips running down from the jaw, shown as a tattoo design on tan paper.
Skull and rose drip design
Tattoo of grey shaded vertebrae curving along a teal ribbon, with blackletter lettering reading Strength below, on the upper back.
Spine ribbon and Strength lettering on upper back
Close-up of an orange flower tattoo with a grey centre on the outer side of a knee, in a bold colour style with black outlines.
Orange flower tattoo on the knee
Realism tattoo of a woman in an ornate masquerade mask with red lips and a pocket watch on a forearm.
Masked woman and pocket watch on a forearm
Black and white photo of a forearm with a wide band of black dotwork dots around the wrist, the hand resting on a dark fabric.
Dotwork band on a forearm
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
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo centred on the sternum, with hands crossing over the chest above it.
Mandala tattoo on the sternum
Black line drawing of a stylised wing filled with scrolls and curled swirls on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirled wing line design
Black line drawing of an ornate filigree heart with a fan shell, with chains, stars, anchors and small shells hanging below it, shown as a tattoo design.
Hearts, shells and anchors dangling from chains
Colour botanical full sleeve tattoo of roses, plumeria, anthurium and butterflies across the shoulder and upper arm, shown from three angles against a black background.
Floral full sleeve with roses and butterflies
Colour tattoo of a purple tribal butterfly with orange flowers, purple outlined hearts and green stems on the lower back.
Tribal butterfly, hearts and flowers on lower back
Black and grey tattoo of two ornate swords with tassel hilts on the side of the ribcage.
Two ornate swords with tassels on the ribs
Three gold metallic feather designs with chevron patterns on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Three gold feathers on white
Realistic colour tattoo of a painted lady butterfly in orange, pink and black on a forearm, with faded butterfly shapes above it.
Realistic painted lady butterfly on a forearm
Collage of pencil-style sketches of a pocket watch, roses and leaves with a scroll banner reading Time Stays Long Enough For Those Who Use It, shown in several stages of shading.
Pocket watch and rose banner design
Two black and grey traditional swallows in flight, one above the other, tattooed on a person's back.
Two swallows on the back
Two wrists side by side, each with three small solid black bird silhouettes in flight, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Matching bird silhouettes on two wrists
Three black and grey photographs of forearms with geometric blackwork tattoos of hexagons, stripes and star shapes, shown from the same angle.
Geometric blackwork forearm sleeves in three views
Grey flourished script reading faith above smaller pink lettering that reads is things which are hoped for and not seen, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Faith script lettering design
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
Pencil drawing of a stylised bird with outstretched wings and a swirling tail, a tattoo design on paper with no body part shown.
Stylised winged bird design in pencil
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, showing a profile silhouette with a ship inside it, surrounded by looping script.
Profile silhouette and script on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two sunflowers, a peony and smaller flowers with leaves across an upper arm and shoulder.
Sunflower and peony floral tattoo on upper arm
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
Close photo of a rough red line drawing of a skull on the upper arm near the elbow, set against a plastic-covered backdrop.
Red sketched skull on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a silhouetted child on a wire, a bird on a small wooden structure, bare branches and ruined buildings.
Silhouette child on a wire beneath bare branches
Colour tattoo of two cat heads, one orange tabby and one grey tabby, in a fine line illustrative style on the forearm.
Two cat heads on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Stop Watching and Start Doing inside a thin diamond outline on a forearm, in lettering style.
Stop Watching and Start Doing lettering
Black script lettering reading Just Breathe with a full stop, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Just Breathe script lettering design

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