Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photograph of clasped hands, with a musical staff and notes tattooed across the back of one hand.
Musical staff tattoo on the hand
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a coiled rope wrapped around the shank, shown on the upper arm.
Anchor and rope on upper arm
Black stencil-style lettering reading USMC above SMEPER FI across the upper back, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
USMC and Semper Fi lettering on upper back
Colour tattoo of a mountain, pine trees, a lake and yellow flowers inside a diamond frame on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Mountain lake and pines on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a dreamcatcher hanging from a twig, with three feathers, beads and loose cords, drawn on paper beside two pencils.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and beads sketch
Black and mint brushstroke crescent tattoo with a dotted trail on the inner forearm, shown with the wrist raised.
Brushstroke crescent moon on a forearm
Two small matching black dot and dash tattoos sit on the inner forearms of two people standing side by side.
Matching dot and dash tattoos on forearms
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with dog tags on a beaded chain, placed across a man's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Roses and dog tags on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of a compass rose with orange falling leaves and blue and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm, in a watercolour style.
Watercolour compass and falling leaves on a forearm
Black line drawing flash design of a coffee mug with a Death banner above and a Before Decaf banner below, unshaded apart from a dark coffee surface.
Coffee mug with Death before Decaf banners
Pencil and pen drawing of two roses inside a triangle, shaded in grey at the top and pink-red at the base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Rose within a triangle design
Close photo of a red rose tattoo with grey leaves on a person's shoulder, in a traditional-style design with bold outlines.
Red rose on a shoulder
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Carpe Diem with three small birds beneath it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Carpe Diem script with three birds on the upper back
Teal and cream dragon design with red fins and ornate gold details, drawn on a black background, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal dragon design on black
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading walk by faith on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Black fine line drawing of a lotus flower with a long curling stem on a white background, suited to a botanical tattoo design.
Fine line lotus flower design
Three people seen from behind in a kitchen, each with a small black line tree tattoo on the upper back, one with a small bird in the branches.
Bare tree tattoos on shoulder blades
Colour traditional-style flower mandala tattoo with red petals, a teal centre and green and orange leaves on a forearm, against a brick wall.
Red and teal flower mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork flash design of an ornate central motif with crescent moons and geometric diamonds on a white background.
Ornamental dotwork design with crescent moons
Two matching blue butterfly tattoos on forearms, one with the word Daughter and the other with Mother in script above and below the wings.
Matching butterfly tattoos on two forearms
Drawing of a skeleton in profile within an ornate scrolled cameo frame, with pink roses, spider webs and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skeleton cameo with roses in ornate frame
Black typewriter-font quote tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked column on the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the ribs
Realistic bronze-toned gears and mechanical parts shown inside peeled oval panels across a woman's upper back.
Mechanical gears in peeled panels on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun with a face and orbiting planets on the inside of a forearm, with a small cluster of stars.
Sun and planets on a forearm
Small black anchor tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a Traditional style, with a turquoise bracelet and ring nearby.
Anchor tattoo on a wrist
Black and white photo of fine line script lettering reading Wild Child on the side of a ribcage, above a dark garment band.
Wild Child script on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain landscape with a cabin and pine trees in a circle, with the words Home is where the mountains are, on an upper arm.
Mountain landscape with Home is where the mountains are
Gold ink drawing of an ornate geometric mandala with dotted chains and drop shapes on dark paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Gold mandala design with dotted chains
Black and grey tattoo of a woman wearing a wolf's head like a hood, with a shaded rose and swirls, on a forearm.
Wolf-headed woman and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Rolleicord twin-lens reflex camera with its lens and nameplate shown in detail, on a calf.
Rolleicord twin-lens camera on a calf
Black ink tattoo of two suited figures with monkey and giraffe heads on a shoulder and upper back, Blackwork style.
Monkey and giraffe gentlemen on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a back with fine-line tattoo of curving parallel lines that run down the spine and cross over the lower back.
Curved parallel lines across lower back
Woman seen from behind on a beach with two solid black quotation mark tattoos, one either side of her upper back.
Two quotation marks on upper back
Black ornamental mandala tattoo wrapping around the inner wrist and lower forearm, built from dotwork and fine linework.
Ornate mandala wrist cuff tattoo
Close photograph of a fine line black cursive script tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm, with a grey sleeve at the top of the frame.
Cursive script lettering on an inner forearm
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of a stylised clef with three dots on the inner wrist and forearm.
Stylised clef and dots on a wrist
Black outline starburst tattoo reading BAZINGA in bold lettering, placed on the upper arm near the shoulder.
BAZINGA starburst tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and ornate detail on the inner forearm, with vertical lines running up the arm.
Geometric circle tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink peony with green leaves across the forearm, drawn in a botanical style with bold black outlines.
Peony and leaves on a forearm
Neo-traditional drawing of a red-haired woman with a feather headdress, a raven and an axe, shaded in black and grey with red hair.
Woman with raven and axe design
Black cat silhouette tattoo with the words Cat love on a wrist, with a second sheet of cat designs below.
Black cat silhouettes on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoos on a woman's upper back, showing a solid black triangle with a crescent above and a winged design on the right shoulder blade.
Triangle and wings across a woman's upper back
Hand-drawn ink sketch of an arrow with a black brushed arrowhead, a thin black shaft and a red splashed fletching on white paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ink arrow with red fletching
Black and grey rose tattoo with a thorned stem and two leaves on the ankle, shaded with stippled dotwork on the petals.
Rose with thorned stem on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of three thin parallel bands wrapping around a woman's forearm, photographed against a grey-blue background.
Three thin bands around a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a city skyline, a red bridge, a moon and two stars, with a quote on banners.
City skyline, red bridge and quote banners on a calf
Black linework tattoos of stacked concentric circles run down both calves of a barefoot person standing with their back to the camera.
Concentric circle tattoos on both calves
Black ink drawing of an ornamental treble clef with a Celtic knot, scrolls and leaf details, shown on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Ornamental treble clef with Celtic knot

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