Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a bow made from sheet music with musical notes, shown on the outer arm.
Sheet music bow on an arm
Close view of a midriff with a green claw-mark logo design on the stomach, beside a black belt with green studs and a large yellow-green claw-mark graphic in the background.
Green claw-mark design on abdomen
Two square white cards on a wooden table, each showing a gold radial mandala design with petal shapes and dotted borders, drawn as a tattoo flash style design.
Gold mandala designs on two white cards
Black ink line drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds and sunburst rays, in a traditional style.
Hot air balloon and journey banners flash
Black and grey ornamental scrollwork tattoo with a bottle-like motif on the chest beneath the bust, shown with a black bra partly lifted by a hand.
Ornate scrollwork tattoo below the bust
Colour realism tattoo of a red lipstick and two leopard print lipstick cases on a forearm, with a pink swirl above them.
Lipstick and leopard print tubes on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a large Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and gold tones across her back, with a tribal armband on her upper arm.
Dragon tattoo across a woman's back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock, roses and ornamental swirls covering a man's shoulder, upper arm and upper chest.
Clock and roses on a shoulder and arm
Sketch-style black and grey cat face tattoo with blue eyes on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Sketched cat face on a shoulder blade
Small black fine line tattoo of triangle and Roman numerals VII and VIII on the inner forearm near the wrist, with beaded bracelets above.
Roman numerals VII and VIII on inner wrist
Pencil sketch of a smiling shiba inu wearing a conical straw hat, with a sword, a moon, drifting petals and grass, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo.
Smiling shiba samurai in a straw hat
Fine line black tattoo of a wave shape across the top of a finger, with a silver ring on the next finger.
Wave line tattoo across a finger
Two small black and grey tattoos, an acorn on the left wrist and a squirrel on the right wrist, shown with palms up against grass.
Acorn and squirrel on the wrists
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals and hands, framed by acanthus scrollwork, on an upper arm.
Realistic clock with scrollwork on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a jagged mountain ridge outline in dark ink on an upper arm, with a grey sleeve above it.
Jagged mountain ridge line tattoo on upper arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of small scattered stars running from the nape of the neck down the upper back, with dark hair in a loose bun.
Trail of stars down the back of the neck
Realistic colour tattoo of an animal eye with a vertical pupil, showing a savanna scene with an elephant and trees reflected inside, on a forearm.
Animal eye with savanna scene on forearm
Black flash sheet of a bird, floral sprigs, scroll ornaments, a lace border and a flower, drawn as tattoo designs in a stencil-like style.
Floral and bird flash sheet in black
Black-ink musical staff tattoos with notes wrapping around a forearm, in fine line style, placed near the wrist and above the elbow.
Musical staff bands on a forearm
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a black arrow with a patterned geometric shaft and the words follow your arrow where ever it points, drawn on lined paper.
Arrow with follow your arrow lettering
Black block lettering reading WAL MART with a star in the middle, tattooed across a man's lower back above his jeans and brown belt.
WAL★MART lettering across lower back
Close-up of a watercolour-style orange flower bloom with black script lettering on a person's ankle.
Orange bloom and script on an ankle
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper back with blue teardrop panels holding white lightning bolt, triangle, skull and animal motifs around a lotus centre.
Mandala with blue symbol panels on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a slanted script on the side of an ankle.
Latitude and longitude numbers on an ankle
Chest tattoo of a Death Star between two crossed lightsabers and pink roses, shown as a black outline above and in full colour below, in traditional style.
Death Star and roses on chest
Realistic colour tattoo of a lion head with orange and blue halves and yellow eyes, on an upper arm.
Split-colour lion head on an upper arm
Two small black fine line tattoos, a ship's wheel on one ankle and an anchor on the other, photographed in sunlight on a red wooden deck.
Ship's wheel and anchor ankle tattoos
Black and grey sunflower tattoo in a botanical style, with dotwork shading in the centre, on a forearm.
Sunflower tattoo on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of red hockey gloves with a maple leaf on the cuff and a banner reading Droppin' Mitts, on a lower leg.
Red hockey gloves with banner on a leg
Small black typewriter-style text reading no retreat no regrets on a forearm, with a hand holding a Starbucks cup beside it.
No retreat no regrets on a forearm
Three pencil and ink flash drawings of roses inside triangular frames, drawn on translucent paper, with botanical and geometric detailing.
Three triangle framed rose designs on tracing paper
Black and grey ink drawing of a ribcage, spine and pelvis entwined with flowers and leaves inside a dotted circle, labelled Libra, as a tattoo design.
Libra skeleton and flowers design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a clenched fist gripping a wrench, with the words Working Class, red stars and flowers, on a limb.
Working Class fist and wrench
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf showing a grey heart-shaped padlock with a key through its keyhole, pink ribbon, orange and pink flowers, and three silver keys hanging below.
Heart padlock and keys on a calf
Hand raised against a black and gold botanical wallpaper, with a small gold metallic rose tattoo in a botanical style on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold rose temporary tattoo on a wrist
Small fine line tattoo of a cat's face on the ankle, with one half solid black and the other half in grey tabby-style linework.
Small cat face on an ankle
Small pixel art tattoo of a trainer in a red cap beside Pikachu on the forearm, shown in black, red and yellow ink.
Pixel art trainer and Pikachu on a forearm
Pencil and ink design drawing of a leaping antlered hare decorated with purple dahlia flowers, drawn in dotwork shading on tracing paper.
Leaping hare with antlers and purple dahlias
Black fine line tattoo of a lace pattern with daisy-like flowers and vines wrapped around the forearm near the elbow.
Lace and flower band on a forearm
Four black flash designs on a tan background: a vinyl record with lightning bolts, an abstract blue and black star, and two cracked hearts, one with radiating rays.
Vinyl, lightning and cracked heart flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, framed by shaded roses and leaves, with no body part visible.
Pocket watch and roses design sketch
Large grey phoenix tattoo with long flowing tail feathers across a woman's back, with a small star and a small character tattoo nearby.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's back
Black and grey tattoo of a luna moth on a branch inside a solid black circle on the forearm, with botanical sprigs at the top left.
Luna moth on a branch in a black circle
Black lettering tattoo in a non-Latin script running vertically down the forearm.
Vertical non-Latin script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a London skyline drawn as a heartbeat line across the inner forearm, with a rainy view of the city behind.
London skyline heartbeat line on forearm
Colour full sleeve tattoo of Simpsons cartoon characters covering an upper arm and forearm, worn by a seated man in a grey t-shirt.
Simpsons characters full sleeve tattoo
Small solid black geometric tattoo of arrowheads and vertical bars across the inner wrist, in a black and white photograph.
Playback symbols on a wrist
Black outline drawing of a heartbeat trace on a flat line, with a castle silhouette at the peak and a Mickey Mouse ear shape in the trough, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heartbeat line with castle and Mickey ears

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