Tattoo ideas

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

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Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the side of a finger, with a gold ring on the neighbouring finger.
Small black cat silhouette on a finger
Black ink butterfly tattoo with lace-like wing patterns and dotted trailing lines, in a blackwork style, on a person's upper back over the shoulder blade.
Lace-patterned butterfly on a shoulder blade
Close photo of a black lettering tattoo reading Family on one finger and a small dark anchor tattoo on another finger, in a Lettering style on the hand.
Family script and anchor on fingers
Five small white bird silhouettes flying in a diagonal line across a lower leg, shown as a white ink tattoo on tanned skin against a teal background.
Five white birds in flight on a lower leg
Fine line drawing of a tattoo design showing an infinity symbol with the words love and live along it and a feather at the lower end, in black ink on a plain background.
Infinity symbol with feather and script
Small black airplane silhouette tattoo on a forearm, photographed in black and white beside an aircraft window.
Small airplane silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Small black and grey cat tattoo with stippled shading on the ankle, shown in a black and white close-up with a trouser cuff above it.
Small cat on an ankle
Black ink tattoo of four arrows with feather and leaf fletching and stippled dotwork arrowheads, on the upper arm.
Four arrows on an upper arm
Two hands held together with a small unicorn head tattooed on the side of each index finger, one outlined with pink shading and one in grey.
Matching unicorn tattoos on fingers
Colour tattoo of a four-quadrant house crest with a gold outline and black linework, in red, yellow, green and blue, on the forearm, with script lettering above it.
Hogwarts house crest on an arm
Black outline Hello Kitty tattoo with a red bow on the lower abdomen, partly visible under a lifted tie-dye top.
Hello Kitty tattoo on the lower abdomen
Woman seen from behind with a gold filigree ornament tattoo running down her spine and a smaller gold design on her forearm.
Gold ornament down the spine
Small black ink tattoo of a coiling dragon with a spiral tail on the inner wrist, photographed close up against a dark background.
Small dragon tattoo on the inner wrist
White line Celtic knot designs on a black background, including square, circular, cross and triquetra shapes, shown as a flash sheet for tattoo reference.
Celtic knot flash sheet
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of two birds and roses with white linework on a dark shaded background, with script above.
Birds and roses on upper arm
Black and grey full arm sleeve with chrysanthemums, flower of life geometry and dotwork, with red script on the forearm, shown on both arms.
Full sleeve with chrysanthemums and sacred geometry
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship, lighthouse and waves across a person's upper chest.
Sailing ship and lighthouse on the chest
Black tribal-style design of a horse head with a flowing mane and sweeping swirl lines, drawn on a cream gradient background.
Tribal horse head with flowing swirls
Colour botanical tattoo of pink flowers and falling petals with a black ornate symbol, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink flowers and petals with a black symbol on a back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, a peony and leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Botanical roses and peony on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.
Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm
Hand resting beside a feather-and-mandala drawing, showing a small fine line feather tattoo on a finger and a tiny crescent moon tattoo beside it.
Small feather and crescent moon finger tattoos
Black and white ink drawing of a large letter S, its strokes formed from flowing flame-like lines and ocean waves with foam crests.
Wave and flame letter S design
Two palms-up wrists with matching fine-line black script tattoos, one reading I believe in you and the other reading I believe in you, too.
Matching script quote tattoos on the wrists
Black and grey fine line botanical tattoo of a cow parsley sprig with stippled flower heads on the inner upper arm.
Cow parsley sprig on the upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, buds and trailing vines across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style.
Black and grey roses on shoulder and upper arm
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a mandala of red spades and hearts, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman's face within a red and black mandala
Two forearms raised in thumbs up, each with a navy oval badge reading it's AWESOME time in white lettering, lettering style, on the forearm.
Matching thumbs up badge tattoos on forearms
Black fine line tattoo of a faceted geometric mountain above a laurel wreath on the upper back, shown from behind.
Geometric mountain and laurel on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey-green fish with a dagger through it, set inside a red rope ring on the lower leg.
Fish and dagger within a rope ring on a calf
Black ink lotus flower tattoo with a curled swirl and dots on the top of a bare foot with dark red toenails, resting on white bedding.
Lotus flower tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of two black Mickey and Minnie silhouettes, with a pink bow on Minnie, arranged in a heart of purple and teal stars and the word Believe in lettering, on a lower leg.
Mickey and Minnie heart with stars on a calf
Colour tattoo of a road with white edge lines and a yellow centre line running towards purple mountains, a turquoise sky with white clouds and a starry night patch, and a red angular star burst, on a
Road through mountains and night sky on a forearm
Black line drawing of a howling wolf in a faceted geometric style, with pine trees rising inside a circular moon, on a beige background.
Geometric howling wolf with pines in a moon
Realism tattoo of a greyscale lion head with pink cherry blossom branches and a pink lotus flower on the upper arm.
Lion, cherry blossom and lotus on upper arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of two arrows with small heart outlines along the shafts, on the inner forearm.
Two arrows and hearts on a forearm
Black line drawing of a fine-line geometric design with three feathers, two arrows, diamond shapes, a circle and dangling beads, with no body part shown.
Feathers, arrows and beads line design
Fine line tattoo of small animals holding blue, purple and red balloons across the upper arm.
Animals holding balloons on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a horned helmeted Viking, a woman warrior, a longship and knotwork bands, with a few red and orange oak leaves, across the upper arm and
Viking warrior full sleeve
Black and white photo of a black fine line Bowie logo and italic script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black lace bra and dark jeans visible beside it.
Bowie logo and script on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of concentric rings of square blocks centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, photographed from behind.
Dotwork concentric circle on upper back
Black outline tattoo of a horseshoe crab on an upper arm, with a second photo of a similar fine line horseshoe crab on a forearm.
Horseshoe crab outline on arm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Roman numeral clock face, gears, a key, a rose and a pocket watch.
Clock, rose and feather full sleeve
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two roses with leaves on a woman's inner wrist, wearing an orange top.
Rose sprig on the inner wrist
Small black outline tattoo of a cartoon elephant with its trunk curled and one front leg raised, on the ankle.
Small outline elephant on an ankle
Colourful tattoo of an elephant covered in swirl patterns, with a pink and orange flower and the script words Forever With No Exchanges, shown on skin.
Swirl-patterned elephant with script
Dotwork tattoo of a gothic castle with tall spires on an upper arm, with a small blue crescent moon above it.
Gothic castle on an upper arm

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