Tattoo ideas

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

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Forearm tattoo of a figure with spiky dark hair, drawn in sketchy black linework with pink, purple and red watercolour splashes.
Watercolour portrait with sketched linework on forearm
Small blue TARDIS police box tattoo on the inner wrist in a fine line style, with teal glitter nail polish on the hand above.
Small TARDIS tattoo on a wrist
Black linework tattoo of a police box outline on the upper arm, with a block of capitalised lettering quoting nine hundred years of time and space.
Police box quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon kitty wearing a pink bow on a teal yarn ball with knitting needles and pink stars, placed on a person's stomach.
Kitty on a yarn ball with knitting needles
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate floral heart and dotted chain drapes across a woman's upper back and nape, photographed from behind.
Ornamental floral back piece with dotted chains
Pencil drawing of a heart formed by two feathered angel wings with a halo above, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Winged heart with halo pencil design
Black and grey linework tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a ribbon of music staff with notes, bare trees, clouds and a row of piano keys.
Piano keys and music staff on an upper arm
Close-up of the inner wrist with thin dark script tattoo reading All my love, Dad, in a handwriting style lettering.
All my love, Dad script on a wrist
Flash design of a pair of stylised phoenix wings in red, orange and yellow with black outlines and feather detail, shown without a body placement.
Pair of fiery phoenix wings
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in soft natural light.
Red rose tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey ink drawing of a stag, wolf and bear head stacked one above another in a realistic style, on a light grey background.
Stacked stag, wolf and bear heads
Black tribal band design of interlocking swirls, spirals and curved motifs on a white background, suitable as an armband style tattoo.
Tribal band design in solid black
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading passion across the inside of a wrist.
Passion script on a wrist
Fine line dragonfly tattoo with teal and purple wings and black swirling tail and antennae, on a person's back.
Teal and purple dragonfly on upper back
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon, each with a drawn face and dotted chain detail, in a Dotwork and fine line style on the forearms.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with dotted chains
Black and grey pencil drawing of a mermaid with wind-swept hair, a shell top and a curling wave-shaped tail, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with flowing hair and wave tail
Watercolour-style forearm tattoo with black script reading carpe diem and an abstract double helix in green, red and orange washes.
Carpe diem script and DNA helix on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged figure with head bowed and long hair, shown on skin.
Winged figure with bowed head tattoo
Small black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a heart and cross on the back of an ankle, with a denim trouser hem and sandal visible.
Anchor, heart and cross on an ankle
Fine line black outline tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and three small hearts above it, on the side of a ribcage.
Small elephant and hearts on ribs
Black fine-line tattoo of a torus shape with radiating vertical lines on the inside of an upper arm, in a geometric style.
Striped torus outline on upper arm
Black script reading Bad Kitty with a paw print and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm, with a tabby cat resting beside it.
Bad Kitty script and paw print on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face on a calf, with lettering on the thigh and a winged design on the hip, shown on a bed.
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a leg
Two photographs of a woman in a black strappy swimsuit by a pool, with a small dark tattoo on her mid back visible in the right-hand image.
Small back tattoo beside a black strappy swimsuit
Bold black ink tattoo of a crown above a triangle containing the letters FOB, on a forearm near the elbow.
Crown and FOB triangle on forearm
A flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, arrows, chevrons, a hamsa hand and geometric borders, shown on a white background.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black ink line drawing of a heart made of leaf veins, with the word DAD formed from leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Heart of leaves spelling DAD
Two matching small botanical tattoos of a rose sprig with leaves in dark ink on the inner forearms near the wrists.
Matching rose sprig tattoos on two wrists
Black tribal tattoo covering the chest, shoulder and arm of a shirtless man, with a sun-like face at the centre of the chest piece.
Tribal sun chest and arm sleeve
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with outlined leaves and buds across a person's hip and upper thigh, in Traditional style.
Black and grey roses on hip and thigh
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo running along a person's forearm, with denim shorts and a white top in the background.
Fine line script on a forearm
Red biohazard symbol with blue-fletched arrows crossing it and black lettering reading Fight the dead and Fear the living, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Biohazard and crossed arrows slogan tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of crossed arrows with the letters M and R and two small dots on a forearm, covered with cling film and tape.
Crossed arrows with M and R on a forearm
Black serif lettering spelling LADYLIKE, one letter per finger across both hands, in a lettering style with pink nail polish visible.
LADYLIKE lettered across fingers
Small black fine line lotus tattoo on the side of a woman's ribs, beside a white lace halter dress.
Small lotus tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word faith in cursive script across the upper back.
Infinity symbol with faith script on upper back
Black line drawing of a woman with a red rose and small olive accents, a fine line style tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Line drawn woman holding a rose on upper back
Small black fine line arrow tattoo with a dotted shaft on the upper shoulder, near the collarbone.
Fine line arrow on the shoulder
Two hands with a fine black and silver geometric arrow design across the back of each hand, with a black band pattern on the wrist and stacked silver rings.
Arrow designs on two hands and wrists
Black tribal tattoo with bold swirling shapes on the lower back, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Black tribal tattoo on the lower back
Close photo of a line of black cursive script tattoo running up a man's forearm, with a dark wristwatch and green top visible.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo of nested triangles forming a star on the inner wrist, shown in black and grey.
Nested triangle star on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Bad Wolf, with a blue TARDIS with a yellow lantern in place of the letter d, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Bad Wolf script with a blue TARDIS
Black handwritten script reading Here comes the sun with a full stop, drawn as a fine line tattoo design on a plain white background.
Here comes the sun handwritten script
Black silhouette paw prints in a diagonal trail on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Trail of paw prints design
Before and after photos of a forearm lettering cover-up: black script lyrics on the left, and on the right a coloured tattoo of lined notebook paper showing the corrected wording.
Lettering cover-up and fix-up on a forearm
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Namaste with a small ornate symbol at the end, placed on the forearm.
Namaste script on the forearm
Black ink dreamcatcher with two hanging feathers on the upper arm of a woman with long hair, seen from behind in a wooded setting.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on upper arm

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