Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey stag head tattoo with wide antlers and an arrow running across them, on a person's upper back.
Stag head with arrow across antlers on upper back
Black and white photo of two hands crossed at the wrist against a black background, with small tattoos on the knuckles and a wristwatch on one wrist.
Hands with knuckle tattoos and a wristwatch
Colour tattoo of cartoon Mickey and Minnie Mouse kissing, placed on the lower back.
Mickey and Minnie kissing on lower back
Black fine line script tattoo reading You get what you give, running across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on inner wrist
Woman seen from behind with a black dotwork ornamental V-shaped tattoo on her neck and small dotwork designs on the back of her hand.
Ornamental V-shaped neck tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a snake coiled around it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Skull and snake tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line mandala sleeve covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a beige crop top.
Mandala sleeve on an arm
Black ink botanical tattoo of a flower vine running from the neck down the upper back and shoulder blade of a woman seen from behind.
Flower vine running down the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a blindfolded winged woman with red splashes and cracking stone limbs, placed on the calf.
Blindfolded winged figure turning to stone on a calf
Two colour cartoon tattoos of a large cat and a smaller dog, one on each forearm, drawn in bold outlines with yellow, orange and purple fill.
Two cartoon cat and dog tattoos on forearms
Two inner wrists showing tattoos of swallows in muted brown and grey, with a nest of eggs beneath the swallow on the left wrist.
Swallow and nest on wrists
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing playing card suits and dice above a scroll banner with script lettering, with flames behind and touches of red.
Playing cards and dice with flames on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of flame-like scrollwork and swirls on a forearm, with a wristwatch worn over a small tattoo near the wrist.
Flame-like scrollwork on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red lily with black and grey smoke-like swirls on the side of a person's ribs, in a realistic and Japanese-influenced style.
Red lily with smoke swirls on ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses with leaves running down the outer thigh, with a hand and bracelet resting beside it.
Three roses with leaves on a thigh
Flash sheet of numbered braille and cursive script word designs such as love, joy, courage and peace, drawn in black ink on white.
Braille word flash sheet
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on the side of a torso showing a pastel pony in a dessert bowl, surrounded by a cupcake, balloons and a star.
Pastel pony, cupcakes and balloons on the ribs
Black and grey wine glass tattoo on a forearm, its bowl filled with a curling wave and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork style.
Wine glass with wave on a forearm
Small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger in a fine line style, on a hand raised in front of a black Buddha statue.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Black and grey dotwork tattoo across a back showing two skeletons inside a geometric dotted frame, an eye in a triangle above, and botanical flowers and a tooth below.
Twin skeletons and eye on a back piece
Black lettering tattoo reading "If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough" in a typewriter font across the upper arm, with a camera held over the face.
Typewriter quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Plankton shouting and waving inside a white bubble outline, in a neo-traditional style on skin.
Plankton cartoon inside a bubble outline
Red line drawing on tracing paper of a compass, swallow, rose and feather with banners reading Never Forget and Where you're from, in a traditional style.
Compass, swallow and rose stencil
Fine line black outline tattoo of the world map on the side of a thigh, with an orange floral fabric above it.
World map outline on a thigh
Two forearms side by side with matching black linework tattoos on each: a geometric boat and anchor with blue watercolour wash on one, and a compass rose with red watercolour wash on the other.
Matching compass and anchor forearm tattoos
Back view of a person with two blue traditional swallow tattoos, one on each side of the upper back near the shoulder blades.
Two traditional swallows on upper back
Black ink flash design of a woman with long hair embracing a skeletal punk with a mohawk and eye patch, above a banner reading I AM YOURS.
Skull punk and woman with banner design
Black and grey bat with spread wings, flanked by peony, sunflower and poppy flowers, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Bat and flowers across upper back
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a white masked face surrounded by peony flowers on the upper arm, with small red charms on the left.
White mask with flowers on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a fine line arrow tattoo running along the inner forearm, with a dark knitted sleeve pushed up above it.
Fine line arrow on a forearm
Black monoline lettering on a white background spelling WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, in a lettering tattoo design.
Spaced lettering reading WARR;OR
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cat's head wearing a feathered headdress, pearl strands and a gem, with a small butterfly below.
Cat head with feathers and pearls
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central flower on a woman's shoulder, with a patterned fabric in the background.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black tribal-style flash drawing of a wolf head in profile, muzzle raised as if howling, on a white background.
Howling wolf head design
Solid black fleur-de-lis design with curling scrollwork flourishes on either side, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Fleur-de-lis with swirling scrollwork
Black and grey dotwork mandala and hexagon leg sleeves running from thigh to ankle on three pairs of legs.
Dotwork mandala leg sleeves on three legs
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, showing a sailing ship among clouds and peony flowers in a Japanese style.
Black and grey clouds and ship sleeve on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a hatched mountain range above the script words there was nowhere to go but everywhere, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain range and script quote on upper back
Full sleeve tattoo in grey shading on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skull, an alien-like figure and mechanical pipes and tubes.
Biomechanical skull sleeve on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of three chevron arrows pointing right on a man's forearm, with arms crossed over a denim shirt.
Three chevrons on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a power line with a small red heart above them, on the upper back of a woman holding a camera.
Two birds on a wire with a red heart
Gold metallic ornamental tattoos with swirls and dark jewel accents across a hand, wrist, upper arm and shoulder.
Gold ornamental temporary tattoos on arm and hand
Botanical tattoo of pink lilies and dark curling vines running from the ankle across the top of a bare foot.
Pink lily vine across ankle and foot
Pen sketch of a weeping willow rising from a cupped open hand, drawn in black ink with dense hatching, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Weeping willow growing from an open hand
Watercolour-style heart tattoo in pink and teal with splash details, on the forearm.
Watercolour heart on a forearm
Solid black tribal phoenix tattoo with spread wings and flame detail across a person's back.
Tribal phoenix across the back
Black and grey winged bird tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, photographed from behind with her face out of frame.
Winged bird tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sunflower with leaves and a stem running down the inner upper arm.
Sunflower and leaves on upper arm

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