Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves and stems on a lower leg, above a cream platform ankle boot with sheer floral mesh panels.
Grey botanical leaves and stems on a lower leg
A multicoloured puzzle-piece heart design on the upper back of a woman with long dark hair, on a wooden pier by the water.
Puzzle heart on a upper back
Black and grey tattoo of shaded plumeria flowers with tribal swirls and bands running down the side of a thigh.
Plumeria and tribal design on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm of a bare tree whose trunk rises from a shaded anatomical heart with visible blood vessels.
Bare tree growing from an anatomical heart
Black and white photo of a fine line chevron tattoo wrapping across the inner wrist, like a thin bracelet, with a striped shirt sleeve above.
Fine line chevron around a wrist
Woman seen from behind with both arms raised in peace signs, showing a dark shaded tattoo on her upper arm and a small neck tattoo, in a wooded gorge.
Peace signs and arm tattoo in a wooded gorge
Two matching neo-traditional tattoos on wrists: a heart-shaped padlock with the word Always and a key with the word Forever, in grey shading with dotwork accents.
Padlock and key pair on two wrists
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with red roses and a yellow flower, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman in feathered headdress with roses on upper arm
Black linework outline of an ornamental lotus-style design with filigree swirls, tattooed on the upper back.
Ornamental lotus outline on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a tiger cub sitting in water with a small fish, with a butterfly above, on a person's upper back.
Tiger cub with butterfly on upper back
Black and grey rose tattoo on the back of a hand, with a partly visible clock tattoo on the wrist and forearm.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Realistic coloured galaxy and nebula tattoo with an orange and red glowing core and scattered stars on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Galaxy and nebula on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and leaves across a person's side over the ribs, with dotwork shading.
Peony and leaves on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a flower of life in black linework over blue, purple and teal watercolour splashes, on the inner upper arm.
Flower of life with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Grace with a small cross above the final letter, on the inner forearm.
Grace script and cross on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of the Autobot insignia with red roses and a blue sky background, placed on the thigh.
Autobot emblem with roses on a thigh
Black tribal swirl butterfly wings with a teal awareness ribbon forming the body, tattooed on pale skin with freckles.
Teal ribbon and swirl butterfly
Six-panel sequence showing concealer applied over a colour anatomical heart tattoo on a forearm until it is almost invisible.
Anatomical heart tattoo covered with concealer
Realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a dark branch, with grey flowers, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Cardinal on a branch across a back and shoulder
Full colour sleeve tattoo of cartoon characters on a pink and blue cloud background, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Cartoon characters full sleeve on an arm
Back of a person's neck with a tattoo of a red rose on a thorned stem, with grey shaded leaves, placed centrally at the nape.
Red rose with shaded leaves on the neck
Realistic blue and black butterfly tattoo with white spots and soft shading, on a area of skin with a shadow beneath it.
Blue realistic butterfly on skin
Realism tattoo of a Roman numeral pocket watch, a white rose and a teal eye on an upper arm, shown in two photos.
Pocket watch, rose and eye on an arm
Black and grey photograph of a large tribal tattoo with a sun motif covering the shoulder, upper arm and upper chest.
Polynesian-style tribal sleeve on shoulder and chest
Small pixel-art tattoo of two characters, one in red and one in yellow-green, on a woman's ankle.
Two pixel characters on an ankle
Small black and grey sailing ship tattoo with stippled shading and rigging on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open eye with a falling tear, shown on an upper arm.
Realistic eye with a tear on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a red watercolour poppy on the upper back, with cursive script running down the spine, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Red poppy and script down the spine
Black ink line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling feathers and a long curling tail on a plain pale background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Flowing phoenix line design
Colour tattoo of a geometric fox curled with a trail of turquoise and red feathers across a person's hip and side, in a geometric style.
Geometric fox and turquoise feathers on a hip
Small black and grey shaded tattoo of a seated panda on the upper arm, with a grey t-shirt sleeve visible.
Seated panda on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star under peeling skin, filled with words such as friendship, freedom and love, on a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn skin star with virtue words on upper arm
Traditional style black and grey tattoo flash of a crying crescent moon face, a woman in profile with a rose and swallow in her hair, and the words I HOPE YOU'RE MISERABLE.
Crescent moon, woman and rose design
Realism tattoo of a silver zipper opening the skin over the shoulder to reveal red muscle fibres beneath.
Zip opening skin to red muscle on shoulder
Close photo of blue-grey handwritten lettering reading Babby Girl on the back of a person's neck.
Handwritten lettering on the back of the neck
Small pink watercolour-style rose tattoo with green stems and leaves on the forearm of a person in a grey top.
Two pink roses on a forearm
Black line tattoos on the inner forearm: a geometric egg-shaped sun motif, a semicircle with rays and a small mark, and a sun with an arrow, heart and banner in fine line style.
Three geometric line tattoos on a forearm
Pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with roses, hibiscus flowers and leaves, as a tattoo design sketch.
Anchor with roses and hibiscus drawing
Fine line tattoos of three small black birds in flight on the inner wrist, with a matching trio on another person's shoulder and a partly visible finger tattoo at the top left.
Three small flying birds on wrist and shoulder
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon with lace-like detail, beaded strands, a star and a pentagram charm, set over a purple and blue watercolour wash.
Crescent moon with pentagram charm
Colour traditional tattoo of a wooden log with a pink and yellow banner reading FROM BENEATH YOU IT DEVOURS, shown on skin.
Wooden log with banner reading From Beneath You It Devours
Black and grey script reading Rebel across the lower abdomen, flanked by two shaded revolvers with red roses, with a navel piercing visible above.
Rebel lettering with revolvers and roses
Colour tattoo of peacock and pheasant feathers running down a thigh, with brown leather boots above it.
Feather tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows above the Roman numerals XVIII IX MMX on the upper arm, with a script tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Two swallows and Roman numerals on upper arm
White ink mandala tattoo with layered petals and a dotted centre, sitting on a forearm against a dark leather surface.
White ink mandala on forearm
Small red cross-stitch style heart tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside a red fabric bracelet.
Cross-stitch heart on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a watercolour-style blue Totoro, a small companion creature, a grey No-Face character and red flowers with green leaves.
Totoro and No-Face on upper arm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a riveted, mechanical-looking claw with hatched shading, on the outer upper arm.
Riveted mechanical claw on upper arm

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