Tattoo ideas

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

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Large black mandala tattoo with fine dotted rings and ornamental petals across the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Black mandala on upper back
Small black silhouette tattoo of a flock of birds on a woman's upper back, with her hair pulled up and her face turned away from the camera.
Flock of birds on upper back
Black line drawing of a hand-drawn sun with rays, with the words LIFE IS TOUGH BUT SO ARE YOU lettered inside the circle, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Line drawn sun with lettered quote
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a city skyline, a sign reading EDGE, a dog and a seated child on a horizontal line, in a dotwork and line style.
City skyline, dog and child on a forearm
A grid of eight black fine line tattoos of wildflowers, sprigs, a leaf, a plant pot and outlined hands, placed on ribs, upper arms and forearms.
Fine line botanical tattoos collage
Colourful seahorse tattoo with black outlines and green seaweed fronds on a forearm, against a vintage map print.
Striped seahorse tattoo on a forearm
Two hands with small black geometric finger tattoos of chevrons, triangles and dots, worn alongside gold rings.
Geometric finger tattoos with gold rings
Traditional style tattoo of a bundle of red arrows tied with a rope, with red drops around it, on a calf, beside a partly visible pin-up tattoo.
Red arrow bundle tied with rope on a calf
Two black ink mandala tattoo designs drawn in fine line on paper, one with a central circle and one with a layered lotus shape.
Two mandala tattoo designs on paper
Black line drawing of a cross joined to a heartbeat line that forms a heart, with the words FAITH, HOPE and LOVE beneath, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat hanging upside down with a striped tail on the forearm, shown in a wide view and a close-up.
Cheshire Cat on a forearm
Close photo of a small fine line sun outline tattoo with a circle and short rays on the top of a foot, near the big toe.
Small sun outline on a foot
Traditional colour tattoo of the Millennium Falcon spaceship between two red roses with green leaves, on a limb resting on a chair.
Millennium Falcon and two roses
Hello Kitty face tattoo on a limb, drawn as numbered dots with black whiskers, eyes and nose and a solid pink bow.
Hello Kitty dot-to-dot face tattoo
Black linework tattoo of an origami crane with floral patterning and a bird with ornate wings on a shoulder, shown in two stacked photos.
Origami crane and bird on a shoulder
Small black fine line tattoo of a crowned key sitting behind a person's ear on the neck.
Crown key behind the ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a shaded rose on a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a floral bouquet with a sunflower, red rose, pink orchids and blue forget-me-nots on the outer thigh.
Floral bouquet with sunflower and rose on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a world map outline on the inside of a wrist, with a raised hand and knitted jumper sleeve.
World map outline on a wrist
Black tree of life tattoo with a central swirl, branches with small red leaves and spreading roots, on a person's upper back.
Tree of life on upper back
Close view of a black-ink traditional-style swallow and rose tattoo on the back of a man's hand and wrist, with his arm crossed over a tweed jacket.
Swallow and rose on a hand
Two photos of script lettering reading Perfectly Imperfect on skin, one with a small red balloon in fine line and one with a shaded feather and birds in grey.
Perfectly Imperfect lettering with balloon and feather
Watercolour-style horse head tattoo on the top of a foot, with black script lettering reading live life beneath it.
Watercolour horse head and script on a foot
Watercolour-style tattoo of a row of rainbow pine trees in red, pink, orange, green and blue across the forearm.
Rainbow watercolour pine trees on a forearm
Realism-style colour tattoo of two butterflies on the top of a foot, one purple and one orange monarch with black wing edges.
Two butterflies on the top of a foot
Black silhouette tattoo design of a pair of feathered wings above a long tapering central spike, drawn on a plain white background.
Symmetrical black wings with a long spike
Black lettering tattoo reading 'And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...' in a serif font on the inner wrist.
Quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo with fine linework and dotwork shading on the inner arm.
Great wave tattoo with dotwork shading
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a world map outline on the inner wrist, with a hand raised in front of a printed map.
Fine line world map on the wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pine tree and mountains inside a dotted diamond and solid triangle, on the inner forearm.
Pine tree and mountains on a forearm
Traditional flash sheet on a cream background showing a hammer, a shield with banner, an Iron Man helmet with a rose, a spider with eye, an eagle with a cube, and a skull.
Traditional flash sheet of superhero designs
Black ink script reading Jeremiah 29:11 above an outlined Ichthys fish with a small cross inside, tattooed on the upper back.
Ichthys fish and Jeremiah 29:11 on upper back
Close-up of a realistic pink rose tattoo with red-edged petals and soft grey shading on a person's forearm.
Realistic pink rose on a forearm
Black and white photo of a man with a large rose tattoo sleeve on his raised forearm and a rose on the back of his hand, his face turned away.
Rose tattoos on a raised forearm and hand
Two women seen from behind, each with a fine line black script tattoo on the upper shoulder, reading 'One in the same' and 'two of a kind'.
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Black lettering reading diabetic in a typewriter style, with a thin arrow below it that has a yellow tip, on the inside of a wrist.
Diabetic word and arrow on a wrist
Black script lettering on an arm reading Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed, set over two lines.
Script quote across the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye and an arrow above, set over teal and purple watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Hamsa hand and arrow on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow, sitting along the lower back above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Colour tattoo of a skull wrapped in pink and yellow flowers, leaves and a butterfly, in a botanical style on the upper back.
Skull and flowers on upper back
Black and grey realism style tattoo of three stacked roses with shaded leaves running along a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Three black and grey roses on a forearm
Hands with metallic silver and gold geometric temporary tattoos, plus a gold and turquoise geometric bird design on the thigh.
Metallic geometric bird and hand designs
Black fine line tattoo of a palm tree with coconuts on the outer forearm, its tall curved trunk running down towards the wrist.
Palm tree on a forearm
Fine line black tattoos of two paper planes, each with a dotted trail curling into a heart, on the tops of a pair of feet.
Paper plane tattoos on the tops of two feet
Woman with silver metallic temporary tattoos of feathers, a chain, mandala bands and lotus motifs on her upper arms and forearms, seated on a beach.
Silver metallic temporary tattoos on arms
Realism tattoo of a tiger's face with bright blue eyes and black and grey fur markings, across the inner forearm.
Tiger eyes tattoo on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing lipstick, false eyelashes and makeup brushes over a lace-edged heart with the words YOU BETTA WERK.
Makeup brushes and lipstick heart tattoo
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse with lightning bolts and waves on a man's upper arm, with a skull and nautical elements nearby.
Lighthouse and lightning sleeve on an arm

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