Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of flowers and leaves inside a triangle on white paper, in a fine line botanical style, beside a black fineliner pen.
Floral triangle ink drawing
Two matching cartoon tattoos on the tops of a pair of feet, each showing an animal beside a green signpost reading DOG or CAT, in orange, red, green and blue.
Matching cartoon dog and cat tattoos on feet
Two small fine line tattoos in black ink, a sun on the left and a crescent moon on the right, each on skin beside a woven string bracelet.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos
Two small black finger tattoos on a hand, one with a red heart and the words I love you, the other with a Death Star and the words I know.
Matching Death Star finger tattoos
Pencil and coloured pencil drawing of a dreamcatcher with beads and three feathers in purple, pink, yellow and blue, shown as a flash design.
Dreamcatcher with coloured feathers design
Black blackwork tattoo of planets stacked vertically down the upper back, with Saturn ringed in the middle, beside a small script mark on the shoulder.
Planets in a column down the upper back
Fine line black swallows in flight across the outer foot near the ankle, with pink toenail polish visible.
Swallows in flight on a foot
Close-up of a hand held over a sunburst electric guitar, showing a small solid black guitar silhouette tattoo on the back of the hand.
Electric guitar silhouette on the hand
Small black fine line spider web tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a black and white photo.
Spider web on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a green cactus with a pink flower in a teal pot with striped bands, on a forearm surrounded by other tattoos.
Cactus in a striped pot on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading The Good Times Are Killing Me, with looping flourishes, across the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Black line drawing of two overlapping circular discs filled with Gallifreyan-style circles, arcs and lines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Gallifreyan-style circular design in two linked discs
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading love with a small cross, on the inner wrist and forearm, set against an open printed page.
Script love and small cross on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm.
Small wave in a circle on a forearm
Two-panel photo of black and grey dotwork fern tattoos on an upper arm, one a full frond and one an unfurling fiddlehead.
Fern and fiddlehead on upper arm
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style design with a central heart, leaves, and hanging beaded drops, shown on pale paper.
Lace heart ornament design drawing
Two matching moth tattoos with spiral wings and round eyes, one orange and yellow and one green, on the lower legs.
Matching moth tattoos on two calves
Black outline tattoo of a key with a round bow containing a geometric emblem, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Key with emblem on inner forearm
Black fine-line tally marks, four upright strokes crossed by a fifth, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Tally marks on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a blue bird with spread wings, a red rose and yellow leaves on the inner forearm.
Blue bird and red rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with red shading in the eye socket and mouth, placed on the upper back.
Realistic skull with red accents on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a curled, sleeping animal with closed eyes on the ankle.
Curled sleeping animal on an ankle
Black and grey engraved-style anatomical heart tattoo with three I am. phrases and partial script text across the upper back.
Anatomical heart with I am. lettering on upper back
Black and grey winged figure tattoo spanning a man's back, photographed from behind with his hands clasped.
Winged figure across a back
Black and grey pencil drawing on paper of a tattoo design showing three dreamcatchers with trailing feathers and a flock of birds.
Dreamcatchers, feathers and birds design
Close up of a thin black fine line script tattoo of a handwritten phrase running down the outer thigh, in a fine line style.
Fine line script quote on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a hand making an OK sign with a skull and spider web, two red roses with green leaves, and the words Shit's a OK, on skin.
Traditional hand, rose and lettering tattoo
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a chickadee in flight with spread wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Chickadee in flight on the upper back
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo on the shoulder, with its tip breaking into flying birds that continue across the upper chest.
Feather dissolving into birds on shoulder
Black fine-line script lettering reading What would Love do? along the forearm near the wrist, with a hand and gold bracelets raised beside it.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs of discs and pendants on a hand, wrist and chest, styled to look like jewellery.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos
Black and grey realism wolf head tattoo on an upper thigh, framed by a dotwork mandala above and a geometric flower of life pattern below.
Wolf head with mandala and geometric pattern on thigh
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a pale-faced hooded spirit with a soft shaded black body, placed on the outside of an ankle.
Small hooded spirit tattoo on ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a steaming coffee cup and saucer on an ankle, with red ballet flats on the foot.
Coffee cup tattoo on an ankle
Realistic pink lily tattoo with green leaves and grey shading on the upper arm.
Pink lilies on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a banner reading CAN'T KEEP UP, a red rose and green leaves.
Pocket watch and rose with banner
Black ink line drawing of a paisley and floral motif with dotted and mandala-like detail, a flash-style design on cream paper.
Paisley and floral ink drawing
Fine black outline world map and the word Adventure with an arrow tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
World map outline and Adventure arrow on a wrist
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
Two black linework tattoos on the tops of bare feet in dark canvas shoes: a heart made of bicycle chain links with a sprocket on the left foot, and a heart framing a bicycle wheel on the right.
Chain heart and bicycle wheel heart on feet
Black line tattoo of a small round antlered creature with hatched shading on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Antlered creature on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of flowers, rolling waves and a wing across the side of the hip and down the thigh.
Black and grey flowers, waves and wing on hip and thigh
Traditional flash design of a fanned hand of playing cards, including the ace of spades, above a scroll banner reading Born to Lose and Live to Win.
Playing cards and Born to Lose banner
Colour realism tattoo of a feather in blue, green, purple and pink on the side of a torso, with small coloured birds rising towards the ribs.
Multicoloured feather and birds on the side
Traditional style flash drawing of a black butterfly wings filled with red roses, green leaves and blue and orange swirls, shown on a white background.
Butterfly with roses flash design
Black and grey realistic moth tattoo with lace-patterned wings across the upper back.
Lace-winged moth across upper back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a steaming teacup on a stack of books, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Teacup and stacked books on upper back
Close view of a hand with dark nails showing small fine line tattoos of dots, a chevron and a horizontal line on the fingers.
Dot and line finger tattoos on a hand

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