Tattoo ideas

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

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Small colour tattoo of a green cartoon T-rex on the calf of a leg, worn with black platform boots against a pink background.
Small T-rex tattoo on a calf
Black and teal tattoo on an upper arm showing pine tree silhouettes, distant hills and two large snowflakes, with the shoulder visible at the top of the frame.
Pine forest and snowflakes on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart intertwined with a cross on the back of an ankle, shown on a beige carpet.
Small heart and cross on an ankle
Black fine line contour lines curve over a shoulder, with a flower of life geometric design on the upper arm below.
Contour lines and flower of life on shoulder
Black and grey fine serif lettering reading tempus neminem manet across the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Latin lettering across upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a ballerina in a white tutu with raised arms and blue and pink washes, on the inner forearm.
Ballerina watercolour tattoo on forearm
Woman in a white mesh bikini showing a black Japanese-style dragon tattoo that wraps from her hip down onto her thigh.
Black dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Two matching teal winged heart tattoos with pink hearts, one on each inner wrist, with the wrists pressed together.
Matching winged heart tattoos on wrists
Black and red tattoo of a cluster of Studio Ghibli-style characters on the upper arm, including a masked white spirit with red markings and a large round creature.
Studio Ghibli characters cluster on upper arm
Small geometric dolphin tattoo with a watercolour wash in pink, blue and purple, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric dolphin with watercolour wash on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of a single word in ornate looping script, placed on the side of the ribs with a green striped top and red fabric visible.
Ornate script word on the ribs
Coloured flash sheet of six zodiac sign designs, each pairing black astrological symbols with flowers such as sweet pea, morning glory, lotus and sunflower.
Zodiac symbols with flowers flash sheet
Black and grey traditional style rose tattoo with leaves, flowers and a shell on the neck and upper chest, with script lettering below.
Large rose with shell and flowers on neck and chest
Realistic pink rose tattoo on the thigh, shown as a blue linework outline on skin and as a shaded colour version in a collage.
Pink rose tattoo from outline to colour
Black line drawing of a stylised leaf sprig with decorative patterned fills, offered as a botanical tattoo design.
Stylised leaf sprig line drawing
Small fine line black tattoo of a cat face with whiskers and dot eyes on the finger of a person with long blonde hair, in a Fine line style.
Cat face tattoo on a finger
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeletal-faced mermaid seated among roses and hibiscus flowers, with bones in her hair.
Skull mermaid with roses and hibiscus
Two photos of a rose tattoo on the shoulder, one in magenta and purple with dark leaves, the other in greyscale.
Rose tattoo on the shoulder in colour and greyscale
Black and grey yin yang tattoo on a forearm, with one half filled with ornamental blackwork patterns and the other left as bare skin inside a bold outline.
Yin yang tattoo with ornamental fill on forearm
Colour tattoo of two purple butterflies and pink cherry blossom branches across the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Butterflies and cherry blossom on a foot
Colour tattoo of a green zombie-style Hello Kitty character with red dripping blood, a purple dress and a spiderweb, with black bats, on a leg.
Zombie Hello Kitty tattoo on a leg
Black and grey realistic swan tattoo across the back of a person with dark hair, seen from behind while sitting outdoors on grass.
Realistic swan tattoo across a back
Black fine line tattoo of a white rabbit running through hatched clouds and grass on the upper arm, with a dark sign in the background.
Running rabbit and clouds on upper arm
Two small gold palm tree designs on the calves of bare legs, photographed from behind on a sandy beach at sunset with a pineapple beside them.
Gold palm tree tattoos on calves
Black ink lace-style butterfly tattoo with dangling chain details on the chest beneath the bust, in a blackwork and fine line style.
Black lace butterfly tattoo under the bust
Black and grey design of a skull set within a spade shape on a worn playing card, rendered in a realistic style with no body placement shown.
Skull in an ace of spades card
Small black fine line snowflake tattoo on the middle finger of a hand resting on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Small snowflake tattoo on a finger
Fine line blue tattoo of a smiling cartoon whale spouting water on the inner forearm, just below a dark sleeve.
Cartoon whale spouting water on forearm
Two clasped hands on a pebbled beach, showing a small black outline sun tattoo on the back of one hand and a small black crescent moon tattoo on the other wrist.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on clasped hands
Two photographs of black script lettering on the inner forearm, reading As long as we're together and ...the rest will fall in place.
Script quote tattoos on the forearm
Two people show matching black script tattoos on their ribs reading I love you to the moon and back, with a swirl and small heart.
Matching 'I love you to the moon and back' rib tattoos
Black script lettering reading Fairest of them all across the upper back, sitting near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of two bumblebees with shaded wings on the upper chest, near the collarbone.
Two bumblebees on a chest
Pencil drawing of a hatched mountain peak under a sunburst with swirled clouds on either side, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part visible.
Mountain peak with sunburst and clouds
Black linework tattoo of sunflowers, a peony and daisies covering the shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style.
Sunflower and peony shoulder tattoo
Black lettering tattoo on the top of a foot, with a large bold ornamental letter beside the word Forever in cursive script.
Forever script with bold letter on a foot
Black outline drawing of two overlapping triangles resembling mountain peaks, in a geometric style, on a plain off-white background.
Two overlapping mountain triangles
Black line stencil of an ornate hamsa hand with mandala patterns and dotted border on transfer paper, with a faint pink outline behind it.
Hamsa hand stencil with mandala detail
Fine line black compass rose and handwritten script quote reading Not all those who wander are lost, tattooed on a foot.
Compass and quote tattoo on a foot
Black and grey realistic swallow tattoo on the upper arm, with wings spread and head angled downward.
Swallow on an upper arm
Black ink sketchy fine line tattoo of a looping helix ending in a script letter, placed on the ribs.
Looping helix with script letter on ribs
Two small black lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, an X beside a solid black heart on the left and an O beside a heart on the right.
X and O with heart wrist tattoos
Seamless pattern of neo-traditional style tattoo designs on a tan background, each showing a female figure with banners, a Tardis, a Dalek, roses, wings and stars.
Repeating tattoo-style character emblems
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an orange bear beneath green trees and a cabin with smoke rising from its chimney, with teal triangles below.
Bear, cabin and trees on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a skull with a snake coiling through it, on the forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a woman's face framed by flowers, a lace-like headdress and arrows, across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Woman portrait with flowers on a back
Black and grey poppy tattoo with stems and a bud running down a woman's upper arm, with a small skull and trumpet below, in a botanical and traditional style.
Poppies with skull and trumpet on upper arm
Traditional flash drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with grey sails and a red pennant, set in a rope oval with grey clouds, a red sun and blue waves.
Sailing ship in a rope frame with setting sun

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