Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a fine line Arabic script lettering tattoo in black ink across the inner wrist, with the fingers and grey nail polish visible above.
Arabic script quote on inner wrist
Black and grey horseshoe tattoo with curling vines and leaves wrapped around it, shaded in a realistic style on a limb.
Horseshoe and vine on a limb
Pencil and ink line drawings of three perfume bottles with atomiser bulbs and tassels on a sketchbook page, one bottle with a skull label washed in pink.
Three perfume bottle designs in a sketchbook
Black handwritten lettering reading "you are art" across a person's inner forearm, near the wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten "you are art" on the forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala, crescent moons and a flower of life design with cloud swirls across the abdomen.
Mandala, moons and flower of life on abdomen
Black line drawing of a circular tattoo design with runic-style symbols around a central knot, framed by a Celtic knotwork border, with no body placement shown.
Runic compass in a Celtic knot circle
Black and grey Neo-trad style owl tattoo with a keyhole on its chest and a heart-shaped key hanging below the perched branch, on the upper arm.
Owl with keyhole and key on a branch
Collage of four small finger tattoos on the hand: a colour unicorn horn with a pink bow, a blue crystal, a purple orb with an eye, and black line moon and pentacle designs in a fine line style.
Small finger tattoos of moon, crystal and eye
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sleeping cherub curled within feathered angel wings, on the outer thigh.
Sleeping cherub within wings on a thigh
Upper back tattoo of block lettering reading Clearly I have made some bad decisions, with red and black shading on the letters.
Block lettering quote across a back
Fine line black tattoo of a circular emblem with a crescent moon, stars and a stylised figure, placed on the upper back.
Circular moon and star emblem on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a peacock with a crescent moon and clouds on the upper arm, with part of a red rose visible at the edge.
Traditional peacock on an upper arm
Small black fine line outline of a crescent moon tattooed on the side of a foot.
Small crescent moon outline on a foot
Black script tattoo reading Love Never Fails on a shoulder, beside a bold heart and knot motif.
Love Never Fails script and knot on shoulder
Black and grey realism style tattoo of two palm trees, a moon over a sea horizon and hibiscus flowers with leaves.
Palm trees and hibiscus flowers
Painted neo-traditional flash design of the Cheshire Cat grinning from a teacup beside a pocket watch, rose, key, cupcake and Eat Me and Drink Me labels, with art supplies around it.
Cheshire Cat in a teacup with rose and key
Black and grey fine line script reading fri som en fågel with a small swallow on a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering and swallow on upper back
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a rib-print top, with a small black lightning bolt tattoo on her forearm and a partly visible tattoo on her upper arm.
Lightning bolt tattoo on the arm
Black script lettering reading Faith, Hope and Love with a small heart between each word, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Faith, hope and love script lettering
Black blackwork tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays, on the ankle of a leg wearing a silver sequinned high-heeled shoe.
Flame-ringed pentagram on an ankle
Black script lettering reading keep going across the top of a bare foot, beside teal running shoes on gravel.
Keep going script on a foot
Black script lettering of a short rhyming poem across a person's upper back, with a pink wall and posters behind.
Rhyming poem script across upper back
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh of a woman in white bikini bottoms.
Red and green dragon wrapping hip and thigh
Black line-art flash design of a spiral shell and a fan-shaped scallop shell on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Spiral shell and scallop shell designs
Black line drawing of a winged heart flanked by two roses with radiating rays, in a traditional flash style with no body placement shown.
Winged heart with roses flash
Small solid black winged Triforce emblem tattoo on the inner upper arm of a woman with long auburn hair wearing a white top.
Winged Triforce crest on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a gramophone with red flowers and green leaves on a forearm.
Gramophone and red flowers on a forearm
Two photos of a black handwritten script tattoo on a person's upper back, one fresh and red, one healed, reading a short message to a mum with a small outline heart.
Handwritten message tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ginger cat with large glossy eyes and a curled striped tail, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Big-eyed ginger cat on a shoulder blade
Black and grey geometric knot tattoo with interlocking angular lines on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Interlocking geometric knot on inner wrist
Black handwritten script on a white background reading never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Handwritten quote lettering design
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a dandelion with seeds becoming birds and swirling stems on the ankle and inner foot.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on an ankle
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a striped lighthouse under a sunset sky, framed by a rope oval and topped with a pink flower, on the calf.
Lighthouse and pink flower on a calf
Two feet on a wooden floor, each with a fine line heart of scrollwork and the word sisters in script near the ankle, one in red and one in green.
Matching heart sisters tattoos on two feet
Black and white drawing of a paw print design filled with bare trees and a forest scene, shown without any body placement.
Forest-filled paw print design
Black and white photo of a forearm with a thin black line tattoo forming a jagged, zigzag band around the arm in a fine line, geometric style.
Jagged line band on a forearm
Large Japanese-style back tattoo of a geisha with pink flowers in her hair, a red and green serpent, waves and chrysanthemums, shown across a person's upper back.
Geisha and serpent back piece
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with a red rose on top, on the back of a lower leg above a glittery high-heeled shoe.
Sugar skull and rose on a calf
Three small red star tattoos with dark blue outlines on the ankle of a bare foot resting on a mossy log, beside another foot with red painted toenails.
Three star tattoos on an ankle
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and the word Wonder in black script on the top of a foot, with a close-up of the sunflower on the right.
Sunflower with Wonder script on a foot
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird in flight on a person's upper back, its wing blending into a bare tree and a leaf.
Bird in flight merging into a tree on the upper back
Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a sailing ship on waves inside a circle with clouds and birds, on the upper arm.
Sailing ship in a dotwork circle
Black linework tattoo of a turtle with a lotus flower, swirls and leaves on the ankle, shown in a black and white photograph.
Turtle with lotus tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tulip with a stem and leaf on the inner wrist, with a curved line encircling the wrist above it.
Fine line tulip on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a hairless cat in a green knitted beanie holding a teal yarn ball, with black script reading Trouble below, on a thigh.
Sphynx cat in a beanie with Trouble script
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat beneath a crescent moon, with a dotted trail curling down behind a person's ear.
Cat and crescent moon behind the ear
Two pairs of legs rest on an inflatable pool float, showing pink bow tattoos with small cartoon faces on the knees and traditional-style rose and banner tattoos on the thighs.
Pink bows and roses on bare legs
Black line drawing of a symmetrical beetle with ornamental detail and small star accents, shown as a tattoo design on a plain grey background with no body part visible.
Symmetrical beetle line drawing with stars

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