Tattoo ideas

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

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Close view of a red plum blossom branch tattoo with black brushstroke twigs on the upper chest, in a Japanese botanical style.
Red blossom branch on the upper chest
Close-up of a black outline rose tattoo with leaves across the hip and upper thigh, on a person wearing black lace underwear.
Outline roses on hip and thigh
Blue floral tattoo with a leaf-like top and a round centre on the back of a hand, near the wrist, in a Botanical style.
Blue floral motif on the back of a hand
Small realistic colour tattoo of a firefly with amber-lit wings and a dark red head on the inner wrist.
Firefly on the inner wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of orange sunflowers, small red blooms and green leaves above a striped vase on the forearm.
Sunflower bouquet in a vase on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cat reaching up towards a small butterfly, with blue and purple watercolour-style shading and a black outline, on the side of the ribs.
Cat reaching for a butterfly on the ribs
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tribal-style dragon design with bold spiky linework and shaded wings, shown on a plain background.
Tribal dragon design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Buddha face with lotus flowers and a hand on the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black vest top.
Buddha and lotus flowers on upper arm
Two black ink mandala tattoos in a side by side photo: a sun with chain drapes on the chest, and a crescent moon with chain drapes on the upper back.
Sun and crescent moon mandala tattoos
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the ankle, with a braided tan leather sandal strap crossing the foot.
Small cross on an ankle
Two wrists with fine line black tattoos: a passport-style stamp and triangle stamp on one wrist, and the word wanderlust with a compass on the other.
Passport stamps and compass on wrists
Black and grey traditional style flash drawing of a matryoshka doll with a large rose and flowers on its body, shown on paper.
Matryoshka doll with rose, black and grey flash
Fine line black tattoo of a skull-faced dog with swirling flourishes on the calf.
Skull-faced dog with swirls on a calf
Black and white geometric designs with diamonds, arrows, triangles and ampersands across a woman's upper back, in a geometric style on the back.
Geometric designs across a woman's upper back
Two forearms, one with a red, green and blue overlapping circle tattoo and the other with a red, blue and yellow version, both on the inner forearm.
Matching three-circle colour diagrams on forearms
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always across the wrist of a hand, with the palm and fingers visible.
Always script tattoo on a wrist
Small fine line tattoo of a martini glass with an olive and two small bubbles, in black ink on skin.
Small martini glass with olive
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo with a geometric spearhead and feathered fletching on the inner forearm.
Arrow tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pixel art piranha plant with a red and white head and green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Pixel art piranha plant on a forearm
Black and white photo of a woman from behind, her hands in her hair, with a small fine line heart tattoo on the back of her neck.
Small heart on the back of the neck
Colour botanical tattoo on the lower torso showing an open birdcage, two birds in flight and pink roses with blue forget-me-nots.
Open birdcage with birds and roses
Navy stippled mountain range with snowcaps and a flowing script word to the right, shown as a standalone design on a pale background with no body part visible.
Navy mountain range with script word
Black and white yin yang tattoo of two cats in a circle, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Yin yang cats on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a grey tabby cat head, a white mouse, blue flowers, green leaves and a red rose, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Cat, mouse and rose on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical tree with braided knotwork trunk, swirling branches and twisting roots, shown as a tattoo design.
Braided tree with swirling branches and roots
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a brain above a computer monitor and keyboard, with partial designs at the edges and a small green accent.
Brain, computer and keyboard on a forearm
Small grey-blue fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper back
Fine line infinity symbol with script lettering over a soft pink, purple and blue wash, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Infinity symbol with script on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of an eye inside a dotwork geometric star mandala on the forearm.
Eye in a geometric mandala on a forearm
Two bare feet rest on a wooden table, showing a small black fine line crescent moon tattoo and a small linework tattoo on the top of the foot near the ankle.
Small crescent moon and line tattoos on bare feet
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the state of Texas outline with the word home in script along the lower edge, on the side of the ribs.
Texas outline with script home on ribs
Small fine line black tattoos of a ringed planet and a rocket on two fingers of hands resting together on a dark surface.
Saturn and rocket finger tattoos
Small black outline heart tattoo design drawn in fine line on a plain white background.
Small fine line heart design
Black ink script lettering reading Perfectly Imperfect, with a ribbon banner under the word Imperfect, drawn as a lettering design on a white background.
Perfectly Imperfect script lettering design
Black fine line tattoo of two paw prints, an infinity symbol and a small heart on a wrist.
Paw prints and infinity heart on a wrist
Black and grey flash design of two theatre masks framed by roses, beads and swirling ornament, with a small cross at the bottom.
Theatre masks and roses flash design
Black ink flash drawing of an antlered woman with flower crown, third eye and long claws, shown on paper beside three black fineliner pens and a hand.
Antlered woman with flowers and third eye
Black ink Celtic knotwork circle enclosing a tree of life, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Celtic tree of life on the inner wrist
Back of a woman in a black halter top showing a large black and grey lace-style ornamental tattoo running down the spine, placed across the back.
Lace-pattern back piece down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of rolled banknotes and cut diamonds in an oval dish, placed on the side of the ribs.
Cash and diamonds in a dish on the side
Fresh colour tattoo of a stylised animal outlined in black on a shoulder, filled with blue and orange with red shading.
Stylised animal tattoo on shoulder
Red and black tribal-style fox tattoo with swirling ornament on the side of a torso, just above the waistband of jeans.
Swirl-patterned fox on the side of the torso
Black and grey pencil and ink drawing of a tattoo design inside a diamond, showing a UFO-like eye with rays, raindrops, stars and waves.
Diamond with eye and rain over waves
Pencil drawing of nine skull details framed in a honeycomb of hexagons, a design sketch for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Skulls arranged in a honeycomb hexagon grid
Small colour cartoon tiger tattoo with black outlines and orange stripes, shown on bare skin.
Cartoon tiger tattoo on skin
Colour tattoo of a blonde girl seen from behind in a blue dress, inside a black ornate frame with red and white roses, on the upper arm.
Girl seen from behind in an ornate frame
Black and grey pencil drawing of a full peony bloom with two leaves, a botanical design suited to a realistic tattoo.
Peony bloom with leaves in pencil
Colour tattoo of a heart-shaped ball of blue yarn with a crochet hook and a trailing ribbon, shown on skin.
Blue yarn heart with crochet hook

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