Tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of a winged heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole and swirling filigree detail, designed as a tattoo.
Winged heart padlock with keyhole
Three small flash designs on white cards in dotwork style: a dripping cheese slice in orange and yellow, and two avocado halves, one with a pink stone and one with a dark stone.
Three fruit and cheese designs on cards
Flash design of three blue dolphins arcing together in a tight group, shaded in blue with white highlights on a white background.
Three blue dolphins leaping
Black tribal-style butterfly tattoo with a swirl and a dot on the back of a hand.
Tribal butterfly on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoos of a small key and a small heart on the back of a hand, shown beside a silver charm bracelet.
Small key and heart tattoos on a hand
Black and grey forest tattoo with pine trees, a bare tree and small birds across a raised forearm, fading to dotwork at the base.
Forest and birds across forearms
Colour tattoo of an animated princess with long dark hair, pink cherry blossom, a red dragon and a white lily on a lower leg, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Animated princess with cherry blossom and dragon
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, shown on a limb.
Elephant with raised trunk
Black script tattoo reading Dream as if you'll live forever and Live as if you'll die today across the upper back, with a feather and beads on the right shoulder blade.
Script quote and feather across upper back
Black fine line cursive lettering reading free your mind on a shoulder, shown in two photographs.
Free your mind script on the shoulder
Black blackwork-style turtle tattoo with spiral markings on a leg, with water droplets on the skin and tribal-style swirls above it.
Spiral turtle design on a leg
Black and grey realism back tattoo of an owl, gorilla, frog, leopard, elephant and giraffe covering the full back.
Animal collage across a back in black and grey
Two forearms with black hexagonal blackwork tattoos filled with lace-like floral and web patterns, one sitting on each forearm.
Hexagon lace tattoos on two forearms
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty wearing a red bow, with a pair of red cherries and a green leaf below, on a forearm above a black studded wristband.
Hello Kitty and cherries on a forearm
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor entwined with rope, with small stars and a crescent moon, in traditional style with stippled shading, drawn on white paper.
Anchor and rope flash design
Small fine line tattoo of a whale crossed by a paintbrush with a red tip, placed on the upper chest, with grey and red ink.
Whale and paintbrush on the upper chest
Small solid black blackwork tattoo of a row of moon phases in a gentle arc on the inner forearm.
Moon phases arc on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a winged fairy with raised arm and swirling tail, a possible fine line tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pencil sketch of a winged fairy
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a galaxy, a ringed planet and a dark forest of bare trees, in colour.
Galaxy and forest full sleeve
Small watercolour-style red and pink flower tattoo with a green stem on the outer lower leg, above the ankle, with rolled jeans and white canvas trainers.
Watercolour red flower on the lower leg
Colour tattoo of a giraffe and seahorse hybrid with orange patched spots, a blue eye and a curled tail, on the side of a torso near the ribs.
Giraffe seahorse hybrid on the ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a brass diving helmet surrounded by pink and green coral, bubbles and palm fronds on a forearm.
Diving helmet and coral on an arm
Pen drawing of an ornamental tattoo design with a lotus-like top, a central heart and paisley-style scrolls, shown on paper beside two black pens.
Ornamental lotus and heart design drawing
Pencil and ink flash drawing of a small perched bird on a faceted diamond, framed by flowers, leaves and scrolling ornament.
Wren on a diamond with flowers and scrollwork
Colour tattoo of Iron Man reaching forward with a glowing repulsor palm, rendered in a realistic style on the calf.
Iron Man with glowing repulsor hand on a calf
Photorealistic colour tattoo of two fried eggs and bacon in a black cast iron skillet on the outer upper arm.
Fried eggs and bacon in a skillet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a panda's head and shoulders on the outer thigh.
Panda portrait on the thigh
Black and grey image of two hands holding pistols, with the word VERITAS lettered across the knuckles and fingers and rosary beads wrapped around the wrists.
Veritas lettering on two hands holding pistols
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo spanning the upper back and nape of the neck, with a partial mirrored design on the left shoulder.
Mandala tattoo across the upper back and neck
Black and white drawing of a sun with a solid black circle and wavy, flame-like rays, with thin outlined rays between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Black sun with flame-like rays
Colour tattoo of a cartoon octopus with large googly eyes, a pink tongue and orange tentacles on the calf.
Cartoon octopus on a calf
Fine brown mandala tattoo with a radial floral pattern on the outer thigh of a woman wearing a dark knitted jumper.
Mandala tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey antlers tattoo on the back of a neck, with dotwork shading at the base.
Antlers on the back of the neck
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a flower with a closed bud on a long thin stem, on the lower leg, with soft shading in the petals.
Single flower and bud on a lower leg
Fine line black script reading God with us, with a full stop, drawn on pale textured paper with no body part shown.
God with us script lettering design
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a red and maroon firefighter emblem with flames, a blue star of life and a grey wing.
Firefighter emblem and star of life on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a squid with a dotted stipple shading and spotted tentacles, shown as a tattoo design in Dotwork and Fine line style.
Squid with stippled tentacles
Fine line black tattoo of a small looped symbol on the side of a finger, with a pale nail and soft blurred background.
Small looped symbol on a finger
Black and grey cartoon penguin with big eyes and a pointed beak standing on a disc-shaped hovering platform, tattooed on a forearm.
Cartoon penguin on a hovering platform
Script lettering reading Believe in Yourself on the inner wrist and forearm, with Be and You in pink and the rest in dark blue-black ink.
Believe in Yourself script on the wrist
Colour cartoon sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Lion King, Oliver and Company and Aristocats characters across three photographs.
Disney characters arm sleeve in colour
Black ink conifer tree with stippled roots running down a forearm, set against grey pavement and green ferns.
Conifer tree on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stag with large antlers standing in a pine forest, placed on the upper arm.
Stag in a pine forest on upper arm
Colour tattoo of blue flowers with green leaves and black stems on the neck behind the ear, in a botanical style.
Blue flowers behind the ear
Black fine line fern frond tattoo with dotwork accents running along the forearm.
Fern frond on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a large hare and a small hare under a crescent moon, with the words I love you right up to the moon and back in script, on a person's upper back.
Hares, crescent moon and quote on upper back
Colourful galaxy-filled cat silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm, with blue, purple and teal shading and small white star sparkles.
Galaxy cat silhouette on a forearm
Black script lettering reading a four-line rhyming poem across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four-line poem in script across the back

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