Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line tattoo of a stylised face with an eye and lips across the finger of a hand, placed on the hand.
Line-drawn face and eye on a finger
Black ink line drawing of the deity Ganesha seated on a lotus flower within a patterned mandala halo, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Ganesha and lotus tattoo design
Black and grey drawing of a death's-head moth with a skull on its thorax and striped wings, shown as a flash design on paper with no body placement.
Death's-head moth with skull design
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted line below it on the inner forearm, above a brown leather watch strap.
Lotus mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded crown above a flowing script letter B, placed on the torso.
Crown over a script letter B
Bare legs raised against a pale wall, showing a red rose with dark flowers on one thigh and black script lettering with flowers on the other thigh, in a traditional style.
Rose and script tattoos on raised legs
White line drawing of a whale tail fluke on a dark navy background, with mountains, waves and a whale scene filling its shape, shown as a design with no body placement.
Whale tail filled with mountains and sea
Colour tattoo of Mickey Mouse in a blue star and moon wizard hat, casting a swirl of golden magic against a night sky on a forearm.
Mickey Mouse sorcerer on a forearm
Fine line white ink tattoo of intertwined snakes with scale texture across the back of a hand.
Intertwined snakes in white ink on a hand
A woman with a small black script tattoo and a coloured design on her forearm, with cliffs and the sea behind her.
Forearm tattoos above a sea cove
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a heart outline with a semicolon beside it, on the inside of a wrist.
Heart outline and semicolon on a wrist
Teal and blue lotus flower tattoo design with dotwork shading and hanging beaded drops, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Lotus flower design with beaded drops
Black and grey traditional pin-up tattoo of a woman in a headscarf and hoop earring, with a spider web on her shoulder, on the outer thigh.
Pin-up woman with spider web on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork rose cluster with leaves and a rosebud tattooed on the forearm, shown in two photos, one wider and one close up.
Rose cluster on a forearm in black and grey
Forearm tattoo of dark pine trees fading into dots at the wrist, with a small orange crescent moon and a pink sky wash, shown from two angles.
Pine forest and crescent moon on a forearm
Shaded grey rose bud tattoo with green leaves on the thigh of a person with bare legs, seated against a blue-grey backdrop.
Rose bud tattoo on a thigh
Black calligraphy script reading still i rise with long flowing flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Still I rise script lettering design
Black fine-line dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers on the side of a person's ribs, seen from behind in warm light.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sunflower with leaves inside a diamond shape on a lower leg, placed on the calf.
Sunflower in a dotwork diamond on a calf
Black and grey botanical tattoo of overlapping leaves with fine vein linework across a forearm.
Leaf vein design on a forearm
Painted flash design of two magpies in flight, one turning down and one spread wide, in blue, purple and green with white wing feathers on a plain white background.
Two magpies in flight
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm showing a wolf's head on the upper arm, with trees and forest shading down to the forearm.
Realistic wolf and forest sleeve on arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo on a calf showing two cartoon-style figures in jackets above the words I WANT TO BELIEVE, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Cartoon pair with 'I want to believe' on a calf
Close photo of the words 'This is not for you.' tattooed in black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back.
Typewriter-style quote on upper back
Colourful sugar skull design with round ears, floral patterns, heart-shaped eyes and roses on a black background, drawn as a flash-style illustration.
Sugar skull with round ears and roses
Close crop of a person in grey shorts showing a small black fine line script tattoo on the outer thigh.
Fine script line tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a yellow skeleton knitting with pink needles and blue yarn on the inner forearm, with a ball of blue yarn beside it.
Knitting skeleton and blue yarn on forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree of life inside a circle, with a sun on the left, on the side of the ribs.
Tree of life and sun on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a horse head within a flowing mane outline, sitting on the upper arm.
Horse head with flowing mane on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing the outline of Louisiana filled with a skull, with teal flowers, leaves and an orange sun.
Louisiana state outline with skull and flowers
Dotwork tattoo of intertwined snakes shading from blue at the top to pink and red at the bottom, across the thigh.
Intertwined snakes in blue and pink dotwork
Close photo of a fine-line handwritten script tattoo reading everything I am, placed low on the abdomen above the waistband of patterned pyjamas.
Fine script lettering on lower abdomen
Pastel crystal heart tattoo with bold black outlines and geometric facets, placed on an upper arm.
Pastel crystal heart on an arm
Realistic colour tattoo sleeve of a space scene with ringed and banded planets and nebula clouds, shown across a full leg from thigh to ankle.
Space scene leg sleeve with planets and nebula
Two wrists with matching heart tattoos: two overlapping black outline hearts on the left wrist and three linked outline hearts in red and black on the right.
Matching heart outline tattoos on wrists
Black line drawing of a scorpion with a rose and leaves on its curled tail, shown as a tattoo flash design on a pale pink background.
Scorpion with a rose on its tail
Fine line black script tattoo reading love, looped into an infinity shape, on the ankle of a leg in beige platform heels.
Love script with infinity loop on ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat in an ornate oval frame with gemstones, on the outer thigh.
Sphynx cat in an ornate frame on a thigh
Black and white photo of two arms showing matching fine line script tattoos reading Ohana on the upper arm.
Matching Ohana script on upper arms
A grid of fifteen solid black cross silhouettes on a white background, with ornate, pointed and flared arm shapes, shown as flash designs with no body placement.
Fifteen decorative cross designs
Black and grey dotwork mountain landscape with pine trees and rolling hills, enclosed in a fine line rectangle on the upper arm.
Mountain landscape in a frame on upper arm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a long needle and blue, green and yellow watercolour splashes on a lower leg.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a calf
Black and white photo of a tiny fine line circle tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand resting open below it.
Small circle tattoo on the inner wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of three pink roses with dark green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black top.
Three pink roses on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of an Ewok holding a staff beside a horned creature with an open mouth, on the calf.
Ewok and alien creature on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of pink hibiscus flowers, green leaves and two bees across a person's upper back.
Hibiscus flowers and bees across the back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an open portable record player with a vinyl record and tonearm on the forearm.
Portable turntable with vinyl on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha with an ornate headdress on the back of a hand, holding two black pencils.
Ganesha tattoo on the back of a hand

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