Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink hand-lettered design reading love you to the moon and back, with an arrow, a crescent moon and small hearts, drawn on white paper in a lettering style.
Love you to the moon and back lettering with arrow
Black and grey illustrated tattoo of two figures, one kneeling and holding the head of the other, on the outer thigh.
Two figures on a thigh tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of the Great Lakes map with a stippled fan texture on the side of the thigh.
Great Lakes map on the thigh
Small black and grey Saturn tattoo with stippled shading on the side of a woman's waist, above the hip, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Saturn tattoo on the side of the waist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible movement, shaded across the forearm.
Pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of an adult giraffe standing beside a young giraffe, with simple outlines and dark spots, on the forearm.
Adult and young giraffe on an arm
Black ink line drawing of two hummingbirds in flight with partial birds in the top right corner, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Two hummingbirds in flight line drawing
Two bare ankles on sand, one with a tiny black fine line crescent tattoo and the other with a tiny black sun-like symbol tattoo, both on the ankle.
Small crescent and sun tattoos on two ankles
Sheet of white lace border and star design temporary tattoos on a pale blue backing, with no body part shown.
White lace and star temporary tattoo sheet
Pen sketch of a vertical arrow design with a compass, heart and cross on white paper, held beside a pencil in a hand.
Vertical arrow, compass and heart sketch
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a skull formed from roses and daisies, with a black and grey butterfly and a purple and teal starry galaxy inside the skull.
Skull of roses and daisies with galaxy fill on thigh
Colour realism tattoo of the Muppets character Animal wearing aviator sunglasses, with a red nose and open mouth, on the calf against a blue splash background.
Animal from the Muppets on a calf
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outstretched wings resting on a curved branch with leaves, a botanical design suited to a tattoo stencil, with no body part shown.
Butterfly and leafy branch line design
Small colour tattoo of a watermelon slice with pink flesh, black seeds and green rind on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watermelon slice on a wrist
Three die-cut flash-style sticker designs on a grey surface: a guitar with flowers and banner text, a red and white aeroplane, and a pen and harpoon above flowers.
Three flash sticker designs: guitar, plane and harpoon
Fine line black outline tattoo of a teacup on a saucer with a tea bag string, on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark nail polish.
Teacup and saucer on the inner wrist
Overlapping sheets of gold foil temporary tattoo designs reading bride tribe in script lettering, with a small arrow motif above the word tribe.
Gold foil bride tribe temporary tattoo designs
Small black lotus flower tattoo with a curved stem on the inner forearm, shown in a close-up photo.
Small lotus tattoo on the inner forearm
Pencil sketch of an ornamental lotus-style tattoo design with beaded details and chain swags running across the page, drawn on paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Ornamental lotus pendant design with chain swags
Black ink tattoo of a shaded feather with birds lifting away and a handwritten quote in script, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Feather and quote on a shoulder blade
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with black wing edging and a soft grey shadow, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Blue butterfly on upper chest
Two black and grey neo-traditional tattoos on the thighs, a bear head with a peony and a stag head with antlers and a mountain scene.
Bear and stag tattoos on two thighs
Black script lettering reading Jesus tattooed on the wrist of a hand with black polka dot French nail art.
Script Jesus tattoo on a wrist
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a three-eyed cat with starry galaxy eyes and a cosmic background, on a calf.
Three-eyed cat with galaxy eyes on a calf
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded heart padlock with a small key and swirling script letters, in black and grey, with no body placement shown.
Heart padlock and key with script letters
A woman in a white and dark blue swimsuit printed with a shark shows realistic black and grey tattoos on her upper arm, forearm and hand.
Tattoo sleeves and a shark print swimsuit
Pencil drawing of a cloud with dotted raindrops and dripping droplets on white paper, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Cloud with falling raindrops design
Two rose tattoos on a pair of shoulders: a blue rose with green leaves on the left and a black and grey realism rose on the right.
Blue and grey rose tattoos on both shoulders
Small black fine-line script tattoo reading "i do" across the side of a finger on a hand with red nail polish.
Small script "i do" on a finger
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an octopus with blue and yellow tentacles curling over a woman's left shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Octopus tentacles across a shoulder
Black and white photo of a small fine line airplane silhouette tattoo on a forearm, with a knitted cuff and an aircraft window behind it.
Small airplane silhouette on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing the words We're All Mad Here in dark script lettering beside a pink and purple Cheshire Cat, in a lettering style.
We're All Mad Here lettering and Cheshire Cat on a foot
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree-lined forest path inside an oval frame, on the outer thigh.
Forest path in an oval frame on a thigh
Close crop of a woman's upper arm and shoulder showing a black fine line script tattoo running down the outer arm, in a lettering style.
Fine line script tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey line drawing design of a feather that breaks apart into a flock of flying birds, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Feather dissolving into a flock of birds
Small black and grey realism tattoo of a waxing moon with crater detail, on the side of a person's ribs below a raised arm.
Small shaded moon on the side ribs
Black and grey tattoo of several open books with hatched shading and bold outlines on the upper arm.
Floating open books on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of an anime-style girl in a red outfit hugging a white dragon, with blue sky and a grey dragon behind, on a forearm.
Anime girl hugging a white dragon on a forearm
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a hand rising from ripples with a banner reading DON'T LET ME DROWN, in black and grey linework.
Hand rising from water with banner
Fine line crescent moon on the side of one finger and a small solid star on another finger, shown on a hand against a pale wall.
Crescent moon and star on fingers
Black ink tattoo of two elephants walking in single file across the thigh, with intricate patterned linework filling their bodies.
Two ornate elephants walking on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small simple cat sitting upright, placed on the forearm.
Small minimalist cat on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a black outline star trail running from the nape of the neck down the upper back, with small grey sparkles between the stars.
Trail of stars down the upper back
Black line tattoo of overlapping fish scales on the side of a person's ribs, with a white top lifted and denim shorts held at the hip.
Scale pattern tattoo on the side ribs
Small fine line tattoo of an open book in black and grey on the side of an ankle, against a red fabric background.
Open book tattoo on the ankle
Black stag head with antlers above a fine line triangle motif, tattooed on the hand and wrist area in black ink.
Stag head and triangles on a hand
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spiky-haired head outline with a lightning bolt shaded across the face, on a leg.
Spiky-haired head with lightning bolt on a leg
Black script reading Only time with a shaded whale tail fin on the outer ankle and foot.
Only time script with whale tail on ankle

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