Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a pink lotus at the top of the spine, with grey stem lines and pink and purple petals falling down the back.
Pink lotus and falling petals on a back
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am with a small butterfly above the words, across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly across the chest
Black cursive script tattoo reading walk by faith across the side of a foot, shown against a red and purple background.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Black and grey comic-panel tattoo on a forearm showing a skull-faced figure reaching toward a dark silhouette, with speech bubble text above.
Comic panel skeleton on forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of an eagle in flight in front of the American flag on an upper arm.
Eagle and American flag on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves inside a circular frame, with the script words Tale As Old As Time arching above it, on a person's upper back.
Pink rose in a ring with script on the back
Small watercolour-style tattoo of world map continents in blue, pink and green on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour world map on a wrist
Tattoo on the top of a foot showing a black silhouette of an adult and child above a pink outlined heart and a pink flower with green leaves and falling petals.
Silhouette, heart and flower on a foot
Black and mustard flash sheet on a pale blue ground showing a Pip-Boy, power armour helmet, Nuka-Cola bottle, ray gun, laptop, dinosaur, bottle caps and other objects.
Fallout-themed flash sheet of props and objects
Solid black tattoo of a Texas-shaped outline filled with swirling scrollwork and dot accents, on the forearm.
Scrollwork Texas outline on forearm
Black fine line drawing of an open heart outline with handwritten script wording curving around its upper right edge.
Open heart outline with script wording
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat's face inside a pink and lace-edged frame, with scrolls above, on the forearm.
Cat portrait in a lace frame on a forearm
Back view of a person with wet dark hair, showing a dark grey world map tattoo on the bare shoulder while looking out over calm turquoise sea.
World map tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a hooded figure, a skull and clouds, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Full sleeve with hooded figure and skull
Black and grey vintage-style flash sheet showing a key, crown, stag, anchor, butterfly, teacup, sailing ship, fox, camera, swallow and arrows, with no tattoo on skin.
Vintage flash sheet of keys, crown, ship and fox
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat's head with amber eyes and orange whiskers, surrounded by red flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Black cat and red flowers on upper arm
Woman seen from behind in a bikini, showing a black and grey geometric sleeve tattoo with mandala-like motifs on her right arm, beside a beach hut.
Black and grey geometric sleeve on a upper arm
Black and grey outline tattoo on the forearm showing two hatched anatomical hearts above the word WHO in block letters, with an open rectangle shape at the top.
Two anatomical hearts with WHO lettering
Colourful neo-traditional octopus tattoo with tentacles curling down a forearm, shaded in pink, purple, orange, blue and green.
Rainbow octopus on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an ornate teacup and saucer decorated with roses, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Teacup and saucer with roses on upper back
Black line drawing of a mermaid with scaled tail beside a sailing ship and a large sea creature, a tattoo design sketch with no body part shown.
Mermaid and ship sea monster design
Full sleeve tattoo of watercolour washes in orange, red, blue and pink with black ink splatter and brush strokes, running from the upper arm to the wrist.
Watercolour splatter full sleeve
Colourful realistic lion head tattoo with a stylised multicoloured mane on the upper arm, shown in two side by side views.
Lion head tattoo on upper arm
Fresh-looking red script lettering across the back of a hand, shown as a lettering tattoo in a single line.
Red script lettering on the back of a hand
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dense paisley and floral design with stippled shading, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Dense paisley and floral pencil design
Black dotwork tattoo of an ammonite-style spiral shell on the outer thigh, with shaded segments fading across the chambers.
Ammonite spiral on a thigh
Fine line and dotwork foxglove sprig tattoo in black ink running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Foxglove sprig on the forearm
Fine line black swallow tattoo on the ankle of a woman's bare foot as she walks along a railway track.
Swallow tattoo on an ankle
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf showing Maude Flanders from The Simpsons in the pose of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the banner text ONLY MAUDE CAN JUDGE ME.
Maude Flanders as Our Lady of Guadalupe
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a unicorn horn and flowing mane on the forearm of a person with a black top and studded wristband.
Unicorn skull on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a bouquet of succulents, purple flowers and a ladybird on the upper back.
Succulent bouquet on upper back
Black ink tattoo spelling Always on the upper arm, with the letters built from Deathly Hallows triangles, a wand and other symbols.
Always lettering with Deathly Hallows symbols
Black handwritten script quote tattooed along a man's forearm, with a brown leather bracelet on his wrist.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with ornate detailing centred on a woman's upper back, with gold temporary tattoos on her shoulder and arm.
Hamsa hand tattoo on upper back
Three small solid black star tattoos sit behind an ear, beside a silver stud earring, on pale skin with brown hair pulled back.
Three small stars behind the ear
Small black elephant tattoo with a raised trunk and a patterned blanket, placed on the side of a person's ribs.
Small elephant tattoo on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading Dad and a remembrance quote, tattooed on skin in a Lettering style.
Remembrance script quote reading Dad
Black and grey tattoo of a scroll banner reading Mischief Managed, with footprints and smoke wisps, on skin.
Mischief Managed banner with footprints
Black fine line tattoo of a cat's face with whiskers and shaded ears, on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Cat face tattoo on the wrist
Painted Japanese style design of a green snake coiling around pink and yellow lotus flowers over dark swirling clouds, shown on a flat back torso cutout.
Snake and lotus back design on a painted torso
Two hands with black and grey tattoos on the knuckles: a dollar sign with the word never and a pocket watch with the word enough, both with ink swirls, in a realism style on the hand.
Dollar sign and pocket watch on hands
Black line tattoo of a cartoon whale with a small red heart on its body, photographed on skin.
Outline whale with red heart
Two photos of a red mandala tattoo with black outlines and dotwork shading covering the elbow and upper forearm.
Red mandala tattoo on the elbow
Colour realism full sleeve tattoo of planets, swirling galaxies and nebula clouds covering a person's shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Galaxy and planets full arm sleeve
Black line drawing of bellflowers and leaves curling into swirls along two edges, in a botanical fine line style, on a white background.
Bellflower corner with swirls
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the outer thigh of a seated person with legs crossed.
Mandala tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism skull and rose tattoo across a person's stomach, with more tattoos on the arm and side and a red ruffled bikini.
Skull and roses across the stomach
Fine line tattoo of two cartoon elephants touching trunks beneath a small red heart, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two elephants with a red heart on a shoulder blade

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