Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour realism-style tattoo of a vintage poppy bouquet with red, pink and cream blooms and green leaves across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Vintage poppy bouquet on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of the word CREATE in distressed brush-stroke lettering on the side of the body.
Distressed CREATE lettering in black ink
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large bird with spread wings across a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Realistic bird with spread wings on a back
Colour traditional tattoo of a shell, moth, leaves and panther head on a limb, with a beetle and another tattoo partly visible at the edges.
Traditional shell, moth and panther tattoo
Black and grey forearm tattoo and faint script on the back of a hand resting on a steering wheel, with a leather watch strap.
Black and grey forearm tattoo with script on hand
Black and grey geometric compass rose tattoo with a map outline and ringed lettering on a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Compass rose with ringed lettering on a forearm
Close photo of a small fine-line black tattoo of an infinity symbol merged with a heart, on the inner wrist.
Infinity heart tattoo on the inner wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script letter B tattooed on the side of a finger, with a grey fabric background.
Script letter B on a finger
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves on the inner forearm, in a botanical style with soft shading.
Pink rose on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel in the centre, on the forearm of a man in a white t-shirt.
Anchor, rope and ship's wheel on a forearm
Three views of a black and grey skull tattoo with red splashes and lines of text on an upper arm sleeve.
Skull and red splashes on upper arm sleeve
Black ink drawing of a wolf head filled with geometric and floral patterns, shown on white paper beside a Sharpie marker.
Patterned wolf head drawing in black ink
Pencil sketch flash of three bitten circular designs with crossing lines and dots, labelled Fantastic, Allons-y and Geronimo, with no body placement shown.
Three bitten circle sketches with phrases
Two bare feet with red painted toenails show a red lips tattoo on one ankle and a shaded lipstick tube tattoo on the top of the other foot, against a dark patterned background.
Lips and lipstick tattoos on two feet
Realism style tattoo of two pink roses over black lace patterns running from the calf down to the ankle.
Pink roses and black lace down a leg
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity loop with the words life and love in script, crossed by a shaded feather, on the inside of a forearm.
Infinity feather with life and love on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of three cartoon puppies with dalmatian-style spots in black ink on the inner forearm.
Three spotted puppies on a forearm
Two people show matching shaded padlock tattoos with pink heart-shaped panels, with script reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, on their upper backs.
Matching heart padlock tattoos on two shoulders
Bold black tribal-style fox design on a white background, drawn in solid black shapes with a stylised head and flowing body, suitable as a blackwork tattoo flash.
Tribal fox design in solid black
Realism-style colour tattoo of a spiral galaxy with an atom symbol at its centre, set within a cracked-skin effect on the forearm.
Spiral galaxy and atom on a forearm
Close view of a hand with four small outline tattoos on the fingers: a green triangle, a red circle, a blue cross and a purple square, in a geometric style on the hand.
Four simple shape tattoos on fingers
Black and grey flash design of a skull inside an outlined heart with a dotted border, shaded with stipple, shown without a body placement.
Skull within a dotted heart
Pencil sketch of a butterfly with scattered five-pointed stars and dots trailing below it, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body placement.
Butterfly with trailing stars pencil design
Close-up of the word fernweh in black typewriter-style lettering across the inner wrist, with a hand holding the wrist from below against a knitted blanket.
Fernweh lettering on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the serotonin molecular structure, with HO and NH2 labels, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Serotonin molecule on upper back
Two matching fine line script tattoos on forearms, one reading I'll keep you wild above a small outlined triangle and the other reading I'll keep you safe.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey drawing of a skull filled with bold tribal patterns, spirals and woven shapes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Tribal-patterned skull design
Two wrists show matching black outline Hello Kitty tattoos, with the left one filled with a red bow on the wrist.
Matching Hello Kitty wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of a red apple shaped as a skull with blue dripping ink and a purple watercolour splash, neo-traditional style, on the side of the ribs.
Apple skull with blue drips on the side
Two soft-shaded blue lily flowers tattooed across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Blue lilies across the top of a foot
Four photographs of a black and grey botanical tattoo of soft, translucent flower blooms and stems with ink splashes, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey flowers across upper arm
Realistic grey full moon tattoo with craters and soft shading on the forearm, photographed against a blurred green background.
Realistic full moon on a forearm
Black and grey tribal swirl and leaf tattoo with dotted shading on the back of a hand, extending up towards the wrist.
Tribal swirl and leaf tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo with ornate wings and a curving trail of dots across the upper arm and shoulder.
Dragonfly with dot trail on a shoulder
Large colour Japanese-style oni demon face tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with grey shading and orange, purple and teal accents.
Japanese oni demon face across chest and stomach
Black ink flash design of Harry Potter themed icons, including a quill, key, Hogwarts crest and Platform 9 3/4 sign, arranged in a heart shape on aged parchment.
Harry Potter icons arranged in a heart
Black script lettering reading Elle est forte with the reference Proverbs 31:25 beneath, drawn as a lettering design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Elle est forte script lettering design
Forearm covered in fine line doodles, including a coffee cup, paper plane and pocket watch, next to a wrist tattoo of a spade and heart, with two hands clasped.
Doodle tattoos on a forearm with clasped hands
Painted illustration of a dark scaled dragon with raised wings wrapped around a maroon heart on a tan background, a design that could work as a tattoo.
Dragon coiled around a heart
Colour tattoo of a purple butterfly with pink flowers and dotted vine linework on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and flowers on the top of a foot
Black line drawing of several vertical flourish designs, each with scrolls, spirals and tapering stems on a white background.
Swirl and spiral flash sheet
Two views of a neo-trad style tattoo on the forearm showing an open mouth with teeth, with a blue globe showing Africa and Europe inside it.
Open mouth with globe on forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a woman's head with hair covering her eyes and a songbird perched on top, sitting on the forearm.
Woman with bird over eyes on forearm
Small solid black quotation mark tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand holding a pen, shown in a black and white photo.
Small quotation marks on the inner wrist
Back view of a woman with a red blossom branch tattoo on her upper back and a small infinity symbol and script on her neck, in a navy tank top.
Blossom branch tattoo on upper back
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with swirling wings and curled antennae on a peach background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Swirling butterfly line design
Realism tattoo of red roses, a pocket watch and sheet music with black and grey scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder.
Roses, pocket watch and sheet music on a back
Black fingerprint-ridge heart tattoo on the inner wrist, shown in a three-photo collage.
Fingerprint heart tattoo on the wrist

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