Tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horse head with a curly black mane, pearl bridle and teal fabric, with a red feather, on the thigh.
Horse portrait with feather and pearls on a thigh
Purple galaxy-style whale tattoo with white stars and a white-outlined mouth on the inner forearm, shown in a close-up and a wider view.
Galaxy whale on a forearm
Two simple outline ring tattoos on the lower legs, one in orange and one in blue, with the legs raised and crossed at the ankles.
Orange and blue ring tattoos on the shins
Two raised forearms side by side: the left has a pink rose and birdcage tattoo with teal leaves, and the right has a grey geometric triangle and key design on the forearm.
Rose, birdcage and geometric key on forearms
Blackwork tattoo on a raised forearm and upper arm, with solid black bands broken by two thin unpigmented stripes, and a fine ornamental tattoo visible on the shoulder.
Solid black arm bands with two thin stripes
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose branch with open flowers, buds and leaves wrapping across a forearm, with a small bird above, against a brick wall.
Rose branch tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a vintage label design on the inside of a wrist, reading property of Alice's hen party, if found buy me a drink.
Hen party label on wrist
Small black script word Always with four asterisk-style stars beside it, tattooed on a shoulder in a sepia photograph.
Always script with stars on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and yellow sky and a dark cypress tree, on the lower leg.
Starry Night tattoo on the lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dreamcatcher with a blue eye and a rose on the upper arm, with feathers and a small medallion hanging below.
Realistic eye and rose dreamcatcher on upper arm
Painted traditional flash design of two red roses, a grey cross and yellow scrollwork framing a dark central panel, with no body placement shown.
Traditional roses and cross frame design
Black ink sketch of an open lotus flower with hatched petals and a detailed centre on grey paper, a botanical tattoo design.
Lotus flower design sketch
Black and grey photo of the inner forearm with the words Here I stand. in a typewriter style font, set against a pale, soft-focus background.
Here I stand lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line anchor tattoos on the wrists of two people, placed side by side on wooden floorboards.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo running vertically down a person's upper back, in a lettering style.
Fine line script down the spine
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey pocket watch with purple and blue flowers and a teal banner, placed on the upper back.
Pocket watch and flowers on a shoulder blade
Black and grey thigh tattoo showing a shaded figure with long hair, a cross, roses, a feather and script lettering, photographed on a seated leg.
Thigh sleeve with portrait, roses and script
Black ink dotwork drawing of a jackal-headed Anubis figure with an ankh on a forearm-like shape, set among geometric lines and sun motifs.
Anubis head and ankh dotwork design
Black linework tattoo of interlocking concentric circles running down the outer forearm, in a geometric style.
Interlocking circles down a forearm
Dark brown henna-style ornamental design across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers, with a dangling chain motif and dotted linework.
Henna-style hand and finger design
Greyscale pencil sketch of a single curving feather with soft shaded barbs, a design that could suit a realism style tattoo.
Pencil sketch of a curved feather
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with purple flowers, an orange marigold and pink bell flowers on a person's upper back.
TARDIS and flowers on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of two orange and yellow seahorses with blue bubbles on skin, likely the back, shown beside a green and black stylised seahorse flash design.
Two seahorses with bubbles, tattoo and flash
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lace bra with roses and hexagonal mesh across the upper chest.
Lace bra tattoo across the chest
Black line drawing of a shamrock made from interlaced Celtic knotwork, with three heart-shaped leaves and a knotted stem, shown on a white background.
Celtic knot shamrock line drawing
Colour botanical tattoo of a rose, poppies and wildflowers wrapping the calf of a leg, with grey shaded leaves.
Wildflower bouquet tattoo on a calf
Black outline lightning bolt tattoo on the side of a torso, partly covered by clear wrap being peeled back by a hand.
Lightning bolt on the side of the torso
Colour realistic tattoo of a hot dog with mustard, relish and onion on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Hot dog tattoo on upper chest
Black linework tattoo of a fox chasing a rabbit through leafy foliage, spanning the upper chest and shoulder.
Fox chasing a rabbit across the chest
Black script tattoo reading Love, Mom on the inner forearm, shown beside a yellow card with handwritten writing.
Love, Mom in script on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with long hair, showing a dark dotwork mandala tattoo on the middle of her back.
Dark mandala tattoo on upper back
Colourful neo-traditional rooster head tattoo on the forearm, with a red outlined music note beside it.
Stylised rooster on a forearm
Black tribal flash design of a horse head with a triquetra trinity knot across its neck and small symbols along its mane, shown on white with no body placement.
Tribal horse head with trinity knot
Traditional style colour tattoo on an inner forearm showing an owl, a castle and a golden snitch inside a heart-shaped frame.
Hogwarts castle and golden snitch on forearm
Two matching fine line black tattoos of an infinity symbol crossed by an arrow, with the letters R and K, on two inner wrists.
Matching infinity and arrow wrist tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon bow, scrolls and the words Each day is a gift and not a given right, on the ribs.
Ribbon, scrolls and quote on the ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line chevron tattoo across the inner wrist, with the arm resting against a white wall.
Fine line chevron on the wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a diagonal scatter of stars across the upper arm, near the elbow.
Dotwork star trail on upper arm
Two small fine line black tattoos, a ship's wheel on one heel and an anchor on the other foot, shown on bare feet against a dark leather surface.
Ship's wheel and anchor on two feet
Three matching black linework mountain tattoos with latitude and longitude text sit on the inner forearms of three people.
Matching mountain and coordinates forearm tattoos
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in a lace mask beside a teal peacock, with black gothic lettering running down the side.
Masked woman and peacock on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a cream cat with blue eyes inside an ornamental teal frame, on the outer thigh.
Cream cat portrait with blue eyes on a thigh
Illustrated tattoo on the upper thigh of a woman in a patterned headscarf, resting her chin on her hand beside a rocking horse and a pram wheel, with a green wash and red accent.
Woman with rocking horse on a thigh
Red line drawing of a skull with an eyepatch and crossed blades, dripping blood, above the words If you dare hurt my friends, I won't forgive you.
Skull with eyepatch and crossed blades
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk and mandala patterns on its body, on an upper arm.
Ornate elephant on an upper arm
Small black fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a person wearing a blue bra, with a tiled floor and a chair in the background.
Fine line wave on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a snarling black panther head in front of a yellow crescent moon on the back of a hand.
Panther and crescent moon on the hand
Small black and grey fine line feather tattoo on the side of a finger, with navy nails patterned with white polka dots and thin rings.
Small feather tattoo on a hand

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