Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a blue and purple mandala tattoo with petal-like motifs covering a shoulder, in fine line work.
Blue and purple mandala on a shoulder
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pale, stitched-face woman with red curls inside an oval frame, above a banner reading FOREVER.
Stitched portrait with FOREVER banner
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an ornate key with a phoenix rising from its bow, with smoky swirls, on the side of the ribs.
Phoenix rising from a key on the ribs
Colour tattoo of blue cornflowers with green stems and buds running up the inner forearm, drawn in a fine line botanical style.
Cornflowers on an inner forearm
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a row of moon phases in black ink on the inner forearm, beside an open book.
Moon phases row on forearm
Black script lettering reading you are perfect to me, arched across the lower back in a fine lettering style.
Script quote across the lower back
Close-up photograph of a green tribal spiral tattoo with black outlines and swirling curled shapes on a person's skin.
Green tribal spiral tattoo on skin
Black lettering tattoo in a rectangular frame reading The Truth is rarely pure and never simple, placed on the back of a woman's neck.
Boxed quote on the back of the neck
Small black dotwork tattoo of a few dots on the side of a finger, on a hand with black painted nails, palm facing the camera.
Tiny dot tattoo on a finger
Black and grey shaded crystal cluster tattoo on the centre of the chest, below a small navel piercing, with fingers resting either side.
Crystal cluster on the chest
Colour tattoo of a red ribbon bow with black tribal swirls on the thigh, shaded in a neo-traditional style.
Red bow and tribal swirl on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a bird with a raised, feathered wing and clawed talons on cream paper, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Diving bird sketch with raised wing
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, poker chips, dice, city towers and two large portraits across the upper back.
Las Vegas back piece in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Gothic cathedral facade with a rose window and spire on the forearm.
Gothic cathedral facade on a forearm
Fine line white ink tattoo of a Sri Yantra geometric design on a forearm, shown against reddish skin.
White ink Sri Yantra on a forearm
Colour tattoo of overlapping blue block lettering with grey and white highlights across a forearm, in Lettering style.
Overlapping blue block lettering on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a white profile silhouette inside a black ornate frame filled with purple and blue galaxy shading, on the thigh, with a small wrist tattoo visible.
Galaxy silhouette in ornate frame on thigh
Black ink line drawing of a compass inside a tree branch ring, with banners reading Not all who wander are lost and an anchor below, styled as a tattoo design.
Compass and tree design with banner text
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a dog's head with ornamental triangles across the upper back.
Geometric dog head on upper back
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading "we live with the scars we choose" across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Three women seen from behind in pin-up skirts, with black and grey tattoos on their upper arms and shoulders and a pair of bow designs on the middle woman's calves.
Three women seen from behind in pin-up outfits
Black and grey fine line tattoo design of a dandelion with drifting seeds above the script words Just Breathe.
Dandelion seeds with Just Breathe script
Collage of four photos showing small matching tattoos on wrists and ankles, including heart outlines, hash marks, a colour pinky-promise hands design and small lettering.
Matching small tattoos on wrists and ankles
Black compass rose tattoo with script lettering reading one love, placed centrally on the upper back.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Pencil-style shaded drawing of a sea turtle with plumeria-like flowers and a tribal wave swirl, designed as a tattoo.
Sea turtle with flowers and wave swirls
Four small solid black paw prints in a diagonal line on the lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Paw prints on the lower back
Black line drawing of a roaring lion head in a geometric dotwork style, shown as a tattoo design on torn tracing paper against a wooden surface.
Roaring lion head line design on tracing paper
Black and grey tattoo of a blossom vine with butterflies and small sparkles across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Blossom vine and butterflies on a shoulder blade
Small purple fine line cross tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with French tip nails, with a car steering wheel behind.
Small cross tattoo on inner wrist
Black geometric wolf head tattoo with hatched linework and solid black areas, placed on the thigh in a blackwork style.
Geometric wolf head on a leg
Small black sketchy line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line, known as the Deathly Hallows symbol, on the ankle.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the ankle
Two fine line tattoos of a mother holding a child: a wrist design with two small red hearts and flowing lines below, and a black outline design on the upper back.
Mother and child line tattoos on wrist and upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of three keyboard keys labelled Ctrl, Alt and G, sitting above the ankle.
Three keyboard keys on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded compass on a gridded map, with the words 'not all those who wander are lost' written beneath it.
Compass on a map with quote
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with a skull above it, a moth, a crescent moon, antlers and crossed bones, rendered in dotwork and linework.
Owl, skull and moth tattoo design drawing
Black and grey engraved anatomical heart tattoo with numbered labels and fine hatching, on the upper arm.
Anatomical heart on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with a sculpted updo and wing detail, on the outer thigh.
Profile of a woman with a wing on the thigh
Black script quote reading 'To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong' over rainbow watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Quote lettering with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two wrists held together, each with a black and grey crown tattoo above an ornate letter, forming a matching pair.
Matching crown and ornate letter wrist tattoos
Two wrists crossed over each other, each with a small black fine line tattoo of a sun and a crescent moon on the inner wrist, mirrored between the two.
Sun and crescent moon on two wrists
Black fine line geometric tattoo of stacked circles, crescents, a diamond and dots running down an upper arm, photographed in black and white.
Fine line circles and crescents on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an astronaut giving a thumbs up above a banner reading Your Demons, with Fight Off above, on the upper arm.
Astronaut with Fight Off Your Demons banner
Fine line black tattoo of two simple cartoon figures, one round-headed and one taller, placed behind a person's ear beside a plug earring.
Two small cartoon figures behind the ear
Thin black outline tattoo of the Maltese islands on the inner forearm, shown against a patterned bedsheet.
Outline map of the Maltese islands on a forearm
Close view of a small black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper back of a woman in an open-back floral dress.
Fine line coordinates tattoo on upper back
Forearm with a dense black and grey geometric mandala tattoo, with diamond and star motifs, in front of a wall of mandala and floral drawings.
Mandala forearm tattoo on a wall of designs
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red lightning, a red and white mountain and light blue clouds on the leg.
Cat with lightning and mountain on a leg
Colour tattoo of northern lights over a mountain range on an upper arm, with soft green, purple and pink bands above shaded grey peaks and small stars.
Northern lights over mountains on an upper arm

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