Tattoo ideas

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

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Black blackwork tattoo of a pine tree silhouette inside a circle, with a long trunk line, on the back of a lower leg.
Pine tree in a circle on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a giraffe formed from the words stand tall, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Giraffe made of script on the shoulder
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sphynx cat with a third eye and winged eyes, beside a snake and roses, as a tattoo design.
Sphynx cat with snake and roses design
Black ink Polynesian-style tribal tattoo with chevrons and geometric bands covering a lower leg, shown against a black background.
Polynesian-style bold blackwork calf sleeve
A grid of fifteen black ornamental heart designs on a white background, filled with dots, swirls, paisley shapes and flowers, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Grid of fifteen ornamental heart designs
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink magnolia flower with green leaves and a bud on the top of a foot.
Pink magnolia flower on a foot
Black line drawing of the words HERE COMES THE SUN in hand-drawn lettering, with SUN inside a circle surrounded by a spiky sunburst outline, on a white background.
Here Comes the Sun lettering in a sun
Black lettering tattoo of two lines of Roman numerals on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a serif lettering style.
Roman numerals on the inner wrist
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric patterns, with black and grey shading on the shoulder and upper arm fading to red and orange dots on the forearm.
Geometric dotwork sleeve with a pale sun
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger piercing a red rose with dark teal and orange leaves and five stars above, on the thigh.
Dagger and rose on a thigh
Hand with colourful space tattoos on four fingers, showing Earth, a UFO, a ringed planet and a rocket against blue and purple galaxy backgrounds, placed on the fingers.
Space motifs across four fingers
Small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, in a fine line style, with the hand held up against a dark background.
Small outline heart on a finger
Three views of a full colour sleeve tattoo in a biomechanical style with organic, sinuous forms, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Biomechanical colour sleeve on an arm
Small solid black camel silhouette tattoo on the side of a big toe, with the other toes visible beside it.
Camel silhouette tattoo on a toe
Black and white photo of a dotwork grid tattoo of small evenly spaced dots on the back of a hand, resting on dark leather.
Dot grid tattoo on the back of a hand
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading persevere along the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Persevere script on a thigh
Black hand-drawn block lettering reading BREATHE across the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
BREATHE lettering on a wrist
Small black and grey anatomical heart tattoo on the top of a foot near the toes, with dark painted toenails.
Small anatomical heart on a foot
Black crescent moon with white star cut-outs along its inner edge and a trail of small black stars falling beneath it, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Crescent moon with falling stars design
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and sub-dials on the forearm.
Realistic pocket watch on forearm
Two matching traditional tattoos on the thighs, one showing a cartoon mouse in a porthole frame and one showing a cartoon character on an anchor, both framed by red roses.
Matching cartoon and anchor tattoos on two thighs
Traditional-style tattoo of two skulls and a banner on the upper back of a person in a white lace dress, with tattooed hands holding beer bottles.
Skull and banner tattoo on a lace-backed dress
Woman seen from behind in a forest with a black and grey wolf head tattoo on her upper back.
Wolf head tattoo on a woman's back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with a stem and leaf, beside fine script reading tale as old as time, on the side of the torso.
Rose and script lettering on the side
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a whole back, showing a winged figure standing in water beneath mountains, sun rays, birds and trees.
Full back landscape with winged figure
Black ink lotus flower design with curling scrolls drawn on pale paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lotus flower with swirling scrolls
Small fine line black rose tattoo on the inner forearm, shown close up against a grey wall.
Small rose on an inner forearm
Two wrists side by side, each with a fine line black tattoo of a hand beneath three radiating lines, on a blue painted surface.
Matching hand and rays tattoos on wrists
Black ink drawing of a lighthouse within stippled clouds, with a compass rose below it on waves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lighthouse and compass rose design
A gloved tattoo artist works with a machine on a black and grey figure tattoo on a person's upper arm, with the design partly visible.
Black and grey tattoo being worked on an upper arm
Black sketched portrait with a red lightning bolt tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sketched portrait with lightning bolt on back
Colour cartoon tattoo of a grey winged unicorn with a pink mane and tail, followed by pink-iced cupcakes, on a person's lower back.
Cartoon unicorn trailing cupcakes on the lower back
Large black lace-style tattoo on a person's back, with symmetrical paisley scrollwork, flowers and filigree running down the spine.
Lace-style back tattoo with flowers
Black line drawing of two stacked spider chrysanthemums with curled, spiky petals, in a Japanese-style tattoo flash design.
Two chrysanthemums in line drawing
Two photos of a fine line black script tattoo reading to infinity and beyond with three bird silhouettes in flight, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
"To infinity and beyond" script with three birds on chest
Dark blue script lettering reading through every dark night, there is a brighter day, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black paw print line design with grey, green, blue and red accents in the toe pads, drawn on plain white paper with no body part shown.
Paw print design with coloured toe accents
Black blackwork-style dragon design with patterned wings that break apart into flying crows, drawn on a tan parchment background.
Dragon dissolving into flying crows
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses with leaves on an upper arm, shaded in soft greys.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Teal hatched illustration of a swallow in flight on a white background, presented as a tattoo design.
Swallow in flight, teal illustration
Fine line black twisted rope band tattoos wrapped around a finger on each of two hands, one on the ring finger and one on the middle finger.
Twisted rope ring tattoos on two fingers
Close-up of a woman's forearm and wrist with gold metallic temporary tattoos of scrolling paisley-style patterns, worn with a coin necklace.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a forearm
Black outlined Hello Kitty face tattoo with a pink awareness ribbon tied across the top of the head, on skin at the shoulder or upper back.
Hello Kitty with pink awareness ribbon
Two wrists pressed together, each with a matching black infinity symbol tattoo ringed by dots, shown in fine line style on the wrist.
Matching infinity tattoos on two wrists
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading Exhale, on the back of a wrist, with a hand resting on a thigh beside white platform trainers.
Exhale script tattoo on the hand
Black ink compass design with rune-like marks on the outer forearm of a person standing with their back to the camera, wearing dark jeans.
Compass design on a forearm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a skeletal spine, ribcage and antlers running along the forearm, with part of another bird tattoo visible at the top edge.
Skeletal spine and antlers on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a hand with a lace cuff, a strawberry on the back of the hand and small flowers and leaves below, on a forearm.
Hand holding a strawberry on a forearm

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