Tattoo ideas

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

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Botanical tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, showing pale peach wild roses with green leaves, dark ferns, succulent-style blooms and small red berries, in a neo-traditional style.
Wild roses and ferns on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of the comic character Deadpool with arms crossed and crossed swords behind him, on the inner forearm.
Deadpool character on forearm
Full back tattoo in colour and black and grey, showing red poppies, pink flowers, black lace patterning and a dragon head at the lower back.
Poppies, lace and dragon across a full back
Black fine line script lettering reading keep it close watch on this heart of mine, curving along the ribs.
Script quote curving along the ribs
Full colour Japanese style tattoo of a horse in an ornate bridle, pink peonies and a blue bird, running down the side of a thigh.
Horse, peonies and bird down the side of a thigh
Black linework flash design of a gramophone inside an ornate oval frame, with leaves and a banner reading Music is a place to be, drawn on tracing paper.
Gramophone in an ornate frame with banner
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a lighthouse and a butterfly on the outer thigh.
Lighthouse and butterfly on a thigh
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a woman with curly hair hugging a dark circular galaxy with coloured planets and a ringed Saturn, placed on the upper back.
Woman embracing a galaxy on the upper back
Black ink drawing on paper of a radial mandala made from looping continuous lines, spirals, dots and an Om symbol, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Radial mandala of loops, spirals and an Om symbol
Back view of a loose black brushstroke bird tattoo across the upper back, with sweeping red ink lines crossing the skin.
Black brushstroke bird on upper back
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind with a small solid black crescent moon tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder.
Crescent moon tattoo on upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a large-eyed cartoon owl with patterned feathers, perched on a curled branch, as a tattoo design.
Cartoon owl perched on a branch
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with floral, leaf and dotwork detail on the outer ankle, with parts of other tattoos visible at the edges.
Crescent moon with floral ornament on an ankle
Two forearm tattoos: the word geronimo above a brown bow tie, and the words Allons-y above a pair of red and blue 3D glasses with small stars.
Geronimo bow tie and Allons-y 3D glasses tattoos
Traditional style colour tattoo on a lower leg showing two cartoon characters above a pink retro television with a red heart reading I Love Lucy.
I Love Lucy TV and heart on a calf
Small black fine line tattoo of a cactus with a flower on the top, placed on the inner forearm.
Small cactus with flower on inner arm
Solid black silhouette of an anchor with a rope wrapped around its shaft and arms, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor with coiled rope design
Black tribal-style bear head design on a white background, drawn as a flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Tribal bear head design
Black line tattoo of three periodic table element boxes spelling THINK, with Th for thorium, In for indium and K for potassium, in lettering style on skin.
THINK spelt in periodic table element tiles
Black and grey tattoo of an astronaut on a lunar surface holding a cratered moon balloon, placed on the upper arm.
Astronaut holding a moon balloon on upper arm
Fine line black ink tattoos of a ringed planet and a small rocket on an ankle, with a red blanket and a bed visible behind the foot.
Planet and rocket on an ankle
Blue and teal mandala tattoo with a yellow centre and black linework, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue mandala on upper back
Small black compass rose tattoo on the inner wrist, shown on an open palm resting on a nautical chart.
Compass rose tattoo on the wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading One step at a time with infinity symbols, placed on the side of an ankle.
One step at a time script with infinity symbols on ankle
Two matching black outline four-leaf clover tattoos on the inner wrists of two people, with bracelets and green leaves behind.
Matching four-leaf clover tattoos on two wrists
Small colour tattoo of a yellow cartoon bird with black outlines on the inner wrist, shown on a fist held against a red fabric background.
Small yellow cartoon bird on a wrist
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with a dotwork rosette and scrollwork on an upper arm, photographed beside an ornate iron gate.
Ornamental mandala on upper arm
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a stag's head and antlers within swirling smoke shapes, shown on a forearm.
Stag silhouette blackwork on a forearm
Black tribal-style dragon design with a red flame trail from its mouth, drawn as a flash sheet on a white background.
Tribal dragon breathing fire
Small black outline heart tattoo in a fine line style on the ankle of a person wearing beige platform heels.
Small outline heart on an ankle
Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a tent, pine trees, a campfire and stars on a person's upper back.
Camping scene on upper back
Traditional style panther head with green eyes and a red open mouth inside a banner reading Burn Burn Burn, tattooed on an upper arm.
Snarling panther head with banner on upper arm
Bold black blackwork owl tattoo with ornate patterned eyes and wings, placed on the ankle and lower leg of a bare foot on a wooden floor.
Tribal owl tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo on a shoulder, with a scalloped crown filled with raindrop dots and wave lines.
Skull with raindrops on the shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo on the top of a foot, showing muscle, tendons and bone as if the skin has peeled back over the toes.
Anatomical muscle and bone tattoo on a foot
Black botanical tattoo of a rose with leaves and a long stem on a person's upper back near the shoulder, worn with a red top.
Black rose on a shoulder
Black line tattoo of a cross and heartbeat trace ending in an outlined heart on a forearm, shown on two arms in a fine line style.
Matching cross and heartbeat forearm tattoos
Small fine line tattoo of a cat sitting on a crescent moon, placed on the lower back of a person with dark hair.
Cat sitting on a crescent moon on the lower back
Colour floral vine tattoo across a bare back, with red and orange mandala-style flowers, black swirling stems and green leaves.
Floral vine tattoo across a back
Small colour tattoo of two red cardinals perched on a black branch, on the inner forearm.
Two red cardinals on a branch on a forearm
Black ink lettering on a forearm in a typewriter-style font, reading so please forgive what i have done, no you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Four lines of text on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a tent, campfire and pine trees under a crescent moon, on an upper arm.
Camping scene with tent and campfire
Black script tattoo reading what matters most is how well you walk through the fire, with a peace symbol at the wrist end, on a forearm.
Script quote and peace symbol on a forearm
Set of traditional-style tattoo flash designs printed as stickers, showing a teacup, aeroplane, microphone, cigarette hand, globe, ship wheel and carousel horse, all with lettering on banners, on a
Traditional flash designs printed as stickers
Three traditional style flash designs on a pale surface: a ship wheel with a banner, a carousel horse with a banner, and a hand holding a microphone with a banner.
Ship wheel, carousel horse and microphone flash
Small black ink symbol resembling an arrow with crossed lines on the back of a hand near the wrist.
Arrow and crossed-line symbol on a hand
Black knotwork vine tattoo with small red, yellow, blue and teal flowers, a heart and a butterfly, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Knotwork vine with coloured flowers on upper back
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a red rose, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and outlined roses.
Rose and pocket watch sleeve on upper arm

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