Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour botanical tattoo of a sunflower with a ladybird and green leaves on a woman's shoulder.
Sunflower and ladybird on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork big cat head tattooed on the back of a hand, set against a solid black geometric triangle with script lettering beside it.
Roaring big cat on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a sunflower, marigold and perched bird down an upper arm, with a swooping bird and FORGIVE ribbon across the shoulder.
Sunflower and bird upper arm with ribbon
Colour tattoo of a moonlit mountain landscape with a river and teal hills, set in an oval on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Moonlit mountain landscape on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour across a shoulder and upper arm, with an eagle emblem on the arm and a helmeted figure on the shoulder plate.
Plate armour shoulder and arm tattoo
Black ink ornamental crescent moon tattoo with dotwork lace patterns and dangling drops on the upper arm.
Ornamental crescent moon on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue lily above a yellow sunflower on an upper arm.
Lily and sunflower on an upper arm
Black single-line design of the word love forming a heart outline, with a volleyball drawn in the letter o, on a grey gradient background.
Continuous line love heart with volleyball
Black fine line tattoo of a small cartoon owl perched on a thin branch on the top of a bare foot.
Small owl on a branch on the foot
Colour traditional tattoo of a prickly pear cactus with pink flowers, a red sun and the words DON'T TOUCH ME below, on the ribs.
Prickly pear cactus with Don't Touch Me lettering
Hand-drawn pencil sketch of the words Once upon a time in ornate script with swirling flourishes, a lettering design for a tattoo.
Once upon a time lettering sketch
Traditional style colour tattoo of a striped hot air balloon with draped bunting and clouds on a lower leg, shown in a two-panel close-up.
Hot air balloon on a calf
Black and grey rosary anklet tattoo on an ankle, with a double strand of beads, a central medallion and a cross hanging down onto the top of the foot.
Rosary anklet tattoo with cross
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Love always, Charlie across the outer lower leg, in a lettering tattoo.
Love always, Charlie lettering on a leg
Black and grey fine line tattoo of media player controls, rewind, pause, play, fast forward and repeat, on the inner wrist.
Media player controls on the wrist
Black and grey blackwork and fine line tattoo of a leaping stag with branched antlers on the side of the torso.
Leaping stag with branched antlers on the side of the body
Black and grey photograph of a block lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL with MUSIC SPEAKS upside down beneath it.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a small, thin fine line outline heart tattoo on the ankle, shown above black stiletto heels and dark jeans.
Small outline heart on an ankle
Fine line dotted bow tattoo on the side of a finger, shown against a blurred background with bokeh lights.
Small dotted bow on a finger
Close-up of two small black eight-pointed star tattoos on the skin behind a person's ear, in a fine line style.
Two star tattoos behind the ear
Fine line black outline tattoo of the state of Florida with a small red heart on the east coast, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Florida outline with red heart on the back
Bold black abstract tribal-style tattoo on the inner forearm, with blue and purple watercolour-style shading.
Black tribal symbol with blue and purple wash on forearm
Black and grey script reading Believe in the run with a winged running shoe tattoo on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Believe in the run script and winged shoe on a foot
Woman in a fishnet bikini on a sandy beach, showing black and grey rose and floral tattoos on her forearm and upper arm.
Rose and floral tattoos on arms at the beach
Pencil drawing of a heart interwoven with a Celtic trinity-style knot, shaded in graphite on pale paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Interlaced heart and Celtic knot design
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a black silhouette figure lifted by a cluster of red, orange, pink, green and blue balloons.
Silhouette floating from colourful balloons on forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a side ribs area, with a red heart, purple flowers, a green four-leaf clover, dice and script lettering.
Colourful heart, flowers and clover on the ribs
Two side-by-side photos of a bold black Eye of Horus tattoo with curled linework on the inner wrist, with red nails and a floral cuff visible.
Eye of Horus tattoo on the inner wrist
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of a triangle, a chevron line and a feather on a bare back, with a Roman numeral XII band on the upper arm.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a shoulder
Close-up of a shaded pink rose tattoo with green leaves on a woman's shoulder, partly covered by a white knit jumper.
Pink rose on a shoulder
Neo-traditional style flash drawing of a woman with a bob haircut wearing a space helmet, with stars, planets and roses in pink, red and teal.
Astronaut woman with roses flash design
Black ink tape measure tattoo with numbered markings and flag pointers running along a forearm, in a workshop setting.
Tape measure ruler on a forearm
Flash sheet of seven hand-drawn arrows with patterned feather fletchings in teal, pink, red and yellow, shown in black linework on a white background.
Seven decorative arrows flash sheet
Black and grey tribal tattoo with swirling blackwork shapes covering the shoulder and upper arm of a shirtless man.
Black tribal piece across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line stag head tattoo with branched antlers, placed centrally on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Small stag head on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of an open book whose pages turn into four birds flying upwards.
Open book with birds in flight on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo on an outer thigh, photographed with a black Metallica bodysuit and fingerless gloves.
Black and grey thigh tattoo with band top
Black outline puffin tattoo with a multicoloured beak and blue and orange watercolour splashes on a lower leg.
Puffin with watercolour splashes on a calf
Colour tattoo on a forearm of three mouse-ear shaped balloons in pink, teal and purple, with red hearts, sparkles and dots, in a neo-traditional style.
Mouse-ear balloons and hearts on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an eye inside a triangle above an ornate mandala with swirling floral details.
All-seeing eye mandala on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dandelion with drifting seeds on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, of a woman in a dark strappy dress.
Dandelion seeds tattoo on upper back
A grid of colourful sugar skull flash designs with bows, hearts, wings, roses and crossbones, shown as drawings rather than tattoos on skin.
Sugar skull and bow flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a stylised calligraphic script design with curling flourishes on a plain grey background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Black ink calligraphic swirl design
Colour tattoo of a delta-shaped insignia in a ring, filled with purple and orange nebula and a starship silhouette, on a limb.
Galaxy-filled starfleet insignia with a starship
Colour tattoo of a red rose with dark green leaves on the outer calf, with grey suede lace-up platform boots below.
Red rose tattoo on a calf
Two matching geometric wolf head tattoos in blue, teal and grey on the upper arms, one on each arm, with denim sleeves rolled up.
Matching geometric wolf heads on upper arms
Black line drawing of three concentric rings with a solid five-pointed star at the centre, on a white background, suitable as a geometric tattoo design.
Concentric circles with a five-pointed star
A three by three grid of nine square watercolour tiles, each with a black rune-like symbol and a printed word such as Fearless, Strength, Heal or Insight beneath it.
Nine rune symbols on watercolour tiles

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