Tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour-style sketch tattoo of a lion cub sitting on a lying lion on the upper arm, with orange, yellow and purple splashes of colour.
Lion cub sketch on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Muppet character Animal with wild red hair, wide mouth and bandana, shaded in a painterly style on the upper arm.
Animal from the Muppets on the upper arm
Woman in a studded black faux leather mini dress with lace panels, with a black and grey tattoo visible on her upper arm and another on her thigh.
Studded leather dress with tattooed arm and thigh
Colour realism tattoo of planets, asteroids and a nebula across the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Space scene with planets on upper arm
Realistic pink rose tattoo with green leaves on an upper arm, shown in a full view and a close-up panel.
Pink realism roses on an upper arm
Black tribal sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with bold geometric patterns, spirals and solid black areas framed by bare skin.
Tribal sleeve tattoo on upper arm and forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged archangel standing over a fallen demon, with a small emblem and script, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Winged archangel over a fallen demon on upper arm
Small fine line black tattoo of a folded origami crane on the upper arm, below a white sleeve, against a yellow shutter background.
Origami crane on upper arm
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo on a chest with red roses and script on the upper arm, in a realism style.
Realistic skull and roses across chest and arm
Black and grey fine line script reading Ella Grace, crossed by two arrows with flourishes, on the inner upper arm.
Script name and arrows on an arm
Red lotus motif with a curling stem and a ring of dots on a dark grey area of the upper arm, in a botanical style.
Red lotus on a grey upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of two outstretched hands framing a sun, crescent moon and planets, including a ringed planet, on the inner upper arm.
Celestial hands with planets on upper arm
Colourful full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a sugar skull woman with roses, skulls and a church, in a neo-traditional style.
Day of the Dead sugar skull full sleeve
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the upper arm near the shoulder, against a blurred green background.
Small pine tree on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing the word Hope in black script above a black heart outline and a pink and blue awareness ribbon.
Hope script with heart and ribbon on arm
Traditional style tattoo of a rose with a red and blue lightning bolt running through it, on the upper arm.
Rose and lightning bolt on the upper arm
Three views of a dotwork geometric tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a black and grey circular lattice, red lotus-style petals and a cube pattern below.
Geometric mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a woman's face with handwritten script, a bird and a heart, shown on an upper arm and forearm from four angles.
Woman portrait and script full sleeve
Colour tattoo of a cream sunflower with green leaves on the upper arm, outlined in black in a traditional style.
Sunflower and leaves on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of crystals and peony flowers wrapping around the elbow and forearm.
Crystals and peonies on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington with bats and swirling lines across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Jack Skellington upper arm and shoulder piece
Black and white photo of a small, simple fine line peace sign tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a white knitted crop top.
Small peace sign tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo with red poppies, a bird, a skull and German text, shown from two angles on an arm.
Bird, poppies and skull full sleeve
Black linework tattoo of chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the inner upper arm, in a botanical outline style.
Chrysanthemum blooms on an inner arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned dinosaur skull on a bare female figure holding a flower, across the upper arm.
Skull-headed figure holding a flower on upper arm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing zombie figures, character portraits and tattooed lettering in colour.
Zombie and portrait full sleeve
Black script reading sempre con voi with a simple bird outline on the upper arm, shown in two stacked photos.
Sempre con voi script and bird on upper arm
Black and grey profile of a woman with curly bubble-textured hair and a coloured bird perched on top, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Bird and profile on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with two red roses covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white vest top.
Owl and roses on an upper arm
Large realism back tattoo in black and grey showing an Africa map, two winged angels, a compass and portraits, with a red and grey Liverpool crest on the upper arm sleeve.
Africa map and angels back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch above large roses, with a key near the lower edge.
Pocket watch and roses on upper arm
Close view of a pale, white-ink style scrolling filigree tattoo across a bare shoulder, upper back and upper arm.
Pale swirling filigree on shoulder and arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a wooden barrel with a paddle, a glass of beer, green hops and wheat stalks.
Beer barrel, hops and wheat on upper arm
Black and grey geometric full sleeve tattoo on an arm, featuring a large cicada above a mandala with dotwork shading and floral detail.
Cicada and mandala full sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of pink roses, a songbird and pansies with green leaves and soft grey shading on an upper arm.
Roses, songbird and pansies on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a black-lined circular emblem with blue rings, small stars and a floral vine on the upper arm.
Circular emblem with stars and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of octopus tentacles rising from engraved waves beneath stars and clouds, on an upper arm.
Octopus tentacles rising from waves on an upper arm
Small traditional style tattoo of a cluster of houses inside a scalloped oval frame on the inner upper arm.
Houses in a scalloped oval on upper arm
Black and grey snake tattoo with tribal swirls wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Snake with tribal swirls on upper arm
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo with white swirl details on the upper arm.
Black cat silhouette on upper arm
Black and white photo of a small fine line origami crane tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a dark top, shown in side profile.
Origami crane on upper arm
Black ornamental winged bird tattoo spanning the upper back and onto the upper arms, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate winged bird tattoo across a back
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with large orange lilies, skulls and green leaves on a dark background.
Orange lily and skull full sleeve
Woman with long dark hair and a black and grey tattoo sleeve on her left arm, a dark ornamental tattoo on the back of her hand and a rose and script design on her right forearm.
Tattoo sleeve and hand piece with rose
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an eye with lightning and mechanical gears across the upper arm and shoulder, with small touches of blue and red.
Realistic eye and gears on upper arm
Black and grey sketchy-style bird with spread wings tattooed across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, with typewriter lettering on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in flight across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a moonlit street with a tall clock tower and a figure in a top hat and long coat walking away.
Moonlit London street on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the character Gollum with wide eyes and yellow teeth, in bold black outlines, on the upper arm.
Gollum portrait on upper arm

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