Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a lighthouse, ship's wheel and waves on the upper thigh, with a partly visible banner quote.
Lighthouse and ship's wheel on thigh
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a tentacled Cthulhu-like creature covering an upper arm, with a dark blade-like shape at the lower edge.
Tentacled sea creature on an upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a stag head with antlers, pine trees and a flying bird, on the side of the ribs.
Deer, pine forest and bird on ribs
Black tribal-style scorpion design on a white background, with a curved tail and pincers, shown as a standalone drawing rather than on skin.
Tribal scorpion design
Close crop of a bold black tribal-style band with swirling curls across a man's lower abdomen above his jeans, in blackwork style.
Black tribal band across the lower abdomen
Black and grey script tattoo reading Free Yourself on the inner forearm, with a shaded feather and a flock of birds flying off to the right.
Free yourself script with feather and birds
Flash sheet of eight tribal-style wolf designs in red, blue, green, gold, purple, black and white, with no body placement shown.
Multicoloured tribal wolf flash sheet
Two small black fine line swallow tattoos with pink accents on the inner wrists of a pair of hands, with pink painted nails visible.
Two small swallow tattoos on wrists
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon teapot with a curled yellow handle and orange bubbles, outlined in bold black, on the calf.
Cartoon teapot character on a calf
Small black blackwork elephant tattoo with ornate patterned fill on the upper back, near the neck, in a black and white photo.
Patterned elephant on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a message in a bottle with a small red heart and two red flowers with black leaves, shown on a limb.
Message in a bottle with red flowers
Traditional-style tattoo of a black cat head with red inner ears, orange-yellow eyes, whiskers and an open red mouth showing fangs, on skin.
Black cat head in traditional style
Black and grey dagger piercing a shaded skull in front of a shield-shaped banner, tattooed on the calf.
Dagger and skull on a calf
Black crescent moon tattoo with dots and a face-like detail, trailing outline stars up towards the neck, on the upper back.
Crescent moon and stars on upper back
Colour sunflower with black script reading A Cruce Salus across the top of a foot, with red toenail polish.
Sunflower and script on the top of a foot
Small black infinity symbol with a red heartbeat line on the inner wrist, drawn in fine line style.
Infinity symbol with red heartbeat on wrist
Fine line tattoo of a hare inside a dotted-edged frame with a small teacup, in dark blue ink on the forearm.
Hare in a framed panel on forearm
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the wrists, reading It's Only Forever and Not Long At All.
Matching wrist script quotes in black ink
Traditional style illustration of a woman in profile wearing two red roses in curled grey hair, with a black silhouette behind her, shown as a printed artwork on a wooden table.
Profile portrait with red roses in curled hair
Legs in a pale ruffled skirt and platform heels show traditional style tattoos of a bird with flowers, a stag head, a ship's wheel and roses.
Traditional tattoos on legs with stag and ship's wheel
Fine line black script lettering reading Kacham Cie across the top of a foot, with teal painted toenails and denim visible at the top edge.
Script lettering on the top of a foot
Fine line seahorse tattoo in brown ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing denim shorts, with a small solid black spiral tattoo on the hand.
Seahorse tattoo on the inner forearm
Colour biomechanical tattoo wrapping the lower leg, shown from three angles, with orange and teal organic forms and feather-like shapes.
Biomechanical leg sleeve on a calf
Black palm tree tattoo with a small wave beside it on the ankle and foot, drawn in a simple botanical style.
Palm tree and wave on an ankle
Two black script lettering tattoos on the upper arms, one beginning Remind me and the other reading When everything else is gone.
Matching script quote tattoos on upper arms
Pencil drawing of a unicorn head within an oval frame, with a crescent moon, castle silhouette, swirls and daisies, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Unicorn, moon and daisy design
Japanese-style tattoo of a cat face with yellow eyes, black and grey markings and a red rope beneath it, on the outer thigh.
Cat mask with rope on thigh
Botanical tattoo of red poppies and dark green foliage with black linework across the shoulder and upper arm.
Red poppies with foliage on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with three grey shaded butterfly tattoos on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three butterflies on the upper back
Two stacked photos of an infinity symbol tattoo with script lettering, one in teal and blue and one in red and black, on skin.
Infinity symbol with script lettering on skin
Colour tattoo of a Hello Kitty style face decorated with sugar skull flowers, a pink and orange bow and cobweb details, on skin.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty tattoo
Colour traditional tattoo of a dog wearing glasses, framed by orange and red flowers and a ribbon banner, on a person's calf beside a real white dog.
Traditional dog with glasses and flowers on a leg
Solid black flash design of a small skull with crossbones set within a sweeping dark shape, shown on a white background.
Skull and crossbones in a black silhouette
Black script lettering tattoos on two people's lower backs, reading 'There is no better friend than a sister' and '...and, there is no better sister than you'.
Matching sister quote tattoos on lower backs
Two matching realism tattoos in black and grey on forearms, each showing a hand with a hooked pinky finger above a ribbon banner.
Matching hands with ribbon banners on forearms
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grin with blue eyes on the inner wrist, with the words we're all mad here written beneath.
Cheshire Cat grin with quote on a wrist
Black linework tattoo of three parallel bands wrapping around a forearm, with a broken gap in the middle line, in a geometric blackwork style.
Three-line band tattoo on a forearm
Realistic blue rose tattoo with soft shading on the inner forearm of a person seated in a black chair.
Blue rose on a forearm
Realistic-style thigh tattoo of a stack of books with pages curling into wing shapes, above the script 'I've lived a thousand lives'.
Stacked books and page wings on a thigh
Two matching forearm tattoos of black stick figures climbing beside a thin orange and blue vertical line, shown side by side.
Matching stick figure tattoos on forearms
Two matching black ink figure tattoos on the tops of a pair of feet, one in a black flat and one in a brown flat, placed on the upper foot near the ankle.
Matching black ink figure tattoos on both feet
Black ink drawing of a geometric feather design with hatched and stippled panels, shown on plain cream paper with no body placement.
Geometric feather design in black ink
Fine line script tattoo reading forever and ever in dark purple ink running down the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a white rose.
Forever and ever script on a forearm
Black ink ribbon banner reading SHIVER ME TIMBERS on the inner forearm, shown as a temporary tattoo being peeled from its backing sheet.
Shiver me timbers banner on a forearm
Black and grey pencil design of symmetrical blackletter-style lettering with four wolf heads and flowing ornamental lines, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Symmetrical blackletter lettering with four wolf heads
Traditional style black rose flash design with shaded leaves and a thorned stem, drawn in black and grey with white highlights on paper.
Traditional black rose with thorny stem
Small black fine line infinity symbol tattoo on a thigh, with a kitten in a pale shirt sitting on the leg beside it.
Infinity symbol tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a shaded football with laces, a black and gold fleur-de-lis, and the words NEW ORLEANS above and SAINTS below.
New Orleans Saints football tattoo on upper arm

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