Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey bow and arrow tattoo with a small red heart on the upper arm of a person in a white top.
Bow and arrow with red heart on an arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a black and white cat curled around two red roses with green leaves, on a lower leg.
Cat and roses in a traditional style on a calf
Black line drawing of an elephant head wearing a feathered headdress, with a medallion, flowers and dotted chains, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Elephant head with feathers and dotted chains
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, along the spine.
Vertical script tattoo along the spine
Fine line black outline of a cat face with whiskers on the inside of a wrist.
Small cat outline on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a flowering botanical sprig with small blossoms and leaves on the inner forearm.
Sprig of flowers on a forearm
Drawing of a geometric owl in flight, built from faceted feather shapes in teal, blue, brown and cream on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Geometric owl in flight
Dark mandala tattoo with a floral centre and dangling dots on the shoulder, with a second design partly visible on the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black and red stormtrooper helmet tattoo with speckled dotwork edges on the upper arm, worn over a dark blue sleeve.
Stormtrooper helmet on upper arm
Black lace and floral tattoo wrapping around the upper arm of a woman in a grey t-shirt, with the arm bent at the elbow.
Black lace tattoo on upper arm
Flash sheet of gold and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including a feather, crescent moons, arrows, a yin yang, chevrons and the words Love and Believe.
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Two arms side by side, each with a cartoon toast slice character tattoo on the upper arm, one with purple jam and one with tan peanut butter.
Matching jam and peanut butter toast tattoos
Black and grey photo of two wrists with matching halves of a swirling heart tattoo in a blackwork style, which meet to form one heart.
Matching split heart tattoos on wrists
Neo-traditional tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull beneath it, shaded in black and grey with blue accents, on the outer thigh.
Owl and sugar skull on a thigh
Realistic coloured tattoo of two plumeria flowers with pink, purple and yellow petals on the forearm.
Plumeria flowers on a forearm
Blue ink botanical tattoo of two peonies with leaves on the inner forearm, shown beside a white vest top.
Blue peony cluster on a forearm
Black line drawing of a tree of life within a circle, with spiral swirls, small stars and knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tree of life in a circle with swirls and stars
Two matching black outline bow tattoos in a fine line style, one on a forearm and one on a second arm below it.
Matching bow tattoos on two forearms
Back of a woman's head with a lotus design shaved into the nape undercut, and a small black ink tattoo on her upper arm.
Lotus shaved into nape undercut
Pencil drawing of a rose whose stem forms a treble clef, with two buds, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Rose and treble clef design in pencil
Black and grey tattoo on the inner wrist showing a dreamcatcher with shaded feathers, a flock of birds and the script word Dream.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a wrist
Black line drawing of a tiger's face, front on, with bold stripes and tapering fur strokes on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Tiger head stencil design
Traditional style tattoo of a smiling cartoon woman with glasses and pink flowers in her dark hair, on the forearm.
Cartoon woman with flowers in her hair
Black ink bird with feathers and roses on the side ribs, with flowing script tattooed on the thigh, in a black and white photo with a patterned yellow bikini.
Bird and roses on ribs, script on thigh
Fine line tattoo of birds in flight rising up a forearm beside the word faith in cursive script.
Birds in flight and faith script on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork whale tattoos with fine dotted geometric lines across a full arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm.
Whales and geometric lines on an arm sleeve
Fine line black constellation tattoo of dots and connecting lines spread across a person's upper back.
Constellation tattoo across upper back
Fine line jellyfish tattoo with a blue watercolour-style bell and dark trailing tendrils, running down the side of a woman's back and ribs.
Jellyfish tattoo along side of back
Black tribal-style band tattoo wrapping the inner forearm, with a shaded flower and swirling motifs, in black ink on skin.
Tribal band with flower on a forearm
Realism-style tattoo of a tall black pine tree with roots spreading down onto the foot, set against an orange and yellow sunset gradient on the lower leg.
Pine tree and roots over a sunset on the leg
Traditional style red rose tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, with teal leaves, yellow highlights and purple shading.
Red rose on the back of a hand
Realistic passport stamp tattoos in blue, red and black across a forearm, showing dated immigration-style marks and a border agency stamp.
Passport stamps on a forearm
Fine black linework tattoo of nested geometric polygons with dashed guide lines, placed centrally on a person's chest.
Geometric polygon design on the chest
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with an om symbol on a person's upper back, with a hand resting beside it bearing the words This too shall pass.
Mandala back tattoo with om symbol
Black and grey realism tattoo of a classic muscle car with banknotes spilling from its exhaust across the forearm.
Muscle car with banknotes on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an animated princess with flowing hair and a side braid on the upper arm.
Animated princess line drawing on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a chain and leaves across the back of a hand.
Pocket watch and leaves on the hand
Three wrists on a wooden table, each with a small black lettering tattoo reading DREAM, HOPE and LOVE in plain capitals on the inner forearm.
Dream, hope and love wrist lettering
Black geometric arrow tattoo with a diamond lattice centre, running vertically down the centre of a woman's upper back.
Geometric arrow tattoo down the spine
Bold black blackwork tattoo of overlapping circles and triangles with ink splatter details, placed on the upper back.
Circles and triangles on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a spherical droid with an orange ring above pale blue flowers and yellow leaves, with a black and grey moustache and 13 below, on a forearm.
Spherical droid with blue flowers on a forearm
Realism black and grey tattoo of crossed bullets on an upper arm, with smoky shading behind them.
Crossed bullets on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight with an arrow passing through its beak on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Bird in flight with arrow on upper chest
Black and grey forearm tattoo of two pocket watches on a chain above two shaded roses with leaves and a small flower below, shown from three angles.
Pocket watches and roses on a forearm
Two-panel photo of a fine serif "live free" lettering tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, wearing a pale dress.
Live free lettering on the side ribs
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing two swordsmen silhouetted against a red moon, with a large raven perched on dark rocks beside them.
Two swordsmen and a raven on a forearm
Black and grey silhouette tattoo of an adult lifting a child against a circle, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Silhouetted figure lifting a child on a back
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a heart-shaped ribcage, a pocket watch with Roman numerals, sprigs of flowers and the script words Your love will be safe with me.
Ribcage heart with pocket watch design

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