Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey cartoon minion with goggles and arms raised, shouting, tattooed on a person's stomach.
Screaming minion on the stomach
Colour tattoo of a blue ball of yarn with crossed knitting needles and a loose yarn end, in a bold outlined traditional style, on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Yarn ball and knitting needles on upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of a blackberry branch with green leaves and ripe and unripe berries on the upper arm.
Blackberry branch on an upper arm
Cheshire Cat grin and bright green eyes peering from a torn skin effect on the side of the ribs, with a shaded, three-dimensional look.
Cheshire Cat grin through torn skin on ribs
Black dotwork stipple drawing of a hand with the index and middle fingers crossed, shown on a pale grey textured background.
Crossed fingers hand in dotwork
Colour realism tattoo of a man in aviator sunglasses and a dark jacket, placed on a forearm.
Realistic portrait with aviator sunglasses
Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo of a green and orange phoenix with peacock feathers across the side of the ribs.
Phoenix and peacock feathers on ribs
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a clock face with a feather above, a rose below and a banner reading TIME KILLS EVERYTHING.
Clock and rose with Time Kills Everything banner
Two hands held up with fine line lightsaber tattoos on the index fingers, a blue blade on the left and a red blade on the right, placed beside paper lightsaber cutouts.
Lightsaber finger tattoos in blue and red
Black and grey traditional tattoo on the forearm showing two pistons, a banner reading LET'S BO, wings and an oval emblem with stars.
Pistons, wings and stars on a forearm
Lettering tattoo reading I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good, with dark footprints beside it, glowing blue-white under blacklight on an arm.
UV quote tattoo with footprints
Black blackwork tattoo of an eight-spoked runic compass symbol across the side of a ribcage, shown in a black and white photograph.
Vegvisir compass on the ribs
Two arms side by side show fine line black outline tattoos of a wavy cactus, a palm tree, a saguaro cactus and a small sprig on the upper arm.
Cactus and palm tattoos on two upper arms
Colour tattoo of a snarling fox wearing a pearl necklace and teal crescent ornament, with a spiked orange collar, on an upper arm.
Snarling fox with pearl necklace on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Refuse to sink with swirling flourishes and a small anchor below, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Refuse to sink script with anchor on ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading words with a superscript 3 on the inner wrist, in a typewriter-style font.
Words with a superscript 3 on a wrist
Blue and green scrolling floral butterfly design with a dark brown quotation beneath it, reading let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, Psalm 90:17.
Scrollwork butterfly with Psalm 90:17 quote
Side view of a leg in a strappy heeled sandal, with a black and grey ornamental tattoo running from the calf down to the ankle.
Black and grey ornamental tattoo on a calf and ankle
Four photographs of an upper arm sleeve in black outline linework showing cartoon princess characters, a carriage and a prince, with no shading or colour yet added.
Princess sleeve linework on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a Celtic cross with interlaced knotwork, a shamrock and a crowned claddagh heart held by two hands, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Celtic cross with claddagh and shamrock
Black ink drawing of a French bulldog's head framed by a heart of rolled roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
French bulldog in a rose heart
Colourful tree canopy above a DNA double helix trunk with brown roots, tattooed on the upper arm.
Tree and DNA helix with roots on upper arm
Flash design of a black swirling vine with blue, pink and purple butterflies, purple flowers, green leaves and three script names, shown without a body placement.
Butterfly and flower vine with three script names
Line drawing of a stylised turtle design in brown ink, with a patterned shell of four teardrop shapes and spiral flippers.
Stylised turtle design with spiral flippers
Small fine line tattoo of a red filled heart joined to a black heartbeat line, on the lower back above jeans, in a black and white photo with the red highlighted.
Red heart with heartbeat line on the lower back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull, city skylines and partial lettering, shown without any body placement.
Skull and cityscape tattoo design in grey pencil
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, half of her face a skull, with the quote I got a beautiful heart but a twisted mind around her.
Pin-up woman with half skull face and red rose
Two matching black mandala flower tattoos, one on a woman's shoulder blade and one on her upper arm, in a dotwork style.
Mandala flower tattoos on shoulder and upper arm
Fine line hot air balloon tattoo with red and orange flowers on the inner forearm near the wrist, against a plain white background.
Hot air balloon with flowers on a wrist
Red goldfish tattoo with soft shading and flowing fins on the upper thigh.
Red goldfish on a thigh
Small black fine line cicada tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cicada tattoo on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a feather in red, orange, yellow and black with stippled shading, running along the forearm.
Traditional feather tattoo on forearm
A stylised turtle drawing in bold outlined shapes of green, blue, purple, red, orange and yellow on a parchment-coloured background, suitable as a flash design.
Colourful stylised turtle design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a faceted diamond on the inner forearm, shaded to show light and facets.
Realistic diamond on a forearm
Traditional style pomegranate tattoo with dark green leaves on the back of a hand, with small heart, fish and star tattoos on the fingers.
Pomegranate tattoo on the back of a hand
Thigh tattoo of a black linework hand holding a pine tree filled with blue and purple galaxy shading, with a small landscape below.
Galaxy pine tree held in a hand on a thigh
Black and grey traditional swallow with script lettering and a feathered headdress portrait on a person's upper arm.
Swallow and headdress portrait on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading awake my soul with a swash underline, on the side of the ribcage, in a black and white photo.
Awake my soul script on the side ribs
Linework tattoo on a thigh combining a wireframe cube, an eye within a compass, a skull, a crescent moon and a red sunburst.
Geometric skull and all-seeing eye on a thigh
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a phoenix with sweeping wings and flame-like tail feathers on a pale background.
Tribal phoenix design
Close photo of a black tribal swirl tattoo on a person's side ribs, with a navel piercing visible below.
Black tribal swirl tattoo on the side ribs
Black and white photo of the script phrase Dum Spiro Spero tattooed along a forearm, with a metal watch on the wrist.
Dum Spiro Spero script on a forearm
Back view of a person in a black bikini showing a blue TARDIS police box tattoo with an orange wash and black swirl linework on the upper back, beside the shoulder blade.
TARDIS tattoo on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of oranges, white blossoms and green leaves across the outer thigh.
Orange fruit and blossom on a thigh
Cartoon tattoo of the Cat in the Hat balancing on a ball and juggling books, in black and grey with red accents, on an arm.
Cat in the Hat juggling books on an arm
Black and white photo of a raised hand with a small black script word tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script lettering on the inner wrist
Three drawn skeleton key designs with heart-shaped bows and scrolled shafts, one in black and grey and two smaller ones in black and pink, shown without any body placement.
Three ornate skeleton key designs
Black ink drawing of a panther climbing through white lilies and leafy stems, in a botanical fine line style, shown as an uncoloured tattoo design.
Black panther among lilies design

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