Tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful traditional tattoos of pin-up women, cartoon characters and stars cover a man's forearms, upper arms and chest.
Traditional cartoon and pin-up sleeves on arms
Black and grey swallow tattoo in flight with shaded wings and a long forked tail, on the inner forearm, in a traditional style.
Swallow in flight on a forearm
Colour tattoo of red roses and green leaves wrapping around a black triangle outline on the forearm, in a traditional botanical style.
Red roses and vine around a triangle outline
Black ink ship's wheel with script reading Be the one to guide me, and an anchor with rope and script reading but never hold me down, tattooed on the thighs.
Ship's wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crossed hammer and adjustable wrench with a Dad banner on the upper arm.
Crossed hammer and wrench with Dad banner
Traditional style tattoo of an acorn with pink and white flowers and green leaves on the inner wrist, with other tattoos visible above.
Acorn and flowers on a wrist
Black and grey flash sheet drawing of a sailing ship on waves, two swallows, an anchor and a telescope, with the script phrase Between the Devil and the deep blue Sea beneath.
Sailing ship, swallows, anchor and telescope flash
Colour traditional tattoo of three lipsticks, a pink and teal bow and candy hearts reading PRIMA DONNA and GIRL, on an upper arm.
Lipsticks, bow and candy hearts on an upper arm
Close-up of a colourful traditional style tattoo of an open pearl clam with a pink pearl and bubbles, beside a purple candy heart, on an upper arm.
Pearl clam and candy heart on an arm
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with red roses and swirling linework on a man's upper arm and shoulder, worn beneath a white vest top.
Sugar skull and roses on upper arm
Two matching tattoos of a black heart-shaped key tied with a pink bow on the left forearm and a blue bow on the right forearm, in a traditional style.
Matching heart-key tattoos with bows on forearms
Traditional style colour tattoo of an oil lamp with a flame, yellow flowers and a leafy sprig on a forearm, shown in a three-panel close-up collage.
Oil lamp with flame and flowers on a forearm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a snarling panther head with bared teeth and droplets, placed on a calf.
Snarling panther head on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a grey tooth with an orange filling and a FILLER banner, placed on the arm near the elbow.
Tooth with filling and FILLER banner
Colour tattoo of a symmetrical folk-style floral mandala with grey shaded petals, red hearts and green leaves on the shoulder and upper back.
Folk floral mandala on a shoulder
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a tent and pine trees in a shield-shaped frame, with red maple leaves around it.
Camping scene in a shield frame with maple leaves
Traditional style tattoos of a pin-up figure, a red rose and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a black slogan tank top.
Pin-up, rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves inside a circular frame, with the script words Tale As Old As Time arching above it, on a person's upper back.
Pink rose in a ring with script on the back
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat's head with amber eyes and orange whiskers, surrounded by red flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Black cat and red flowers on upper arm
Black and grey outline tattoo on the forearm showing two hatched anatomical hearts above the word WHO in block letters, with an open rectangle shape at the top.
Two anatomical hearts with WHO lettering
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf showing Maude Flanders from The Simpsons in the pose of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the banner text ONLY MAUDE CAN JUDGE ME.
Maude Flanders as Our Lady of Guadalupe
Black and grey tattoo of a scroll banner reading Mischief Managed, with footprints and smoke wisps, on skin.
Mischief Managed banner with footprints
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two swallows in flight, a sunburst and a small flower on the back of a hand.
Swallows and sunburst on the back of a hand
Traditional-style flash drawing of a striped hot air balloon with a banner reading Enjoy Your Journey, a woven basket and small stars, in red, brown and black ink on kraft paper.
Hot air balloon with Enjoy Your Journey banner
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with an eye on the cover and a yellow banner reading NERD LIFE, on the upper arm.
Stacked books with an eye and NERD LIFE banner
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship, a lotus flower and an anchor across the upper arm, shown in two photographs side by side.
Sailing ship, lotus and anchor on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue cross wrapped in green vines and a grey banner reading Mom and Dad, on a limb.
Blue cross with Mom and Dad banner
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship on rough waves, with a rose beneath it, on an upper arm.
Sailing ship and waves on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of the cartoon sailor Popeye holding a spinach can labelled SPINACH, on the forearm.
Popeye the Sailor on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with a sculpted updo and wing detail, on the outer thigh.
Profile of a woman with a wing on the thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of an astronaut giving a thumbs up above a banner reading Your Demons, with Fight Off above, on the upper arm.
Astronaut with Fight Off Your Demons banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with flames, a pocket watch and a banner on the forearm.
Anatomical heart and pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style roses with leaves and fine script above them, tattooed across a woman's shoulder.
Black and grey roses with script on shoulder
A neo-traditional skull design drawn on paper, framed by grey scrollwork and red panels with dotted borders, with pens lying nearby.
Skull with scrollwork in neo-trad style
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a bottle enclosing a dark sea scene with waves, with a red rose and leaves at its base.
Bottle with sea scene and rose on a forearm
Two matching cartoon robot tattoos on a pair of forearms, each with red heart and bow details, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Matching robot tattoos on two forearms
Two side-by-side tattoo flash designs of a traditional dagger with a jewelled pommel wrapped in a rose, shown as a black line drawing and a coloured version.
Dagger and rose flash, line and colour versions
Black and grey traditional flash sheet with a skull and rose, crescent moon, anatomical heart, eye, horseshoe and clover designs.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Colourful traditional-style feather tattoo with black outlines and orange, pink and teal tones on a forearm, with partial arrow tattoos at the edges.
Traditional feather tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Coloured flash design of a white skull wearing a red fez and bow tie, with a tattoo machine and the word Geronimo on a gold banner, on a pale blue background.
Skull with fez, bow tie and tattoo machine
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a dotwork hand holding a flower stem with leaves, with the words Wish me the best beside it, on a forearm.
Hand holding a flower reading Wish me the best
Black linework flash design of a fist gripping a lightning bolt beside a storm cloud with lightning, in a Traditional style on a tan background.
Fist gripping lightning and storm cloud flash
Black ink line drawing of a cracked heart wrapped in a bandage, with a plaster, stitches, a rose and leaves, in a traditional flash style.
Cracked heart with rose and bandage
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Traditional style colour tattoo of a woman in a pirate tricorn hat with a skull and crossbones, shown on the upper arm.
Pirate woman with skull hat on upper arm
Black and grey traditional flash design of an hourglass reading TEMPUS FUGIT, with a sailing ship in the top bulb and a skull in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with skull and ship
Colour traditional tattoo of a sunflower with a stem, leaves and a banner reading SPARK, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Sunflower and SPARK banner on an upper arm

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