Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line arrow tattoo in dark ink on the side of a woman's ribcage, below a navy tank top.
Small arrow tattoo on the ribs
Phoenix tattoo on the upper back, with outlined wings filled in orange and yellow and a black swirling tail.
Phoenix tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a grey branch with green leaves, shaded in a soft realistic style on the lower back.
Red cardinal on a branch
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
Black and grey lion head tattoo with a detailed mane in fine line and dotwork style on the upper arm.
Lion head with flowing mane on upper arm
Solid black treble clef tattoo on the upper back, with a swirl of small music notes and light blue and red dots.
Treble clef with music notes on upper back
Realistic black and grey pocket watch with Roman numerals, exposed gears, a chain and flowers tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism drawing of two crossed feathers on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Crossed feathers in black and grey
Fine line black tattoo of three daisies and a small bud on long thin stems across the forearm.
Daisies on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a blue and black ornate frame, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon white cat in an ornate frame on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of the words not all those who wander are lost, set in a decorative script across two lines on skin.
Quote tattoo in decorative script
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two female faces at its centre, set within a circle and triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces
Full back tattoo of a red and gold phoenix with flowing feathers and peacock eye details, in Japanese style, covering the back.
Full back phoenix tattoo in red and gold
Black cursive script reading positivity on a plain white background, a lettering design for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Positivity script lettering design
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 white drawing of an open hand with mandala and lotus patterns, a dotwork all-seeing eye in a triangle above the fingertips, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Hand with eye in triangle design
Small black fine line dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside stacked beaded and chain bracelets.
Small dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline heart tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a grey top pulled aside.
Small outline heart on the upper chest
Close view of a woman's arm with a full black ornamental blackwork sleeve of mandala-style florals and swirls, running from the wrist up to the upper arm.
Black ornamental sleeve on an arm
Realistic blue TARDIS police box tattoo with the words Allons-y in black script beneath it, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
TARDIS and Allons-y script on upper back
Full arm sleeve tattoo of hammerhead shark silhouettes swimming over classical ruins in teal, with a torn orange section and a small red creature on the forearm.
Hammerhead sharks over ruins on an arm sleeve
Small fine line and dotwork conch shell tattoo in dark ink on a pale arm, beside a patterned knitted jumper.
Conch shell tattoo on an arm
Shirtless person with pink roses covering the face, showing a black chest tattoo and smaller tattoos on the upper arm and forearm.
Black chest tattoo with roses over the face
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo inside a square outline on a forearm, with a smaller tattoo visible on the other arm.
Crescent moon tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of four birds flying above an infinity symbol with the word faith in script, on the shoulder of a person seen from behind.
Four birds and infinity script on shoulder
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and lotus-style petals across the centre of a chest, worn under a black top.
Mandala and lotus chest tattoo
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a TARDIS and a Dalek in black and grey, with green and red plant details near the wrist.
Doctor Who sleeve with TARDIS and Dalek
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog in an ornate gold frame, with a red flower, green leaves and paw prints on the lower leg.
Dog portrait in gold frame with red flower
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a sunflower, a rose and an ornate elephant head with mandala-style patterning, shown against a white fabric background.
Sunflower, rose and elephant on a forearm
Small black paw print tattoo on the top of a foot in a glittery purple flip-flop, with purple painted toenails.
Paw print tattoo on a foot
Black and grey pencil drawing of a skull in side profile wearing a helmet with a large star, a realism-style tattoo design.
Skull in a star helmet, side profile
Realistic black and grey humpback whale tattoo across the upper back and shoulder blade of a person with their head turned away.
Humpback whale on a upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with flowing hair and birds above, sitting on the upper thigh.
Sugar skull woman on thigh
Small black and grey sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand raised in front of a plain pale background and blue painted nails.
Small sailboat tattoo on the wrist
Black and white pen drawing of a stippled cat-like creature with large ears, circular eyes and a crescent-shaped dotted tail, shown on paper.
Stippled cat creature drawing
Small black fine line arrow tattoo on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting on knitted grey fabric.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates above two overlapping triangle outlines on a forearm.
Coordinates and triangles on a forearm
Fine line black and grey feather tattoo with the word faith in script on the side of the ribs.
Feather and faith script on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat peering out of a black Darth Vader helmet, on the calf.
Cat in a Darth Vader helmet on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey Buddha head with raised hand and a pink lotus flower, set against an orange and green clouded background on the upper arm and shoulder.
Buddha and lotus on upper arm
Colour phoenix tattoo with flowing orange and red tail feathers, a small triangle and the words wit beyond measure, on a lower back in neo-traditional style.
Phoenix with script on the lower back
Two matching black fine line tattoos of a stick figure holding a thin stick, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Matching stick figure tattoos on upper backs
Both forearms of a person with palms up, covered in symmetrical blackwork geometric tattoos of diamond motifs, chevrons and stripes.
Blackwork geometric forearm sleeves
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
Two wrists held together, each with a black fine line crown above script lettering, reading Queen on the left and King on the right.
Matching queen and king crown wrist tattoos
Fine line tattoo of a rounded cartoon creature with pointed ears and a green sprouting seedling, on pale skin.
Cartoon creature and green sprout on skin

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