Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a MOM banner, an anchor, rope and yellow roses, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Heart and anchor with MOM banner on upper arm
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of a seated Buddha on a lotus base with a stem and leaves, running down the upper arm beneath cloud scrolls on the shoulder.
Seated Buddha and lotus on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a flower of life centre and leaf motifs covering the back of a hand and forearm, with small letters on the fingers.
Mandala and flower of life on hand and forearm
Black tribal-style design of a sitting cat with bold flowing shapes and white negative-space lines, shown as a stencil-like drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal-style sitting cat design
Black ink lettering tattoo reading know your own happiness, with scrolled flourishes above and below, on the upper arm of a person in a denim vest.
Know your own happiness quote on upper arm
Two small matching elephant tattoos on the inner wrists of two hands clasped together, one solid black and one in black fine line outline.
Matching elephant tattoos on two wrists
Solid black blackwork lotus flower tattoo across the upper back below the neck, shown on a person with short bobbed hair.
Solid black lotus on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling cartoon teapot with dotted bubbles rising above it, on the lower leg.
Cartoon teapot with bubbles on a calf
Black and grey dragon tattoo across a stomach, with tattooed arm and leg visible at the edges of a torso shot of a woman in a black bra and briefs.
Dragon tattoo across a stomach
Black and grey tattoo of a rabbit's head inside a scrolled ornamental frame with a bow, shown on skin in a fine line style.
Rabbit in ornate frame with bow
Two simple solid black cross tattoos on a person's forearm and wrist, with a black beaded bracelet on the other wrist.
Two black cross tattoos on forearms
Black line flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, most featuring the number 13, including a rose, skulls, a swallow, a butterfly, a dagger and a heart with a banner.
Thirteen themed flash sheet
A grid of nine black and white ornamental heart designs with filigree scrollwork, leaves and vines, shown as tattoo flash on a plain white background.
Nine black ornamental heart designs
Black ink line drawing of a rose with stippled centre and leaves inside a geometric wireframe, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric rose line drawing
Black ink handwritten-style quotation tattooed across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with her hand resting on her shoulder.
Handwritten quote tattoo across a upper back
Bold black Capricorn zodiac symbol on a plain white background, drawn as a single solid shape with a curled tail.
Capricorn zodiac symbol design
Fine line black script tattoo reading "you and i always" on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a fine line lettering style.
Script phrase above the collarbone
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a ship in a bottle framed by a red and black compass flower and a red flower with black leaves.
Ship in bottle with flowers on a forearm
Close photo of a small black sound wave tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with a grey top pulled up and denim jeans below.
Sound wave tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey wings tattoo on the lower leg of a person wearing silver snakeskin-effect platform heels.
Wings tattoo on a calf above silver heels
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a crescent moon within an ornate frame, on a calf.
Mountain, moon and pine tree calf tattoo
Black dreamcatcher tattoo with a mandala centre and hanging feathers on a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the upper arm
Black script lettering on a forearm reading Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one, photographed over a faded world map.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, shown in black ink against pale skin.
Script word tattoo on inner wrist
Black ink scrollwork and floral vine tattoo wrapping from the ankle across the top and side of a foot, in a fine line and blackwork style.
Black scrollwork tattoo on a foot and ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dog with its tongue out, emerging through torn skin on a person's upper back.
Realistic dog portrait tearing through skin on back
Black and grey dotwork chest tattoo of a howling wolf on a rock beneath a full moon, moon phases, pine forest and mountains, placed across the chest.
Wolf, forest and moon phases on a chest
Realism style tattoo on a calf showing a half-head profile, with a black and grey ear and hair on one side and coloured anatomy and a starry galaxy on the other.
Split head anatomy and galaxy on a calf
Black filigree skull drawing on a white background, with scrolling leaves and lace-like linework across the cranium and jaw, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Lace-style skull design
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word glee in cursive script at the right loop, shown on a white background as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script 'glee'
Small black fine line outlined flower tattoo with eight petals on the side of a torso, under a lifted grey top.
Small outlined flower on the side ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red rose and a dreamcatcher with feathers and hearts on the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher and rose on a thigh
Black and white photo of two hands with TRUE and LOVE lettering on the fingers and a shaded lion head with wings on the backs of the hands, a small child's hands resting on top.
TRUE and LOVE lettering across the knuckles
Fine line tattoo of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle joined by a single thread line, in dark teal ink on skin.
Sewing motif with spool, dress form and needle
Black and grey flash drawing of a rebel-style emblem, a droid and a rose set over an inverted triangle, with dotwork shading and no body placement shown.
Rebel emblem, droid and rose design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale with its tail raised above a shaded rectangle, placed on the outer thigh.
Whale and dotwork block on a thigh
Close up of a fine line lettering tattoo of the word free on the back of a woman's hand near the wrist, with a denim shirt and bracelets visible.
Fine line word tattoo on the hand
Two black triangle tattoos on a person's forearms, one made of small linked triangles and the other with layered outlines, shown with arms raised.
Two triangle tattoos on forearms
Black and grey geometric symbol tattoo with a diamond and cross-like motif on the middle finger of a hand, photographed in black and white.
Geometric symbol tattoo on a middle finger
Realistic colour tattoo of a human skull framed by pink roses and grey scrollwork on the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic skull and roses on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon gnome with a red hat, white beard and blue robe, seated cross-legged with arms outstretched.
Smiling cartoon gnome tattoo
Black and grey botanical flash design of two open roses, a rosebud and leaves on a white card, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey rose cluster design
Colour tattoo of a blue genie rising above a golden lamp, with a handwritten quote beneath it, on an upper arm.
Blue genie and magic lamp with quote on upper arm
Realistic grey-shaded lily tattoo with red stamens and a curling vine across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Shaded lily on a shoulder and back
Colour Japanese style tattoo of blue and purple peonies, red blossoms and green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Peony and blossom tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo in a circle on the side of the ribs, showing a sun over mountains, a ringed planet and a spiral galaxy.
Dotwork sun, mountains and galaxy in a circle
Black tribal-style turtle tattoo with a patterned shell and spiral details on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Turtle tattoo on the top of a foot
Fine line tattoo of five outlined geometric solids running diagonally across the inside of a forearm, in a single dark ink.
Five geometric solids in a row on a forearm

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