Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of an outlined heart overlapping a peace sign tattoo, filled with red, yellow and green, on the side of the body above a waistband.
Heart and peace sign in red, yellow and green
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork shading and outlined petals, placed on the forearm.
Lotus flower on a forearm
Two people stand side by side showing small GRL PWR lettering tattoos in dark blue-black ink on the lower leg above the ankle, in a fine line style.
GRL PWR lettering on two ankles
Black Greek key armband tattoo wrapped around an upper arm, with Greek lettering set between two bands.
Greek key armband with Greek text on upper arm
Black ink fine line drawing on grey paper of a radial mandala of looping lines, spirals, an eye and dotted rays, with no placement shown.
Radial line-loop mandala design
Black line drawing of overlapping circles of varying sizes above the words You are Loved by so Many and so Much and By no One more than ME, on a white background.
Overlapping circles with quote lettering
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a green and brown parrot perched among red peonies with dark outlines, on the forearm.
Parrot and peonies on a forearm
Neo-trad style tattoo of three bold feathers in teal, purple and red with dark outlines, on the outer thigh of a reclining person.
Coloured feather tattoo on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a pine tree, a deer and hatched hillside with a banner reading Prone to Wander, on aged paper.
Prone to Wander pine and deer design
Back of a woman's neck, with her hair in a bun, showing a black script tattoo reading Stay Gold in a lettering style.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of two lavender sprigs with blue-violet flowers and green stems on the side of the thigh, in a fine line botanical style.
Lavender sprigs on a thigh
Black and grey illustration of a raven with a small red eye, its feathers dripping ink above an ink bottle labelled INK with its lid beside it.
Raven dripping ink over an ink bottle
Colour tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye above a pink and purple lotus, with black linework, on a forearm.
Hamsa hand and lotus on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of two cats sitting close together with intertwined tails, on the calf above a black shoe.
Two cats outline on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a black bird with red wing patches on a bare branch, beside large red poppies, on a thigh.
Blackbird and red poppies on a thigh
Brown ink drawing of a songbird in flight, its body formed from a treble clef and musical notes, with wings made of staves and notes drifting behind it.
Bird made of musical notes and a treble clef
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a stretched white cat with black skulls and red eyes over teal waves on the top of a foot, with a red crab on the ankle.
Stretching cat with skulls on a foot
Botanical tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with black lace-like linework and pink and purple flowers, ending in a small black feather.
Lace and flowers across an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of Louise Belcher from Bob's Burgers with a teal rose and grey clouds, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Louise Belcher with a blue rose
Colour tattoo of a green ivy vine with a red ladybird across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Ivy vine and ladybird on a foot
Row of black moon phase tattoos running down a bare calf, with a pale pink shoe visible at the ankle.
Moon phases down a calf
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo with curling vine linework across the side of a person's ribs.
Three lilies with curling vines on the ribs
Realistic red rose tattoo with green leaves and water droplets on a person's shoulder.
Red rose tattoo on a shoulder
Traditional style flash design of a dark perfume atomiser bottle with a red rose on its front and a coral spray cloud, shown on a pale background.
Perfume atomiser with rose, traditional flash
Colour flash design of a steel anchor wrapped in banners reading Just Keep Swimming, surrounded by cartoon sea creatures on a blue background.
Anchor with Just Keep Swimming banners
Black line drawing design of a butterfly with ornate swirling wings that trails into a musical staff with notes and scrolls, with no body placement shown.
Butterfly with musical staff and swirls
Small colour tattoos of lettuce, corn, tomato, carrots, strawberry, grapes and apple, one on each finger of two hands.
Small fruit and vegetable tattoos on fingers
Traditional tattoo on the inner upper arm showing a red rose, a hand holding an envelope marked R.I.P. and a skull on the wrist.
Rose, hand and envelope on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a pale blue-grey ghost with two dot eyes and bold black outlines, on the forearm, with a blue crystal design partly visible at the lower left.
Ghost tattoo on the forearm
Two matching black infinity heart tattoos with the word sisters in script, one on each ankle, shown in a black and grey lettering style.
Matching infinity heart sisters tattoos on ankles
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather pattern and an orange and red chrysanthemum across a person's lower back, above cream bikini bottoms.
Peacock and chrysanthemum on the back
Black and grey realism feather tattoo shaded along the side of the ribs, with a navel piercing and denim jeans visible below.
Feather tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey photograph of a fine line lotus flower tattoo on an ankle, with the foot pointed down.
Lotus tattoo on an ankle
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric arrow tattoo on the ribs of a person with one arm raised, wearing a dark sleeveless top.
Geometric arrow tattoo on the ribs
A colour tattoo of a skull formed from a striped flag with stars, blue eyes and a blood-spatter edge, on the inside of a forearm.
Flag skull tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a leaping dolphin above stylised waves on a person's lower abdomen, above low-rise blue jeans.
Dolphin and waves on the lower abdomen
Fine line tattoo of a looping vertical line running down the centre of a bare back, beside a small square of gold leaf.
Looping line tattoo down the spine
Black and grey rose and floral tattoo on a man's forearm and hand, with lettering across the knuckles, shown beside a cuff of a striped shirt and a dark suit.
Rose and floral forearm tattoo
Close-up of a small black anchor tattoo on a man's neck below his stubbled jaw, with a grey crew-neck top visible.
Small anchor tattoo on the neck
Dotwork design of stippled mountains and a rising sun inside a geometric triangle, drawn in black ink on cream paper with no body placement shown.
Stippled mountains inside a triangle
Neo-traditional style portrait tattoo of a woman with a braided updo and flowers, with a green-edged oval frame and a peach rose below, on an upper thigh.
Woman portrait with braid and rose on thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a thigh showing pine trees and a full moon inside an ornate frame, with a moth below.
Moon, pine forest and moth in an ornate frame on thigh
Grid of twelve dark red Chinese character tattoo designs, each with an English label such as Music, Long Life, Peace and Mother.
Twelve Chinese character tattoo designs
Small black fine line snowflake tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and pink painted nails.
Small snowflake tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a blue swirling wave shape with light highlights and small dots, on the top of a foot.
Blue swirl tattoo on the top of a foot
Fine black line tattoo of a paper airplane on the inner side of an ankle, with a black leggings hem above and white sheeting below.
Paper airplane tattoo on the ankle
Two black and grey tattoos of Art Nouveau style women in circular frames, one on each forearm.
Two Art Nouveau women on matching forearms
Two matching colour tattoos of cat faces with bows and sugar skull decoration, placed on the thighs, in a neo-trad style.
Matching sugar skull cat tattoos on thighs

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