Tattoo ideas

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

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Black dotwork drawing of a mountain, pine trees and a small cabin inside a diamond shape with geometric ornament below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mountain cabin landscape in a geometric diamond
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of an upright hare pierced by arrows on the upper arm, with dotwork shading in the fur.
Hare with arrows on upper arm
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with scrolled leaf flourishes above and below, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Black mandala design with scroll flourishes
Colour tattoo of a lily, daisy, blue rose and peacock feather with dotted vines across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Lily, daisy and peacock feather on a shoulder
Close view of a red hand-lettered BAD tattoo on the inner forearm of a person with a white oversized top and black fishnet shorts.
Red BAD lettering on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a flying saucer beaming light over clouds, with stars and a comet, set in a circle on the calf.
Flying saucer and comet on a calf
Close-up photo of a red and teal flower tattoo with a teal centre on the inner forearm, in a bold, outlined botanical style.
Red and teal flower on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an acoustic guitar with strings and fretboard on the inner forearm of a man wearing a grey t-shirt.
Acoustic guitar on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a wolf head in profile wreathed with poppy flowers, shaded with dense hatching, as a tattoo design.
Wolf head with poppies
Grey shaded bare tree tattoo with a small red apple hanging from a branch, sitting on the forearm.
Bare tree with red apple on forearm
Coloured pencil sketch of a neo-traditional style woman's face with curly hair, pearl necklace, drop earring and a spider, drawn as a tattoo design with script lettering below.
Woman portrait with spider and pearls sketch
Realistic colour tattoo of a maple leaf in orange, red and yellow with shaded veins, on a person's lower leg.
Autumn maple leaf on a lower leg
Black and grey traditional tattoo of roses, swallows and leaves with script lettering and a date on a forearm.
Roses and swallows with script on a forearm
Small black script tattoo reading happiness on the inner wrist, surrounded by stacked bracelets in gold, silver and bright threads.
Happiness wrist tattoo among bracelets
Close-up of a white ink tattoo of the word Believe in flowing script with swirled flourishes on a forearm.
Believe script with swirls on a forearm
Two panels of black script lettering on skin: top reads DAD love you xoxox, bottom reads love you always Mom with a small heart, in a handwriting style.
Handwritten Dad and Mom script tattoos on skin
Greyscale drawing of a realistic wolf head framed by bold black tribal bands, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Wolf head with tribal blackwork bands
Black and grey daffodil tattoo with shaded petals and long leaves on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Daffodil cluster on the side ribs
Japanese style full arm sleeve with red lotus flowers, teal shading and grey clouds across the upper arm and forearm.
Lotus flowers and clouds on a full arm sleeve
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs of a torso, showing a profile made of connected dots and lines filled with a mosque skyline, clouds and birds.
Profile of minarets and clouds on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a headless figure in a green suit and yellow tie, with a tangled knot of red, yellow, blue and green lines for a head, on the upper arm.
Headless suited figure with tangled head
Black ink flash design of a hummingbird feeding from a scrolled flower, with music notes and script lettering along the stem.
Hummingbird and flower scroll with music notes
Colourful geometric fox head tattoo in orange, amber and black on the outer thigh, with denim shorts in the frame.
Geometric fox head on the thigh
Close crop of a woman's torso in a tan ribbed top and black jeans, showing a black fine line outline tattoo of abstract shapes on her lower abdomen.
Fine line outline tattoo on lower abdomen
Three solid black swallow silhouettes tattooed on the side of a torso above the hip, shown in a black and white photo.
Three swallows on the side of the torso
Black and white crest design with a letter H, the number 221B, a TARDIS, a pentagram, a bird and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost.
Crest with TARDIS and quote banner
Black and white photo of a raised index finger tattooed with the word Shhh in script, held to pursed lips.
Shhh lettering on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage microphone surrounded by music notes, a treble clef and outline stars on a calf.
Microphone and music notes on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a mountain, dotted sun and cable car cabins inside a triangle, on the upper back.
Mountain and cable car in a triangle on upper back
Black ink lettering reading faith in script above a horizontal line and fear in serif capitals below, on the side of a ribcage.
Faith and fear lettering on the ribs
Fine line outline of a gothic arched doorway with a curved inscription above it, tattooed on an upper arm with faint pale blue patches inside the arch.
Gothic arch outline on upper arm
Single-line black outline tattoo of the state of Michigan on the top of a bare foot, with dark nail polish on the toes.
Michigan state outline on top of foot
Black ink lotus and mandala tattoo running down the upper back of a person with long dark hair, in a fine line botanical style.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Fine line drawing of three overlapping roses in black ink with light hatched shading, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Three roses in fine line
Two black script tattoos side by side, one reading til my last day on a forearm and one reading til my last breath on a second limb.
Matching script quote tattoos
Close-up of the inner wrist and palm showing the words "one of two" in thin black cursive lettering on the forearm.
"one of two" script on an inner wrist
Black linework design of the word LOVE in an elegant serif script, with the O looped into the flowing L and a curled flourish on the E, drawn on a plain white background.
Stylised LOVE lettering design
Flash sheet of four black and grey tattoo designs: crossed arrows with a diamond, crossed arrows with a rose, solid crossed arrows, and crossed feathered arrows with letters and dots.
Crossed arrow tattoo flash sheet
Colour realism tattoo of a smiling character with orange hair wearing a green top hat with a pink band and a patterned bow tie, on the calf.
Character portrait in top hat on calf
Fine line black crescent moon tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a plaid shirt cuff and dark jacket visible.
Small crescent moon on a forearm
Watercolour-style clock tattoo with black Roman numerals, red heart and blue and green splashes, on a man's chest.
Watercolour clock on a chest
Small fine line tattoo of a robin with a red breast and black outline on the upper arm.
Small robin on the upper arm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe, one hand raised to her mouth, on the shoulder and upper arm, with a red rose partly visible at the edge.
Bob-fringed woman with hand at mouth on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with red and orange accents and a banner reading FOREVER WITH ME, on the calf.
Anchor with Forever With Me banner on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a Ouija board with dripping candles, red flowers and a black widow spider on the forearm.
Ouija board, candles and flowers on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and green leaves on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Cherry blossom branch on a shoulder
Two neo-traditional tattoos side by side on the upper thighs, a grey raccoon with a red rose and a fox with a blue rose, both in bold colour.
Raccoon and fox with roses on thighs
Two matching forearm tattoos in black serif lettering, one reading I carry your heart with me and the other reading (i carry it in my heart).
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms

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