Tattoo ideas

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

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Small fine line elephant tattoo with a raised trunk and three birds flying from it, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small elephant and birds on upper back
Pencil and ink drawing of an open pocket watch with a cracked face, Roman numerals and a hanging chain, shown as a tattoo design.
Cracked pocket watch design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an acoustic guitar with a ribbon of musical staff and notes wrapping around its neck, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Acoustic guitar with flowing music staff
Black ink linework drawing of an ornate seahorse tattoo design on tracing paper, placed beside a pencil sketch of the same seahorse.
Ornate seahorse tattoo design drawing
Colour tattoo of a Hello Kitty style sugar skull with a pink bow and floral details, traditional style, on the top of a foot, shown in two photos.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty tattoo on the foot
Black and grey tattoo of a bow with lace-like floral filigree and shaded ribbon tails, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Lace-patterned bow on upper back
Botanical back tattoo of two purple and pink lotus flowers linked by black swirling linework running down the spine.
Lotus flowers and swirls down the spine
Black script tattoo reading Life flows on within you and without you, running diagonally along the forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a back showing a girl seated in a basket of red apples beneath tall trees and birds in flight.
Girl with apples in a wooded scene on the back
Black and grey braided band tattoo with a crescent motif across the inside of a wrist.
Braided band with crescent on wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a moon with a human face and a capsule lodged in one eye, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Moon face with capsule on upper arm
Realistic black and grey bear paw print tattoo on a calf, with claw marks appearing to tear through the skin.
Bear paw tattoo on a calf
Traditional-style flash design of a profile figure looking upwards, with a blue rose, a sonic screwdriver and a banner reading Her Name Was Rose.
Her Name Was Rose banner with sonic screwdriver
Black and grey realism tattoo of a birch forest covering the side of a torso, shown on the ribs.
Birch forest scene on ribs
Fine line script reading redemption on the inner forearm, with three yellow dots decreasing in size towards the wrist.
Redemption script and yellow dots on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and handwritten script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a stylised figure with swirling head and teal ribbons, shaded to look like carved stone, on the calf.
Carved stone figure with teal swirls on a calf
Black line lettering design arranged in a circle reading 'What goes around comes around', shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Circular 'What goes around' lettering design
Black ink tattoo of an anchor woven through an infinity symbol, with the script words refuse to sink beneath it, on skin.
Anchor and infinity with script
Black flowing script lettering reading Veni Vidi Vici on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Veni Vidi Vici in flowing script
Fine line black tattoo of a sun above two ornate crescent moons with arrows and a geometric triangle, on the upper arm.
Sun and layered crescent moons on upper arm
Colour geometric tattoo of linked black-outlined hexagons shading from green through blue and purple to red and yellow, on an upper arm near the elbow.
Rainbow hexagon chain on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a striped caterpillar crawling along a black branch with red, yellow and pink flowers and green leaves, on the forearm.
Caterpillar on a flowering branch on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned, goat-headed robed figure beside a flame and candle, with sun and moon motifs, on the thigh.
Goat-headed robed figure with flame on thigh
Black fine line drawing of two olive branches with leaves and olives meeting at their stems on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Fine line olive branch design
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Money in script on the back of a hand, with a large stylised letter and shaded scroll details above.
Money lettering on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a hand with red nails, showing a fine line mandala and lotus tattoo across the wrist and a small symbol tattoo on a finger.
Fine line mandala wrist tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a cartoon rabbit in a top hat beside the script words I guess this is growing up, on the upper arm or thigh.
Cartoon rabbit in a top hat with script quote
Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with three feathers on the left side of a ribcage, below a black lace bra.
Dreamcatcher on the ribs
Black and grey cartoon owl tattoo with green irises on the inner forearm, drawn in Traditional style with bold outlines.
Cartoon owl with green eyes on a forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading focus on the good, drawn on a plain white background as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Focus on the good in fine line script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a single feather, shaded in soft tones, sitting centrally on the upper back below the neck.
Shaded feather tattoo on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a heron in flight with dotwork shading, placed on the inner forearm.
Flying heron on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rabbit sitting on a crescent moon, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Rabbit on a crescent moon on a wrist
Close photo of a hand in a loose fist showing a small black fine line outline of a bow on the side of one finger.
Small outlined bow on a finger
Black fine line tattoo of orbiting circles, a dial and a crescent on the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Orbital astrolabe design on forearm
Woman with purple hair seen from behind, standing in sea spray, with a colourful cosmic tattoo of planets and swirling shapes across her back and shoulder.
Galaxy tattoo on a back in the sea
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a stretching calico cat, filled with cherry blossom and fan patterns, on the side of a ribcage.
Stretching calico cat on ribs
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical four-armed ornament with stippled dotwork at its centre, drawn as a tattoo design on paper beside two pens and a pencil.
Four-armed ornament tattoo design sketch
Two black magpies in mid-flight with blue ink splashes, shown on the upper thigh and outer thigh in a watercolour-inspired tattoo on bare skin.
Two magpies in splash style on thighs
Teal and sage green stencil design of a symmetrical lotus flower with layered petals on a white background.
Stylised lotus flower stencil
Two small black outline eight-pointed star tattoos on the wrist, drawn in a fine line style.
Two eight-pointed stars on a wrist
Five small black swallow silhouettes in flight, arranged in a rising line across the inner forearm.
Five swallows in flight on a forearm
Hand-drawn fine line tattoo design of a lotus flower within a dotted geometric triangle, with a pen held beside it on white paper.
Lotus flower tattoo design in fine line
Black fine line floral sleeve tattoo with a large rose at the shoulder, running down the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a black vest top.
Floral sleeve with roses on an arm
Fine line script tattoo of the word serendipity on a woman's upper arm near the shoulder, with more thin script running along her inner forearm.
Script word tattoos on shoulder and forearm
Close photo of a small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with a lilac top pulled up beside it.
Small black cat on the side ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye inside a radiating sunburst on the forearm, with a hand curled at the top of the frame.
Eye within a dotwork sunburst on a forearm

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