Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey serif lettering with small stars on the side of a torso, with a dark leafy tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Serif lettering with stars on side body
Black and grey linework tattoo of a long-limbed figure playing a guitar, in a striped top and boots, on a limb.
Long-limbed guitarist tattoo on a limb
Black linework flash design of a fist gripping a lightning bolt beside a storm cloud with lightning, in a Traditional style on a tan background.
Fist gripping lightning and storm cloud flash
Small black fine-line script reading warrior with a bird silhouette in flight, tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned hand.
Warrior script and bird on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a large pink chrysanthemum with green leaves and grey shading on the upper arm, in a Japanese style.
Pink chrysanthemum with leaves on upper arm
Fine line outline tattoo of the world map on the outer ankle, with a woven string anklet above it.
World map outline on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a raptor standing on an open hand, with a small plant beside it, on the outer thigh.
Raptor standing on a hand on the thigh
Black and grey family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.
Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs
Close torso photo of a woman in a black lace bralette, showing a black geometric tattoo on her hand and a dark tattooed sleeve on her upper arm.
Geometric tattoos on hand and arm
Black fine line tattoo of a bare tree with a thin trunk and spreading branches on the inner wrist, beside a red and green beaded bracelet.
Bare tree tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey snake tattoos on the thighs of a woman in denim cut-off shorts leaning into a car.
Two snakes on the thighs
Black ink line drawing of a cracked heart wrapped in a bandage, with a plaster, stitches, a rose and leaves, in a traditional flash style.
Cracked heart with rose and bandage
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cottage with a chimney and a tree inside an oval, set above a leafy wreath on the upper arm.
House in an oval frame with leaf wreath
Small colour tattoo of a cat silhouette filled with blue and purple galaxy shading, with blue flowers and fern sprigs, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Cat silhouette with galaxy and flowers on collarbone
Two mirrored forearm tattoos of an ornate black key surrounded by outlined and solid red, green and black geometric triangles, shown on the inner forearms.
Paired keys and triangles on forearms
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Black fine line drawing of a looping, abstract ornament with dots at each end on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Looped fine line ornament design
Woman on a sandy beach with silver ornamental mandala-style designs on her forearm and hand, and turquoise rings and bracelets.
Silver mandala designs on forearm and hand at the beach
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of shaded roses, leaves and mandala ornament covering the upper arm and forearm of a smiling woman in a grey vest top.
Rose and mandala full sleeve
Owl perched on a blossom branch in grey shading with pink flowers, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Owl on blossom branch across upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a woman in a pirate tricorn hat with a skull and crossbones, shown on the upper arm.
Pirate woman with skull hat on upper arm
Pale white-ink rose outline with scrolling leaves across a bare shoulder and upper back, in a botanical style.
White ink rose on a shoulder
Large colour and black-and-grey Batman tattoo on a man's upper back, with a Batman figure inside the bat logo and Joker, Riddler and Two-Face motifs around it.
Batman logo with villain motifs on back
Black and grey traditional flash design of an hourglass reading TEMPUS FUGIT, with a sailing ship in the top bulb and a skull in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with skull and ship
Small fine line lotus flower tattoo in black and grey with a trail of dots along the forearm, shown beside a penny for scale.
Small lotus flower with dots on forearm
Sepia pencil drawing of a pair of lungs made from branching twigs, with three small birds perched within, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Lungs formed of branches with three birds
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face with a detailed eye and whiskers across the inner forearm.
Tiger face on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an orchid sprig with buds on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed in soft black and white.
Black and grey orchid sprig on upper back
Realism tattoo on the shoulder and upper arm showing a silver zipper opening the skin to reveal red muscle fibres beneath.
Zipper opening to muscle on a shoulder
Fine line black snowflake tattoo on the top of a foot, with a hand resting over it and a knitted mint wrist warmer.
Snowflake tattoo on the top of a foot
Back of a person's neck showing a fine line black infinity symbol forming a heart, with the script word love written through the centre.
Infinity heart with script word on neck
Small black fine line tattoo of a running trainer with script lettering on the upper arm of a woman wearing a black top.
Running shoe with script on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of turnips, an onion and leafy stems covering a woman's upper arm, drawn in fine engraved-style linework.
Root vegetables and leaves on an upper arm
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo on a calf, with a person in dark denim lacing a brown leather boot outdoors.
Mandala tattoo on a calf above brown boots
Colour traditional tattoo of a sunflower with a stem, leaves and a banner reading SPARK, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Sunflower and SPARK banner on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a butterfly with open wings above a shaded rose on the forearm.
Butterfly and rose on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red crescent emblem enclosing a flower design with teal and orange accents, on the outer lower leg.
Traditional flower and crescent emblem on a calf
Close photo of a red heart with a white banner and black swirl details, a traditional style tattoo on the upper arm.
Red heart with banner and swirls on an upper arm
Black line tattoo of the outline of the state of Oklahoma on the inner wrist, with the word HOME inside and a red heart in place of the O.
Oklahoma outline with HOME lettering on wrist
Black and grey tattoo across the upper back of three heart-shaped frames with script names, with a blue star and a smaller heart above.
Three hearts with script names on upper back
Two photographs show an abstract splatter tattoo with black lines, grey wash and teal and red dots, one across a woman's upper back and neck and one on an inner forearm.
Abstract splatter tattoos on neck, back and forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a hamsa hand framing an eye, a swallow, cherry blossoms and a rose, placed on the thigh.
Hamsa hand with eye, swallow and blossoms
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an anatomical heart framed by chrysanthemums, thistles and foxglove on a forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Anatomical heart and flowers on a forearm
Hand-drawn flash design of the script phrase la Vita è Bella above a simple arrow, drawn in dark ink on paper.
Script phrase with arrow design
Colour realism tattoo of an Iron Man helmet with gold faceplate and red armour on the upper arm, shown against a dark blue and black background.
Iron Man helmet on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of stacked rocks and grass with the word UNLESS on a stone, on the side of a torso below the ribs.
Stacked rocks and grass with the word unless
Fine line tattoo of two cat heads side by side with green and blue eyes on the inner forearm.
Two cat heads with green and blue eyes on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head with a forest backdrop, running down the outer forearm.
Realistic wolf portrait on a forearm

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451