Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey stippled drawing of an anchor wrapped in two banners reading Reckless and Brave, held up on a white card in a hand.
Anchor with Reckless and Brave banners
Two matching traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves and black outlines, one on the top of each foot, shown above brown leather shoes.
Red rose tattoos on both feet
Traditional style flash design of Captain America in profile with a spread-wing eagle, crossed anchors, American flags and a Forever Young banner, in colour.
Captain America eagle and anchor flash
Traditional colour tattoo of a stacked sandwich with a toothpick and olive, with a banner reading 'We finish each other's sandwiches', on a limb.
Stacked sandwich with banner tattoo
Two traditional style colour tattoos on a forearm pair, one with scissors, thread and buttons on a MAKE banner and one with a whisk, rolling pin and flowers on a BAKE banner.
Make and Bake sewing and baking forearm tattoos
Colour traditional tattoo of a winged staff with snakes and Type 1 and Diabetic banners on the forearm, shown in three photos.
Winged staff with Type 1 Diabetic banners
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on a upper back, showing a woman in profile kissing a small purple dragon inside an ornate grey frame, with a red rose above.
Woman profile and dragon in a frame on upper back
Colour tattoo of a bouquet of pansies in purple, pink, lilac and yellow with black outlines, placed across the upper back near the shoulder.
Pansy bouquet on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of cartoon character Millhouse riding an eagle, with banners reading Everything's coming up and Millhouse, on the chest.
Millhouse riding an eagle on the chest
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a palm tree, purple sunset over the sea, orange hibiscus flowers and a CALIFORNIA banner.
California palm sunset on a calf
Black and grey drawing of a pin-up woman in a short dress and stockings seated on an anchor marked 13 with two stars, in a traditional style.
Pin-up woman seated on an anchor
Colour traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and red and orange flowers, with a red and orange star beside it, on the shoulder or upper arm.
Traditional crescent moon with face and flowers
Colour traditional tattoo of a man's head in a glass jar with red and orange flame-style lettering, shown on a limb.
Man's head in a jar with flaming lettering
Black line drawing of two swallows and a dagger, with a banner reading Crochet or Die, in a traditional flash style.
Swallows and dagger with Crochet or Die banner
Colour Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with red roses, a diamond and flowers on the lower leg, shown on a calf.
Sugar skull and roses on a calf
Full back tattoo in bold colour with the word Boston, a roaring bear, Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics motifs and a Patriots figure, shown on a man's back.
Boston sports back piece with bear and team mascots
Traditional style tattoo on a person's upper back showing a dagger with a golden hilt, an eye on the blade, red drops of blood and a skull below.
Dagger with eye and skull on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a crescent moon with a face, a gold star and the words Sleepy Head in script on a forearm.
Crescent moon with face and star on a forearm
Three traditional style swallow designs in flight, drawn in blue, red and orange with black outlines on a cream background.
Three swallows in flight
Neo-traditional blue rose tattoo with black leaves and a beaded drape with teardrop pendants on the upper arm.
Blue rose with beaded drape on upper arm
Close photo of a colourful traditional-style teepee and campfire tattoo on a forearm, with black leaf linework above.
Teepee and campfire on a forearm
Two colour flash designs on a white background: a blue water and red flame yin-yang, and a sun and moon face in blue and gold, in a traditional style.
Yin-yang fire and water with sun and moon face
Traditional style flash design of BMO from Adventure Time holding a Check Please banner, framed by teal and red flowers and green leaves.
BMO with Check Please banner
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a grey bird with a red breast, with green leaves and berries, on the lower torso above a grey waistband.
Grey bird with red breast and vines on the torso
Traditional style anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the forearm, with the words Hope Anchors the Soul in blackletter lettering and small red gems.
Traditional anchor with rope and lettering
Two forearms with full traditional sleeve tattoos of roses, a swallow, stars and Chinese characters, held palms up towards the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeves on both forearms
Colour traditional-style rose tattoo with red petals, green leaves and bold black outlines, shown on a calf.
Traditional rose with green leaves on a calf
Colour tattoo of a cartoon dog holding a martini glass, with a blue RIP banner beneath it, in a bold traditional style on a limb.
Cartoon dog with martini and RIP banner
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of mountains, pine trees, a lake and a rope inside a diamond shape on the inner forearm.
Mountain, lake and pines in a diamond on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted ship inside a bottle on the inner forearm, shaded with fine engraved hatching.
Ship in a bottle on forearm
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman with her arms behind her head, framed by red roses and a banner reading Veronica Lodge, on a blue background.
Pin-up with roses and name banner
Traditional style tattoo of a black vintage telephone with red flowers and green leaves, above the words The Jerk Store Called, on a lower leg above a trainer.
Telephone and flowers on a lower leg
Traditional style flash design of a skull in a pirate hat beside a sailing ship, with an 'As You Wish' banner, a yellow flower and a crown above, on a dark teal background.
Skull and sailing ship with banner and flower
Traditional style flower tattoo on a foot with bold black outlines, pale petals, teal and yellow shading, pink centre dots and green leaves.
Traditional flower tattoo on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of two horse heads within a wreath of leaves and a yellow flower, on the back of a hand.
Two horse heads in a wreath on a hand
Black and grey tattoo of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around an anchor, in a traditional style, on the upper arm.
Octopus and anchor on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a white banner reading MOM, flanked by orange flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Heart banner and flowers on a shoulder
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a ship's wheel enclosing a sailing ship, a flower below, and the words DARLIN IM NOT above and COMIN HOME below.
Ship's wheel and flower sketch with lettering
Close photo of a traditional style tattoo of a green dragon head with orange-tipped frill, bold black outlines and yellow ringed eyes, on the lower leg.
Green dragon head on a calf
Woman seen from behind with a large colour back tattoo of flowers, leaves and script, and a dark ornate design, placed across the upper and lower back.
Full back tattoo with script and florals
Side-by-side photos of a forearm: on the left a small dark anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, on the right the same area covered by a large shaded black rose with teal leaves in a traditional style.
Before and after: black rose cover-up on forearm
Pencil line drawing of a heart-shaped design with a beaded border, an anchor and key, and scrollwork, drawn on paper as a traditional-style flash sheet.
Heart, anchor and key flash design
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's head wrapped by a three-eyed serpent, with a red and orange rose and green leaves below.
Woman, serpent and rose on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a Medusa head with snakes, wings and wheat ears within a triskelion, on the upper back.
Medusa and triskelion on the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal woman with flowers in her hair and a crown, inside a circle of lettering, on a limb.
Skeletal woman in a circle with light bulbs
Colour traditional tattoo on the forearm of a cat-shaped figure in teal and red with a red bow, with a red rose and an eye at its centre.
Cat-shaped design with rose and eye
Traditional style colour tattoo on the upper arm of a mermaid kissing a sailor, framed in an oval rope border with a lighthouse and flames.
Mermaid and sailor kiss in a rope frame
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass filled with skeletons and skulls, beside a red rose and a coffin, on the upper arm, with a swallow tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Hourglass with skeletons and coffin on upper arm

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