Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of two people holding hands, each with a black Celtic knot tattoo on the forearm, geometric in style.
Matching Celtic knots on two forearms
Traditional style flash drawing of an hourglass with a red heart in its sand, a red rose and green leaves, framed by gold scrollwork.
Hourglass, heart and rose design
Solid black silhouette of a soaring bird tattooed on a wrist, with a cream knitted sweater cuff below.
Soaring bird on a wrist
Full-colour Japanese-style peony tattoo with blue, purple, red and pink blooms and green leaves running down the back.
Colourful peony vine across a back
Atom tattoo with three orbits, arrowheads and a red and teal nucleus in black and grey linework on a shoulder.
Atom with orbits on a shoulder
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a green and blue bird with outstretched wings and a long swirling tail on the ankle and lower leg.
Green and blue bird with swirling tail on ankle
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a jackalope with antlers and a beaded necklace, set in an ornate oval frame on the thigh.
Jackalope in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a green leaf inside a black outlined crescent loop on the inner upper arm, shown with the arm flexed.
Green leaf and crescent on upper arm
Black cursive script of the Serenity Prayer with two small red flowers, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Serenity Prayer script with red flowers on ribs
Black and grey realistic swallow in flight tattooed on the outer forearm, with wings spread and tail feathers extended.
Swallow in flight on a forearm
Black ink script lettering reading Blue Neighbourhood, drawn by a hand holding a pen on white paper, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Blue Neighbourhood script lettering design
Two matching black script tattoos on the side ribs of two people lying on a bed, one wearing white lingerie and one in patterned shorts.
Matching script tattoos on the ribs
Black ink line drawing of a cicada at the centre of a geometric star and circle, surrounded by five flowers, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Cicada and flowers in a geometric circle
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of an umbrella over a red heart, with a purple storm cloud, lightning bolts and blue raindrops above.
Umbrella over a heart beneath a storm cloud
Close view of a solid black tribal-style sun tattoo with flame-like rays on the lower back, above a pair of blue jeans.
Sun tattoo on the lower back
Black line drawing of a lotus flower tattoo design with dotwork shading and mandala-style detail, drawn on paper with no body part shown.
Lotus flower design with dotwork
Black ink line drawing of a rose, leaves and a pocket watch with a beaded chain, drawn on cream paper as a fine line tattoo design.
Rose and pocket watch flash design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an hourglass, rose and leaves with banners reading Time does not heal, on an upper arm.
Hourglass and rose with 'Time does not heal'
Black and grey realism tattoo of a waving flag with white stars across the inner forearm.
Realistic waving flag on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shadowy human figure with smoky, fading edges on a lower leg calf.
Shadowy figure tattoo on a calf
Black outlined swirl tattoo with pale green shading on the ankle, shown on light skin against a patterned towel.
Green and black swirl motif on ankle
Black fine line tattoo of a small bird with a shaded wing, placed on the inner wrist, in a black and white photograph.
Small bird on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork raven head in profile on a calf, with inky strands trailing down below the neck.
Raven head tattoo on a calf
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoo bands with diamond and eye motifs on a forearm, with a hand raising a glass of white wine by the sea.
Metallic geometric bands on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two peonies with leaves and berries on the inner upper arm.
Peony cluster on an inner arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a clock face, a man in a top hat, an East End London sign and a street lamp.
Victorian London street sleeve in black and grey
Three fingers from two pairs of hands show fine line script tattoos reading promise, each with a small coloured heart, on the hand.
Promise script with hearts on fingers
Back of a shoulder showing an abstract black ink brush stroke tattoo with a red splash and a small blue dot, in a mixed colour design.
Brush strokes and red splash on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and leaves with script reading a quote, placed on the outer thigh.
Realistic roses and script quote on a thigh
Two hands showing matching solid black triangle tattoos in a row across one finger each, in a blackwork style on the hand.
Three black triangles across two fingers
Fine line black bird tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, photographed in black and white against a pale floral fabric.
Small bird on inner wrist
Close photograph of two fingers with small lightsaber tattoos, a green blade on the left finger and a red blade on the right, both with grey hilts.
Lightsaber tattoos on two fingers
Small solid black camera tattoo on a finger of a hand resting beside a Holga 120N film camera.
Camera tattoo on a finger beside a Holga
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in an eyed headdress with snakes, birds and flowers, above a banner reading Volverte a ver.
Eyed headdress woman with banner design
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line alien head tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting against a chin.
Small alien head on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a botanical vine with leaves and small buds wrapping around the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Botanical vine wrapped around a forearm
Black tribal-style compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Tribal compass rose on upper back
Back of a woman with her hair in an updo, showing a dotwork tattoo of dots and drops forming a pendant down the spine, with a band of dots over the upper arm.
Dotwork pendant design across a woman's back
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a pink cartoon dog and a green-faced cartoon character with a purple nose, placed on a shoulder.
Two cartoon characters on a shoulder
Black and grey traditional tattoo of clasped hands inside a dotwork-shaded heart, with Call Me Safe Bet lettering and a flower, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a heart with Call Me Safe Bet lettering
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain and pine forest inside a diamond outline on the calf.
Mountain and pine forest in a diamond frame
Pink blossom tattoos on both forearms, with palms turned up against a plain grey background, in soft botanical colour.
Pink blossom tattoos on both forearms
Black line drawing of a coffee cup and saucer with steam swirls and two ribbon banners reading But First, Coffee, shown as a tattoo design on white.
But First, Coffee cup design
Black script lettering across the upper torso, a lace-pattern band on the thigh and a tattooed forearm holding an orange cat.
Script lettering and lace thigh band
Black and grey drawing of a five-pointed star divided into panels of swirls, dots, a heart and radial patterns, shown as a tattoo design.
Star with swirls and heart design
Black ink mandala drawing with a radial, symmetrical design of petals, circles and dotwork, suitable as a tattoo flash sheet image.
Symmetrical mandala design in black line
Black lettering reading Via Veritas Vita, in a blackletter-style font, across the inner forearm against a red fabric background.
Via Veritas Vita lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a person with long hair seen from behind, showing a black geometric tattoo of arrows and triangles on the upper arm.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper arm

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