Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey shaded roses with leaves on a thigh, one above the other, with a dark band of fabric crossing the leg.
Two black and grey roses on a thigh
Full-colour botanical tattoo of purple rhododendron, red and orange poppies and blue flowers with green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful wildflower bouquet sleeve on upper arm
Black spiral symbol tattoo on a wrist, with bold solid linework and tapering tails.
Spiral symbol tattoo on a wrist
Black linework tattoo of roses, a skull and a diamond on a woman's thigh, with smaller floral tattoos on her upper arm.
Rose, skull and diamond thigh tattoo
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Traditional style butterfly and rose tattoo across her upper back and a flower tattoo on her upper arm.
Butterflies and roses across a back and arm
Realistic colour full sleeve tattoo of autumn maple leaves in orange, red and yellow across the upper arm and forearm.
Autumn maple leaves full sleeve
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a yellow house lifted by bunches of balloons, with the script Adventure is out there above it.
Balloon house and script on the calf
Black fine-line style tattoo of a treble clef, musical notes, staff lines and script words across a person's ribs and side.
Musical notes and treble clef on ribs
Black serif lettering tattoo reading I am out with lanterns, looking for myself, across an inner forearm with bookshelves behind.
Quote tattoo on the inner forearm
Black hand-drawn uppercase alphabet lettering design in a playful, bouncy script, shown twice on a white background, with no body placement.
Uppercase alphabet in playful hand-drawn script
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with radiating rays on the top of a foot, above turquoise painted toenails.
Sun and moon face on a foot
Pencil drawing of two swallows facing each other above a branch of small blossoms, a traditional-style tattoo design in black and grey.
Two swallows with blossom branch
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of an ornate dagger through a heart, with a Valentine banner, rays and a swallow.
Dagger, heart and swallow flash design
Fine line black crystal tattoo on the side of a finger, beside rings, a skull and a quartz cluster.
Crystal tattoo on the finger
Fine line black script reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs, under a grey crop top.
Good vibes script on the ribs
Black ink drawing of a crow in flight with painterly feathers on a plain white background, shown as a standalone blackwork-style design.
Flying crow in black ink
Full Japanese-style sleeves on both arms and a chest piece, with pink and yellow koi, cherry blossoms and black-grey waves, shown on a shirtless torso.
Japanese koi and blossom full sleeves
Black and grey tattoo of praying hands with a rosary, a cross and two banners reading IN GODS and HANDS, on a forearm.
Praying hands and cross on a forearm
Black tribal-style design of a sitting cat looking upward with one paw raised, drawn in bold black linework on white.
Tribal sitting cat with raised paw
Two people show matching black script quote tattoos on their left and right ribs, reading there is no better friend than a sister and no better sister than you.
Matching sister quote tattoos on two sides
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a nautilus shell on the inner upper arm, with the spiral shading built from small dots.
Nautilus shell on the inner upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a leaping deer with a human face and antlers, pierced by red-tipped arrows, above a red rose with black shaded leaves.
Deer pierced by arrows and rose on thigh
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of a horned, fanged beast with whiskers and a curling tail, shown on a forearm.
Horned beast with whiskers on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with scrolling ornament and a shaded rose, sitting on the upper back.
Skull and rose on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral with dotted construction lines, sitting on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Nautilus spiral on upper chest
Black and grey full back tattoo of a blindfolded Lady Justice holding a sword, with hanging scales, clouds and cherubs.
Lady Justice back piece
Colourful Geometric tattoo of stacked rainbow triangles and prism shapes with bold black outlines, wrapping around the upper arm.
Rainbow geometric triangles on upper arm
Black line drawing of a hand delicately holding a rose stem with leaves, beside a triangle containing the number 13, on a peach background.
Hand holding a rose stem with triangle 13
Solid black tribal tattoo of two intertwined dragons with spiky, swirling linework on skin.
Two intertwined tribal dragons
Colour tattoo of abstract yellow, black and purple swirls covering the outer forearm, with soft shading that resembles liquid marbling.
Yellow marbled swirl on a forearm
Black and white flash design of an open coffin filled with roses and leaves, drawn in bold blackwork style with no body placement shown.
Open coffin with roses and leaves
Black linework anemone with a long stem and leaves, beside the lettered quote 'I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me' on the ribs.
Anemone and quote on the ribs
Shaded red hibiscus flower with black ornamental swirls across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Red hibiscus with black swirls on upper back
Watercolour-style tree tattoo on the inner forearm, with bare black branches over orange, pink and blue washes and small birds above.
Watercolour tree on a forearm
Black and grey vertical arrow tattoo with a solid arrowhead, tally-style marks along the shaft and feathered fletching, photographed on plain skin.
Vertical arrow tattoo with tally marks
Traditional style colour tattoo on a thigh showing a sailing ship inside a ship's wheel, with an anchor, a rose and a small cross.
Sailing ship and anchor in a ship's wheel on thigh
Greyscale pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a large flower in her hair, drawn as a realistic portrait tattoo design.
Sugar skull woman portrait with flower
Close photo of a pink, orange and yellow watercolour-style sun mandala with a central spiral and paisley petals on the upper back.
Pink sun mandala on upper back
Portrait tattoo of a woman with a hair bun on the lower leg, in black ink with small red details, beside a black lace-up boot.
Woman portrait tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey fine line tattoo of blossoms, buds and a thin branch wrapping across the inner wrist and forearm.
Blossom sprig on a wrist
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman holding a moon, with a rose below, on the thigh, shown in a three-panel close-up collage.
Woman with moon and rose on thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship above an anchor and waves, framed by green leaves and a red rose, on an upper arm.
Ship, anchor and rose on an upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Faith on the inner wrist, with gold bracelets worn just below it.
Faith script on inner wrist
Two feet with matching black infinity symbol tattoos on the top of the foot, each with a small heart and the script words love you, mom.
Matching infinity and heart tattoos on two feet
Realistic red rose tattoo with grey shaded leaves across the upper back and shoulder.
Red rose on a shoulder blade
Black fine line script tattoo reading 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, crossed by a diagonal line, on the forearm.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 script with cross
Black and grey drawing of a heart-shaped clock with Roman numerals, two shaded roses, leaves and a pearl chain, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Heart clock with roses and pearls design
Black and grey photo of a small Ganesha tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a dark leather background.
Small Ganesha motif on the wrist

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