Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo with leaves, flowers and a vine on the upper arm and forearm, shown below a white short sleeve.
Black and grey botanical arm tattoo
Realism tattoo on a forearm blending a black and grey city skyline with a face whose grinning mouth and shaded eye sit in the lower half.
City skyline and face on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall pine tree with layered branches running up the inside of a forearm.
Tall pine tree on the inner forearm
Botanical colour tattoo of pressed pansies and violas in purple, yellow and red, spreading down a woman's upper arm.
Pressed pansies covering an upper arm
Close photo of a small black fine line cat silhouette tattoo on the side of a torso, near the hip, with a hand resting beside it.
Simple black cat silhouette tattoo on the side
Colour tattoo of a purple-frosted cupcake topped with a jack-o'-lantern, surrounded by candy corn and swirls, on the outer thigh.
Cupcake with pumpkin and candy corn
Black and grey realism style elephant head with a jewelled headdress and lotus flower on a thigh, set on a dotted mandala.
Elephant and lotus on a thigh
Overlapping gold foil temporary tattoo transfers on white backing, each showing a diamond ring with the words Team Bride inside an oval.
Team Bride diamond ring temporary tattoos
Purple rose tattoo framed by black tribal linework on the forearm.
Purple rose with tribal pattern on forearm
Close-up of black script lettering reading 'it can't rain all the time' across two fingers, in a fine-line lettering style.
Quote tattoo across two fingers
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded wing joined to a flowing script letter, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Shaded wing and script letter on a shoulder blade
Black line drawing of a razor blade beside hand-lettered text reading "If I were you, I'd put that away" and "Darling, you'll be okay" on a white background.
Razor blade with hand-lettered quote
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust across the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark nail polish.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist
Dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a pineapple split down a vertical line, half in black and grey stipple and half behind a solid pink dotted circle.
Split pineapple and pink circle on a forearm
Stencil-style tree of life design made of interlaced Celtic knotwork in green and blue gradient ink on a white background.
Celtic knotwork tree of life design
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying away from its branches, on the upper back and shoulder blade.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Black line tattoo of a girl seen from behind, with a bow in her hair and a full dress, on the inner forearm.
Small line drawing of a girl in a dress on forearm
Black line tattoo of a police box with roses, poppies and leaves across a person's upper back, seen from behind.
Police box and roses across a back
Side view of a man's arm covered by a colourful Japanese style full sleeve tattoo featuring a fierce figure, a moon and foliage on the upper arm and shoulder.
Japanese full sleeve with warrior figure
Small black tree tattoo with a leafy canopy and bare branches on the inner wrist of a hand held up to the camera.
Tree tattoo on inner wrist
Sheet of metallic gold and silver geometric band designs, including chevrons, diamonds, triangles and leaf motifs, shown as flash with no body placement visible.
Gold and silver geometric armband designs
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, a shaded rose and a script quote, with no body part visible.
Pocket watch and rose design sketch
Black and grey geometric feather drawing built from angular facets, shaded from white at the top to dark grey at the tip, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Geometric feather design
Black ink sunflower tattoo with mesh-patterned petals, curling vines and dotwork accents on a forearm, with a car interior visible behind.
Sunflower with mesh petals and swirls on forearm
Black fine line script reading goodbye sadness and hello jokes across the back of a neck, below the hairline.
Script lettering on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism forearm sleeve showing a pocket watch, a large realistic eye and clock numerals on the forearm.
Pocket watch and eye forearm sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a geisha with a parasol and flowers in her hair, placed on the calf.
Geisha with parasol on a lower leg
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands, with fine script tattoos reading Mr and Mrs on neighbouring fingers.
Mr and Mrs script on fingers
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with black feathers, green beads and two pink roses on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Dreamcatcher and pink roses on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, white and lilac flowers and green leaves, with a beaded chain, on the upper thigh.
Pocket watch and flowers on a thigh
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork detail centred on a woman's upper back, with dots running above and below it.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage sewing machine on the inner forearm, with a rose tattoo partly visible above it.
Sewing machine tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile inside an ornate cameo frame with pearl beading, with outlined scrollwork across the shoulder.
Cameo portrait and scrollwork on upper arm
Loose pink sketched line drawing of a pair of wings with a vertical ribbon-like stroke, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Pink winged ribbon line drawing
Two black and grey botanical tattoos of wildflowers and poppies within circles and fine geometric lines, on the outer thighs.
Wildflower bouquets on two thighs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a magnolia branch with pink-red blooms, a closed bud and dark green leaves, on the upper arm.
Magnolia branch on an upper arm
Fine line colour tattoo of amino acid chemical structures and an outlined heart on the ankle.
Amino acid structures and heart on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a balloon on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with the script words Sometimes you need to let things go trailing from its string.
Balloon and quote on the upper back
Black ink mandala tattoos cover the tops of both feet and the toes in a geometric dotwork style, photographed against a dark background.
Mandala tattoos covering both feet
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling elephant in a decorated headdress riding a bicycle beside a patterned ball, on a person's side ribs.
Circus elephant on a bicycle on the ribs
Fine line black ink smiley face on the index finger and a small cross on the middle finger of a hand held in a peace sign.
Small smiley and cross on fingers
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cabin beside pine trees, a red sun and clouds, on the forearm.
Cabin, pine trees and red sun on a forearm
Black and grey realistic butterfly tattoo with dotted wing borders on the upper back, below the nape of the neck.
Monarch butterfly on upper back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a delta-shaped emblem with two banners reading MAKE and IT SO, surrounded by small stars.
Delta emblem with banners on forearm
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the placeholder words Your Name in script lettering, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with script name
Two black and grey geometric tattoos on a pair of calves, a shaded panda on the left leg and a fine line origami-style elephant on the right.
Geometric panda and elephant on calves
Colour realism peacock feather tattoo running from the shoulder down the upper arm, with a bright blue eye near the base.
Peacock feather tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a skull with a mountain, pine trees, sun and clouds on the top of its head, placed on the side of the ribs.
Traditional skull with mountain scene on the ribs

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