Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style flash drawing of a cartoon wolf wearing a yellow hat with a black band and green feather, and a green bow tie.
Cartoon wolf in a yellow hat
Back of a woman's neck showing a black fine-line recycling symbol above the words Please Use Me Again in a plain sans-serif lettering style.
Recycling symbol and phrase at the nape
Three newborn kittens rest on a forearm covered in traditional colour tattoos of a sailing ship, a red ribbon and flowers.
Kittens resting on a traditional forearm tattoo
Black and grey geometric tattoo of overlapping triangles, circles and a hexagonal polyhedron with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, with a city skyline behind.
Geometric polyhedron on a forearm
Large black and grey realism tattoo across a full back showing a top-hatted goblin holding a lantern, with bats, mushrooms and skulls.
Top-hatted goblin with money bag on a full back
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus with two stippled roses, leaves and dangling beaded chains, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lotus and roses ornamental design drawing
Close crop of a person in denim dungarees and a beige top, showing black line-drawn tattoos of a face and figure on the upper arm.
Black line drawing tattoo on upper arm
Black blackletter text tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with a hand adjusting the strap of her grey tank top.
Blackletter quote across upper back
Black tribal lion head tattoo with bold solid linework and a flowing mane, on the calf of a leg with a white sneaker visible at the lower left.
Tribal lion head on a calf
Realistic tattoo of a lace garter with a green bow, pearl-like centre and trailing ribbons, shown on the outer thigh below denim shorts.
Lace garter with bow on thigh
Black and grey thigh tattoos of an animal head and a rabbit with a pocket watch, each in an ornate frame with roses and checkerboard shading.
Cat and rabbit thigh tattoos in ornate frames
Colour traditional tattoo of a large sailing ship on rolling blue waves, with clouds, gulls and a red flag, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship with waves on upper arm
Three views of a red ink ornamental sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring a central lotus-like mandala, spiralling vines and dotted shading.
Red ornamental mandala sleeve on upper arm
Solid black outline tattoo of a clapperboard on the inner wrist, with simple bold linework and small motion marks beside it.
Clapperboard on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a blue and pink awareness ribbon with swirl patterns on the top of a foot.
Blue and pink ribbon on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a flying saucer beaming a red tractor beam onto a skeletal cow, with a forest and stars, shown in a three panel collage on a limb.
UFO abducting a skeletal cow
Black and grey mandala armband tattoo with dotwork shading and dangling dotted drops, wrapped around a forearm.
Mandala armband tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a sunflower-like petal ring and hanging feathers, on the inner forearm.
Dreamcatcher with sunflower petals on a forearm
Close-up of a lettering tattoo on skin showing the word Diabetic in black script inside a red outlined medical alert star, with the numerals 1 above and below.
Diabetic medical alert star tattoo
Two clasped hands showing black script lettering reading King and Queen, each with a small crown, tattooed on the back of the hands.
King and Queen script hand tattoos
Black ink tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with CAROLINA lettering on the body, placed on the upper arm in an engraved style.
Vintage sewing machine on upper arm
Close photo of a small black fine-line infinity symbol with an arrow through it on the inner forearm, with a hand resting on a surface behind it.
Infinity and arrow on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a fleur-de-lis with grey shading and swirling scroll ornaments on its petals, shown on a white background.
Shaded fleur-de-lis with scrollwork
Black blackwork tattoo of three ornate arrows with beaded shafts on the inner forearm, with two black zigzag bands circling the arm above them.
Three arrows and zigzag bands on a forearm
Six-panel grid of arms with black serif lettering quotes, such as Alice felt dreadfully puzzled, tattooed on the forearms and upper arms.
Literary quotes in serif lettering on arms
Black ink tattoo of the Certified Gluten-Free GF logo, a letters-in-circle badge with text above and below, on a forearm.
Certified Gluten-Free logo on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised bird with swirling curled wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Swirl-winged bird tattoo design
Woman seen from behind with a black and grey realism feather tattoo on the upper arm, below the shoulder.
Feather tattoo on the upper arm
Black line drawing of a peony and leaf bouquet in a fine line botanical style, shown on white paper with a red card in the corner, with no body placement visible.
Peony and foliage bouquet line drawing
A tattoo artist in blue gloves works with a red tattoo machine on a colourful traditional-style snake on the lower back.
Snake tattoo being inked by an artist
Black outline linework of cartoon characters and objects covering a man's upper arm and shoulder in a full sleeve design.
Cartoon character sleeve outline on upper arm
Black and grey Viking warrior tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm in a full sleeve, with a horned helmet, beard and round shield.
Viking warrior full sleeve
Black and grey full leg sleeve tattoo with roses, a woman's portrait and script across the thigh and calf, photographed with legs raised on a wooden pier.
Full leg sleeve with roses and portrait
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with black outlines and a brown centre on the inner forearm, photographed in a car interior.
Sunflower tattoo on a wrist
Colour portrait tattoo of a woman with long hair on an upper arm, with black ink splatter and a Roman numeral clock face below her.
Colourful woman portrait and clock on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a seated mermaid with flowing purple hair and a green scaled tail, placed on the upper back.
Mermaid with purple hair on upper back
Realism-style tattoo of a grey cassette tape with script lettering and two red roses on an upper arm.
Cassette tape and two red roses on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fawn with large eyes inside teal diamond shapes on the inner forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon fawn in a teal diamond on a forearm
Black and grey traditional coffin tattoo reading SOONER THAN YOU THINK, with flowers and dotwork shading, on the calf.
Coffin with flowers on a calf
Black and grey fine line and dotwork lotus flower tattoo with diamond-tipped drops on the inside of a forearm.
Lotus with hanging diamond drops on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a compass rose with a ring of lettering reading before you ask which way to go and remember where you have been, shown on graph paper.
Compass rose with lettered ring
Colour tattoo of a cello and bass clef on the inner forearm near the wrist, shaded from purple through red to orange and blue.
Cello and bass clef on a forearm
Back view of a man with a solid black cedar tree tattoo centred on his upper back, in a tattoo studio with flash sheets on the walls.
Cedar tree on upper back
Line drawing of a tattoo design in muted lavender ink on white, showing an anchor-like motif with a circle, waves, a diamond and a linear ornament, with no body placement shown.
Anchor and waves tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a black heart outline with blue, pink and light blue stars and grey shading on a forearm.
Heart outline with stars on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo on an upper arm, showing a circular wreath of vines and leaves with a pink flower, blackberries and a feather.
Botanical wreath with flower and blackberries
Black and grey realism tattoo of two lily flowers with detailed stamens on the forearm, shown against a pale wooden deck.
Lily blossoms on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a yellow-green reptile eye with a slit pupil and scaly skin on the forearm.
Reptile eye and scales on a forearm

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Popular subjects

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