Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a vintage-style tabby cat wearing a pink bow tie, above a black banner reading CAT LADY, on the inside of a wrist.
Vintage tabby cat with banner on wrist
Traditional style moth tattoo with ornamental patterned wings and two leaf shapes above its head, placed at the back of a person's neck.
Ornate moth on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of a grinning orange jack-o'-lantern with a small black bat above it, in a bold neo-traditional style on a limb, with green and white teeth artwork beside it.
Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin with a bat
Colour tattoo on the upper leg of a pocket watch with a chain, playing card suits, red lips and a heart, with the lettering 'Have I gone mad' and a quote in script.
Pocket watch and quote on a thigh
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with fine line branches and stippled dotwork shading on the trunk and roots, across the upper back below the neck.
Bare tree tattoo across the upper back
Two black line tattoos of sun-like mandala designs, one on the top of a foot and one on an ankle, against a dark background.
Matching sun mandala tattoos on two ankles
Black script lettering spelling poema on the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Script lettering reading poema on wrist
Pencil and ink flash sketch of a central heart surrounded by a cupcake, perfume bottle, bow, sweets and beads, drawn in black linework on cream paper.
Heart and trinkets design sketch
Realistic shaded tattoo of a film SLR camera with green leaves on the inside of a forearm, beside a real camera on a tripod.
Film camera with leaves on a forearm
Black blackwork sun with a solid filled centre and flame-like rays, tattooed on a woman's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Black sun tattoo on a shoulder blade
Upper arm tattoo of an open mouth and a blue hand in a loose watercolour style with red and blue splashes.
Watercolour mouth and hand on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a trailing sprig of daisy-like flowers with feathery leaves on a pale background, a design that could work as a botanical tattoo flash.
Pencil drawing of a trailing daisy sprig
Black infinity-style band tattoo wrapped around a finger on a hand against a red background.
Infinity band tattoo on a middle finger
Traditional flash sheet of six Star Wars characters, including a Hutt, an Ewok and a hooded Jawa, with banners and rose accents.
Star Wars characters traditional flash sheet
Line drawing of an elephant head filled with mandala and paisley patterns in blue and purple gradient ink, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate mandala elephant head design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a whale with dotwork speckles on a man's upper arm, seen from behind with his shoulder and back visible.
Whale tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each with a small black outline heart tattoo on the back of the wrist in fine line style.
Matching outline hearts on clasped hands
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose, rosehips, green leaves and three paintbrushes on a person's upper back, with a red thread curling beside it.
Rose and paintbrushes across the back
Dark, intricate peacock and paisley floral design across the upper back, in a botanical style, appearing to be henna-style rather than tattoo ink.
Peacock and paisley design on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a city skyline with a tall spire that turns into a heartbeat line ending in a small heart, on the inner wrist.
City skyline flowing into a heartbeat on wrist
Two small black puzzle piece tattoos on the wrists of a couple holding hands, one wearing a dark suit and the other a white dress.
Matching puzzle piece wrist tattoos
Black outline rose with leaves and a bud on the outer forearm, with a dark t-shirt and white printed lettering beside it.
Rose and leaves on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a compass in a rope border, a blue and red anchor and the words Let your past be your compass but never your anchor.
Compass, rope and anchor quote on a forearm
Sketch-style tattoo of a sailing ship above a blue and purple compass rose with a small anchor below, on the side of the body.
Sailing ship and compass rose on the side
Pen drawing of a skull surrounded by ornate scrolls and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Skull with ornate scrollwork design
Traditional flash drawing of a plague doctor mask with a black top hat, round glasses and a red hatband, with handwritten script beneath.
Plague doctor mask flash with script
Black and grey photo of a continuous single-line tattoo of a stag head with long branching antlers, placed across the upper back.
Stag head across the upper back
Two overlapping pencil sketches of a woman in an Egyptian-style nemes headdress with a cobra, hoop earrings and a beaded collar, taped to paper.
Egyptian-style woman portrait design sketch
Blue and teal mandala tattoo with layered petals and dotted rings, placed on the top of a shoulder.
Blue mandala tattoo on shoulder
Two clasped hands show small black fine line symbol tattoos on a finger each, with a beaded bracelet on one wrist and white ribbons on a wooden surface.
Small black symbol tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a crouched figure in front of blurred stadium-style lights.
Crouched figure in a realism piece on the shoulder
Close view of a small fine line outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist of a woman in a black shirt and layered necklaces.
Fine line heart on the wrist
Large colour phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a woman's back, shown from behind.
Phoenix across a woman's back
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a bald vampire with long claws embracing a woman with wavy hair inside a heart, with blood drops falling below.
Vampire embracing a woman in a heart
Colour mandala tattoo on the side of a person's torso, with a black script line on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Colour mandala tattoo and back script
A heavily tattooed forearm and hand hold two hairless Sphynx cats in a car seat, with black, grey and coloured tattoos visible on the arm.
Tattooed arm holding two hairless cats
A tiny black star tattoo sits on the upper chest near the collarbone of a person wearing a grey top, against a blue background.
Small star tattoo on the upper chest
Brown blackletter lettering design reading Old School on a white background, with swashed capitals and fine trailing strokes, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Old School blackletter lettering design
Colour tattoo of Shaggy, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Machine van on the thigh, in a bold neo-traditional cartoon style.
Scooby-Doo characters and Mystery Machine on thigh
Black and white photo of a fine line outline tulip tattoo on the side of a torso, beside a striped fabric.
Outline tulip tattoo on side of torso
Two pencil drawings of doves with outstretched wings, one seen from the front and one from the side, shown as tattoo design sketches on a white background.
Two dove designs with spread wings
Realistic tattoo of an electric guitar neck and body with metal pickups and yellow highlights, on the back of a hand.
Electric guitar tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of fine line script lettering reading Live with a semicolon, placed on the inner forearm.
Script word Live on the inner forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a woman's eye, eyebrow and lips on a forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Watercolour eye and lips on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a house split down the middle, with shaded windows and a tiled roof, on a calf.
Split house on a lower leg
Fine line black script tattoo of a French quote running vertically along the side of the ribs, with the wearer holding blue satin ribbons.
French script quote along the side ribs
Black and grey arrow tattoo running along the inside of a forearm, with feathered fletching on the left and a shaded arrowhead on the right.
Arrow tattoo on a forearm
Colourful cartoon tattoo on a forearm of three cats stacked like ice cream scoops on a waffle cone, with sprinkles, candy and a bow.
Stacked cats on an ice cream cone forearm

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