Tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-coloured drawing of a tattoo design showing a teal-tipped arrow wrapped in a vine of small magenta flowers, with a magenta feathered fletching.
Arrow entwined with flowering vine
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a butterfly, flower and swirling vines across the ankle and top of a foot.
Butterfly and flower vines on a foot
Two colour tattoos of Sailor Moon cats on a pair of forearms, a dark navy Luna holding a gold and pink compact on the left and a grey and white Artemis with a compact on the right.
Sailor Moon cats on two forearms
Small black outline alien head tattoo behind the ear, in a fine line style, on a person with blue hair and hoop earrings.
Small alien head behind the ear
Traditional colour tattoo of an inhaler wrapped in a cream banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, shown close up on skin.
Inhaler and banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, with a plaid sleeve above.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person with dark hair, reading the Serenity Prayer in serif capitals and italic script.
Serenity Prayer lettering on a forearm
Full-colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a purple shell top and green tail, sitting on coral, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon mermaid on a thigh
Flash sheet of black Triple Goddess tattoo designs, including triskele, triple moon, pentacle and Celtic knotwork motifs, with a classical statue at the top centre.
Triple Goddess symbols flash sheet
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with large white eyes inside an oval gold frame with a red bow, on a forearm.
Black cat in an oval gold frame on a forearm
Black script lettering reading "It was then that I carried you" across the side of a foot, a fine line lettering tattoo.
Script quote tattoo along the side of a foot
Black ink abstract swirl tattoo with soft, brush-like lines on the upper back near the nape of the neck.
Abstract swirl on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always with a Deathly Hallows symbol and three birds on the upper back.
Always lettering with birds and Deathly Hallows
Colour tattoo of a fox looking upwards, with orange and red wash and loose black linework, on the inner forearm.
Fox tattoo on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a hand sign with a heart beneath it, on the inner wrist, with woven bracelets above it.
Small hand sign and heart on wrist
Black and white photo of two hands with fine dotwork tattoos on the fingers, forming chain-like geometric patterns with small triangles and crosses.
Dotwork finger chain tattoos on both hands
Black ink Eye of Horus tattoo with a curling tail and small dots, placed on the inner wrist of a hand held palm outwards.
Eye of Horus on the inner wrist
Fine line black geometric tattoo of stacked arrowheads and diamond lattice running vertically along the centre of a person's upper back.
Vertical geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Large colour neo-traditional tattoo on a person's upper back showing a cupcake with a skull, a cartoon cat with a pink bow, pansies, a lollipop and broken hearts.
Cupcake, cartoon cat and pansies on the back
Two colour tattoos of blue tits perched on the inner wrists of a pair of hands with white nail polish, in a realistic style.
Two blue tit tattoos on wrists
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of South America filled with ornamental patterns and a flower of life design, on the side of the ribs.
South America map with ornamental pattern on ribs
Colourful neo-trad calf tattoo of a bee-eater bird with orange poppies, green seed pods and purple crystals, with a faint repeat of the design on the other leg.
Bird, poppies and crystals on a calf
Black linework tattoos of a pistol and an assault rifle on a pale lower leg, with the rifle running up the outer side of the second leg.
Pistol and rifle outlines on both legs
Black fine line design of a log cabin with smoke rising from its chimney, mountains, pine trees and a crescent moon, arranged inside a circle on a pale grey background.
Cabin, mountains and pines in a circle
Black and grey tattoo of three tall pine trees, shaded in soft stipple, on a forearm.
Three pine trees on a forearm
Black and grey realism style snake tattoo coiling around the ankle and across the top of a bare foot, with black painted toenails.
Snake tattoo wrapping around an ankle and foot
Black ink line drawing of a sun with a sleeping face and wavy hatched rays, overlapping a crescent moon with a closed-eyed face on a white background.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Colour tattoo of the Superman shield with a red border and a yellow and black S, shaded in a realistic style on skin.
Superman shield tattoo in colour
Black line drawing of a symmetrical interlaced knot with four loops forming a cross shape, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Four-loop interlaced knot design
Neo-traditional owl and sugar skull tattoo with purple roses on a lower leg, shown in grey shading with purple accents.
Owl and sugar skull on a calf
Two forearms resting on white bedding show black line tattoos, including a cactus, Chinese characters, mandalas and a rose on the forearms and hands.
Forearm sleeve of roses, mandalas and cactus
Black lettering tattoo reading Curiosity often leads to trouble along the side of a thigh, with a hand resting on the hip above it.
Quote on the thigh in black script
Black ink drawing of a cat skull with stippled shading above a single open eye, on a plain light background, shown as a tattoo design.
Cat skull and eye design
White ink tattoo of a stylised winged figure across the upper back, with outstretched wings spreading over the shoulder blades.
White ink winged figure on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of sunflowers, roses and blossom covering the shoulder and upper arm of a woman in a black bandeau top.
Black and grey floral sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Traditional style tattoos on both legs showing sailing ships, red roses, a mermaid, a fish and anchors with rope, on thighs, calves and ankles.
Matching traditional ship and anchor leg tattoos
Two bare feet soles up against a pale wall with dark triangle decals, showing small black outline triangle tattoos on the soles.
Outline triangles on the soles of two feet
White line drawing of a sugar skull with a rose across the crown and floral patterns in the eye sockets, shown on a black background.
Sugar skull with rose design
Black and grey abstract tattoo of curved, layered shapes on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Curved abstract tattoo on the forearm
Fine line black script reading family inside an infinity symbol on the inner wrist, with small letters placed around it.
Family script inside an infinity symbol on a wrist
Two traditional-style swallow tattoos in red, yellow and blue sit either side of the upper back of a person wearing a sheer, polka-dot blue dress.
Two traditional swallows on a back
Realistic colour tattoo of a red Ferrari F40 with other red cars in a workshop behind it, on the outer thigh.
Ferrari F40 realism on thigh
Small black and grey tattoo of two footprints on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a fine line style.
Two small footprints on the wrist
Shaded purple and black dragon tattoo in flight across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Purple dragon across a shoulder blade
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a serif typeface across the side of a ribcage, with a hand and ring visible above.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a crescent moon with mandala-style patterns along its edge and a cluster of blossoms and leaves on its left side.
Crescent moon with blossoms in dotwork
Black and white tribal armband designs with a central tiki face motif, shown in several sizes on grey body silhouettes for upper arm placement.
Tribal armband designs on silhouettes
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including triangles, diamonds, chevrons, leaf bands and arrows, on a white background.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheet

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