Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey script lettering tattoos reading Remind me that we will always have each other and When everyone else is gone, placed on the ribs of two people.
Matching script quote tattoos on ribs
Hand-drawn design of the word joyful in flowing black script, flanked by two dark green leaf sprigs on a cream background.
Joyful script lettering with leaf sprigs
Three small black anchor tattoos on the inner forearms of three people, each wearing a woven friendship bracelet, in a fine line style.
Three matching anchor tattoos on forearms
Hands hold open a spiral notebook showing a colourful feather design in teal, pink and purple that breaks apart into small flying birds.
Feather dissolving into birds sketch
Painterly koi fish tattoo in blue, orange and pink ink, with pink cherry blossoms, photographed on skin.
Koi fish with cherry blossoms
Black and white photo of fine line script reading Just Breathe running vertically along a person's ribs, with the torso cropped below the chest.
Just Breathe script along the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of two pairs of mirrored skeletons reaching their arms towards each other across the ribs.
Mirrored skeletons across the ribs
Colour tattoo of a running horse in black and grey shading, set over red, white and blue vertical stripes, on the upper back near the neck.
Running horse emblem with stripes on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a paw print above an infinity symbol with the word love written in script, on the inner wrist.
Infinity and paw print wrist tattoo
Woman's arm with a full sleeve tattoo of blue flowers, swirling black linework and small hearts, in botanical style across the upper arm and forearm.
Blue flower sleeve with swirling linework
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a stippled crescent moon with an outlined star and the words enjoy life in script above it.
Crescent moon and star with enjoy life script
Black lettering reading 'A dream is a wish your heart makes' across the top of a foot, with a blue glass slipper tattoo below the text.
Quote and glass slipper on a foot
Black script lettering reading Fall down seven times, Stand up eight across the side ribs of a woman wearing denim shorts and a black lace thong.
Quote tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey flash drawing of a shaded feather breaking up into a flock of flying bird silhouettes, with no body placement shown.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Black and red Celtic knotwork design in a ring, with two dragon heads at the top, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Celtic knotwork ring with two dragon heads
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a peacock with a red rose and small flowers on the outer thigh.
Peacock and rose tattoo on the thigh
Colourful botanical tattoo of poppies, roses and peonies on a woman's upper chest, near the collarbone.
Floral bouquet tattoo on upper chest
Black and grey fine line outline tattoo of two interlocking hearts on the neck, just behind an ear.
Interlocking hearts behind the ear
Four black line drawings of cats on a white background, showing two sitting cats, one curled up asleep and one sitting cat seen from the side.
Four cats in line drawing
Small black fine-line tattoo of an abstract curved mark on a wrist, beside a green beaded bracelet.
Small curved line mark on the wrist
White ink mandala with lotus-style petals and fine dotted detail drawn on a black background, a possible tattoo design.
White mandala on black background
Two traditional style swallow tattoos in teal and red with black outlines, placed side by side on a forearm.
Matching swallow tattoos on forearms
Colour realism tattoo of a snarling tiger head with bared teeth and green eyes, sitting on the calf.
Snarling tiger head on a calf
Full arm sleeve in traditional style with a sailing ship, shark, swallow, pin-up and roses scattered with small stars, shown in three photographs on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional nautical full arm sleeve
Small colour tattoo of a cute grey cartoon figure holding a red heart-shaped balloon on a line, in a fine line style, on pale skin.
Heart balloon and small grey figure
Realistic black and grey portrait of an older man in a banknote style, with pink-tinted scrollwork and a 100 banner, tattooed on a calf.
Banknote style portrait with 100 on a calf
Black script lettering reading We accept the Love We think we Deserve across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a teal forest scene inside a black triangle, with a dark figure silhouetted under a glowing ring, above a script quote attributed to Albus Dumbledore.
Deathly Hallows triangle and quote on forearm
Solid black bison silhouette with the word Roam in white script across its body, a blackwork tattoo on the inner upper arm.
Roam bison silhouette on upper arm
Small black silhouette tattoo of three pine trees on the side of a woman's upper arm, in a botanical style.
Three pine trees on upper arm
Tattoo of a sketched eye with loose blue watercolour-style wash and black ink splatter on the forearm.
Sketched eye with blue wash on a forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of a cat's nose and whiskers on the side of a finger, with pink painted nails visible.
Cat whiskers tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded cross with feathered angel wings on the upper back.
Winged cross on upper back
Small black and grey geometric anatomical heart tattoo on the side of a finger, with a silver engraved ring on the next finger.
Geometric anatomical heart on a finger
Colourful traditional arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with a woman's face in grey and pink, a red rose, a dagger and a butterfly.
Traditional arm sleeve with woman, rose and butterfly
Black and grey tattoo of a full moon above a dark tree line, shaded in soft greys, on the forearm of a person wearing a rolled light blue sleeve.
Full moon over a forest on a forearm
Small black Chinese character tattoo in fine line on the inner forearm near the wrist, photographed against window blinds.
Small Chinese character on the forearm
Fine line black script reading and it was still hot, with a small brown pot and spoon, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Script quote and pot on a foot
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, showing a radiating flower and a faceted star.
Geometric mandala on a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo flash design of a dandelion seed head releasing seeds that turn into a flock of birds, shown on a plain white background.
Dandelion seeds becoming birds in flight
Black ink tattoo of pyramids, mountains, a cactus, a palm tree, a UFO and stars on a leg.
Desert pyramids with UFO and palm tree
Black and grey fine line botanical tattoo of three flowers with swirling vines across the top of a bare foot.
Floral vine tattoo across the top of a foot
Black script lettering reading twentysix.two on the side of the ribs, photographed on skin with white paper towel above.
Script lettering reading twentysix.two on ribs
Black and grey ornamental design of mandalas, paisley and flowers running down the centre of a person's back.
Ornamental mandala column down the spine
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an art deco flapper woman in profile wearing a beaded headpiece, on the upper arm.
Art deco flapper in profile on an arm
Line drawing of a mouse-ear outline in bold black ink, topped with a yellow crown and with a small red heart below the crown, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Mouse ears outline with crown and heart
Forearm and wrist wearing stacked metallic gold and black geometric band tattoos with dots, leaf, quatrefoil and diamond patterns.
Stacked gold and black armband tattoos
Two small blue Tetris block tattoos, one on the base of a palm and one on the inner wrist, in a flat geometric style.
Tetris block tattoos on wrist and palm

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