Tattoo ideas

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

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Two traditional style colour tattoos on a forearm pair, one with scissors, thread and buttons on a MAKE banner and one with a whisk, rolling pin and flowers on a BAKE banner.
Make and Bake sewing and baking forearm tattoos
Small black fine line infinity symbol with leaves on the back of the neck, below a hair bun.
Infinity sign with leaves on the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wooden cross with a candle on top and a ribbon reading In Memory of Those I've Lost, on the side of the ribs.
Wooden cross with candle and memorial ribbon
Colour traditional tattoo of a winged staff with snakes and Type 1 and Diabetic banners on the forearm, shown in three photos.
Winged staff with Type 1 Diabetic banners
Black line drawing of an umbrella with four raindrops falling beneath it on a plain white background.
Umbrella with raindrops line design
Small black fine-line tattoo of a hand sign with a heart at the base, placed on the palm.
Small hand sign with heart on the palm
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on a upper back, showing a woman in profile kissing a small purple dragon inside an ornate grey frame, with a red rose above.
Woman profile and dragon in a frame on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the upper back, set in a serif typeface on a shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across a shoulder blade
Teal and grey Cheshire Cat tattoo with a wide grin and green eyes, shaded in a realistic style on the thigh.
Cheshire Cat grin on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate jewelled crown, with red accents on the trunk and forehead, on an upper arm.
Ganesha portrait on upper arm
Two legs resting in a bath showing black and grey rose and compass tattoos on one thigh and a long block of script down the other thigh.
Rose and script leg tattoos in a bath
Pencil drawing of a sleeping crescent moon with a face in front of a sun with flame-like rays, surrounded by swirling clouds and small stars, shown as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon with clouds
Colour tattoo of the Superman shield on the side ribs, shown as if torn open through the skin in a realistic style.
Superman logo under torn skin on ribs
Colour realism tattoo of California's outline on the upper back, filled with a Milky Way sky, snowy mountains and orange poppies.
California state outline with night sky and poppies
Black ink tattoo on skin of a Deathly Hallows symbol with a wand through it, followed by the word Always in script, a lightning bolt and three stars, placed on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with Always script
Colour tattoo of a bouquet of pansies in purple, pink, lilac and yellow with black outlines, placed across the upper back near the shoulder.
Pansy bouquet on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a crab on the outer upper thigh, with a hand and a striped skirt visible at the edge of the frame.
Crab outline on a thigh
Black and grey anatomical heart tattoo with red accents and a branching tree of leaves inside, on a chest or ribs area.
Anatomical heart with branching tree on chest
Fine line black tattoo of a cat in side profile on the ankle, photographed against a dark background.
Small cat outline on an ankle
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a Victorian street, a clock tower above a bridge, a gas lamp and a figure riding a penny-farthing bicycle.
Victorian city street full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mechanical walker beneath a dripping dark sphere, running down the side of the ribs.
Mechanical walker beneath a dripping sphere on ribs
Black and white photo from behind of a person with hands raised to the head, showing a lotus design at the nape of the neck in a botanical style.
Lotus design on the nape of the neck
Two black and grey butterfly tattoos with lace-like wings sit on a woman's abdomen, one beside the navel and one lower down, above black shorts.
Two lace-winged butterflies on the abdomen
Black script tattoo reading 'May your song always be sung' across the side of a bare back, against a dark red warm-toned room.
Script quote on a bare back
Colour traditional tattoo of cartoon character Millhouse riding an eagle, with banners reading Everything's coming up and Millhouse, on the chest.
Millhouse riding an eagle on the chest
Illustrated tattoo design of a compass rose inside a looping branch wreath with flowers, a bird and a hanging anchor, in muted teal and sepia tones.
Compass rose with anchor and botanical wreath
Black and grey chrysanthemum tattoo with buds and crystal shapes on the outer thigh, drawn in a botanical style with dotwork shading.
Chrysanthemums and crystals on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a palm tree, purple sunset over the sea, orange hibiscus flowers and a CALIFORNIA banner.
California palm sunset on a calf
Fine line black infinity symbol with the word love written through its loop, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Infinity symbol with love script on wrist
Fine line black heart dreamcatcher tattoo with two feathers on the centre of the chest, below a hand holding a dark top, with Arabic script on the ribs at left.
Small heart dreamcatcher on the chest
Colour tattoo of a cartoon woman with orange hair in a black corset and stockings, holding a glass, on a calf, with a red rose partly visible below.
Cartoon pin-up tattoo on a calf
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo with dotted drop pendants on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised in front of a plain wall.
Ornate mandala wrist tattoo with drops
Two ankles in black jeans and patent flats: a fine line cartoon cat head in grey on the left ankle and two small outline hearts in grey on the right ankle.
Cartoon cat and hearts on an ankle
Black and grey realistic drawing of a wolf's head facing forward, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Realistic wolf head design
Small black fine line lotus flower tattoo on the inner forearm, with a knitted cuff and a spotted sleeve visible above it.
Small lotus outline on the inner forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading With pain comes strength across a patch of skin, in a fine line style.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength
Fine line botanical tattoo of a slender sprig with small pink-tinted flowers and buds on the inner upper arm.
Fine line flower sprig on upper arm
A tiny solid black star tattoo sits on the upper back near the shoulder, with a grey top pulled down beside it and blurred hair above.
Small star on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mason jar filled with planets, a ringed Saturn and a spiral galaxy, with a label reading FAR AWAY, on the forearm.
Mason jar galaxy on a forearm
Two people seen from behind, each with a fine line star constellation tattoo in blue and purple ink on the lower back.
Matching constellation tattoos on two hips
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of cartoon Homer Simpson in a floating astronaut suit among crisps against a purple and teal space background, on a limb.
Homer Simpson in a spacesuit with crisps
Soft pink peony tattoo with green leaves across the upper back, shaded in a painterly style.
Pink peony on upper back
Black script lettering reading 'You are free to sever the chains of fate that bind you' across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a cartoon caterpillar with a blue striped body, blue feathery hair, orange round glasses and a red scarf on the top of a foot.
Cartoon caterpillar in scarf on a foot
Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a sleeping sloth with three banners reading nap all day, sleep all night and party never, on a limb.
Sleeping sloth with banner text
Painted pink peony flowers with grey-green leaves in a continuous band across white paper, in a botanical style.
Pink peony band on paper
Black tribal-style cat leaping from a shaded purple lotus towards a small blue butterfly, tattooed on skin.
Tribal cat leaping from a lotus
Grey shaded paw print tattoo on an ankle with an outlined script letter B and blue highlights on the letter.
Script B over a paw print on an ankle

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