Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black typewriter-style lettering reading mad to live on the side of a ribcage, in a fine lettering style.
Mad to live lettering on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of mountain peaks above the word adventure in script on the inner forearm.
Mountain peaks and adventure script on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a teacup and saucer filled with roses, with scrollwork and dotted detail, on the chest.
Teacup and roses on the chest
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with layered petals and a mandala-style centre, placed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Realistic grey lipstick tattoo with a red tip on the middle finger, above red script lettering across the hand, shown on a light-skinned hand with red nails.
Lipstick and red script on a hand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of large flowers and leaves wrapping the inner forearm, shown on a person wearing a dark blue patterned top.
Black and grey flowers on a forearm
Full back tattoo in bold colour with the word Boston, a roaring bear, Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics motifs and a Patriots figure, shown on a man's back.
Boston sports back piece with bear and team mascots
Black tribal tattoos cover a bare back and both shoulders, with spiral motifs on the upper back and a symmetrical panel across the lower back.
Tribal back and shoulder tattoos
Brown henna mehndi with floral and paisley motifs covers a hand and the top of a foot, resting on a wooden box.
Henna floral design on hand and foot
Black ink tattoo of three mountain peaks in a simple fine line style on the upper chest below the collarbone.
Three mountain peaks on a collarbone
Close photo of a small fine line outline of the Earth, with continents shown, tattooed on the side of a woman's ribs below her arm.
Globe outline tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm, centred on an all-seeing eye within a triangle.
Mandala forearm tattoo with all-seeing eye
Black and grey ornamental floral tattoo with dotwork shading running down a forearm.
Ornamental floral design on forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a person's upper back showing a dagger with a golden hilt, an eye on the blade, red drops of blood and a skull below.
Dagger with eye and skull on upper back
Two black and white magpies in flight tattooed on the upper back of a woman with short auburn hair, one hand resting on her shoulder.
Two magpies in flight on upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with geometric borders covering the back of a person's neck, below a shaved nape.
Symmetrical mandala on the back of the neck
Black lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs, with the words HAPPY ENDING? above a four line poem and a handwritten style signature below.
Poem and signature on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in a serif typeface reading 'but without the dark, we'd never see the stars' across the outer thigh.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol on a folded cloth, ringed by the words 'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death', on the upper back.
Deathly Hallows on a cloth with circular quote
Fine black line tattoo of a bow and arrow on the forearm of a person in a striped top and denim shorts.
Bow and arrow on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a pale pink rose with water droplets and green leaves on a forearm, flanked by two black and grey versions of the same design.
Realistic rose with water droplets on forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, shown as a tattoo design on paper, realism style.
Jellyfish design in pencil shading
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head framed by fine line peonies, poppies and a sunflower, placed across the upper back.
Wolf head with flowers on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a crescent moon with a face, a gold star and the words Sleepy Head in script on a forearm.
Crescent moon with face and star on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a snarling tiger head with bared teeth and whiskers on an upper arm.
Snarling tiger head on an upper arm
Fine line black script lettering reading The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow, tattooed across the lower back above a grey waistband.
Quote tattoo across the lower back
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart wrapped in octopus tentacles with suckers, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with octopus tentacles
Three traditional style swallow designs in flight, drawn in blue, red and orange with black outlines on a cream background.
Three swallows in flight
Neo-traditional blue rose tattoo with black leaves and a beaded drape with teardrop pendants on the upper arm.
Blue rose with beaded drape on upper arm
Close crop of a shirtless man's torso and forearm, with a geometric black triangle band tattoo on the forearm above the wrist.
Black triangle pattern band on a forearm
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each wrist with a small fine line swirl tattoo in a similar flourish design.
Matching swirl tattoos on two wrists
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on the outer forearm of a person with a gold ring, wearing a lace top and dark jeans.
Black mandala on a forearm
Black line sun and moon design with small stars on the ankle of a foot, resting on white bedsheets.
Sun and moon ankle tattoo
Close photo of a colourful traditional-style teepee and campfire tattoo on a forearm, with black leaf linework above.
Teepee and campfire on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a raised fist inside a floral wreath shaped like a female symbol, on a forearm.
Raised fist in a floral wreath on a forearm
Collage of four photos showing a colourful floral tattoo with black swirling linework and gear motifs across a shoulder and upper back.
Floral swirls and gears across a shoulder and back
Pencil drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-filled eyes, framed by two shaded roses and leaves, as a tattoo design on sketchbook paper.
Sugar skull with roses pencil design
Black tally marks in simple strokes on a forearm, with another person's hand holding the wrist.
Tally marks on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a stylised face framed by roses with red accents, on the inner upper arm.
Stylised face and roses on an upper arm
Two colour flash designs on a white background: a blue water and red flame yin-yang, and a sun and moon face in blue and gold, in a traditional style.
Yin-yang fire and water with sun and moon face
Colour realism tattoo of a woman in a white headdress with closed eyes beside a tiger, on a calf, being worked on by a tattooist in blue gloves.
Realism portrait with tiger on a calf
Hand-drawn black ink mandala design of overlapping floral petals and swirls on cream paper, with faint pencil guidelines visible.
Black ink mandala floral design sketch
Realistic feather tattoo wrapped in black ribbon swirls with a script letter M and small star on the upper back, shaded in grey and muted pink.
Feather with ribbon and letter M on upper back
Black and grey blackletter lettering and a winged design across the chest and stomach of a hooded person, with tattooed arms.
Blackletter chest and arm tattoos
Traditional style flash design of BMO from Adventure Time holding a Check Please banner, framed by teal and red flowers and green leaves.
BMO with Check Please banner
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with dotwork and mandala-style patterns across the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Ornate elephant on upper back
Black line drawing of a radial Vegvísir-style compass symbol with arrow-like branches and runic marks on a cream background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Vegvísir compass symbol design
Two-panel photo of black script lettering on a forearm, reading "I'm fine" above and "save me" upside down below.
I'm fine and save me lettering on a forearm

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