Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across skin, with the body part not clearly shown.
With pain comes strength script tattoo
Black and white photo of two hands clasped together, with a small fine line outlined heart with a keyhole on one finger and a tiny key tattoo on the other hand.
Small heart and key tattoos on two hands
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, shown on the upper leg.
Realistic lion head on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo on a forearm showing a green-screen retro handheld device, a red helmeted figure and several dice including a d20.
Retro terminal and dice on a forearm
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a sugar skull Hello Kitty character with a pink bow and roses, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty in a dress
Realistic tattoo of a red rose under a glass dome with fallen petals, shaded in grey with red highlights, on a person's upper arm.
Rose under glass dome on upper arm
Black and grey cross tattoo with four small crystal gems on the ribs, flanked by tribal swirl designs above and below.
Cross with swirls on the ribs
Black and grey shaded lion cub tattoo with the words Remember Who You Are arcing around it on the skin.
Lion cub with curved 'Remember Who You Are' script
Black and white photo of a small fine line sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Sailboat outline on the wrist
Close-up of a geometric tattoo of three black-outlined diamonds filled with red and black watercolour-style splatter, placed on the upper back.
Outlined diamonds with red and black splatter
A small, pale fine line outline of a fish, an ichthys style symbol, on the inner wrist and palm side of a hand next to a steel watch strap.
Small fish outline on the inner wrist
Fine-line black tattoo of a small abstract mark on the inner forearm, beside a silver bracelet, with a white knit jumper sleeve visible.
Small fine-line mark on a wrist
Black and grey guillotine tattoo reading Keep your chin up beside a gallows with noose reading Hang in there, both on a lower leg.
Guillotine and gallows tattoos on lower legs
Black line drawing of a compass rose with an eight-point star inside a ring, with the letters N, E, S and W at the cardinal points, shown on a plain white background.
Compass rose design with N, E, S and W
Black and grey geometric mandala above a cluster of botanical flowers and buds on a forearm, in a Botanical and Geometric style.
Mandala and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a tree of life with two wolves inside a circular Celtic knot border, shown as a tattoo design.
Tree of life with wolves in a Celtic knot circle
Close-up of a black scrollwork tattoo running across the top of a foot, with a small swirl on the second toe.
Black scroll tattoo across the top of a foot
Black linework dreamcatcher tattoo with three soft purple and grey feathers on the inner forearm of a person wearing jeans and a black top.
Dreamcatcher with feathers on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo of the words mind and matter stacked either side of a horizontal line, on the lower abdomen below the navel.
Mind and matter script on the lower abdomen
White ink tattoo of a stylised tree with a crown above it and stars around it, in a botanical style, on a limb.
White ink tree with crown and stars
Close-up before and after pair showing a brown hair-stroke eyebrow tattoo, with the faded healing brow above and the fuller defined brow below, placed on the eyebrow.
Hair-stroke eyebrow tattoo, before and after
Watercolour style tattoo of a figure holding a blue umbrella, with rainbow paint drips running down, on the forearm.
Figure under a blue umbrella with paint drips
Temporary tattoo on a wrist reading I'M WITH MEGAN'S BACHELORETTE PARTY above two martini glasses, in a typewriter-style lettering design with pink accents.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of two closed eyes with lashes on the inner forearm, in dark ink against a cream shirt sleeve.
Closed eyes tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart on the upper arm, with a faceted geometric lower half and stippled dotwork shading across the upper vessels.
Geometric anatomical heart on upper arm
Solid black tribal dragon tattoo on the upper arm of a person wearing a white vest top, with a partial tattoo visible at the bottom edge of the frame.
Black tribal dragon on an upper arm
Full-colour peacock tattoo with pink peonies and branches on the outer side of a thigh, shown against a black background.
Peacock and peony on the side of a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a toad-like creature wrapped in coin-like discs on paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Toad with coins, ink line drawing
Pink line drawing of an anchor with a heart-shaped ring woven through an infinity symbol, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Anchor and heart within an infinity symbol
Orange honeysuckle flowers, green leaves and small blue berries on a curling vine, shown as a botanical stencil design with no body placement.
Honeysuckle vine stencil design
Close-up of a small black dot and dash tattoo on the skin behind a person's ear, in a fine line style.
Small dot and dash tattoo behind the ear
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a white banner reading MOM, flanked by orange flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Heart banner and flowers on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading "How long is forever? Sometimes just one second" across the outer upper thigh.
Handwritten quote on an upper thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a compass-style symbol inside a ring of runic characters, shaded to look like weathered stone, on the forearm.
Compass symbol inside a runic ring on a forearm
Black script lettering of the Serenity Prayer with two small red flowers and black vines, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Serenity prayer script with red flowers on the ribs
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Dream as if you'll live forever on the side of a torso, in lettering style.
Script quote reading Dream as if you'll live forever
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a ship's wheel enclosing a sailing ship, a flower below, and the words DARLIN IM NOT above and COMIN HOME below.
Ship's wheel and flower sketch with lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a double chain anklet with a heart-shaped charm on a person's ankle.
Double chain anklet tattoo with heart charm
Coloured drawing of the sun-facing planets in a row on white paper, with Saturn's rings and small black dots for stars, shown as a tattoo design on a red background.
Solar system planets design
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman lying and sitting on a mat, shown across three photo panels.
Mandala tattoo on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a snare drum with drumsticks on the forearm, overlaid on a rainbow wash and red colour blocks with stippled shading.
Snare drum with rainbow streaks on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink rose, anemone flowers and acanthus scrolls in grey and blue across the outer thigh, shown in two side-by-side views.
Neo-trad rose and acanthus on a thigh
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon man in blue trousers holding a grey ball, on the back of a bald head, photographed from behind on a plane.
Cartoon figure tattoo on the back of a bald head
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch in a cartoon style, seated and facing away, on the left side of a person's ribs.
Stitch tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line lavender sprig with a dotted triangle outline on the inner forearm, with a hand resting beside it.
Lavender sprig in a dotted triangle on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall stack of worn old books with banded spines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Stacked old books on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a vintage film camera with poppy flowers and a bud on the forearm.
Film camera and poppies on a forearm
Engraved-style line drawing of an ouroboros serpent forming a circle, entwined with roses, buds and leaves on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ouroboros serpent with roses

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