Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dragon tattoo running down the back of a person with a raised arm, in Japanese style, with a branch-like tattoo on the upper arm.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with water droplets above a wolf's head on a forearm, photographed outdoors on artificial grass.
Skull and wolf realism on a forearm
Back of a person's head showing a colourful mandala tattoo in red, teal and green on the nape above a fade of green dots, with purple hair in a top knot.
Mandala and dotwork tattoo on the nape
Black ink botanical tattoo of leaves and sprigs on an upper arm near the elbow, with a person lying on blue and white bedding.
Botanical foliage tattoo on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading "One foot in the grave..." on the back of a calf, with a prosthetic leg visible beside it.
Quote lettering on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lioness wearing a crown with a pearl necklace and a rose below, on the inner forearm.
Lioness with crown and rose on a forearm
Two black and grey feather tattoos, one on each forearm, shaded in a realistic style and photographed against grass.
Matching feather tattoos on two forearms
Black ink wolf head tattoo with ornamental floral patterns on the outer thigh, shown in a photo of a leg on a wooden floor.
Wolf head with ornamental detail on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated rabbit looking upwards, shaded on the lower leg of a person with pale freckled skin.
Seated rabbit on the lower leg
A gloved tattooist works a machine along a dotted black outline on skin, with blue guide lines drawn nearby.
Tattoo outline being inked with a machine
Coloured flash design of a brown hand holding red poppies, with a blue eye, a dotwork shaded grey orb and a red heart, in a neo-traditional style.
Poppies held in a hand with a heart
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with eyespot wings in teal, red, orange and brown, in a bold neo-traditional style, on the upper chest.
Colourful butterfly with eyespots on chest
Small black and grey shaded wing tattoo with two tiny stars on the outer ankle.
Wing and stars on an ankle
Black ink drawing of a winding snake with fern fronds, in a botanical illustration style, on a white background.
Snake and fern fronds design
Small black fine line symbol tattoo on an ankle, with a bare foot resting on white bedding beside a teal mug of coffee.
Small black symbol tattoo on an ankle
Two wrists side by side, each with a black lettering tattoo of an infinity symbol containing the words est 2008, placed on the inner wrist.
Matching infinity and est 2008 wrist tattoos
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a wild rose branch with shaded petals and a thorny stem on the forearm.
Wild rose branch on a forearm
Pencil sketch of three dreamcatchers hung with beads and layered feathers, shaded in black and grey on cream paper.
Dreamcatchers and feathers pencil sketch
Upper arm sleeve tattoo in black and grey shading with a ship wheel, waves and a banner reading of the Sea, with pink flowers and a compass star.
Ship wheel sleeve with banner and flowers
Pencil sketch of an open pocket watch with a dangling chain, drawn in black and grey on paper, shown as a tattoo design without any skin visible.
Pocket watch and chain sketch
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bee with outstretched wings on the inner forearm of a person wearing a lace top.
Small bee tattoo on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a seahorse with teal scales, orange spots and a red and brown flower on the inner arm.
Traditional seahorse with a flower on the arm
Colour monarch butterfly with soft shading and grey swirling vine lines on the ankle, in a fine line and realism style.
Monarch butterfly and vine on ankle
Black script lettering tattooed across the upper back reads Roses are red, My name's Dave, This poem makes no sense, Microwave, in a lettering style.
Script poem across the upper back
White henna style design covering the back of a hand and fingers, with scalloped borders, floral motifs and dotted lines.
White henna style design on the back of a hand
Close-up of a butterfly tattoo in a tribal-style design, with bold black swirled outlines and purple, pink and blue fill, on skin.
Tribal-style butterfly on skin
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a crocodile head with open jaws and visible teeth on the forearm.
Crocodile head on forearm
Full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red fox and a howling wolf beneath bare branches, in neo-traditional style with bold colour across the upper arm and forearm.
Fox and wolf full sleeve with branches
Fine line black tattoo of a coffee mug with rising steam, placed on the skin behind a person's ear.
Coffee mug behind the ear
Chest tattoo of an outlined geometric house in dotwork and black ink, with fine-line flower stems and red dotted rays, plus a number on the shoulder.
Geometric house and flower stems on chest
Two people stand back to back showing matching mandala tattoos on their arms, a crescent moon on the left and a circular mandala on the right.
Matching crescent and mandala shoulder tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moth with a crescent moon above and a dotted geometric circle below, on the forearm.
Moth and crescent moon on a forearm
Black ink quote in a serif-style font running down a forearm, with a circular tree of life design near the wrist, in black and grey ink.
Tree of life and quote on a forearm
Close photo of the word POWER tattooed on an inner forearm in distressed typewriter-style black lettering, with the O replaced by a teal female symbol.
POWER lettering with female symbol on forearm
Small semicolon tattoo with purple, blue, yellow and pink watercolour-style splashes on the inner wrist.
Semicolon with watercolour splashes on wrist
Greyscale pencil tattoo design of a bearded banknote portrait with a 100 note, rolled cash and dollar signs in smoke, shown on paper and not placed on the body.
Franklin portrait with cash and smoke design
Realistic colour tattoo of an hourglass with a glowing amber top bulb and a bare tree in the lower bulb, shown on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with bare tree on upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading timshel across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script word tattoo on upper back
Fine line black scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, beside a large mint stone ring, with a hand resting on sand.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Forearm tattoo of the Hogwarts crest in black linework with red, yellow, green and blue watercolour splashes.
Hogwarts crest with watercolour splashes on forearm
Illustrated flash design of a grey skull with red roses, barbed wire and a sword across a cross shape, on a black background.
Skull, roses and barbed wire design
Three realistic black and grey butterfly tattoos with soft shadows, one near the neck and two across the upper back and shoulder.
Three butterflies on neck and upper back
Botanical lotus flower tattoo on a person's upper back, in pink, red, orange and teal with black linework, above three coloured dots.
Colourful lotus flower on the upper back
Two ear tattoos on a pair of forearms, one filled with red ink and one with black, each with a shaded brown outline and a realistic ear shape.
Two ear tattoos on forearms, red and black
Black script lettering spelling Mason with a swash underline and a small red heart on the wrist, in a lettering style.
Mason script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey photograph of a fine line dotted constellation tattoo with small four-point stars on the inner forearm.
Dotted constellation on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Dum Spiro Spero on an upper arm, with a dotwork stipple shading halo around the letters.
Dum Spiro Spero script lettering on upper arm
Two matching fine line black heart tattoos with looped swirls on the top of a pair of feet, placed near the ankle.
Matching looped heart tattoos on two feet

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