Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoos on a forearm: a dress form outline near the elbow and a larger figure surrounded by roses on the lower arm.
Dress form and figure tattoos on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass and a pocket watch with Roman numerals, framed by chains and scrollwork on a forearm.
Compass and pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of a banner reading GRRRL on a forearm, with part of another tattoo visible above it.
GRRRL banner tattoo on forearm
Black linework tattoo of a walking cat built from circles and straight lines, on the inner forearm.
Geometric walking cat on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug's face and front paws on a forearm, with soft shading behind the head.
Pug portrait tattoo on a forearm
Black filigree scrollwork heart tattoo with a small red ladybird on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a fine line style.
Filigree heart with ladybird on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a log cabin among pine trees, a mountain, a moon and clouds, with a scroll banner of lettering beside it.
Cabin, pines and mountain on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a purple galaxy-textured cartoon character with crossed arms and a yellow star, set in a gold frame, on the inner forearm.
Galaxy cartoon character on forearm
Realism-style colour tattoo of a man with swept-back hair and a downcast gaze, framed by orange flames, on the forearm.
Realistic portrait of a man with flames
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a woman's face with flowing hair beside floral and swirling motifs, extending from the shoulder to the forearm.
Woman portrait and floral full sleeve
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten quote, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate, beside a simple stick figure holding a briefcase.
Quote and stick figure on a forearm
Small watercolour-style tattoo of a black semicolon with rainbow splashes on the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of the forearm.
Rainbow watercolour semicolon on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with a rope and anchor on a forearm, in red, teal and black ink.
Ship in a bottle and anchor on a forearm
Two matching fine line black tattoos on the inner wrists, each a continuous looping figure with the word love written in script.
Matching fine line love loops on wrists
Woman seen from behind riding a longboard on a rural road, with tattoos across her back, arms, thighs and calves.
Tattooed back and legs on a longboard
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and clouds on the inner forearm, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Crescent moon with face and clouds on a forearm
Traditional swallow tattoo holding a leafy sprig, with a red rose and rosebud on a forearm, shaded in grey with red and yellow accents.
Swallow and rose on a forearm
Two matching fine line black and grey key tattoos on the inner wrists of two people, one with a hand raised and one with a fist clenched.
Matching key tattoos on wrists
Black and grey tattoo of a McDonald's receipt on the outer forearm, with the golden arches logo at the top and itemised lines below.
McDonald's receipt tattoo on a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of three birds perched on a thin branch with small leaves, on the inner forearm.
Three birds perched on a branch
Four wrists pressed together, each with a fine line infinity and heart tattoo on the inner forearm in red, blue or black ink.
Matching infinity and heart wrist tattoos
Close photograph of a black geometric tattoo of parallel lines and small dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in a fine line style.
Parallel line geometric mark on the wrist
Thin black lettering tattoo reading beloved on a forearm, beside an open Bible and brown leather case on a brown surface.
Beloved script on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a red and white striped lighthouse, orange roses, an anchor and rope.
Lighthouse, rose and anchor sleeve
Four thin black parallel lines wrap around a woman's forearm near the elbow, in a fine line geometric style, with a rolled-up plaid shirt sleeve.
Four thin black lines around a forearm
Fine line black script reading if you're a bird, I'm a bird, with three bird silhouettes, tattooed on the wrist.
Script quote with three birds on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a red and yellow flower with an eye inside a heart across the back of a hand, with a chrysanthemum on the forearm above.
Eye in heart flower on the back of a hand
Woman in a black bra seated in an armchair, showing black and grey rose tattoos on her upper arm and forearm, script on her torso, and a winged design on her thigh.
Roses, script and wings on a seated woman
Black ornamental tattoo of stacked mandala-style bands with lotus, paisley and heart motifs, running down the inside of a forearm.
Ornamental mandala bands on a forearm
Black and grey snarling wolf head tattoo on a forearm, built from fine linework and dotwork shading.
Snarling wolf head on forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a police box with Bad Wolf lettering above and a Dalek below, in a sketchy, splattered style.
TARDIS, Dalek and Bad Wolf lettering on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of purple pansies, peach blossoms and green leaves arranged in a radial design on the forearm near the elbow.
Pansy and blossom design on an elbow
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a mountain, pine forest and a cabin with smoke, set inside a diamond shape on the forearm.
Mountain, pines and cabin in a diamond
Black lettering reading Anam Cara in a flowing script across the inner wrist, with the hand visible below.
Anam Cara lettering on the wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a tooth inside an oval frame with red flowers, a pink heart and a red bow, on a forearm.
Tooth in a frame with flowers and bow
Colour tattoo of a diamond shape on the inner forearm, with black pine tree silhouettes below and a purple, pink and teal galaxy sky above.
Diamond with pine trees and galaxy sky
Three raised wrists with gold metallic lettering: bride on the centre wrist and SQUAD with rules on each outer wrist, against a beach backdrop.
Gold bride and squad wrist tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and a shaded rose below it, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Woman with blue-grey hair in a floral dress holding her skirt in a grassy field, showing a dark grey tattoo on her forearm.
Woman with blue hair and forearm tattoo
Colour tattoo of a yellow Pac-Man style character with a dark outline, chasing a grey ghost, with a separate green dollar sign to the right, on the forearm.
Pac-Man chasing a ghost with a dollar sign
Back view of a large black and grey dotwork tattoo with a central spiral in a diamond frame, extending across the shoulders and down both upper arms and forearms.
Full back dotwork spiral with geometric sleeves
Small brown castle silhouette with a central spire and towers, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Castle silhouette on a forearm
Arm with a colourful cartoon sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, holding a comic-printed skateboard with orange wheels.
Cartoon sleeve tattoo on an arm holding a skateboard
Colour tattoo of a pink coffee mug with teal leaves and the words death before decaf in teal script on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Death before decaf mug on a forearm
Black and grey fine line outline of the world map on the inside of a wrist, with the hand resting palm up on a light surface.
World map outline on a wrist
Forearm with a botanical bouquet of pink roses, red buds and dark green leaves in a painted style, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Pink rose bouquet temporary tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a sun with pointed rays on a forearm, and a crescent moon outline on a person's lower back beside jeans.
Sun and crescent moon outline tattoos
Black and white photo of a woman with hair across her face, showing a small fine line tattoo on the inside of her forearm.
Small mark on a forearm

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