Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals and hands, framed by acanthus scrollwork, on an upper arm.
Realistic clock with scrollwork on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a jagged mountain ridge outline in dark ink on an upper arm, with a grey sleeve above it.
Jagged mountain ridge line tattoo on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a lion head with orange and blue halves and yellow eyes, on an upper arm.
Split-colour lion head on an upper arm
Colour full sleeve tattoo of Simpsons cartoon characters covering an upper arm and forearm, worn by a seated man in a grey t-shirt.
Simpsons characters full sleeve tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a red and white striped airship with sails, rigging and clouds on the upper arm.
Airship with sails and clouds on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's face framed by a black hood with cat ears, with small stars and a bell collar, on the upper arm.
Cat-eared woman portrait on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing red roses, a jewelled heart padlock with a key, and teal feathers.
Roses and heart padlock on upper arm
Black and grey cartoon cat with musical notes and a hot rod on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon cat driving a hot rod on an upper arm
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of a black cat sitting on a stack of books on the inner upper arm.
Black cat sitting on stacked books
Colour tattoo of a pink lily with purple shading, white stars and black swirls on the upper arm.
Pink lily with stars on upper arm
Colour tattoo of pink roses with green leaves and a rosebud across the shoulder and upper arm of a person in a red top.
Pink roses and foliage on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rolled dollar bill with a portrait and a die beside it, on the upper arm.
Rolled banknote and dice on an arm
Single black jagged line tattoo curving in a shallow U shape across the inner upper arm.
Jagged black line on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Black ink tattoo of four arrows with feather and leaf fletching and stippled dotwork arrowheads, on the upper arm.
Four arrows on an upper arm
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of two birds and roses with white linework on a dark shaded background, with script above.
Birds and roses on upper arm
Black and grey full arm sleeve with chrysanthemums, flower of life geometry and dotwork, with red script on the forearm, shown on both arms.
Full sleeve with chrysanthemums and sacred geometry
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, a peony and leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Botanical roses and peony on upper arm
Black and grey fine line botanical tattoo of a cow parsley sprig with stippled flower heads on the inner upper arm.
Cow parsley sprig on the upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, buds and trailing vines across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style.
Black and grey roses on shoulder and upper arm
Realism tattoo of a greyscale lion head with pink cherry blossom branches and a pink lotus flower on the upper arm.
Lion, cherry blossom and lotus on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of small animals holding blue, purple and red balloons across the upper arm.
Animals holding balloons on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a horned helmeted Viking, a woman warrior, a longship and knotwork bands, with a few red and orange oak leaves, across the upper arm and
Viking warrior full sleeve
Black outline tattoo of a horseshoe crab on an upper arm, with a second photo of a similar fine line horseshoe crab on a forearm.
Horseshoe crab outline on arm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Roman numeral clock face, gears, a key, a rose and a pocket watch.
Clock, rose and feather full sleeve
Dotwork tattoo of a gothic castle with tall spires on an upper arm, with a small blue crescent moon above it.
Gothic castle on an upper arm
Black fine-line tattoo of a line with a dot and small loops on the inner wrist, beside a black-and-grey tree tattoo on the upper arm.
Fine line wrist mark and tree on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo on an upper arm of an astrological chart with planet glyphs, dotted orbit lines, a central circle and numerals.
Astrological chart tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of Sally hugging a stitched ragdoll with Jack Skellington's head above her, in a neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Sally and Jack Skellington on an upper arm
Colour realism style tattoo of a hummingbird in flight in pink, purple, blue and orange on the upper arm, with black outlines on the tail feathers.
Hummingbird in flight on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing ship in a storm with lightning and a compass on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship in a storm with compass on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a police box outline on the upper arm, with a block of capitalised lettering quoting nine hundred years of time and space.
Police box quote on upper arm
Black and grey linework tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a ribbon of music staff with notes, bare trees, clouds and a row of piano keys.
Piano keys and music staff on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in soft natural light.
Red rose tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm
Black fine-line tattoo of a torus shape with radiating vertical lines on the inside of an upper arm, in a geometric style.
Striped torus outline on upper arm
Black tribal tattoo covering the chest, shoulder and arm of a shirtless man, with a sun-like face at the centre of the chest piece.
Tribal sun chest and arm sleeve
Black ink dreamcatcher with two hanging feathers on the upper arm of a woman with long hair, seen from behind in a wooded setting.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on upper arm
Realistic colour half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a swirling nebula and starry sky above a tree on a path with a silhouetted figure.
Galaxy and tree half sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of armour plates, a winged Celtic cross and chainmail across a man's upper arm and shoulder, with a torn skin effect at the edges.
Armour and Celtic cross on upper arm and shoulder
Black fine line fern sprig tattoo curving across the upper arm of a woman seated on a bed, seen from behind.
Fern sprig on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow passing through two circles, with a small triangle and dots, on an upper arm.
Geometric arrow with circles on an arm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of hexagons across a shoulder and upper arm, with some cells left as bare skin.
Hexagon honeycomb pattern on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of two figures in a loose, painterly style on the upper arm.
Two figures in black and grey on an upper arm
Black and grey floral sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder of a shirtless man seen from behind in a gym.
Floral sleeve on a shirtless man seen from behind
Black and grey tattoo of a tabby cat standing upright and holding an umbrella, placed on the upper arm.
Standing cat with umbrella on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue-spotted stingray with orange ringed spots and black outlines, on the upper arm.
Blue-spotted stingray on an arm
Traditional style mandala tattoos on the elbows of two bent arms, with a small red flower below the upper mandala.
Mandala tattoos on both elbows
Fine line tattoo of a city skyline outline in pale ink on an upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
City skyline outline on upper arm

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