Tattoo ideas

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

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Small fine line black tattoo of a triangle with a circle and line, and round glasses with a bolt, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Triangle, circle and glasses on a forearm
Black line drawing of a deer-like creature with a flowing mane, with the words NEVER RUN above and FROM ANYTHING IMMORTAL below, on a white background.
Deer-like creature with NEVER RUN lettering
Close view of a small black cactus tattoo on the inner wrist of a person wearing a checked shirt and holding a metallic copper clutch.
Small cactus tattoo on a wrist
Small black sun with a face tattoo on the side of a woman's ribcage, below her arm, with daisy hair clips and a tie-dye top.
Small sun tattoo on the side of the ribs
Black ink pen sketch of a lotus flower with fine hatched shading, drawn on a cream notebook page beside two pens.
Lotus flower pen sketch in a notebook
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bouquet of blue and pale flowers tied with a ribbon, on the upper arm, with partial tattoos visible at the edges.
Blue flower bouquet tied with ribbon on an arm
Two versions of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch, compass, roses and chain, with a ribbon reading not all those who wander are lost, one in line work and one shaded.
Pocket watch, compass and roses tattoo design
Black leopard print tattoo of rosette spots covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a knitted cardigan visible beside it.
Leopard print tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with yellow petals, grey-shaded centre and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Sunflower tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a crowned queen in an ornate mirror frame, with a green poison apple above and a red heart and dagger below, on a thigh.
Crowned queen in an ornate mirror on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion with bared teeth, surrounded by smoke and lightning, on the forearm.
Snarling lion with lightning on a forearm
Close photo of the word delicate in black fine line script lettering on a person's hip, with white lace underwear visible above it.
Delicate script on a hip
Black and grey script tattoos reading Carry On across two ankles, shown above black shoes on a road.
Carry On script tattoos across both ankles
Two matching blue line tattoos of stick figures holding a red heart, one on an ankle and one on a forearm.
Matching stick figure tattoos with red heart
Realistic coloured raven perched on a bare branch, set against a soft pink and green background, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Raven perched on a branch across the upper back
Woman seen from behind with a rainbow-coloured flock of small bird silhouettes running diagonally across her upper back, and a small black line tattoo on the nape of her neck.
Rainbow flock of birds across a upper back
Flash design of a cracked skull wearing a black gas mask, with green smoke curling around it on a white background.
Skull in gas mask with green smoke
Bold black letter X with a green glow outline tattooed on the top of a foot, resting on a plastic sheet.
Large X symbol on top of a foot
Traditional tattoo of a swallow above a red heart with a MOTHER banner, green leaves and blue flowers, on a limb.
Swallow and heart with MOTHER banner
White stencil of a Celtic knotwork tree of life with interlaced roots and branches, set against weathered wood panels.
Celtic tree of life stencil
Black line drawing flash design of a crown above a scrolled banner reading KNIT FAST and DIE WARM, with two yarn balls and crossed knitting needles.
Knit fast die warm banner with yarn
Black and white diptych of two small fine line script tattoos, one reading forever and one reading always, each with a small heart, on the side of the body.
Forever and always script tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm of a woman's face with gothic cathedral spires rising from her head and tracery below.
Gothic cathedral and woman's face on upper arm
Black and grey lotus tattoo with paisley mandala linework and dotwork shading across the upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Two owl drawings on paper, one in outline and one shaded in black and grey, with feathers forming a Celtic knot pattern across the body.
Owl with Celtic knotwork design
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with concentric rings and radiating petals on the outer forearm.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a botanical sprig band with leaves and small flowers wrapping around an upper arm below a white sleeve.
Botanical sprig band on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of an eagle with a red rose and green leaves across a person's upper back.
Eagle and rose on upper back
Solid black frog silhouette design with raised limbs and splayed toe pads, drawn as a flash-style tattoo design on a white background.
Black frog silhouette design
Black ink Deathly Hallows symbol with ornate filigree scrollwork on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork on a wrist
Two matching black tattoos on the inside of the wrists, each an infinity symbol forming a heart with the words thick and thin written in script.
Matching infinity heart with thick and thin
Traditional style tattoo of a compass rose and open pocket watch with red roses, green leaves and rope edging on an upper arm.
Compass and roses in traditional style
Colour tattoo of embracing figures in a painterly, ornamental style with patterned robes, placed on the side of the ribs.
Embracing figures tattoo on side ribs
Two black and grey fine line tattoos: a world map outline on the inside of a wrist over passport stamp paper, and a small antler on the back of a neck.
World map on a wrist and antler on a neck
Colour tattoo of a cartoon shark wearing a top hat and monocle, with blue waves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cartoon shark in top hat and monocle on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a city skyline with a ferris wheel, tall towers and two hot air balloons on the inner forearm.
City skyline with ferris wheel on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a dark sun with radiating lines, clouds, mountains and pine trees inside a rectangular frame on a forearm.
Eclipse landscape on a forearm
Black flash design of a feather dissolving into flying birds, with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not beside it.
Feather turning into birds with script quote
Two matching black infinity symbol and heart tattoos with script lettering on the inner wrists of two people.
Matching infinity heart wrist tattoos
Teal and black compass rose tattoo with calligraphic swirls and letters, on the inner forearm.
Teal compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Godzilla-style kaiju in profile with a spiked back and tail, on the side of the ribs.
Godzilla-style kaiju tattoo on the side ribs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a calico cat face with purple and pink flowers below, on an arm or leg.
Calico cat and flowers on a limb
Fine line black tattoo of radiating lines and dots fanning out from a small central circle across the palm of a hand.
Radiating line sunburst on palm
Small dotwork tattoo of four dots in blue, pink, orange and grey in a diagonal line on the ankle, below a denim jeans cuff.
Four coloured dots on an ankle
Colour realism tattoo of falling autumn leaves in orange, red and brown across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Falling autumn leaves across a back
Black tribal-style winged dragon above a shaded pentagram medallion with a small red stone, tattooed across a woman's upper back.
Winged dragon and pentagram across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a battleship among rolling waves and smoke, across the outer forearm.
Battleship at sea on a forearm
Close-up of a realistic wound tattoo with torn, bitten-looking edges and red veining on the upper arm, in a realism style.
Realistic wound tattoo on upper arm

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