Tattoo ideas

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

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A kraft packet labelled TATTOOS shows a sheet of hand-drawn arrow designs in black with pink, mint and yellow-green accents.
Hand-drawn arrow designs on a tattoo sheet packet
Black and grey script tattoo reading Virgo with a shaded wing detail, placed on the shoulder.
Virgo script with shaded wing
Black line drawing of hand-drawn lettering reading Look for Beauty, Listen with Love, Live to Inspire, with a swirled butterfly, hearts and flourish dividers, shown as a tattoo design.
Look for Beauty lettering with butterfly
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with fur-like texture across the back of a hand, with letters on the knuckles.
Realistic eye tattoo on the back of a hand
Hand-drawn A to Z alphabet sheet in bubbly graffiti-style lettering with black outlines and grey shading, shown as a design drawing rather than on skin.
Graffiti-style alphabet lettering sheet
Black geometric compass with arrows running up and down the forearm, with solid triangles on the arrowheads.
Compass and arrow on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that become small flying birds, running from the shoulder blade up towards the neck.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on upper back
Black botanical pine tree tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with her arm raised, wearing a blue top.
Pine tree on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, poppies and buds covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Roses and poppies across a shoulder
Two matching black Celtic knot tattoos, one on each ankle, shown on bare feet against a green plaid cloth.
Matching Celtic knot ankle tattoos
Small brown fine line tattoo of a curled fox on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Small fox tattoo near the collarbone
Colour tattoo of a female profile silhouette, with flowing hair forming a castle, inside a lilac ornate cameo frame on the outer thigh.
Silhouette cameo with castle on thigh
Black silhouette tattoos of Alice, a white rabbit, a top hat, a teacup and a small heart on skin behind the ear, shown in a circular collage.
Alice in Wonderland silhouettes on the neck
Black ink bare tree with roots and small falling leaves above the word Hope in cursive script on a forearm.
Tree and Hope script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a spired castle under a green smoky sky with a skull cloud, set in an ornate gold frame with a Deathly Hallows symbol, on the outer thigh.
Castle in an ornate frame on a thigh
Winged black cat with a red mandala and om symbol behind it, shaded in dotwork, tattooed on the front of a thigh.
Winged black cat with mandala on thigh
Black and grey geometric fox head tattoo with patterned ears and dotwork shading, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped sleeve.
Symmetrical fox head on a forearm
Close-up of a hand with red nails showing a small black star tattoo cluster running along one finger, placed on the hand.
Star cluster tattoo on a finger
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm of a pink sprinkled donut wrapped in brown banners reading AS THROUGH THIS LIFE WE ROLL, with green leaves and red berries.
Sprinkled donut with banner on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat on the upper back of a person with dark hair, who is holding a Siamese cat over one shoulder.
Cat outline tattoo on upper back
Black handwritten Greek script tattoo running across the top of a bare foot, photographed on purple bedding with green leaf print.
Greek script tattoo on a foot
Person in a car driving with a traditional-style arm sleeve featuring swallows and banners, with a geometric tattoo on a passenger's thigh in the foreground.
Traditional sleeve and thigh tattoos in a car
Black ink tattoo of a bird on the upper chest, with its wings and body breaking up into tree branches in a fragmented, shaded style.
Bird dissolving into branches on chest
Black and grey shaded sea turtle with pink flowers tattooed on the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Sea turtle and pink flowers on a foot
Black henna-style mandala patterns cover the back of a hand and wrist, with dotted lines running up the forearm and metallic stickers added.
Black henna mandala on hand and wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves on a hip and roses, feathers and flowers on a thigh, with a banner reading LIGHT OF MY LIFE on the lower leg.
Botanical hip and rose thigh tattoos
Black script lettering reading Bieber Feaver on an upper arm, on a person wearing a navy shirt.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an amber eye with a vertical pupil and a reflected savanna scene with elephants and trees, on the forearm.
Realistic eye with savanna reflection on forearm
Pencil drawing of two shaded roses with a leaf, a rosary of beads and an ornate cross, a traditional-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Roses and rosary with cross
Red and black hibiscus and poppy flowers with sketchy linework and small insects, covering an upper arm and part of the shoulder.
Hibiscus and poppy flowers on an upper arm
Black cat silhouette with a speckled finish sitting on a curling branch with small red berries, shown as a tattoo on skin.
Black cat on a branch with red berries
Colour realism tattoo on the side of the torso showing a fanned hand of playing cards with a red heart, red dice and the words Roll With It on blue water.
Playing cards and dice with Roll With It lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a turbocharger over two crossed wrenches on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Turbocharger and crossed wrenches on upper back
Two small fine line black lotus flower tattoos on the tops of a pair of feet, placed on the instep.
Matching lotus tattoos on two feet
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a beaded chain anklet with a hanging interlocking CC charm on a woman's ankle.
Beaded chain anklet with CC charm
Black fine line tattoo of a bird's neck rising from water with reeds and ripples, placed on the upper arm.
Bird neck rising from water on upper arm
Three stacked quilt block tattoos in colour on the inner forearm, in a clean geometric style with black outlines.
Three quilt block tattoos on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with perched birds across a person's back, shown in two photos.
Birds perched on a bare tree across the back
Close view of a woman's upper arm with four black blackwork playing card suits in descending size, plus a small red heart on the hand.
Playing card suits down the upper arm
Realism-style tattoo of a grey heart-shaped key engraved with LOVE and a heart padlock on a chain, with a pink accent line, on a limb.
Heart key and padlock with chain
Solid black silhouette of a mermaid with a flowing tail tattooed on the left side of a person's ribs, photographed in a mirror selfie.
Mermaid silhouette on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo running down the side of a woman's ribs as she lies on a beach towel in a white bikini.
Script tattoo along the ribs on a beach
Black and grey realistic rose with swirling scrollwork and stylised lettering on a person's upper back.
Shaded rose with scrollwork on upper back
Colour tattoo of a heart-shaped black lace design with purple and pink roses on a forearm, shaded in neo-traditional style.
Lace heart with purple roses on a forearm
Two hands held together showing black script reading 'til death tattooed across the top of two adjoining fingers, with a tiled wall behind.
'til death lettering on two fingers
Black outline drawing of a cross with a rose across its centre, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Rose and cross line drawing
Two-panel photo of a soft-shaded botanical tattoo of pink roses and green leaves on a woman's shoulder and upper chest.
Pink rose vine across a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and exposed gears on an upper arm.
Pocket watch with gears and Roman numerals

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