Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey shaded chess king and queen tattoos on the forearms of two people holding hands in a black and white photo.
Matching chess king and queen tattoos on forearms
Fine line botanical tattoo of two thin stems with small leaves and pink buds on the forearm of a person wearing a white top and dark jeans.
Delicate botanical sprig on a forearm
Watercolour-style compass tattoo on the inner forearm, with black linework and pink and blue wash, an arrow pointing south and N and S letters.
Compass with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Realism black and grey tattoo of a tiger's eye, cheek stripes and whiskers across a forearm.
Tiger face on a forearm
Black script lettering reading que sera sera along the inner forearm, with the hands clasped over the knees in warm sunlight.
Que sera sera script on a forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour showing the Joker, Batman, a bat emblem and Two-Face, running from the shoulder to the wrist on a man wearing a grey vest.
Batman villains full sleeve tattoo on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a flock of birds rising above handwritten script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Flock of birds and script on a wrist
Black line-work street map tattoo on the inner forearm with one small red block marking a single location.
City street map tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain range above a pine forest, set inside a diamond outline with a chevron line beneath, on a forearm.
Mountain and pine forest in a diamond
Fine line black script lettering in French across a forearm, with a silver bracelet and a vintage map behind.
Handwritten French script on a forearm
Torso of a person in a navy and yellow PLC 46 shirt, showing colour sleeve tattoos with musical notes and a landscape on both arms.
Colour sleeve tattoos with musical notes and landscape
Small black and grey line tattoo of two halved avocados with stippled shading on the inner forearm.
Two halved avocados on a forearm
Three matching black and colour circular tattoos with swirling linework, on two forearms and an ankle, with a small blue floral tattoo on a second ankle at the top of the frame.
Matching circular designs on wrists and ankles
Traditional tattoo of a red rose and an open gold pocket watch with a script banner, shown on an arm.
Rose and pocket watch on an arm
A small red outline triangle tattoo in fine line style on the inner forearm, with a white fabric background.
Red outline triangle on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a hand fanning green banknotes, each with a yellow eye, surrounded by dark blue sparkles.
Hand fanning cash with eyes and sparkles
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a woman in a hat holding a open umbrella and a bag, on the inner forearm.
Silhouette of a woman with umbrella on forearm
Fine line black lettering tattoo forming a heart outline on the inner forearm, with the words set along the curve of the heart.
Heart outline of lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pale, wide-eyed girl with black hair, a red rose in her hair and red tears, framed in an oval on a forearm.
Pale-faced girl portrait with red rose
Black lettering reading Valar Morghulis with a circle symbol on a forearm, in a lettering style, with a gold surface behind.
Valar Morghulis lettering on a forearm
Fine line script lettering in dark blue ink reading elgar on the inside of a wrist.
Fine line script word on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a skull inside and a rose behind it, on the inner forearm.
Hourglass, skull and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoos on two forearms, showing a Coca-Cola bottle with a lime wedge on the left and a Jack Daniel's bottle and glass on the right.
Coca-Cola and Jack Daniel's bottles on forearms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a gold anchor with a jewelled heart, purple bow and pink cherry blossoms on a forearm.
Jewelled anchor with bow and blossoms on a forearm
Close up of a small black fine line pine tree tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman in a plaid shirt with long blonde hair.
Small pine tree on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of ginkgo, hop cones, lavender sprigs and leaves covering a forearm.
Botanical leaves and hops on a forearm
A small fine line Botanical design of roses and leaves in metallic gold on the inner forearm near the wrist, against a black and gold floral backdrop.
Gold rose sprig on a forearm
Close view of a heavily tattooed arm with a bold traditional rose and other coloured designs on the forearm, and dark tattooed knuckles and hand resting on a bare thigh.
Traditional rose sleeve with hand tattoos
Traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with a green cobra and a second snake coiled around it, with red drips, on a forearm.
Skull with cobra and snake on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoos covering a woman's thigh and calf, with a further design on her forearm, while she sits on sand.
Blackwork mandala leg sleeve on sand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bouquet of marigold-style flowers and leaves tied with a ribbon, running along the forearm.
Flower bouquet tied with ribbon on a forearm
Close-up of a black ribbon-style knot tattoo with three purple flowers on a forearm, with small lettering at the left edge.
Black ribbon knot and violets on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a barn owl's face and feathered chest on the inner forearm.
Barn owl on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, beside a silver bead bracelet, in a sepia-toned photo.
Hope script lettering on a wrist
Fine black outline of a landmass on the inner forearm, with the word nice in script written beside its lower edge.
Outlined landmass with 'nice' on forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of two crossed arrows with hatched fletching on the forearm, shaded to a dotted fade at the centre.
Crossed arrows on a forearm
Traditional tattoo on a forearm showing an eye in a dark shape, red roses and a banner reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Eye, roses and banner quote on a forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of a teardrop medallion with dots across the back of a hand, with a patterned cuff on the wrist, on a person lying on sand.
Gold metallic hand chain and wrist cuff
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a stippled moon inside an inverted triangle above a detailed rocket surrounded by circles and dotted lines.
Rocket and moon in a triangle on a forearm
Colourful foliage and puzzle piece tattoo sleeve on a forearm resting against an acoustic guitar.
Foliage sleeve on a forearm resting on a guitar
Black script tattoo reading que sera sera on the inner forearm, with the hands clasped over bare knees outdoors.
Que sera sera script on a forearm
Close view of a woman with crossed hands showing traditional tattoos with dark outlines and red and orange colour on the back of both hands and wrists, plus small black symbols on the fingers.
Traditional hand tattoos with finger symbols
Two black ink designs on the inner forearms: a decorated sugar skull with flowers on the left arm and a dreamcatcher with feathers on the right arm, against a stars and stripes background.
Sugar skull and dreamcatcher on forearms
Fine line grey tattoo of a paintbrush running up the inner forearm from the wrist.
Paintbrush on the inner wrist
Black and grey swallow tattoo with dotted shading on the inner forearm, above a silver and turquoise bracelet, with rocks and sea behind.
Swallow tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Miles To Go with a semicolon at the start, on the inner wrist.
Miles To Go lettering with semicolon
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with a rope border and shaded roses on the forearm, shown in three views.
Pocket watch and roses on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a stag head with antlers and leaves on a forearm, with a green and grey leaf rosette above it.
Stag head and leaf rosette on a forearm

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