Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a frog surrounded by leaves and flowers arranged in a circle, drawn as a possible botanical tattoo design.
Frog and foliage in a circular pencil design
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses, a compass and a script quote on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red and white handshake with green cuffs, with the words Love your friends above and Die laughing below, on an arm.
Handshake with Love your friends lettering
Black and grey sketch of a howling wolf head merging into a butterfly wing, with flowing lines and curled swirls, drawn as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Howling wolf with butterfly wing design
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo on an arm showing a blue cartoon character similar to Stitch holding a small frog, with pink flowers and a glass jar of fireflies.
Cartoon character sleeve with flowers and a jar
Black fine line script lettering reading valar morghulis on the inner wrist of a raised arm, against a blurred tree background.
Small script lettering on the inner wrist
Black ink flash drawing of a cat's head inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, in a fine line style that could work as a tattoo design.
Cat in an ornate oval cameo frame
Two forearms resting palm up on a white sheet, with fine line black script tattoos and a small heart outline on the forearm.
Fine line script and a heart on two forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a dinosaur skull and ribcage on the side of a person's torso, above the waistband of dark jeans.
T-rex skeleton tattoo on the side of a torso
Fine line drawing of a leaping rabbit in black ink on a cream background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Leaping rabbit line drawing
Black line tattoo of a snare drum with scattered numbers on the upper arm, drawn in a fine line style with hatched shading.
Snare drum with numbers on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a swallow in flight, shown on skin with soft shading across its wings.
Swallow in flight in black and grey
Black and white photo of a small vertical fine line tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with hair tied up and a knitted jumper visible.
Small vertical fine line tattoo on the neck
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose above fine-line ornamental linework with a heart motif and dots, on the inner forearm.
Shaded rose and ornament on forearm
Black and grey Japanese style koi fish, flowers, clouds and waves covering a full sleeve from shoulder to forearm, shown from two angles.
Koi and waves full sleeve
Full colour sleeve tattoo of roses, daisies and hearts on an arm resting on a wooden table, in a traditional style.
Colourful floral sleeve on an arm
Black and grey line tattoo of a geometric elephant head with broad ears and tusks on the outer thigh, above a black garment.
Geometric elephant head on a thigh
Black and grey photo of a small fine line infinity symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, with the hand resting on a bare leg.
Small infinity symbol on a finger
Flash sheet of five black line cat designs, including a seated cat, a kitten on a spiral, a cat with a music staff and a curled cat.
Five cat designs with music notes on a flash sheet
Pencil drawing of three realistically shaded roses with stems and leaves on a cream sheet, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Three roses in pencil drawing
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs including leaf bands, quatrefoil chains, diamond lattices, chain links, medallions and wing shapes.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey tribal sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a shaded palm tree against a sunset.
Palm tree and tribal bands on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon giraffe wearing a pink bow, in a neo-traditional style, on a limb.
Cartoon giraffe with pink bow
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lace bra with flowers and scrollwork across the chest, shown in three photographs.
Lace bra tattoo across the chest
Black and grey tattoo of three folded banknote triangles on skin, shown beside a hand tattoo of Family First script lettering on the back of the hand.
Banknote triangles and Family First hand script
Three views of a full arm sleeve in abstract black ink splatter and drips across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, with a faint red wash near the shoulder.
Abstract black full sleeve on arm
Dark grey compass rose design with N, E, S and W lettering on a plain white background, shown as a flash sheet detail.
Compass rose flash design
Black flash design of a flaming sun ring around a pentagram in a circle, with the Latin words Non timebo mala arched across the top.
Sun and pentagram with Latin text
Black ink botanical drawing of a blossom branch in fine line style, with real pink blossoms and a fine liner pen beside it.
Blossom branch ink drawing
Colour tattoo of the cartoon fish Dory above the words Just Keep Swimming in black lettering, on a forearm.
Dory with Just Keep Swimming lettering on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of a stippled full moon above the script words Fly me to the moon, shown on a plain light background with no body placement visible.
Full moon with script lettering flash
Neo-traditional tattoo of a dark grey baby goat standing on pink clouds in front of a rainbow, with the words Oh my goat below, on the upper thigh.
Baby goat on clouds with a rainbow on a thigh
Realistic red and black lace ribbon bow tattoo wrapped around the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Red lace ribbon bow on wrist
Botanical tattoo of a green evergreen sprig with dark berries on a person's forearm, shown against a pale grey wall.
Evergreen sprig with dark berries on a forearm
Four panels show a black script lettering tattoo on the sole of a foot reading Together forever, Never apart, Maybe in distance and but never in heart, with a small red heart at the end.
Four-panel script quote tattoo on a foot
Close photo of a small black fine line tattoo of an abstract squiggle with a dot on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Small fine line squiggle on the inner wrist
Two cartoon lovebirds perched on a branch, one green and one mauve, tattooed across the inner wrists with small red hearts and dotted lines above.
Two cartoon lovebirds on inner wrists
Colourful Japanese style phoenix tattoo with peacock style feathers and red flowers running down the side of a torso and onto the thigh.
Phoenix and flowers down the side
Watercolour-style feather tattoo on a forearm, with fine black linework and blue, purple and magenta washes.
Watercolour feather on a forearm
Colour Japanese style half sleeve tattoo of red koi fish and pink cherry blossoms over a grey swirl, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Koi and cherry blossom half sleeve
Pen sketch of a lion head framed by lotus flowers and blossom branches, drawn in blue ink on cream paper, shown as a flash design.
Lion and lotus flower design sketch
Solid black trident tattoo with Roman numerals II, IV and VI beneath it, on an upper arm beside a yellow top.
Trident and Roman numerals on upper arm
Black traditional tattoo of a rose with stippled dotwork petals, two arrows and the words LOVE YOURSELF SO NO ONE HAS TO set in a circle around it.
Rose and arrows with circular lettering
Colour tattoo of a trout above waves with the script words Gone Fishin' in Heaven, placed on the left ribs.
Gone Fishin' in Heaven on a rib
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a man with dark swept-back hair playing a guitar, framed by peony and lily flowers.
Black and grey portrait with guitar on thigh
Two pencil sketches of tattoo designs showing flowers, leaves and butterflies, one in blue pencil and one in graphite.
Floral and butterfly tattoo design sketches
Woman seen from behind with a large black dotwork mandala tattoo across her back and mandala tattoos on both forearms.
Mandala back piece with forearm mandalas
Small black fine line tattoo of a flying saucer beaming up a cow on the lower leg.
Flying saucer abducting a cow on a lower leg

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