Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with orange eyes and a red collar, beside a red rose and green leaves, on a forearm.
Black cat and rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a solid black triangle at its centre, tattooed across the upper back of a person with a shaved head.
Mandala with solid triangle across upper back
Fine line black script reading just keep swimming with a small anchor on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Just keep swimming script with anchor on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a church silhouette under a cloudy sky, with hanging roots below, on a lower leg.
Church silhouette over roots on a calf
Two small black heart tattoos with a leopard print spot fill, one on the top of a bare foot near the ankle and one on a second ankle at the bottom right.
Spotted heart tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey realism back piece showing a skeleton skull and a woman with sugar skull make-up and a rose in her hair, with coloured roses on the upper arm.
Skeleton and sugar skull back piece
Side of a torso showing a botanical tattoo of pink flowers and black swirling leaves around a fine-lined star on the ribs.
Floral star tattoo on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a stylised blue and pink flower with green leaves and black linework, placed on the outer thigh.
Abstract blue and pink flower on a thigh
Small fine line hamsa tattoo in black ink on the back of a hand, near the base of the fingers.
Small hamsa tattoo on the hand
Black script tattoo reading part of the words no regrets across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bra and denim shorts, partly cropped.
Script quote tattoo on a back
Painted tattoo design of black butterfly silhouettes over purple, pink and blue watercolour splashes, drawn on pale paper.
Watercolour butterflies in black and purple
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W points and two feathers hanging below, on the outer calf.
Compass rose with feathers on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a woman with a cat's head in profile, with a hair bun and dotwork shading on the shoulder, on a forearm.
Woman with cat head in profile on forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow-green eyes and a bell, framed by yellow roses and green leaves on a red patterned background, on a calf.
Black cat with roses on a leg
Small blue butterfly tattoo in a fine line style on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a metal watch strap beside it.
Small blue butterfly on a wrist
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a striped-shirt figure with a long braid, a monkey face and a wolf head, in fine line style.
Wolf, monkey and braided figure on a forearm
Realistic graphite drawing of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Octopus wrapped around a skull
Thin black fine line lettering reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, on the upper arm below a pink sleeve.
Warrior lettering on upper arm
Watercolour-style sunflower tattoo with orange petals, a pink centre and green washes on the outer thigh, worn beneath denim shorts.
Watercolour sunflower on a thigh
Two forearms with matching black script fine line tattoos reading Okay? and Okay. on the forearm, with hands joined beside them.
Matching Okay script tattoos on forearms
Small black and grey fine line shark tooth tattoo on the side of a woman's chest, just below the armpit.
Shark tooth tattoo on the side of the chest
Close photo of a rainbow-coloured geometric tattoo of overlapping circles forming a flower on the upper arm, with a gingham sleeve rolled up above it.
Rainbow overlapping circles on an upper arm
Black and grey skull tattoo with ornamental shapes on the back of a hand, which is holding a black ceramic skull mug.
Skull tattoo on the back of a hand
White hand-lettered script reading Brave with a small arrow beneath it, drawn on a plain black background in a lettering style suited to a tattoo design.
Brave script with arrow design
Fine line black pineapple tattoo on the calf, with a thin ankle chain and white sneakers on stone steps.
Pineapple tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a lion head, sunflowers, a clock face and scrolled lettering.
Lion and clock leg sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey skull tattoo with overlaid geometric lattice lines on the thigh, shaded in a stippled engraved style.
Skull with geometric lattice on thigh
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading we see things they'll never see along the inside of a forearm.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism lion head in profile with tribal swirl patterns across the face, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Lion head with tribal swirls on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a swallow in flight with spread wings, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Realistic swallow in flight on upper chest
Pen sketch of a symmetrical botanical mandala with a central five-petalled flower surrounded by leaves, sprigs and small buds, drawn as a tattoo design.
Symmetrical flower and leaf mandala sketch
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Realistic colour tattoo of a woman with an updo and several eyes across her face, placed on the calf.
Woman portrait with multiple eyes on a calf
Black and grey ornate lotus mandala tattoo with dotted lines above and below, placed on the centre of the chest, with small leaf outlines at the right edge.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the sternum
Close-up of a fine line black and grey feather tattoo on the side of a neck, just behind the ear.
Feather tattoo on the neck behind the ear
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, roses and trailing vines on the upper thigh.
Crescent moon with face and flowers on a thigh
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a lotus with an eye at its centre above balance scales with moon and sun pans, on a person's upper back.
Lotus and scales on upper back
Black script lettering spelling Joy with a shaded pink flower on the inner wrist, in a botanical lettering style.
Joy script with flower on wrist
Black serif lettering reading And the tree was happy runs along the top of a shoulder in a warmly lit close-up photo.
Quote tattoo along the shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye within a triangle, with a square and compasses and leaf shapes, on the back of a person's neck.
Eye, compasses and leaves on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a pin-up woman holding a wrench, leaning over a muscle car with a checkered flag below.
Pin-up, muscle car and checkered flag on a forearm
Small outlined heart tattoo in dark ink on the side of a finger, with the hand raised against a dark background.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a wolf's head above a full moon with a howling wolf silhouette.
Wolf portrait and howling wolf under a moon
Black and grey photograph of a small, simple fine line wing tattoo on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Small wing tattoo on the side of a foot
Two wrists side by side, each with one half of a small black and grey yin yang tattoo on the inner wrist, the left filled in and the right in fine outline.
Matching yin yang wrist tattoos
Two people show matching black script lettering tattoos reading shall never drift apart, placed along the collarbone and upper shoulder.
Matching script quote tattoos on two collarbones
Colourful sketch-style blossom branch tattoo with pink, red, blue and orange linework on the inside of a forearm.
Sketched blossom branch on a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of three small birds in flight on the inner wrist, in a black and white photo of a hand raised near a knit hat.
Three small birds on a wrist

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