Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo on the back of a neck showing a shaded butterfly with the word Faith in script and small stars along a swoosh, in lettering style.
Butterfly and Faith script on the neck
Small fine line black tattoos of a heartbeat line and an arrow on a woman's arm, shown beside a sequined peach gown.
Heartbeat and arrow tattoos with a sequin gown
Back of a person showing a black ink lace-like scrollwork tattoo with flowers and leaves across the shoulder blade.
Black lace scrollwork across a shoulder blade
Black outline tattoo of the world map across a forearm, with a hand and denim sleeve visible.
Outline world map on a forearm
Black and grey sugar skull woman tattoo with a purple rose in her hair on a limb, with a partly visible blue skull tattoo beside it.
Sugar skull woman with purple rose
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading amica mea on the upper back and one reading soror mea on the forearm.
Amica mea and soror mea script tattoos
Small fine line black cat outline tattooed on the back of a woman's neck, with a tabby cat on her shoulder.
Small cat outline on the back of the neck
Black ink drawing of a standing lion, filled with paisley, mandala and swirl ornament, on white paper.
Ornate lion line drawing
Black fine line tattoo of a small bird in profile on the inner wrist, with a denim jacket cuff beside it.
Small bird tattoo on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a standing heron on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade.
Heron tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of balance scales with a geometric diamond and leaf motif on the upper back.
Balance scales with geometric diamond on upper back
Black line drawing of a front-facing elephant head filled with dense mandala-style patterns, suitable as a flash design for a tattoo.
Ornate elephant head line drawing
Green Celtic knotwork four-leaf clover design drawn on a plain white background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Celtic knot shamrock design
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with long hair, a hand raised to her head and red lips, tattooed on the outer thigh, with flowers beside her.
Portrait of a woman with flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fox on a tree stump and a hound dog among red autumn leaves, with a pink flower, across a person's upper back.
Cartoon fox and hound in a forest on upper back
Line drawing of a boxer dog head with a rose, pearl collar and scroll ornament, in a neo-traditional tattoo design style.
Boxer dog head with rose and scrollwork
Gold stylised sun design with wavy rays around an open centre, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Stylised sun with wavy rays
Two matching forearm tattoos in a watercolour style, a blue and purple crescent moon with a face on the left arm and an orange and red sun with a face on the right arm.
Blue moon and orange sun on forearms
Colour tattoo of a lotus flower with a semicolon beneath it, placed at the back of the neck, shaded in pink and purple with teal outlines.
Lotus flower with semicolon at the nape
Black linework leg sleeve covering both legs from thigh to ankle, with a peony at the knee, hands in a mudra pose and ornamental patterns, on a grey bed.
Full leg sleeve with peony and hands
Pencil drawing of an owl in flight, with wings and body filled with swirls, dots and stylised lettering, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate owl in flight design
Coloured pencil flash sheet of blue smoke-like spirit figures with large eyes and one red flame design, drawn as tattoo sketches.
Smoke and flame spirit designs on a sheet
Dark grey dragon tattoo winding up the calf and across the ankle of a bare leg, resting on a cream bed sheet.
Dragon tattoo on a calf and ankle
Black and grey Traditional back tattoo on the back, featuring Volkswagen Beetles, wings, flames, a VW heart and stars.
Volkswagen-themed back piece in black and grey
Three-panel photo of a fine line tattoo series reading 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3 with arrows, shown on a forearm and the upper back.
Three-part arrow tattoo on forearm and upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a tree inside a geometric diamond outline with a crescent moon above, on the outer thigh.
Dotwork tree in geometric frame on thigh
Pencil drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and a scrolled leaf border, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate pocket watch design with Roman numerals
Two small fine line black tattoos, a circle on one inner wrist and a cross on the other, shown on pale skin.
Small circle and cross tattoos on wrists
Black and grey realism tattoo of a songbird in flight with outstretched wings, placed on the upper arm.
Songbird in flight on upper arm
Close-up of a forearm with a fine-line white ink outline of the world map, showing the continents and scattered islands.
World map outline on a forearm
Close photo of a red and orange flower tattoo with green leaves, joined to a black tribal band across the lower back, in a black and white photo.
Red flower with tribal band on lower back
Black and grey cherry blossom tattoo with branches and buds wrapping around the thigh of a person sitting on a shag rug.
Cherry blossom branch on a thigh
Small black Botanical tattoo of a cluster of five pine trees on the upper arm, shown in a close side view against a pale wall.
Pine tree cluster on upper arm
Black and grey realistic wing tattoo with detailed feather shading on the outer lower leg, above a black and white canvas trainer.
Shaded wing tattoo on the lower leg
Black fine line script tattoo across the lower back reading 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow', worn above a grey garment waistband.
Script quote across the lower back
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose with buds, leaves and two butterflies across a woman's upper back.
Red rose and butterflies on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Courage dear heart on the inner forearm.
Courage dear heart script on a forearm
Back of a neck showing a small grey line-drawn figure tattoo below the hairline, beside a shaved geometric undercut pattern.
Small grey neck tattoo beside an undercut
Black and grey shaded rose above flowing script lettering running down the calf, with scrolled line details beside it.
Rose and script lettering on a calf
Black crown design filled with white mountain and pine tree linework, with the lettering you my are king and PSALM 44:4, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Crown with mountains and lettering
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo reading LXXVI in Roman numerals, placed on the back of a person's neck below a hair bun.
Roman numerals LXXVI on the back of the neck
Fine line black tattoo of an open book and a steaming coffee cup on the forearm, with a coin placed below it for scale.
Open book and coffee cup on a forearm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a seated fairy with long flowing hair and delicate wings, with a small flower at the foot, on the side of the torso.
Seated fairy with wings on the side
Fine line black tattoo of dandelion seeds drifting across the collarbone, with a dandelion clock turned into a hot air balloon on the upper chest.
Dandelion seeds and hot air balloon on a collarbone
Neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon penguin at a piano inside a blue and purple oval with sparkles, on a lower leg.
Cartoon penguin at a piano on a calf
Small blue whale tattoo with a dark blue outline and light blue shading on the side of a foot near the heel.
Blue whale tattoo on a foot
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a rose-red cheek and a scroll banner reading YOUR MY ONLY HOPE on the upper arm.
Woman in profile with banner on upper arm
Two matching pink teddy bear tattoos, each holding a red heart, on the inner forearm or wrist of two people side by side.
Matching teddy bear tattoos on wrists

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