Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a watercolour-style blue Totoro, a small companion creature, a grey No-Face character and red flowers with green leaves.
Totoro and No-Face on upper arm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a riveted, mechanical-looking claw with hatched shading, on the outer upper arm.
Riveted mechanical claw on upper arm
Three views of a full arm sleeve on a man's arm, with a black and grey clock face, a shaded hand, geometric linework and red splashes.
Clock and hand full arm sleeve
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves and buds tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder, worn by a person in a red and blue striped top.
Shaded roses on an upper arm
Black and grey ornate floral mandala tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with fine linework and dotted shading.
Ornate floral mandala on upper arm and shoulder
Fine line black script tattoo reading "fairest of them all" across the upper arm, shown in close up against blurred skin.
Script quote "fairest of them all" on skin
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded feather joined to an infinity symbol with the script words stay and strong, on the inner upper arm.
Feather and infinity script reading stay strong
Colour neo-traditional flower tattoo with blue, teal and yellow petals and green leaves on an upper arm, with a black tattoo above it.
Blue and teal flower on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of an open mouth with teeth and a dripping outline on the upper arm, with the words What's love got to do with it inside.
Dripping open mouth with lyric quote
Black script lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading: our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean.
Wave quote lettering on an upper arm
Black ornamental blackwork tattoo covering the upper arm, with scrollwork, lace-like panels and geometric bands, photographed in black and grey.
Blackwork ornamental sleeve on upper arm
Small black fine line palm tree tattoo on the upper arm of a woman seen from behind, with long brown hair and a white top.
Small palm tree tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind, with a large back tattoo of script and roses and tattoos on the upper arm.
Back piece with script and roses
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal tattoo with plumeria flowers across a shoulder and upper arm.
Polynesian tribal shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes for hair on the upper arm, with a partly visible rose tattoo below.
Medusa portrait on upper arm
Side-by-side photos of a Japanese-style swirling cloud tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, the left before treatment and the right after, with the colour noticeably faded.
Japanese swirl sleeve before and after laser fading
Black and grey serif lettering spelling the word arm vertically down the outer upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering reading arm on an upper arm
A grid of eight black fine line tattoos of wildflowers, sprigs, a leaf, a plant pot and outlined hands, placed on ribs, upper arms and forearms.
Fine line botanical tattoos collage
Black script lettering on an arm reading Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed, set over two lines.
Script quote across the upper arm
Woman with silver metallic temporary tattoos of feathers, a chain, mandala bands and lotus motifs on her upper arms and forearms, seated on a beach.
Silver metallic temporary tattoos on arms
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse with lightning bolts and waves on a man's upper arm, with a skull and nautical elements nearby.
Lighthouse and lightning sleeve on an arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a moustached man in a bowler hat and a woman with pearls and earrings, beside a red rose, on an upper arm.
Man and woman portrait with rose on upper arm
Black linework geometric tattoos of triangles and circles on an arm, worn beside a brown leather hip bag with cream fringing at the waist.
Geometric arm tattoos with a fringed leather hip bag
Black and grey tattoo of a Totoro-style character framed by peony-like flowers and grape clusters on the upper arm and shoulder, with dotwork shading.
Totoro-style character with flowers on upper arm
Black and grey fine line mandala dreamcatcher tattoo with dangling feathers and beaded chains on a person's upper arm.
Mandala and feather dreamcatcher on upper arm
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of pink roses, an orange marigold and green leaves on a vine across an upper arm.
Rose and marigold vine on upper arm
Two matching fine line black tattoos of linked pinky promise hands sit on the upper arms of two people pressed together.
Matching pinky promise hands on two upper arms
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington with snowflakes on a blue background, shown on an arm in a neo-traditional style.
Jack Skellington and snowflakes on an arm
Fine black line tattoo of an outlined cube on the upper arm of a person wearing a black top, with a soft blurred background.
Outlined cube on an upper arm
Black and grey world map sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, with a compass rose near the shoulder and a sailing ship on the left.
World map and compass sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand holding a reflective sphere that mirrors a room with a seated skeleton in a suit.
Hand holding a reflective sphere on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a black umbrella with red roses and grey shading above a banner reading Come What May, on the upper arm.
Umbrella and roses with Come What May banner
Woman in a white V-neck top and black lace bralette, with a thin outline heart tattoo on the upper chest and a blue letter A tattoo on the upper arm.
Outline heart and letter A tattoos
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a fern frond and grass sprigs with leaves on the upper arm, with a knitted jumper and a white brick wall behind.
Fern and grass sprigs on the upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling grey wolf with a third eye and a gold-hilted dagger on an upper arm, with blue water swirls.
Wolf head and dagger on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a rayed sun with three small stars on the upper arm.
Rayed sun with three stars on an upper arm
Black and grey biomechanical full arm sleeve tattoo with skulls, pistons and engine parts, shown on the upper arm and forearm.
Biomechanical sleeve with skulls and pistons
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gothic rose window with detailed tracery, shown in two side by side photos on the upper arm.
Gothic rose window tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's head framed by a botanical leaf wreath on the inner upper arm.
Cat portrait in a leaf wreath on upper arm
Colourful traditional butterfly tattoo on an upper arm, with a lighthouse, sunset, sailing ship and flowers in its wings.
Traditional butterfly with lighthouse and ship
Colour tattoo of black palm trees against a blue, orange and red sunset sky, covering the upper arm and shoulder in a realistic style.
Palm trees at sunset on upper arm
Back of a woman with a black linework Japanese-style lotus and wave design across her lower back, and a peony and flower sleeve on her arm, photographed in a dim studio.
Lotus back piece and flower arm sleeve
Two-panel photo of black and grey dotwork fern tattoos on an upper arm, one a full frond and one an unfurling fiddlehead.
Fern and fiddlehead on upper arm
Realistic pink lily tattoo with green leaves and grey shading on the upper arm.
Pink lilies on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a banner reading CAN'T KEEP UP, a red rose and green leaves.
Pocket watch and rose with banner
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
Black and teal tattoo on an upper arm showing pine tree silhouettes, distant hills and two large snowflakes, with the shoulder visible at the top of the frame.
Pine forest and snowflakes on upper arm
Black fine line contour lines curve over a shoulder, with a flower of life geometric design on the upper arm below.
Contour lines and flower of life on shoulder

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