Tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-drawn script lettering reading freed, with CHRIST above and ME below, flanked by green leaf sprigs on a speckled off-white background.
Christ freed me script lettering with leaves
Close-up of an ornate elephant head tattoo with floral and mandala-like patterns, a small star and a lotus flower, on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornate elephant head tattoo on the ribs
Black script tattoo spelling the word Faith across the wrist, with a small star flourish above the F, beside pink painted nails.
Faith script tattoo on a wrist
Realism tattoo of a star with torn-skin edges filled with words such as friendship, family and love in red, across a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn-skin star with words on shoulder
Black and grey shaded Ganesha tattoo wearing an ornate crown, placed across the lower back.
Ganesha portrait on the lower back
Back of a woman's head showing a fine line botanical flower tattoo on the neck below a blonde braided updo.
Fine line flower tattoo on the neck
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon child in a red top reading a book, with green ferns and a blue and grey wave beneath.
Child reading on a wave with ferns
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a small pointed-eared creature on a calf, shown beside the original line drawing.
Pointed-eared creature tattoo on calf
Fine line black arrow tattoo with a dotted shaft and arrowheads at both ends, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Dotted arrow on the ribs
Black and grey fine line geometric mandala tattoo of overlapping circles and petals on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line geometric mandala on upper back
Black and grey mandala and floral dotwork tattoo covering the back of a hand and wrist, with fine line chain detail across the fingers.
Mandala and floral hand tattoo
Close-up of a black semicolon and a black and red yin yang symbol beside the words 'My story is not finished' in a typewriter font, tattooed on a forearm.
Semicolon and yin yang with quote on forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bear holding a mug beside a donut and strawberry, set in a pink heart with a yellow and teal scalloped border, on the thigh.
Cartoon bear with donut in a heart frame on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a magnolia branch with two open blooms and several buds, sketched on torn paper as a botanical tattoo design.
Magnolia branch tattoo design sketch
Colour tattoo of a beckoning maneki-neko cat with a red collar and bell, decorated with a red fish and small flowers, in a Japanese-inspired style on the upper arm.
Maneki-neko beckoning cat on upper arm
Close-up of a teal and black botanical tattoo with stylised leaf and bud shapes and small dots, placed centrally on the chest above a sheer black bralette.
Teal botanical motif on the sternum
Grey and colour portrait tattoo on a calf showing a short-haired man in a shirt and tie behind a cracked mask of a second face with a bruised eye.
Portrait and cracked mask on a calf
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo on a forearm, made of dots and dashes with tiny words between them that resemble Morse code.
Morse-style dots and tiny words on a forearm
Black ink tattoos on a seated person's forearm, calf and ankle, including a praying hands design, thin lines and small script, against dark volcanic rock.
Small black tattoos on legs and feet
Close-up of a small black fine line palm tree tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, worn with a blue vest top.
Small palm tree on upper back
Black linework tattoo of an open hand above a ring of keys on the outer thigh, seen over sheer black tights against a blue background.
Keys and open hand on a thigh
Black outline and blue tattoo of two skeletons facing each other and holding hands, placed on the thigh.
Two skeletons holding hands on a thigh
Black and white photo of a forearm tattooed with piano keys and a small treble clef on the hand, with the fingers raised in a rock gesture.
Piano keys forearm with treble clef on hand
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with black ink splashes and red brush strokes on the side of the torso, above the hip.
Realistic skull with black ink splashes on the side
Black and grey realism style tattoo of five moon phases running down a person's back, from a crescent at the top to a shaded full moon in the middle.
Moon phases down the spine
Black and grey engraved-style anchor design wrapped in rope, with the script words Refuse to Sink on a torn banner and no body placement shown.
Anchor with Refuse to Sink script
Fine black line tattoo of an ECG heartbeat trace with a wave in the middle, placed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
ECG line with a wave on the collarbone
Small lettering reading bad wolf in a typewriter style on the side of the ribs, rendered in pale ink on light skin.
Bad wolf lettering on the ribs
Close-up of a small black and grey wing tattoo with green lettering behind a person's ear, with feather detail and soft shading.
Small wing tattoo behind the ear
Fine line black botanical tattoo of two curving sprigs of leaves on the side of a woman's ribs, photographed from behind.
Two botanical sprigs on the side ribs
Close-up of a shaded grey tattoo on the upper back of a person with teal eyes, showing a grinning cat peering through a keyhole shape.
Grinning cat in a keyhole tattoo on upper back
Back tattoo of stacked planets and fine geometric lines running down the spine, mostly black and grey with one blue planet.
Stacked planets down the spine
Small black line peace symbol tattoo on the ankle, beside a woven string bracelet, photographed in warm indoor light.
Peace symbol tattoo on an ankle
Colourful hummingbird tattoo with watercolour splashes and a thin black zigzag line running down a forearm.
Hummingbird and watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black ink botanical drawing of sunflowers, roses, buds and leaves on white paper, with a hand holding a brush at the edge of the frame.
Sunflowers and roses in black ink
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo split across the tops of two bare feet, with the design meeting at the centre of the feet.
Split mandala across both feet
Two matching crown tattoos on a pair of forearms, painted in a loose watercolour style with splashes of red, pink, green and blue.
Watercolour crowns on two forearms
Black and grey abstract skull tattoo with loose brush-like strokes on the outer thigh.
Abstract skull on the thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a key, with smoky wisps, on the upper arm.
Pocket watch and key in black and grey realism
Black ink bamboo stalks and leaves with Japanese-style calligraphy down the back, extending onto the shoulder, with small red seal stamps.
Bamboo and calligraphy across a back
Two matching fine line trinity knot tattoos with swirls on the inner forearms, one in black and one with blue accents.
Matching trinity knot tattoos on forearms
Two matching colour tattoos on the inner wrists, a pink heart-shaped padlock on the left wrist and an ornate golden key on the right wrist.
Heart padlock and key wrist tattoos
Black and grey handwritten script tattoo reading Darlin' you'll be ok with a signature-style mark, in fine line lettering on the inner forearm.
Handwritten quote and signature on forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a hawk head on a forearm, with a solid black wing shape, pine trees and a thin rectangular frame.
Geometric hawk head on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading walk by faith across the top of a foot, photographed against a wooden deck.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Colour tattoo of a seated fairy with green wings, orange hair in a bun and a green dress, placed on the lower back with small sparkles around her.
Seated fairy tattoo on lower back
Close photo of black script lettering reading Never Settle along the side of a finger, with the hand resting on a car steering wheel.
Never Settle script on a finger
Woman in a beach backbend showing a colourful floral sleeve on her raised arm and a black and grey mandala tattoo on her hip.
Floral sleeve and mandala tattoo on a beach backbend

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