Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a gold and pink heart-shaped crescent emblem with pink roses and a jewelled arch, shown on a limb.
Heart brooch and roses tattoo
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and buds with stippled shading across the inner forearm, against a white brick wall.
Peony and bud on a forearm
Black bare tree with spreading branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist, shown in a botanical style.
Bare tree with roots on a wrist
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading TOO WEIRD TO LIVE TOO RARE TO DIE with a small bat above it, on the side of the ribs.
Lettering quote with a bat on the side ribs
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the words "You think you have forever, but you don't" tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font, placed on the forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Black fine line script reading Love with a small bird above it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Love script and small bird on a wrist
Black and red compass rose tattoo with N, S, E and W markings on the inner forearm of a person wearing a denim shirt.
Compass rose on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat hugging a pink heart on a frosted cupcake, with cherries at the top right, on a forearm.
Black cat and cupcake on a forearm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles curling across a forearm, set against a gold wallpaper with a black botanical print.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of tattoo designs including a feather, antlers, mushrooms, a cleaver, an ear, an eye, a bird skull, balance scales with a brain, and a severed arm, drawn in dotwork and fine
Flash sheet of antlers, mushrooms and balance scales
Black ink tattoo of a crescent moon filled with floral ornament, beside a small outlined star, on the upper arm.
Crescent moon and star on upper arm
Woman in a pink bikini on a sandy beach showing black and grey tattoos on her left upper arm and sleeve and her right forearm.
Dark arm tattoos on a woman in a pink bikini
Four hand-drawn fine line tattoo designs of spirals, loops and zigzags with dotted tails, drawn in dark ink on cream paper.
Four spiral and loop line designs
Close photo of a fine gold mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, with a dotted line running along the fingers and a dotted band at the wrist.
Gold mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a green ball of yarn with two orange knitting needles, and a strand of yarn trailing down the inner forearm.
Ball of yarn with knitting needles on a forearm
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo on an upper thigh, with script lettering reading Learn from yesterday, Live for today and Hope for tomorrow.
Lily cluster with quote on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded classical bust wearing a ribbed beanie, placed on the forearm.
Bearded classical bust in a beanie on a forearm
Grey shaded hummingbird with pink bleeding heart flowers and sketchy black linework on a person's upper back.
Hummingbird and bleeding hearts on upper back
Black and grey shaded Celtic triquetra knot enclosing a heart, tattooed at the base of the back of the neck, with a dangling earring visible beside it.
Celtic triquetra with heart on the neck
Colour realism tattoo of a stitched doll face with blue and yellow eyes and a toothy grin, appearing to tear through skin on the forearm.
Stitched doll face tearing through a forearm
Black and white photo of two matching fine line cat tattoos, one on each foot, with the feet raised in front of a shelved background.
Matching cat tattoos on the feet
Woman seated with long wavy hair, showing black and grey mandala tattoos on her upper arm and wrist and a cat head tattoo on her forearm.
Mandala and cat tattoos on arms
Black ink tattoo of a triple moon design with a central robed figure inside a circle, placed across the lower back above black waistband clothing.
Triple moon and figure on the lower back
Colour tattoo on a calf in a traditional style, with a printed quote about risk above pink and red cherry blossom flowers and a dark figure below.
Quote and cherry blossoms on a calf
Two wrists with black lettering tattoos, one reading HERBIVORE and the other Vegan, each with a green leaf, in a lettering and botanical style.
Matching herbivore and vegan wrist tattoos
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a big cat's face framed by geometric spikes and dots, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stippled big cat face in geometric frame
Black and grey tattoo of a lace bow with a wrapped garter band around the upper thigh.
Lace bow garter tattoo on thigh
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a haunted house, bats, a full moon and skeletal figures across the shoulder and arm, shown from three angles.
Haunted house and graveyard full sleeve
Two small black yin yang tattoos on the inner wrists of two people holding hands in bed.
Matching yin yang tattoos on the wrists
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo covering a forearm, with a cloud motif near the elbow and solid black bands near the wrist.
Japanese waves and clouds on a forearm
Close view of a black fine line script tattoo reading wholehearted across the stomach above the waistband, with a hand resting on the hip.
Wholehearted script tattoo on the stomach
Colour tattoo of three green shamrocks with pale pink banners reading Live, Laugh and Love, in a traditional style with black outlines.
Three shamrocks with Live Laugh Love banners
Black and grey photo of a small, sketchy heart outline tattoo on the ribs, with the arm raised and a white tank top worn.
Small heart outline on the ribs
Two black and grey tattoos on a person's inner forearms, one showing a female profile with anatomical lines and the other a crowned Egyptian-style bust profile.
Two profile tattoos on the forearms
Black and grey skull and flower tattoo on the upper thigh, with fine script on the arm above it.
Skull and flowers on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a scroll banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with footprints, on the upper thigh.
Footprints and scroll banner on a thigh
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small elephant on the lower abdomen, just above the waistband of denim shorts.
Small elephant outline on the lower abdomen
Black and white photograph of a woman's bare back with a fine line script tattoo running down the length of the spine, from the neck to the lower back.
Fine line script tattoo along the spine
Black and grey photo of two small stacked chevrons, a fine line geometric tattoo, on the back of a woman's neck below the hairline.
Double chevron on the back of the neck
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with scrollwork and a central flower across a person's upper back.
Ornate cross across upper back
A gloved hand holds a fine needle above a small fresh black mark on a forearm, with no defined style visible.
Tattooist working on a small mark on an arm
Black and white photo of a fine line laurel wreath tattoo on the inner forearm, with leaves curving up from crossed stems.
Small laurel wreath on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of three birds perched on a branch above scrolling leaves, on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Three birds on a branch on a wrist
Three-panel photo of a black and grey realistic pine forest tattoo with flying birds, shown on a lower limb.
Pine forest with birds in flight
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Black fine line script lettering reading grace upon grace, with a small dot either side, drawn on a plain white background with no body placement shown.
Grace upon grace in fine script lettering
Two people with arms pressed together, each showing a matching fine line tattoo of two hooked little fingers linked in a pinky promise on the upper arm.
Matching pinky promise hands on upper arms
Two matching small pink flower tattoos with yellow centres and green sepals sit on the inner wrists of two open hands, in a Traditional style on the forearm.
Matching pink flower tattoos on two wrists

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