Tattoo ideas

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

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Close view of a small black outline alien head tattoo with filled black eyes on the side of a lower abdomen, with the navel visible above.
Alien head on the lower abdomen
Fine line black outline tattoo of Mickey and Minnie Mouse heads with soft pink and blue watercolour splashes, on the inner wrist.
Mickey and Minnie outline on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork dragonfly tattoo with mandala-style floral wings running down the calf.
Mandala dragonfly on a calf
Black script lettering design reading Fall down seven times, stand up eight on a plain white background, in a Lettering style.
Script quote reading fall down seven times
Fine line black tattoo of a stethoscope whose tubing curls into a heart shape, on a forearm against a dark background.
Stethoscope and heart on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of bare trees, flying birds and a small door across the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Bare trees and birds on an upper arm
Pencil-style drawing of a woman with wavy hair, a third eye on her forehead and a halo, above crossed arrows and a leafy branch, shown as a tattoo design.
Third-eyed woman with crossed arrows and branch
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers in engraving-style hatching, on the inner forearm.
Crossed fingers hand on forearm
Small black anchor tattoo in fine line style on the inner wrist, with a dark top in the background.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Close crop of a model's arms with black spiral and bold tribal designs on the upper arm and forearm, worn beneath a woven black leather garment.
Spiral and bold tribal designs on upper arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with roots and twisting branches across a man's ribs and side of the back.
Bare tree tattoo across ribs and back
Black floral scrollwork tattoo across a woman's shoulder and upper back, photographed from behind in a green top.
Floral scrollwork tattoo on shoulder
Two matching ankle tattoos of black line stick figures holding hands, with small red accents, in a fine line style.
Matching stick figures holding hands on ankles
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face split into two offset halves, shown on the inner forearm.
Split woman's face on a forearm
Black and grey realism lion face tattoo on the side of a finger, with a shaded mane and detailed eyes and nose.
Lion face tattoo on a finger
A flash sheet of colourful bird designs, including swallows, parrots, a flamingo, a swan, a penguin and a phoenix, with flowers, on a white background.
Colour bird flash sheet
Close-up of an open mouth with a Japanese style tattoo of red koi carp swimming through green and black waves across the tongue.
Koi and waves tattoo on a tongue
Black and grey fine line outline of a rose with a bow on the upper back shoulder, photographed from behind with the wearer facing a wall of flash sheets.
Rose with bow on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of two songbirds perched on a black branch with red blossoms, in a painterly botanical style, across a person's back.
Two birds on a blossom branch across the back
Close photo of a butterfly tattoo in neo-traditional style, with black swirled outlines and wing panels filled in pink, orange, green, blue and purple.
Colourful swirled butterfly tattoo
Black and grey elephant tattoo with dense ornamental patterning and realistic shading on the outer thigh.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
Black fine line outline tattoo of a city skyline with a spire and tall towers, running across the ankle and foot.
City skyline outline on ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a bouquet of red, orange and purple flowers with teal leaves and berry stems, on the inner forearm.
Flower bouquet on a forearm
Photograph of a hand on dark leather with thin black and yellowish bands and a small black snake tattoo wrapped around one finger.
Snake and bands around a finger
Black tribal-style dragon design with a long horn, open jaw and swirling tail, shown as a flat drawing rather than on skin.
Tribal dragon design with swirling tail
Two side-by-side photographs of watercolour-style tattoos of the state of Illinois with a heart cut out, labelled Big Sister and Little Sister in script, on skin.
Illinois state outline with heart, big and little sister
Two wrists held together in a black and white photo, each with a small fine line crescent moon tattoo on the inside of the wrist.
Matching crescent moon wrist tattoos
Ink line drawing of a baby elephant raising its trunk to hold a balloon on a string, a tattoo design sketch with no body placement shown.
Baby elephant holding a balloon
Black and white photo of two people's bare shoulder blades, each with a matching fine script quote tattoo in the lettering style, placed on the upper back.
Matching quote tattoos on two backs
Small black outline heart tattoo on a bare shoulder in a fine line style, with a black bra strap running across the back.
Small outline heart on a shoulder
Black and grey shaded swallow tattoo with a flowing tail on the lower abdomen, above low-rise jeans, beside a navel piercing.
Black and grey swallow on the lower abdomen
Fine line geometric tattoo of concentric black rings with red bands wrapping around the top of a shoulder.
Concentric rings on a shoulder
Black typewriter-style lettering reading We live with the scars we choose, tattooed across the ribs on pale skin with reddened area around it.
Typewriter-style quote across the ribs
Black and grey photo of a honeycomb band of solid black hexagons with grey outlines across the forearm just above the wrist.
Honeycomb hexagon band on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's face above a sleeping cat, with clouds behind them, on a forearm.
Cat portrait and sleeping cat on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork elephant head with a mandala-style ornament above and hanging beaded drops below, tattooed on a forearm.
Ornate elephant head on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with a single line above it, centred on a torso wearing an open checked shirt.
Dotwork lotus on the chest
Traditional flash design of two tattooed women riding bicycles on rollers above a banner reading Roller Race, with roses and a laurel wreath.
Two women on bicycles roller race flash
Black line drawing of a cross made from twisted barbed wire on a white background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Barbed wire cross design
Fine line black lettering stacked across the inner wrist, with a red and blue checked shirt cuff below.
Stacked lettering on inner wrist
Black fine line script quote with a ship wheel and anchor tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote with ship wheel and anchor on ribs
Small black fine-line geometric arrow tattoo with dotwork on the inner forearm, set against a black and white drawing.
Geometric arrow tattoo on forearm
Two realistic colour portraits tattooed side by side on a lower leg, one showing a man with a beard pointing a pistol, the other a bald man with glasses and a beard, against a cloudy sky background.
Two realism portraits of men on a lower leg
Black tribal tattoo with a central turtle motif wrapping the upper arm and shoulder in a Polynesian-style blackwork design.
Polynesian turtle tribal on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lace-patterned heart with dotted chains hanging below, on the upper leg.
Black lace heart with dotted chains on a leg
Two people seen from behind, each with a black handwritten script tattoo reading "awake my soul" on the shoulder.
Matching "awake my soul" script on shoulders
Fine line tattoo of a sphere made from overlapping black loops, centred on the upper back.
Overlapping loop sphere on upper back
Black and grey circular tattoo of waves and clouds in an engraved style, placed on the outer thigh.
Waves and clouds in a circle on a thigh

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