Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil and ink sketch of three lilies with scrolling foliage on a sketchbook page, drawn as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lily and scroll design sketch
Pencil drawing of a treble clef wrapped in flowing staff lines with notes and dots, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Treble clef with music staff drawing
Colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a red-haired mermaid on a rock beneath a cratered moon against a blue, orange and green nebula.
Mermaid on a rock beneath a moon on the back
Fine line black outline of an alien head tattooed on the side of a finger, with a small blue and red mark on the finger below.
Alien head tattoo on a finger
Black fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the words life and love in script on the lower back, with an anchor hanging from the loop.
Infinity anchor with life and love script
Woman in a dark grey band t-shirt showing colourful traditional rose and floral tattoos on her upper arms and forearms.
Tattooed arms in a band t-shirt
Two panels show black and grey script lettering on an upper arm: the word Cursed in shaded lettering above, and the word Blessed in solid black script with swirling flourishes below.
Cursed and blessed script lettering on an arm
Traditional-style swallows holding a gold key and a red heart with ribbons, printed on a white baby bodysuit hung on a line.
Swallows, key and heart on a baby bodysuit
Two people stand side by side showing matching small solid black tattoos of three dots in a row on their upper backs near the shoulder.
Matching three-dot tattoos on two backs
Two palms facing the camera, covered in black mandala-style geometric tattoos with dotwork on the fingers and decorative script running down the fingers and wrists.
Mandala and script tattoos on both hands
Small colour tattoo of a pineapple with green leaves and orange segments on skin, shown beside a US quarter for scale.
Small pineapple tattoo beside a quarter
Black and grey realism and dotwork elephant tattoo with a lotus mandala above and sunflowers on the upper arm.
Elephant with lotus mandala on upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha holding a katana with a snake coiled around it, surrounded by cherry blossoms, flames and a skull, in a Japanese style design.
Geisha with katana and snake flash
Black ink drawing of the word free in cursive script inside a circle wrapped with fine line leaves and vines, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Free script inside a vine wreath
Colour cartoon-style tattoo of the Vault Boy character giving a thumbs up inside a dark grey cog, on skin of the back.
Vault Boy thumbs up in a gear
Two hands clasped together, each showing a pair of tiny black fine line bird silhouettes tattooed on the back of the hand.
Two small birds on clasped hands
Black design of two dragons with their necks curving into a heart shape around a central sword, drawn in solid black on a white background, as a blackwork-style flash design.
Two dragons framing a sword in a heart shape
Black and grey dotwork sleeves with mandala flowers and a small bird on both upper arms and forearms of a woman wearing a white top and a chunky chain necklace.
Mandala and dotwork sleeves on both arms
Small black outline cross tattoo in fine line style on the side of an ankle, beside a white canvas high-top trainer.
Small outline cross on an ankle
Back of a person's neck below a khaki cap, showing a black lettering tattoo of the HTML tags </head> and <body> in a plain sans-serif typeface.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Black script tattoo of the word Hope with a thin green stroke through the H, on the inner wrist.
Hope script on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a pair of scissors on the side of the neck, just behind the ear.
Scissors tattoo on the neck
Two matching fine line black tattoos of cartoon characters resembling Little Miss and Mr Men figures, one on each ankle.
Matching cartoon character ankle tattoos
Pencil and ink sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair, with two small birds and blossoms, in a Neo-traditional style.
Woman with birds and flowers tattoo design
Collage of four photos showing a black paw print tattoo with red, orange, teal and green watercolour splashes on an ankle and foot.
Watercolour paw print tattoo on ankle
Realistic colour tattoo of a peanut with a textured brown shell and dark shading, sitting on the lower back above white jeans.
Realistic peanut tattoo on lower back
Colour tattoo of large purple and pink clematis-style flowers with grey dotted leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.
Purple clematis flowers on a shoulder
Black and grey linework flash of an ornately patterned giraffe head with mandala and filigree detailing, drawn for a tattoo.
Ornate giraffe head design
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with the words One and Love in script on the side of a torso.
Infinity symbol with One Love script
Colour tattoo of a brown dog's head in a faceted, geometric style with bold black outlines, placed on the forearm.
Faceted dog portrait on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a compass with arrowheads and script compass letters on the inner forearm.
Compass arrow design on forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes beside two red roses and green leaves on a forearm.
Black cat and roses on a forearm
Black and grey engraved illustration of a bee with stippled shading and veined wings on a cream background, in the style of a tattoo flash design.
Engraved bee illustration on cream
Two small black and grey yin yang tattoos, one on each of two people's ankles, photographed against a dark background.
Matching yin yang tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey lion face with ornate mandala-style petals behind it, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Lion and mandala on the ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a globe on a stand with pink blossom and a WANDERLUST banner, on a forearm.
Globe with cherry blossom and Wanderlust banner
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long feathered tail across a person's upper back.
Phoenix across upper back
Realistic tattoo of three slashes with red blood drips and a razor blade reading HELP ME on the forearm.
Razor blade and cuts on an arm
Black handwritten script reading be brave, framed by green leaves and small orange, yellow and pink flowers, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Be brave script with flower wreath
Fine line hot air balloon tattoo with small stars and dotted circles on the forearm, in black ink.
Hot air balloon on a forearm
Black and grey rose with leaves on the outer leg beside a script tattoo on the other leg, both photographed in bathwater.
Rose and script tattoos on legs in a bath
Small black ink mountain range tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a casual photo against a dark tiled floor.
Small black mountain range on a wrist
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm
Realism tattoo of an orange goldfish with flowing grey-tipped fins on the forearm, shown in a blurred workshop setting.
Realistic goldfish on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and a flower crown, with a lace-collared dress, on the upper arm.
Woman with flower crown on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoos on both ankles, shown above black leather brogues and rolled dark jeans on mossy ground.
Script tattoos on both ankles
Fine line black tattoo of a small botanical sprig with three buds on the inner forearm, against a red brick wall.
Small botanical sprig on inner forearm
Realistic black and grey calf tattoo of a woman's face merging into a skull, with an eagle's head below.
Woman, skull and eagle on a calf

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