Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional full arm sleeve with a wolf head, a headdress face, a woman's portrait, a snake and roses, placed on the forearm and upper arm.
Traditional black and grey arm sleeve
Black and grey skull wearing a feathered headdress, tattooed on the upper arm in a stippled dotwork style.
Skull in feathered headdress on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of two red roses with green leaves and a scroll banner reading MOM and DAD, on the upper arm.
Red roses and banner with MOM and DAD
Cheshire Cat tattoo with a grinning face, blue and green splashes and quote lettering across the upper arm.
Cheshire Cat and quote on upper arm
Black lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR on a woman's forearm, with a sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and small marks on the fingers.
Keep Girl Power lettering on forearm
Black fine line mandala and paisley tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and upper back, shown from two angles.
Mandala and paisley sleeve across shoulder and back
Black tribal tattoo covering a man's left shoulder, chest and upper arm down to the forearm, with spirals, zigzags and a central face-like motif.
Tribal shoulder, chest and arm sleeve
Realistic red feather tattoo with a black shaft and soft grey shading on the inner upper arm, against a red backdrop.
Red feather on the inner upper arm
Black and grey realism elephant tattoo with a dotwork mandala and sunflowers on an upper arm.
Elephant with mandala and sunflowers on upper arm
Close photograph of a small outlined triangle tattoo with a starry galaxy fill in pink, purple and green on a pale arm, in a geometric style.
Galaxy-filled triangle on an arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of chains wrapping across a shoulder and down the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Chain wrap tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black and white photo of a small serif lowercase lettering tattoo reading acp on the upper arm, near the elbow.
Small lowercase lettering on upper arm
A person in green scrubs with arms crossed, showing a large colourful tattoo on the forearm and upper arm.
Colourful arm tattoos with crossed arms
Black and grey realistic sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and two loose leaves on the upper arm.
Sunflower tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey illustrative tattoo of birds and leafy foliage wrapping the upper arm.
Birds and foliage on an upper arm
Woman seen from behind with a black and grey botanical sleeve of roses and foliage on her raised upper arm and forearm, sitting in shallow sea water.
Rose and floral sleeve on a raised arm
Colourful traditional tattoos of pin-up women, cartoon characters and stars cover a man's forearms, upper arms and chest.
Traditional cartoon and pin-up sleeves on arms
Small black fine-line tattoo of two crossed leafy sprigs on the upper arm near the elbow, with a knitted sleeve pushed up above it.
Crossed leafy sprigs on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of dice, playing cards and a large number 8 with scrollwork across the upper arm and shoulder.
Dice and playing cards on an upper arm
Black and grey mountain range tattoo across an upper arm, set against a wide mountain landscape under a cloudy sky.
Mountain range tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crossed hammer and adjustable wrench with a Dad banner on the upper arm.
Crossed hammer and wrench with Dad banner
Realism black and grey rose sleeve on a woman's arm, with a rose on the chest and script lettering on the ribs.
Black and grey rose sleeve with script on ribs
Back view of a man with a tall black brushstroke tattoo down the spine and geometric blackwork sleeves on both arms.
Brushstroke spine tattoo with geometric sleeves
Colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a cat, dolphins, hearts and a star, worn beside a pastel rainbow dress.
Colourful cat and dolphin sleeve tattoo
Realistic colour tattoo of a tiger head with blue eyes and a city skyline above a club crest, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic tiger head with blue eyes on upper arm
Woman in a grey crop top and denim shorts, showing a small black fine line tattoo of a triangle with an eye and script on her upper arm.
Fine line triangle and eye on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of three lipsticks, a pink and teal bow and candy hearts reading PRIMA DONNA and GIRL, on an upper arm.
Lipsticks, bow and candy hearts on an upper arm
Close-up of a colourful traditional style tattoo of an open pearl clam with a pink pearl and bubbles, beside a purple candy heart, on an upper arm.
Pearl clam and candy heart on an arm
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with red roses and swirling linework on a man's upper arm and shoulder, worn beneath a white vest top.
Sugar skull and roses on upper arm
Solid black skull tattoo on the upper arm with a row of standing figure silhouettes in the jaw area, in blackwork style.
Skull with figure silhouettes on upper arm
Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a woman's portrait, an angel wing and a skull.
Realistic sleeve with woman, wing and skull
Side-by-side photo of a botanical floral tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, shown as a black linework outline on the left and shaded black and grey on the right.
Floral shoulder piece before and after shading
Close-up of fine black script lettering running vertically across a shoulder and upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical script lettering on a shoulder
Two tattooed people in a Japanese style: a woman with a grey oni mask on her stomach and a man with a full colour sleeve and an oni mask on his chest.
Two people with Japanese style tattoo sleeves and torsos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Yoda-like character with large ears and a wrinkled face, on the upper arm.
Yoda portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism rose over sheet music on an upper arm and forearm, with a moth tattoo on the chest, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Rose over sheet music arm sleeve
Sketch-style elephant tattoo wearing a feather headdress, with teal and red accents, on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman.
Elephant in a feather headdress on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a painted figure with closed eyes, red lips and ornate gold and floral patterns on the outer upper arm near the shoulder.
Painted figure tattoo on upper arm
Two black fine line tattoos on an upper arm: an outline world map above and a compass with arrows and the letters N, E, S and W below.
World map and compass tattoos on arms
Two arms pressed together in black and white, each with a fine line outlined geometric shape near the elbow, one larger and one smaller.
Matching outlined polygons on two elbows
Traditional style tattoos of a pin-up figure, a red rose and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a black slogan tank top.
Pin-up, rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an eagle in flight in front of the American flag on an upper arm.
Eagle and American flag on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a hooded figure, a skull and clouds, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Full sleeve with hooded figure and skull
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat's head with amber eyes and orange whiskers, surrounded by red flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Black cat and red flowers on upper arm
Woman seen from behind in a bikini, showing a black and grey geometric sleeve tattoo with mandala-like motifs on her right arm, beside a beach hut.
Black and grey geometric sleeve on a upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo of watercolour washes in orange, red, blue and pink with black ink splatter and brush strokes, running from the upper arm to the wrist.
Watercolour splatter full sleeve
Colourful realistic lion head tattoo with a stylised multicoloured mane on the upper arm, shown in two side by side views.
Lion head tattoo on upper arm
Black ink tattoo spelling Always on the upper arm, with the letters built from Deathly Hallows triangles, a wand and other symbols.
Always lettering with Deathly Hallows symbols

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