Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tree of life tattoo on a person's upper arm and shoulder, with family names written across the branches and roots.
Family tree with names on upper arm
Black script lettering reading It's More Than Just A Game above and below a shaded grey hockey trophy and a red winged emblem, tattooed on an upper arm.
Hockey trophy and red wing with script quote
Black and grey tree tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with first names written among the leaves in script lettering.
Family tree with names on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hooded grim reaper skull with the words DEAD SERIOUS beneath it, on an upper arm.
Grim reaper with DEAD SERIOUS lettering
Fine line script tattoo reading be happy, with a thin wavy line beneath it, on the upper arm.
Be happy script on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of two crossed lines with the letters H, A, S and D placed around the centre, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed lines with letters on upper arm
Two black script lettering tattoos on the upper arms, one beginning Remind me and the other reading When everything else is gone.
Matching script quote tattoos on upper arms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a night camp with a tent, campfire and crescent moon, with the script words not all who wander are lost.
Night camp scene with script lettering on upper arm
Black ink lettering tattoo reading know your own happiness, with scrolled flourishes above and below, on the upper arm of a person in a denim vest.
Know your own happiness quote on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an American flag revealed through torn skin on the upper arm, with DON'T TREAD lettering across the top.
American flag under torn skin on upper arm
Back view of a model in a striped backless dress, showing a fine line black script tattoo on her upper arm and a small solid triangle tattoo at the nape of her neck.
Script lettering on upper arm and small triangle at nape
Black ink tattoo of the words how strange it is to be anything at all, set within swirling scrollwork on the upper arm.
Quote lettering in scrollwork on an arm
Black Greek key armband tattoo wrapped around an upper arm, with Greek lettering set between two bands.
Greek key armband with Greek text on upper arm
Black fine-line tattoo of three arrows above the words for you, a thousand times over, on an upper arm.
Three arrows and a quote on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing the word NAVY, stars, a warship and a torn flag with the number 43.
Navy warship and torn flag on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and handwritten script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Back view of a person with black and grey blackletter lettering across the upper back, a rose tattoo on the upper arm and knuckle lettering on the raised hand.
Blackletter back piece and rose on upper arm
Realism-style tattoo on the upper arm of a flag blowing in the wind, with stars and red and blue shading behind the black script reading We the People of the United States.
We the People script over American flag on arm
Black and grey script lettering tattooed across a woman's lower abdomen above black underwear, with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the upper arm at the top left.
Script lettering across the lower abdomen
Six-panel grid of arms with black serif lettering quotes, such as Alice felt dreadfully puzzled, tattooed on the forearms and upper arms.
Literary quotes in serif lettering on arms
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a football crest, a bottle marked with an X, the words Stay True and a red rose.
Traditional arm tattoos with football crest and Stay True
Colour traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a pink heart inscribed with the word NAH, framed by teal, purple and magenta flowers and green leaves.
Pink heart with flowers and NAH lettering
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading its is my life with Jon Bovi beneath it, placed on the upper arm.
Handwritten quote tattoo on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of the word RISES in angular stylised lettering on the inner upper arm.
Rises lettering on the upper arm
Black script lettering reading Allons-y beside a blue TARDIS with small dots, on the inner upper arm.
Allons-y lettering and TARDIS on upper arm
Solid black bison silhouette with the word Roam in white script across its body, a blackwork tattoo on the inner upper arm.
Roam bison silhouette on upper arm
Outline tattoo on an upper arm showing a city skyline above script reading There's no place like home, with red-shaded flowers below.
City skyline and script lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a shirtless man with black and grey script lettering on his chest, neck and hand tattoos, and realism-style sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Script lettering on chest with sleeve tattoos
Fine line script tattoo reading expecto patronum in dark ink along the upper arm, just past a blue sleeve.
Expecto patronum script on upper arm
Black and grey blackletter lettering and a winged design across the chest and stomach of a hooded person, with tattooed arms.
Blackletter chest and arm tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands wrapped in a scroll banner reading Lord forgive me for my past wrongs and future sins, on the upper arm.
Praying hands with banner on upper arm
Small black fine line lettering reading don't panic on the upper arm, with a green knit sleeve pushed up above it.
Don't panic lettering on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and cursive script including the word Love, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Black script lettering on an upper arm reads Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, then Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
Script quote on upper arm
Photograph of a realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on a man's upper arm and shoulder, revealing words such as freedom and love in black, grey and red ink.
Torn skin star with words on upper arm
Man with a full back tattoo of green dragons, grey clouds and a cross, with blackletter lettering across the lower back and sleeve tattoos on his upper arms.
Japanese back piece with dragons and clouds
Close view of a white t-shirt printed with black line drawings of hands holding cigarettes, beside a forearm with small black script lettering and a tiny hand tattoo.
Hand-print tee with script forearm tattoos
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a Winnie the Pooh quote in serif lettering, with a sketched Winnie the Pooh and Piglet and a trail of footprints below.
Winnie the Pooh quote and Piglet on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two sugar skulls, one with curled hair and a flowered hat, on an upper arm, with a script lettering piece in a second panel.
Sugar skull couple on upper arm
Close crop of a torso in a torn white top, showing fine black script lettering on the upper arm and a second script line on the forearm, both partly cropped.
Script lettering on upper arm and forearm
Thin black fine line lettering reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, on the upper arm below a pink sleeve.
Warrior lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Black and grey stylised lettering forming an armband tattoo around the upper arm, shown against a white sleeve.
Black lettering armband on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated Buddha with a lotus and a halo on the upper arm and shoulder, with floral ornament and script on the forearm.
Seated Buddha and lotus sleeve on an arm
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 ink Roman numeral lettering in five lines, with hyphens between the numerals, tattooed on an upper arm.
Roman numeral dates on upper arm
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional rose and heart tattoos and lettering across his chest, arms and abdomen.
Heavily tattooed torso and arms under a cap
Close crop of a person in a navy paisley print T-shirt with a small black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm.
Small script tattoo on an upper arm

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