Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour floral tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, with a purple iris, pink and red poppy-like blooms, a white hydrangea and green leaves.
Floral shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Black ink and watercolour drawing of a butterfly whose wings and body are formed from pink flowers and leaves on a peach background.
Butterfly made of pink blossom
Black script quote tattoo across the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible above it.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh
Black line drawing of two facing profiles meeting at an interlaced heart knot above a flowing chin line, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Two facing profiles with a knotted heart
Watercolour-style tattoo of a world map in red, green, blue and purple with a black compass rose, on the side of the torso.
Watercolour world map and compass rose on the side
Close crop of a person with lilac hair and a mint lace bustier, showing a traditional-style chest tattoo of a heart, a woman's face and the word SUGAR, with tattooed arms.
Chest and arm tattoos under a mint lace bustier
Black ink flash design of a dandelion seed head and drifting seeds above dotwork mountains framed in a circle, with dandelion leaves at the base.
Dandelion seeds and mountains in a circle
Close-up of a woman with her hands clasped in front of her, both arms covered in black ornamental blackwork and dotwork sleeve tattoos.
Black ornamental sleeves with hands clasped
Pink Truffula tree with a striped trunk and the word UNLESS in black capitals on the top of a foot, drawn with a black outline.
Truffula tree and UNLESS on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of the state of Texas with a raised, bevelled star, shaded to look three-dimensional on the side of the torso.
Texas state outline in 3D shading
Neo-traditional tattoo of two stacked owls framed by green leaves, acorns and red berries, placed on a limb.
Two owls with oak leaves on a leg
Black tribal tattoo covering a shoulder, chest and arm sleeve, with a grey shaded panel of stars and a shield on the upper arm.
Tribal sleeve and chest piece in black ink
Black and grey line drawing of a Celtic knotwork design shaped like an S, with interlaced bands and pointed tips at each end, drawn as a tattoo stencil.
Interlaced knotwork S-shaped design
Fine line tattoo of a black soot sprite with big round eyes and a small blue star on its head, placed on the inner forearm.
Soot sprite with blue star on the forearm
Black and grey realism rose on the back of a hand beside a geometric triangle design on the other hand, with mandala and butterfly tattoos on the forearms and hands.
Rose and geometric hand tattoos with butterfly wrist
Black script lettering reading Blood Makes You Related and Loyalty Makes You Family runs across a forearm, with a white star on black behind it.
Script quote on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a grey cat wearing a top hat and sitting in a teacup beside a red flower.
Grey cat in a teacup on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of edelweiss-style flowers and a bud inside a diamond outline on the inner forearm.
Edelweiss flowers in a diamond frame on forearm
Black ink mandala-style elephant tattoo on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, with a person's long wavy hair falling across the shoulder.
Mandala elephant on a shoulder blade
Colourful faceted crystal tattoo in blue, red and orange on the inner forearm of a person standing against a stone wall.
Faceted crystal on a forearm
Black line drawing of a slender vine with curling scrolls and small five-petal flowers on a white background, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine with swirls and small flowers
Black and white photo of a small, thin-lined black cross tattoo on the inner ankle and heel, in fine line style.
Small cross tattoo on ankle
Two matching red ladybird tattoos with trailing black dot stars on the ankles, in a traditional style.
Matching ladybird and star ankle tattoos
Black and grey lettering tattoo in a typewriter font on the inner forearm, reading 'And in that moment, I swear we were infinite', set against a dark sleeve.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Two matching fine line black infinity symbol tattoos with a small cross and script words sister and love, with Proverbs 3:15 beneath each, shown on the inner wrists.
Matching infinity wrist tattoos with script
Black script reading Tale as old as time runs across the fingers of a hand, with a small pink rose and green stem below it on the back of the hand.
Tale as old as time script and rose on hand
Black line drawing of overlapping Mickey and Minnie Mouse head outlines, with a red polka-dot bow on Minnie's ear and the word LOVE in script beneath, on a cream background.
Mickey and Minnie silhouettes with LOVE
Pastel illustration of a sugar skull with a pink bow, a flower on the forehead and heart-shaped eyes, on a cream background with pink flowers.
Pastel sugar skull with pink bow
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale filled with planets, stars and a ringed Saturn-like planet, placed on the upper thigh.
Whale with planets on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of two five-petal flowers, three butterflies and sweeping swirl lines across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Flowers and butterflies on a shoulder blade
Realistic colour tattoo on a back of an armoured knight on a dark horse, raising an axe and holding an eagle shield, with smoke and fire behind.
Armoured knight on horseback with axe
Close-up of the word hope in thin, lilac-toned script tattooed along a finger, a fine line lettering piece on the hand.
Hope lettering on a finger
Black tribal sleeve tattoo with bold geometric bands, triangles and zigzags covering the upper arm and forearm.
Black tribal arm sleeve
Fine line black tattoo of an owl perched on a branch with leaves and flowers, with two small heart outlines, on the inner wrist.
Owl on a branch on the wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoos of a flowering vine on the shoulder and a shaded hibiscus on the upper arm, with a dark tattoo on the forearm, in a Realism style.
Botanical vine and hibiscus tattoos on the arm
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo with an orange glow inside one eye socket showing a small building, shown on a limb in a Realism style.
Realistic skull with fiery eye socket
Brown henna floral mandala with swirls and dots on the back of a hand and wrist, in a botanical style.
Henna floral design on the back of a hand
Three black spiral tribal tattoos on three ankles, photographed close together outdoors on a woven mat.
Three matching spiral ankle tattoos
Black lace-style chest tattoo with a shaded key inside an oval frame, extending onto the left shoulder and upper arm.
Lace collar tattoo with key centrepiece
Dark-outlined tree tattoo with green leaves and red and green lettering reading Money, the root of all evil, on a person's upper back.
Tree with money lettering on upper back
Close-up of a black linework tattoo of a bird in flight with outstretched wings, placed on the sole of a foot.
Bird in flight on the foot
Geometric skull tattoo with a crown of pink roses on the outer upper thigh, with black linework and pastel triangles filling the skull.
Geometric skull with rose crown on a thigh
Black and grey shaded blackletter lettering reading Semper Fidelis across the upper back, with a 3D ribbon effect.
Semper Fidelis lettering across upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch with a black script quote above it, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cherry blossom quote on upper back
Black and grey fine line script reading Hakuna Matata across the forearm.
Hakuna Matata script on a forearm
Black and white photo of a raised hand with three thin black bands tattooed around the ring finger, in a fine line style.
Three fine lines around a ring finger
Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo of two cartoon mice, a glass slipper, a pumpkin, a clock tower and a bluebird on the outer thigh.
Cartoon mice, glass slipper and pumpkin on thigh
Collage of four couple tattoos in fine black and blue linework, including script reading to and beyond on wrists, Mickey and Minnie on hands, MRS and MR on forearms, and a kissing silhouette on a
Matching couple tattoos in a four-photo collage

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