Tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of an ornate birdcage with two birds, one flying and one perched, beside roses and leaves, shown as an unshaded tattoo design sketch on paper.
Birdcage and roses tattoo design
Black script lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, tattooed along the ribs of a person wearing a black top and leopard print band.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Chest tattoo of two shaded pink roses, a white rabbit and a top-hatted figure around an ornate cameo portrait, in neo-traditional style with dotted linework.
Wonderland roses and cameo across chest
Black script reading Love me for who I am across the upper chest, with a small butterfly above the text and a larger shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on collarbone
Traditional style tattoo of a grey cat holding a pale fish, with blue tears, on the upper thigh.
Grey cat holding a pale fish on a thigh
Black tribal-style design of an ornate cross framed by spiky, feathered wings on a white background, shown as a flash drawing.
Winged cross tribal design
Close-up of a thin black cursive script quote tattooed along the side of a person's ribs, with denim shorts and a white crop top visible.
Cursive quote tattoo on the ribs
Grey-shaded lotus flower with pale blue swirls and black Hebrew lettering across the top of a foot near the ankle.
Lotus and Hebrew script on a foot
White line drawing of two crossed arrows with the word adventure written in script along the shaft, on a black background, as a tattoo design.
Crossed arrows with adventure script
Black script lettering reading I am not afraid, I was born to do this across the inner forearm, in a lettering style, with a skull bracelet worn on the wrist.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with a curling stem on the upper back of a person with dark hair, shown from behind.
Lotus flower on upper back
Black compass rose tattoo with a dotted ring, small red accents and tiny lettering around the circle, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Black script lettering on a white background in a flowing calligraphic style, with a large decorative initial letter, set out as a design for a lettering tattoo.
Calligraphic script quote design
Blue botanical tattoo of roses and leaves on a woman's forearm, with a denim shirt sleeve rolled up and hydrangeas behind her.
Blue floral tattoo on a forearm
Black fine-line lettering reading 'not all those who wander are lost' runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head framed by swirling, flowing mane on the outer thigh.
Lion head with swirling mane on thigh
Small black script lettering reading yolo on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style, photographed on a hand resting over dark jeans.
Small yolo script on a finger
Black and grey photograph of a lettering tattoo of three interlocking circles made of Latin text across a person's upper back.
Latin text in interlocking circles on upper back
Fine line black script reading Believe along the side of a finger, with a thin line trailing down to a small leaf near the knuckle.
Believe script and leaf on a finger
Small black typewriter-style lettering on a person's upper back reads 'And indeed there will be time', shown from behind in a black bra.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black script lettering reading All was well with a small lightning bolt mark, on the side of the ribs, in a fine line lettering style.
All was well script on the ribs
Black dotwork drawing of a symmetrical geometric design with a flower of life at its centre and stacked circles above and below, shown on cream paper.
Dotwork geometric design with flower of life
Fine black cursive script tattoo reading balance runs down a person's forearm, with a white shirt sleeve and a white rose in the frame.
Balance script on a forearm
Two forearms with solid black blackwork fields and a white line mandala tattoo on each, shown against a dark background.
Blackwork mandala on both forearms
A cream flash sheet of many small black line drawings, including keys, skulls, hearts, a syringe, an eye, a pyramid and a hamburger, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Small flash sheet of black line tattoo designs
Black fine black ink tattoo of a physics equation with fractions, a nabla symbol and psi letters, across the upper back.
Physics equation across upper back
Solid black heart design on a white background, with spiral scrolls inside, a small crown above and a keyhole in the right lobe.
Heart with spirals and keyhole design
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading Yesterdays across the top of a bare foot, resting on a white fleece.
Yesterdays lettering on the top of a foot
Black blackwork tribal tattoo with koru-style spirals across the top of a foot and ankle, photographed against a dark background.
Tribal spiral design across the top of a foot
Black and grey tattoo on a lower leg showing three vintage butcher's cut diagrams of a sheep labelled Mutton, a calf labelled Veal and a pig labelled Pork, each with numbered cuts.
Mutton, veal and pork butcher's charts on a calf
Small fine line elephant tattoo with floral patterns and a soft rainbow watercolour wash, on the inner forearm.
Outlined elephant with rainbow wash on forearm
Colourful Japanese-style half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a blue VW camper van among grey waves, purple plumeria and red clouds.
VW camper van and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an open oval locket on a ball chain, showing Jack Skellington and Sally, on the outer thigh.
Open locket with Jack and Sally on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a cross entwined with a thorned vine and a rose, drawn on graph paper, in a botanical style suited to a tattoo design.
Rose and thorned vine on a cross
Black linework roses with leaves tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, in a botanical style.
Rose cluster with leaves on the ribs
Close view of a small black dotwork bow tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand resting on a white top beside it.
Small dotted bow on the wrist
Infinity symbol tattoo with rainbow watercolour splashes, black birds and the words Love and Family in script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with birds and watercolour splashes
Black fine line compass rose tattoo with a small bird beside the east point, on the inner wrist, with a city skyline behind.
Compass rose and bird on a wrist
Black ink line drawing of a round, smiling cartoon bat with its wings wrapped around its body, shown as a tattoo design.
Chubby bat with wrapped wings
Neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling grey wolf head pierced by an arrow and dagger with red splatter, on the forearm.
Wolf head with arrow on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Words can't say what love can do, running along the side of a person's torso above denim shorts.
Script quote along the side of the torso
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, sketched on lined paper.
Tribal phoenix design in black ink
Red cherry blossom branch tattoo with black linework curving across the side of the ribs, with a hand resting on the skin.
Cherry blossom branch on the ribs
Collage of three colour tattoos: a neo-traditional ice cream cone with a cat-face scoop on the upper left, a galaxy hot air balloon on the upper right, and outlined seashells joined by chains on the
Ice cream, hot air balloon and shell tattoos
Botanical floral bouquet tattoo on a forearm, with a pink rose, red bloom, slate leaves and brown buds.
Floral bouquet on a forearm
Black line-and-solid design of a cluster of triangles above a crescent moon filled with a mandala pattern, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Triangle cluster above a mandala crescent
Close photo of a small black fine line tattoo of an abstract figure with a curled swirl on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small fine line swirl figure on a wrist
Four-panel photo of a Japanese style forearm sleeve with a grey koi fish, pagoda, waves and red maple leaves.
Koi, waves and pagoda forearm sleeve

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