Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of two sets of ribs, each with a tiny fine line caret tattoo, with a hand with dark nail polish resting on the left side.
Matching tiny caret tattoos on two ribs
Black and grey neo-traditional wolf head with scrollwork across the back of a hand, with small key, dagger, cross and spider tattoos on the fingers.
Snarling wolf on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a small silhouetted figure with soft grey shading above its head, beside a tiny Roman numeral III, on the outer thigh.
Small silhouette figure with Roman numeral on thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a profile head with flowers spilling from the hair and hands holding scissors, on the upper arm.
Profile with flowers and scissors
Black line drawing of a cartoon Alice in a jar with a Drink Me tag, in a sketch-style outline on the outer thigh.
Alice in a jar on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a compass hanging from a chain, with a compass rose face and blue waves, on an arm.
Compass and waves on an arm
Black and grey broomstick tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn with fine lines and soft shading on the bristles.
Broomstick tattoo on a forearm
Three small black tattoos on the back of a hand: a jack-o'-lantern face, a solid bat and a candy corn outlined in simple line work.
Halloween pumpkin, bat and candy corn on hand
Colour tattoo of Homer Simpson hugging himself inside a pink frosted donut heart with a Love Thyself banner below, in a bold traditional style on a forearm.
Homer Simpson hugging himself in a donut heart
Two hands pressed together showing matching white ink mandala tattoos with a rose-like centre on the backs of the hands.
White ink mandala on two hands
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of three death's-head moths stacked down a forearm, framed by triangle outlines and crescent moons.
Three death's-head moths on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace above Italian script reading Sempre nel mio cuore, on the inner forearm.
Heartbeat line and script on forearm
Small black fine line palm tree tattoo on the shoulder of a person seen from behind, with long wavy hair falling beside it.
Palm tree on a shoulder
Traditional style red rose with black outlines, a rosebud and yellow-green leaves tattooed on the back of a person's neck.
Red rose and bud on the neck
Close photo of a fine line tattoo of a dotted line with four small star shapes running diagonally across the inner forearm, in black ink.
Dotted star line on a forearm
Traditional style anchor with rope and ship's wheel on the top of one foot, beside a teal compass rose on the other foot.
Anchor and compass rose on both feet
Grey shaded daisy tattoo on the shoulder with fine script lettering running down the upper arm, the word sunshine picked out in yellow.
Daisy and script on a shoulder
Japanese style flash design of three yellow chrysanthemums with green leaves set against black and grey clouds, with no body placement shown.
Yellow chrysanthemums on clouds
Black and grey realistic black widow spider with a red hourglass on a web across a person's upper back, with script lettering reading for time and all eternity and a small rose on the shoulder.
Black widow spider and web across the back
Pink watercolour-style flowers with dark stems tattooed across a person's upper back.
Pink watercolour flowers across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lighthouse on a rocky islet with birds and clouds, placed on a person's upper arm.
Lighthouse on a rock on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a death's-head moth with a red gemstone on its body and a dark scrollwork frame, placed on the thigh.
Death's-head moth with a red gem on thigh
Black and grey ornamental pattern tattoo on a forearm, partly cropped at the left edge, with a hand holding a cup of tea on a grey bed.
Ornamental forearm tattoo beside tea on a bed
Realistic red roses with black swirling vine linework running down a person's back, in a botanical style.
Rose vine running down the back
Black fine line tattoo of a cat-like head and outstretched limb beside a stippled moon, on the side of the ribs.
Fine line outline and stippled moon on ribs
Two side by side photos of a fine line tattoo of three looped lines with three small hearts above, on the inner forearm near the wrist, one panel in black and red and blue, the other in black only.
Looped ribbon and three hearts on wrist
Black lettering design showing the words True Love above the Chinese characters for true love, with the pronunciation jen ai written below.
True love in Chinese characters
Line drawing of a profile skull wearing a feathered headdress with beaded bands, braids and ribbons, in pale blue and pink ink on cream paper.
Skull in feathered headdress in profile
Woman in a backbend handstand in a timber attic, showing a small black fine line tattoo running down her upper arm.
Backbend handstand with small arm tattoo
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading my hope is in god on the upper arm of a woman lying on white bedding.
Fine line script quote on upper arm
Traditional flash sheet of six Star Wars designs: Chewbacca, C-3PO with a STAY COOL banner, Darth Vader, Yoda, an AT-AT walker and R2-D2, with roses and leaves.
Star Wars characters traditional flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling above chrysanthemum flowers, with wind lines, designed as a tattoo piece.
Japanese dragon with chrysanthemums
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, with a swallow near the shoulder, a pin-up woman in a hat and red roses.
Traditional swallow and pin-up sleeve on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon blue ant with long curved antennae on the inner forearm, near a black cord bracelet at the wrist.
Cartoon blue ant on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of an orange tiger lily with dark spots, sitting on the top of a foot.
Orange tiger lily on the top of a foot
Black linework flash design of an ornate hourglass with a candle inside and a peony, drawn on grey paper.
Hourglass and peony design sketch
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three mushrooms over a rainbow-striped diamond shape on the upper arm.
Mushrooms and rainbow diamond on upper arm
Side view of a shirtless man showing a bold black tribal tattoo across his shoulder and upper arm.
Black tribal tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a bird in flight carrying a dandelion seed head in its beak, placed on the upper back.
Bird carrying a dandelion seed head
Black and white photo of two people's ankles, each with a small fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a branch with leaves, placed on the ankle.
Matching birds on a branch on two ankles
Black ink tattoo of five vertical columns of Thai-style script across the upper back.
Five columns of script on upper back
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with soft, painterly shading on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman with dark hair.
Black and grey lotus on upper arm
Two black and grey thigh tattoos in a botanical realism style: a woman's face with peonies on the left, and an owl-headed woman with roses and feathers on the right.
Twin thigh tattoos of women with peonies and an owl
Black linework elephant tattoo with floral and mandala patterns filling its body, placed on the thigh.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
Fine line black ink infinity symbol with the word sisters written in script across it, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand resting palm up.
Infinity symbol with 'sisters' on a wrist
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo of poppies and leaves running from the shoulder down the upper arm, worn by a person in a purple top.
Floral sleeve on an upper arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a red rose framed by black and grey lace-like scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Red rose on lace-style shoulder and back piece
Neo-traditional flash design of a sugar skull framed by curly blue hair, yellow and pink flowers, red hearts and a green cross, with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull with flowers and curly hair

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