Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Pencil sketch of an abstract symbol made of looping swirls, a long vertical stroke and scattered dots, drawn on plain paper as a possible tattoo design.
Swirling abstract symbol sketch
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two small birds among blossoms inside a dotted circle, on the inner forearm.
Two birds and blossom in a dotted circle
Three small black snowflake tattoos in a fine line style on the inner wrist, set against a patterned fabric.
Three snowflakes on a wrist
Colour tattoo of an abstract feathered flourish with red, orange, yellow and blue washes and grey shading, on the side of the hip above jeans.
Watercolour flourish on the hip
Eight small colour tattoos of desserts on the fingers of a hand, including a lollipop, cupcake, cinnamon roll, ice cream cone, donut, waffle, sundae and cake slice.
Dessert tattoos across eight fingers
Black fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight rising above a vertical script word, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Flying birds above a vertical script word
Colourful hummingbird tattoo with pink and orange flowers and music notes on the top of a foot, in a soft, painterly botanical style.
Hummingbird and flowers on the top of a foot
Fine line black script reading Love, looped into a heart shape, tattooed on skin.
Love script in a heart outline
Realistic red-toned tattoo of a crowned woman holding a bow in a long gown, with pale birds below, on the outer thigh.
Crowned archer woman on thigh
Two colour tattoos on a pair of feet: a pastel cartoon pony on a blue cloud on the left foot, and a grey zombie pony with a chain and spiked ball on the right.
Cartoon pony and zombie pony tattoos on feet
Black and grey script lettering reading Blood Sweat and Tears above a basketball hoop with a red rim, tattooed across a man's chest.
Basketball hoop and script lettering on chest
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading "happy" on the outer thigh of a tanned leg resting on white bedsheets.
Small script word "happy" on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flower inside a large triangle outline on the inner forearm, with smaller dotted triangle and teardrop shapes above and below.
Flower in a dotwork triangle on a forearm
Close view of two hands resting on a knee, with fine line black tattoos of an arrow and sprig on the back of one hand and small stars and a crescent moon on the fingers.
Fine line hand tattoos with arrow and stars
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a fox with an orange body, white-tipped tail, green leaves and blue swirls on white paper, with no placement shown.
Fox with leaves and swirls design
Black and grey blackwork owl tattoo with ornamental patterns on an upper arm, shown during application by a gloved tattooist using a machine.
Ornate owl tattoo being worked on
Close view of a dark ornate crescent moon tattoo with geometric patterning and small dots on the nape of a person's neck.
Ornate crescent moon on the nape of the neck
Sketch-style rabbit tattoo with blue, purple and pink watercolour washes on the upper arm.
Sketched rabbit with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an underwater scene with glowing jellyfish, a lionfish and seahorses across a person's back.
Underwater scene with jellyfish across a back
Black ink pen drawing of an ornate elephant head filled with dotwork and mandala-style patterns, drawn on a sketchbook page; it is a tattoo design, not shown on skin.
Ornate mandala elephant head in pen
Two black line drawings of hamsa hands filled with dotwork and fine line mandala patterns on a white background, shown as tattoo flash without a body placement.
Two ornate hamsa hand designs
Fine line black tattoo of a slender wildflower sprig with three blooms running down the inner upper arm.
Fine line wildflower sprig on an upper arm
Before and after photo of a shark tattoo on an upper arm, with a faded black outline on the left and a colour realism cover-up on a teal ocean background on the right.
Shark shoulder cover-up, before and after
Colour tattoo of a purple crystal cluster held in an orange crescent moon, with a black outline, on the arm, beside other tattoos.
Purple crystal cluster in a crescent moon
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull breaking through dark torn skin on a forearm, with glossy highlights on the cranium.
Realistic skull emerging from torn skin on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange carrot with green leafy top and a letter V on the body, outlined in black, on a person's ankle.
Carrot tattoo on the ankle
Sketchy grey and blue mechanical tool tattoo across a side ribcage, with the arm raised above it.
Mechanical tool tattoo on the ribs
Four black line drawings of horse hoof tracks, each with a horseshoe outline and a triangular frog, labelled Horse Tracks (set of 8).
Horse track designs, set of four
Fine line black script reading hakuna matata with small flying birds, tattooed across the upper back at the nape of the neck.
Hakuna matata script with birds on the neck
Pencil and colour sketch of two owls for a neo-traditional tattoo design, one holding a skeleton key in its beak.
Owl with key design sketch
Pen drawing of a hairless sphynx cat head in dotted linework, a flash design for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Sphynx cat head dotwork design
Black fine line tattoo of a treble clef, musical staff and floating notes curling across a forearm.
Musical staff and notes on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a dog dressed in a blue military uniform with gold epaulettes and medals, inside an ornate gold frame on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Dog in military uniform in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a white cartoon cat with pink ears and a lilac bow, above the script words Because I'm a lady, on the upper thigh.
Cartoon white cat and bow on thigh
Two people holding hands, each with a matching fine line black tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line on the wrist.
Matching triangle and circle wrist tattoos
Fine line black fern tattoo with a red midrib on the inner forearm, shown in two photographs with a striped sleeve pushed up.
Fern tattoo on the inner forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling tiger with bared fangs and long whiskers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Snarling tiger on upper arm
Two matching black and grey zombie tattoos with red hearts and red blood drips, shown side by side on a pair of forearms.
Matching zombie tattoos on forearms
Small black fine line tattoo of mountain peaks with hatched shading on the outer ankle, shown on a bare foot raised against a pale wall.
Small mountain peaks on an ankle
Two black and grey tattoos on a calf, one of a guillotine above the words Keep your chin up and one of a gallows with a noose above the words Hang in there.
Guillotine and gallows tattoos on a calf
Black and grey shark tattoo in a sketchy, stippled style on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Shark tattoo on upper back
Fine line black lettering reading WHATEVER runs up the inner forearm, with a clenched hand and a silver ring above it against a white wall.
WHATEVER lettering on a forearm
Fine line infinity symbol with a red heart and the word family in black script, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with heart and family script on a foot
Small black cat silhouette tattoo on a lower leg, with a purple butterfly and a smaller blue butterfly above it.
Black cat silhouette with two butterflies on a leg
Black ink infinity symbol with the word family in script and small birds, tattooed on the lower back.
Infinity family script with birds on lower back
Pencil drawing of a hummingbird in flight beside a cluster of flowers and leaves arranged in a heart shape, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Hummingbird and flowers forming a heart
Traditional tattoo of a washing machine and laundry basket framed by a red banner reading Home is where the laundry is, on a forearm.
Washing machine banner on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an ornately patterned elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the forearm in a traditional style.
Ornate elephant on a forearm

Ideas by style

Fine line Traditional Blackwork Japanese Dotwork Neo-trad Realism Lettering Botanical Geometric

Ideas by placement

Forearm Upper arm Shoulder Back Chest Ribs Thigh Calf Ankle Hand Neck

Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451