Tattoo ideas

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

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Two black and grey tattoos: a fine line wave on an upper arm and a dotwork palm tree within a dotted circle on a forearm.
Wave and palm tree tattoos on arms
Thin black lowercase lettering reading love followed by a full stop on an outstretched forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Love lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a dove and a woman's face with an olive sprig in her hair, on the forearm.
Dove and woman's face on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the chest, above the navel, with a purple sheer fabric held open on either side.
Dotwork mandala on the chest
Small black outline crown tattoo on a forearm in a fine line style, with a grey knit sleeve pushed up above it.
Outline crown on a forearm
Black line drawing of a cartoon character with spiky hair and antennae, raising two middle fingers, above a traditional banner reading Peace Among Worlds.
Cartoon character with Peace Among Worlds banner
Black brush-stroke Om symbol tattoo on the left side of a person's ribs, with fine ink splatter around the curls.
Om symbol in brush strokes on ribs
Watercolour-style world map in blue and green with fine black compass lines and arrows, tattooed on the lower leg above the ankle.
Watercolour world map and compass on an ankle
Black and grey traditional chest tattoo of a skeletal woman cameo in a beaded frame, flanked by scrollwork, shown on a chest held open by two hands.
Skeleton cameo with scrollwork on chest
Black ink flash sheet of a floating island with pine trees, a snail on mushrooms, fern sprigs and hanging crystals in fine line style.
Floating island, snail and mushroom flash sheet
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two swallows on the shoulders, joined by draped bead chains across the upper chest.
Swallows and bead chain across chest
Realistic orange and black monarch butterfly tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with lilac hair pinned up in a bun.
Monarch butterfly on the back of the neck
Colourful Japanese-style full sleeve tattoo of pink peonies and orange chrysanthemums with teal leaves and grey clouds, covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of peonies and chrysanthemums
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a cluster of roses and buds on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Black and grey roses on the wrist
Mirror selfie of a torso and both arms covered in colour and black and grey tattoos, including a sugar skull face with dotwork shading on the stomach and roses and a skull on the chest.
Torso and arm sleeves with skulls and lotus flowers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye inside a triangle with knotted corners, on the outer thigh.
Eye in a triangle on a thigh
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a breaching orca, pink plumeria, a pink hibiscus and sea turtles over blue water, shown in three side-by-side views.
Orca, plumeria and sea turtles on a forearm
Solid black blackwork flash design of a winged serpent curled into a ring around a six-pointed star made of interlocking triangles.
Black serpent ring with triangle star
Black and grey realism tattoo of a light switch in the On position, placed behind a person's ear on the neck.
Light switch set to on behind the ear
Close-up of a hand covered in small black doodle tattoos of eyes, suns, spirals, stars and the numbers 999, placed across the fingers and back of the hand.
Doodle symbols across a hand
Solid black cat silhouette with blue eyes, sitting beside three paw prints that trail up the side of the ribs.
Black cat silhouette with paw prints on ribs
Black blackwork tattoo of a striped tiger with a curling tail on the calf, shown in a close photo against a dark background.
Striped tiger tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a serif font across the upper chest, shown in a black and white photo.
Latitude and longitude coordinates across the chest
Black fine line lotus mandala tattoo with ornate petal detailing on the side of a person's ribs, below the upper arm.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a stylised fox running along the side of the ribs, in blue-grey ink, with a teal top lifted above it.
Fox tattoo on the ribs
Pencil and red pencil sketch of a snarling wolf overlapping an antlered stag, drawn as a design study for a tattoo.
Wolf and stag pencil design sketch
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inside of a person's ankle, photographed in black and white with white trainers.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey shaded moth tattoo with spread wings across the upper back of a woman whose head is turned away.
Shaded moth on upper back
Black fine line outline of two roses with leaves on a woman's shoulder, with a cursive script line running across the upper chest.
Outline roses and script on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the outer forearm showing roses, peony buds, leaves and film strips with a dotted arc above.
Roses, peonies and film strips on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger on the forearm running down to a shaded rose on the back of the hand.
Tiger sleeve and rose on the hand
Black ink tattoo of a circular ring of stylised lettering with a central question-mark-like shape, on the inner wrist and forearm, in a Lettering style.
Black ring of stylised lettering on a wrist
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a compass star, mandala, leaves, a jewelled flower and trailing vines, shaded in grey with green tints.
Compass star and vine design with mandala
Black and white drawing of a long S-curved shape filled with paisley and tribal ornament, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Elongated paisley and tribal ornament design
Small black treble clef tattoo in a simple outline style on the wrist of a hand resting on a dark background.
Treble clef tattoo on a wrist
Geometric black linework cat on the thigh, with blue, green, magenta and purple watercolour washes behind the lines.
Geometric cat with watercolour fills on a thigh
Realistic tattoo of a lace garter with a ribbon bow and small flower on the thigh, shaded in soft tan and beige tones.
Lace garter and ribbon bow on thigh
Flat vector flash design of twelve stylised creatures arranged in a circle, each in a different colour, on a white background.
Circle of twelve colourful zodiac creatures
Colour realism-style tattoo of a lion's head with a shaded mane, set over a red, orange, yellow and green Africa outline with the words The Motherland beneath, on an upper arm.
Lion over an Africa map on the upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger piercing a layered flower with black outlines, grey shading and yellow accents, on the forearm.
Dagger and flower on a forearm
Two matching black hummingbird tattoos with heart-shaped bodies sit on the inner wrists of two people, shown side by side.
Matching hummingbird wrist tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe beside a red heart pierced by an arrow, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and heart on a calf
Black and grey traditional dagger tattoo on a calf, with a shaded rose and leaves above it.
Dagger and rose on a calf
Neo-trad style flash drawing of a bearded skull in a sailor cap, with a hand gripping a bottle, on an aged parchment background.
Bearded skull in sailor cap holding a bottle
Close-up of leggings printed with traditional-style tattoo flash designs, including a geisha head, owl, cat, skulls and roses, worn on the legs.
Tattoo flash print leggings
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned animal skull surrounded by leaves and red berries across an upper arm and shoulder.
Horned animal skull with foliage on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of two hands gripping a rectangular object, placed on the inner upper arm.
Hands holding a rectangular object on the arm
Fine line black tattoo of a chemical molecule with benzene rings running across the top of a bare foot, with pink toenail polish, on green grass.
Molecular structure tattoo on a foot

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