Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of an owl perched on a branch inside a heart-shaped frame of twigs, with a crescent moon and clouds behind it.
Owl on a branch in a heart frame
Black line drawing of a peacock with eye-spot feathers and a mandala behind its head, drawn on tracing paper as a tattoo design.
Peacock with mandala halo design
Bold black Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, over soft rainbow watercolour-style washes on a forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with rainbow wash on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm, with a white vest top and dark hand at the edge of the frame.
Script quote reading this too shall pass on upper arm
Black tribal-style lotus flower design with swirling flame-like tips and a curling vine stem, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Tribal lotus flower design
Black and grey realism skull tattoo on an upper arm, framed by outlined roses, a compass star and a pocket watch.
Skull, rose and compass on upper arm
Black script lettering design reading Dolci sogni on a white background, a lettering-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dolci sogni script lettering design
Colour tattoo of purple and pink flowers with black lace and hanging feathers on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style with blackwork detailing.
Purple flowers and lace on a shoulder
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, centred on a sea turtle with a star compass motif.
Polynesian turtle tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black calligraphic tattoo design of interlocking loops and a spiral tail on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Looping calligraphic flourish design
Black and grey line drawing of a wishbone with the word wish in script beside it, on a plain white background.
Wishbone with the word wish
Close-up photograph of black script lettering reading Adventure is out there tattooed on skin, in a lettering style.
Adventure is out there script lettering
Traditional style tattoo of a black bomb with a fuse, ringed by yellow and pink flowers and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Bomb and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey photograph of the word Always in fine line script tattooed on a wrist.
Always script on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with shaded leaves on a person's shoulder.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart made from fingerprint ridges, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Small fingerprint heart on the collarbone
Four small black playing card suit tattoos, a spade, heart, club and diamond, on the wrists of clasped hands, with a metal bangle and a woven bracelet nearby.
Four playing card suit tattoos on wrists
Black and white photo of a fine line fawn tattoo with a small butterfly on the inner wrist and forearm, with fingers visible above.
Fawn and butterfly on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala with dotwork shading and hanging dot-line drops, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork
Small fine line black constellation tattoo of four star shapes joined by dotted lines, on the upper chest below the collarbone.
Star constellation tattoo on the upper chest
Close view of a woman's upper arm with a black fine line tattoo of a thin stem and small loop, styled in single line work.
Fine line stem tattoo on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red-haired clown in a seated pose holding a burger and fries, placed on the upper arm.
Fast food clown in a seated pin-up pose
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose with a sun face at its centre, placed across the upper back.
Compass rose with sun face on upper back
Black script letter beside a solid paw print tattoo on the outer ankle, photographed against a leopard print rug.
Paw print and script letter on an ankle
Black and white line drawing of a circular sacred yantra with Thai script and radiating motifs, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Circular yantra design with Thai script
Two photographs of black script lettering on the side of a foot, reading Imperfection is Beauty above and Madness is Genius below.
Script quotes on the side of a foot
Black and white line drawing of an hourglass with a beach scene inside the lower bulb and the words TIME OF YOUR LIFE on banners, shown on a starry black background.
Hourglass beach scene flash design
Dotwork pen drawing of an octopus wearing a vintage brass diving helmet, with its tentacles curling across the design.
Octopus in vintage diving helmet
Two forearms showing a fine line bird head with blue and purple washes on the left and a poppy-style flower with orange and pink washes on the right, with black script beside each.
Bird and flower watercolour forearm tattoos
Realistic colour tattoo of a tachometer dial breaking through torn, bloody skin on the upper arm, with numbers 0 to 8 and x1000 r/min visible.
Tachometer bursting through torn skin
Black script tattoo reading Don't stop believing... across the top of a foot, in a lettering style with a bold, joined stroke.
Don't stop believing script on a foot
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a Mickey Mouse head outline with a castle silhouette, feathers, a wizard hat, a genie lamp, a red polka dot bow, a red apple and a rose.
Mickey ears dreamcatcher with Disney charms on a thigh
Black line drawing of two koi fish swimming in a circle among sakura blossoms and water ripples, a Japanese-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two koi fish with sakura flowers
Fine line black ink tattoos of a sun, a ringed planet and a crescent moon, one on each of three fingers of a hand resting on a light fabric surface.
Sun, planet and moon finger tattoos
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a lily with shaded petals and black tribal-style swirls, with no body placement shown.
Lily with tribal swirls design drawing
Back of a woman in a black bra showing a grey shaded botanical tattoo of a blossom branch with pink flowers and green leaves, running from the shoulder blade down the side of the back.
Blossom branch down a woman's back
Flourished script lettering reading All that glisters is not gold, with a smaller line beneath, shown as a black and grey design with no body placement.
All that glisters is not gold lettering
Black script tattoo reading Always on my mind, forever in my heart across a woman's upper back, shown in black and white.
Script quote across upper back
Colour tattoo of a tiger face within butterfly wings, with blue eyes and grey flowers, on the outer thigh.
Tiger face in butterfly wings on thigh
Realistic shaded tattoo of a curved hook with a barbed tip and a wispy feathered top, placed on the top of a foot.
Realistic hook tattoo on a foot
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a bird perched on a leafy branch on the ankle, with bare feet resting on white bedding.
Small bird on a branch on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a hand with red painted nails and a pale green cuff on a forearm, with a dark grey shadow silhouette behind it.
Hand with red nails and shadow on forearm
Two matching tattoos on the inner wrists, a small black swallow on the left and a shaded birdcage with an open door on the right, in a fine line style with a red trail.
Swallow and open birdcage on wrists
Black ink tattoo of musical notes and small stars across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish, on a wooden deck.
Musical notes and stars across a foot
Black and grey peony tattoos with leaves sit on both shoulders and upper chest of a woman with a dark bob haircut.
Twin peony tattoos on shoulders and chest
Black fine line tattoo of a hang loose hand sign on the ankle, shown beside a paper drawing of the same gesture.
Hang loose hand sign on an ankle
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back with a tiny fine line heart tattoo near the shoulder blade, seen through a strappy black swimsuit.
Small heart tattoo on upper back
Black and grey pirate skull illustration wearing a skull-print bandana, an eye patch and a hoop earring, above crossed bones.
Pirate skull with crossed bones

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