Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Black blackletter capital D design with a castle silhouette and four-point stars inside the letter, shown as a drawn tattoo design without a body placement.
Blackletter D with a castle
A bold black triskelion of three curling spirals on a plain peach background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Black triskelion design
Black outline tattoo of Snoopy hugging a red heart, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Snoopy hugging a red heart on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a spotted leopard prowling along a branch across a woman's upper back, shaded in a realistic style.
Leopard on a branch across upper back
Small colour tattoo of an orange and yellow butterfly with dark blue outlines on the outer forearm.
Orange butterfly on a forearm
Hand-drawn black tribal phoenix design with spread wings and a long flowing tail, drawn in ink on lined notebook paper, with no body placement shown.
Tribal phoenix design on lined paper
Black ink drawing of a stag with pink poppies and blossom woven through its antlers, shown on a white background as a tattoo design.
Stag with pink flower antlers
Black and white photo of a fine line heart with a looping curl tattoo on the back of a person's neck, below hair pulled up.
Single-line heart with curl on the neck
Solid black silhouette tattoo of two facing profiles on the upper arm of a woman with long hair and a raised arm.
Two facing silhouettes on the upper arm
Pencil flash design of two heart-shaped dreamcatchers with feathers and butterflies, above and below a line of cursive script; no body placement shown.
Heart dreamcatchers, butterflies and script on paper
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with bold outlined wings and thin antennae, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dotwork butterfly on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo of a small pointed hat with a wide brim on the back of a person's upper arm.
Small pointed hat on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small rose with a stem and two leaves on the forearm of a person wearing a white t-shirt and jeans.
Small rose on a forearm
Small black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W markings on a forearm, near woven bracelets and a mustard knit sleeve.
Small compass rose on the forearm
Black and grey linework sleeve on an upper arm showing a sun with a face, a crescent moon, clouds, mountains, a volcano inside a circle and a river.
Sun, moon and landscape sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a dark shadowy figure with a reaching hand across a shoulder, with a swirl design continuing onto the upper arm.
Shadowy figure tattoo on a shoulder
Two pairs of hands joined together, each wrist with a small fine line tattoo of interlocking hearts in black ink.
Matching interlocking heart tattoos on wrists
Pencil sketch of a matryoshka doll with a smiling face and shaded rose blossoms across its body, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Matryoshka doll with roses sketch
Circular colour tattoo of Van Gogh's The Starry Night on the middle of a person's back, showing swirling blue sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree.
Starry Night circle tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing ship in a stormy sea covering a person's back, with the ship's rigging and sails rendered in fine detail.
Sailing ship in a storm across a back
Black and grey plumeria flowers with Polynesian-style tribal bands wrapping across the side of a torso, shaded in soft grey tones.
Plumeria flowers with tribal bands on the side
A hand drawing a multicoloured feather with watercolour splashes and small birds on white paper, a design that could suit a tattoo.
Coloured feather and birds design
Full-colour Art Nouveau tattoo of a woman in profile within a circle of zodiac signs, across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman with zodiac halo on back
Black anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped loop and curling scrolls on the inside of a wrist, shown in a photo taken indoors.
Anchor with swirls on a wrist
Black and grey pencil drawing of three roses with leaves, drawn as a botanical tattoo design sheet with no body placement shown.
Three roses in a black and grey cluster
Black and grey realistic lion head tattoo on the side of a finger, with the mane and face shaded in fine detail.
Realistic lion head tattoo on a finger
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, worn beside stacked woven and beaded bracelets.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, with a line of dots above and below.
Black lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Pencil and ink drawing of a flock of birds lifting from a shaded feather, with the words Free yourself in cursive script, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Birds rising from a feather with Free yourself script
Two mirrored black bass clef tattoos with two dots each, sitting on the inner wrists of a pair of hands.
Matching bass clef wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of two maple leaves in orange, red and yellow with the words busy, busy, busy in black typewriter lettering above them, on a forearm.
Maple leaves and busy lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoos of small icons, including a fork, a knife and a bar shape, placed behind a person's ear.
Tiny icons behind the ear
Black ink drawing of a four-point compass star over an ornate mandala of swirling petals on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Compass star mandala design
Two people seen from behind with matching infinity symbol tattoos on their upper shoulder blades, each with the words Mother and Daughter and a watercolour feather in green and blue.
Matching mother and daughter infinity tattoos
Black script tattoo reading Hello Sweetie with a small pink bow beneath it, on the side of the ribs.
Hello Sweetie script with pink bow
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a hanging chain on the upper arm.
Open pocket watch with chain on arm
Black and grey blackwork Polynesian tribal tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and upper chest of a bare torso.
Polynesian tribal shoulder and arm sleeve
Close-up of three lines of black Veni Vidi Vici lettering in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Veni Vidi Vici lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading wild and free across the forearm.
Wild and free script on a forearm
Small black numerals and a slash tattooed along the side of a finger, with a silver camera ring on another finger of the same hand against a grey road surface.
Small numerals tattooed on a finger
Botanical colour tattoo of black vine scrolls with a blue flower, a purple flower and green leaves, shown on bare skin.
Blue and purple flowers with black vine scrolls
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with a geometric cube pattern on its chest, perched on a branch with red and green leaves, across a person's upper back.
Owl on a branch across the upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a slender botanical sprig with small open flowers and buds on the inner upper arm.
Fine line flower sprig on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental elephant tattoo with dense dotwork patterns on the outer thigh, worn by a person in denim shorts.
Ornate elephant tattoo on thigh
Sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, peacock eyes, stars, dotted arcs and script, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Metallic feather and peacock eye temporary tattoo sheet
Small traditional-style blue swallow tattoo with red accents on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair visible around it.
Blue swallow on the back of the neck
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with grey-lilac ears sitting above a blue flower and green leaves, placed on the forearm.
Black cat and blue flower on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of an ornate black filigree heart lock with red ribbons and two crossed keys, placed on the arm.
Ornate heart lock and crossed keys with red ribbons

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