Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree growing from an open book with small birds in flight, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Bare tree growing from an open book on a shoulder blade
Black script lettering reading "by Grace" on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned arm.
by Grace script lettering on a wrist
Close photograph of a small black lowercase 'be' lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a person with blonde hair and a striped top.
Small lowercase 'be' lettering on a wrist
Black line tattoo of a crowned lion head inside a geometric mandala circle, with dotwork shading on the face, on the forearm.
Crowned lion in geometric mandala on forearm
Small black fine line outline of a heart on the palm of a hand, held between two other hands.
Small outline heart on the hand
Fine line outline of a small elephant tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, below a black bandeau top.
Small elephant outline on the ribs
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a winking cartoon pin-up with curled black hair riding a chrome motorcycle, shown in greys with a blue-green eye, on the skin of the leg.
Cartoon pin-up riding a motorcycle
Black silhouette design of rosebuds, leaves and curling vines on a white background, suited to a botanical stencil or flash piece with no body placement shown.
Rosebud and swirling vine pattern
Black lettering tattoo reading WOAH with a diamond ring in the O, with a smaller line of text beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Woah slogan with diamond ring on wrist
Fine line black treble clef and musical note tattoos on two fingers of a hand with red nail polish, against a pale background.
Treble clef and musical note on fingers
Black lettering sheet showing an ornate uppercase alphabet in a traditional display style, repeated twice on a cream background.
Decorative uppercase alphabet sheet
Black and grey tattoo of three linked hearts with an infinity symbol across the forearm, shown on pale skin against a dark background.
Three hearts with infinity symbol on forearm
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back and shoulder blade showing a Roman numeral clock face with autumn maple leaves and black crows in a watercolour style.
Clock, maple leaves and crows on upper back
Black and white photo of a small fine line lotus tattoo with three dots beneath it on the side of the ribs.
Fine line lotus on the ribs
Black and grey geometric tattoo with outstretched wings across the ribs and side of a torso, in a geometric style.
Wings and geometric lattice on the ribs
Fine line brown outline of the African continent on the wrist, with the word love in pink script across the east of the continent.
Africa outline with pink love script on wrist
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an eye inside a red triangle with radiating rays, above a solid black suited figure, on the lower leg.
Eye in a red triangle with a suited figure
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos on the wrists of two people whose hands are clasped over a restaurant table.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Colour botanical tattoo of two sunflowers with green leaves on the top of a foot, with red toenail polish and a toe ring visible.
Sunflowers on the top of a foot
Black and grey fine line outline of a Minnie Mouse head with a bow, one on the ankle and a similar one on the top of the other foot.
Minnie Mouse outline tattoos on two feet
Fine line black tattoo of two profiles facing each other on the upper back, with a woman's hair in a bun visible above.
Two profiles in fine line on upper back
Colour tattoo of a small teal and red bird with a red sun and branches on the inner forearm, in a loose neo-traditional style.
Bird and sun on a forearm
Black tribal-style lion face design on a white background, with tapering lines forming the mane, eyes and nose.
Tribal lion face line design
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes on the lower leg above the ankle, fading into dense dotwork stipple, shown from two angles.
Pine treeline fading into dotwork on the lower leg
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of the Bride of Frankenstein with two ravens, roses and a Never Say Die banner, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Bride of Frankenstein with ravens and roses
Fine line black script reading Until the very end, with a small lightning bolt at its end, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Until the very end script on upper back
Black line tattoo of two cats holding paws on the inner forearm, drawn in a fine line style with light dotwork shading.
Two cats holding paws on a forearm
Black linework flash drawing of a lace-edged heart with two script lettering banners and rays, drawn on tracing paper, suited to a neo-traditional tattoo.
Heart and script banners flash design
Small black lettering reading LOVE NOTHING in plain capitals across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a close photo of skin.
Love Nothing lettering on upper back
Green shaded four-leaf clover with a curling stem above the Irish phrase go deo i mo chroí, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Four-leaf clover with Irish lettering
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a leafy branch with peaches spanning a person's upper back and shoulder, shown in three photographs.
Peach branch across a back and shoulder
Colour tattoo of a fiery phoenix with outstretched wings and talons, rising over dark rocks across the upper arm and shoulder.
Phoenix rising across an upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading there is no one alive who is youer than you, with a small flower line drawing, on the upper back.
Script quote with small flower on upper back
Black ink drawing of a quill feather filled with mechanical and biomechanical detail, sketched with a fine liner pen on white paper, suitable as a flash design.
Mechanical feather design in fine ink
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the forearm arranged in a circle, reading a quote about imagination and a canvas, with a small plus sign.
Circular quote tattoo on the forearm
Black and grey traditional-style flash drawing of a smiling matryoshka doll with an anchor, two roses and a scroll reading family, on a wooden surface.
Matryoshka doll with anchor and roses
Neo-traditional red rose tattoo with bold black outlines and gold-brown leaves, placed on the forearm.
Red rose on a forearm
Black and grey anchor and feather tattoo with shaded realistic detail on the inner upper arm of a person wearing a white top.
Anchor and feather on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a leopard's head and a rose on a forearm, with a moth near the bottom edge, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Leopard and rose on a forearm
Small black outline peace symbol tattoo on the side of a finger, held up in a V sign against a cream fleece background.
Small peace symbol on a finger
Neo-traditional back tattoo of Mufasa standing on a rock beside a circular sunrise with Mufasa and Simba silhouettes and the words Remember Who You Are.
Mufasa and Simba sunrise across the back
Black and white line drawing of a traditional-style hourglass wrapped in a banner, with roses, leaves, beads and clouds around it.
Hourglass with roses and banners
Colour half sleeve on an upper arm showing a black tree with swirling branches at the top, orange koi and blue waves in the middle, and pink lilies below.
Tree, koi and lilies on an upper arm
Realistic cherry blossom tree tattoo with pink flowers, a full moon and a night sky covering the upper arm.
Cherry blossom tree and moon on upper arm
Fine line outline tattoo of two elephants with trunks touching, on the side of a bare torso near the ribs.
Two elephants tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey ornate framed cameo tattoo of a figure on the outer thigh, with a partly visible coloured rose tattoo above a spiked garter on the other thigh.
Framed cameo tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wings and antennae, placed centrally on the chest below the bust.
Monarch butterfly on the chest
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small dots and star shapes on a shoulder blade, with a plaid shirt and red hair visible.
Star constellation tattoo on a shoulder

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