Tattoo ideas

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

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Black linework heart with LOVE is LOVE lettering over a rainbow watercolour wash, tattooed on the forearm.
Rainbow heart with LOVE is LOVE script
Two black tribal-style horse head designs on plain backgrounds, one on the left with floral motifs in its mane and one on the right with swirling linework, shown as drawings with no body placement.
Two tribal horse head designs
Black ink line drawing of a botanical bouquet of poppy, lavender, billy buttons and a feather, tied with twine, as a design sheet with no body placement shown.
Poppy, lavender and feather bouquet
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with an orange butterfly and magenta feathers on a lower leg, in a realistic style with black linework.
Dreamcatcher with butterfly on a calf
Close view of a small purple and teal X tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a tiny dot above it.
Two small coloured crosses on a wrist
Black linework drawing of a dreamcatcher with three hanging feathers and a quote lettered around the hoop, shown as a flash design.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and quote
Black Polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with bold triangles, bands and fine hatched fills.
Polynesian tribal upper arm and shoulder
Colour tattoo of Confederate battle flags showing through torn skin on the upper arm, with red, blue and grey shading.
Torn skin revealing battle flags on upper arm
Black and grey floral mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the outer thigh, built from petals, buds and leaves.
Floral mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey drawing of a snarling tiger head framed by two lotus flowers, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Tiger head with lotus flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stack of old books on an upper arm, with a large flower tattoo beside it.
Stack of books with a flower on the upper arm
Two forearms pressed together showing a red geometric circular web tattoo with black and grey brushstroke and dotwork shading on the forearm, with small red star marks.
Red geometric circle across both forearms
Back view of a shirtless man with a dark crown above the word poop in script lettering with a small arrow pointing down, placed on his lower back.
Crown and poop lettering on lower back
Small black fine line tattoo of a dandelion seed head with a short stem on the inner wrist, photographed against a textured cream rug.
Dandelion seed head tattoo on the wrist
Two small black fine line tattoos, an X and an O, placed on the wrists of two raised arms in black sleeves.
XO tattoos on both wrists
Black and grey photograph of a small shaded elephant tattoo with a tiny bird above its trunk, on the side of the ribs.
Small elephant tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey lily tattoo with swirling vines running down the side of a torso, from the upper back to the hip.
Lilies and swirling vines down the side
Black dotwork mandala flower tattoo with a trailing dotted line on the inner forearm, with a stencil blurred in the background.
Mandala flower with dotted line on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and a compass with script on a upper thigh.
Roses and compass with script on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pistol wrapped in a lace garter band on the thigh.
Realistic pistol with lace garter on the thigh
Forearm tattoo of a city skyline beside a Steelers logo, with the words I Bleed Black and Gold in black script beneath, in mostly grey shading with yellow, red and blue accents.
Pittsburgh skyline and Steelers logo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo on a forearm, showing a stag silhouette against a moon, flying birds, pine trees and a deer, framed by solid black bands.
Stag and forest band on a forearm
Close-up of a teal and blue rose tattoo with green leaves on the inner wrist, in a traditional style with dark outlines and shading.
Teal rose on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a cat skull with whiskers above the word WILDCATS and a swash underline, on a limb.
Cat skull with Wildcats lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horror character in a fedora with a bladed glove, on the upper arm.
Horror character portrait with bladed glove
Colourful watercolour-style light bulb tattoo with a red paper boat inside and black ink splatters around it, on a forearm.
Light bulb with paper boat on a forearm
Fine line arrow tattoo with a purple, blue and green feather on the ankle and top of a foot.
Arrow and feather on a foot
Small black outline diamond tattoo on the side of a finger in fine line style, with a thin silver ring on the neighbouring finger.
Small diamond tattoo on a finger
Black and grey flash drawing of a Celtic cross with bat-like wings, a knotwork centre and a vine wrapped around the shaft, shown without a body placement.
Winged Celtic cross design
Realism black and grey tattoo of a Volkswagen camper van covered in stickers and badges, on the outer thigh.
Volkswagen camper van on a thigh
Black lettering tattoo reading TRAVEL with small vine flourishes across the top of a bare foot, near the ankle.
Travel lettering on a foot
Realistic colour tattoo of three pink roses with green leaves covering the shoulder of a person in a grey top.
Pink roses on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a teacup and saucer filled with roses and scrollwork, shown on the torso.
Teacup and roses on skin
Black serif lettering reading #none in a lettering style, shown on a close-up of skin on a limb.
#none lettering in black serif type
Black and white photo of a small black fine line tattoo reading love with a paw print on the side of a finger.
Small love script with paw print on a finger
Black and grey fern tattoo across a person's shoulder and upper arm, drawn with outlined fronds and soft shading.
Fern tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grinning face with teal eyes and splashes of teal watercolour, placed on the outer thigh.
Cheshire Cat grin on a thigh
Colour tattoo of Sally and Jack Skellington's split face on a calf, drawn in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Sally and Jack split face on a calf
Red jigsaw puzzle piece tattoo with dripping blood and 3D shading on the upper back.
Bleeding puzzle piece on upper back
Top-down view of a colourful tattoo covering one calf and smaller black tattoos on the other shin, both legs in green canvas trainers.
Colourful leg tattoos above green trainers
Black and grey tattoo of open roses, buds and leaves with beaded strands draped across the upper arm and shoulder.
Roses and beaded strands on an upper arm
Black line drawing of an owl with spread wings holding an hourglass, with a scroll banner reading Time goes by, life goes on, in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo.
Owl with hourglass and banner design
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a masked figure holding a large knife in front of a lit house at night, shown from two angles.
Masked figure with knife on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a vase of sunflowers on the forearm, shown against a patterned fabric sleeve.
Sunflowers in a vase on a forearm
Yellow sun with rays surrounded by purple scrollwork and dots, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Yellow sun with purple scrollwork on upper back
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey kitten peeking out from a pepperoni pizza slice, on a leg.
Kitten peeking out of a pizza slice
Small solid black tattoo of two birds perched on a thin branch with a flower bud, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two birds on a branch on the upper back
Realistic pocket watch tattoo with red Roman numerals and gold gears, framed by a flower and swirling shading, on the outer thigh.
Pocket watch with gears and flowers on thigh

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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