Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style black and grey leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, with a sugar skull, a moth, a kite, stars and a script line.
Leg sleeve with sugar skull and stars
Black and white photo of a hand with fingers spread, showing a small fine line tattoo of four moon phases in a diagonal row on the back of the hand near the thumb.
Four moon phases on the back of a hand
Colourful neo-trad style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing 1980s cartoon characters, bears, stars and a rainbow.
Full sleeve of 1980s cartoon characters and stars
Metallic silver and gold ornamental design with a heart motif across the upper back of a woman in a pale grey open-back top.
Metallic ornamental design on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and orchid sprigs on the outer thigh and hip.
Deer skull and orchids on a thigh
Black and white photo of a hand covered in small fine line doodle tattoos, including a diamond, a daisy, a pizza slice and words such as HOMEWRECKER, with a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small doodle tattoos across the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a pink and purple butterfly with black edging and a soft drop shadow, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on upper back
Black design of a treble and bass clef forming a heart, with the word love written in musical note shapes on a grey textured background.
Treble and bass clef heart spelling love
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus-style mandala with dotwork shading, fine line detail and dangling drop ornaments, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate lotus mandala design with hanging drops
Colour botanical tattoo of pink blossoms, orange flowers, grey-blue sprigs and green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three views.
Botanical flower sleeve on upper arm
Black geometric compass rose with an arrow motif tattooed down the centre of a woman's upper back, seen from behind by a waterfall.
Compass and arrow on upper back
Traditional style black and grey flash design of a crescent moon with a crying face beside a woman with a rose in her hair, with the words I hope you're miserable, shown on a grey background.
Crescent moon and woman with rose flash
Black and white photo of a small outlined heart tattoo on the top of a foot, in fine line style, beside the toes of a second foot.
Small outlined heart on the top of a foot
Traditional style tattoo of an NES controller with banners reading TRUE and LOVE on the inner forearm.
NES controller and True Love banner on forearm
Watercolour-style world map tattoo with outlined continents across the tops of both feet and up towards the ankles, in blended red, green, blue and yellow washes.
World map tattoo across both feet
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head built from dense, decorative swirls, scrolls and fine hatched patterns, shown as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Ornate elephant head line art
Fine line tattoo of two upright symbols, one red and one black, each with a round head and horizontal bars, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Two red and black line symbols on an ankle
Realistic grey orchid vine with buds and a small red script quote across a person's upper back by the shoulder blade.
Orchid vine and script on upper back
Flash design of a pink pig sitting on a rose inside a heart made of petals, with the initials SJ above, in a botanical style with black linework and pink watercolour.
Pig and rose in a petal heart
Shaded colour mermaid tattoo with purple and teal scales and an orange starfish, placed across a person's upper back.
Mermaid with starfish on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo of a short phrase across a shoulder, with a white top strap visible.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Two people's feet side by side showing matching black outline puzzle piece tattoos with a small heart, one on an ankle and one on a lower leg.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on two ankles
Flash sheet of designs including a revolver, a woman's face with swirling hair, a diving eagle and two black and copper tribal armband patterns on a white background.
Flash sheet with revolver, eagle and tribal bands
Black and grey tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane and two shaded roses, on the upper arm and shoulder, with script above it.
Lion head and roses on upper arm
Fine line flash sheet of five cats curled up asleep inside circular frames, drawn in black linework on white.
Five curled cat designs in circles
Black and grey tattoo of a chain link armband wrapping around the upper arm, shown with shading that gives the links a raised, three-dimensional look.
Chain link armband on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a face in profile with a radiating mandala, dotwork and a feather across the forehead and cheek, shown as a tattoo design.
Mandala and feather face profile design
Side-by-side X-ray of an arm with a metal plate and screws, and a realistic tattoo of a split, bloody wound with screws on the upper arm.
Open wound and bone plate tattoo on upper arm
Small whale tattoo in blue and grey ink on a forearm near the wrist, photographed against a dark background.
Small whale on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Always, with three small blue stars beside the final letter, on the forearm.
Always script with blue stars on a forearm
Black ink lotus and mandala tattoo with ornamental linework across the upper back, with long dark hair draped over one shoulder.
Lotus and mandala across upper back
Black handwritten lettering reading Riddikulus on a finger, beside a brass star-shaped ring on the same finger.
Riddikulus script on a finger
Traditional style anchor tattoo with a teal bow across its shaft, placed on the ankle and shown in teal and black ink.
Anchor and teal bow on an ankle
Neo-trad style tattoo of a shaded grey skull with a red polka-dot bow and heart-shaped eyes, crossed with scissors and the script words I Run with Scissors, on the thigh.
Skull and scissors with script on a thigh
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos of a doe and a stag with antlers, one on each forearm.
Doe and stag tattoos on forearms
Black and grey traditional tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt, including swallows over a clasped-hands heart, a rose with a banner, a stag and an anchor.
Tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt
Realism sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a wolf head at the top, a tiger face in the middle and a rose near the wrist, in black and grey shading.
Wolf, tiger and rose forearm sleeve
Black and grey fine line poppies with curling leaves and a bud tattooed across an upper arm and forearm.
Poppies and foliage across the arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of three roses with leaves and swirling stems on the side of the torso above jeans.
Shaded roses on a hip
Black and grey tattoo of a swirling butterfly with shaded wings across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Swirling butterfly on upper back
Black and white photo of the inner arm with the Latin phrase Cogito Ergo Sum tattooed in a typewriter-style serif font.
Cogito ergo sum lettering on inner arm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a palm tree and birds on an ankle, above a blue lace-up shoe.
Palm tree tattoo on an ankle
Colour tattoo of an ornate jewelled cross in gold, blue and red tones on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Jewelled cross on an upper arm
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading Thuder Only Happens When Its Raisin across the lower back, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Handwritten quote on lower back
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo reading 'You see, but you do not observe' in typewriter-style type on a person's upper back.
Typewriter quote across a shoulder blade
Colour botanical tattoo of a tied bundle of lavender stems with green leaves, placed on the forearm.
Lavender bundle on a forearm
Black fine line script reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, tattooed on an upper arm beneath a rolled red plaid sleeve.
Script quote on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading Romans 8:28 on the inner wrist, shown beside a gemstone chip bracelet.
Romans 8:28 script on the wrist

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