Tattoo ideas

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

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Black linework tattoo of a stylised bird with feather patterns and spiral swirls on the upper back, shown beside the original pen drawing.
Stylised bird tattoo on upper back
Colour realism floral sleeve on a woman's upper arm, with a pink rose at the shoulder, orange and pink blooms, and a lotus flower below.
Full floral sleeve with roses and lotus on upper arm
Four small fine line playing card suit tattoos, a diamond, club, spade and heart, on the wrists of four arms linked together in the centre of the frame.
Four playing card suit tattoos on wrists
Three forearms side by side with brown henna-style designs: a mandala flower, a crescent moon with a star, and a sun with rays.
Mandala, moon and sun designs on forearms
Back view of a woman with a long blonde braid and a white crochet top, showing a small black script tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Thin black fine line lettering reading DAY DREAM in capitals on the inner ankle of a leg, with a black and white low-top sneaker beside it.
Day Dream lettering on ankle
Fine line tattoo of a grey desk lamp beside a yellow ball with a pink star, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Desk lamp and star ball on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds turn into musical notes across the ribs.
Dandelion seeds becoming music notes on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a winged key with small stars and the script words It's real for us, on the ankle above a sandal strap.
Winged key and script on an ankle
Colour traditional tattoo of a scalloped teal-edged heart containing a spaceship, ringed planet and yellow crescent moon on an arm.
Heart with spaceship and crescent moon on an arm
Two small black linework tattoos on the hands, one a knot-like symbol with a circle and crossing lines, the other a circle between two vertical bars and a horizontal line.
Two matching black line symbols on the hands
Black and grey fine line tattoos of birds on two wrists, with two perched birds on a thin line and a flying bird on the left wrist and a single flying bird on the right.
Bird tattoos on two wrists
Black fine lettering reading ehfav with a semicolon and an arrow pointing left, tattooed on the inner wrist beneath gold bangles.
Arrow and semicolon lettering on a wrist
Black geometric linework wolf head tattoo on a forearm, held by a hand, with a person in grey shorts and sneakers standing behind.
Geometric wolf head on forearm
Black and grey traditional style flash sheet showing six drawn designs including a rose, a dagger, a wreath, an eye with rope and a pendant, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey flash sheet of six designs
Traditional style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by roses, rope, swallows and a sea sunset.
Sailor portrait with swallows and roses
Black line tattoo of a stylised butterfly-like motif with looped wings and a curled tail on the inner wrist.
Stylised butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo of an eye with lashes, a red skull in the iris and red teardrops below, on the inner forearm.
Eye with skull and teardrops on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with teal eyes and a teal wing, surrounded by red and pink flowers on a forearm.
Traditional owl and flowers on a forearm
Watercolour-style cherry blossom branch tattoo in pink and black with grey-teal wash, running down the ribs and side of the torso.
Cherry blossom branch on the ribs
Solid black silhouette design of an owl with a heart-shaped cutout belly perched on a leafy branch, shown on a plain white background.
Owl with heart belly on a branch
Two matching fine line tattoos of the word love looped through an infinity symbol, one on each of two adjacent fingers.
Matching love and infinity finger tattoos
Colour koi fish and flower tattoo with black linework on a man's left forearm and upper arm, beside a black t-shirt with a white mask print.
Koi and flowers on a forearm sleeve
Pencil sketch of an outlined heart pierced diagonally by a dagger, drawn on a page of a spiral sketchbook.
Heart pierced by a dagger sketch
Black brush-stroke ensō circle with a small dot and ink splatters on the left ribs, in a Japanese style.
Black ensō circle tattoo on the ribs
Black script lettering with flourishes tattooed on the upper thigh of each leg, above lace shorts trim.
Script lettering on both thighs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and leaves wrapping around a forearm, shown in three photographs.
Black and grey flowers on a forearm
Handwritten script lettering reading don't fear with a full stop, drawn in gold ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Don't fear script lettering design
Colour tattoo of two black cat silhouettes filled with pink poppies and sunflowers on the upper thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Two black cats with sunflowers and poppies on a thigh
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a bouquet of red roses, teal and yellow flowers and green leaves, with a gold tag reading for you.
Hand holding a rose and flower bouquet
Dotwork design of a moth framed by blue geometric lines, an eye, crescent moons and a diamond, shown on a plain light background with no body part visible.
Dotwork moth in sacred geometry
Black and grey photo of a small fine line tattoo of an inverted triangle crossed by a horizontal line, on the inner forearm.
Fine line triangle on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling wolf head with wisps of smoke rising above it, on a forearm.
Howling wolf with smoke on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of the king of hearts playing card and a bearded king in a red robe and gold crown, sitting on the outer thigh.
King of hearts playing card on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rosary with a crucifix hanging from a wrist and forearm, with an Eye of Horus tattoo on the upper arm.
Rosary and crucifix on a forearm
Black and grey realistic boxing glove tattoo on the back of a clenched hand.
Boxing glove tattoo on the back of a hand
Two hands held together, each wrist showing a small black semicolon tattoo, with white dice bearing the same mark in the palm.
Matching semicolon wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and yellow sky and a dark cypress, in a circle on the outer thigh.
Starry Night painting tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage microphone with musical staff lines, notes and a treble clef wrapping around the upper arm.
Vintage microphone with music staff
Colour realism tattoo of a fairytale castle with tall spires under a starry blue night sky, framed in an ornate brown scrollwork oval on the thigh.
Castle in an ornate frame on the thigh
Black ink tattoo of a matchstick with a stippled smoke trail rising across the forearm, drawn in fine line and dotwork.
Matchstick with dotted smoke trail
Black script lettering reading He walks with me on the top of a foot near the ankle, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote on the ankle
Black ink mandala tattoo with radiating petal shapes on the calf of a leg raised towards the camera, in a geometric style.
Black mandala tattoo on a lower leg
Large pink botanical flower tattoo with soft shaded petals on a forearm, shown against a pale blue shirt.
Pink flower tattoo on a forearm
Black handwritten script reading There's a blessing in the storm on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Lettering quote: There's a blessing in the storm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling sloth with a pink dahlia, red roses and orange lilies on the outer thigh, with a banner beneath.
Sloth with roses and lilies on a thigh
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with hanging drops centred on a woman's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Mandala with hanging drops on upper back
Colour tattoo of Mickey Mouse with a watercolour splash background, placed on the calf and surrounded by grass.
Mickey Mouse watercolour calf tattoo

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