Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink line drawing of a stylised bird with curling feathers, swirling patterns and large flowers, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stylised bird with flowers and swirls
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a helmet with a peace symbol, aviator sunglasses and a striped scarf, on the upper arm.
Lion in helmet and sunglasses on upper arm
Flash design of a dark-haired cartoon princess with a red bow, framed by a rope oval, roses and banners reading waiting for love's true kiss, in traditional colour.
Dark-haired princess pin-up with true kiss banner
Black line drawing of a solid heart joined to a thin looping line with a small dot, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Solid heart with looping line design
Small black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the side of a finger, seen on a hand with pink-painted nails.
Small black and grey rose on a finger
Small black fine line anchor tattoo with a dotted curve, a bird and a small script word on the inner wrist, against a dark background.
Anchor, bird and script on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a galloping horse with a flowing mane on the outer upper thigh.
Galloping horse on an upper thigh
Coloured drawing of a tattoo design with pink plumeria-style flowers, a blue butterfly and black scrollwork on a white background.
Pink flowers and butterfly tattoo design
Black and grey elephant tattoo with a raised trunk, filled with mandala-style patterns, on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Ornamental elephant on upper back
Colour cartoon tattoo on a calf showing Oogie Boogie with red dice, a jack-o-lantern, a witch in a purple hat, a grey skeleton figure and a small red devil.
Oogie Boogie and Halloween characters on a calf
Contact sheet of fifteen black line drawings of the Hindu deity Ganesh in varied poses, shown as design options rather than tattoos on skin.
Ganesh line drawing designs
Pencil sketch of a treble clef with a heart and peace sign inside it, drawn on plain white paper as a tattoo design.
Treble clef with heart and peace sign sketch
Ornate owl tattoo on a forearm in black and grey with a small blue heart on its chest, in a neo-traditional style with dotwork detail.
Ornate owl with blue heart on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of two interlocking outlined hearts in rainbow shades on the lower back, above dark trousers.
Interlocking rainbow hearts on the lower back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of a lion with a flowing mane inside an oval, framed by gold scrollwork with a lion cub above and a banner below.
Lion in an ornate gilded frame on the thigh
Black ink ornamental tattoo of paisley scrolls and a central mandala-style motif spreading across the back of a person's neck and upper back.
Ornamental paisley tattoo on neck and back
Four-panel photo of a full arm sleeve tattoo in colour showing galaxies, planets, comets and an astronaut, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Full arm sleeve of space scene with planets and comets
Black and grey tattoo of a woman with an afro, one finger raised to her lips and a flower in her hand, placed on the upper back of a person with curly hair tied back.
Afro figure with finger to lips on upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'She is a soldier in the war against herself' across a limb in a greyscale photo.
Script quote tattoo on a leg
Black and grey witch hat tattoo with a buckle and a star at the tip, surrounded by a dotted arc of moon phases, on the upper arm.
Witch hat with moon phases on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading 'i fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.' against grass.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a black bob and a red rose in her hair, on a freckled arm.
Traditional woman portrait with rose
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Fine black line drawing of a vertical looping design with dots at each end on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Looping vertical fine line design
Fine line black ink tattoo of a curved branch with thin twigs on the inner forearm.
Fine line branch arc on a forearm
Black fine line script reading 'i am because you are' runs along a forearm above a grey knitted sweater.
Script quote along a forearm
Black line drawing flash of a cartoon sailor in a rowboat inside a circle, with the words ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT and THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, shown without a placement on the body.
Sailor in a rowboat flash design
Black ink tattoo of three arrows crossing diagonally over dotted geometric lines on the inner upper arm, in black and grey.
Three arrows with geometric dotted lines
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo design with a spiral shell and patterned flippers, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Polynesian-style sea turtle design
Bold black tribal tattoo with a large spiral and an interlocking knot band across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal swirl and band on upper arm
Purple and teal butterfly design with a purple awareness ribbon running down its centre and the word HOPE in the upper right, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Butterfly with awareness ribbon and HOPE
Black line drawing of a radial mandala with a central flower, dotted borders and floral motifs on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Black ink mandala design
Colour tattoo of three four-pointed diamond shapes in yellow, red and blue, with black and grey swirls, on the outer ankle.
Three coloured diamonds on an ankle
Black linework tattoo of a snake eating its own tail in a circle around a hexagon with inner double lines, on plain skin.
Ouroboros snake around a hexagon
Black script tattoo reading Believe in yourself on the ankle, with a beige suede ballet flat with a bow beside it.
Believe in yourself script on an ankle
Colour traditional tattoo of a pale teal rose with green leaves inside a dark oval frame with black sunburst rays, on the upper arm of a person in a striped top.
Traditional rose in a sunburst on upper arm
Fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and dotted arcs on a forearm, in black ink.
Overlapping circles on a forearm
Split photo of two colour tattoos of a stylised flame emblem on the upper arm and shoulder, one in teal and green with black detail, one in red and orange.
Two colour flame emblems on upper arms
Two small black fine line tattoos of a curled stroke symbol on the ankles of two people, shown close up.
Small matching ankle tattoos
Colour neo-trad tattoo of an owl within a circular frame and roses on a forearm, with the hand raised in a rock horns gesture.
Owl and rose forearm tattoo
Overhead view of two colour-tattooed arms, one typing on a laptop and the other writing in a notebook, with sleeve tattoos on the forearms.
Tattooed arms working at a laptop
Black and grey tattoo of pine tree silhouettes on a forearm that fades into dotwork stippling towards the wrist, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Pine forest fading to dotwork on a forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of a lavender sprig with two leaves on the inner forearm, shown against a white textured cloth.
Lavender sprig on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pug wearing a top hat, monocle and feather, framed by an ornate gold scroll border on a calf.
Pug in top hat and monocle on a calf
Two side-by-side photos of matching black and grey tattoos: a shaded daisy with the words until the very end on the upper arm, and small daisies with the same script on the top of a foot.
Daisy and script tattoos on arm and foot
Black and white photo of a person's back covered in dotwork mandala and winged eye tattoos, with hands resting on the shoulders.
Mandala and wing back piece in black and grey
Small solid black pine tree tattoo sitting centred between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back.
Pine tree on upper back
Forearm with a dense black and grey tattoo sleeve, worn beside a black-bezel steel diver-style watch and a thin silver ring.
Black and grey sleeve beside a diver watch

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