Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-traditional mandala tattoo with a ring of red hearts on the upper arm near the elbow, with pink, yellow and teal petals.
Red hearts and mandala on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a girl with a red bow riding a purple rocket, with a grey and yellow bird flying above her.
Girl on a rocket with a bird above
Black and grey floral mandala tattoo with pink and teal accents across a lower abdomen, above a dotted band.
Ornamental floral lower abdomen tattoo
Pencil and ink drawing of an ornate lace-style mandala design with swirls, leaves and dangling droplet chains, shown on white paper.
Ornamental lace mandala design on paper
Close-up of a black and grey skull and entwined snake tattoo on an upper arm, with a wooden wand held beside it and a green dress in the background.
Skull and snake tattoo on an upper arm
Black fine line script reading You are my Sunshine with a small sun and rays, tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
You are my Sunshine script on the upper back
Black tribal-style swirl tattoo with leaf shapes curling around a person's navel on the lower abdomen.
Black swirl and leaf tattoo around the navel
Collage of three tattoos: a shaded clock face with gears on a shoulder, an outlined key with colour splashes on the ribs, and a compass with a feather on the upper arm.
Clock, key and compass tattoos in mixed styles
Close-up photo of a blue watercolour-style rose tattoo with black linework on a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Blue rose on the shoulder
Black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the spine on a person's back, seen from behind on a sunny beach.
Vertical script quote down the spine
Black fine-line tattoo of a skeleton leaf with visible veins and a long stem on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Skeleton leaf on the inner forearm
Black and grey photo of two matching traditional-style crown tattoos with initials and small script, one on each person's ribs.
Matching crown tattoos on ribs
Black outline tattoo of a chubby cartoon cat with stripes on a person's forearm, shown in a black and white bathroom photo.
Cartoon cat outline on a forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a winged butterfly motif with a dotted trail, on the side of a finger.
Small winged motif with dotted trail on finger
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a unicorn head with a rainbow mane and a pink rose with leaves, shown on bare skin.
Unicorn head with rainbow mane and rose
Dotwork drawing of a moth with spotted wings in black ink, set over a red mandala of petals and scalloped rings on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Moth over a red mandala design
Woman seen from behind, sitting by a window, with a black dotwork mandala tattoo across her upper back and neck.
Dotwork mandala on upper back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an eagle head above a Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles bar and shield logo, shown on skin.
Eagle and Harley-Davidson logo
Black lettering reading no big deal in a typewriter style font on the sole of a foot, shown in two photographs.
No big deal quote on the sole of a foot
Woman with a botanical tattoo of two peonies, black leaves and dotted swirls across her upper chest and shoulder, in mixed black, grey and muted rose tones.
Peony and leaf chest and shoulder tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of two parallel geometric arrows running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Two parallel arrows on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical arrow made of dots, dashes and chevrons running down the inner forearm.
Vertical arrow line tattoo on a forearm
Blue ink tattoo of an ornamental elephant with swirling patterns and dotted accents on skin, in a dotwork-influenced style.
Blue ornate elephant with swirls
Black lettering tattoo reading La Bella Vita in cursive script across the upper chest.
La Bella Vita script on chest
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green zombie Hello Kitty with a red bow and red wounds, bold black outlines, on a forearm.
Zombie Hello Kitty tattoo on a forearm
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, feathers, a hamsa hand with an eye, chevrons and geometric chains.
Gold and silver metallic flash sheet
Small black-outlined flower tattoo with pink fill on the upper rim of an ear, with a clear gem stud set in its centre, in a botanical style.
Small blossom tattoo on the upper ear
Watercolour-style tattoo of a seated fox wearing a flower crown, with blue flowers beside it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Watercolour fox with flower crown on a wrist
Black and grey traditional style back tattoo of a skull wearing a pearl-trimmed bandana beside a tall sailing galleon in rough waves.
Skull and galleon across a back
Colour botanical tattoo on a lower leg showing a green owl with two smaller owls, a red heart, a brown swirling vine, leaves and white daisies.
Green owls and daisy vine on a calf
Four black antler designs arranged in a grid on a white background, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Four antler designs on a flash sheet
Black marker silhouette of a figure with a chain across the shoulder, reaching out to a small outlined star beside an outlined starburst, drawn as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Silhouette figure with chain and star
Colour tattoo of pyramids, a UFO and stars inside a Polaroid-style frame on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Pyramids and UFO in a Polaroid-style frame
Realism black and grey tattoo on the upper arm showing a haloed winged warrior with a spear and shield above fallen demonic figures.
Winged warrior and demons on upper arm
Two geometric tattoos on skin: a blue and purple panda with faceted outlines on the shoulder, and a black line-work origami-style elephant on the upper arm.
Geometric panda and elephant tattoos on the upper arm
Side of a bare torso showing a tall Eiffel Tower tattoo on the ribs, drawn in black linework with watercolour-style splashes of red, green, blue and yellow.
Eiffel Tower on the ribs
Black geometric line and dot tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a black and grey wave sleeve on the forearm above it.
Geometric line and dot pattern on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rearing horse with a long flowing mane, sitting on the outer thigh.
Rearing horse on upper thigh
Black tribal-style lion head facing right in profile, drawn as a bold design on a white background.
Tribal lion head in profile
Black outline tattoo of a curled, cartoon-style animal holding a small feather in its mouth, shown on skin.
Curled cartoon animal with a feather outline
Colour botanical tattoo of purple violets, green leaves and a striped bee across a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Violets and a bee on a shoulder
Fine-line geometric tattoo in red and blue ink, made of interlocking triangles and angular lines, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey sweater.
Red and blue geometric lines on a forearm
Hand-drawn yin yang design with a rainbow watercolour half, a black ink mandala and lotus half, and the words find balance in brush script beneath.
Yin yang with mandala and lotus design
Small fine line black crescent moon with a simple face tattooed on the upper shoulder near the neck.
Crescent moon tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged pocket watch with Roman numerals, a rose and rays on an upper arm.
Winged pocket watch with rose and rays
Two hands held together, each with a fine line black heartbeat tattoo on a finger, one with a small heart inside the line.
Heartbeat line tattoos on two fingers
Colour traditional tattoo of a Lego-style painter minifigure with an afro, holding a palette and brush beside a landscape canvas and a Happy Accidents banner, on a calf.
Lego painter with Happy Accidents banner
Close photo of a fine dotwork line of small dots and short dashes running down the upper back near the shoulder blade, in dark grey ink.
Vertical dot and dash line on upper back

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