Tattoo ideas

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

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Drawn koi fish tattoo design in a Japanese style, with black scales, orange-gold fins and a red gill, beside the headline The Meaning Behind Koi Fish Tattoos.
Koi fish tattoo design with headline
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow passing through an infinity symbol on the inner wrist and forearm.
Arrow and infinity symbol on a wrist
Black line drawing flash design of the words Wild Heart Gypsy Soul in script, framed by daisies, flowers and feathers in a botanical wreath.
Wild Heart Gypsy Soul floral wreath design
Two crossed hands and forearms on sand with gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos of mandalas and feathers on the hands and wrists.
Metallic mandala and feather designs on crossed hands
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing two large nautical stars, smaller stars, clouds, a crescent moon and birds in flight.
Stars, clouds and birds on a forearm
Black line tattoo of four elemental symbols stacked down the outside of a lower leg, showing water, earth, fire and air.
Four element symbols down a calf
Small black script lettering on the inner ankle of a leg, with a plum high-heeled shoe on the foot.
Small script word on an ankle
Black and grey tattoos cover a forearm, with the hand holding a cigarette and a drink can beside a grey t-shirt and black shorts.
Tattooed forearm holding a cigarette
Black dotwork wavy line and a small cross tattooed across the middle finger of a hand, with grey painted nails.
Dotted wave and cross on a finger
Black and grey realistic dragon biting its own tail in a circle, tattooed across the upper back.
Dragon coiled in a circle on upper back
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather with a red and blue eye spot running down the inner forearm, drawn in fine black linework.
Peacock feather on a forearm
Two stacked photos of black fine line script tattoos reading You are my Sunshine and My only Sunshine, with a looped flourish on skin.
Script lettering reading You are my Sunshine
Fine line black tattoo of wildflower sprigs and a rose on the side of the ribs, shown on pale skin against dark fabric.
Fine line botanical sprigs on the side ribs
Black and grey shaded wings and the Latin script Alis Volat Propriis tattooed across the upper back and nape, with stars and a sun motif below.
Wings and Latin script on upper back
Two traditional style colour tattoos on forearms, one showing a bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and flowers, the other showing scissors with a CREATE banner and flowers.
Construct bottle and create scissors on forearms
Black line drawing of a pentagram inside a circle, shown as a geometric design with no shading and no body placement.
Pentagram inside a circle
Two shoulder tattoos side by side: a grey-shaded daisy beside the script words You are my sunshine, and a colour sunflower beside the script words My only sunshine, both in fine lettering.
Daisy and sunflower script tattoos on the shoulder
Black and grey rose surrounded by mandala and paisley linework, tattooed across the upper back.
Rose and mandala on upper back
Small colour monarch butterfly tattoo across the middle finger of a hand, with orange wings and black outlines.
Monarch butterfly on a finger
Solid black ink tattoo of a cross with a heart in its centre on the lower back, above a black waistband and red polka-dot fabric.
Heart and cross on the lower back
Black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a typewriter-style font, placed across the upper back beside the spine, in a lettering style.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on upper back
Side view of a man's shoulder and upper arm covered in a black and grey tribal sleeve tattoo with bold bands, chevrons and woven patterns.
Tribal sleeve across shoulder and upper arm
Black fine line script reading To live would be an awfully big adventure, with small stars above it, running down the centre of a woman's back.
Script quote running down the spine
Colour tattoo of a green frog with a yellow belly perched on dark red branches, placed on the calf.
Green frog on a branch on a leg
Black and white hamsa hand design with a central eye, stars and crescent motifs, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Black tribal scorpion tattoo on the ankle and upper foot of a person wearing a black flip-flop, on a wooden deck.
Tribal scorpion on an ankle
Two matching traditional tattoos of hands linking little fingers in front of an orange sun, one on each person's upper arm near the elbow.
Matching pinky promise hands over an orange sun
Black fine line cursive script tattoo running diagonally along a forearm against a dark background, in black and grey.
Fine line script on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo on a forearm of a leafy sprig outlined in fine black line, with pink, blue and yellow washes and a blue triangle at the base.
Watercolour sprig and triangle on a forearm
Black serif Roman numerals XIX tattooed on an ankle, above a green and white sneaker.
XIX Roman numerals on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a zombie-style unicorn pony with a pastel mane, spotted body and small bats on the inner forearm.
Zombie unicorn pony on forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of feathers above a compass rose on the forearm, with fine black linework.
Feathers and compass on a forearm
Realistic colour forearm tattoo of two pink roses and a heart-shaped pocket watch with Roman numerals, with script beside it, on the inner forearm.
Pink roses and heart pocket watch on a forearm
Black and white design of two crossed swords framed by four Celtic triquetra knots and ornate shield-like motifs, suitable as tattoo flash.
Crossed swords with Celtic triquetra knots
Woman lying on sand with a black hat over her face, showing a small geometric tattoo on her shoulder and the words this too shall pass in fine script on her upper arm.
Geometric shoulder tattoo and script quote
Fine line black tattoo of an eye inside a triangle, an outlined heart and a small square on the outer lower leg.
Eye in triangle, heart and square on a leg
Woman seen from behind with a large black and grey dotwork mandala covering her back, with a coloured sleeve tattoo on her upper arm.
Mandala back piece in dotwork and blackwork
Black and grey sunflower tattoo on a shoulder, with the script words you are my sunshine running out beside it towards the collarbone.
Sunflower and script on a shoulder
Ink drawing of a skeletal carousel horse with skulls on its saddle, standing on a pole with a grass base, shaded in black and grey with brown and red accents.
Skeletal carousel horse with skulls
Four photos of a yin yang tattoo with lotus and mandala detail, two in black and grey and two in watercolour colour, shown on the back and thigh.
Yin yang and lotus tattoos in four views
Close-up of small black hand-drawn lettering reading STAY SICK on the upper thigh, seen through a rip in light blue jeans beneath a leather jacket.
Stay Sick lettering on the upper thigh
Dark geometric arrow tattoo on a forearm beside a hand with an eye design, dots and chevrons, with a small arrow on the fingers.
Arrow and eye designs on hand and wrist
Traditional style owl tattoo with black and grey feathers, red-brown accents and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Owl and leaves on a forearm
Two people's bare stomachs, each with a small fine line stick figure tattoo in a blue top with a red heart, placed on the lower abdomen.
Matching stick figure tattoos on two stomachs
Black and grey world map tattoo filled with ornate dotwork patterns across the upper back of a person with hair tied up.
World map tattoo across a back
Black and grey tattoo of outlined stars with soft grey shading trailing up the inner ankle and calf.
Outline stars trailing up an ankle
Back of a person with seven colourful lotus chakra tattoos stacked down the spine, from violet at the neck to red near the waistband.
Seven chakra lotus tattoos down the spine
Pencil and ink drawing of a unicorn head framed by a rose and leafy foliage, in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Unicorn and rose design drawing

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