Tattoo ideas

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

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Bold blue five-pointed star with a white inner outline and black edging, tattooed on the forearm.
Blue star on the forearm
Two black script tattoos on skin, one reading friends and one reading sisters, each with small heart flourishes, shown as a rotated matching pair.
Matching friends and sisters script tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of angular symbols resembling a G, a greater-than sign, a caret and a V, placed on the upper arm.
Angular symbols on an upper arm
Two views of a realistic, full-colour luna moth tattoo with green wings, red edges and orange eyespots on the inner forearm.
Luna moth tattoo on a forearm
Small black dotwork tattoo of concentric dotted circles on the palm of a hand, with a grey shoe and pink string in the background.
Concentric dotted circles on a palm
Two hands resting on white sheets, each with a small black fine line crown tattoo on the back of the hand, one with a larger crown and one smaller.
Small crown tattoos on the backs of two hands
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three daisies on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with shaded petals and dark centres.
Three daisies on a shoulder
Traditional colour tattoo of a Polaroid camera ejecting a landscape print, framed by red flowers and green leaves on the thigh.
Polaroid camera with red flowers on a thigh
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo covering the inner forearm of a person resting their arm on a car door panel.
Rose cluster tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sitting cat with its tail curled down, on the left side of a person's ribs.
Black cat sitting on the ribs
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheets with lace, chain, dot and leaf patterns, fanned out beside pastel envelopes on a grey surface.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheets in gold and silver
Colour cartoon owl with pink and purple feathers and large blue eyes, perched on a yellow branch with daisies, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon owl on a thigh
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo on the inner wrist, shown in a realistic style with the fingers curled above it.
Shaded feather on the wrist
Watercolour-style flower tattoo with pink and purple petals, red splashes and soft blue washes on the outer thigh.
Watercolour flower on thigh
Two small black tattoos on inner wrists, a minus sign on the left wrist and a plus sign on the right, with palms held open.
Minus and plus signs on inner wrists
Fine line black script lettering runs across the upper back of a woman seated on gravel in front of graffiti.
Handwritten script quote across upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and flowers on a forearm, shown beside a close view of pale scarred skin.
Black and grey peony floral forearm tattoo
Black outline tattoo of a cicada on the back of a hand, with small xoxo lettering on the side of a finger.
Cicada outline on the back of a hand
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing a blue pumpkin carriage above a pink ball gown, with two mice, a bluebird and a blue bow in an ornate frame.
Pumpkin carriage and pink gown on thigh
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon inside a geometric mandala with stars, dotted lines and swirling clouds, sketched on a notebook page.
Sun and moon mandala design in ink
Colour tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch with a soft painterly background across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Cherry blossom branch on upper arm
Small colourful cartoon unicorn with a pink mane and yellow star, shown on the inner wrist of a child's hand resting on pink unicorn-print fabric.
Cartoon unicorn on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass wrapped in a swirling ribbon with stars, on the shoulder and upper arm.
Compass and stars on shoulder and upper arm
Colourful cartoon-style tattoo of New Zealand's map, with each island filled with character illustrations, across a person's upper back.
New Zealand map tattoo across a back
Black and grey geometric block lettering tattooed vertically along the inner forearm of a person holding an open hand out over a wooden floor.
Geometric block lettering on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus flower with a mandala-style centre tattoo on a person's upper abdomen, below the chest.
Lotus and mandala tattoo on the upper abdomen
Fine line tattoo of a sitting dog with a red collar holding two red heart balloons, on the inner upper arm.
Sitting dog with heart balloons on upper arm
Photograph of a small realistic moon tattoo in brown and black tones on the inner forearm, with the numerals 9.15 in black script beneath it.
Realistic moon with 9.15 on forearm
Two forearms show matching black and grey compass and rose tattoos with script running alongside them.
Matching compass and rose forearm tattoos
Colour Botanical and Realism tattoo on an upper arm showing orange and pink lilies, a hummingbird, a praying mantis and a bee against a turquoise watercolour-style background.
Lilies and hummingbirds on upper arm
Two mirrored black and grey dotwork tattoos on the calves, each showing a curled squirrel-like animal beside a hedgehog-like animal, framed by flowers and berries.
Mirrored animal and floral calf tattoos
Black and grey Tetris block tattoos on two wrists, a T shape on the left and an S shape with a separate block on the right, in a geometric style.
Tetris block tattoos on two wrists
Watercolour-style humpback whale tattoo in pink, green and blue on the upper back, with a pale blue wash suggesting water above it.
Humpback whale on upper back
Three black ink flash drawings on cream paper showing a crystal ball with flowers, a hand with a dotted trail and an eye with flowers, beside a pen and pencil.
Three flash designs: crystal ball, hand and eye
Cartoon monkey tattoo with black outlines and brown and white shading on the lower back, shown upside down with its bottom raised.
Cartoon monkey bent over on lower back
Small fine line black anchor tattoo with a heart at the top of its shank, placed on the back of the neck.
Anchor and heart on the back of the neck
Black and white engraved drawing of a mechanical heart with a film reel, pipes, a pressure gauge and a strip of film.
Mechanical heart with film reel and gauge
Colour tattoo of a blue and green globe with a pink airplane and dashed flight paths in loose watercolour-style washes, on the outer lower leg.
Globe and airplane with flight paths on a calf
Cartoon tattoo of Snoopy lying down with Woodstock perched on his back, in black outline with yellow for Woodstock, on the inside of a wrist.
Snoopy and Woodstock on a wrist
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo with patterned wings and scrolling swirls across the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Flash design of a cross made of five skulls wearing cartoon-style hairstyles and glasses, with banners reading Ghosts N Crooks and Appetite for Mystery, in a traditional style.
Skull cross with banners and cartoon-gang hair
Two black and grey traditional swallow tattoos on the inner wrists, one larger than the other, with a checkered floor in the background.
Two swallows on inner wrists
Two calves with tattoos: pink cherry blossom branches on the left leg with script lettering along the shin, and a grey realistic Buddha head with blossoms and waves on the right leg.
Cherry blossom and Buddha on both calves
A black geometric armband tattoo with zigzag borders and chevron patterns wraps the forearm near the elbow, with a coloured feather tattoo partly visible on the thigh below.
Black geometric armband and feather tattoo
Black and grey cross tattoo with a shaded feather on a woman's upper back, shown in a two-panel photo.
Cross and feather on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small sun and crescent moon on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Sun and crescent moon on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, an outlined moth and a small sprig on the upper arm, with a coloured flower tattoo partly visible above.
Moon, moth and sprig on the arm
Fine line geometric castle tattoo in black ink on the inner forearm, with angular towers and pointed spires.
Geometric castle outline on forearm

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