Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line lotus tattoo on a wrist, photographed against a patterned bedspread.
Small lotus tattoo on a wrist
Close-up of a small black fine-line Roman numeral XII tattoo with a dot between the X and II on the side of a woman's finger, with red nail polish and a car steering wheel behind.
Small Roman numeral XII on a finger
Black and grey anchor tattoo with a coiled rope on the lower leg, shaded with stippled dots and bold outlines in a traditional style.
Anchor and rope on a calf
Back and shoulder of a person with a white and pink botanical scrollwork design across the shoulder blade, in a fine line style.
White and pink floral scrollwork across a shoulder
White blackletter capital letters A to Z with decorative swirls and flourishes on a black background, shown as a lettering flash sheet.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Two colour pineapple tattoos with black outlines and green leafy crowns, one on each ankle, shown beside red canvas trainers and brown sandals.
Twin pineapple tattoos on both ankles
Colour tattoos of roses, a cat and a butterfly in a traditional style on the thighs and calves of a person wearing denim shorts and layered chains.
Roses, a cat and a butterfly on both legs
Two colour swallow tattoos in a traditional style, with teal wings, pink bodies and orange heads, placed symmetrically on a person's upper back.
Two swallows on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of a peacock within a mandala design, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Peacock mandala on the upper chest
Small colour tattoo of a striped orange and black bee with pink wings and a curved trail of dots, in a fine line style on the forearm.
Bee with dotted trail on a forearm
Realistic orange and black butterfly tattoo with a cast shadow on the upper chest, below the collarbone.
Orange butterfly with shadow on chest
Black and grey lily with leaves and two butterflies tattooed on the side of a torso, above the hip.
Lily and butterflies on the side of the torso
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flying saucer, clouds, stars and pointed shapes inside a diamond on the inner forearm.
UFO and clouds in a diamond on a forearm
Japanese style dragon tattoo in red, orange and cream over dark green-black scale ground, across a hip and thigh with a white cloth wrapped around the waist.
Red and green dragon on hip and thigh
Black line drawing sheet of Egyptian symbols including the Eye of Ra, Eye of Horus, ankh, winged scarab beetle and several hieroglyphs, with German and English captions.
Egyptian hieroglyphs and symbols reference sheet
Colour tattoo of Bart Simpson in a grey lace-edged heart with the words Eat my shorts, on the side of a hip.
Bart Simpson heart tattoo on hip
Bold black brush-stroke drawing of the Cancer zodiac symbol, a crab sign made of two curled spirals, on a white background.
Cancer zodiac symbol in brush strokes
Black and white photo of a vertical column of small dark ink marks on the upper arm, beside floral fabric and long hair.
Vertical column of marks on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of two roses with leaves on the outer thigh.
Two roses on a thigh
Close view of a tiny black fine line smiley face tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a graphic band T-shirt.
Small smiley face on forearm
Black script lettering reading No Regrets tattooed on the left side of a person's ribs, with a white top and grey shorts visible.
No Regrets script on the ribs
Black and grey fine line crescent moon tattoo on the wrist and an eye with rays tattoo on a finger, with small dot accents on the fingers.
Crescent moon and eye tattoos on fingers and wrist
Black ink tattoo of the word LOVE in angular lettering on the inner wrist, with grass in the background.
LOVE lettering on a wrist
Two side-by-side photos of a fine line black lotus flower tattoo with three dots above it on the inner wrist and forearm.
Lotus outline on inner wrist
Realism tattoo of the Death Star from Star Wars inside a heart outline on a leg, shaded in black, grey and blue.
Death Star inside a heart on a leg
Black kanji character inside a white and blue circle, framed by a red torn-skin effect, tattooed on a man's chest.
Kanji symbol with torn skin on chest
Black and grey tattoo of a winged figure with outstretched wings, seated on a bicycle, across the centre of a person's upper back.
Winged figure on a bicycle across the upper back
Black geometric tattoo of interlocking triangles and a dotted outline on the inner forearm and wrist, with a partial floral tattoo visible above it.
Interlocking triangle geometry on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears on a forearm.
Pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey botanical forearm tattoo of a bee above stylised flowers, poppy-like blooms and leaves, with a soft pink wash in the central flower.
Bee and botanical flowers on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a cat head with whiskers above a curled tail line on the forearm, in a fine line style.
Cat head and curled tail on forearm
Close photograph of the word Believe in cursive lettering on a wrist, with a pink capital B and dark ink for the rest of the word.
Believe script on a wrist
Pencil-style tattoo design of a cat with large eyes, a pearl necklace and a pearl-trimmed paw, framed by neo-traditional scrollwork.
Cat with pearls and ornamental swirls
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a lettering tattoo reading london across his upper back and a floral tattoo at the edge of his left shoulder.
London script tattoo on a seated man's back
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a black and grey sun face tattoo on her upper back by the shoulder and fine script lettering on her lower left back.
Sun face and script on a back
Colour tattoo of a black cat with a raised paw among roses, a lotus, poppies and a blue butterfly on a shoulder, shown in three panels.
Cat and flowers shoulder tattoo
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a lily with shaded petals, dotted spots and stamens on a curling stem with leaves, on a white background.
Lily flower design on a curling stem
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers on a woman's upper back, shown in a monochrome photograph.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on upper back
Six-step line drawing tutorial building a rose from a bud to a full bloom with leaves, in black linework with red guide strokes in the early steps.
Step by step rose drawing
Two fine line script tattoos on the inside of a pair of wrists, each joined to a thin line that wraps around the wrist, as two hands hold together.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Black and grey dotwork drawing of two wolf heads, skulls, crescent moons, a central eye and a star outline, shown as a tattoo design.
Wolf heads, skulls and crescent moons design
Black and white double exposure of a bare back with blossom branches and trees overlaid on the figure, and a small fine line star cluster tattoo on the right side of the lower back.
Small star cluster tattoo on a back
Black geometric fox head tattoo in fine linework on the side of the neck behind a person's ear, with a silver ear plug visible.
Geometric fox behind the ear
Close photograph of a watercolour-style tattoo on the side of the torso, with a black pine tree silhouette over soft green and pink colour bands.
Pine tree silhouette over green and pink washes
Colour tattoo of an ouroboros serpent eating its own tail, with a patterned orange, blue and grey body, on a patch of skin.
Ouroboros serpent on skin
Black and grey photograph of a butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm, with a semicolon as its body, the letters AKF and a small infinity symbol below.
Butterfly with semicolon and initials on wrist
Black and white stippled drawing of a skeleton wearing aviator goggles and a trailing scarf, driving a coffin marked R.I.P. with a winged cross on its lid.
Skeleton driver in a coffin
Black fine line tattoo of a simple sailboat with curved sails on the inner ankle, shown in a close photo of skin.
Single-line sailboat on the inner ankle

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451