Tattoo ideas

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

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Shaded matchbox tattoo in black and grey with red match heads sticking out of the top, on a patch of skin.
Matchbox with red match heads
Close-up of a colour tattoo of a green giraffe head silhouetted against a red sun in a Jurassic Park style logo reading GIRAFFIC PARK, on skin.
Giraffic Park logo tattoo
Dark brown henna-style ornamental design with stars and paisley motifs across the lower back, above the waistband of a pair of jeans.
Henna-style ornamental design on lower back
Line drawing of a cat skull with green eyes and bared teeth on a black background, with a glowing green outline.
Cat skull with glowing green eyes
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with a blue body, pink-tinted veined wings and a soft grey shadow on pale skin.
Blue and pink dragonfly tattoo on skin
Fine line black script reading smile, with a thin trailing line, across the upper arm of a person wearing a dark t-shirt.
Smile script on an upper arm
Traditional-style pin-up flash drawing of a woman with a cross, the words FAITH and HOPE, and a chequered neck design, painted on a board.
Pin-up face with FAITH and HOPE tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a butterfly with dotted lace drapes on the ribs just below the bust.
Butterfly with lace drapes under the bust
Close-up of a clenched fist with four small black fine line tattoos on the fingers: a round face, a paintbrush, an easel and a tin or cylinder.
Four small doodle tattoos on fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of cracked armour plates, a winged Celtic cross and chainmail across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in four photos.
Armour and winged Celtic cross on upper arm
Black and grey geometric owl tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper arm, built from angular facets and outlined in bold black linework.
Geometric owl on an upper arm
Two matching coloured tattoos of a house lifted by bunches of balloons, one on each wrist, with black outlines and soft shading.
Matching balloon houses on wrists
Black line drawing of a heart outline with a solid black paw print inside it, a tattoo design in a bold blackwork style.
Paw print inside an outlined heart
Small fine line black tattoo of a dog head inside an outlined heart on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dog head in an outlined heart on the wrist
Black serif lettering reading NEVER TRUST THE LIVING across the fingers of a hand resting on a marble table, with mint nail varnish.
Lettering across fingers on a hand
Black Hebrew script lettering framed by a looping swirl flourish on the inner forearm.
Hebrew lettering with swirl flourish on forearm
White silhouette of a mermaid with flowing hair, a curled tail and one arm raised, shown as a tattoo design on a pale teal background.
Mermaid silhouette tattoo design
Black outline tattoo of a line of small elephants across a woman's upper back, shown in a fine line style, with a gold body chain nearby.
Line of elephants across upper back
Black fine line script lettering with swash flourishes running down the inner forearm.
Flowing script lettering on a forearm
Black ornamental tattoo of a stylised flower with dangling beaded drops and geometric panels, in dotwork shading, on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornamental dotwork piece on the ribs
Colour tattoo of an outlined anatomical heart with pink, yellow and peach roses and green leaves on a person's upper back.
Anatomical heart with roses on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with pink roses, cherry blossom and peacock feathers, on the outer thigh.
Profile portrait with peacock feathers on thigh
Black Roman numeral lettering tattoo on a forearm, beside a thin gold bracelet and a white supplement tub.
Roman numerals on a forearm
Black and grey botanical vine tattoo with leaves and curling swirls running down the centre of a person's back.
Black and grey vine tattoo down the back
Colour tattoo of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh walking among falling red maple leaves on an upper arm.
Eeyore and maple leaves on an upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing red peonies, white blossoms, raspberries and green leaves in a neo-traditional style with black outlines.
Peony and raspberry sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Realistic tattoo of three blue butterflies with black shading across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three blue butterflies on a shoulder blade
Close-up of a colour tattoo of blue forget-me-not flowers with yellow centres and green leaves, shown in a botanical realism style on skin.
Forget-me-not flowers in blue and green
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with a dotwork centre and lace-like petals across a person's upper back.
Sunflower mandala across upper back
Hand-drawn flash design of arrows radiating from the words follow your arrow, with feathers and a lotus flower, in fine line and blue, teal and pink colouring.
Radiating arrows and feathers flash design
Black and grey tattoo of a wand wrapped in ribbon banners with paw prints and footprints, shown in two side-by-side photos on skin.
Wand with ribbon banners and paw prints
Two photos of a colour watercolour tattoo on the upper chest, with pink and teal brushstrokes, small red hearts and black script reading I'll love you forever and I'll like you for always.
Watercolour script quote on upper chest
Purple dotwork drawing of a layered succulent rosette with stippled shading on each petal, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Dotwork succulent rosette design
Two small black and grey fine line crown tattoos, one on each wrist, shown as the wearers hold hands.
Matching crown tattoos on wrists
Realism tattoo of a bearded older man with flowing hair and swirling smoke across the back of a hand, shown in greys and browns against a pale background.
Bearded man portrait on the back of a hand
Black and grey drawing of a black bear standing upright on its hind legs, mouth open in a roar, on a white background.
Standing black bear roaring
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a hammer-shaped pendant on a fine chain around the wrist, with a hand wearing two rings beside it.
Hammer pendant and chain tattoo on wrist
Black and grey pencil sketch of a compass rose tattoo design with N and S letters, swirling ornamental lines and shaded points.
Compass rose design with swirls
Fine line black tattoo of a cat's face above a small flower cluster, on the side of a thigh.
Cat face and flowers on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a woman in profile with a wolf over her head, a skull and rose at her temple, and crows at the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with wolf, skull, rose and crows
Black and grey tattoo of a lace-cuffed hand gripping a dripping snake head, shown in two close-up photographs, one above a LUCKY banner.
Snake-headed hand with lace cuff
Realistic colour tattoo of a lion's head with a flowing mane in orange, yellow and purple tones, on a person's upper back.
Realistic lion head on upper back
Three arms with black fine line tattoos: a script quote, a small dolphin, and a compass rose on a forearm, with red stripes on one wrist.
Quote lettering and compass rose on forearms
Close-up of a fine line black botanical tattoo of a leafy vine with a small flower, wrapping around the inside of a person's wrist.
Leafy vine band on a wrist
Traditional style flash design of Jack Skellington's grinning face above a banner reading The Nightmare Before Christmas, framed by red roses, a bat and spider web linework.
Jack Skellington with roses and banner
Black and white flash sheet of numbered semicolon designs with the words Your story isn't over yet in varied lettering styles.
Semicolon lettering flash sheet
Fine line black ink tattoo of a gothic castle skyline with spires and towers on the upper back, with a coin placed beside it for scale.
Gothic castle skyline on the back
Black lettering reading We're all mad here, set in a heart shape with blue scrollwork, tattooed on a forearm.
Heart lettering with blue scrollwork on a forearm

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