Tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo with loose splashes of green, blue, pink and purple on the upper back.
Watercolour-style hummingbird on upper back
Small colour tattoo of a peacock feather with green, blue and orange tones and a curling tip, sitting on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Small peacock feather on a shoulder
Black Greek script lettering tattooed diagonally across the back of a hand near the wrist.
Greek script lettering on the back of a hand
Black linework drawing of an ornate heart locket with a bow, wings, pearl strands and gemstone drops, shown twice on one sheet.
Heart locket with bow and pearls design
Back of a woman with dark hair showing a thin fine line script tattoo reading Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. between the shoulder blades.
Script quote across the upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of a bouquet of red poppies, a pink peony and purple foxglove on the outer thigh of a woman in denim shorts.
Poppy and peony bouquet on a thigh
A printed paper tattoo form with black line sketches of an anchor, an infinity symbol, a dreamcatcher, a feather and a flock of birds, held in a hand.
Typical girl tattoo form with design sketches
Black fine line tattoo of three interlocking oval shapes filled with circles and arcs, running down the side of the ribs.
Interlocking circular script tattoo on ribs
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink lotus flower with a green stem and grey shadow on skin, placed on the upper back.
Pink lotus flower on upper back
Two matching watercolour-style tattoos on the inner wrists, a pink and orange fairy holding a wand on the left and a green figure with blue splatter on the right.
Matching fairy and green figure wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of a large pink and red peony with green leaves and black outlines, in a Japanese-inspired neo-traditional style, on the forearm.
Pink peony on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'we're all stories in the end, just make it a good one' with a dotted line and bow tie motif, placed across the upper back.
Quote with bow tie across the upper back
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand with a heart inside a triangle, an eye below, and a sun, moon and stars.
Hand, heart and eye in a triangle
Traditional style colour tattoo of a halved avocado with its pit, pink flowers and a banner reading Let's Avocuddle on the calf.
Avocado with banner and pink flowers
Black outline tattoo of an edelweiss flower with grey-shaded centre dots, placed on a person's upper back.
Edelweiss flower on upper back
Colour tattoo of a swallow carrying a heart envelope, with green leaves and a curling vine, in a traditional style on the lower back.
Swallow carrying a heart envelope
Black and grey realistic roses with leaves and fine script lettering running down the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Black and grey roses with script on upper arm
Black geometric dotwork tattoo of a wolf's head with angular facets and stippled shading, on the lower leg.
Geometric wolf head on a calf
Black and grey dandelion tattoo with drifting musical notes and a small clef on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion and music notes on upper back
Small black fine line crown tattoo on the side of a finger, with gold nails and a silver ring on the hand beside it.
Small crown tattoo on a finger
Ornate lion head design in black and cream linework on a black background, with a detailed geometric mane, suited to a tattoo flash sheet.
Ornate lion head design in black and cream
Black ink dotwork drawing of an ornate elephant head with lotus flowers and a mandala motif, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate elephant mandala design
Black and grey sewing machine tattoo in a vintage engraved style on the upper arm, below a short orange sleeve with a white apple print.
Sewing machine tattoo on an upper arm
Blackwork and dotwork geometric full sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with diamond lattice and cog motifs on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork geometric full arm sleeve
Black fine line script quote arranged in a heart outline on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a gold pendant necklace visible.
Script heart quote on upper chest
Pencil sketch of a cracked skull framed by roses, rose buds and leaves, drawn on spiral notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Cracked skull with roses pencil design
Pink cherry blossom branch tattoo with black linework and soft grey wash, running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Cherry blossom branch on the ribs
Black tribal tattoo of a manta ray with a turtle and gecko inside, in a Polynesian-style design across the upper back.
Polynesian manta ray with turtle on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a magpie with spread wings on the side of a torso, with a faint outline of a hand holding a pocket watch chain below.
Magpie in flight on a side torso
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly with patterned wings and a segmented body, shown as a tattoo flash design on a white background.
Ornamental dragonfly line drawing
Black ink drawing of a lion face with bold tribal patterns filling the mane, shown as a tattoo design on a tan background.
Lion face with tribal patterned mane
Traditional colour tattoo of a red A-frame tent with pine trees, a moon and a green lantern, placed on a calf.
Camping tent with lantern and pine trees on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of Godzilla roaring against a blue smoky background, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Godzilla realism tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue Star of Life with a red heartbeat line and the script words So Others May Live, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Star of Life and heartbeat on upper back
Fine line geometric tattoo of an arrow with overlapping circles, dotted lines and triangles, in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Geometric arrow and circles on the ribs
Black and grey fine line lotus with a vertical column of script characters running down the centre of a person's upper back.
Lotus and script down the spine
Black script tattoo reading I am enough the way I am across the top of a shoulder, with a thin gold chain at the neck.
Script quote across a shoulder
Japanese style tattoo covering the chest, ribs and both arms, with pink cherry blossoms, an eagle and koi fish on a dark cloud background.
Japanese torso and sleeves with blossom and eagle
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with soft shading and a drop shadow on a woman's shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on a shoulder blade
Black and red tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a masked head with black hair above the lettering 'I wiped the SMILE off Jokers face', in a bold black linework style.
Masked head and quote on the inner wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of an amber skull beneath a black bare tree with grey splatter marks, on the upper arm.
Skull and bare tree on upper arm
Realism tattoo of a grinning grey cat with green eyes tearing through skin on the side of the ribs.
Grinning cat tearing through skin on ribs
Close view of a green and red moth tattoo with bold black outlines on the back of a woman's neck, with a second tattoo visible on her upper arm.
Green moth tattoo on the back of the neck
Black fine line drawing of an octahedron with crossing inner lines on a pale background, in a geometric style, with no body placement shown.
Geometric octahedron line drawing
Realism-style colour tattoo of a hawk in flight with spread wings and extended talons, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hawk in flight across upper back
Neo-trad style tattoo of a compass rose and pocket watch surrounded by leaves and beads on a thigh, in red, orange, green and pink.
Compass and pocket watch on thighs
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the ankle of a bare foot, with jeans and a dark leather shoe beside it.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Black and white photo of a small fine line laurel wreath tattoo on the outer ankle.
Small laurel wreath on an ankle

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