Tattoo ideas

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

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Sketchy black and red tattoo of a man in a bowler hat with a cog over one eye, set against music staves on an upper arm.
Bowler hat portrait over music staves on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of interlocking circles, arcs and dots resembling Gallifreyan script, placed across the upper chest.
Gallifreyan circles on the upper chest
Small blue sailboat tattoo with wavy lines beneath it, placed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Sailboat on the inner wrist
Line drawing in teal and pale blue of a woman with long braided hair, a hand raised near peony flowers, shaded with dotwork, on a pale pink background.
Woman with braided hair and peonies
Black line drawing flash of a skeleton leaning on a 3D gravestone reading ACAB, with pink tears, a pink rose and a black coffin, shaded in pink and black.
Skeleton leaning on an ACAB gravestone with rose
Black and grey honeycomb hexagon tattoo on an upper arm, with the pattern shrinking and fading into bare skin towards the top of the image.
Hexagon honeycomb pattern on an upper arm
Small black fine line arrow tattoo with shaded fletching on a forearm, with the wearer's grey top visible above.
Arrow tattoo on a forearm
Two photos of a colourful jellyfish tattoo in pink, red, blue and purple on the side of a ribcage, with painterly shading and trailing tentacles.
Watercolour-style jellyfish on ribs
Black fine line outline of a diamond tattoo on the upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Outline diamond on upper chest
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo sitting behind a person's ear, shown in a black and white photo.
Small black cat behind the ear
Diptych of a shaded horseshoe tattoo with turquoise beads, 'EST 1994' lettering and two feathers tied with cord, placed on a shoulder.
Horseshoe and feathers on a shoulder
Black script lettering tattoo reading A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, with small stars and a wand line, on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering with stars on the ribs
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing a house lifted by a bunch of balloons above a banner reading Adventure is out there, shown from two angles.
Balloons and house with banner on thigh
Close-up of a black blackwork lace tattoo with a chandelier motif and beaded drops across a person's chest and upper torso.
Black lace and chandelier chest tattoo
Realistic colour tattoo of a figure with long dark hair and bowed head, with a cross shape behind, on the forearm of a person whose hand grips the wrist.
Realistic religious figure on forearm
Small black dotwork and jagged marks on the fingers of a hand, with matte grey geometric nail polish on the nails.
Small dotwork marks on fingers
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a winged hourglass with vines and flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three views.
Hourglass with wings on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of a griffin-like bird with spread wings, raised talons and a long swirling tail, drawn as a possible tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pencil sketch of a spread-winged griffin
Fine line black tattoo of a winged rabbit in flight on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Winged rabbit on upper chest
Black and grey dotwork lion head tattoo with a triangle outline and chevron lines on a forearm, shown beside its pencil sketch on paper.
Lion head with geometric triangle on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a black arrow through it and the word MYSELF inside, placed on the thigh beside roses and a black ornamental design.
Heart with arrow reading MYSELF on a leg
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long flowing hair and a fishtail, placed on the calf.
Skeletal mermaid with flowing hair on a calf
Black and grey koi fish drawing in a Japanese style with orange fins and a red gill patch, beside the heading The Meaning Behind Koi Fish Tattoos.
Koi fish tattoo design with heading text
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a feathered serpent wrapping around an eight-pointed star and a round shield, on a person's upper back.
Feathered serpent and star on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a beaded anklet with a small heart, with a shaded feather swirl on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Heart anklet and feather tattoo on a foot
Realistic colour tattoo of a snarling black panther head with yellow eyes, sitting on the calf.
Black panther head on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a curling wave with small bubble dots and a shaded crescent on the inner forearm.
Wave line tattoo on inner forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a long-haired cat with green eyes on the inner forearm, set against a red circle and teal wash.
Long-haired cat portrait on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a shoulder, with concentric rings of dots that grow denser near the shoulder cap and fade out across the upper arm.
Dotwork circles fading across a shoulder
Small black fine line tattoo of a mountain range on the inner wrist, with a raised fist and a wooden panel background.
Small mountain range on a wrist
Fine line sketch tattoo of a woman in profile with butterflies and teal accents running down a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Sketched woman and butterflies on upper arm
Two photographs of a forearm with black lettering tattoos: heart over mind in the top panel, and courage over fear in the bottom panel, both in a typewriter-style font.
Heart mind and courage fear words on a forearm
Blackwork geometric sleeve covering an arm, with solid black rectangular panels, fine white-skin lines and a diamond pattern band around the elbow.
Black geometric sleeve on an arm
Woman in a brown hat on a rocky shore, with a red and yellow bird tattoo on her thigh and a fine-line scroll tattoo on her upper arm.
Bird on thigh and scroll on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on the forearm of a bottle with a jagged crown top, holding a skull and a white skeletal figure.
Skull and skeleton in a black bottle
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic rose with leaves on paper, a tattoo design sketch with no body placement shown.
Shaded pencil rose with leaves
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull merged with a clock mechanism and Roman numerals across the back of a hand, with a coloured forearm sleeve above the wrist.
Skull and clock on the back of a hand
Traditional-style flash sheet of hearts with banners, flowers and lettering such as no scrubs, go away and drop dead, drawn on paper with no placement on the body.
Heart and banner flash sheet
Two black line tattoos on wrists, a sun with closed eyes and hatched rays on one wrist and a crescent moon with a face on the other.
Matching sun and moon wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of a cat's face with a butterfly beside it on the upper back, shaded in soft purple and blue with orange eyes.
Cat face and butterfly on a shoulder blade
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue jay perched on a branch, on the lower leg.
Blue jay perched on a branch
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping rotated squares on the upper arm, in a black and white photograph.
Nested squares on an upper arm
Two raised middle fingers, each with the word Promise tattooed in black script along the finger, in a Lettering style on the Hand.
Promise tattoos on two middle fingers
Small black outline flower with white petals, green leaves and scroll details tattooed on a toe, with pink painted toenails and a sandal strap.
Flower and scrollwork on a toe
Black and grey peony tattoo with leaves and a line of script across the ribs, shaded in a botanical style with dotwork.
Peonies and script on the ribs
Black lettering design of the word bastarda in a pointed calligraphic script on a white background, with no body part shown.
Bastarda lettering design
Pencil line drawing of a perfume bottle with scrolling swirls, two open flowers, sprigs of leaves and a small compact, sketched as a tattoo design on paper.
Perfume bottle and flowers design sketch
Realistic colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a shaded grey moon, stars and a golden jackal-headed figure against a dark red and black background.
Moon and jackal-headed figure on a calf

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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