Tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing two stag antlers and deer eyes overlaid with pink, purple, teal and yellow triangles and thin black lines.
Stag and watercolour triangles on upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a yellow farfalle bow-tie pasta with a dark outline and grey shading, on the inner forearm.
Farfalle pasta on the inner forearm
Small watercolour style goldfish tattoo in red and orange with pale translucent fins on the back of a hand near the wrist.
Small goldfish tattoo on the back of a hand
Black ink flash design of a symmetrical geometric owl with spread wings, dotwork detailing and a crescent moon, drawn on cream paper.
Geometric owl design with crescent moon
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest fading into mist, wrapping around a person's upper arm.
Pine forest wrapped around the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a glowing fairytale castle under a starry purple sky with a scroll banner below, on the outer thigh.
Fairytale castle and banner on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, red autumn leaves and a keyhole on her forehead, on a calf.
Sugar skull portrait with autumn leaves on a calf
Fine line outline of a small heart tattooed on the inside of a wrist, shown in black and white against a dark speckled background.
Small outline heart on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced woman with roses and a swallow on the thigh of a person lying on a white bed.
Skull portrait and roses on a thigh
Two-panel collage showing a wavy musical staff with notes wrapped around a forearm, and bass and treble clef tattoos on the backs of two hands, each with watercolour-style splashes.
Musical staff and clef tattoos on forearm and hands
Close-up of a small white fine-line script tattoo on a woman's ribs, beside a black vest top with white trim.
Fine line script tattoo on the ribs
Small black fine line daisy with a curved stem and leaf tattooed on the back of a hand.
Small daisy tattoo on the hand
Pencil drawing of a feathered phoenix-dragon hybrid wrapped around swirling cloud scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design style.
Phoenix and dragon with cloud scrolls
Colour tattoo of a teacup with red floral pattern and green leaves on the shoulder, with a small black bird and script above on the upper chest.
Teacup and bird on shoulder
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo split across the inner ankles and tops of both feet, with a flower-like design.
Split mandala tattoo across both ankles
Black dotwork mandala and paisley swirl tattoo on the side of a torso, above the hip, with a hand resting at the left edge of the frame.
Mandala and paisley swirls on the side torso
Fine line script lettering reading I must not tell lies across the back of a hand, resting on a wooden table.
Fine line script on the back of a hand
Compass rose tattoo in a watercolour-style wash of teal, pink and purple, with feathers, on the upper back.
Compass rose with feathers on the upper back
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of interlocking triangles forming a star shape on the inner wrist and forearm.
Nested triangle geometry on a wrist
Black and white photo of a serif lettering tattoo of a short verse with a small flourish divider on the outer thigh.
Verse tattoo on a thigh
Upper arm tattoo of a brown twig pentacle wrapped in green leaves and vines, with the words Blessed Be in black script beneath it.
Twig pentacle with leaves and Blessed Be script
Black ink tattoo of a treble clef, music notes on a five-line staff and a curling floral swirl on the upper arm.
Musical staff and swirl on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a spiral and thin vertical strokes on the side of a finger, beside a ring set with a blue-green stone.
Small spiral line tattoo on a finger
Black and grey line drawing of three ornate sugar skulls with floral patterns, above and below a handwritten quotation, in the style of tattoo flash.
Three floral sugar skulls with handwritten quote
Colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a veiled hat and lace collar, framed by black scrollwork with a red rose, on the forearm.
Cat in a veiled hat with a rose on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Once Upon a Time runs across the side of a foot, above a bare sole and turquoise toenail polish.
Once Upon a Time script on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a rose with script lettering across the lower abdomen, beside a hand holding a fan of dollar bills.
Rose and script tattoo on the abdomen
Black ink dotwork line drawing of a rose on a thin stem with two leaves and a cluster of crystals, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Rose stem and crystals line drawing
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird with spread wings on the upper arm, surrounded by jagged black lines that look like cracked skin.
Bird emerging from cracked skin on upper arm
Realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with gears, a light bulb and an arrow, shaded in grey with purple highlights, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Pocket watch and gears on the upper back
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of pink lilies and sweeping black linework across a person's upper back and side, with blue accents.
Pink lilies and black swirls across a back
Small black outline lotus flower tattoo on the inner ankle, shown in fine line style.
Small lotus tattoo on an ankle
Blue script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand, shown palm up against a plain background.
Blue script lettering on a wrist
Colourful botanical tattoo of a curled cat formed from red, orange, blue and white flowers, spanning the upper back.
Cat made of flowers across a back
Two black and grey floral tattoos, one on each forearm, in a traditional style with solid black leaves and detailed flower outlines.
Black floral tattoos on both forearms
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo centred on the upper back, with a Sri Yantra geometric design inside a circle surrounded by petal shapes.
Sri Yantra mandala on upper back
Black and white photo of a small solid black elephant silhouette tattoo with raised trunk on the forearm, in a blackwork style.
Small elephant silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a symmetrical ornamental band with geometric leaf shapes wrapping around the wrist.
Ornamental geometric band on a wrist
Fine black line infinity symbol tattoo with a small lightning bolt and two small circles, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Infinity symbol with lightning bolt on a wrist
Traditional-style flash sheet in bright colours showing a cupcake marked Eat Me, a bottle marked Drink Me, a clock teapot, a grinning Cheshire Cat in a teacup and a White Rabbit in a teacup, each
Alice in Wonderland flash sheet
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves tattooed on the back of a hand and wrist, with a pink polka dot sleeve behind it.
Shaded rose on the back of a hand
Black serif lettering reading LOVE is split across two wrists, with LV on one wrist and OE on the other, while two hands are clasped together.
LOVE lettering split across two wrists
Realistic colour tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress resting her hand on her chin, with an owl below, on the outer thigh.
Headdress portrait and owl on thigh
Colour tattoo of a faceted orange fox head in neo-traditional style on the inner forearm, with a grey ornamental motif below.
Geometric fox on forearm
Black line-and-solid illustration of a woman in profile whose flowing hair dissolves into dripping shapes filled with stars, dots and a crescent moon, on a beige background.
Profile woman with starry dripping hair and crescent moon
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart overgrown with flowers and leaves, across an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on upper arm
Black ink paw print inside a heart outline, with the script words paw prints and in my heart written along the heart's edge.
Paw print in a heart with script
Maroon scrolling leaf and flourish border design repeated across a horizontal strip on a white background.
Scrolling leaf border design

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