Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Forgiven across the inner wrist, drawn in fine, even linework on pale skin.
Forgiven script tattoo on a wrist
Colour tattoo of an American flag showing through torn, shaded skin, in realism style, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Torn skin American flag on upper arm
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo with a yellow-tinged quill nib on the shoulder of a person against a dark background.
Feather and quill tattoo on the shoulder
Black and grey traditional flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a Sink or Swim banner and flowers, printed on cream fabric with no body part shown.
Anchor with Sink or Swim banner
Black ink drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair, feathers and a tentacle, in a fine line and dotwork style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Woman's portrait with feathers and tentacle
Black lettering reading Hakuna Matata above a bold black circle with a spiked tail and three dots, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Hakuna Matata script and circle on ribs
Black and grey leaf tattoo with stippled shading and fine vein linework on the inner forearm.
Leaf tattoo on a forearm
Coloured drawing of a faceted red gem heart framed by gold scrollwork with a small dangling gem, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Faceted ruby heart with gold scrollwork
Close-up of a fine black anchor and script lettering reading refuse to sink, tattooed on a person's shoulder above the collarbone.
Anchor and script quote on a shoulder
Black and grey winged heart tattoo with white highlights and bold black outlines across the inside of a wrist, in a traditional style.
Winged heart wrist tattoo
Full back tattoo of interlaced knotwork and spirals in black, grey and red ink, covering the whole of the upper and lower back.
Full back Norse interlace tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with moth-like wings bearing eyespots, placed centrally on the upper back.
Elephant head with moth wings on upper back
Black line drawing flash of a cartoon glove with stars, swirls and a starburst, a design that could be tattooed in a neo-traditional or cartoon style.
Cartoon glove with stars and swirls design
Small black script tattoo on the upper thigh of a person in black briefs, with gold chain thigh jewellery and rings visible on the hands.
Small script tattoo on the upper thigh
Black ink mandala drawing on white paper with a radial floral pattern, paisley-style petals and dotted detail, shown as a design with no body placement.
Black ink mandala design
Black flowing swirl linework forming a heart with a small bird at the top and purple accents, drawn on a white background.
Swirling heart and bird design
Black and grey tattoos of script lettering and a botanical motif on a thigh and calf, with a hairless sphynx cat resting on the leg.
Script and botanical tattoos on legs with a sphynx cat
Two hands form a heart around crossed rolled cigarettes, with a black lettering tattoo reading DON'T PANIC across the fingers of one hand.
Heart hands with DON'T PANIC finger tattoo
Traditional style flash design of a white teacup with a skull on its side, steam rising, green leaves, red roses and two banners reading Death Before Decaf.
Death Before Decaf teacup flash
Colour tattoo of a seated angel with a blue and white wing, holding a pink calla lily, with a pink butterfly above, on skin.
Angel with calla lily and butterfly
Photo of four star tattoos stepping diagonally down the side of the lower abdomen, the largest green with a leopard print pattern, beside a navel.
Four stars descending across the lower abdomen
Vibrant watercolour-style feather tattoo in orange, pink, blue and green with small flying birds, on the outer thigh.
Watercolour feather with birds on a thigh
Close photograph of a purple botanical tattoo with a large magenta flower and grey-purple flower sketches running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Purple flowers across shoulder and upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a sea turtle with a red flower on its shell, shown on a person's limb against a light blue background.
Sea turtle with red flower on a limb
Four-panel photo of a traditional colour tattoo on a forearm, showing a heart, roses, a devil, a skull and a mermaid framed as Mexican loteria cards.
Loteria cards and roses on a forearm
Three small fine line tattoos of a sun, a star and a crescent moon on three wrists held together, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Sun, star and crescent moon wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a heart outline with the word yourself written in script inside it, on the inner forearm.
Heart outline with yourself script on a forearm
Black and grey pen drawing of a longhorn skull with a small chevron on the brow, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Longhorn skull line drawing
Two matching black and grey traditional rosette tattoos with layered leaves on the knees, with a small sunrise tattoo above the right knee.
Matching rosette tattoos on both knees
Colour tattoo of pink cherry blossoms with black tribal swirl linework across the top of a foot, with painted toenails visible.
Cherry blossom and swirl on a foot
Black script lettering tattooed along the side of a finger, with pale pink nails, glitter accent nails and a gold ring nearby.
Black script lettering on a finger
Two wrists held together, each with a small black infinity symbol tattoo, with teal and pink glitter nail polish on the fingers.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on wrists
Colour tattoo of a stylised stag with orange antlers and long thin legs, in neo-traditional style, on a person's upper back.
Stylised stag with long legs on upper back
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo on the inside of a wrist, showing a small bird with a thin trailing line leading to the word Believe in cursive script.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Small black fine line lotus flower tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a knitted cuff and dotted fabric beside it.
Small lotus outline on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a reclining bear with one paw raised, shaded with hatched linework on a forearm, with a folded map beneath.
Hatched bear on a forearm
Small watercolour-style owl tattoo in purple, pink and orange on the side of a person's torso.
Watercolour-style owl on the side
Black typewriter-style scripture lettering with a red wash behind it, tattooed on an upper arm.
Scripture lettering on an upper arm
A solid blue abstract tattoo-style design on a white background, showing a circle with a small leaf above a looping, infinity-like swirl.
Blue swirl and leaf design
Abstract geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, made of grey triangles and lines with blue wash accents and thin dripping black lines.
Abstract geometric triangles on a forearm
Three photos of black and grey forearm tattoos showing bare trees, a moon, flying birds, a horse and rider silhouette, and a gate by water, in a blackwork and realism style on the forearm.
Forest, moon and horse rider forearm tattoos
Close-up of a Japanese-style tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, surrounded by grey clouds and red and orange patterns, on a forearm.
Black cat and clouds on a forearm
Black and grey chainring tattoo on the lower leg above the ankle, worn with rolled dark denim and black trainers beside a bicycle.
Chainring tattoo on a lower leg
Hand-lettered grey script reading His beloved on a plain white background, a lettering design suitable for a tattoo.
His beloved hand-lettered script
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon tree frog with a red eye and pale belly, outlined in black, on the upper arm.
Green cartoon frog on upper arm
Two people in black tank tops embrace, showing black and grey blackwork sleeves: a skull and owl on her upper arm, and a grim reaper with a scythe on his upper arm and wings on his forearm.
Owl, skull and grim reaper sleeves
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon whale in a sailor hat smoking a pipe, rising from a fishbowl, on an upper arm.
Cartoon whale with pipe rising from a fishbowl
Black and grey photo of the inner forearm with the words ALL MONSTERS ARE HUMAN in block lettering, shown against a window.
All Monsters Are Human lettering on a forearm

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