Tattoo ideas

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

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Close view of a small fine-line black sprig tattoo with branching stems and round buds on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Small sprig tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey line drawing flash of a pin-up woman with pigtails, sunglasses and a cigarette, with lettering across her chest.
Pin-up with lettering across the chest
Woman seen from behind in a white open-back top, with a fine line black tattoo of small vertical characters running down the middle of her back.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Sheet of six lightning bolt designs in black, varied in shape and outline, arranged in a grid on a tan background.
Six lightning bolt designs on tan
Black ink drawing of a fine line owl with ornamental scrollwork, crossed keys and a sunburst, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Owl with ornate keys and sunburst design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a large mansion with turrets above a banner reading PEMBERLEY, on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Mansion and Pemberley banner on wrist
Five watercolour sea turtle designs in green, purple, blue and brown, arranged on a white background as tattoo flash.
Five watercolour sea turtles
Black ink line drawing of a botanical tattoo design with a central lily, blossoms, raspberries, leaves and hanging chains with dotted beads, shown in two panels.
Lily, berry and chain design drawing
Black and grey crown tattoo with ornate shaded detail and a small cross on top, sitting on the lower abdomen above white jeans.
Black crown tattoo above the hip
Black line drawing of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis at north and dashed bearing lines, shown as a design sketch with no body visible.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis design
Close photo of a dark botanical vine and flower design across the back of a hand and down the middle finger, with small gems set into the motifs.
Floral vine design across back of hand
Colour tattoo of a smiling maneki-neko cat holding a red daruma doll, with a pink flower and petal, in Japanese style on the inner wrist.
Maneki-neko cat and daruma on the inner wrist
Tattoo design of a pink lily flower with white tribal-style swirls and grey shading, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Pink lily with white swirl design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading faith, with a crossing stroke on the inner wrist and forearm.
Faith script with cross on inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hands raised to her head, with a dotted line below it.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of five monarch butterflies in a diagonal line across the lower back, with black outlines and orange wings.
Monarch butterflies down the lower back
Small black and grey feather tattoo with fine linework and light shading on the side of an ankle, with beaded anklets above it.
Feather tattoo on the ankle
Realistic colour tattoo sleeve on a calf showing a velociraptor, a triceratops, a tyrannosaurus head and a volcanic sunset over water.
Dinosaur scene sleeve on a calf
Two black dotwork tattoos of mountain ridges under a moon, set within elongated geometric diamond shapes on the forearms.
Dotwork mountains and moon on a forearm
Small black and grey shaded pineapple tattoo on the inner wrist, with a yellow string bracelet worn above it.
Pineapple tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour fine line tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a blue peacock-feather tail, sitting on the lower back above jeans.
Mermaid with peacock-feather tail on lower back
Black ink eye surrounded by a radiating sunburst on the back of a hand, with dot pattern tattoos on the wrist, resting on an open book.
Eye and sunburst on the back of a hand
Large neo-traditional colour tattoo on a side of the torso showing a wolf head, a hand holding a ring, bats and a red-haired figure in an ornate frame.
Large colour piece with wolf, hand and birdcage
Black tribal linework design of a stylised cat face with pointed ears and tapering swirls, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal cat face design
Black and grey photograph of a forearm with a geometric mandala tattoo of concentric circles and patterned rings, shown in dim lighting.
Mandala forearm tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey scuba diver tattoo with yellow tank straps on a leg, with a partly visible colour tattoo at the bottom edge.
Scuba diver tattoo on a leg
Small dark tattoo on the outer upper thigh of a woman wearing a burgundy knit cardigan, black shorts and brown lace-up boots.
Small dark tattoo on a thigh with knit cardigan
Realism style tattoo of a pink ribbon loop with a shaded grey cross on a rosary-style cord, on the side of the ribs.
Pink ribbon and cross on the ribs
Two bare feet on sand with metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos, a mandala design on one ankle and a stacked arrow and triangle design on the other.
Metallic gold and silver ankle tattoos on a beach
Hands holding a white mug, with a red and black traditional ship's wheel tattoo on the back of one hand and small anchor, arrow and Roman numeral tattoos on the fingers.
Ship's wheel and small symbols on hands
Four small pixel-art style characters tattooed in a vertical column on the forearm, photographed in a bathroom mirror selfie.
Four pixel-art characters down a forearm
Black musical notes, including a bass clef, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised fist held against a red background.
Musical notes on an inner wrist
Black and grey mandala-style lotus tattoo with dotwork accents on the forearm of a seated woman in a grey skirt.
Mandala lotus tattoo on a forearm
Fine line drawing of two open hands reaching towards each other in black ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Two open hands in fine line
Close-up of a botanical tattoo of olive green leaves and blue-grey berries on a woman's forearm, with a black pleated skirt in the background.
Leaves and berries on a forearm
Solid black silhouette of a bird in flight, with spread wings, tattooed on the side of an ankle, against a blue sky and trees.
Flying bird silhouette on an ankle
Greyscale engraved-style drawing of a pair of feathered wings forming a heart shape on a black background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Heart-shaped wings in grey hatching
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the ribs reading She is clothed with strength dignity and laughs without fear of the future, with fine-line roses and sprigs of leaves below and beside the text.
Scripture lettering and roses on the ribs
Colour tattoo of the Taco Bell logo, a pink and purple bell above blue capital lettering, on the lower back.
Taco Bell logo on lower back
Traditional tattoo of a saguaro cactus, barbed wire ring, white flower and desert mesa on a forearm.
Desert cactus and barbed wire on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a cat peeking from a teacup with a small red heart above its head and the words Tea for Two beneath, shown in four close-up views.
Cat in a teacup with Tea for Two lettering
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a cat with a crescent moon and a dotted swirl trail, placed behind a person's ear.
Cat, crescent moon and dotted swirl behind the ear
Black and grey realism tattoos on a woman's thighs, including an ornate hourglass or lantern design on the right thigh and a shaded rose on the hip below a black waistband.
Black and grey thigh tattoos with rose and hourglass
Pink and black lotus flower tattoo with concentric ripple rings and pink paint-like drips across the middle of the back.
Pink lotus with ripples on the back
Black linework tattoo design of the goddess Athena in profile wearing a crested Greek helmet with an owl perched on it, drawn on paper with no placement shown.
Athena portrait with owl and Greek helmet
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mountains, a moon, stars and pine trees inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Mountain landscape in a circle on a forearm
Two wrists side by side, each with a black fingerprint-pattern heart tattoo, with a dark grey bird-like tattoo on the left forearm.
Matching fingerprint heart tattoos on wrists
Colour tattoo of a purple and teal seahorse with a curled tail and pink cheek, shown on the thigh in a neo-traditional style.
Purple and teal seahorse tattoo

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