Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black and grey cross tattoo on the ankle of a person wearing white slides, pink toenail polish and rolled denim jeans.
Small cross tattoo on an ankle
Neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat's head with green eyes and a pink nose, framed by olive leaves on a branch, on a forearm.
Tabby cat portrait with leaves on a forearm
Black tribal-style wolf head design with red eyes and stylised leaf-like shapes beneath, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Black wolf head with red eyes design
Black and white flash sheet of an ornate elephant surrounded by paisley, mandala, floral, feather, tribal triangle and om designs, all in black linework.
Ornamental elephant and motif flash sheet
Three jellyfish tattoos in a row on a limb, glowing bright blue under ultraviolet light against a dark background.
Three jellyfish tattoos under UV light
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of pine trees inside a downward-pointing dotted triangle on the forearm.
Pine trees in a dotted triangle on an arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Dalek above a banner reading EXTERMINATE, shown as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Dalek with EXTERMINATE banner design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rhino facing forward, with Against the Wind script above and below it, on an upper arm.
Realism rhino with Against the Wind script
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a red gloved hand with a yellow star above two banners reading Don't mess with my funky flow.
Gloved hand and banner on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a calf of an astronaut standing on the moon, holding a bunch of balloons shaped like planets, with Saturn at the top.
Astronaut holding planet balloons on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a heart-shaped Ouija board with a moon, a red gem and hanging drops, on the calf.
Ouija board heart with moon and gem
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fox's head in profile, surrounded by red flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Fox and red flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies in a circle on a woman's upper back, shown with her hair down and black straps visible.
Circular peony cluster on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo on a calf showing a honeycomb, a bee, a crystal cluster and leaves and flowers, joined by dotted geometric lines.
Honeycomb, bee and botanicals on a calf
Fine line black script tattoo reading Be the change with three small birds, on the side of a foot.
Be the change script with birds on a foot
Two close photographs of a forearm tattoo showing a group of black outline cats huddled near the wrist, with a soft rainbow spray rising above them.
Rainbow spray and cat outlines on a forearm
Black and grey horse head tattoo with flowing script and a swirl on the top of a bare foot.
Horse head and script on a foot
White line drawing of a circular seal of interlocking circles, arcs and loops on a dark background, in a geometric style.
Circular seal design in white line
Small colour botanical tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and a thin stem on the inside of a person's ankle, above black Converse trainers.
Small sunflower tattoo on the ankle
Colour realism tattoo of a screaming cartoon rabbit with a small brown creature beside it on a lower leg, shown in two photographs.
Screaming cartoon rabbit tattoo on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a skull above a star-marked banner with a lettered phrase ending in unafraid, on the upper arm.
Skull and banner on upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a snake tattoo coiling around an ankle and across the top of a foot, with black toenail polish.
Snake wrapping around an ankle and foot
Small solid black spade tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing the camera and a ring on the fingers.
Small spade symbol on the inner wrist
Blue line drawing of two roses, buds, a small five-petal flower and leaves on a white background, in an engraved botanical style, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Line drawing of roses and leaves
Two people's hips show black script lettering: "To infinity" on the left and "and beyond" on the right, both placed on the hip area.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script tattoos
Black line drawing of the state of Washington with a small red heart inside and the word home in black script along the bottom edge.
Washington state outline with heart and home
Blue and black heart with a star and swirling lines beside a script quote on a forearm, in a Lettering style tattoo.
Heart and quote on a forearm
Realistic blue fish tattoo with shaded fins on the inner forearm, with a red top visible at the left edge of the photo.
Blue fish on a forearm
Two-panel photo of fine line black tattoos on an arm: a row of planets with a ringed Saturn at the top, and an intersecting geometric star below.
Planets and geometric star on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, mist and pine trees inside a diamond frame on the upper arm, with two small birds in the sky.
Mountains and pine forest in a diamond on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage microphone with a treble clef, music staff and loose notes on the upper arm.
Vintage microphone and music notes on upper arm
Bold black angular symbol tattoo on the upper back, surrounded by teal, purple, green and yellow watercolour-style splashes with black speckles trailing downward.
Black symbol with watercolour splashes on upper back
Black fine line lotus flower tattoo with dotwork accents on the side of a person's thigh, photographed in sepia tones.
Lotus flower tattoo on the thigh
Black fine-line tattoo on an inner forearm in black and white, showing a city skyline with a tall spire that runs into a heartbeat line ending in a small heart.
City skyline and heartbeat line on forearm
Blue and turquoise wave tattoo inside a black outlined circle, centred on a person's back.
Blue wave in a circle on the back
Colour tattoo of a giraffe in pale orange, yellow and pink with teal shading, on the side of a person's ribs.
Giraffe tattoo on the side ribs
Black ink line drawing of three poppy flowers in a botanical style on a white background, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Three poppies in fine line ink
Line drawing flash of a pizza slice with pepperoni and mushrooms, with banners reading I WILL NEVER and BREAK YOUR HEART, in a traditional style.
Pizza slice with banner lettering
Sepia-toned drawing of an ornate compass rose with an eight-point star, a dotted mandala centre and N, E, S and W markings, shown on a parchment-style background.
Ornate compass rose design
Pale white ink botanical scrollwork tattoo across the top of a bare foot, resting on a grey floral fabric.
White ink scrollwork on a bare foot
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red rose with green leaves on the left hand and a colourful crescent moon with a face and flowers on the right hand.
Rose and crescent moon on two hands
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two poppies and a seed pod running down the calf, with fine linework and stippled shading.
Two poppies and seed pod on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a tall redwood tree with ferns and red berries forming a full sleeve from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Redwood tree sleeve on arm
Small black and grey tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings forming the stem of a musical eighth note, on the ankle.
Winged music note on the ankle
Black and grey shaded trident tattoo on the upper back near the base of the neck, shown in a black and white photograph.
Shaded trident tattoo on upper back
Back view of a person in a backless dress showing a thin dark vertical fine line tattoo running down the centre of the spine.
Fine line vertical tattoo on a back
Black fine line dandelion tattoo on a shoulder, with seeds drifting off across the upper back.
Dandelion seeds drifting across a shoulder
Two women seen from behind, each with a small black compass rose tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Matching compass tattoos on two backs

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