Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a Mickey Mouse silhouette filled with a night sky, castle towers and a pink rose, sitting on the upper arm.
Mickey Mouse castle and rose on upper arm
Neo-trad tattoo of a black cat with sugar skull face paint, red roses and green leaves, with small stars at the top left.
Sugar skull cat with red roses
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a long spike below it on the inner forearm, shown in two photographs.
Geometric mandala with spike on a forearm
Close-up of a black feather tattoo on the inner forearm, shaded in a realistic style against a pale background.
Black feather on a forearm
Colourful Japanese style tattoo of a yellow chrysanthemum and a pink flower with grey waves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Chrysanthemum and pink flower on upper arm
Fine line black script lettering reading Alivia on the inner wrist, shown on a forearm held up in a car.
Script name tattoo on a wrist
Three solid black silhouettes of hummingbirds in flight on a plain white background, shown as a flash design with no body placement visible.
Three hummingbirds in flight
Black script lettering reading Make a Wish, Take a Chance, Make a Change and breakaway across the upper back, with small black bird silhouettes rising towards the shoulder.
Script quote with birds on upper back
Fine line black mandala tattoo with radiating petal patterns on the inner forearm, shown against a pale fabric background.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Colour sugar skull tattoo decorated with flowers and pink roses on the upper leg, in neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with roses on a thigh
Black script lettering reading 'Don't forget to love yourself' across the inner wrist, in a fine, flowing hand.
Script quote reading 'Don't forget to love yourself' on
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by roses and a butterfly, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Two wrists raised against sand, each with a gold foil script word, 'the maids' on the left and 'bride' on the right, with small hearts beside them.
Gold foil 'bride' and 'the maids' wrist tattoos
Fine line tattoos of script, arrow lines and a small ship on a woman's forearm, upper arm and thigh, as she holds dried grass on a concrete floor.
Fine line script and ship tattoos on arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a woman in a top hat and bow tie, with a SHOW GIRL banner, on the upper arm.
Show girl with top hat on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of peacock feathers, flowers and dark swirls across a lower abdomen above white underwear, with a hand touching the design.
Peacock feather and floral tattoo on the abdomen
Woman seen from behind with black floral scrollwork tattoos across her back and upper arms, hands clasped at her waist and rings on her fingers.
Floral scrollwork tattoo across a woman's back
Woman in a cropped black top and leather trousers, showing a leopard print tattoo on her upper arm, a wing tattoo on her forearm and a figure tattoo on her side.
Leopard print and wing tattoos on arm and torso
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas and roses covering the upper arm and forearm, worn by a person in a black graphic vest top.
Black and grey mandala and rose arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with draped pearl strands on the side of a thigh.
Black and grey rose with pearls on a thigh
A fine line tattoo row of kitchen utensils, including a grater, rolling pin and red oven mitt, runs across the inside of a forearm held above a steel mixing bowl.
Row of kitchen utensils on a forearm
Deathly Hallows symbol tattoo in black linework with red, green, yellow and blue watercolour splashes, on the side of the ribs.
Deathly Hallows with watercolour splashes
Fine line black tattoo of footprints running down the side ribs, with script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good and a small snowflake near the hip.
Footprints and script quote on ribs
A woman in a bikini wades in turquoise water beside a boat, showing a large black ornamental sleeve tattoo with floral and tribal patterns on her right arm, in blackwork style on the upper arm and
Blackwork floral sleeve on a woman's arm
Japanese full sleeve tattoo with a samurai mask, koi, lotus flowers, a green dragon and waves, shown on an upper arm next to its flash design.
Samurai, koi and dragon Japanese full sleeve
Colour tattoo of a cat wearing a top hat, monocle and bow tie inside an oval frame above a red rose, on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle with rose on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a smiling matryoshka nesting doll with red roses on a forearm, in a traditional style with bold outlines, against a red and white striped background.
Matryoshka doll and roses on a forearm
Two small fine line black yin yang tattoos, one on each of two people's forearms, with their hands clasped.
Matching yin yang tattoos on two forearms
Two hands pressed together with black script lettering reading Inhale love on one and Exhale hate on the other, placed on the backs of the fingers and hands against a dark background.
Inhale love and exhale hate hand tattoos
Black and grey peony flowers with leaves tattooed on a forearm, photographed against white bedding.
Peony flowers on a forearm
Black script reading Strength inside an outlined heart, with a blue and purple flower at the top left, tattooed on a shoulder.
Strength script and purple flower heart on shoulder
Two black dotwork tattoos on the wrists, a row of planet-like circles with a ringed planet on the left wrist and scattered star dots on the right.
Planet and star dots on both wrists
Black and grey peony tattoo with leaves and buds across the inner forearm, shaded in dotwork.
Peonies on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a man's upper arm and elbow, showing torn skin peeled back to reveal printed Latin-style text beneath.
Torn skin revealing text on an arm
Colour tattoo of the Batman bat symbol filled with a blue, purple and orange galaxy design with small white stars, on a forearm.
Galaxy-filled bat symbol on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoos on the ribs and hip of a woman in a black swimsuit, with a gold wristwatch on her other arm.
Small black line tattoos on ribs and hip
Black and grey flash design of a crescent moon filled with line-drawn flowers and dotwork shading, with a constellation of stars and handwritten script beside it.
Floral crescent moon with stars and script
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird, orange lily and blue butterfly with green leaves on an upper arm, in a realistic botanical style.
Hummingbird, lily and butterfly on an upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a film camera with red roses, green leaves and a film strip on the forearm.
Camera and roses on a forearm
Blue lotus tattoo with green vine swirls wrapping around a wrist, shown in a botanical style with shaded petals.
Blue lotus tattoo on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a red and black outlined heart with two black paw prints on the inner wrist and forearm.
Red heart with paw prints on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a crab filled with the Maryland flag pattern in red, yellow and black, shown on bare skin.
Maryland flag crab tattoo
Several wrists meet in a circle showing small black character tattoos, a dragon, and a few coloured cartoon tattoos of a strawberry and a caterpillar.
Matching small wrist tattoos in a circle
Two linework tattoos on the thighs of a person seated on a wooden deck, showing a cartoon mouse character with a pink bow above a castle, framed by ornate scrollwork.
Cartoon mouse and castle thigh tattoos
Black tribal flash design with cherry blossoms, waves and a central medallion, in a bold blackwork style with no body part shown.
Tribal and cherry blossom sleeve design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cat wearing a flat cap, round glasses and a bow tie, holding a glass beside stacked books and pink flowers.
Cat in cap and glasses with books on forearm
Close-up of a hand with red nails and a line of gold dotwork across the fingers and back of the hand, with metallic wave bands on the wrist.
Gold dot and metallic wave designs on a hand
Black fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north marker and the words not all those who wander are lost, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and quote on the inner forearm

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