Tattoo ideas

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

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A pale outline stencil of a small design on a finger, held by a hand with mint green nail polish, shown before tattooing.
Outline stencil on a finger
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black cat with yellow eyes and a red tongue, on the forearm.
Snarling black cat on a forearm
Blue and grey neo-traditional rose tattoo drawn with sheet music across its petals, with leaves and scrolling swirls, on the upper back.
Rose made of sheet music on upper back
Close-up of black lettering reading FOR THE STORY tattooed on the inside of a lower lip, with fingers holding the lip open.
For the story lettering on lower lip
Black ink script lettering of the word balance on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Balance lettering design
Botanical tattoo of a blackberry branch with purple berries, green leaves and thorny stem, with a white flower below, on an upper arm.
Blackberry branch on upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of an open fan with a tassel on the inner wrist, in a single dark purple ink.
Fine line fan on the inner wrist
Black line-art tattoo of Winnie the Pooh and his friends inside a heart-shaped scroll frame on the outer thigh.
Winnie the Pooh characters in a heart on a thigh
Black outline tattoo of a cat's head with a flower and leaves on the leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat head and flower on a leg
Grey and green tattoo of a horned bull skull framed by succulents and sprigs of lavender on the calf.
Bull skull with succulents on a leg
Close-up of an open mouth with red lipstick, showing a tongue tattoo of horses, dragons and flames in muted gold and brown tones.
Painted scene tattooed on a tongue
Black linework tattoo of an anchor looped with an infinity symbol that forms the word love, with a small red heart, on the inner wrist.
Anchor and infinity love script on a wrist
Side-by-side photos of a forearm: on the left a faded small star tattoo, on the right realistic pink roses with purple leaves on the inner forearm.
Pink roses on a forearm, shown beside a faded star tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals beside a large rose, on the inner upper arm.
Pocket watch and rose on upper arm
Black and grey eye tattoo with dotwork shading and lashes, above the words I'M STILL FOND OF YOU, on an upper arm, with partial tattoos above and below.
Eye tattoo with 'I'm still fond of you' lettering
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers across the side of the ribs.
Phoenix tattoo across the ribs
Two small black fine line lightning bolt tattoos on the wrists of two hands clasped together.
Matching lightning bolt wrist tattoos
Black ink lettering reading Head up and move on in a handwritten style, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Head up and move on lettering on forearm
Colour tattoo of a chickadee perched on a red thread spool beside a needle and thimble, with red script initials below, on the lower leg.
Chickadee on a thread spool with script initials
Fine black script lettering reading If there is hope, it lies in the proles, set along the ribs beneath a breast, with a hand with black nails resting above it.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey geometric lion face inside a mandala tattoo on the outer forearm, with a blurred background and denim shorts visible.
Geometric lion within a mandala on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a bicycle inside a thin circle, sitting on a person's lower leg above the ankle.
Bicycle in a circle on a lower leg
Small black and grey fine line skull and crossbones tattoo on the upper arm, with a floral-patterned top visible beside it.
Skull and crossbones on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical arrow with overlapping circles, triangles and dotted lines on the forearm.
Arrow and circles on a forearm
Traditional tattoo of a black and yellow compass rose with pink flowers, green leaves and an anchor, on the upper arm.
Compass rose with anchor and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a single feather on the side of the ribs, with the tip pointing towards the front of the body.
Shaded feather tattoo on the ribs
Reddish-brown paisley and floral mandala design on the palm of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Paisley floral design on a palm
Two black ink calf tattoos on a beach: a ship's wheel on a man's left leg and an anchor on a woman's right leg, each with script wording above and below.
Ship's wheel and anchor calf tattoos
Black fine line tattoo of a heart outlined with a lace-style scalloped border, placed on a forearm against a white background.
Lace-edged heart outline on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small whale with two bubbles on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small whale outline on wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a key set in swirling smoke, covering the forearm.
Pocket watch and key on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet walking through snow beside a bare tree, in a storybook illustration style.
Pooh and Piglet walking in snow on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the inner forearm with daffodil-style flowers, leaves and a rectangular frame containing the words this feeling is just for now.
Floral frame with quote on forearm
Black and grey chrysanthemum tattoo in botanical dotwork style on the ankle, shown in a close-up photo.
Chrysanthemum on the ankle
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of the words we should live until we die, set in a wreath of yellow flowers and teal leaves, in a Lettering and Botanical style.
Quote wreath with flowers on upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of a paw print with a heart left as bare skin in one toe pad, shown in close-up on skin.
Paw print with heart in dotwork
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with stems and leaves on the outer upper arm of a person wearing a grey top and jeans.
Sunflowers on an upper arm
Fine line black outline heart tattoo on the hand, sitting in the skin between two fingers.
Small outline heart on a hand
Two side-by-side photographs of a realistic tattoo of a jigsaw puzzle piece with a torn, bloodied edge and red drips on the inner forearm.
Puzzle piece with dripping wound on forearm
Barn owl tattoo with pink roses and stems on a forearm, drawn in fine line with grey shading.
Barn owl and roses on a forearm
Black crossed arrows design on a plain white background, drawn as a flat silhouette with no body placement shown.
Crossed arrows design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands clasping, one plain and one covered in scales with an eye, with a dotted arc and three drips below, on the outer arm.
Clasped hands with a scaled arm in dotwork
Black and grey tattoo of two laced boots hanging from a bow on the lower leg, in a traditional style with bold outlines and simple shading.
Laced boots with a bow on the leg
Small heart outline in white ink on a finger, a fine line tattoo placed on the hand.
Small white heart outline on a finger
Watercolour-style celtic tree of life design in teal, blue, purple and green, with interlaced knotwork trunk, spiral branches and a trinity knot base.
Celtic tree of life knotwork design
Traditional colour tattoo of a large red rose with blue forget-me-nots and green leaves across a shoulder, with a vine and stars shown in a second side view.
Rose and forget-me-nots on a shoulder
Blue and black jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles and dotted circles on the upper arm, shown in two photographs.
Jellyfish tattoo on the upper arm
Fine line black dandelion tattoo with drifting seeds across the shoulder of a person in a red polka dot top.
Dandelion seeds on a shoulder

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