Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of two women, one with a fine line shaded feather tattoo on her upper chest and the other with a matching feather on her upper back, with a small bee tattoo on the first woman's
Two matching feather tattoos on chest and back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a Totoro-like character with red flowers on the outer thigh of a person lying beside a floral fabric.
Totoro and red flowers on a thigh
Fine line script tattoo reading act justly love mercy walk humbly, with two small red hearts, across the top of a foot resting on a wooden deck.
Script quote with hearts on a foot
Colour peacock feather tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting on a beige leather steering wheel in a car interior.
Peacock feather tattoo on a forearm at the wheel
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo with a sunburst and wave lines on the inner forearm, photographed over a printed page.
Swallow and sun over waves on a wrist
Fine line gold arrow tattoo with a feathered fletching on an extended finger, with stacked rings on the hand resting over a patterned rug.
Gold arrow tattoo on a finger
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a realistic blue-green eye inside a red heart framed by gold scrollwork, with black dotted drips below, on a limb.
Eye in ornate heart frame
Two solid black bands tattooed around the ankles, the right one with a thin geometric line design, in a blackwork style.
Black ankle bands on both feet
Neo-traditional wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, framed by bird skulls, rope, yellow leaves with red berries and a crescent moon.
Wolf and bird skulls on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a lily of the valley sprig with pink bell-shaped flowers on the ankle, outlined in black.
Lily of the valley sprig on ankle
Fine line black script lettering reading cuatro ochos sits on the side ribs, with a blue top covering the upper body.
Fine script words on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a cartoon blue pony with a rainbow mane and tail, a rainbow cutie mark and a small heart, shown on skin.
Cartoon rainbow pony tattoo
Small black music note tattoo on the inner wrist of a woman with long blonde hair, in a fine line style on the forearm.
Music note tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a lightning storm over a receding road with a Route 66 shield at the bottom.
Route 66 road under a lightning storm on upper arm
Close-up of the word UNLESS in black lettering on the inner forearm, worn beside a thin gold bangle.
Word UNLESS on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a magpie on a leafy branch on a forearm, with greyscale shading of a small animal below, while a person stirs a green bowl in a kitchen.
Magpie and leaves on a forearm
Full back tattoo of a gnarled cherry blossom tree with pink flowers, grey mountains and a pale blue sky, placed across the back.
Cherry blossom tree across a back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a fox with orange, blue and purple splashes and running drips on the outer thigh.
Watercolour fox on a thigh
Colourful Tetris pieces fall down the inner forearm and stack into a pile at the wrist, in a geometric style with dark outlines.
Falling Tetris blocks on a forearm
Black and grey illustrative tattoo of a pale girl with a blunt fringe pouring tea from a teapot on the forearm, with smoke-like swirls behind her.
Pale girl pouring tea on a forearm
Engraved-style straw hat tattoo with a red band and chin cord on the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.
Straw hat on the upper arm
Back view of a person with long dreadlocks and a teal headwrap, showing a large black sun tattoo across the upper back and a butterfly tattoo on the shoulder.
Sun design across a back with butterfly on shoulder
Flash sheet of twelve black cartoon cat designs with large white eyes, drawn in solid black silhouette on a white background.
Grid of twelve cartoon black cats
Two clasped hands show matching small black fine line symbols on the wrists, one on each arm.
Matching small symbol tattoos on two wrists
A realistic grey eye with a single teardrop running from its lower lid, tattooed on the upper chest below the collarbones in a realism style.
Realistic eye with a tear on the chest
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with dotwork shading and a mandala in the palm, sitting on the forearm against a dark background.
Hamsa hand with mandala on forearm
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's wide grin and green eyes on the inner forearm, with watercolour-style splashes of blue, pink and orange.
Cheshire Cat grin on a forearm
Small fine line black tree tattoo with bare branches on the inner forearm, set against a dark green background.
Bare tree on the inner forearm
Traditional-style flash design of a couple kissing in front of a red sun, with a banner reading IN LOVE WITH A SCOUNDREL and sparkling stars around them.
Couple kissing beside a banner reading In Love With a
Two patches of blue, teal and purple scale tattoos with dark outlines and soft, watercolour-like shading on a thigh.
Two mermaid scale patches on a thigh
Two wrists with black and grey crown tattoos above One Life and One Love script, and a forearm with a realistic key and a red heart tattoo in a collage.
Matching crown and key tattoos on wrists
Black and grey realism drawing of a cat in profile wearing steampunk goggles and exposed gears, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Steampunk cat in goggles
Small black and grey filigree heart tattoo on the back of a hand, close to the wrist, with pale pink nails.
Filigree heart on the back of a hand
Red pencil flash drawing of a swan and a skull-like head inside a cracked scrolled frame, a neo-traditional design shown on paper rather than skin.
Swan in a cracked ornate frame
Chest tattoo of a bird with spread wings in a loose watercolour style, with pink, red and teal washes and black linework.
Watercolour-style bird with spread wings on chest
Two black and grey arrow tattoos on a person's inner forearms, one a stacked geometric arrow with dotwork shading and the other a single shaded arrow, against a white patterned top.
Two arrow tattoos on forearms
Leopard print tattoo in black and orange-brown spots covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown on a woman wearing a patterned top.
Leopard print tattoo on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a skull built from hand-lettered quotation text on a cream background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Skull formed from hand-lettered text
Colour traditional tattoo of a green succulent in a terracotta pot with the words What up, succa? above and below, shown in two close photos on skin.
Succulent in pot with 'What up, succa?' lettering
Colourful koi fish with lotus flowers tattooed on the upper thigh, drawn with loose, watercolour-style washes of teal, green, pink and orange.
Koi fish and lotus flowers on a thigh
Fine line black botanical band with peony-style flowers, leaves and script wording across a person's ribs and waist.
Floral script band across the ribs
Colourful forearm tattoo of stacked books and an open book with sketched birds over rainbow watercolour splashes.
Stacked books and flying pages on a forearm
Black mandala flower design with vine lines and a dotted wrist band on the back of a hand, worn with silver rings and black stiletto nails.
Mandala flower design on the back of a hand
Black fine script lettering tattoo across the upper back, two lines of flourished text running over the shoulder blades.
Two lines of script quote across upper back
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with compass arrows and leaves on the thigh, photographed on a bed.
Shaded rose with compass arrows on thigh
Back of a person with a coloured pink lotus tattoo framed by black ornamental mandala linework, placed across the upper back.
Pink lotus within a mandala on upper back
Back view of a person with a black cursive script tattoo reading violent delights have violent ends across the upper back.
Cursive quote across upper back
Black ink fine line drawing of a heartbeat trace with a heart shape in the centre, shown on textured paper; no body placement.
Heartbeat line with heart in black ink

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