Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cat's head in profile, framed by leaves and blossoms, on the outer calf.
Cat head and blossoms on a calf
Black and grey traditional compass rose with a rope-wrapped anchor on a shoulder and upper arm, with a small blue accent in the compass centre.
Compass and anchor on shoulder and upper arm
Realism-style tattoo of a pale pink and cream rose with dark green leaves on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic rose on shoulder blade
Black script lettering reading Where you invest your love, you invest your life, tattooed across a forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
A tattooist in blue gloves works with a tattoo machine on a person's thigh, beside floral-patterned fabric.
Tattoo being inked on a thigh
Black and grey stag head tattoo with long antlers across the back of a hand, with small letter tattoos on two fingers, in traditional and dotwork style.
Stag head and antlers on the back of a hand
Black ink dotwork design of an elephant head wearing a crown, with a radiating dotted mandala and a drop shape below, drawn on pale paper.
Elephant head with dotwork mandala design
Realistic coloured roses in pink, coral and purple with black lace-style ornament tattooed on a thigh, with denim shorts visible.
Pink, orange and purple roses on a thigh
Close-up of a black handwritten script lettering tattoo reading Gone to market, Be back soon, Love, Pig, across the top of a foot.
Handwritten quote across the top of a foot
Heavily tattooed arms crossed over a head of long hair, showing a grey rose on the hand, a pink rose on the forearm, and a teal heart on the upper back in traditional style.
Roses and heart tattoos on arms and hands
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a row of small stars decreasing in size across the inside of a wrist.
Row of stars on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm of a suited figure whose face is replaced by peonies, roses and chrysanthemums, with a hair bun at the top.
Suited figure with flowers for a face on a forearm
Black ink drawing of lips with teeth biting the lower lip, filled with geometric zentangle-style patterns, on white paper.
Patterned lips drawing
Back of a person with a watercolour-style tattoo of superhero emblems, including a hammer, bat, skull and spider, running down the spine on the back.
Superhero emblems watercolour back piece
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a wolf, two bears, a moose and pine forest across the full back.
Wildlife back piece with wolf, bears and moose
Two people's inner upper arms side by side, each with a small fine line black six-point star tattoo, one in a striped top and one in a navy sleeve.
Matching six-point star tattoos on upper arms
Colour tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, across a shoulder and upper back.
Owl and cherry blossom on a shoulder
Two colour tattoos on the lower back of a person's skin, showing cartoon gloved hands forming a heart, one with a blue wizard hat and one with a red polka-dot bow.
Mickey and Minnie hands on lower back
Colour realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning with blue stripes and wide blue eyes, with a blue caterpillar below it, on a forearm.
Cheshire Cat and caterpillar on a forearm
Two matching traditional tattoos of a cat and a bird inside pink scalloped hearts on a person's thighs, with a tortoiseshell cat on grass behind.
Matching cat and bird hearts on thighs
Black and grey pencil drawing of a zombie pin-up in a corset and fishnets, flanked by two roses on a red splatter background, in a neo-traditional style.
Zombie pin-up with roses and blood splatter
Black and grey desert landscape tattoo on the upper arm with saguaro cacti, a campfire with red flames and a scorpion, in a traditional style.
Desert campfire scene on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a potted succulent arrangement with a patterned teal pot, on the inner forearm.
Succulents in a patterned pot on a forearm
Colour sugar skull tattoo with a pink bow, teal flower eyes and heart details on the upper back, in a traditional style.
Sugar skull with pink bow on upper back
Black silhouette design of four sharks swimming at different sizes on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Four sharks silhouette design
Fine line black outline tattoo of a cat in profile with a green eye and a curving tail, on the side of a leg.
Cat profile outline tattoo on a leg
Black and grey photo of a small peace sign tattoo in fine line style on the side of a finger on a hand resting on wood.
Small peace sign on a finger
Black and grey fine line rose with leaves and a thorny stem tattooed on the neck behind an ear.
Small rose tattoo behind the ear
Small black crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of an open hand, which rests beside a dark leather pouch with cords and orange beads on a brown fur background.
Crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black ink dotwork drawing of a rose with two buds and leaves inside a ring of dots, beside a black pen on white paper.
Stippled rose with buds inside a dotted circle
Watercolour-style compass with blue, purple and pink ink drips and black cursive script running down a forearm tattoo.
Watercolour compass and script on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a rose with a mechanical-looking ornate panel above it, shown on the arm.
Grey rose and mechanical design on an arm
Colour tattoo on the side ribs showing a Minnesota state outline with a sunset, a common loon, pink lady's slipper orchids, a walleye and a 'You Betcha' banner.
Minnesota loon, walleye and orchids on ribs
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of intersecting elliptical orbits around a solid central circle, on the inner forearm.
Orbital ellipses on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos across the back of a woman in a bikini, with ornate designs on her upper arm and lower leg, photographed walking on sand.
Back and leg tattoos on a beach
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of the sun and a row of planets, including Saturn, linked by fine dotted geometric lines down a forearm.
Solar system dotwork on a forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of a lion cub above the cursive words Remember who you are, shown on skin.
Lion cub outline and Remember who you are script
Black geometric tattoo of an arrow with a compass star at its centre, running vertically down the middle of a person's back.
Arrow and compass tattoo down the spine
Black geometric line drawing of a flamingo built from straight triangulated facets, shown on a plain cream paper background, a flash design for a geometric tattoo.
Geometric flamingo line drawing
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a purple rose with green leaves and a gold crown and sceptre on the ankle and top of a foot.
Purple rose and crown on a foot
Colourful sugar skull style cat face tattoo with a bow and flower motifs on the skin of a limb.
Sugar skull style cat with bow
Black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a looping swirl and a small cross bar on the upper arm, photographed close up on pale skin.
Anchor and swirl fine line tattoo
Black outline tattoo of a woman in profile kissing an apple, framed by roses, on the thigh.
Profile woman with apple and roses on thigh
Black and white ornamental owl tattoo design with intricate linework, patterned feathers and a symmetrical front-facing pose on a cream background.
Ornamental owl design
Traditional style floral ornament tattoo on the upper back below the nape of the neck, with a dark central flower, olive leaves and red accents.
Symmetrical floral ornament on upper back
Two wrists side by side showing matching black script quote tattoos with a small red lip print, styled as lettering on the inner wrist.
Matching wrist quote tattoos with a lip print
Back and shoulder of a person with fine line black tattoos of a birdcage, a sailing ship sketch and script above the shoulder, with the head turned away.
Birdcage and ship tattoos on a shoulder and back
Forearm tattoo in a realistic botanical style, with a large shaded pink rose, pink blossoms and black lace-like patterns running down toward the wrist.
Pink rose and lace patterns on a forearm

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