Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tulip with a long stem on the side of a torso, over the ribs.
Shaded tulip on the ribs
Black outline tattoo of Hello Kitty with a pink and black leopard print bow, placed on the lower back.
Hello Kitty with leopard print bow on lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of two daisy-style flowers with shaded petals and leaves on the inner forearm.
Two daisies on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a teal rose with black beaded chain and swirling linework wrapping around an ankle, set against an orange lace cloth.
Teal rose and beaded chain on an ankle
Black and grey flash sheet of six vintage men's hairstyle portraits, labelled The Valentino, The Executive, City Slick, Service Man, The Playboy and Aristocrat.
Vintage men's hairstyle flash sheet
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing two roses, an ornate birdcage with hanging chains, and a small bird perched on a branch, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Roses, birdcage and bird on an arm
Black and grey rose tattoos on the shoulders and upper chest, with script lettering across the chest, on a person wearing a black sports bra.
Script and rose tattoos on chest and shoulders
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, wild rose blooms and leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey roses and wild roses on an upper arm
Mirrored pair of wings drawn in Celtic interlace knotwork in brown lines on a beige background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Celtic knotwork wings design
Fine line tattoo of two reaching hands in dark ink on the inner wrist and forearm, with a bare hand with red nail polish and silver rings extended beside it.
Two reaching hands on an inner wrist
Two panels show matching black script lettering tattoos on skin, reading 'You are mine' and 'I am yours', each with Roman numerals II XVI XIII beneath.
Matching script lettering tattoos
Full back tattoo of a colourful phoenix with roses, cherry blossom and wave motifs in Japanese style, shown on the back of a person with dark hair.
Phoenix and roses across a full back
Black and grey tattoo of three overlapping horseshoes shaded to look like metal, sitting on the lower torso above a striped waistband.
Three overlapping horseshoes tattoo
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a realistic style showing an astronaut helmet on the upper arm, a nebula and planet in the middle, and an astronaut on a red desert landscape near the wrist.
Space sleeve with astronauts and planets
Close-up of a black fine-line Arabic script lettering tattoo across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Arabic script tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a grey elephant sitting in a wooden tub with blue water spraying from its trunk, placed on the side of the ribs.
Elephant bathing in a tub on the ribs
Black linework tattoo design of a paw print with a large heart and two spirals in the pad, drawn on a white background, with no placement shown.
Paw print with hearts and spirals
Two matching blue circle tattoos with black vertical bars and blue wavy lines, one on each inner forearm.
Matching blue circle emblems on two forearms
Black and grey script words Live, Laugh and Love scattered with outline stars along the side ribs, in a fine line lettering style.
Live, laugh, love script with stars on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clown face with a tear and $100 bills on the lower leg.
Clown face with tear and hundred dollar bills
Fine line black ink tattoo on the inner forearm showing the script words The sun will rise and we will try again above a line drawing of a rising sun.
Sunrise and quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading A Love Thicker Then Blood across the upper back, with reddened skin around the fresh tattoo.
Script quote across the upper back
Black tribal-style design of a sitting cat with one paw raised, drawn in bold solid black linework on a white background.
Tribal-style sitting cat design
Black ink linework drawing of an ornate design on pale paper, showing a wing, a central eye, feathers and decorative scrollwork, with no body placement shown.
Ornate wing and eye design drawing
Black fine line geometric tattoo of a wireframe cube shape on the inner forearm, above two thin black wristbands.
Geometric wireframe shape on a forearm
Black and grey moon phase tattoo running across the upper chest and shoulder, shown beside a lettering design reading from the beginning till the end.
Moon phases with 'from the beginning till the end'
Colour tattoo of a palm tree on a forearm, set against a blue watercolour-style sky with sea and sand at the base.
Palm tree and blue sky on a forearm
A pair of green cat eyes with black outlines tattooed across the upper back of a woman lying face down on a bed.
Green cat eyes on upper back
Hand-drawn ornate letterform in red fineliner with scrolls, filigree and hatched shading, a design suited to lettering-style tattoos.
Ornate red ink lettering sketch
Black fine line tattoo of the word friend above a simple outlined ship and the word ship below, on the inner forearm.
Friend and ship script on forearm
Black and grey hand-drawn design of a stack of books with the words I might read until I feel better in lettering across the spines.
Stack of books with a reading quote
Realistic red poppy tattoo with a green centre and dark stem, shaded in soft gradients on a forearm.
Red poppy on a forearm
A hand uses a black marker to draw a tribal-style swirl design on a person's arm, showing the outline before any tattoo is inked.
Tribal swirl design being drawn on skin
Fine line black script tattoo reading live on the side of the ribs, with light wavy hair falling across the frame.
Small script word tattoo on the side ribs
Black linework circles inside a ring with a blue and purple watercolour wash, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Circle glyph tattoo on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink and yellow flowers and a banner reading HELLO KITTY on a forearm.
Hello Kitty banner tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo on the forearm showing a crescent moon, a small bow and a long curling line.
Crescent moon and bow linework on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of three snarling dog heads in orange and black with flames and a diamond frame, on the forearm.
Three snarling dog heads on a forearm
Close photo of a faint brown dotwork tattoo of wavy lines on the inner wrist and forearm, held by another person's hand.
Dotted wave lines on a wrist
Close-up of a neck with two small black tattoos of round soot sprites with white eyes, beside a black and gold earring.
Two small soot sprite tattoos on the neck
Man in a white tank top with a black handwritten slogan, showing colourful sleeve tattoos of owls and flowers on both arms.
Colourful sleeve tattoos with a slogan tank top
Black lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story in a serif font, across the side of the ribs, with a grey top visible below.
Serif quote tattoo along the side ribs
Bold black hand-drawn heart outline on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Hand-drawn heart outline
Back of a woman's neck with a small blue-grey anchor tattoo wrapped in rope, and a colourful tattoo visible on her shoulder.
Anchor tattoo on the back of the neck
Black line tattoos of a rooster on one foot and a pig on the other, drawn in a fine line style across the tops of the feet.
Rooster and pig on a pair of feet
Colour tattoo of the cartoon creature Totoro holding a teal umbrella, with a dark outline, on a person's upper back.
Totoro holding an umbrella on the upper back
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a layered yellow, orange and brown flower with green scalloped petals and black dots, on the upper arm, with a close-up beside it.
Mandala-style flower on upper arm
Black and white photo of three tiny bird silhouettes in a row, a fine line tattoo on the inner wrist.
Three small birds on the wrist

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