Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black fine line crescent moon tattoo with triangular rays on the hand near the wrist, with fingers holding a gold chain bracelet.
Small crescent moon with rays on the hand
Purple and pink watercolour-style flower tattoo with soft blended edges on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Purple watercolour flowers on a shoulder blade
Fine line tattoo design of a pocket watch surrounded by lilies, leaves and a string of beads, with pink-tinted linework on pale skin.
Pocket watch and lilies in fine line
Black script reading That witch does not kill me makes me stronger, surrounded by outline and solid stars, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with stars on the upper back
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of a skull with dark branching tree patterns and a scalpel blade in its eye socket, with fine line surgical instruments above.
Skull with branching trees and a scalpel on chest
Close crop of a greyscale shaded dragonfly tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of grey jeans.
Dragonfly tattoo above the hip
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral III lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside stacked gold and silver bracelets.
Small Roman numeral III tattoo on the wrist
A black peace symbol surrounded by green, red and orange paint-like splatter, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Peace symbol with splatter on the ribs
Close-up of a fine-line black script tattoo reading light on the inner forearm, with a rainbow of sunlight falling across the skin.
Light script on a wrist
Two black lettering tattoos in a typewriter font sit on a pair of forearms, one reading Do or die you'll never make me and the other reading Because the world will never take my heart.
Two forearm quote tattoos in typewriter lettering
Black linework tattoo design of a seated Buddha figure on a lotus flower within a mandala halo, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
Seated Buddha with lotus and mandala
Traditional style heart tattoo with a banner reading 'It takes strength to be gentle and kind', surrounded by green leaves, on the back of a neck.
Heart and banner with quote on the back of neck
Pencil sketch of a woman wearing a wolf headdress with feathers, with a rose and pearl strands drawn below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman in wolf headdress with rose design
A purple tribal-style cat tattoo with swirling inner patterns and black outlines, sitting on the upper back.
Purple tribal cat on upper back
Lower back tattoo of a bare tree, three birds and linework flowers with blue watercolour splashes, in a botanical fine line style.
Tree, birds and flowers on lower back
Black dotwork tattoo of three pine trees in front of a stippled circle with mountain outlines, on the upper arm of a woman in a dark vest top.
Pine trees in a dotwork circle on upper arm
Black pen sketch of a nested geometric triangle design on a notebook page, with handwritten words Explore, Challenge, Transcend, Express, Create and Learn beside small triangle motifs.
Geometric triangle design sketch with words
Black fine line script design of the word fabulous, with a long horizontal line running through and under the lettering, on a white background.
Fabulous script with flowing underline
Realism tattoo of a pug's head peeking out of a red hood on the lower leg, shaded in black, tan and grey with bold red ink.
Pug peering from a red hood
Black and grey realism tattoo of a valley with sheer cliffs, a waterfall and soft clouds across the thigh.
Valley landscape with cliffs and clouds on a thigh
Colour tattoo of Kodos, the green one-eyed alien from The Simpsons, with tentacles and the words 'Don't blame me I voted for Kodos' above, on a thigh.
Kodos from The Simpsons with lettering on a thigh
Realism tattoo of a woman's face behind a black lace masquerade mask with white flowers, placed on a forearm.
Masquerade mask portrait on a forearm
Two stylised face tattoos on a person's forearms: a colourful painted-style face with red shading on the left arm and a simple black line face on the right.
Two stylised face tattoos on forearms
Fine line black arrow tattoo with feathered fletching and a looping shaft on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Fine line arrow tattoo on a foot
Fine line drawing of an infinity symbol with the words on high in cursive script, shown in black ink on a pale background, as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script words "on high"
Black ink tattoo of a seated cat seen from behind, filled with swirling ornamental linework, on a forearm against a dark background.
Ornamental cat silhouette on a forearm
Three-view photo of a full arm sleeve in neo-trad comic book style showing the Joker, Batman, and HA HA and BANG lettering on the upper arm and forearm.
Batman and Joker comic book arm sleeve
Fine line black script tattoo reading free across the back of a hand, resting on a shoulder in a denim shirt.
Free script on the back of a hand
Black silhouette swallows in flight in a blackwork style, tattooed in a diagonal line across the ribs of a bare side torso.
Flying swallows across the ribs
Small black fine line outline of a triangle tattooed on a person's arm, shown lying down beside a lace top and coin embellished black shorts.
Small outline triangle tattoo on an arm
Fine white-ink cursive script reading breathe deep on a forearm, with a small dark script tattoo on the wrist.
Breathe deep script on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a crescent grin above the script words We're All Mad Here on the inner wrist.
Cat grin and script quote on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a barn owl inside an ornate gold scrollwork frame with purple gems, on the outer thigh.
Barn owl in an ornate gilded frame on a thigh
Three-view photo of a colour realism tattoo of a castle under a crescent moon and starry sky, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Castle under a crescent moon on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental owl tattoo with a mandala centre on a person's calf, shown below rolled-up jeans.
Ornate owl with mandala on a calf
Black and grey realism tiger head tattoo on a finger of a hand with black nail polish, photographed in greyscale.
Tiger head tattoo on a finger
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large peony with leaves, buds and small flowers on the outer thigh.
Peony and botanical cluster on thigh
Legs covered in colour traditional tattoos including a tiger head and a rose on the thigh and calf, shown in denim shorts outdoors.
Traditional tattoos covering legs
Black tribal tattoo covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, with solid black circles, spirals and bands on lighter skin.
Black tribal shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Neo-traditional skull tattoo with pink, teal and yellow shading, a cigarette in its teeth and a smoke scroll on black, on the forearm.
Gradient skull smoking a cigarette on a forearm
Small white ink anchor tattoo in a fine line style on the inner wrist, photographed against a black background.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart with clasped hands, a pink flower and green leaves on a limb.
Clasped hands in a heart with a flower
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey wolf head in profile with a yellow-brown eye, set against green and pink crystal shapes on the forearm.
Wolf head in profile with green crystals
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a songbird standing on a wireframe octahedron, placed on the inner forearm.
Songbird standing on an octahedron on a forearm
Two bare feet with black and grey tattoos: a row of planets, including Saturn, on the left ankle and a column of moon phases on the right ankle.
Planets and moon phases on two ankles
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows in flight on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a beaded bracelet below.
Two swallows in flight on the wrist
Black ink tattoo of a cartoon koala clutching a eucalyptus sprig, placed on the outside of an ankle above a white sock.
Koala holding a eucalyptus sprig on an ankle
Colour tattoo of the Midna character from The Legend of Zelda on a calf, with a horned helmet, orange flame swirls and teal and black blocks behind her.
Midna character tattoo on a calf

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