Tattoo ideas

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

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Forearm tattoo of a black smiley face with X eyes inside a ring, with black spikes and splatter dots, over a pink and teal watercolour wash.
Smiley face with X eyes on forearm
Fine line tattoo of a small sprig with loops and a vertical stem on the back of a neck, with a thin reddish line running above it.
Fine line sprig on the back of the neck
Black and grey ornamental scrollwork tattoo on an upper arm, with the shading softening and fading towards the lower edge of the design.
Ornate scrollwork tattoo on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a robin with a red breast, perched on skin on the upper back.
Robin with red breast on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake topped with a blue diamond, red bow and red hearts on the upper chest, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Cupcake with diamond and bow on chest
Pen and ink drawing of a bird with spread wings, shaded in grey with red watercolour splashes across the paper, as a tattoo design.
Red splash bird in flight
Two matching neo-traditional tattoos on a pair of thighs, each showing a profile silhouette filled with a night sky, planet, UFO and mountains, with text reading THE TRUTH and IS OUT THERE.
Matching space silhouettes on thighs
Fine line black tattoo of a small acorn with a simple face on the ankle.
Small acorn with a face on an ankle
Grey tribal-style drawing of a wolf head raised in a howl, shown as a flat tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Howling wolf tribal design
Realistic owl tattoo in grey, black and warm brown tones on the upper arm of a person wearing a striped top and jeans.
Owl tattoo on the upper arm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of two anime characters, one with spiky black hair and a blue vest, and a small blue-haired child, with yellow FATHER lettering below.
Anime father and child on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the solar system with a sun and dashed orbit lines wrapping around a forearm.
Solar system with sun on a forearm
Black ink sketch of bare trees and a lake framed in a circle on textured white paper, drawn in fine line with fineliner pens beside it.
Bare trees and lake in a circle
Black ink line drawing of two roses with buds and leaves in a botanical tattoo design on a white background.
Two roses with buds and leaves
Black and grey geometric elephant head tattoo with dotwork shading, centred across the upper back.
Geometric elephant head on upper back
Realism tattoo on a calf of two men in suits shaking hands, one figure engulfed in orange flames, mirrored across the leg.
Two men shaking hands with flames on a calf
Black and grey lion head tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in a grey slogan tank top and black shorts.
Lion head tattoo on a thigh
Small black serif lettering, the letters B, I, X, V and I stacked at an angle, on the side of a hip in a close photograph.
Stacked serif letters on a hip
Black tribal-style flash design of the Togepi character, with a spiked crown, swirl motifs and bold eye shapes on a white background.
Tribal-style Togepi design
White lettering on a black background forming a skull outline, with the words Beautiful Disaster, Perfectly Imperfect, Love Hate, Live Fast Die Pretty and Sinner Saint.
Skull made of lettering
Black script lettering reading Valar Morghulis with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Valar Morghulis script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head in a diamond frame with dotwork shading, flowers and a tied ribbon, on the upper arm.
Fox and flowers in a diamond frame
Pencil-shaded sketch of a cross formed from black cursive lettering on pale paper, with no body placement shown.
Cursive script cross design on paper
Black and grey Medusa head tattoo with a weeping face and coiled snakes in fine line and dotwork shading, on the outer thigh.
Medusa head with snakes on a thigh
Realistic drawing of a cracked grey skull with a red rose at its side and black ink dripping from the jaw, shown as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Skull and red rose design
Black and grey tattoo of a padlock with a keyhole, spread wings and roses across the lower abdomen, with a navel piercing above.
Padlock, wings and roses on the abdomen
Fine line black tattoo of a continuous wavy line with a small sprig of leaves and a tiny mark on a man's forearm near the elbow.
Single line sprig on a forearm
Collage of four black linework tattoos on forearms: an ornamental arrow with a knotted shaft, a geometric arrow, a spiral with a lotus flower, and a dagger with a crescent moon.
Four linework arrows, knots and dagger tattoos on forearms
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red flower, two yellow flowers and green leaves around two ribbon banners that read NO RULES.
No rules banner and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pair of angel wings, one on each side, on the back.
Shaded angel wings on the back
Black geometric unicorn tattoo with faceted hatched linework on a forearm, with its paper stencil beside it.
Geometric unicorn tattoo on a forearm
Pencil drawing of Alice holding a teacup, with a White Rabbit, a Cheshire Cat and red roses, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Alice with white rabbit and Cheshire cat design
Black and white line drawing of a white pug and a black French bulldog curled together in a yin yang circle design, with no body part shown.
Two dogs in a yin yang circle
Black fine line outline of several roses with leaves across a person's shoulder and upper arm, photographed in strong sunlight.
Outline roses on a shoulder
White ink script tattoo reading you are enough across the inner wrist, with a fine flowing swash beneath the words.
You are enough script on the wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a crown above a heart with a swirl, on the side of a person's ribs, with a silver key necklace hanging beside it.
Small crown and heart on the side ribs
Pink phoenix with spread wings in front of an orange and purple sun motif, tattooed on the upper back in a soft fine line style.
Pink phoenix on upper back
Back view of a woman in black lace underwear showing a black and grey realism sleeve on her arm, an om lotus and script tattoo on her thigh, and a clock design on the back of her hand.
Black and grey sleeve, thigh and hand tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo on a limb showing a dove above a leafy wreath around a compass rose, with an anchor below.
Dove, compass rose and anchor wreath
Traditional-style flash design of a colourful sugar skull with crossed bones, yellow and red roses and a banner reading Calavera.
Sugar skull with crossed bones and roses
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a winged heart split in two, with each half on the back of one of two hands pressed together.
Winged heart split across two hands
Colour realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a roulette wheel, playing cards, red dice and poker chips beneath a desert sky with a cactus.
Casino sleeve with roulette and dice
Two photos of a colour apple tattoo with green leaves on the upper back near the neck, in a botanical style and placed between the shoulder blades.
Red apple with leaves on upper back
Colour tattoo of travel stamps, a globe, a compass star and a camel stamp on the upper back, with blue and red ink.
Travel stamps and globe on upper back
Black tribal-style ankle tattoo with hibiscus and plumeria flowers, a sun and curling spiral lines on a bare foot.
Tribal flower and sun ankle tattoo
Two hands with a colour nautical star on the back of one hand, LOVE on the knuckles, and Japanese-style dragon and koi tattoos on the arms and legs behind them.
Nautical star and Japanese sleeve on hands
Fine line black script tattoo reading family with a small heart beside it, on the side of a finger held against a white fluffy surface.
Family script and heart on finger
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a koi carp with chrysanthemums and clouds in Japanese style, shown from three angles on an upper arm.
Koi and chrysanthemum arm sleeve

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