Tattoo ideas

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

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Line drawing flash of a ball of yarn with crochet hooks, a thimble, a spool and buttons above a CRAFTY banner, with brown and red shading.
Crafty yarn ball flash design
Black ink city skyline of tall outlined skyscrapers wrapped around a forearm as a horizontal band.
City skyline band on forearm
Small fine line constellation of dark ink stars on the upper back between the shoulder blades, seen from behind.
Star constellation on upper back
Black and grey full back tattoo of a robed wizard with a pointed hat beside a cloaked warrior with a sword, with framed scenes above and below, covering the whole back.
Full back piece with robed wizard and figures
Small solid black fork tattoo on the neck behind an ear, with reddish-brown hair falling beside it.
Fork tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a swirling blue and yellow night sky with orange stars across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Swirling night sky tattoo on shoulder
Coloured illustrated design of a woman in profile smoking, with dark feathered wings, an American flag, a revolver, the Golden Gate Bridge and California poppies.
Woman with revolver and Golden Gate Bridge
Fine line black outline tattoo of two LEGO bricks on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo of a hand.
Two LEGO bricks on a wrist
Black script lettering beside a small cross on the top of a foot, reading the end of a phrase ending in 'walks with me...'.
Script quote with cross on foot
Three-panel photo of a black linework wave tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, in a fine line style with Japanese-inspired curling waves.
Stylised wave tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Colour tattoo of a patterned feather and arrow in teal, purple and grey linework on the side of a thigh.
Feather and arrow on a thigh
Yellow lettering with a dark outline reading DON'T PANIC in bubble capitals, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Don't Panic lettering on a forearm
Fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and ellipses with dotted lines and small arrows on the inside of a forearm.
Overlapping circles on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a thigh of two blue birds, a birdcage, red roses, a teacup, a pocket watch and a pair of rings in a neo-trad style.
Birds, birdcage and roses on a thigh
Two hands pressed together in front of orange flowers, each with a small grey shaded wing tattoo on the back of the hand.
Grey wing tattoos on the backs of two hands
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with soft watercolour-style splashes on the calf.
TARDIS tattoo on a calf
Black typewriter-style lettering on an upper arm reading 'Everything that happens is from now on.'
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Three matching fine line black tattoos of a heart joined to a heartbeat line and the word Sisters, placed on the ankles of three pairs of feet.
Matching sisters heartbeat tattoos on three ankles
Black and grey skeleton tattoo on an upper arm, beside a white ringer t-shirt with a small embroidered heart.
Skeleton tattoo on upper arm
Black ink ornamental armband tattoo with a floral mandala motif on a person's forearm, worn over a light grey top.
Black ornamental armband tattoo on forearm
Fine line tattoo of five small bones in a row on the inner upper arm, in black ink.
Five small bones on an upper arm
Black dotwork and geometric linework tattoo of a wolf head split down the middle, set in front of a mandala, on the inner forearm.
Geometric and dotwork wolf head on forearm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat beside a bowl of oranges and leaves on a thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Grey cat and oranges on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with a curved tusk, shown on a man's forearm.
Elephant head on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate chandelier with roses, snakes, chains and crystal drops, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Ornate chandelier with roses and snakes
Colour butterfly tattoo with black outlines and orange, red and yellow wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on upper back
Neo-traditional style skull tattoo with a pink rose on the inner forearm, the skull shaded in grey and the rose in pink and green.
Skull and pink rose on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of a pine forest running up a forearm, with a bird silhouette near the wrist, while the hand holds a wooden watch.
Pine forest tattoo on a forearm
Black linework gravestone tattoo reading DON'T TRY, with a cracked top, a flower and a leaf, in a traditional style on the upper arm.
Gravestone with Don't Try lettering
Fine line tornado tattoo on the back of a person's neck, drawn in dark red and grey ink with a dark-haired head and black strap visible.
Small tornado tattoo on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of an interlaced heart with sparkling stars on the lower back, shaded in blue, purple and pink.
Interlaced heart with stars on lower back
Colour tattoo of a pizza slice bent into an infinity loop with red pepperoni dots and cheese drips, on the top of a foot.
Pizza slice loop tattoo on the top of a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a pink frosted donut with sprinkles and a red bow, surrounded by candy hearts, on the skin of the torso.
Pink donut with red bow and candy hearts
Black and grey realism tattoo of a penny on the side of the ribs, with a shaded profile portrait and small lettering around the rim.
Realistic penny coin on the ribs
Shaded cat face with yellow eyes inside black ornamental mandala linework, tattooed on the calf.
Cat face within a mandala on a calf
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style owl perched on a branch, with blue, purple and orange washes and splatters, on the calf.
Watercolour owl on a branch
Fine line black tattoo of a small sailboat on waves on the inner wrist, with a world map behind the hand.
Small sailboat on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a purple lotus on a pond with reeds, a sunset and a pink blossom branch across the upper arm and shoulder.
Lotus pond and cherry blossom on upper arm
Black tribal flash design of a howling wolf head in profile set against a large circular moon, with no body placement shown.
Tribal howling wolf with moon
Pen-drawn ornate lettering design on paper with a large decorative initial, swirling flourishes and a cursive script word, shown beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate flourished lettering design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a barn owl face on a woman's lower stomach, above the waistband of her jeans.
Barn owl face on the lower stomach
Traditional-style flash drawing of a swallow in flight with a rope-wrapped anchor, roses and vines on a blue patterned background.
Swallow and anchor flash design
Gold metallic floral design with swirls and a dotted line running along the fingers, on the back of a hand.
Gold floral temporary tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism rose with leaves on the left ribs and a fine-line dotwork mandala with dangling beads above the navel.
Rose and mandala across the ribs and stomach
Black and grey tattoo design of a trail of shaded five-pointed stars linked by curling vines, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Cascading stars with swirling vines
Colour tattoo of a laughing cartoon cat with three red HA letters beside it, placed on the inner upper arm.
Laughing cartoon cat on upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading I lost myself in us across the upper back, near the shoulder blade, with red hair falling over the shoulder.
Script quote across upper back
A small black line tattoo on the lower abdomen of a person in black lace lingerie, kneeling on a bed and holding a glass.
Small line tattoo on lower abdomen

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