Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of a small rabbit face beside a crescent moon on the back, with a patterned garment strap visible at the edge.
Small rabbit and crescent moon tattoo
Black fine line circle tattoo with a simple inner mark on the outer ankle of a leg wearing black platform sandals.
Small circle tattoo on the ankle
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a dagger with a green glow, a red rose, green leaves and a blue banner reading GERONIMO, set against black rays.
Dagger, rose and Geronimo banner on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork sun with a crescent moon and script reading Light up the darkness, tattooed on the side of a thigh.
Sun and crescent moon with script on a thigh
Black cat silhouette filled with pink roses and leaves, tattooed on the left side of a ribcage, with a striped top and dark trousers.
Cat silhouette filled with roses on ribs
Blue botanical tattoo on a forearm showing large flower heads, buds, leaves and a sprig in a Delft-inspired blue and white style.
Blue floral bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey shaded bow tattoo with a bold outline on the back of a person's neck, with hair partly visible above it.
Small bow tattoo on the back of the neck
Two forearms pressed side by side show matching handwritten script tattoos on the forearm reading I heart my big sister and I heart my little sister, with small pink hearts.
Matching sister script on forearms
Small black fine line tattoo resembling an Om symbol on the inner wrist of a hand raised against a black background.
Small fine line Om symbol on the wrist
Close crop of a woman in a teal and blue bikini with a geometric metallic chain and diamond temporary tattoo on her upper arm, with a small feather motif on her side.
Metallic chain and diamond tattoo on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of pink orchid blooms with dark stems running down the side of the ribs and torso.
Pink orchids down the side of a torso
Black blackwork tattoo of concentric tree rings with a ragged black band border, covering the back of a calf.
Tree rings on a calf
Flat blue design of a leaping dolphin with swirling wave and splash shapes, shown as a drawing rather than on skin.
Leaping dolphin with wave swirls
Black and grey photograph of three small solid black bird silhouettes tattooed on the inner wrist, with a silver charm bracelet worn on the same arm.
Three birds in flight on an inner wrist
Black script lettering reading "It was then that I carried you" with footprint motifs, tattooed across the top of a foot.
Script quote with footprints across a foot
Colour tattoo of pink, orange and red lilies with green leaves and a small green butterfly on the upper thigh, in a neo-trad style.
Lilies and butterfly on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of the quadratic formula written in a handwritten style across the back of a neck.
Quadratic formula on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird skull inside a pale diamond lattice on a forearm, with the Roman numeral VII above and Fig. 1 below.
Bird skull in a diamond outline on a forearm
Black ink crescent moon filled with geometric and swirling patterns on the side of a person's stomach, near the navel.
Ornate crescent moon on the side of the torso
Black script reading dare to dream on a sepia background, with a feather at the bottom left that breaks up into flying birds towards the top right.
Dare to dream script with feather and birds
Black fine line tattoo of two looping heart shapes with curled scroll ends, on the side of a torso.
Looping heart and scroll symbol on side of torso
Blue line drawing of a symmetrical panda face flanked by two koi fish and lotus flowers, in a dotwork and Japanese-influenced style, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Symmetrical panda with koi and lotus
Woman seen from behind in a black bikini, with a grey mandala-style tattoo on her upper arm and a small tattoo on her lower back, stepping into a pool.
Mandala upper arm tattoo by a pool
Traditional style flash design of a woman in profile wearing a polka dot headscarf, with Victory script above and pink roses below, drawn on cream paper.
Victory portrait with roses flash
Colour botanical tattoo on a forearm showing pale flowers, leaves, a round red fruit and sprigs of red blossom, in a soft, shaded botanical style.
Botanical flowers and fruit on a forearm
Woman sitting on a bed with her face hidden, showing a black and grey realistic tattoo on her upper arm and a dark animal design on her thigh.
Black and grey realistic tattoos on arm and thigh
Colour tattoo of overlapping passport and visa stamps covering a upper arm, in red, blue, green and black ink.
Passport stamps tattoo on upper arm
Black fine line outline of a small house with a door and window, tattooed on the side of an ankle above the heel.
Outline house on the ankle
Two matching fine line script tattoos on wrists, one reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and the other reading 'and beyond'.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Black ink fine line script reading by Grace tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
by Grace in script on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a white rabbit holding a pocket watch, with a teacup and saucer and a small silhouette below.
White rabbit and teacup forearm sleeve
Back of a person in a black sports bra with a small black fine line pine tree tattoo centred on the lower back.
Pine tree on the lower back
Fine line cartoon cat with a red yarn ball and trailing red thread tattooed on the inside of a woman's wrist.
Cat playing with a yarn ball on a wrist
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a sleeping orange fox curled within green leaves and blue berries, on the thigh.
Sleeping fox curled in leaves and berries on a thigh
Small black three-dot tattoo on the side of a finger, beside thin gold rings and mint green nail polish.
Three dots tattoo on a finger
Collage of four watercolour-style tattoos: a pink and blue cat on the thigh, a rainbow splash with script on the forearm, a black tree with birds on the shoulder blade, and a colourful owl on the
Watercolour cat, tree, owl and splash tattoos
Black script tattoo on a thigh reading All you need is faith, trust and a little bit of pixie dust, with two grey stars and a small mouse ear silhouette.
Script quote with stars on a thigh
Black and grey bear head tattoo in realism and dotwork style, with a pine forest fading in below it, on a lower leg.
Bear above a pine forest on a lower leg
Pencil sketch of a winged skull with four roses and leaves, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Winged skull with roses sketch
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the forearm.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing two soldiers in steel helmets and field uniforms amid smoke, one throwing a stick grenade.
Two soldiers in a black and grey battlefield scene on a
Colour tattoo of a cartoon flame character with large eyes and grey smoke outlines, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Cartoon flame spirit on an ankle
Fine line black script lettering reading sister with an outlined heart, placed vertically on the ankle.
Script word and heart on an ankle
Colour tattoo of cartoon characters on skin, including a red crab-like figure with large eyes and a yellow creature at the left edge, with bold black outlines.
Cartoon characters tattoo in bold colour
Black script lettering reading Fidem habe across the upper thigh of a woman wearing a grey top.
Fidem habe script on a thigh
Bold black tribal blackwork tattoo with swirls and a toothed band across the side of the ribs.
Tribal blackwork motif on the ribs
Close-up of a black geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper thigh of a person in black underwear and a grey knit crop top.
Black mandala tattoo on upper thigh
Close-up of two hands pressed palm to palm, with small fine line black symbols tattooed on several fingers against a dark background.
Small symbols on the fingers of both hands

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