Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey line drawing of a woman wearing an ornate masquerade mask, with swirling hair and a shell held in one hand, on tracing paper.
Masked woman with flowing hair design
Fine line black outline tattoo of an elephant head on the side of a person's torso, near the hip.
Elephant head outline on the side of the body
Black ink tattoo of the Rebel Alliance emblem filled with mandala and floral detailing, placed on the upper back near the neck.
Rebel Alliance emblem in mandala style on back
A painterly, multicoloured kitten tattoo with a long trailing tail on the forearm, in soft shades of blue, green, pink and yellow.
Multicoloured kitten tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line treble clef tattoo on the inner wrist and lower forearm, with a leather jacket sleeve at the bottom of the frame.
Treble clef on a wrist
Black and grey hibiscus flowers and leaves tattooed on a forearm, framed by geometric shapes, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Hibiscus and geometric forearm tattoo
Black linework tattoo of birds rising from an open book in an engraved style with stippled shading, on the upper arm.
Birds rising from an open book
A small solid black lion silhouette tattoo on the top of a foot, shown in a solid black silhouette style.
Small black lion silhouette on a foot
Black and grey photo of a small, simple fine line number 5 tattoo on the side of the ribs, near a dark waistband.
Small number 5 on the side of the torso
Black and red anatomical heart tattoo in a vintage engraving style, with diagram labels and Fig 37 lettering, on a area of torso skin.
Anatomical heart tattoo in engraving style
Blue pen sketch of an ornamental design with paisley leaves, a fish with scale detail, an open eye and flowers, shown without any body part.
Paisley, fish and eye design sketch
Black and grey tribal tattoo with a central heart motif on the lower back, shown from behind.
Tribal lower back tattoo with heart
Small fine line outline tattoo of a lotus flower with a tiny heart at its base, placed on the inner forearm beside a quarter coin for scale.
Small lotus outline on the inner forearm
Black ink tattoo of five birds in flight across a bare shoulder near the collarbone.
Flock of birds on a shoulder
Black silhouette of a cat seen from behind, sitting above a diagonal trail of black paw prints on a white background, shown as a flash design.
Cat silhouette with paw print trail
Black line drawing of a stylised bee with butterfly-like striped wings, curled antennae and a patterned abdomen on a white background.
Stylised bee with swirled antennae
Black and grey calla lily tattoo with swirling black scrollwork on the side of a person's ribs.
Calla lily and scrollwork on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoos of a tent, pine trees and a moon inside a circle on a forearm, with a matching smaller version on a second arm beside it.
Tent and moon circle tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a wire with a small heart above, on the side of a person's ribs.
Two birds on a wire with heart on ribs
Black serif lettering reading Fa;th, with the semicolon replacing the i, tattooed on a wrist.
Fa;th lettering on a wrist
Black and grey geometric tattoo of an inverted triangle filled with a fine grid of lines, on the side of the ribs.
Triangle grid tattoo on the ribs
Close view of metallic gold temporary tattoos on a forearm and upper arm, including a geometric band, a script line, a leafy sprig and a botanical palm design.
Gold temporary tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Gold metallic temporary lettering reading team bride in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold team bride script on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a heart outline with a treble clef and a key shape running down the back of a neck.
Heart and treble clef key on the neck
Hourglass tattoo on the forearm with an ornate grey frame and purple and blue galaxy sand dotted with white stars.
Galaxy hourglass on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling pink baby triceratops surrounded by flowers, leaves and hearts, with RAWR lettering below, on the thigh.
Pink baby triceratops with flowers and RAWR lettering
Back of a woman with a ponytail, showing a small black fine line tattoo of a looping vertical motif along the centre of her upper back.
Fine line motif down the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun with radiating rays and a row of planets, one with rings, running down a forearm.
Sun and planets along a forearm
Colour tattoo on the side of a ribcage showing a black outlined triangle with a circle and vertical line, filled with blue, pink and purple watercolour washes, with faint dotted triangles behind.
Triangle and circle watercolour tattoo on ribs
Black ink line drawing of an ornamental capital letter C with loops and crossed strokes on its left side, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Ornamental letter C with looped strokes
Full-colour tattoo of Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story, mid-flight with arms raised, on the outer thigh.
Buzz Lightyear flying on a thigh
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a stack of three books with a moth on the top cover, placed on the forearm.
Stacked books on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line botanical tattoo of a black branch with red blossoms on the inner ear.
Blossom branch tattoo on the inner ear
Pink cartoon owl tattoo with large blue eyes and grey shading on the upper arm, with a floral top visible beside it.
Pink cartoon owl on an upper arm
Black outline tattoo of a spotted ray with grey shading and blue bubbles and water lines, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Spotted ray and blue bubbles on the back
Black linework tattoo of a spine with wing-like shapes across a person's upper back, photographed from behind against a white background.
Spine and wing outline across a back
Black linework tattoo of flowers and scrolls on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind with her arms raised.
Floral scroll tattoo on upper back
Black and grey botanical bouquet tattoo on the upper arm of a woman wearing a grey vest top.
Monochrome floral bouquet on an upper arm
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads we are not our failures across the forearm, in a lettering style tattoo.
Quote on forearm in typewriter font
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a skull, koi fish and peony flowers with waves across the upper arm.
Skull, koi and peony on the upper arm
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the top of a foot, shown in two sepia photographs side by side.
Small arrow tattoo on a foot
Fine line geometric animal head tattoo in black ink on the outer thigh of a person wearing a black skirt and cream jumper.
Geometric animal head on thigh
Colourful neo-traditional tattoos on two feet, an anchor wrapped in pink and blue flowers on the left foot and a compass rose inside a floral wreath on the right foot.
Anchor and compass tattoos on two feet
Close photograph of a red moon tattoo with dark crater shading and a black outline, placed on the upper arm beside other dark tattoo work.
Red moon tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey geometric lotus flower tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Lotus flower on the inner forearm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a horned, skull-faced figure with wings, snakes, skulls and a lantern, photographed from three angles.
Horned skull figure and lantern full sleeve
Black and grey dotwork moth with a sunburst, dotted crosshair lines and a triangle on the inner upper arm.
Moth and sunburst on upper arm
Black tribal-style anchor design with ornamental swirls and sharp blade-like points, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Tribal anchor design

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Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451