Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black and grey tattoos of a heart-shaped padlock and a key on two fingers of a hand, shown in a close-up photograph.
Heart padlock and key on fingers
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a wooden cross with a crucifix and a banner reading PHILIPPIANS, with 4:13 beside it, on the upper arm.
Wooden cross with banner and scripture reference
Black tribal-style winged heart design with red cross marks and a silver crown on top, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Winged heart with crown design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings, flames and long flowing tail feathers, a design suitable for a large tattoo.
Phoenix with flowing tail feathers
Realistic black and grey lion face tattoo with a full mane on a forearm, with a blurred lion picture behind it.
Realistic lion portrait on a forearm
Black linework geometric fox tattoo on the forearm, built from angular triangular facets in a Geometric style.
Geometric fox on a forearm
Back view of both legs with a black and grey woodcut-style tattoo of a sailing ship on the sea beneath clouds and sunrays, running from the thighs to the calves, in a Blackwork style.
Woodcut-style ship scene on both legs
Black and grey tattoo of four cartoon sheep stacked one above another down the side of the ribs.
Stacked cartoon sheep on ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing a cartoon Alice peering through a keyhole shape with a Drink Me bottle, teapot and playing cards.
Alice in Wonderland keyhole on a thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotted shading and a bead border, running from the nape of the neck down the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on the neck and upper back
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with dark outlines and soft shading on the upper back near the shoulder.
Blue butterfly on upper back
Two forearms held together showing a traditional style sugar skull with red roses and a swallow on one arm, and a woman's face with roses on the other.
Sugar skull, roses and swallow on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a tall tower and the words there's no place like home in script, on the side of the ribs.
Fine line skyline with tower and script on ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with large ears and shaded eyes, on the outer forearm.
Cat head on a forearm
Small solid black camel silhouette tattoo on the big toe of a bare foot, shown in a close photo.
Camel silhouette on a toe
Colour tattoo of a stag with large antlers, a bird and a red rose on a lower leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Stag and rose on a lower leg
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical unalome spiral above a lotus flower with dotted detail, placed on the upper chest.
Unalome and lotus on the upper chest
Woman in a black crop top holding a blue mug, with a dark black and grey botanical tattoo on her right forearm and fine script on her left wrist.
Dark leafy tattoo on a forearm
Small black silhouette tattoo of two birds in flight on the upper back of a woman with wavy hair, with gold beaded straps draped across her bare skin.
Two birds tattoo on upper back
Close crop of a person in a pale pink cut-out dress with black script lettering tattooed on the upper arm and across the upper chest.
Script tattoos on upper arm and chest
Close-up photograph of a colour American flag tattoo on the upper back, with words such as duty, country and honour in black lettering across it.
American flag with words on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a person lying on a bed in underwear, showing a black lettering tattoo of lines of text along the side of the ribs.
Lettering tattoo on the side of a torso
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a hawk's head merging with a woman's profile, surrounded by orange chrysanthemums and red feather swirls.
Hawk-headed woman and chrysanthemums on thigh
Collage of four small fine line tattoos: mountains on the ankle, a tiny heart on a finger, a small figure on the upper arm and a fox on the wrist.
Small tattoos on ankle, finger, arm and wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of torn skin revealing a red maple leaf flag on a person's lower leg, shown in a photo taken indoors.
Torn skin revealing Canadian flag on calf
Pencil and ink drawing of an open book outline, with lettering running along its edges that lists book genres and the words I love books.
Hand-lettered open book design with genre list
Colour tattoo of a green tree frog with orange toes on the lower back, with a trail of black footprints leading down towards the waistband.
Green frog with footprints on lower back
Small colour tattoo of a red and blue butterfly with outstretched wings on the ankle, shown against a dark background.
Red and blue butterfly on an ankle
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in five lines along the side of the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a skeletal deer, a crescent moon, a dahlia at the shoulder and fine geometric lines.
Skeletal deer and dahlia on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an owl perched above a pocket watch, with cherry blossom branches and a crescent moon, drawn in neo-traditional style.
Owl, pocket watch and blossom design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring kaiju head with spiked dorsal plates, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Kaiju head on upper back
Small orange slice tattoo on the forearm, with orange segments inside black fine-line outlines and short black strokes along the rind.
Orange slice on a forearm
Small black dotwork bow tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand resting against a white top, with a gold filigree ring on one finger.
Dotted bow tattoo on the wrist
Three-panel photo of an ornamental tattoo covering a person's shoulder and upper arm, with purple spirals and feather-like forms and a green and yellow mandala on the shoulder cap.
Ornamental shoulder and upper arm sleeve
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, with a plaid shirt held open around it.
Quote tattoo across the chest
Black and grey shaded drawing of a compass wrapped in twisted branches with a rope, a stylised anchor and a flying bird, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Compass, anchor and bird tattoo design
Two fine line tattoos in a diptych: a small black twig on the upper chest near the shoulder, and a dotted star constellation across the upper back.
Twig and star constellation fine line tattoos
Black ink tree of life with branches, leaves and roots enclosed in a dotted circle, tattooed on a person's upper back.
Tree of life with roots on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a crown, shown on the outer forearm.
Crowned lion on a forearm
Colour phoenix tattoo with black outlines and ornate patterned feathers spreading across a person's upper back, in orange, red and yellow.
Phoenix across the upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a firefighter helmet, breathing apparatus and crossed axes on the upper arm.
Firefighter helmet and breathing mask on upper arm
Gold foil temporary tattoo of three lip prints above the words CHEERS, BITCHES in block capitals on the inner wrist.
Gold foil lips and lettering on wrist
Solid black stylised cat silhouette with swirling tail lines, tattooed on the inside of a bare ankle, beside a black studded shoe.
Stylised black cat on an ankle
Pencil sketch on lined paper of a plain outlined cross with the words Philippians and 4:13 in script lettering, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Philippians 4:13 script and cross sketch
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a bird silhouette with speech bubbles and a boxed caption in lettering.
Black bird silhouette with quote lettering
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with layered petals and a star-like centre, shown on the inner forearm.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Vincit qui se vincit along the side of the ribs.
Latin script quote along the ribs

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