Tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching conversation heart tattoos on the wrists, one purple reading FIGHT EVIL and one pink reading WIN LOVE.
Matching conversation heart wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of the McDonald's golden arches above a red McDonald's sign with a Drive Thru panel, on the lower back.
Golden arches and drive-thru sign on lower back
Neo-trad forearm tattoo of a pocket watch, pink roses and leaves, shown from two angles with a red heart in an ornate gold frame and a key.
Pocket watch, roses and heart on a forearm
Two people show matching black fine line city skyline tattoos on their ribs, with denim jeans and shorts visible below.
Matching city skyline tattoos on ribs
Two matching cartoon cat tattoos wearing bow ties on the upper legs, one in black outline and one in colour.
Matching cat tattoos with bow ties
Back of a person's neck and shoulder showing a blue fish-scale tattoo that runs up the side of the neck, with the head turned away from the camera.
Blue scale tattoo on the neck
Pencil drawing of a hooded grim reaper skull holding a pocket clock with Roman numerals, with smoky shading on sepia paper.
Grim reaper holding a melting clock
Two matching colour tattoos of Mickey and Minnie Mouse sit on the inner arms of two people, drawn in a traditional cartoon style with bold black outlines.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse tattoos on two arms
Fine line tattoo of two cat heads, one with green eyes and one with blue eyes, on the forearm.
Two cat heads on a forearm
Large coloured neo-trad style tattoo across a person's upper back, showing a woman's face above an orange heart, black mountain shapes and roots, with red splatter.
Woman's face, heart and roots across a back
Black fine line tattoo of a vintage gramophone with a flared horn on the forearm, worn beneath a pink sleeve.
Gramophone on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line globe outline tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, under a raised arm, with a plaid shirt visible.
Globe outline tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope and a ribbon, with lilies and leaves, designed as a tattoo.
Anchor with rope, ribbon and lilies
Colour realism tattoo of three blue birds perched on a branch with pink and red blossoms, across the forearm.
Three blue birds on a blossom branch
Traditional style tattoo of a lit oil lamp with a teal glass chimney and orange flame, with black leaves, on the side of the body.
Traditional oil lamp with flame
Black script lettering reading Walk by Faith sits on the top of a bare foot near the ankle, with wet sand and pebbles behind it.
Walk by Faith script on a foot
Black ink drawing of a stag head with antlers, filled with floral, zigzag and diamond patterns on an aged paper background.
Ornamental stag head design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink five-petal flower with a black centre and green leaves, with a green moth below, on an elbow.
Pink flower and moth on an elbow
Colour tattoo of a grey and blue butterfly over a purple ribbon heart, with the script words I Will Fight above and a small red heart below, on skin.
Butterfly and ribbon heart with I Will Fight script
Botanical tattoo of two red poppies with green-grey leaves and buds on a woman's upper chest, near the collarbone.
Red poppies on the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with the Golden Gate Bridge, pine trees, mountains and orange poppies, sitting on the thigh.
Bear silhouette with Golden Gate Bridge on thigh
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves on a thigh, beside fine script lettering on the other leg, with both legs resting in a bath.
Shaded rose and script tattoos on legs
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black swallow silhouette tattoo on the upper back, near the nape, of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Small swallow tattoo on upper back
Dark blue scrollwork tattoo with curls and small wing-like points across the lower back, with pink accents, shown above jeans.
Blue scrollwork tattoo on the lower back
Colour tiger tattoo on the upper arm, framed by a black tribal band with swirling and triangular patterns.
Tiger within a tribal band on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with birds taking flight above a dark forest, on the forearm of a raised hand.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing an axe embedded in a tree stump beside a small animal, with the words K is for Kate beneath it.
K is for Kate with an axe and stump
Colour botanical tattoo of a wildflower bouquet with poppies, delphiniums and pansies wrapping the calf, shown with jeans rolled above it.
Wildflower bouquet on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face inside an ornate oval frame on a thigh, with a second framed design partly visible at the lower left.
Ornate framed portrait on thigh
Black line tattoo of a slender botanical sprig with flower buds and leaves on the ankle, in a fine line style with dotwork shading.
Botanical sprig with flower buds on an ankle
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull inside a large toothed mouth on the upper arm, just above the elbow.
Skull in a toothed mouth on an upper arm
Traditional black and grey flash design of a cartoon character with glasses inside a rayed halo, holding a rose, with the words Pray for butts beneath.
Madonna-style cartoon figure with rose flash
Black and grey grim reaper with flames and skulls covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Grim reaper and flames on an upper arm
Ornate drawing of a seated fox with a tail filled with fine black linework patterns and pink watercolour washes, presented as a flash-style tattoo design on cream paper.
Fox with patterned pink tail
Navy blue design of stars, swirls and a heart with the word Cowboys in script, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stars and heart with Cowboys script design
Close photo of a teal shaded scale-like tattoo on the upper thigh of a person wearing denim shorts.
Teal scale design on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of three stacked circles showing a swirl, a mountain range and a pine forest, held up on paper by a hand.
Three stacked circles with landscape scenes
Raised hand against a black background showing a small, fine line arrow tattoo on the inner wrist in dark ink.
Small arrow tattoo on the inner wrist
Two matching realistic tin can telephone tattoos with grey shading and a red thread line, one on each foot near the ankle.
Tin can telephones on both feet
Black and grey line drawing of a ram skull with ridged horns in front of a paisley and floral mandala, with the word Aries and two lines of text beneath.
Ram skull with mandala flash design
Pale botanical linework tattoo across a shoulder and upper back, showing leaves, scrolls and a flower design.
Pale floral linework on a shoulder
Traditional colour tattoo of a dagger through a red heart with golden wings, purple flowers and a blue banner reading BON JOVI, on a limb.
Winged dagger and heart with banner
Fine line black tattoo of a small heart with a curling tail on the inner wrist of a hand, with a ring on one finger.
Small heart with swirl on a wrist
Realism tattoo of a lion's head above a lamb on the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.
Lion and lamb portrait on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a cat holding a geometric star, placed on the outer thigh.
Cat holding a star on a thigh
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a small owl perched on a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol, placed on the ankle.
Owl perched on a Deathly Hallows symbol
Colourful diamond-shaped tattoo of a crystal mountain under a moon with dotwork sky and flowing landscape, placed on the back.
Diamond landscape with crystal peak on skin
Two black and grey realism tattoos: an open pocket compass on a forearm, and an anatomical heart beneath a light bulb with radiating lines.
Compass and anatomical heart with light bulb

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