Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with a chain and two roses with leaves, running along a forearm.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
Black and white flash design of two eyes with diamond-cut irises, dripping tears and the words Cover Your Crystal Eyes, with no body placement shown.
Crystal eyes with tears and lettering
Black ink drawing of an ornate butterfly surrounded by mandala-style patterns and dangling beaded chains, in a dotwork style, shown as a design with no body placement.
Mandala butterfly tattoo design
Small black and grey realism style hummingbird tattoo in flight on the side of a ribcage, shaded feathers and a long thin beak.
Hummingbird on the ribs
Black and white photograph of a small black BLOW lettering tattoo in typewriter-style capitals on a woman's lower abdomen, above the waistband of her underwear.
Small BLOW lettering on a hip
Colour tattoo of three red ladybirds with black spots and outlines, linked by a dashed line with loops, on pale skin.
Three ladybirds on a dashed trail
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a man and woman seated either side of a Ouija board inside a circle, on the outer thigh.
Couple at a Ouija board on a thigh
Close photo of a realistic purple rose shaped into an elephant silhouette, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Purple rose elephant on a thigh
Watercolour-style tattoo of a black cat head with a yellow eye and fine whiskers, with blue and red ink washes, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Watercolour black cat on the ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the side of a torso showing the cartoon character Stitch with red and yellow flowers and the script words Ohana means family.
Stitch with hibiscus and plumeria on ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag standing on a faceted rock beneath a tree, enclosed in overlapping geometric diamond lines on an upper arm.
Stag and tree in geometric frame on upper arm
Realistic sugar skull tattoo with painted flowers, a red cross and a red stethoscope on the side of the ribs.
Sugar skull with stethoscope on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass with a compass rose and needle on the inner forearm.
Compass tattoo on the forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of a row of geometric symbols, including a spoked circle, a dot in a circle and two triangular shapes, on the inner forearm.
Small geometric symbol row on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of queen anne's lace, dandelion seed head and dandelion leaves running up the back of a leg, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Botanical wildflowers on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of three succulent plants in green, blue and purple tones with pink-edged leaves, on the calf.
Succulent cluster on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of an Egyptian pharaoh with a striped nemes headdress and wings on a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Pharaoh portrait and wings on a forearm
Close photograph of the phrase Lights will guide you home in black cursive script across the inside of a forearm.
Script quote reading Lights will guide you home
Black and grey geometric world map tattoo made of angular outlined facets on the forearm, with a keyboard visible at the left edge.
Geometric world map on a forearm
Two small black outline hearts in a fine line style, one on each of two inner wrists held side by side.
Matching outline hearts on wrists
Traditional style tattoo on the back of a hand showing a ship's wheel around green ocean waves, with a banner reading Home Sweet Ocean.
Ship's wheel and banner on the hand
Black linework tattoo design of a woman in profile with a rose in her hair, set within a mandala, leaves and a diamond, shown as a drawn stencil on white paper.
Woman profile with rose and diamond
Ten black cross designs on a white background, including plain, outlined, ornate fleur-style and flame-topped shapes, shown as tattoo flash.
Ten black cross designs on white
Colour tattoo of a pink unicorn with a rainbow mane inside a gold frame with a teal bow, on the lower leg.
Unicorn in an ornate gold frame
Black and grey tattoo of two crossed arrows with feathered fletching on the inner forearm, shown near the wrist.
Two crossed arrows on a forearm
Orange line drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and long trailing tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Phoenix with spread wings
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate key with a heart-shaped bow on the centre of the chest, with dotted lines and small diamond shapes radiating behind it.
Ornate key with dotted rays on chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a banded planet, a ringed planet and a crescent moon inside a circle on a calf.
Planets and crescent moon in a dotwork circle
Flash design of cartoon cats on three ribbon banners reading I want to pet every cat in the world, with no placement shown.
Cats on banners with a pet quote
Black line drawing on a white background of a heartbeat trace that turns into a treble clef and two musical notes, a fine line flash design.
Heartbeat line with treble clef and music notes
Two side-by-side photographs of cherry blossom tree tattoos across a back, the left in soft grey and pale blue and pink, the right in realistic pink and green.
Cherry blossom tree across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of large feathered wings across the back, shoulders and upper arms of a shirtless man with his arms raised.
Feathered wings across back and arms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a person's upper back showing a waterfall landscape in a diamond frame, with pine branches, cones and a log beside it.
Waterfall landscape in a diamond on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of two reaching hands across the inner forearm, with a ring on the hand below.
Two reaching hands on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a feather with a flock of birds rising from it, on the upper back near the neck.
Feather and flying birds on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of gladioli on a stem running down the inner upper arm, drawn in fine linework with soft shading.
Gladiolus sprig on inner upper arm
Blue watercolour owl tattoo with loose black sketch linework and a red-brown eye, on the lower arm.
Blue watercolour owl on forearm
Two forearms with gold and silver foil temporary tattoos of a moustache, lips, diamond, hearts, XOXO and the words love is all you need.
Gold and silver foil temporary tattoos on forearms
Colour traditional tattoo of a swallow with orange and red swirls and a banner on the back of a hand, with a partly visible red and green design above it.
Traditional swallow with swirls on a hand
Fine line script design reading love, with curled flourishes on each side, shown on a plain white background.
Love script with swirls
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crouching winged angel with large feathered wings across the upper back.
Winged angel across a back
Fine line black script reading no fear on the inner wrist of a palm-up hand.
No fear script on the wrist
Gold and silver metallic temporary geometric tattoos of chevrons, arrows and lattice patterns on the back of a hand, forearm, calf and ankle.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on hand and legs
Black and grey realism dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers, birds and script on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and script on ribs
Black and grey blackwork tattoos of an eye inside a triangle above a mandala on a man's upper arms, photographed with his arms raised.
Eye in triangle and mandala on upper arms
Two cartoon mouse tattoos in a cartoon style, placed side by side on two limbs, one in pale outline and one in full colour.
Matching cartoon mice tattoos on two arms
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with mandala-style patterning on the upper back of a person wearing a white lace top.
Ornamental elephant on upper back
Black ink Roman numerals wrap around a forearm beside an ornate filigree circle with a central horizontal line and dot, in clean linework.
Roman numerals and filigree circle on forearm

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