Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the forearm showing a tent, crescent moon and mountains inside a downward-pointing triangle framed with mandala ornaments.
Tent and moonlit camp in a triangle
Realism tattoo of a grey tiger head with blue eyes beside two red roses with green leaves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tiger and red roses on upper back
Fine line black ink bow tattoo wrapped around a woman's ankle, with bare feet on a dark wooden deck.
Fine line bow tattoo on an ankle
Black ink script lettering samples with flourishes, including phrases such as Adaggio and Love Catalogue, and a full lowercase and numeral alphabet along the bottom.
Script lettering specimen sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wearing an ornate feathered headdress across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull in feather headdress on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with paisley swirls covering a woman's shoulder, with a tattoo studio blurred in the background.
Ornamental paisley mandala on a shoulder
Neo-traditional leopard head with an orange gem on its brow, framed by red flowers, tattooed on the upper arm.
Leopard head with red flowers on upper arm
Back view of a scattered cluster of small black star tattoos running from the nape of the neck down across the upper back, shown beside a black ruffled top.
Scattered star tattoo on the neck and upper back
Dotwork spiral mandala tattoo with red wash accents on the upper back, set against the left shoulder blade area.
Spiral mandala on upper back
Green and purple thistle flash design with swirling curled motifs and the Gaelic words Alba gu bràth printed beneath it.
Thistle design with Alba gu bràth
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo of a purple octopus with pink suckers and grey waves across the shoulder and upper arm, with a green anchor near the lower arm.
Octopus and waves full sleeve
Traditional style owl tattoo with swirling tendril linework and dotwork shading on the calf, with touches of red ink on the belly.
Owl tattoo on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a cat's head with green eyes and blue, purple and orange fur, beside a cherry blossom branch on a forearm.
Calico cat portrait with cherry blossom
Black fine line compass rose tattoo with W and S cardinal letters on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Compass rose on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding a reflective sphere that shows a seated man in a room, on the back of a bald head.
Reflecting sphere tattoo on the back of the head
Black and grey crown tattoo with a fleur-de-lis top and the word Gemini in script beneath, on the inner forearm.
Crown and Gemini script on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering of a reader quote tattooed along the inside of a forearm, set in a stacked block of text.
Reader quote tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Smile on the side of a woman's ribcage, with her arm raised.
Fine line Smile script on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly with pale blue flowers, yellow centres and green leaves on the lower back.
Blue butterfly and flowers on lower back
Black and grey realism portrait of a man in glasses and a tie on the upper back, with a beetroot and banners reading WE GOT THE BEETS.
Portrait with beetroot and banners on the back
Colour tattoo of red and peach peony blooms with green leaves on the side of a torso, below the navel, in a botanical neo-trad style.
Peony tattoo on the side of the torso
Colourful painterly tattoo of a woman's face framed by flowers on the outer thigh, with a patterned blanket covering part of the leg.
Watercolour portrait of a woman with flowers on a thigh
Two forearms lie side by side on white bedding, one with a black koi fish tattoo and the other with a red koi fish tattoo, both in a brush-like Japanese style.
Black and red koi tattoos on forearms
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo with dotwork shading and orange, red and teal circles on a forearm.
Geometric lion head with coloured circles
Close photograph of a small black script lettering tattoo reading blessed on the side of a finger, with silver glitter nail polish.
Blessed script on a finger
Colourful botanical tattoo of irises, orange flowers, blackberries and green leaves covering a bare thigh, in a botanical style.
Botanical flowers and blackberries on a thigh
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty in a patterned kimono holding a fan, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the upper arm.
Hello Kitty in a kimono with cherry blossoms on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an Om symbol with a shaded Buddha face and teal dotwork patterns on a limb, with a US quarter placed below for scale.
Om symbol with Buddha face and teal dotwork
Black and grey flash drawing of a pocket watch breaking apart into shards, with a chain trailing across cracked ground.
Shattering pocket watch with chain
Fine line black heart outline with a small bird inside, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Small heart outline with bird on wrist
Black brush-ink enso circle with a stylised lotus flower inside it on a grey background, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Enso circle with lotus flower
Black script lettering reading "Not all those who wander are lost" with a blue flower and vine on the top of a foot.
Script quote and blue flower on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a skull in its lower bulb and two roses, on the outer thigh.
Hourglass with skull and roses on a thigh
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo reading c'est la vie on the back of a hand.
C'est la vie script on the back of a hand
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat face with a pink bow, purple accents and pink flowers on the forearm.
Sugar skull style cat with bow on forearm
Small black outline daisy tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand raised towards the camera, in a fine line style.
Small daisy tattoo on the wrist
Black handwritten script tattoo reading I know you might roll your eyes at this, but I'm so glad that you exist, shown on a forearm and an upper thigh.
Handwritten quote tattoo on forearm and thigh
A world map tattooed across a person's upper back, with black outlines and coloured fills on some countries.
World map tattoo across the back
Colour tattoo of a Star of Life with a serpent entwined around a staff, outlined in black with a quote curved around it, on a leg.
Star of Life with serpent and lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a misty pine forest on the inner forearm, fading into dotwork stipple at the lower edge.
Pine forest sleeve on a forearm
Black ink handwritten script reading dreaming is believing, running diagonally across cream paper, drawn as a lettering design.
Dreaming is believing in flowing script
Watercolour-style tulip tattoo in pink, red and orange with green leaf and stem on a forearm.
Watercolour tulip on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of nested golden ratio rectangles with the number 1.61803399 beneath, on the inner forearm.
Golden ratio rectangles on a forearm
Back of a woman with long blonde hair showing a black geometric mandala tattoo with a flower of life centre, in fine line style, on the upper back below the neck.
Mandala and flower of life on upper back
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a pine tree inside a dotted diamond frame, with a shaded ornament below, on a lower leg.
Pine tree in a diamond on a calf
Realism sleeve tattoo on a man's forearm and upper arm showing a ship, a sunset sky, a cross-topped building and a hooded figure in colour and grey.
Realism sleeve with ship, cross and hooded figure
Black ink phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a curling tail on the side of a person's back, shown in black and white.
Phoenix tattoo on the side of the back
Black and grey script tattoo across the lower back of a person wearing black leggings with white XO logos.
Script tattoo on lower back

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