Tattoo ideas

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

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Two traditional-style forearm tattoos: a red flower vase with the words Oh No, Not again and Don't, and a grey whale with the words I wonder if it'll be friends with me and Panic.
Vase and whale forearm pair with quotes
Fine line black geometric heart tattoo on the side of a woman's ribs, under a raised arm, against a white background.
Geometric heart on the ribs
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with avocado eyes, onion rings, chilli peppers and a lime wedge, on a leg.
Sugar skull made of avocado, onion and chilli
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag head with large antlers, framed by fine geometric lines and a shaded flower, on the calf.
Stag head with geometric frame on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a black birdcage with leaves and splashes of colour and flying birds across the ribs and side of the torso.
Birdcage with watercolour birds on ribs
Black ink flash drawing of an eye within a planchette shape, a woman in an Art Nouveau style frame, and a death's head moth below, with no body placement shown.
Eye, planchette and death's head moth design
Small black zebra tattoo on the outer ankle, drawn in simple solid black linework with bold stripes.
Small zebra tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a crying woman's profile inside a circle, with the words LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES below.
Crying woman profile in a circle with text
Black fine line script reading Let it be across a woman's side ribs, with long blonde hair falling over her shoulder.
Let it be script on ribs
Black line drawing of a dog in a faceted geometric style, with its tail curled into a large open loop above its back.
Geometric dog with curled tail
Two black outline rose tattoos with purple, pink and teal splashes of colour across the shoulder and upper arm.
Outline roses with splashes on a shoulder
Two arms pressed together, each with a small fine line outline tattoo on the forearm: a black Mickey Mouse head on the left and a Minnie Mouse head with a pink bow on the right.
Matching Mickey and Minnie outline tattoos
Black and grey shaded drawing of shooting stars with swirling trails, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Shooting stars with swirling trails
Black and grey tribal butterfly tattoo with swirling linework and shading, sitting around the navel on the stomach.
Tribal butterfly tattoo around the navel
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a peony with leaves above a lettered ribbon banner, being sketched on paper by a hand holding a pencil.
Peony and lettering banner flash sketch
Black line drawing of a winged dragon with curling smoke above its head, in a bold tribal-style outline, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Winged dragon with smoke curls design
Black and grey rose tattoo with stippled shading and dark leaves on a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Rose with leaves on a forearm
Fine line black script reading with pain comes strength runs vertically along the side of a torso, beside a hand with rings resting on a purple top.
Script quote along the side ribs
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an elephant head with splashes of blue, yellow, orange and green on the upper arm.
Watercolour elephant head on upper arm
Black linework outline of peonies, daisies and leaves across a person's upper back and shoulder, with pink skin redness around the lines in a botanical style.
Floral outline across back and shoulder
Black serif lettering of a two-line poetic quote tattooed across the upper back, shown in a lettering style.
Two-line quote across upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue octopus with pink cherry blossoms and petals, in a neo-traditional style, on the lower leg.
Blue octopus with cherry blossom on a calf
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a snarling wolf head, a woman's face, a shaded rose and a howling wolf under a moon at the top.
Wolf, woman and rose sleeve on a forearm
Black tribal-style lion head design on a white background, drawn as a flash sheet image with bold solid shapes and no body placement shown.
Tribal lion head design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a sleeping grey and white cat inside a pink heart with a scalloped rainbow outline, on a thigh.
Sleeping cat in a pink heart
Black and grey realistic rose with dotwork and fine line mandala patterns across the forearm and wrist.
Realistic rose with mandala linework on forearm
Green ink drawing of a stylised geometric bird with outstretched wings, sketched on paper beside pencils and a ruler, as a tattoo design.
Green geometric bird tattoo design drawing
Black ornamental mandala tattoo with dotted tassels on a woman's shoulder, with a second tattoo partly visible behind it.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Sketchy fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a sitting cat, a yellow star and small coloured dots, shown on skin.
Crescent moon with cat and star
Black lace-pattern armband tattoo wrapping around the upper arm of a woman in a grey sleeveless top, in blackwork style.
Lace armband tattoo on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a heart made from fingerprint whorls, shown on the side of the ribs.
Fingerprint heart on the side of the torso
Traditional-style tattoo of a wreath of yellow roses with red centres and dark teal leaves on black stems, wrapping around an elbow.
Yellow rose wreath on an elbow
Engraved-style skull with red roses, blue flowers and a songbird on a woman's upper arm, shown in a vintage illustration style.
Skull with roses and bird on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo wrapping the inner upper arm towards the elbow, against a white textured wall.
Mandala tattoo on the inner upper arm
Black botanical flower with curling swirls on the side of a hip, with a pink bikini visible at the bottom of the frame.
Flower and swirl design on a hip
Traditional colour tattoo of a cherry pie slice topped with whipped cream, with a banner reading Stay Golden, on the forearm.
Pie slice with Stay Golden banner
Black and grey flash design of a crab holding a thread spool and needle, framed by sunburst motifs above and below, with the word Cancer beneath.
Crab, thread spool and sunburst design
Black linework drawing on a white board of an infinity symbol with the word love in script and three small birds above it.
Infinity symbol with script love and three birds
Colour tattoo of an orange and blue butterfly with black veins over teal watercolour splashes and red petals on a forearm.
Butterfly over watercolour splashes and petals
Small black fine line tattoo of a thin branch with tiny clustered flowers, placed on the upper chest beside a white garment.
Fine line sprig of tiny flowers on the chest
Black hand-drawn lettering reading UNPREDICTABLE across the upper chest just below the collarbone.
Unpredictable lettering across the upper chest
Pencil sketch of an acorn with a stippled cap and a curling stem, a botanical tattoo design drawn on white paper.
Pencil sketch of an acorn with curling stem
Traditional style flash design of a red-haired woman in a cream dress beside a hooded figure, a FORGET ME NOT scroll, a unicorn, a rabbit and flowers.
Forget me not woman with unicorn and rabbit
Traditional style flash design of a smiling pin-up woman in boots and gloves riding an oversized black moustache, with Best Ride lettering and Giddy Up beside it.
Pin-up woman riding a giant moustache
Small black ornamental elephant tattoo on the upper back of a woman with ombre blonde hair, photographed from behind.
Ornamental elephant on upper back
Colour script lettering reading As Lost As Alice, As Mad As a Hatter in blue, red and black ink on a forearm, with a small red heart.
As lost as Alice lettering on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a symmetrical tree of life set within ornate leafy scrollwork, a design suited to a tattoo, with no body part shown.
Symmetrical tree of life with scrollwork design
Three views of a black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm, showing planets including Saturn, a DNA helix, a chromosome and a geometric grid.
Planets, DNA and grid on upper arm

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