Tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the words love and life written in looping script across it, shown on white paper.
Infinity symbol with love and life script
Solid black tribal tattoo with sweeping spiked blades and an open central motif, covering a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Black tribal piece on a shoulder
Colour traditional-style sugar skull tattoo decorated with red, blue and purple roses and green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull with roses on a thigh
Fine black script Roman numerals IX, XVI and XI tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a dark background.
Small Roman numerals on an inner wrist
Black tribal-style compass rose design with a patterned ring and central flower motif, drawn on a parchment background, with no body placement shown.
Compass rose design with tribal bands
Fine line tattoo of two short slanted strokes in dark ink on the side of a finger on the hand.
Two short lines on a finger
Realism style skull wearing a gold crown above a grey banner reading True till death, tattooed on a calf in mixed grey and colour ink.
Skull and crown with banner on a calf
Colour tattoo of a pink and blue awareness ribbon beside a black calligraphic mark on the top of a foot, with white painted toenails.
Awareness ribbon and black symbol on a foot
Fine line tattoo of the state of Montana with a small red heart and the cursive word home, placed on the upper back.
Montana outline with heart and home
Before and after pair showing a chest tattoo of a pink bow and filigree keyhole heart, extended into a feather and mandala cover-up across the upper chest and shoulders.
Bow and keyhole heart chest cover-up, before and after
Realistic black and grey hummingbirds with red-washed flowers and stems tattooed on the side of a torso.
Two hummingbirds and red flowers on the side
Watercolour-style tattoo of a purple ribbon surrounded by pink and purple butterflies and small dots, on the inner wrist.
Purple ribbon and butterflies on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of a bold kanji character above a small fuzzy black creature with white eyes, on the upper back.
Kanji and soot sprite on upper back
Black and grey Art Nouveau style tattoo of a seated woman with flowing hair and drapery, surrounded by stems and blossoms, on an upper arm.
Art Nouveau woman and flowers on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a unicorn mermaid with a flowing tail, surrounded by starfish, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Unicorn mermaid with starfish design
Fine line black script tattoo reading family inside an infinity loop, placed on the upper back near the neck.
Family script in an infinity loop on the upper back
Small black anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped ring at the top, sitting on the ankle above a grey canvas shoe.
Small anchor tattoo on the ankle
Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher with feathers, two birds and the word Wanderlust in script on the inner wrist.
Dreamcatcher and birds on a wrist
Back of a woman with her hair up, showing a small fine-line grey ornate key tattoo running vertically down the centre of her upper back.
Fine line key on upper back
Fine line and coloured tattoo of a blue, grey and pink feather with small black birds rising from it, on the top of a foot.
Feather and flying birds on a foot
Black fine line tattoo of an upward triangle crossed by a horizontal line, above a downward triangle, on the inner wrist, in a black and white photo.
Triangle and diamond on the inner wrist
Close view of a forearm with a bold geometric tattoo in black, orange and teal, held beside a woman's hands holding silver hoop earrings.
Geometric tribal pattern on a forearm
Fine line white ink snowflake tattoo on the ankle, shown against a dark leather surface.
White ink snowflake on an ankle
Black fine line tattoo of a dachshund in a single continuous outline, sitting on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dachshund line drawing on a forearm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with spotted, outlined tentacles on the outer thigh, shown in a warm sepia photograph.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Black fine-line tattoo of the word Crikey with a crocodile-like shape on the outer ankle, in a fine line lettering style.
Crikey lettering with crocodile on an ankle
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos, one on each of two ankles, resting on white bedding.
Matching small anchor tattoos on two ankles
Realistic black, grey and blue magpie tattoo in flight with bare branches, placed on the side of the torso.
Magpie in flight on a branch
Black ink drawing of a hot air balloon filled with mandala patterns and a small geometric basket, shown on paper beside pens.
Hot air balloon with mandala pattern drawing
Full leg sleeve tattoo in colour styled as film strip frames with cartoon characters, shown from the thigh to the calf in two photographs.
Cartoon film strip leg sleeve
Shaded grey and green mermaid silhouette on a rock before a pale moon, with the words somewhere beyond my wildest dreams in script on the upper back.
Mermaid on a rock with script quote on upper back
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on two feet, a pig in a top hat with a banner reading Friends and a rooster with a banner reading Not Food.
Pig and rooster with Friends and Not Food banners
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pineapple house with a blue door and the words I'M READY beneath it, on the calf.
Pineapple house with I'm Ready lettering
Forearm tattoo of a rope-edged infinity symbol with an anchor and the script words I refuse to sink, mostly black ink with a red accent.
Anchor and infinity rope with script on forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied bundle of lavender with roots on the upper arm, drawn in fine line.
Lavender bundle tied with twine on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pin-up woman in a blue shirt and cap in front of a red semi truck and orange sunset sky, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Pin-up and red truck on upper arm
Colourful elephant tattoo with watercolour splashes and dark linework covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Elephant with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing a fine line script tattoo running vertically down the spine, below a loose hair bun.
Vertical script line down the spine
Two small yin yang tattoos near the ankles, one solid black on the top of a foot and one outlined on a lower leg, resting on a blue bedspread.
Yin yang ankle tattoos on two legs
Black and grey photo of two open palms with the word HARD tattooed across the left fingers and WORK across the right, in block lettering on the hand.
HARD WORK lettering across the fingers
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a bare tree with birds, its trunk merging into an acoustic guitar, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Bare tree and acoustic guitar on upper arm
Close view of two black ink bow tattoos, one on each thigh, with a fine line outline and light shading, worn above black shorts.
Two bow tattoos on the thighs
Close view of a man in a beige suit and striped shirt touching his jacket, showing a traditional style tattoo of a fist and banner across the back of his hand and wrist.
Traditional hand tattoo with banner on wrist
Traditional flash design of a shirtless boxer in red gloves squaring up to a llama, with flames, a rose and a Born to Fight banner.
Boxer and llama with Born to Fight banner
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the inner forearm of a person wearing a light grey top.
Compass rose tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with bold negative-space shapes and dotwork shading covering a forearm.
Geometric mandala forearm tattoo
Black script reading Made of Love across a person's upper back, flanked by two small coloured circles, one red and one blue, with a thin silver chain visible.
Made of Love script on upper back
Black typewriter text reading I'm With Lauren's Bachelorette Party and a red lips print on a forearm, styled as a temporary tattoo.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on forearm

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