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 woman in a feathered headdress flanked by two cats, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman portrait with feathered headdress on upper arm
Black silhouette flash design of three small birds perched on a branch with curling tendrils and leaves on a white background.
Three birds on a curling vine
Traditional style tattoo of a green and red cobra rising above a patterned coil, with two small red flowers, on a lower leg.
Cobra and flowers on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face within ornate scrollwork, with a small heart and a row of beads, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Clock and scrollwork on upper arm and shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a colourful songbird on a black branch, surrounded by pink blossoms with green leaves, on a person's leg.
Songbird and pink blossom on a leg
Black tribal-style mermaid design with flowing swirled hair and a curling fishtail, drawn in solid black on a white background.
Tribal mermaid flash design
Black outline tattoo of a lotus flower on the forearm of a person wearing a grey sleeve, in a Botanical style with fine line work.
Lotus outline on a forearm
Fine line black outline of the planet Saturn with its ring, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Small outline Saturn on a wrist
Solid black fern frond tattoo across the back of a hand and onto the wrist, botanical style, photographed against a plain white background.
Fern tattoo on the back of a hand
White fine line script reading Remember why you started on a plain black background, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Remember why you started script lettering
Two small heart outline tattoos in black ink on the inner wrists, one drawn with a solid fine line and the other in a dotted line.
Matching heart outlines on two wrists
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, with a rose gold heart chain bracelet and a blue striped sleeve.
Small anchor tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses with leaves and buds on the inner forearm, shown with the hand raised against a pale background.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Small black silhouettes of four figures in flight, arranged in a diagonal line across the ankle in a fine line style.
Flying silhouettes on an ankle
Black script lettering tattoos on the tops of two feet, reading Her Daughter and Her Mother.
Her Mother and Her Daughter script on feet
Black ink drawing of an ornate mandala-style design with petal shapes, dotted lines and hanging pendant drops on white paper, with pencils at the top edge.
Mandala design with dotted drop pendants
Two matching infinity heart tattoos reading sisters in script on the forearms, one shaded green and one pink.
Matching sisters infinity heart tattoos
Black and grey script tattoos on a foot, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance, but never in heart, each with a small shaded heart.
Script quotes with hearts on a foot
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a fawn head with thistle flowers on the forearm, shaded with dotwork stippling.
Fawn and thistle on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a large rose with a smaller rose, daisy-like flowers and thorny stems on an upper arm.
Traditional rose and daisies on an upper arm
Black outline tattoo of an open book with small legs on the upper arm, shown against a brick wall with a hand holding the arm.
Open book with legs on an upper arm
Close view of a white dotted tattoo running up the forearm and across the back of the hand, with the fingers tucked into a grey jeans pocket.
White dotted pattern on forearm and hand
Black and white photo of a small black dragonfly tattoo, in fine line style, centred on the upper back of a person with their hair in a bun.
Small dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Close view of a forearm with two gold metallic chevron lines, a gold knot band on the wrist and a row of small gold triangles on the hip, beside a gold watch.
Gold metallic chevron and triangle designs on arm and hip
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with the words we were, AND IN THAT MOMENT I SWEAR and infinite woven into an infinity symbol, shown on plain paper.
Infinity loop with lettered quote design
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping circles with dotwork accents across the upper back.
Overlapping circles and dots on a upper back
Black outline drawing of a cat curled up asleep with its tail looping around, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Curled sleeping cat line drawing
Black lettering tattoo of the letters DA inside a circle of text reading Dumbledore's Army, on the upper arm in a close-up photo.
Dumbledore's Army initials on upper arm
Two matching small black text tattoos of latitude and longitude coordinates sit on the hips of two people wearing bikini bottoms.
Matching coordinate tattoos on the hips
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the outer side of a bare foot with teal painted toenails, resting on white sheets.
Small arrow tattoo on a foot
Small black Roman numeral tattoo reading XII XVIII XCVI on the ribs of a woman wearing a black top and floral skirt, in Lettering style.
Roman numerals on the ribs
Black ink drawing of a bison, with its front half realistically shaded and its rear half built from faceted geometric panels and dotwork, on a white background.
Geometric bison design in black ink
Black fine line tattoos of art tools, including a feather, pencil, marker, paintbrushes and a palette knife, on a forearm and wrist.
Art tool tattoos on forearm and wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an adult lion and its cub on the upper arm and shoulder, shown in a black and white photograph.
Lion and cub on upper arm
Two matching forearm tattoos of pink and red roses with grey shaded leaves and the word Sister in black script, in traditional style.
Matching rose and sister script tattoos on forearms
Three photos of the word sister in thin black fine line script on the inner forearm near the wrist, on white bedding.
Sister script on the inner forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a village with red roofs and a church tower under a starry blue sky on a forearm, with a black and grey circular piece above it.
Village at dusk on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a cartoon creature above the line 'A person's a person, no matter how small' on the lower back.
Cartoon creature and quote on the lower back
Black fine line fern fronds tattooed on the upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt and high-waisted denim jeans.
Fern sprig on an upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of stacked chevron arrows on the inside of a wrist, above a braided bronze bracelet.
Small chevron arrows on the wrist
Colourful tattoo of a black semicolon and small birds over pink, yellow and blue watercolour-style washes on the forearm.
Semicolon and birds with watercolour wash
Close view of two clasped hands with the word ALWAYS tattooed in black capitals along one finger on each hand, in a lettering style.
ALWAYS lettering on two fingers
Back view of a person's neck showing a small outlined crescent moon tattoo in fine line style, placed at the top of the spine.
Crescent moon outline on the nape
Colour tattoo of a grey cat with sugar skull face paint, red roses and green leaves on the upper arm, with black star outlines nearby.
Sugar skull cat with red roses
Three black ink tattoos of the word sorella, in script and block lettering, on two forearms and a wrist.
Sorella word tattoos on forearms and wrist
Black linework mandala tattoo with geometric and floral motifs on the upper thigh, with a few small reddish-brown petal accents.
Mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey dotwork and linework flash design of a long-haired woman beneath a horned bison head with flames, with no body placement shown.
Woman and horned bison design
Small black fine line tattoo of a flock of birds in flight on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Flock of birds on upper back

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Popular subjects

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