Tattoo ideas

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

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Black lace-style floral tattoo with scrolls, leaves and a large rosette across the back, in a botanical blackwork style.
Black lace-style floral tattoo on the back
Black ink drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, wrapped in rose petals and ink splatter, shown as an unplaced tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch and rose design sketch
Black and grey botanical lace-style tattoo covering the back of a hand and wrist, beside a wristwatch and a silver ring.
Floral lace tattoo on hand and wrist
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a four-petal clover on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a teal background.
Small clover tattoo on an inner wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of daisy-style flowers, buds and long leaves running down an upper arm and onto the shoulder.
Daisy flowers and leaves on upper arm
Black and grey peony tattoo with two blooms and leaves on a forearm, shaded with stippled dotwork.
Two peonies on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos of lungs with branching airways and flowers on both forearms, with a small chain motif near the wrists.
Lungs and flowers on both forearms
Flash style drawing of a grenade whose body is a ribcage filled with yellow, purple and green flowers, set on a plain red background with no body placement shown.
Grenade with ribcage and flowers
Close view of two forearms with metallic temporary tattoos in gold, silver and blue, including palm trees, a wave, leaves and shells, against sand.
Metallic palm tree and wave designs on forearms
Black and grey dotwork rose with leaves and hanging geometric drops on the forearm.
Dotwork rose on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a tiger's head in profile with purple and blue flowers and painterly splashes, shown on an upper arm.
Tiger head and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey mandala-style forearm tattoo with sunflowers, a six-pointed star and lace-like dotwork, running from the forearm down to the wrist.
Mandala sunflower forearm tattoo
Woman seen from behind with long balayage waves, showing a black and grey botanical flower tattoo on her upper arm.
Black and grey flower tattoo on an upper arm
Woman in a white lace dress with black and grey botanical tattoos of roses and leaves on her upper arm, shoulder and forearm.
Roses and foliage tattoos on arm and shoulder
Black line drawing of a peacock feather with a curled eye and flowing swirls on a white background, a botanical tattoo design.
Peacock feather line drawing
Black and grey shaded sunflower tattoo with a dotted seed head on the forearm, photographed on a blanket.
Sunflower on the forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a house framed by branching trees and roots, sitting on the calf.
House with branches and roots on a calf
Fine line tattoo of a grey tabby cat sitting inside a circle of small purple and red flowers and green leaves, on the upper thigh.
Tabby cat in a flower wreath on the thigh
Fine line peony tattoo with pink wash and grey leaves running from the side of the neck across the shoulder blade.
Peony and leaves across neck and shoulder
Colour botanical tattoo of ripe peaches, green leaves and small blossoms across a shoulder and upper arm, shown in two photographs.
Peach branch across a shoulder
Colour tattoo on a calf of a bare leg in a bath, showing a cartoon creature in an ornate oval frame with pink roses, a pink bow and lettering in neo-traditional style.
Cartoon creature and roses on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a hand holding lily of the valley sprigs and wearing a gold ring, on a lower leg.
Hand with lily of the valley on a calf
Black and grey daisy tattoo with a thin stem and two small leaves on the inner forearm, shaded in soft grey tones.
Daisy with stem on a forearm
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a lotus flower on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up photo.
Small lotus flower on the wrist
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre on a thigh, with a small script line tattooed near the waistband of black underwear.
Sunflower tattoo on a thigh
Black ink botanical tattoo of a flower vine running from the neck down the upper back and shoulder blade of a woman seen from behind.
Flower vine running down the upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses with leaves running down the outer thigh, with a hand and bracelet resting beside it.
Three roses with leaves on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo across a back showing two skeletons inside a geometric dotted frame, an eye in a triangle above, and botanical flowers and a tooth below.
Twin skeletons and eye on a back piece
Black and grey bat with spread wings, flanked by peony, sunflower and poppy flowers, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Bat and flowers across upper back
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a white masked face surrounded by peony flowers on the upper arm, with small red charms on the left.
White mask with flowers on upper arm
Botanical tattoo of pink lilies and dark curling vines running from the ankle across the top of a bare foot.
Pink lily vine across ankle and foot
Pen sketch of a weeping willow rising from a cupped open hand, drawn in black ink with dense hatching, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Weeping willow growing from an open hand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sunflower with leaves and a stem running down the inner upper arm.
Sunflower and leaves on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves and stems on a lower leg, above a cream platform ankle boot with sheer floral mesh panels.
Grey botanical leaves and stems on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of shaded plumeria flowers with tribal swirls and bands running down the side of a thigh.
Plumeria and tribal design on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm of a bare tree whose trunk rises from a shaded anatomical heart with visible blood vessels.
Bare tree growing from an anatomical heart
Black and grey rose tattoo on the back of a hand, with a partly visible clock tattoo on the wrist and forearm.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and leaves across a person's side over the ribs, with dotwork shading.
Peony and leaves on the ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a dark branch, with grey flowers, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Cardinal on a branch across a back and shoulder
Back of a person's neck with a tattoo of a red rose on a thorned stem, with grey shaded leaves, placed centrally at the nape.
Red rose with shaded leaves on the neck
Fine line tattoo of a red watercolour poppy on the upper back, with cursive script running down the spine, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Red poppy and script down the spine
Small pink watercolour-style rose tattoo with green stems and leaves on the forearm of a person in a grey top.
Two pink roses on a forearm
Black and grey sunflower inside an outlined triangle, with a thin zigzag arrow line beside it, tattooed on a forearm.
Sunflower in a triangle on a forearm
Illustrated skull design with feathers, a jewelled headpiece and a wreath of flowers and leaves on a pink background, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Skull with feathers and flower wreath
Pink and grey lotus flowers with leaves and water ripples tattooed on a lower back, photographed from behind, in a botanical style.
Pink lotus flowers on lower back
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves and buds tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder, worn by a person in a red and blue striped top.
Shaded roses on an upper arm
Colour cherry blossom branch tattoo in red and pink running along the ribs and side of a person lying on their side.
Cherry blossom branch along ribs
A gold metallic temporary tattoo of a leaf vine runs down the centre of the chest, worn with a pink lace bralette and denim jeans.
Gold metallic leaf vine on chest

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