Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a geometric elephant with pink, yellow and blue watercolour-style fills, on a shoulder.
Geometric elephant on a shoulder
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a roaring lion's head with an angular mane, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Geometric lion head on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded moon with fine geometric circles, lines and dots on the outer forearm.
Shaded moon with geometric linework on a forearm
Black and grey geometric mandala design with a ring of circles and a diamond centre, beside the word Forgiveness in script and several paragraphs of text.
Forgiveness mandala design sheet
Black ink drawing of a peony flower with dark silhouetted leaves, overlapped by an outlined triangle, on white paper beside two black fineliner pens.
Peony flower design within a triangle
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a dense geometric pattern on a woman's shoulder, with small Roman numerals above it near the neck.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of arrows, circles and dotted lines running down the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Arrows and circles on a forearm
Black ink ornamental elephant head and trunk with mandala, paisley and chevron patterns, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Ornate elephant on the thigh
Black dotwork and geometric linework tattoo of a leaping animal with a curled tail and a dotted arc above it, shown on skin in a circular crop.
Geometric leaping animal with dotted arc
Colourful geometric ram head tattoo in pink, purple, red and blue across the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Geometric ram head on upper back
Close photo of a small black outline triangle tattoo on the side of a finger, in a geometric style, with blue painted nails.
Small outline triangle on a finger
Small black outlined star tattoo in fine line style on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up photo of pale skin.
Outlined star on the inner wrist
Black fine-line tattoo of two triangular shapes, one with an open eye and one with a simple face profile, on the inner upper arm.
Geometric eye and profile tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey moth tattoo with a dotted circular halo and three diamond drops on the forearm.
Moth with dotwork halo and diamond drops on forearm
Black and grey photograph of a minimal double circle tattoo with a sketchy outline on the inner forearm, against a dark background.
Double circle tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, a crescent moon and stars inside a diamond frame, with pine trees at the base, on the upper back.
Mountain landscape in a diamond frame on the back
Fine line black outline of two nested downward-pointing triangles on the inner wrist, with a gold and white watch strap beside it.
Nested outline triangles on a wrist
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with fine linework and botanical and geometric detailing.
Lotus mandala on a shoulder
Small blue-grey fine line diamond tattoo on the inner wrist, above a white braided cord bracelet.
Small diamond tattoo on wrist
Three forearms side by side, each with a small stack of three outlined and filled triangles in black and grey fine line style on the inner forearm.
Three matching triangle tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a tiger face on the upper arm, split down the middle between a geometric triangulated left half and a realistic shaded right half.
Split tiger face on an upper arm
Hand-drawn flash design of a blue and purple lotus above a black and grey crescent moon with mandala-style patterns, shown on a white background.
Blue lotus and crescent moon design
Close view of a black dotwork mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with a long braid falling over her other shoulder.
Black mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Blackwork geometric tattoo of parallel bands and a diamond pattern on a forearm and wrist, partly covered by a turquoise bracelet.
Black geometric bands on wrist with turquoise jewellery
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a triple moon with a peace sign above a framed figure with a dark oval face and hands pressed together.
Triple moon and framed figure on a forearm
Black and grey geometric snowflake tattoo with a teal outline and dotted border on the forearm.
Geometric snowflake with dotted border
Flash sheet of ten numbered black ink mandala designs, several with stippled dotwork shading and floral, lotus-like centres, drawn on white paper.
Ten black ink mandala designs on a flash sheet
Black line flash sheet of twelve crescent moon designs, each labelled with a month and a moon name and filled with a geometric symbol.
Twelve monthly moon flash designs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a horizontal arrow with moon phases and nested diamond outlines, on the inner forearm.
Moon phases and arrow on inner forearm
Two matching black Celtic knot tattoos in bold linework on the wrists of two hands clasped together.
Matching Celtic knot wrist tattoos
Black and grey photograph of a small, thin outline circle tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, in a geometric style.
Small outline circle on the inner wrist
White ink dreamcatcher tattoo with a mandala centre and feathers on the upper arm of a person wearing a black top.
White ink dreamcatcher on upper arm
Outline of a triangle on the inner forearm, filled with purple, blue and pink galaxy-style shading, with a white sleeve pushed up above it.
Galaxy-filled triangle on a forearm
Black line drawing of a circular Gallifreyan script design in a fine-line style, with the words I will love you forever printed beneath it.
Gallifreyan circular script design
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo on the inner forearm, filled with a dotwork and linework mandala pattern.
Crescent moon with mandala pattern on a forearm
Two forearms crossed in front of a pale green t-shirt, both covered in bold black tribal blackwork patterns on the forearm.
Black tribal patterns on both forearms
Black geometric linework tattoo of a diamond shape with interlocking triangles on the upper back, below the neck, on a person wearing a cream open-back top.
Geometric diamond tattoo on upper back
Black ink mandala drawing of a lotus-like flower on cream paper, with a flat, detailed dotwork and geometric pattern, shown beside two black marker pens.
Mandala flower drawn in black ink
Two mirrored black geometric tattoos of radiating triangular spikes curve across a person's forearms, with the face hidden behind the hands, in a blackwork style.
Mirrored geometric spike forearms
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo of lotus petals and leaves on the chest, just below a bra.
Dotwork lotus mandala on the chest
Black geometric tattoos across four fingers of a hand, including a feather, an arrow and triangles, set against a textured white wall.
Geometric finger tattoos with feather and arrow
Black ink tattoo of a lace and mandala necklace with teardrop drops and dotted chains across the upper back, in dotwork style.
Lace necklace design across upper back
Black and grey sunflowers shaded in a realistic style fill a triangle outline on the side of the torso.
Sunflowers inside a triangle outline
Black line tattoo of a Medusa head with snake hair inside a circular Greek key border, shown on the inner forearm.
Medusa head in a Greek key circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated tabby cat with a small heart on its chest, set over fine geometric circles on a forearm.
Seated tabby cat with geometric circles on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading All the stories are true sits above a dark geometric symbol on the upper back.
Quote and geometric symbol on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a bear built from overlapping circles and geometric lines, with Roman numerals inside the body, shown on pale skin.
Geometric circle bear with Roman numerals
Black and grey photograph of a torso with full dotwork sleeves, chest patterns and a lotus with fern-like fronds tattooed on the abdomen.
Dotwork sleeves with lotus on the abdomen

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