Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour Japanese style tattoo of a katana over blue waves and orange sun shapes on the calf, shown in three views.
Katana and waves on a calf
Colour tattoo of a grey realistic elephant head framed by ornate mandala and paisley patterns on the outer thigh.
Realistic elephant with mandala on thigh
Close-up of a small botanical flower tattoo with black outline and pink fill inside the ear, with a gem stud set in its centre.
Small flower tattoo inside the ear
Black blackwork tree with bare branches and a shaded trunk spreading up the inner forearm, with a bracelet on the wrist.
Bare tree across a forearm
Full colour Alice in Wonderland tattoo across a woman's back and left arm, showing the Cheshire Cat in a tree, the Mad Hatter and a DRINK ME label on the sleeve.
Alice in Wonderland back and sleeve tattoo
Small black pine tree tattoo on the neck just behind the ear, with a silver hoop earring in the lobe.
Small pine tree behind the ear
Black ink tattoo of a vertical line with stacked loops, a spiral and dots, centred on the back of a neck in a black and grey photo.
Unalome-style line tattoo on the back of the neck
Pencil drawing of an open pocket watch with roman numerals, surrounded by lilies, leaves, a chain and scattered dots, shown as a black and grey realism tattoo design with no body placement.
Pocket watch and flowers design
Fine line tattoo of a solar system with elliptical orbits and small coloured planets around a dark sun, on the inside of a forearm.
Solar system on a forearm
Black and grey realism angel wings tattoo spanning the upper back of a person with short dark hair, photographed from behind.
Angel wings tattoo across the upper back
Black ink drawing of a scowling owl with a feather, a key, flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Owl, key and flowers tattoo design
Black linework tattoo of scrolling vines, script letters and a red heart with pink and green accents on the inner forearm.
Scrollwork vine with letters and heart on wrist
Colour biomechanical skull with a coiled spine tattoo on a lower leg, set against red and grey shading in a realistic style.
Biomechanical skull and spine on a calf
Two origami-style birds in black linework with blue, teal and pink watercolour fills, tattooed on an upper arm.
Watercolour origami birds on upper arm
Close photo of a black script lettering tattoo with flourishes and a small stick figure on skin, in black and grey ink.
Script letters with a stick figure
Colour tattoo of a cartoon moon with a face and a rocket lodged in one eye, on the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Moon with a face and rocket on a shoulder
Traditional flash design of playing cards showing a heart, spade, club and diamond above a banner reading LUCKY, with an orange flower and dark leaves below.
Lucky playing cards and banner flash
Line drawing of a black compass rose with rainbow watercolour splashes behind it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Watercolour compass rose design
Black ink tattoo of a stag silhouette with antlers and crossed arrows on the lower leg, shown in a close phone photograph.
Stag silhouette with arrows on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an Om symbol in a triangle with a dreamcatcher and feathers, on a person's upper back.
Dreamcatcher and Om symbol on upper back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of two open flowers and leaves framed by a bold black triangle on the upper arm.
Two flowers inside a black triangle on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses with leaves on the outer upper thigh of a woman wearing a dark grey top.
Black and grey roses on the thigh
Colourful paisley tattoo with pink, teal, green and yellow ink wrapping around the outer thigh and hip.
Colourful paisley design on the thigh
Fine line geometric tattoo of interlocking red and blue triangles on the inner forearm, set against a dark background.
Red and blue triangular linework on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an elephant head in a jewelled headdress inside a dreamcatcher, on the side of the ribs.
Elephant in a dreamcatcher on the ribs
Close view of a black blackwork tribal spiral tattoo in a circle on an arm, with a chalked hand resting beside it and further black tribal tattoos below.
Black tribal spiral circle on an arm
Shaded swallow tattoo in flight on an upper arm, mostly grey with a rust-coloured throat, set against pale skin and a white top.
Swallow in flight on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of blossoms and leaves wrapping around an ankle, shown in three photos.
Black and grey flower wrap on an ankle
Red pencil sketch of a neo-traditional owl perched beside a pocket watch and flowers, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Owl with pocket watch and flowers sketch
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree and birds on a forearm, with shaded ground and roots lower down the arm.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Three-panel photo of a black and grey script lettering tattoo on a forearm, with Arbonne foundation and a compact shown alongside it.
Script tattoo on forearm with makeup over it
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger piercing a red rose with green leaves, placed on the inner forearm of a person wearing a navy striped top.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Realistic peach and grey cherry blossom flowers and buds tattooed across a shoulder and upper arm.
Cherry blossom sleeve on upper arm
Black fine line script lettering of a handwritten quote tattooed on skin, reading about the past hurting and learning from it.
Handwritten quote in black script
Black lettering on the back of a neck reads "open your mind before your mouth" in a blackletter style, placed across the nape.
Open your mind quote across the back of the neck
Small black serif number 11 tattoo on the side of a person's upper back, beside a pale bra strap.
Small serif number 11 on upper back
Neo-traditional design drawing of a woman wearing a black bear head as a headdress, framed by a ring of gold and red feathers on a black background.
Woman with bear headdress and feather crown
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and a chain, shown on an upper arm.
Realistic pocket watch on upper arm
Black blackwork feather tattoo with small birds flying from its tip, on the lower back of a woman in a white bikini sitting on a sunny beach.
Feather and birds on lower back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crocodile-headed figure in a long dress beside a skull-headed figure in a checked outfit, on the inner forearm.
Crocodile and skull figures on a forearm
Blue and teal dragonfly tattoo with shaded, patterned wings on the top of a foot, set against a cloudy sky, with dark blue painted toenails.
Blue dragonfly tattoo on the top of a foot
Two clasped hands with traditional tattoos of a butterfly, a cat head, a heart and a lily on the hands and forearm.
Hands with butterfly, cat and lily tattoos
Crossed legs showing black and grey tattoos on the thighs, including script lettering, a cluster of roses, a crescent moon with a face and a figure in a hood.
Script, roses and moon tattoos on crossed legs
Fine line black and grey botanical tattoo of a peony with leaves above element tiles spelling BReAtHe, on the side of a ribcage.
Peony and periodic table tiles on ribs
Black serif lettering reading She has no idea. The effect she can have. across the top of a foot, with glitter ballet flats beside it.
Quote lettering on the top of a foot
Fine line black tattoo of an H-shaped symbol with a small circle, above a second tattoo of crossed lines with loops, both on forearms.
Two small fine line symbols on forearms
Traditional style arm sleeve with a tiger head, an all-seeing eye, a skull, a snake and a rose on a forearm and upper arm, in black outline with red, green and blue colour.
Traditional sleeve with tiger, eye and snake
Black fine line tattoo of an outlined heart with a cross above it and a looping line crossing the heart, on the upper back.
Heart and cross on upper back

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