Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic red roses with black lace floral detail covering a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in coloured light against a dark background.
Red roses and black lace on a shoulder and upper arm
Black script lettering chart showing upper and lower case letters A to Z in a flowing copperplate style on a white background.
Script alphabet A to Z chart
Line drawing of a pocket watch wrapped in lilies and ribbons on white paper, with one petal coloured purple, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and lilies tattoo design
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a hamsa hand with a blue eye, lotus flowers and leaves on the outer thigh.
Hamsa hand with eye and flowers on a thigh
Black line drawing flash of a pocket watch with roses, leaves and a chain, with a script banner of lettering beneath, styled as a traditional tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses with script banner
Watercolour-style tattoo of dandelion seeds drifting across the upper back, with pink, blue, green and orange washes beside the shoulder blade.
Watercolour dandelion seeds on upper back
Pencil sketch design of a dandelion seed head releasing musical notes and a treble clef, in a botanical style, with no body placement shown.
Dandelion seed head with musical notes
Traditional style tattoo of a bulldog wearing a red top hat, with a banner reading Bitches above and Be Crazy below, on a limb.
Bulldog in top hat with banner
Close-up of a black fine line cursive script tattoo spelling a short word across the inner forearm.
Fine line cursive script on a forearm
Photograph of a realistic colour tattoo of a tiger's face with orange, black and white fur on a forearm, with a printed tiger reference photo behind it.
Realistic tiger head on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of three curling waves on the inside of a forearm, with a red fabric and a gold chevron pendant in the background.
Three wave curls on a forearm
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
Blue Japanese-style wave tattoo with white foam detail running down the inside of a forearm against a plain beige wall.
Blue wave tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a wrist tattoo reading I hope you had the time of your life, with black capitals and red cursive lettering.
Quote on wrist in black and red script
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman with ram horns and tulips in her hair, holding a red apple with a bite taken out.
Woman with ram horns and a red apple
Black script lettering reading Pain is just a simple compromise, ending with a small butterfly, across a forearm.
Script quote and butterfly on a forearm
Watercolour-style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a black silhouette tree with exposed roots and flying birds against pink, purple and teal washes.
Tree and birds on a forearm
Black ink Hello Kitty outline filled with peony and blossom flowers in a traditional style, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Hello Kitty outline filled with peonies
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of princess figures around a script quote on the outer thigh.
Princess figures and quote on a thigh
Black and coloured flash sheet showing a city skyline, birds in flight, circular emblems of a flame, hand, scales, eye and tree, and two ferris wheels, with the word divergent in script.
Flash sheet of skyline, birds, emblems and ferris wheels
Black ink line drawing on cream paper of a banner reading PRONE TO WANDER above pine trees, a stag and hatched hills, a design with no body placement shown.
Prone to wander banner with pine trees and deer
Black and grey botanical tattoo of sunflowers, a peony and smaller blooms with leaves across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Sunflowers and peony on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a constellation of dots and star clusters across a shoulder blade and upper arm.
Dotted constellation across a shoulder
Line drawing of a lion head in profile, its mane filled with swirls and tribal patterns, on a cream parchment background.
Ornate lion head in profile
Pen and ink sketch of two howling wolves with swirling smoke-like linework, drawn in black, blue, purple and orange on a notebook page, not shown on skin.
Pen sketch of two howling wolves
Solid black tribal-style eagle design with wings spread wide and talons extended, shown on a white background.
Tribal eagle with spread wings
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat with pink ears and yellow eyes, shaded in black, on the outside of a calf.
Grey cat tattoo on a calf
Black script lettering reading 'This too shall pass' tattooed across the inner wrist in a fine line lettering style.
Script lettering reading 'This too shall pass'
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
Traditional style tattoo on a lower leg of a blue and black striped dress with the words WHITE AND GOLD? above and below it.
Striped dress with WHITE AND GOLD? lettering
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
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with three roses, a vintage microphone, piano keys, a guitar headstock and music staves, in a realistic sepia-toned style.
Roses, microphone and piano keys design
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a compass and a clock with flowers and a script banner, shown on the inner forearms.
Matching compass and clock tattoos on forearms
Black tribal tattoo with swirling curves and spiral motifs on the forearm of a person with tan skin, set against a stone background.
Black tribal swirl design on a forearm
Two small black semicolon tattoos, one on the back of a hand and one on the inner wrist, shown side by side.
Matching semicolon tattoos on hand and wrist
Two black and grey botanical tattoos of poppies with stems, buds and leaves, one on each forearm, drawn in fine linework with dotwork shading.
Poppy tattoos on two forearms
Black typewriter-style lettering reading i was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, tattooed across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a shoulder
Realism style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing Big Ben, a red telephone box, a London Underground roundel and the London Eye in grey and red ink.
London landmarks sleeve on upper arm
Black ink ornamental elephant head and trunk with mandala, paisley and chevron patterns, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Ornate elephant on the thigh
Small fine line snowflake tattoos in grey ink across the back of a hand and along the middle finger, resting on a wooden table.
Snowflake tattoos across a hand
Two hands held together in a heart shape, with a small solid black heart tattoo on the side of one finger and a dark ring on the other hand.
Small solid heart on a finger
Black ink line drawing of a snow-capped mountain with a tent at its base and a small campfire with curling smoke, drawn on grey paper.
Mountain, tent and campfire line drawing
Two women seen from behind with matching black script and infinity symbol tattoos on their upper backs, one with a feather and one with an anchor.
Matching infinity tattoos with feather and anchor
Fine line script tattoo running vertically down the spine on a person's bare back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Script line running down the spine
Fine line black botanical sprig with a peony, fern fronds and a succulent-style flower on the inner forearm.
Botanical sprig with peony and fern on forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading love will tear us apart runs along the ribs beneath a black top.
Lyric quote along the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face-painted portrait with a raven above and feathers, shown on the forearm from three angles.
Face-painted portrait with raven on arm
Fine line black botanical sprig tattoo with round flower buds and slim leaves on the inner upper arm.
Small botanical sprig on an upper arm

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