Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink tattoo of a house beneath a leafy tree with roots extending downwards, in a sketched botanical style on the calf.
House with tree and roots on a calf
Sheet of black outline Hello Kitty temporary tattoo designs, some in dresses and some with angel wings, on a white background.
Hello Kitty temporary tattoo sheet
Black and white photo of clasped hands with a musical staff and notes tattooed across one finger, placed on the hand.
Musical staff tattoo across a finger
Traditional colour tattoo of a red potion bottle with banners reading "You're the antidote for everything except for me" on a forearm.
Potion bottle and banner quote on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line dotwork tattoo of a dotted line with small star marks running across the collarbone on a light-skinned neck and chest.
Dotted line with star marks across collarbone
Black and grey realistic rose with two buds and a thin stem, tattooed behind the ear on the side of a person's neck.
Black and grey rose on the neck
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a half sun rising above a horizon with short rays, on the upper arm of a person with a bent elbow.
Small sunrise tattoo on upper arm
Pink origami bird patterned with white cherry blossoms, outlined in black, with pink and purple watercolour-style splashes beside it on an upper arm.
Origami bird with cherry blossoms on upper arm
Black lettering and linework tattoo of a TARDIS police box above the script words We're All Stories In The End, on the inner forearm.
TARDIS and script quote on a forearm
Black line dreamcatcher with soft blue feathers tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, above denim shorts.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on the ribs
Realistic tattoo of blue shoelaces threaded through grey eyelets running up the top of a bare foot, shown in Realism style.
Laced shoe tattoo across a foot
Small black and grey swallow tattoo in flight on a person's ribs, seen through the open armhole of a dark sleeveless top.
Swallow in flight on the ribs
Black blackwork tattoo of a crown above a triangle containing the letters FOB, with drip-style edges, on the forearm.
Crown and triangle lettering on forearm
Neo-traditional style flash design of a long-haired blonde princess with two swallows, roses and a banner, shown printed on a phone case.
Princess with swallows and roses design
Hands with black ornamental designs on the fingers, including swirls, dots and a leaf motif, in a fine-line style on the hand.
Ornamental black designs across fingers
Photograph of a small red bow tattoo with a black outline on the upper hip of a person wearing patterned underwear.
Red bow tattoo on upper hip
Black flash design of four animal paw prints above the script words Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs on a white background.
Four paw prints with script names
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves and a small bud on the side of a woman's hip, above a black underwear waistband.
Shaded rose on a hip and thigh
Before and after photos of a black and grey script word tattoo reading mary, then a cartoon Marge Simpson with the word marge in script below, both on the upper chest.
Marge Simpson and name lettering on chest
Colour full arm sleeve tattoo with a Sailor Moon character, a red rose, a cat, a heart and crescent moons over a galaxy background, on the upper arm and forearm.
Sailor Moon galaxy full sleeve
Fine line handwritten script design reading be happy for this moment, this moment is your life, with a small outlined heart, shown on a plain white background.
Handwritten quote with small heart
Small black fine line tattoo of a cross passing through a heart outline on the side of an ankle.
Cross and heart on an ankle
Small black fine line tattoo of a sun with a face and rays, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small sun with a face on the wrist
Colour tattoo of a fairy with pink wings above a flower, with two butterflies and a trail of stars across the lower back.
Fairy, butterflies and stars on lower back
Blackwork-style pine trees shaded from dark to pale blue across a man's forearm, running down towards the wrist.
Pine forest fading down a forearm
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
Two-panel photo of small tattoos on a forearm: the word geronimo above a red bow tie, and the word Allons-y above grey 3D glasses with blue and red lenses, with small stars nearby.
Geronimo bow tie and Allons-y 3D glasses
Black and grey ornamental swallow tattoo with dotwork detailing on the upper arm, in traditional style.
Ornamental swallow on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a cherry pie slice topped with whipped cream, set inside a circle on a calf, with the letters RR beneath.
Cherry pie slice on a calf
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a knife and fork on a forearm, photographed against a dark leather seat.
Knife and fork on a forearm
Colour tattoo of blue and purple feathered wings with a pink heart at the centre, across the lower abdomen above a white bikini bottom.
Winged heart tattoo on lower abdomen
Black and grey tattoo of a galloping horse with a flowing tail, shaded with light highlights, on the upper back.
Running horse on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo on an ankle, shown beside a white sneaker with black stripes and a grey knit sleeve.
Fine line script tattoo on an ankle
Sheet of eight black tribal-style gecko and lizard designs with white pattern details, shown as flash for tattoo use.
Tribal gecko flash sheet
Red and cream woodcut-style drawing of a top hat with the words WE ARE ALL MAD HERE lettered across its crown, with radiating lines either side.
We are all mad here top hat
Small black semicolon tattoo on the side of an ankle, shown in a fine line style with a gold sandal in the frame.
Semicolon tattoo on an ankle
Woman seen from behind with realistic butterfly tattoos across her upper back, above a tied bikini top, on a sunny beach.
Realistic butterflies across a back
Fine line tattoo of an outlined heart with looping script letters and a red stripe, on the foot near the ankle.
Heart with script letters on the ankle
Bold black and red tattoo of a skull with a gunman in silhouette, set against a red flame outline, on a person's calf.
Punisher skull and gunman on a calf
Fine line blue script reading Girl Power with an outline heart on each side, on the inside of a wrist.
Girl Power lettering with hearts on a wrist
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
Fine line black ink lavender sprig tattoo running up a forearm, with dotted flower heads and thin, unshaded stems.
Lavender sprig on a forearm
Solid black silhouette of a bird in flight tattooed on the inner wrist, with a book cover visible behind the arm.
Flying bird silhouette on a wrist
Black tribal-style stencil of a stylised cat running vertically, with a long curling tail at the top and a angular face near the base, shown on a plain white background.
Vertical tribal cat design
Close view of a woman with curly hair and gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos with ornate scroll patterns on her forearm, hand, upper arm and back.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos
Close photograph of a small solid black heart tattoo on the heel of a bare foot, raised on a wooden floor.
Small black heart on the heel
Black and grey realism style feather tattoo with shaded barbs and an outlined quill, placed on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting at the left edge.
Shaded feather tattoo on the side of the torso

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