Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour tattoo of a silver compass with pink roses and a rosebud on the outer thigh.
Compass and roses on a thigh
Black line drawing of a rose with leaves and a small sprig, lightly shaded in soft pink, shown as a botanical tattoo design on paper.
Rose and leaves line drawing
Full body Japanese style tattoo covering a man's arms, chest, back and legs, with a dragon, cherry blossoms, clouds and waves in bright colour on grey shading.
Full body Japanese bodysuit tattoo
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
Colour realism tattoo of a blue and orange hummingbird with long green tail feathers on a person's side ribs.
Hummingbird with long tail on ribs
Black lettering reading Curiosity often leads to trouble runs along the outer thigh of a person wearing a grey top with one hand on their hip.
Quote in script along the side of a thigh
Colour tattoo of a world map inside an ornate scrolled oval frame on the thigh, in a traditional style.
World map in an ornate frame on a thigh
Black linework compass rose tattoo with a small red N on the upper arm, in a traditional style with fleur-de-lis points.
Compass rose on an upper arm
Two black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope wrapped around the shanks, one on the top of each bare foot, resting on grass.
Anchor and rope tattoos on both feet
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
A flash sheet of sixteen paw print designs in a four by four grid, including solid black, stippled dotwork, tribal, rainbow and coloured outline versions.
Paw print flash sheet, sixteen designs
Black outlined diamond tattoo with soft blue watercolour shading on the inner forearm, resting on a red floral fabric.
Diamond tattoo on a forearm
Two legs raised against a pale wall, covered in traditional tattoos of daggers, a rose, an eye, a pocket watch and a whale, with a black and grey flower on one knee.
Full traditional leg sleeves with white high-tops
Realism-style black and grey tattoo of two dog tags on a chain across a forearm, with lettering stamped on the tags.
Dog tags with chain on a forearm
Black linework lettering design on a white background reading And so the adventure begins, with flourished capitals and underlines.
And so the adventure begins lettering
Small black palm tree tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, beneath the arm, with a green swimsuit and woven hat in view.
Small palm tree on the side ribs
Traditional style flash drawing of Pikachu smiling inside a black and teal laurel wreath, scattered with small stars on a parchment background.
Pikachu in a laurel wreath flash
Four tattoo design drawings on a white background: an outlined infinity loop with heart ends, a treble and bass clef forming a heart, a grey Celtic heart knot, and an infinity loop with two red
Infinity hearts, clef and knot design sheet
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the lower back of a woman in a navy cut-out top.
Four-line quote tattoo on lower back
Black and grey outline tattoo of a cow with a dark spot at the navel, shown on a man's abdomen as he lifts his shirt.
Cow tattoo on a belly
Two photos side by side showing a small solid black crescent moon tattoo, fine line style, on the inner wrist in black and white and on the upper back in a warm sepia tone.
Small crescent moon on wrist and upper back
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Hand-lettered black text reading too weird to live, too rare to die, with a flock of black bats, on a yellow background; a lettering design that could be used as a tattoo.
Lettering design with bats on yellow
Fine line blue ink tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with flags and waves, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Sailing ship tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoos of a small owl-like creature and an infinity symbol on a forearm, with a second small round animal tattoo on the other forearm near the wrist.
Small animal and infinity tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of three cats stacked in a pyramid on striped balls, on the calf.
Three cats balancing on striped balls
Watercolour style willow tree with green weeping foliage, blue sky and a black silhouette on a swing, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Willow tree and swing on thigh, watercolour look
Black fine line design of the New York skyline, with the Statue of Liberty and tall skyscrapers, joined to a heartbeat line and the words New York in script.
New York skyline with heartbeat line
Small fine-line black tattoo of a pocket watch on the side of a finger, with a hand resting against black shorts.
Small pocket watch on a finger
Three small black swallows in flight tattooed on the back of a neck, in a fine line style, partly framed by hair.
Three swallows on the nape of the neck
Close-up of fine line black ink tattoos on four fingers of a hand, showing the letters M, E and W and a small cat face, with glitter nail polish.
Letters and a cat face on fingers
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the forearm of a person wearing denim shorts and a gold watch.
Realistic rose on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh of a man in a suit, his head replaced by a UFO over pine trees and mountains, with the words DO YOU THINK I'M and SPOOKY.
Suited figure with UFO and mountains on thigh
Black and grey geometric snowflake tattoo with a teal outline and dotted border on the forearm.
Geometric snowflake with dotted border
Black and white photograph of a shaded feather tattoo running across a bare shoulder and collarbone, with the face cropped out of frame.
Feather tattoo on a shoulder in black and grey
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 fine line tattoo on the inside of a wrist showing a heart outline with a fingerprint heart and the word love in script.
Fingerprint heart with love script on a wrist
Pastel colour tattoo of a winged unicorn rearing up with a rainbow mane, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Winged unicorn on an inner forearm
Cross stitch of a red heart with a white banner reading MOM and a small pink rose, in a traditional tattoo style on dark navy fabric.
Cross stitch heart with MOM banner
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 black tattoos of musical staves with notes and a treble clef sit either side of the navel on a bare midriff, above a low waistband.
Music staves and notes on the lower abdomen
Watercolour-style tattoo of a tabby cat in orange and brown wash with loose black linework, on the forearm, with a close-up beside it.
Watercolour-style cat on forearm
Black and grey lotus flower with cloud scrolls and a hanging ornament tattooed centrally on the sternum.
Lotus and cloud motif on the sternum
Solid black silhouette design of a dolphin leaping beside curling wave splashes, shown as a stencil-style tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Dolphin and wave design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a spider whose abdomen is a human skull, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Spider with skull body on upper arm
Small black crown tattoo in a fine line style on the side of a torso, above denim shorts, with a hand raising a white top.
Small crown on the side ribs
Colour full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Snow White, the Evil Queen, Pinocchio, Minnie Mouse and dwarfs among yellow and blue flowers.
Disney characters full sleeve tattoo

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