Tattoo ideas

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

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Three views of a full arm sleeve with black linework lilies, a sun-like circle and pink watercolour washes, on the upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour flower sleeve on arm
Black and grey sleeve tattoos with roses and ornamental designs on the upper arm and forearm of a woman holding a camera.
Sleeve tattoos on a woman holding a camera
Black and grey tattoo of cracked skin filled with handwritten words, running down the centre of a person's back.
Cracked skin filled with handwritten words on a back
Abstract black brush-stroke swirl with purple ink splatters on a forearm, against a black background.
Brush stroke swirl with purple splatter on forearm
Black ink tattoo of a striped castle silhouette inside an arc, with the numbers 13.1, 26.2 and 39.3 beneath it, on the ankle.
Striped castle and numbers on an ankle
Upper back tattoo of two shaded grey roses within black lace scrollwork, with teal and red butterflies, in a realism style.
Lace, roses and butterflies across upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Hunter in script, joined by a heartbeat line and a small heart, on skin of the upper back.
Script name with heartbeat line on upper back
Fine line geometric violin tattoo built from circles and straight lines, in black ink on the forearm.
Geometric violin on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a triangle with two horizontal lines inside, on the inner forearm of a person with lilac and blonde hair.
Outlined triangle with two lines on a forearm
Three fine line black tattoos on the top of feet near the ankles, each reading Sisters in script with a heartbeat line ending in a heart.
Sisters script with heartbeat heart on feet
Fine line script tattoo reading all my loving in faded blue-grey ink on the side of a torso.
Script reading all my loving on the side
Black and grey dotwork compass rose with a fine line rope leading to an anchor, tattooed on a shoulder.
Compass rose and anchor on a shoulder
Small black outline butterfly tattoo with simple wings and antennae on the inside of a person's ankle.
Simple butterfly tattoo on an ankle
Black tribal spiral and geometric tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small flower near the wrist, beside a gold bangle.
Tribal spiral tattoo on the back of a hand
Realistic coloured tattoo of three butterflies, two red and one blue, trailing a shaded black swirling ribbon down the side of the ribs.
Three butterflies with swirling ribbon on ribs
Two flash designs of an anchor woven into an infinity symbol, one in tan rope with a blue flower and the words be strong believe, the other in black line with the word hope.
Anchor and infinity flash designs
Black and grey tattoo of a standing multi-armed figure holding blades and torches, flanked by coiled serpents, on the upper arm.
Multi-armed figure on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a standing cat with a curled tail on the upper thigh, with the cat's back arched toward the viewer.
Dotwork cat with curled tail on a hip
Black ink line drawing of a sitting elephant spraying a cluster of butterflies from its trunk, with the word Always in script, drawn on plain paper.
Elephant spraying butterflies design
Black lace-pattern tattoo with roses and tassel edging wrapped around a forearm, against a green wall and a white sleeve.
Lace-pattern band with roses on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a castle tower and HOGWARTS pennant on a wrist, shown beside a printed Marauder's Map illustration of the castle.
Hogwarts castle tower on a wrist
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading Breathe Deep and Dive along the collarbone and upper shoulder.
Script quote on a collarbone
Black ink tattoo of bare branches with perched birds and one bird in flight, across a forearm in a botanical, silhouette style.
Birds on bare branches across a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with spread wings above two cupped hands, inside a circle with geometric diamonds, on a person's upper back.
Bird and cupped hands on upper back
Pencil sketch of three interlocking swirl hearts with curled scroll ends, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Interlocking swirl hearts pencil design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a soaring hawk with spread wings, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Soaring hawk on the upper chest
Black line drawing of four stacked triangles, two pointing up and two pointing down, with horizontal bars crossing the top and bottom triangles.
Four stacked triangles line design
Small black lettering reading 'Don't fool yourself' across the upper back of a woman with short hair in a grey tank top, on a city street.
Don't fool yourself lettering on the upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey robot wearing a bowler hat and bow tie, framed by ornate scrollwork on the upper arm.
Robot in bowler hat and bow tie on upper arm
Black and grey circular tattoo of a desert scene with a saguaro cactus, mountains and a rising sun, done in stippled shading on a forearm.
Desert landscape in a circle on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a cluster of red and cream flowers with dark leaves and teal foliage, placed on the calf.
Red and cream flower cluster on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a salted pretzel with two banners reading Don't get it twisted, shown on skin with a red burst behind it.
Pretzel with Don't get it twisted banners
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the inner forearm, beside a dark cord bracelet with silver beads.
Small cross tattoo on the forearm
Back of a person's neck showing a tapering solid black line with a dotwork fade at the top, in blackwork and dotwork style at the nape.
Tapering black line with dotwork fade on the nape
Close view of a red rose and a clock face tattoo on the upper thigh of a person lying on a bed, wearing a daisy-print top and black tights.
Rose and pocket watch on a thigh
Black typewriter-style tattoo of the word strong with a full stop on the inner forearm, partly covered by a white beaded bracelet with a black bead.
Word strong in typewriter font on the wrist
Black and grey serif lettering across a forearm in two lines of text, with lace and skull-print fabric behind the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship on green waves inside a waffle cone, with pink and orange flowers and green leaves below, on a lower back.
Sailing ship in an ice cream cone with flowers
Colour tattoo of a blue and purple dragon with spread wings and a green coiled tail on the upper back.
Blue and purple dragon on upper back
Black ink sketch of a tattoo design with songbirds, hummingbirds, butterflies and bees among cherry blossom branches, with no body placement shown.
Birds, butterflies and blossom sketch
Small black silhouettes of birds flying up the back of a woman's neck behind her ear, with her hair in a braid.
Flying birds up the back of the neck
Woman in a black bikini wearing gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of a mandala, chevron bands and arrows on her forearm and hand.
Metallic temporary tattoos on forearm and hand
Black ink drawing of a treble clef curling into a heart outline, with two dots to the right, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Treble clef heart design
Pencil and ink drawing of a compass inside a hatched frame, with three banners reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been.
Compass with banner quote drawing
Black and white photo of fine line script showing two lines of coordinates tattooed across the top of a bare foot.
Coordinates script on a foot
Forearm tattoo of a black blackletter letter with blue-grey shading above a black script quote reading just a sign to remind me tomorrow is worth the fight.
Blackletter letter and quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a robin perched on a branch of pink cherry blossom across the upper arm and shoulder.
Robin and cherry blossom on an upper arm
Black ink lotus flower tattoo with dotted chain details on the outer thigh of a person lying on a padded table.
Lotus and dotwork chain on a thigh

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