Tattoo ideas

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Traditional style tattoo of a grinning panther head and an umbrella with eyes and lightning on the inner forearm.
Umbrella and panther on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of two black cats peeking over a red heart with daisies and leaves, on a limb of skin.
Two black cats peeking over a red heart
Colour traditional tattoo of a claw hammer with a wooden handle wrapped in two banners reading TELL HIM I'M GONE, on the outer forearm.
Hammer with banner reading Tell him I'm gone
Small black and grey anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the side of an ankle, in a traditional style.
Anchor with rope on an ankle
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an owl wearing cat-eye glasses and perched on a stack of books, on a forearm.
Owl in cat-eye glasses on stacked books
Traditional style flash drawing of a colourful owl perched on a branch, with a rose partly visible at the bottom edge.
Traditional owl on a branch flash
Two close-up photos of a traditional style shark tattoo with open jaws and a skull wearing a top hat, on a leg.
Shark and top hat skull tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a blue swallow with cream wing linings and a yellow beak, placed on the side of the lower abdomen near the navel.
Blue swallow on the lower abdomen
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a couple's faces in a red heart, with banners reading 'To die by your side' and 'Such a heavenly way', a blue flower spray and a hanging noose.
Couple in heart banner with noose on forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an owl with roses and leaves on the outer thigh, with a hand with dark nails resting beside it.
Owl and roses on a thigh
Black line drawing on paper of a traditional style tattoo design with roses, playing cards, a pocket watch and an ornate mirror frame.
Roses, playing cards and pocket watch design
Black and grey swallows flying toward an ornate baroque mirror frame tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallows and an ornate mirror frame on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a grey shaded anchor wrapped in rope with two red roses on the outer thigh.
Anchor and roses on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with ornamental scrollwork and dot patterns across the wings and body, designed as a tattoo.
Ornate swallow flash drawing
Traditional-style tattoo on the outer forearm of a person, showing a yellow crescent moon, a small star and a woman's face beside a skull.
Crescent moon, skull and woman on forearm
Black and grey traditional-style dagger tattoo with an ornate hilt and downward-pointing blade, placed on the centre of a person's chest beneath an open denim shirt.
Traditional dagger on the centre of the chest
Two small traditional-style Tudor rose tattoos in red and blue on the side fingers of two hands pressed together, with black script lettering tattooed on the thighs behind.
Matching Tudor roses on two fingers
Watercolour-style tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and red poppies on the outer thigh.
Deer skull and poppies on a thigh
Repeating pattern of blue traditional swallows with red chests and yellow tails, alternating with white nautical stars outlined in black on a pale yellow background.
Swallows and nautical stars repeat pattern
Colour tattoo of a bronze Dalek above three red roses and a banner, in a traditional style on the upper thigh.
Dalek and roses on a thigh
Traditional flash design of a red rose with green leaves, a tan banner reading AMORE and small black stars, shown without a body placement.
Traditional rose with Amore banner
Red ink sketch on aged paper of a pocket watch wrapped in two roses, drawn as a tattoo design in a traditional style.
Pocket watch and roses design sketch
Japanese-style flash drawing of a black and white cat holding a sword, with a woman's head and pink flowers on its body, set beneath a gold halo.
Cat with sword and woman's head design
Traditional style tattoo of an open powder compact with red flowers on a teal mirror, placed on the upper arm.
Powder compact with red flowers on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor with a green and red compass rose at its centre, on a lower leg.
Anchor and compass rose on a lower leg
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with ornate N, E, S and W points on the inner wrist of a hand.
Compass rose on an inner wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a rose inside a scalloped heart frame on the upper arm.
Heart frame with rose on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoos of an owl on the upper arm, pink roses with green foliage on the thigh, and a skull on the forearm.
Owl, roses and skull tattoos on arm and leg
Traditional style tattoo of a green, orange and yellow parrot perched on a branch with leaves, shown on a limb against denim.
Perched parrot on a branch
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey spider web with a yellow sun and black star motifs, placed over the elbow.
Spider web and sun on the elbow
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cartoon character with a pompadour, round glasses and a tear, above a banner reading CRY BABY, on a calf.
Crying cartoon character with CRY BABY banner
Black and grey anchor tattoo wrapped in rope, with two shaded stars and script on the shaft, placed on the side of the ribs.
Anchor with rope and stars on the ribs
Two small blue and black swallows in flight, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a traditional style.
Two swallows in flight on the chest
Traditional style wolf head tattoo with bold black outlines, pierced by two arrows and showing a red tongue and blood drips, photographed on the body.
Wolf head with arrows
Traditional style red rose with yellow shading, green leaves and white dotted pearl strands on a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Red rose with pearl strands on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a grey skull with orange banners reading EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN, a bat and a spider on a web, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull banner with bat and spider on back
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with mountains, pine trees and a lake, with bold black outlines, on the inner forearm.
Bear silhouette filled with mountain landscape
Blue and teal seahorse tattoo with black outlines and small bubbles on a person's forearm, against a red wall.
Blue seahorse with bubbles on a forearm
A black and grey bear head flash design with detailed fur linework and shading, shown on a sepia watercolour background.
Bear head design in sepia tones
Two traditional colour swallow tattoos sit side by side on a person's upper chest, above a blue strapless top.
Two swallows on the chest
Cross-stitch on white fabric in a dark frame showing traditional tattoo motifs: a red heart with a LOVE banner and dagger, and an anchor wrapped in rope with stars.
Cross-stitch heart, dagger and anchor flash
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a feather, a sunflower, a lotus and a swallow on the hand, with a dagger and a heart nearby.
Forearm sleeve with feather and swallow
Neo-traditional Batman and Catwoman head tattoos with banners and yellow roses on the back of both calves.
Batman and Catwoman calf tattoos
Blue shaded floral tattoo of hibiscus-style blooms and leaves across the upper back, in a blue-toned botanical style.
Blue floral spray on a upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pineapple with green leaves and a blue banner reading Farewell Friend with a red heart, on a limb.
Pineapple and Farewell Friend banner tattoo
Flash design of a teal sugar skull with purple linework, dot details and red roses with thorny vines, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal sugar skull with red roses
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a teal fish on the forearm, outlined in bold black linework.
Maneki-neko cat on a forearm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner reading what a catch, surrounded by circular lettering and two stars, on an upper thigh.
Anchor and quote on a thigh

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