Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil line drawing of a broad tree with a cloud-like canopy, twisting branches and long curling roots, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Tree with spreading roots design
Forearm with a partly visible floral tattoo in black and red linework, beside a hand holding a white skirt printed with small coloured elephants.
Floral tattoo on a forearm beside a printed skirt
Flash sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, a swallow, a crescent moon with stars, a diamond and arrows.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black lettering tattoo of several lines of script across a woman's upper back, seen from behind in a black strappy swimsuit beside a pool.
Lines of script across upper back
Traditional style black and grey insect tattoos stacked down both calves, with beetles, a bee and a wasp, and touches of ochre and yellow ink.
Six insects stacked down two calves
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag wearing a knitted collar, suit jacket and tie, on the front of a lower leg.
Stag in a suit on a calf
Black and white photo of a small fine line cat tattoo on the back of a hand holding a takeaway coffee cup.
Cat outline on the back of a hand
Two people holding hands, each with a small fine line shell tattoo on the inner forearm, one teal and one lilac.
Matching shell tattoos on two forearms
Small lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading Paris, with a black Eiffel Tower in place of the letter A and a solid red heart above the word.
Paris with Eiffel Tower and red heart on wrist
Black and grey shaded dollar sign with flames behind it, tattooed on a person's lower leg, likely the calf.
Shaded dollar sign with flames on a lower leg
Black linework design with pink and blue pencil shading of a sugar skull woman wearing an owl headdress, with feathers and beaded chains, drawn on paper.
Owl and sugar skull portrait design
Pink and red lotus flower tattoo with a yellow centre and green stem on the side of a person's ribs, in a soft painterly botanical style.
Pink lotus flower on the ribs
Small black fine line arrow tattoo on the inner forearm, with another wrist wearing a gold watch and bracelets in the foreground.
Fine line arrow on a forearm
Black outlined smiley face with X eyes and lettering above and beside it, with blue and red watercolour-style splashes, on a forearm.
Smiley face with lettering on a forearm
Two matching pixel art tattoos on forearms, each showing a coloured pixel character beneath a red and black pixel heart.
Pixel art heart and game characters on forearms
Fine line feather tattoo on the inner forearm, shaded from orange through pink and purple to teal, with ornamental swirls and dots, beside its paper stencil.
Gradient feather tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded spool of thread with looping thread and a dotted trail, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Spool of thread on a forearm
Traditional style tattoos of red roses, a butterfly and an animal head on the calves of two legs resting on a floral bedsheet.
Traditional roses and animal tattoos on legs
Traditional style tattoo of a hooded woman holding an infant in front of a sunburst, on a forearm with solid black shading around it.
Madonna and child with sunburst on a forearm
Reddish-brown ornate elephant design with mandala-style patterns across the back of a hand and along one finger, in a henna-style Indian look.
Ornate elephant design across the back of a hand
Black script lettering reading Allons-y with a sonic screwdriver drawn across it, surrounded by swirling flourishes and small stars on a cream background.
Allons-y script lettering with sonic screwdriver
Colour tattoo of a roaring lion head with a red and orange mane on the upper arm, beside a photo of a real lion with the same design superimposed on its head.
Roaring lion head tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a winged fairy seated on a crescent moon beside a small star, on the upper back.
Fairy on a crescent moon across the upper back
Black line drawing of a rose above a circle, two triangles and an arrow, arranged in a vertical fine line design on a white background.
Rose, circle and arrow line design
Two bare feet crossed in sunlight, with dark ornate lace-style designs on the toes, tops of the feet and ankles, set against green foliage.
Ornate lace-style design on crossed feet
Small black fine line star and crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand clenched above.
Small star and crescent moon on a wrist
Three matching tattoos of pink poppies with grey leaves and the word sister in script, on legs.
Matching pink poppy and sister script tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue eye inside an orange bolt-shaped panel with teal outlines, on the inner wrist.
Eye within an orange bolt on a wrist
Traditional tattoo of a globe pierced by three arrows with red drops below, shaded in black, grey and red, on the lower leg.
Globe pierced by arrows with blood drops
Small fine line black sun tattoo on one ankle beside a braided anklet, and a thin crescent moon tattoo on the other foot.
Sun and moon ankle tattoos
Black fine line outline of the state of Alabama tattooed on the side of a torso, with a white shirt lifted above it.
Alabama state outline on the side ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine-line tattoo of two crossed branches or antlers on the lower ribs, under a polka dot top.
Fine line crossed branches on the ribs
Black and grey flash design of a rib cage, rose, dagger, skull and butterfly with banners reading Can we create something beautiful and destroy it, in traditional style with dotwork shading.
Rib cage, skull and butterfly with banner text
Black fine line script lettering reading Alltid i mitt hjerte across the ribs of a person wearing a black top.
Script lettering across the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a Stormtrooper helmet in a single continuous outline on a limb.
Stormtrooper helmet line tattoo on an arm
Two forearms with black tattoos, an outline world map on one arm and a compass rose on the wrist, while the hands hold a pine cone and a shell.
World map and compass rose tattoos on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a coffee cup with steam rising, on the wrist of a hand holding a white mug on crumpled sheets.
Tiny coffee cup tattoo on a wrist
Neo-trad style flash design of a brown otter curling through blue water beside a fish, framed by swirling waves and bubbles in a circle.
Otter and fish in swirling water
Traditional hourglass tattoo with a red flower, black leaves and wings, shaded in grey and red, on the forearm.
Hourglass with red flower on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a circle enclosing a sun, mountains and water, with lettering above and below reading room for one more troubled soul.
Mountain and sun circle with quote on forearm
Blue and teal Celtic knotwork crescent moon beside a small knotted five-pointed star, shown as a stencil design on a pale fabric background.
Celtic knot crescent moon and star stencil
Black and grey pen drawing of a phoenix with spread wings, lily blooms and flowing tail feathers, drawn as a tattoo design.
Phoenix with lilies design
Black ink postmark tattoo on the chest, showing a circular stamp reading Buffalo NY, PM and 15 JUL 2005 beside wavy cancellation lines.
Postmark stamp tattoo on chest
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon with overlapping circles, a small triangle and the letter N, placed on a forearm.
Crescent moon and circles on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'with every heartbeat' along the collarbone near the shoulder.
Fine line script quote on the collarbone
Small blue and black butterfly tattoo in a fine line style on the top of a bare foot, with orange toenail polish.
Small butterfly tattoo on a foot
Small cartoon tooth with a smiling face and a pink bow tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cartoon tooth with pink bow on wrist
Small fine line script reading feelin' fine in black ink on the upper arm of a person in a navy top with a rolled sleeve.
Feelin' fine script on upper arm

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