Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of three peony blooms with leaves and small buds in a botanical design, drawn for a tattoo and not shown on skin.
Three peonies with leaves, pencil design
Two blue snowflake tattoos, one on each foot, in a fine ornamental style, shown on the top of the feet against a light towel.
Matching blue snowflake tattoos on two feet
Black and grey sketch of a Batman-style cowl with cross-hatched shading, fading into loose ink splatters on a white background.
Batman mask in ink splatter sketch
Bold black and white flash drawing of a stylised owl with large round eyes, a heart-shaped beak, outstretched wings and clawed feet on a white background.
Stylised owl flash design
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing paintbrushes, pencils, a pencil sharpener and a tube of oil paint, shown from two angles.
Art supplies on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a world map outline on a person's upper back, with a geometric M-shaped symbol below it.
World map outline on upper back
Coloured flash design of a sugar skull woman with a sundae, cupcake and ice cream cone in her hair, on a neo-traditional banner reading Sugar Skull.
Sugar skull with ice cream sundae
Photo of a red butterfly swirl tattoo with a soft pink wash and small stars on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red butterflies and pink wash on shoulder
Three views of a colour full sleeve tattoo of a space scene with a red sun, ringed planets, stars and nebula clouds, on an arm against a black background.
Space scene full sleeve
Black line drawing of an owl facing the viewer with its wings spread wide, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body part visible.
Owl with spread wings sketch
Pencil and ink design of an ornate scrolled key and a filigree heart-shaped padlock joined by flowing ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Ornate key and heart padlock with ribbons
Black ink drawing of a lion head in profile, with a flowing mane and tribal-style patterns in fine line and dotwork, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Ornamental lion head in profile
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey tattoo on an upper arm, showing a raised fist with radiating lines, banknotes, swirling smoke and a star.
Raised fist with rays and banknotes on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye framed by lotus-like petals and a mandala, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Eye within a mandala on the upper back
Fine line black alien head tattoo on the top of a foot, shown beside a second foot in black strappy sandals on a concrete pavement.
Small alien head on the top of a foot
Small solid black guitar silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with a hand making the rock horns gesture against a textured white wall.
Guitar silhouette tattoo on wrist
Small colour anchor tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, outlined in dark blue with yellow, red and green accents in a traditional style.
Anchor tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a black bird holding a stem with pink and blue daisies, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bird and daisies on the wrist
Black ink infinity symbol joined to the word strength in cursive script, tattooed across the lower back above jeans.
Infinity symbol with strength script
Two photos of a red and black spider emblem tattoo with a web pattern on a forearm, shown in close-up and from further away.
Red and black spider emblem on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a maple leaf filled with autumn trees and an animal silhouette, in yellow, orange and brown, on the forearm.
Autumn forest scene inside a maple leaf
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading everything was beautiful and nothing hurt in a typewriter-style font, placed on the upper back.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the back
Black linework flash drawing of a stylised lion-like creature with curling cloud motifs, a Japanese-inspired design with no body placement shown.
Stylised lion with cloud swirls
Black and grey skull with a crown of roses tattooed on the side of a finger, shaded in stippled dotwork.
Skull and roses on a finger
Blue silhouette birds rise across a shoulder blade above the script words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, on the upper back.
Flock of birds and script on a shoulder
Realistic tattoo of plate armour with a fleur-de-lis emblem and chainmail covering a shoulder and upper arm, shown from two angles.
Armour pauldron and chainmail on shoulder
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and turquoise temporary tattoo designs, including chain arcs, a sunburst of circles, a heart with arrow and filigree ornaments.
Metallic chain, arc and sunburst flash sheet
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a leg showing a UFO, an agency badge, a hand holding a cigarette, a mobile phone, pink flowers and a banner reading Mulder it's me.
Mulder quote banner with UFO and badge
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping around the wrist, with symmetrical petal shapes.
Mandala wrist band tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with two roses and smoky shading on the inner forearm.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Woman in a white graphic tee with a black and grey Om mandala print, showing a black fine line arrow and lettering tattoo on one forearm and a red floral tattoo on the other arm.
Lettering and floral tattoos on forearms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a prism and rainbow beam, a brick wall and a hammer, on the thigh.
Woman with prism and rainbow on thigh
Two small solid black tattoos on wrists, one of the Eiffel Tower and one of the Empire State Building, with the hands held together.
Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building on wrists
Black script lettering reading 'Write drunk; edit sober' inside a partial ink circle, with a smaller line of text below, on the side of a torso above a waistband.
Quote in a broken circle on the torso
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's face framed by filigree ornaments on a forearm.
Ornamental cat head on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a feather outline above the script "In the end, we'll all become stories" on a forearm.
Feather and quote on a forearm
Black linework flash design of a dragonfly with outstretched wings, surrounded by grey stars and ending in a looping swirl tail, with no body placement shown.
Dragonfly with stars and a swirling tail
Black linework tattoo of a leafy tree whose trunk forms two legs and feet, on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Tree with legs on upper back
Black and grey pine tree tattoo with a dense silhouetted canopy and a thin trunk, on the outer forearm of a person in a black denim jacket and shorts.
Pine tree on a forearm
Small black and grey sunburst design tattoo on a woman's ankle, with sand on her feet and legs on a beach.
Sunburst ankle tattoo on a beach
A small brown puppy with a red collar held in a hand on a tattooed forearm, which carries a colourful traditional-style design, against a plain grey background.
Puppy held on a tattooed forearm
Hand-drawn black ink flash sheet of thirteen numbered traditional-style designs, including a crescent moon, pipe, hourglass, flower, moth, flying saucer, jellyfish and the word thirteen in script.
Numbered black ink flash sheet of thirteen designs
Colour tattoo of red peony flowers with green leaves on the outer forearm, shown on a person in a grey top and dark jeans.
Red peonies on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Lights will guide runs diagonally across a shoulder, cropped at the right edge of the photo.
Script quote on the shoulder
Black handwritten script reading Just..... Be You. on a plain white background, a fine line lettering design with no body placement shown.
Just Be You handwritten script lettering
Close photo of black fine script lettering reading Moment on the inner forearm, with a pendant necklace and a bare shoulder visible.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Let me be your wings, with a small butterfly outline beside it, tattooed on a forearm.
Script quote with butterfly on forearm
Black tribal sleeve tattoo with a stylised face motif and swirling bands covering a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal face sleeve on upper arm

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451