Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour forearm tattoo of a shouting martial arts fighter in a white gi and red headband, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Martial arts fighter character on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a grey skull with glowing teal eyes above a smaller red skull, on the inner forearm against a dark background.
Glowing teal skull and red skull on a forearm
Coloured flash design of a sword, pipe, staff and cloak among leaves, with a yellow banner reading Home is behind the world ahead, in a neo-traditional lettering style.
Banner lettering with sword and pipe design
Brown line drawing of a henna-style paisley and floral design with scrolls, leaves and dots on a cream background.
Henna-style paisley and floral design
Black ink butterfly with a dotted trail and four-pointed stars on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Butterfly and stars on a upper back
Six black line drawing flash designs of infinity symbols, each with a word or phrase such as family, sister, dream or always, some with small birds.
Infinity symbol tattoo designs with lettering
Dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers and red mandala webs across a person's back, shaded in a realistic style with a beaded line across the upper back.
Two dreamcatchers with feathers across the back
Black and grey script lettering reading Bleed with me and you will forever be my brother, with a flourish beneath it, across the upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey photo of a bare back with the words Turn your wounds into wisdom tattooed vertically down the spine in serif lettering.
Vertical quote along the spine
Solid black cross tattoo on the inner forearm, with the text PSALMS 119:30 written in thin lettering alongside the upright.
Cross with Psalms 119:30 on a forearm
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and an ornamental mandala-style tattoo on the back of the hand, with vertical lettering down the outer thigh.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman at the beach
Close-up of a small blue-grey ornate key tattoo with a scrolled bow on the inner wrist, with the palm facing up.
Ornate key on the inner wrist
Black and grey shaded tattoo of two roses on the top of a bare foot, with rolled denim jeans at the ankle.
Two roses on the top of a foot
Close view of a small black fine line cross tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with dark red nails, resting against a dark grey garment.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with blue and green swirl-patterned wings and black scrollwork, placed on the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Black ornamental sugar skull design with a cap, crossed bones and filigree swirls, drawn in solid black linework on a white background.
Ornate sugar skull with crossbones
Black and grey design drawing of snarling wolves and a bear with flowers, leaves and bees inside a black circle, with no body placement shown.
Snarling wolves and bear in a circle
Traditional-style tattoo of a red and white lifebuoy ringed by a dark chain outline, on the outer ankle of a foot resting in a pink flip-flop.
Red lifebuoy tattoo on an ankle
Fine line botanical tattoo of two five-petal flowers on a curling vine across the top of a foot, resting on sand.
Flower vine on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow and blue eyes above black script reading Because I'm a lady, on the thigh.
Cartoon cat with script quote on thigh
Black ink lotus mandala design with dotwork petals, shown flat beside a clear quartz point, a rose quartz figure and a citrine figure.
Lotus mandala design with crystals
Japanese style colour tattoo of a black cat holding an arrow above a red and teal dragon, shown on a limb in two side by side photos.
Black cat and dragon in Japanese style
Small black crescent moon tattoo with soft shading on the inner wrist and forearm of a pale-skinned arm, against a plain light background.
Small crescent moon on the inner wrist
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a semicolon with green, blue, orange and purple streaks on the wrist.
Semicolon with watercolour splash on wrist
Colour botanical tattoo of three pink peonies with dark green leaves, placed on the centre of a woman's chest below the collarbone.
Pink peony cluster on the chest
Black fine line script lettering reading Enjoy today on a plain cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Enjoy today script lettering design
Small black outline lotus tattoo in a fine line botanical style on the side of a middle finger, with rings on the neighbouring fingers.
Lotus tattoo on a middle finger
Black and grey lipstick tattoo with a pink tip on a forearm, with pink script reading Love and three small pink hearts above it.
Lipstick and Love script on a forearm
Close-up of a detailed brown henna-style feather design with swirls and dots on an arm, against red fabric.
Henna feather on an arm
Upper back of a woman in a white towel and robe, showing a black cross tattoo and a colourful design on the shoulder.
Black cross and colour shoulder tattoo
Colour traditional-style tattoo on skin of an older woman with glasses holding a sprinkled cupcake, with a banner reading IT WAS A RUN BY FRUITING.
Older woman with cupcake and banner tattoo
Fine line constellation tattoo of dark dots and small star shapes on the hip, shown in a close up and in a photo of a bare midriff wearing a black thong.
Constellation tattoo on the hip
Colour realism tattoo of an anatomical heart with blue and red vessels on the forearm.
Anatomical heart on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a stylised owl perched on a thin branch with leaves, on the upper arm.
Fine line owl on a branch on the upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a wild-eyed hare in a purple jacket and white shirt, set against swirling teal and green, on a leg.
Wild-eyed hare in a purple jacket on a leg
Traditional style tattoo of a black and brown lit match with grey smoke rising, framed by red and grey tattoo work on skin.
Lit match with smoke in traditional style
Leopard print tattoo in black and orange ink across the hip and upper thigh of a person lying on a black leather sofa.
Leopard print tattoo on a hip and thigh
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style tattoo design with circles, dots and a hanging leaf, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lace design with hanging leaf
Close view of dark geometric henna-style patterns covering a forearm, wrist and the back of a hand, with rings on the fingers.
Henna-style pattern on hand and forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a pin-up mermaid with a green tail seated in a clam shell, surrounded by bubbles, pearls and two small fish.
Mermaid in a clam shell flash
Black and grey realism tattoo of a heart-shaped dreamcatcher with a shaded feather hanging below it, on the top of a foot.
Heart dreamcatcher and feather on a foot
Black and grey photo of a woman with long hair in an off-shoulder jumper, showing a solid blackwork flame tattoo on her upper arm.
Black flame tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line Hello Kitty tattoo in black ink with a pink bow, on the side of a finger, against a fishnet background.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on a finger
Black handwritten script tattoo of a quotation running down the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Handwritten script quote on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm of two large stars and a small star, one filled with a night sky and the other with a mountain scene and a bicycle.
Stars with night sky and mountain bicycle scene
Neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate hand mirror with a beaded edge and pink and red flowers with green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Ornate hand mirror and flowers on a thigh
Black line tattoo of an atom with a clustered nucleus and solid and dotted orbits on the inner forearm, in fine line style.
Atom diagram on an inner forearm
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a black top, shown in black and white photography.
Dotwork spiral on an upper arm

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