Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with a small mark inside one loop.
Infinity symbol on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a rose stem, smoke-like wisps and the words Comfortably Numb, on the outer thigh.
Anatomical heart with rose stem on a thigh
Pencil sketch of an outstretched bird wing with layered feathers on a white background, a possible design for a tattoo.
Pencil sketch of a bird wing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a scowling bearded face with swirling wave-like hair across the shoulder and upper arm.
Bearded face tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small seated tabby cat on the skin behind a person's ear, with long hair falling across the shoulder.
Small seated cat tattoo behind the ear
Small teal numerals reading 398.2 in a simple script on the inner wrist, with a hand holding a Grimm's Fairy Tales book and a tiara behind it.
398.2 numerals on the inner wrist
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script lettering tattoo across the shoulder blade, one reading about an anchor and the other about wings.
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
A black ink branching tree tattoo on a man's shin, shown while he sits in a folding camping chair outdoors in a botanical blackwork style.
Dark branching tree tattoo on a shin
Black fine line script lettering tattooed across the upper back between the shoulder blades of a woman with her hair in a bun, seen from behind in bed.
Fine script lettering across upper back
Small blue tattoo of a high-heeled shoe with light shading and highlights, placed on the ankle and foot.
Blue high-heel shoe on the ankle
Black and grey realistic tattoo of banknotes, a dollar sign and a $100 note covering a man's forearm, shown from the front with a white t-shirt and jeans in the background.
Banknote and dollar sign sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey geometric rhino tattoo made of hatched triangular facets, sitting on the ribs of a bare torso.
Geometric rhino on the ribs
Black and grey rose tattoo with leaves on a forearm, shown beside a gold watch and pale pink nails.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
Small Hello Kitty tattoo with a pink bow on the side of a finger, with red painted nails and fishnet tights behind.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on a finger
Traditional style flower tattoo with a blue-grey wash, white petal outlines and black leaves on the outer thigh.
Blue-grey flower and leaves on a thigh
Blue wave tattoo design with curling foam crests, black zigzag lines and dots, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement visible.
Blue wave and Aquarius symbol design
Small black and grey fine line butterfly tattoo with swirling lines and dots on the back of a hand, near the thumb.
Butterfly and swirl on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a hooded grim reaper with a skull face holding out a hand above skull coins, with wispy smoke behind.
Hooded reaper with skull coins on upper arm
Black fine line drawing of two peonies, a lotus and small leaves and dots, drawn on tracing paper with a black pen beside it, intended as a tattoo design.
Peony and lotus line drawing design
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with black outlines and shaded petals on the ankle and lower leg.
Sunflower on an ankle
Traditional style flash sheet showing a retro television, a cassette with a flower and banner, a dark hand with a banner, and two round badges.
Traditional flash of TV, cassette, hand and banners
Traditional style flash drawing of a teal anchor with a red-tipped fluke pair, a rope coiled around the shank and small black stars scattered around it, on a beige background.
Anchor and rope traditional flash design
Close-up of a colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a watch face with splashes, numbers and stars on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Watch face and colour splashes on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger through a red rose with black leaves, a chain and a bird on a forearm.
Dagger through rose and chain on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher with feathers, flowers and dotwork shading, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and flowers
Close photo of a tiny fine line Hello Kitty tattoo in black outline with a red bow on the side of a finger, with fishnet tights behind.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on a finger
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an animal skull with a yellow crescent moon, a red rose and green leaves on a forearm, with a black snake coiled below.
Animal skull, rose and snake on a forearm
Realism style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a wrinkled fantasy creature portrait above a smaller figure with green eyes, with a red flower at the top.
Realistic fantasy portraits on a forearm
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a small fine line script tattoo reading live forever at the base of the neck.
Live forever script on upper back
Colourful geometric bee tattoo with faceted purple wings, set within a black dotwork circle on the outer thigh.
Geometric bee in a dotwork circle on a thigh
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a hummingbird in flight above a banner reading FOREVER AGO and trailing ribbons, in a traditional style.
Hummingbird with Forever Ago banner
Two photographs of a forearm sleeve tattoo in an Art Nouveau style, with red bellflowers and green vines on the inner arm and a framed seated woman with skulls on the outer arm.
Art Nouveau bellflower forearm sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose with a bud and green leaves on the shoulder and upper arm, set against a soft purple watercolour wash.
Realistic red rose with watercolour wash on shoulder
Colourful row of pastel townhouses tattooed in a band around a person's ankle, above a brown slip-on shoe and black trousers.
Row of colourful houses around an ankle
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo on the side of the ribs, in black ink, with a white swimsuit at the edge of the frame.
Fine line script tattoo on the ribs
Two wrists pressed together, each with a fine line black tattoo of a girl on a swing beside the script word Sisters and the numbers 92 95.
Matching sisters wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a paper plane and a paper boat on the inner forearm.
Paper plane and paper boat on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of bold outline symbols, including a Deathly Hallows triangle, a wand, three golden snitch style circles, a lightning bolt and a snake shaped S.
Harry Potter symbols spelling a word on forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm reading F:GHT ON in plain capitals, with the letter I replaced by a colon.
Small lettering reading F:GHT ON on a forearm
Two fine-line black dandelion tattoos with seeds drifting away, one on each hip of a person in a bikini, shown in a sunny outdoor photo.
Dandelion seeds on two hips
Traditional style tattoo of red roses and a horned animal skull with grey shading on the front of a thigh, with grey stockings and white bedding behind.
Red roses and horned skull on a thigh
Small black Roman numeral lettering tattooed on the inner upper arm of a person in warm sunlight.
Roman numerals on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a small puppy outline with a red heart beside it, on the upper arm.
Small puppy outline with red heart
Black and grey tattoo of a woodland landscape with a stone cottage, a hill and a bird, framed by ferns and set on the outer thigh.
Woodland landscape with cottage on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a revolver wrapped in a ribbon bow on the upper thigh, with the wearer in red socks and a pink top.
Revolver wrapped in a bow on a thigh
Small solid black scallop shell tattoo on the sole of a foot resting in sand, beside a real grey scallop shell.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a male comic-style character in a long dark coat, reaching forward amid orange flames and a flying playing card.
Comic-style fighter with playing card on upper arm
Black cursive lettering design reading no weapons, no hope, no friends, take that all away and what is left? me., shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Handwritten quote in cursive script

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