Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white lettering design in the shape of a rabbit standing upright, with the words I must become the lion hearted girl set in hand-drawn script.
Rabbit silhouette filled with lettering
Fine line black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Script cross on inner wrist
Drawn tattoo design of pink roses, a pocket watch, a ribbon and a chain on a pale pink background, shown as a flash design with no body part visible.
Roses and pocket watch design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gas mask with round lenses and a central filter, on a forearm against a dark glossy surface.
Realistic gas mask on a forearm
Bold black blackwork tattoo of an optical swirl of curved stripes on the upper arm, with a red sleeve above it.
Black optical swirl on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork chest tattoo of a mandala with a winged insect, crescent moons and a sun, centred on the upper chest.
Dotwork mandala and winged insect on chest
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of leaves, a flower, chains and triangle patterns on an upper arm, in a geometric and botanical style.
Gold metallic geometric tattoos on upper arm
Colour tattoo of four cartoon video game characters, shown in vertical panels with black borders, on the forearm.
Four video game characters in panels on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the state of Texas outline with the word Home in script across its lower part, on a person's ribs in black and white.
Texas outline with Home script on ribs
Black ink ornamental blackwork tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, with bands of fine lines and filigree patterns.
Ornamental blackwork bands across the back of a hand
A loose watercolour-style tattoo of a seated figure on a blue shape, with purple and pink washes running up the back of a leg from the calf to the thigh.
Watercolour figure tattoo on a calf
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a dark background.
Small black cat silhouette on a wrist
Blue ink drawing of a woman's face framed by curled hair and two large roses, in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses in curled hair
Black swoosh tattoo on the side of a bare foot, held up against a white panelled wall, with the ankle visible.
Swoosh tattoo on the side of a foot
A man in a black t-shirt and joggers walks along a street, showing a black and grey realism sleeve tattoo with a clock, roses and compass on his arm.
Grey sleeve with clock and roses
Black ink tree of life tattoo on an upper arm, with an ornate filigree canopy and a spreading root system, shown against a light towel.
Ornate tree of life with roots on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of two stylised birds flanking a flower in a band around the wrist, beside a small white puppy's paw on a wooden deck.
Folk birds and flower wrist band
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo showing a colourful nebula, planets and stars in a realistic style on the upper arm and forearm.
Nebula and planets full arm sleeve
Black lettering tattoo reading "You'll never walk alone" running along a shoulder, in a lettering style.
Lyric lettering along the shoulder
Black silhouette of an adult lifting a child overhead with a script quote beneath, tattooed on the upper arm in black ink.
Silhouette of a figure lifting a child with script quote
Flash sheet of nine stylised owl line drawings in olive gold ink on a white background, with patterned feathers and some owls perched on branches.
Nine owl designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey line drawing of two stacked skulls facing each other with stippled shading and two sparkle motifs, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Two skulls facing each other with sparkles
Forearm tattoo of the quadratic formula with a yellow Pac-Man eating into the equation and a blue ghost beside it.
Quadratic formula with Pac-Man and ghost on forearm
Coloured drawing of a woman in profile wearing a grey wolf head as a headdress, with red and yellow feathers and a long braid, in a neo-traditional style.
Wolf headdress and woman in profile design
Black and grey tattoo of a singer in profile holding a microphone, set inside a solid black diamond on the lower leg.
Singer silhouette in a black diamond
Black script tattoo reading Always beside a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol on the inner wrist.
Always script with Deathly Hallows on wrist
Black tribal tattoo with a central swirl and tapering spikes across the upper arm of a person in a white vest top.
Tribal swirl tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey palm frond tattoo on the upper arm and a geometric forearm tattoo with a circular landscape motif, shown on a person with long dreadlocks.
Palm frond and geometric forearm tattoo
Red pencil drawing of a woman with snakes in her hair and a rose, in a neo-traditional tattoo design style, with no body placement shown.
Woman with snakes and rose in red pencil
Two photographs of black script lettering tattoos, one reading love is enough on the upper arm and a smaller fine line script on the forearm.
Script phrase tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress drawing a bow, on the side of the ribs.
Feathered archer woman on the ribs
Fine line black ankle tattoo of a braided anklet with hanging feathers, a hamsa hand, a flower of life and an ankh, on a bare foot by the sea.
Charm anklet tattoo on an ankle
Large unfilled black outline lettering in a blocky graffiti style across a person's upper back, with some reddening around the lines.
Large outlined block lettering across upper back
Pencil sketch of a wide-eyed cartoon owl perched on a shaded branch, drawn in a spiral-bound notebook, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a cartoon owl on a branch
Black and white photo of two pairs of feet, each with a fine line world map tattoo across the ankle and top of the foot.
World map tattoos on two pairs of feet
Realistic black and grey shaded door panels with red REDRUM lettering across a limb in a close crop of a tattoo.
Redrum lettering over shaded doors
Black and grey realism tattoo of a round compass with a dotted border and a feather above it, on the centre of a torso below the bust.
Compass and feather on the chest
Black and white photo of a flexed arm with a dotwork and blackwork interlace tattoo of beast heads and knotwork on the forearm and upper arm, with a sun-like motif on the shoulder.
Interlace and beast tattoo on a flexed arm
Black lettering tattoo of four vertical characters on the back of a neck, with a hand resting on the nape below brown hair.
Vertical characters tattoo on the back of neck
Black and grey ornamental tattoo of a lotus with hanging chain drapes covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown in three views.
Ornate lotus and drape tattoo on shoulder and arm
Fine line black outline tattoos of a US state map shape on the side of two fingers of a hand, with grey painted nails.
Two small outline map tattoos on fingers
Several small black fine line wave tattoos on a forearm, a finger, and the wrists and hand of two people sitting close together.
Matching fine line wave tattoos on hands and forearms
Forearm tattoo with red and orange roses, two small birds, script reading Time Heals Everything and a black and grey pocket watch.
Roses, birds and pocket watch on a forearm
Two greyscale skull tattoos on the inner wrists, one wearing a top hat and bow tie with blue splashes, the other with a red polka dot bow and purple splashes.
Two skull wrist tattoos with watercolour splashes
Colour botanical tattoo of pink peonies, small cherry blossoms and green leaves across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Pink peonies and blossom on a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an adult and a child holding hands in silhouette, walking, on the calf.
Adult and child silhouettes on a calf
Red realistic blood splatter tattoo with dripping streaks and scattered droplets on the lower leg just above a blue sock.
Realistic blood splatter tattoo on a lower leg
Black ink bare tree tattoo covering the mid and upper back, with branches spreading toward the shoulders in a blackwork style.
Bare tree tattoo across a back

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