Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a steampunk owl in a top hat, with a clock face and gears, on the outer thigh.
Steampunk owl with clock and gears on thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a woman blowing bubbles beside a ringed planet and other planets in purple galaxy clouds, across a person's upper back.
Woman blowing bubbles among planets on back
Black and white drawing of a flowing unalome line above a star-shaped dotwork mandala, a design that could be used as a tattoo.
Unalome above a dotwork mandala design
Colour tattoo of a swirling tree of life with green leaves, blue dots and two figures in its orange trunk, placed on a person's upper back.
Tree of life with two figures on upper back
Two side-by-side photos of a blackwork tattoo of three solid black bands encircling a lower leg just below the knee.
Three solid black bands on a calf
Soft-toned floral tattoo of pink blooms and grey-green leaves on a forearm, set against a textured pale wall.
Pink floral bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon baby panda sitting with one paw raised, on the outer ankle.
Baby panda tattoo on an ankle
Two small black fine line cross tattoos on the fingers of two hands held together, one on a finger of each hand.
Small cross tattoos on two fingers
Traditional style flash drawing of a straight razor with a wood grain handle, a brass FTW plate and red accents on a tan background.
Straight razor flash design
Pencil sketch of a large number five with swirling filigree ornaments and the word Thirty in script lettering above it, beside a green pencil.
Thirty script and ornate number five sketch
Colour tattoo of an acoustic guitar with a red and black body and black music notes floating beside it, across a person's upper back.
Acoustic guitar and music notes on upper back
Black script tattoo of the word Hope on the inner wrist, with a pink awareness ribbon forming part of the letters.
Hope script with pink ribbon on wrist
Colour tattoo of two beamed musical notes on a forearm, with a purple and red note on the left and a teal and green note on the right, in a soft blurred style.
Two beamed music notes on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric hot air balloon tattoo with small square motifs on the inner forearm.
Geometric hot air balloon on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading I surrender on the inner forearm, near the wrist, with two hands clasped beside it.
I surrender script on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala tattoo on the outer thigh, shown in a full view beside a close-up.
Dotwork mandala on the thigh
Black and grey tattoos of crosses and a leaf across the hands and forearms of a person fastening a knife sheath to a brown leather boot.
Hand tattoos adjusting a boot knife sheath
Small black fine line arrow tattoo across the top of a finger, shown in a close photo of a hand resting on a dark leather surface.
Arrow tattoo on a finger
Black and grey line drawing of a woman in profile wearing a wolf head, with peony flowers, leaves and a skull, in a botanical style.
Wolf headdress woman with peonies and skull
Colour tattoo of red peonies and dark green leaves across the side of the ribs, in a traditional botanical style.
Peony cluster on the ribs
Fine line black wave tattoo on the side of a finger, with a patterned metal ring on the neighbouring finger.
Wave tattoo on the side of a finger
Black line drawing of a vintage compass, an anchor and a compass rose with hatched shading, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Compass, anchor and compass rose design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a heart with a scalloped border, a hand holding a small sprig and leaves above, on an upper arm.
Traditional heart with hand and sprig
Black and grey ship wheel tattoo with script on a shoulder, and an anchor tattoo with script on a forearm, both shown in a close embrace.
Ship wheel and anchor matching tattoos
Black line drawing of a seated geometric fox in an origami style on a white card, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric origami-style fox design
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate heart with lace-like filigree, dotwork shading, a diamond motif and hanging chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate heart and lace design drawing
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a feathered wing and round ball on the inside of a forearm, with a purple and gold striped tie behind.
Winged ball tattoo on a forearm
Framed traditional-style flash design of two blue swallows, red roses and striped banners with red lettering, displayed on a table.
Traditional swallows and roses flash in a frame
Colour tattoo of a large flower with a black outline and watercolour-style yellow, orange, brown and blue wash, placed on a person's upper back.
Watercolour-style flower on upper back
Black ink dotwork and mandala-style lotus flower design drawn on white paper, with a feathered stem and arrow shape below.
Mandala lotus design with arrow stem
Black and grey realism tattoo of a banknote with a bearded man's portrait and ornate border on the upper arm.
Banknote portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with ornate mandala detailing across the back of a hand.
Elephant head mandala on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of a curled-up cat with its head tucked down, on a person's shoulder and upper back.
Curled cat on a shoulder
Fine line white script tattoo reading Love Life across the inner wrist.
Love Life script on a wrist
Black handwritten script reading Wander with a full stop, drawn as a fine line lettering design on a plain white background.
Wander handwritten script lettering design
Black script lettering on a forearm reading God is within her, she will not fall, Psalms 46:5.
Psalms 46:5 script on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a teacup with a dotwork rain cloud above it, raindrops falling onto the cup and flowers and leaves around its side.
Teacup and rain cloud tattoo
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of ornamental scrollwork and leaves on a woman's raised arm, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey ornamental full sleeve
Abstract fine line and dotwork tattoo on a lower leg, with a starburst, a leaf, teal and purple dots and a black vertical shape.
Abstract starburst and leaf on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green sea turtle with a yellow and black compass rose shell on a calf, set against blue-grey clouds.
Turtle with compass shell on a calf
Small grey fine line feather tattoo with soft shading on the back of a woman's neck, below her hair, with a gold ring visible on her hand.
Grey feather tattoo at the nape
A solid black crow silhouette tattoo facing left on the upper back, with a dark strap visible at the top edge of the frame.
Crow silhouette on a upper back
Black ink drawing of a planchette design with a central eye, YES, NO and GOODBYE lettering and dotwork shading on a white sheet.
Planchette with eye and YES NO GOODBYE lettering
Upper arm and shoulder tattoo of a chevron emblem inside a dark metal ring with a central gem, with cyan cracks running across the chevron.
Chevron emblem in a cracked metal ring
Colour tattoo of an antlered spotted rabbit with maple leaves, acorns and vines on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Antlered rabbit with maple leaves on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a floral bouquet with two sunflowers, pansy-like blooms and buds on a cream background, suitable as tattoo flash in a botanical style.
Black ink floral bouquet with sunflowers
Two colourful cartoon cat tattoos, one on each foot, with bows and sweets on the left foot and glasses and balloons on the right.
Cartoon cat tattoos on two feet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion head with a second lion walking below it, covering the forearm.
Roaring lion with walking lion on a forearm

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