Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, with a mandala on the shoulder and a serpent over geometric bands.
Mandala shoulder and serpent sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl's face covering the back of a hand, with its piercing eyes and hooked beak clearly rendered.
Realistic owl face on the back of a hand
Dotwork tattoo of a bare tree silhouette over a stippled grey field with an olive circle, on the side of the ribs.
Dotwork tree and olive circle on the ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine line wave tattoo on an ankle, beside a beaded anklet with an elephant charm, on sand.
Small wave tattoo on ankle
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the lettering tattoo It's history. It's poetry. set in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a state with the word home in script and a small red heart, tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle.
State outline with home script and red heart on a foot
Black line drawing of a revolver with ornate scrollwork and a rose with leaves behind it, drawn on paper in a neo-traditional flash style.
Revolver and rose flash design
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with spiral patterns and a small pink flower on its head, on the ankle of a black and white photographed foot.
Sea turtle with pink flower on an ankle
Botanical flash design of black scrolling vines, grey swirls and pink lilies, drawn without any body placement shown.
Pink lily and black scrollwork design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by feathers and a teal gem headpiece, with a black cat beside her, on the outer thigh.
Woman with feathers and black cat on thigh
Black script ampersand with a long swash and a ball terminal on a white background, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Looping script ampersand design
Close photo of a fine line black outline lotus flower tattoo on a pale forearm, with a bangle at the wrist and a small mole nearby.
Lotus flower on a forearm
Back view of a woman with short blonde hair showing a colourful floral tattoo of sunflowers and lilies on her right shoulder blade, plus a small dark tattoo at the nape.
Floral piece on a shoulder blade and small nape tattoo
Two people holding hands, each with a small, delicate black fine line symbol tattooed on the wrist.
Matching small symbol tattoos on wrists
Silver and gold metallic temporary tattoos of triangles, diamonds and chevrons on the backs of two hands and a wrist, with rings, against sand.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoos on hands
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a brain wrapped in overlapping oval rings, placed on the upper arm.
Brain wrapped in oval rings on an arm
Small fine line black tattoo of a treble clef merged with a heart, placed on the middle finger of a hand curled up near a pair of lips.
Treble clef and heart on a finger
Realistic anchor with a chain and a pink lily tattooed on the side of a torso, above the waistband of grey trousers.
Anchor and lily on the side ribs
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with shaded wings and a soft drop shadow, sitting on the side of a person's neck.
Blue 3D butterfly on the neck
Realistic pink rose with black mandala lace and red faceted gems on a forearm, with dotwork diamond shapes near the wrist.
Realistic rose and gems on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of the state of Oregon, with a shaded mountain and pine trees inside the outline, photographed on skin.
Oregon state outline with mountain and pines
Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with a grey centre and the words 'there's no place like home' in script above it, on an arm.
Sunflower with a 'no place like home' quote
Black and grey roses with blackberry sprigs and leaves tattooed across a woman's upper arm and shoulder, shown from the side in a black top.
Roses and blackberries across upper arm
Black and grey compass rose inside an ornate oval frame, with a tree canopy and exposed roots, tattooed across a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Compass and tree on a shoulder
Close photo of a fine line white ink snowflake tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
White ink snowflake on a forearm
Black handwritten script lettering reading Simple. with a full stop, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Simple script lettering design
Colour botanical tattoo of a purple freesia with green stems and buds on a person's shoulder near the collarbone.
Purple freesia on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and dark grey stems wrapping up a forearm.
Cherry blossom branch on a forearm
Colour cartoon tattoo on a lower leg of a smiling cupcake with blue frosting and a cherry, sitting on a toilet with blue legs and orange shoes.
Cartoon cupcake character on a toilet, calf
Fine line script word hope with a small anchor beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Hope script with anchor on wrist
Black script lettering reading Find your freedom in the music across the top of a foot, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote reading Find your freedom in the music
Two matching blue tattoos on lower legs, a Dalek on the left calf and a TARDIS on the right, both in solid stencil-like blue ink.
Dalek and TARDIS on lower legs
Black and grey dotwork lace dreamcatcher tattoo with three feathers and beads on the upper back, with part of another animal tattoo visible to the left.
Lace dreamcatcher on upper back
Large realistic black and brown chimpanzee tattoo covering the upper back, with arms raised and feet visible at the lower back.
Realistic chimpanzee across a back
Two side-by-side photos of tattoos on the top of a foot: a small black and grey winged bird on the left, and a colour eye surrounded by teal feathers on the right.
Winged bird and feathered eye on feet
Collage of three feather tattoos: a shaded feather within an infinity symbol with the words Faith and Love on a forearm, a faded version with Life and Love on another forearm, and a small feather on
Infinity feather tattoos with faith, love and life
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with a realistic eye at its centre and ornate paisley detailing, shown on the forearm.
Hamsa hand with an eye on a forearm
Three views of a man's shoulder and upper arm with a solid black tribal tattoo of curving spikes and circular shapes, in a blackwork style on the shoulder and upper arm.
Black tribal sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Four black and grey traditional-style tattoos across the fingers of a hand, including a rose and a skull with dotwork shading.
Rose and skull finger tattoos
Black and grey wrist tattoo of a shaded owl on a branch with a crescent moon and the script words Never lose hope.
Owl on a branch with script on a wrist
Black fine line mountain range above the word Wanderlust in flowing script, tattooed on a foot.
Wanderlust script above mountains on a foot
Colour realism tattoo of onion, mushroom, raspberries, peas, tomato, strawberry and blueberries spilling across a calf.
Realistic fruit and vegetables on a calf
Black and grey ornamental design of a snarling wolf head filled with mandala-style patterns and dotwork, set within a scrolled border.
Ornamental wolf head with scrollwork frame
Black and white photo of a handwritten black script tattoo reading 'I myself am made entirely of flaws stitched together with good intentions' across the lower back, under a white garment.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the lower back
Colour traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a star and stripe outfit holding a top hat, with a banner reading Kiss My American Ass, on a forearm.
Pin-up in stars and stripes with banner
Dark blue dotwork tattoo of swirls, waves and dots covering the back of a hand, with a partly visible tattoo on the wrist above.
Blue swirl and wave pattern on a hand
Fine line script tattoo reading diabetic, with a pink cross in place of the t and a small heart at the end, on the inner forearm.
Diabetic script with pink cross on wrist
Colourful watercolour-style nebula tattoo in pink, red, blue and purple with small star dots, on the upper arm of a woman in a navy vest top.
Watercolour nebula on an upper arm

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