Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of a large-eyed cartoon owl perched on a shaded heart-shaped keyhole lock, with an ornate key beside it, shown as a tattoo design.
Owl perched on a heart lock with key
Black and grey line tattoo of a beetroot with leafy stems and roots on the inner upper arm, drawn in a hatched engraving style.
Beetroot with leaves on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of a winged hourglass topped with an eye, a winged skull and roses, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Winged hourglass with roses sketch
Two forearm tattoos side by side: a shaded realism gas mask with orange eyes and a daisy on the left, and a black line banner with a star on the right.
Gas mask and daisy forearm, with banner tattoo
Black and grey back tattoo of a winged angel, clouds and smoke on the shoulder blades, with script panels and sleeve work on the upper arms.
Winged angel and clouds across a back
Colour tattoo of a black semicolon with blue and pink trailing wisps above the words This too shall pass in black script on a forearm.
Semicolon and script quote on forearm
Small solid black paw print tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small paw print on a finger
Black ink key tattoo with a round bow, a curled tip and a notched shaft, sitting on the forearm.
Key tattoo on a forearm
Small solid black heart tattoo on the side of a finger, just below the nail, in a close photo of a curled hand.
Small solid heart tattoo on a finger
Three people seen from behind, each with a small black fine line swirl tattoo, on the ribs of two of them and on the nape of the neck of the third.
Matching small swirl tattoos on ribs and neck
Black ink drawing of a paw print on cream paper, with the pad and toes filled in with swirling, looping and triangular doodle-style patterns.
Paw print design in black ink
Purple flash design of a mermaid silhouette with swirling hair and a curled tail, holding a fish, shown without any body placement.
Mermaid silhouette with swirling hair
Small black and grey anchor and ship's wheel tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, beside a black bikini strap.
Anchor and ship's wheel on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of two four-pointed sparkle stars on skin, one larger than the other, placed on a fleshy area of the body.
Two sparkle stars on skin
Back of a woman in a mustard open-back top, with a mirrored cherry blossom branch tattoo across the upper back and a small blossom cluster lower down.
Cherry blossom branches across upper back
Black ink lettering reading think in script above POSITIVE in capitals, with a cross running through the word, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Think positive lettering on a wrist
Small tattoo of a shaded grey matchstick with an orange flame inside a red circle, on the side of a ribcage.
Matchstick with orange flame on the ribs
Colour tattoo of Mickey Mouse breaking through torn skin on the upper arm, in a traditional cartoon style with bold black outlines.
Mickey Mouse tearing through skin on upper arm
Colourful butterflies and a blossoming branch tattoo across a woman's upper back, shown in a botanical style.
Butterflies and blossom branch on upper back
Three-panel photo of a colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm, showing a grinning sea witch with pink tentacles and a teal eel-like creature.
Sea witch and tentacles on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of pink hearts and black swirling linework on the ankle, with small dots and soft grey shading around the hearts.
Pink hearts and swirls on an ankle
Flash design of a tiger head with orange and yellow shading, framed by bold black tribal flame shapes on a white background.
Tiger head within tribal flames
Black serif lettering reading Macbeth and I.iv.50-51 on the inner wrist, in a black and grey lettering style.
Macbeth and a reference line on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an anatomical heart on the side ribs, with a thin ECG heartbeat line trailing to the right.
Anatomical heart with heartbeat line on the ribs
Black dotwork ink drawing of a chakra mandala with a crescent moon and lotus petals on beige paper.
Chakra mandala with crescent moon and lotus
Black compass rose tattoo with red accents, dots and a circle of lettering on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Compass rose with circular lettering on back
Forearm tattoo of black silhouetted figures drifting across rainbow watercolour splashes, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Silhouetted figures in rainbow watercolour on forearm
Fine line colour tattoo of two purple lavender sprigs with green stems and leaves on the lower leg, in the Botanical style.
Lavender sprig on a lower leg
Fine line drawing of two nine-tailed foxes with pink-tipped tails beside Japanese characters, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Two nine-tailed foxes in fine line
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading "we're all mad here" in a typewriter-style font across the back of a person's neck, with dark hair falling beside it.
Quote tattoo across the back of the neck
Black fine line tattoo of a ruler marked in inches from one to four and a ten at the end, on the outer forearm of a person in a casual outdoor setting.
Ruler tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey traditional flash design of a heart holding a hand clasping a cat paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever Cats Forever.
Heart with clasped hand and cat paw
Watercolour-style tattoo of a black koi and a red fish on the upper back, between the shoulder blades and the neck.
Black and red koi fish on upper back
Grid of six flash sheets showing black and grey wing tattoo designs in varied feather patterns, with one small red splatter motif.
Wing designs flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a spotted fawn looking back over its shoulder, with a yellow and blue butterfly perched above it, on the lower leg.
Fawn and butterfly on a lower leg
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of two dahlias in purple and red with black leaves, sitting on the outer thigh, shown in two photographs.
Dahlias and leaves on the thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag whose antlers are drawn as bare branches, with a forest texture filling its body, on a calf.
Stag with branching antlers on a calf
Close view of a woman in a blue paisley print t-shirt, with a short line of black script tattoo partly visible on her upper arm.
Black script tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of an open hand with an all-seeing eye in a triangle, on the inner forearm.
Open hand and all-seeing eye on a forearm
Colour floral tattoo of orange, red and pink flowers with green leaves on the inner wrist, in a botanical style.
Orange floral bouquet on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a chemical skeletal formula running along a forearm, with small atom labels, against a brick wall.
Molecular diagram tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style penguin tattoo with dotwork shading on a calf, with outlined stars partly visible beside it.
Penguin tattoo on a calf
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a cat holding a sword, set within red and black flames across the top of a foot.
Cat with sword and flames on a foot
Mixed colour tattoo of a winged fairy with blue wings sitting on a crescent moon with a smiling face, placed on the upper back.
Fairy sitting on a crescent moon on the back
Colour tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, surrounded by paint-like splashes and drips, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour-style elephant on upper back
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo in dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Geometric lion head on a forearm
Grey and orange flower tattoo with dark leaves on a person's forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Grey flower tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork octopus tattoo with dotwork shading on a man's calf, with its tentacles wrapping down towards the ankle.
Octopus tattoo on a lower leg

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