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 red-haired clown with a red nose and teal ruffled collar on an upper arm.
Red-haired clown with ruffled collar
Black and grey realism owl tattoo with spread wings across a woman's upper back, with a floral sleeve tattoo on her raised arm.
Owl with spread wings across upper back
Dark brown henna-style bird with swirling wing feathers and leafy scrollwork on a forearm.
Henna-style bird on a forearm
Solid black geometric tattoo of five semicolons arranged in a ring around a central dot, on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Five semicolons in a ring on a wrist
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline of a globe showing continents, tattooed on the upper arm.
Small globe outline on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a red balloon with black string that flows down into the script words let it be, on the middle of a person's back.
Red balloon with script on the back
Black compass rose with an arrow and dotted ring tattooed on a forearm, in a geometric and dotwork style.
Compass rose and arrow on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a police box on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled up and a hand visible at the left edge.
Small police box tattoo on the neck
Black, grey and orange geometric tattoo of a wing across the shoulder and a bird with a small heart on the upper chest.
Geometric wing and bird on chest and shoulder
Traditional tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with billowing sails, framed by clouds and gulls, with a Sailors Grave banner and red flower across the upper back.
Sailing ship with banner on a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a standing fawn on the inner wrist, shown with a grey sleeve above.
Fawn tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a large outlined polygon on the forearm and a smaller hexagon on the upper arm, in a black and white photograph.
Two outlined geometric shapes on the arms
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a shaded grey key with a pink bow and a heart, with a banner reading Always a Lesson Never a Failure, on the side of the ribs.
Key with pink bow and banner on ribs
Black line-art flash sheet of twelve zodiac-style designs, including an archer, a ram, a fish, a lion, a crab, a scorpion and a pair of scales, on a white background.
Set of zodiac-style line designs
Black and grey realism tattoo of two open roses, a rosebud and leaves with fine line vines, sitting on the lower abdomen above a pink waistband.
Two roses and a bud on the lower abdomen
Forearm tattoo of four running wolves in fine line, with the left wolf in watercolour tones and the right ones dissolving into dotwork.
Running wolves fading into dotwork on a forearm
Black hand-lettered script reading Be you, bravely, set inside a looping wreath of leafy sprigs on a plain light background, shown as a tattoo design.
Be you, bravely lettering in a leafy wreath
Woman in a white tee with a yellow sun graphic, showing black lettering tattoos including KEEP and GRL PWR on her forearm.
Lettering tattoos on forearm beside a sun print tee
Black and white photo of a fine line musical staff with notes and a treble clef tattooed along the side of a ribcage.
Musical staff tattoo on the ribs
Black script lettering reading "You can't have love without sacrifice" across the upper back of a person wearing a black top, in a lettering style.
Script quote across upper back
Blue line tattoo of a TARDIS police box on a lower leg above the ankle, with a solid blue filled side panel.
Blue TARDIS on a lower leg
A green and yellow four-leaf clover tattoo with black swirling linework sits on the side of an ankle, with pink toenails and green satin in the background.
Four-leaf clover with swirls on an ankle
Fine line black dreamcatcher tattoo with a flower of life pattern and three feathers on a woman's upper back.
Dreamcatcher with flower of life on upper back
Black and grey traditional rose tattoo with bold outlines and stippled shading across the top of a foot, set on sandy ground.
Black and grey rose on the top of a foot
Black and red bass clef tattoo with a guitar neck, sketched hand and splatter details on a person's upper back, in a dotwork and watercolour style.
Bass clef and guitar neck on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel in a flowing robe spanning the chest, with outstretched wings.
Winged angel tattoo across the chest
Fine line black tattoo of a faceless spirit with a small heart on the fingers of a hand, with red painted nails.
Faceless spirit and small heart on a hand
Colourful geometric triangle tattoo in a mosaic of red, orange, pink, blue and green across the inner forearm.
Colourful geometric triangles on a forearm
Black and grey shaded lotus flower tattoo on the back of a hand, which holds an iced coffee inside a car.
Lotus tattoo on the back of a hand
Mirror selfie of a woman holding a phone, with a red and pink realistic rose tattoo on her upper forearm near the elbow.
Red rose on an arm in a mirror selfie
Realism leg tattoos on a pair of calves, with a sun and falcon-headed figure on the left leg and a moon and jackal-headed figure on the right.
Sun and moon leg tattoos with Egyptian deities
Fine line black tattoo of three flying birds above the word Warrior in script, on the inside of a wrist.
Three birds and Warrior on a wrist
Woman with long wavy hair seen from behind, wearing layered silver necklaces and a dark sleeveless top, with a black and grey skull tattoo on her upper arm.
Skull tattoo on upper arm beside layered necklaces
Small black fine line tattoo of a cross made from looping strokes on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph.
Looped cross on the inner wrist
Side ribs tattoo of two red roses shaded in black and grey, with script lettering reading Shall I complain that rose bushes have thorns, partly hidden by a black strap.
Red roses and script on ribs
Fine black line-art diamonds of varying sizes tattooed on a woman's upper chest, above a white bow blouse.
Line-art diamonds on the chest
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a unicorn head with a crystal horn, lotus flowers and a red mandala on the outer thigh.
Unicorn and mandala on a thigh
Black and grey drawing of a compass set in a pocket watch case, with leaves and a dotted pendant, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement.
Compass pocket watch with leaves
White line drawing of a symmetrical eight-armed radial symbol with a central ring on a black background, with no body placement shown.
Eight-armed radial line symbol
Traditional style tattoo of a red and black coiled snake with orange and teal dots and a small butterfly above it, placed across the centre of a person's chest.
Coiled snake and butterfly on chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tied bouquet of lily of the valley stems and leaves across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lily of the valley bouquet on a shoulder blade
Small fine-line black tattoo of a dandelion seed head with a thin stem on the inner forearm near the wrist, against a cream textured rug.
Dandelion seed tattoo on the wrist
Black line drawing of a winged fairy with flowing hair and swirling wing lines, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Winged fairy line drawing
Black and grey line drawing of an octopus wrapped around a sailing ship within a spade shape of rope, with a ship's wheel, anchor and an Ace of Spades banner.
Octopus and sailing ship ace of spades design
Neo-trad colour tattoo on a forearm showing a green multi-headed dragon beside a small figure on a grassy hill, under a starry sky with a constellation.
Dragon and figure in a night sky on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of two overlapping triangle outlines in black ink on the side of a finger, with a silver ring on another finger.
Two overlapping triangles on a finger
A grey botanical leaf stencil being pressed onto a forearm, with a hand holding the transfer paper in place.
Botanical leaf stencil on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fawn, rabbit and skunk among flowers, with a ribbon scroll, on an upper arm.
Cartoon forest animals and ribbon on upper arm

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