Tattoo ideas

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

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Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with curling scroll wings and a slim body on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirling butterfly tattoo design
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo on an upper arm, with an ornamental floral design on the forearm and flowers on the shoulder.
Dreamcatcher and ornamental arm tattoos
Black script reading forever and always with a date inside a blue-shaded infinity loop, shown beside the pencil sketch it was drawn from.
Forever and always infinity script tattoo
Black and grey fine line phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail across a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Phoenix on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of Totoro holding an umbrella, with blue splashes, shown on the lower arm.
Totoro holding an umbrella in watercolour style
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes fading into mist across a forearm, with a solid dark band at the wrist.
Pine forest sleeve on a forearm
Black and white flash design of two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails, facing each other.
Two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails
Blue and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a mandala centre and feathers on the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Blue dreamcatcher tattoo on upper back
Drawing of a tattoo design showing a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and butterflies, shaded in pink and purple tones.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Black script lettering reading 'there is always hope' on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a fine ball-chain necklace and long hair partly visible.
Script quote reading there is always hope
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a Dalek within a diamond outline on an arm, shaded with dotwork and fine hatching.
Dalek inside a geometric diamond on an arm
Black and grey mountain range tattoo on the wrist, with stippled dot shading on the peaks and a plain background.
Mountain range tattoo on the wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pale blue diamond with orange banners reading SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, on the upper arm.
Diamond with Shine On You Crazy Diamond banners
Colour tattoo of a purple rose with green leaves and two orange butterflies with script names on the wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Purple rose and two butterflies on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo of an arrow with a crossbar and two lines of coordinates on a woman's upper back, to the right of the shoulder blade.
Coordinates and arrow on upper back
Black and white photo of two people in underwear showing small fine-line heart tattoos on their hips.
Two small heart tattoos on the hips
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic lion head on upper back
Black and grey photo of a small solid black cross tattoo with the text 2Cor 12:9 beneath it, placed on the back of the neck.
Cross and scripture reference on the neck
Small solid black cross tattoo on the ankle and inside of a bare foot, photographed in dim light with a warm red tint.
Small cross tattoo on an ankle
Two matching black cartoon mouse tattoos, one on each hand at the wrist, with a small red bow on the right one.
Matching cartoon mice on the hands
Black and grey tattoo of a rolled 100 banknote with a shaded face on the upper arm.
Banknote face portrait on upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel on the shank, shaded with fine hatching and stippling, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Anchor with rope and ship's wheel
Black and grey tattoo of a paw print beside the word Oscar in simple lettering, on the outer side of an ankle.
Paw print and the word Oscar on an ankle
Black script tattoo reading endless love across the middle finger of a hand, with pink nails and a dark floral background.
Endless love script on a finger
Pencil-style drawing of a horned skull-headed octopus with suckered tentacles on aged paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull octopus tattoo design
Traditional tattoo sleeve on the upper arm showing a mermaid holding a bouquet, a red heart, pink roses, a skull and a blue rose, outlined in black.
Mermaid and heart sleeve on upper arm
Solid black traditional tattoo of a hand holding a flower sprig with a leafy stem and a flower-patterned cuff, on the inside of a forearm.
Hand holding a flower sprig on a forearm
A cream flash sheet of metallic gold and silver geometric tattoo designs, including chevrons, triangles, arrows and diamond bands.
Gold and silver geometric tattoo flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a roaring lion head with a red mane on the upper arm, shown in two close-up photos with a third panel placing the design over a lion's mane.
Lion head tattoo on upper arm
A woman in a straw hat and polka dot top shows a colour floral tattoo on her upper arm, with black tattoos on her forearm and thigh, and a black tattoo on her lower leg.
Woman in straw hat with arm and leg tattoos
Small fine line black and grey rose with a thin stem and two leaves, tattooed on the upper leg of a person lying on white sheets.
Small rose tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of an adult elephant leading a calf, with the script words Omnia Vincit Amor beneath, on a person's upper back.
Elephant and calf with Latin script on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of three leaf shapes and three dots on the side of a finger, with a plain gold ring on the hand beside it.
Small leaf and dot motif on a finger
Black fairy silhouette tattoo with spiral-patterned wings and a trail of small stars on the neck, behind the ear.
Fairy silhouette with stars behind the ear
Side-by-side photos of matching script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Like Mother in grey and one reading Like Daughter in colour, each with a dandelion.
Matching dandelion script tattoos on the upper back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a triple moon with a dotwork pentacle inside a circle and the script words Blessed Be, on the upper back.
Triple moon and pentacle on the upper back
Realistic black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a domed government building above a portrait banknote and a stack of notes marked 100.
Capitol dome and banknotes on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two overlapping buttons, one purple and one blue, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Purple and blue buttons on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo on the inside of a wrist reading ATTITUDE is EVERYTHING, set in a geometric typeface with arrow lines beside the word is.
Attitude is everything wrist lettering
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the side of a hand, with a forest in the background and a silver ring with blue stones on another finger.
Small pine tree on the hand
Back view of a man in a red plaid shirt and leather suspenders, with partly visible black and grey tattoos on both forearms.
Forearm tattoos on a man in a plaid shirt
Black and grey geometric blackwork tattoo of a wolf head with a raven above it, mountains, a star and moon, and bare trees, on the upper thigh.
Geometric wolf and raven on a thigh
Pencil-style drawing of a tree of life inside a circle, with a sun on the left and a crescent moon on the right, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Tree of life with sun and moon design
Close-up of a dark script tattoo reading "it's only rock 'n' roll" on the inner forearm of a person with long blonde hair and silver rings.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey horse head tattoo with flowing mane and white-flower outlines on the outer thigh, drawn in a sketchy, realistic style.
Horse head with flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon pizza slice with bat wings, fangs and the word VAMPIZZA above it, in a bold traditional style on a leg.
Vampizza pizza slice with bat wings
Woman with long blonde hair wearing an orange top, showing gold metallic temporary tattoos of scales, a feather, leaves and a key on her shoulder, chest and forearms.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on shoulder and arms
Black brush lettering reading Trust No Bitch across a woman's upper arm, shown in a bold lettering style.
Trust No Bitch lettering on upper arm

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