Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black fine line geometric tattoo of a triangle enclosing a circle with a vertical line, placed on a person's ribs, in a black and white photograph.
Triangle and circle symbol on ribs
Black script lettering reading Yahweh, in a flowing lettering style, across the inner wrist and forearm.
Yahweh script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey whale tail tattoo with dotwork shading and fine line waves, placed on the lower leg above a sock.
Whale tail above waves on a lower leg
Woman in a black bikini and white knit cardigan taking a mirror selfie, with a dark tattoo on her upper arm.
Dark tattoo on upper arm in a mirror selfie
Black line drawing of an arrow passing through an infinity symbol, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Arrow through an infinity symbol
Black and red line drawing of an ornate elephant head filled with floral and mandala patterns, shown on a white background.
Ornate elephant head with floral mandala pattern
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a rose stem and a bee within overlapping circles, on the side of the ribs.
Rose stem and bee on the ribs
Black and grey realism sleeve on a woman's arm, showing a scaled snake, a camera and a portrait tattooed on the forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey sleeve with snake and camera
Black and grey tattoo of peacock feathers and lace-like ornament across a thigh, with a shaded lotus flower on the hip.
Peacock feather and lotus thigh tattoo
Black hand-drawn ampersand design with an arrow forming its lower tail, shown as a flash design on a white card against pale wood.
Ampersand with arrow tail design
Colour botanical tattoo of a blueberry branch with green leaves and dark blue berries wrapping around the inner forearm.
Blueberry sprig around a forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange and yellow hibiscus flower with black tribal-style turtle flippers on a foot.
Hibiscus and turtle on a foot
Black tribal-style raven design in profile with bold solid shapes and inward-curving linework on a smoky grey background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Tribal raven design
Black ink linework drawing of a unicorn head with a flowing, wavy mane, shown as a tattoo design sketched on paper.
Unicorn head line drawing
Fine line drawing of a stylised fox with flowing hair-like strokes, curls and leaf shapes in orange-brown ink on a peach background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Stylised fox line drawing
Small solid black Mickey Mouse head silhouette tattoo on the side of a pointing index finger, photographed outdoors.
Mickey Mouse silhouette on a finger
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman with a sugar skull face, flowers and a pentagram on an upper arm, against a brick wall.
Sugar skull woman and pentagram on upper arm
Hand with fine line finger tattoos of two blue-green gemstones and small crosses, placed on the middle, ring and index fingers.
Gemstone and cross finger tattoos
Black serif Roman numerals reading P. IV. XIII run vertically across the side of a torso, with a black garment at the edge of the frame.
Roman numerals P. IV. XIII on the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of a classic lowrider car with a scroll banner reading Calles, on a forearm.
Lowrider car with banner on forearm
Black lace-style ornamental tattoo covering a woman's back, with scrollwork and floral motifs running down the spine.
Black lace-style back tattoo
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of The Moon tarot card across a person's upper back, showing a large solid black moon with rays.
The Moon tarot card across a back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a striped cat curled around the upper arm, with bold outlines and shaded stripes.
Striped cat tattoo on upper arm
Close-up of the word Believe in black and pink script lettering with swash flourishes below, on the upper back.
Believe script lettering on upper back
Close-up of a small black handwritten GRL PWR lettering tattoo on a forearm, with a hand with red nails resting beside it.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a camera with a circular lens, on the inner wrist.
Line drawn camera tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey feather tattoo with script lettering above it on the lower back, worn above a colourful bikini bottom.
Feather with script lettering on lower back
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate treble clef with floating music notes and swirling scrollwork on a lower leg.
Treble clef with music notes and scrollwork
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded bird with a visible ribcage perched on a clock, on the back of a calf.
Hooded bird with ribcage on a clock on a calf
Small solid black crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with a raised fist and red painted nails against a plain wall.
Small crescent moon on the inner wrist
Back tattoo of a brown pile of faeces with faint wisps and small shapes above it, on a woman with her top pulled down, placed across the middle of the back.
Pile of faeces tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a desert scene with saguaro cacti and mountains inside a circle on a calf.
Desert scene with saguaro cacti on a calf
Close photograph of a small grey shaded dome tattoo with an outline and horizontal inner lines, at the end of an arm, with faint scratch-like marks above it.
Grey dome tattoo on an arm
Painted tattoo design on paper of a grey skull in profile, with a dark blue and purple galaxy-like smoke trail flowing from its jaw.
Skull with galaxy smoke trail design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bone bound with rope, shown on the inner forearm of a person wearing dark clothing.
Rope-wrapped bone on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo across the ribs, reading Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words.
Script quote on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, placed on the side of the torso above the hip.
Two-line script quote tattoo on the side torso
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each wrist showing a matching fine line swirl tattoo.
Matching swirl wrist tattoos
Solid black geometric stag head tattoo with angular antlers and a circle, on the inner forearm, in blackwork style.
Geometric stag head on a forearm
Solid black silhouette of a lipstick kiss mark with a white line across the middle, shown as a design with no skin visible.
Lipstick kiss mark silhouette
Close-up of a colour butterfly tattoo with a black scrolled outline, shaded in purple, pink and red, on skin.
Purple butterfly tattoo with scrolled wings
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with trailing roots across the back, shown from behind.
Bare tree with roots across a back
Black line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, two toothed gears and curling swirls, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Compass rose with gears and swirls
Two side-by-side neo-trad tattoos on skin: a grey shaded heart-shaped padlock and a grey skeleton key, both entwined with pink ribbons.
Heart padlock and skeleton key tattoos
Painterly colour tattoo of a feathered headdress with dripping black ink, placed on the upper arm.
Feathered headdress on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of an ornate scallop shell with a central oval gem, drawn on pale paper.
Ornate scallop shell design
Two colourful anime-style lucky cat tattoos side by side on forearms, one purple holding a red heart and one grey holding a yellow star with a green number 4.
Two lucky cat tattoos on forearms
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a mountain range in fine outline with solid black pine trees along the lower edge, on an upper arm.
Mountain range and pine forest on the upper arm

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