Tattoo ideas

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

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Full colour sleeve tattoo on an arm, shown in two photographs, depicting a Candy Land board game scene with a gingerbread house, lollipop trees, gumdrops, candy canes and a winding path.
Candy Land board game sleeve on an arm
Black line drawing of a symmetrical butterfly with intricate cogs, clock-like gears and swirling filigree across its wings, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Steampunk gear butterfly line design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose and a pocket watch with gears and Roman numerals on a lower leg.
Compass and pocket watch on a calf
Dotwork hamsa tattoo with a blue and cream mandala centre on a forearm, the arm raised in front of a car steering wheel.
Hamsa hand tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering and symbol tattoos on a forearm, including a platform 9 3/4 roundel, the word always, a golden snitch, a lightning bolt and the Deathly Hallows symbol.
Harry Potter themed tattoos on a forearm
Black outline drawing of a crowned woman holding a crescent moon, with flowing hair, drapery and stars, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman with crescent moon and stars line design
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant wearing a feathered headdress with flowers by its trunk, on the outer thigh of a person in shorts.
Elephant in feathered headdress on a thigh
Black typewriter-style lettering tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade, set out as two lines of text.
Two-line quote across the upper back
Black ink engraving of an anatomical heart with vessels, wrapped in several snakes with detailed scales, shown as a standalone design on a cream background.
Anatomical heart entwined with snakes
Small fine line outline heart tattoo on the wrist of a hand that is holding another hand, with a silver ring on one finger.
Small outline heart on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of three short vertical lines on the inner wrist, with gold rings and a knotted gold bangle.
Three short lines on the inner wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a teal house with a yellow roof inside a pink scalloped heart, with a home sweet home banner and red flowers on a lower leg.
Home sweet home house and heart on a calf
Black silhouette design of a dancing fairy releasing small butterflies, set against pale grey swirling floral filigree.
Fairy silhouette with butterflies
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo with a shaded feather and the script words Faith and Love on the inner forearm.
Infinity feather with Faith and Love on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink ribbon with a black-outlined cherry blossom at its centre, on the back of a neck.
Pink ribbon and cherry blossom on the neck
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing three arrows, two with hearts and the word love written in script between them.
Three arrows with hearts and love on a forearm
Back view of a woman with a fine line script tattoo running down her spine and a shaded black and grey rose on her upper arm.
Script down the spine with a rose on the arm
Black and white photo of a hand with the word MONSTER in hand-drawn black lettering tattooed on the inner wrist.
Monster lettering on inner wrist
Realistic peach rose tattoo with green and black smoky shading on the inner forearm.
Peach rose tattoo on a forearm
Two small red heart tattoos with black outlines and thin black swirls, one on each ankle, shown on bare feet against a beige carpet.
Two small red heart tattoos on ankles
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale above coral, set inside a geometric shape with a puzzle-piece notch on the forearm.
Whale in a geometric shape on a forearm
Flash sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including crossed arrows, feathers, a hamsa hand, chevrons, aztec bands and the words love and wild heart.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Pink and purple butterfly tattoo with black botanical vine scrolls and leaves across the lower back.
Butterfly and vine scrolls across the lower back
Black and grey anchor tattoo with a rope coiled around it on a person's ribs, shaded in a traditional style.
Anchor and rope tattoo on the ribs
Small black fine line arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with a person in a dark blue sweatshirt touching their hair.
Small arrow tattoo on the hand
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a vintage car with a chrome grille and white-walled tyre, placed on the inner upper arm.
Vintage car on the inner upper arm
Black and grey pen drawing of a detailed moth with a crescent moon above and vertical dashed lines behind it, shown as a flash-style tattoo design.
Moth beneath a crescent moon
Black and grey tattoo of a deer head with a dreamcatcher mandala between its antlers and feathers below, on the upper arm.
Deer head with dreamcatcher antlers on upper arm
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a rabbit with tribal swirl ornament and a Roman numeral clock face, drawn in dark brown ink on beige paper.
Tribal rabbit and clock design
Colourful Japanese style tattoo on a lower leg showing a purple lion dog with green eyes, a red and blue phoenix, and cherry blossom.
Lion dog and phoenix on a lower leg
Two photos of small geometric tattoos on the forearm: three solid black triangles in a cluster above, and a thin black line outline of a stepped square below.
Triangle cluster and line square on forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'we accept the love we think we deserve' in a typewriter-style font across the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across the upper back
Colour flash design of a fortune teller in a red headscarf and gold bangles gazing into a glowing crystal ball on a purple draped table, with stars around her.
Fortune teller with crystal ball flash
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a llama wearing a hat and monocle, with the words save all drama for your llama, on a forearm.
Llama in a hat with dotwork shading
Small black fine line lettering tattoo on the back of a neck, with hair pulled up and a blue checked shirt visible.
Small lettering on the back of the neck
Black script tattoo of the lyrics The girl was Bad and The girl was dangerous, with music notes and a red Bad accent, across the top of a foot.
Lyric script and music notes on a foot
Black and grey realistic skull with an ornate padlock and key tattooed on the upper arm.
Skull, padlock and key tattoo
Fine-line black script lettering tattoo on the back of a person's neck, just behind the ear, with dark hair pinned up.
Fine script lettering on the back of the neck
A colourful watercolour-style cat head tattoo with teal eyes and black linework on the side of a person's ribs.
Watercolour cat head on ribs
Black tribal lion design in mid-stride with a flowing mane and raised front paw, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal lion design
Fine black line tattoo of a cat in profile with a dotted echo outline on the inner forearm.
Cat outline on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a biomechanical skull with organic ridged forms, flame-like shapes and a bolt at the top, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Biomechanical skull design sketch
Coloured drawing of a red rose wrapped in green thorned stems across a grey horseshoe on a white background.
Red rose and thorny vine on a horseshoe
Black and grey tattoo of a seated Egyptian cat wearing an Eye of Horus collar and a winged scarab beetle on the thigh.
Egyptian cat with scarab on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and a stem running down the centre of a person's back, with script beside the stem.
Sunflower with script down the spine
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a paisley and floral ornament with a leaf and a rose-like bud on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Paisley and floral mandala on a wrist
Painted flash design of a stag filled with orange roses and green leaves, with bare branching antlers, on a white background.
Floral stag silhouette design
Close-up of a small fine line crescent moon tattoo on a person's upper back, with a hand resting on their shoulder.
Small crescent moon on a back

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