Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Skull and clock mechanism on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a seated cat with a looping, swirling tail on the outer lower leg near the ankle.
Stylised cat with swirling tail on a lower leg
Black and grey blackwork owl tattoo with feathered wings and floral sprigs across the upper back, with hands with black nails resting on the shoulders above it.
Owl with feathered wings on upper back
Realism colour tattoo of a bald man wearing glasses and a goatee, in an orange hoodie, on the forearm against a dark background.
Realistic colour portrait of a bald man in glasses
Black and grey swallows flying toward an ornate baroque mirror frame tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallows and an ornate mirror frame on upper back
Black and white drawing of a tattoo design with interlocking arcs, fern fronds, diamond motifs and stippled shading, suited to a large back or sleeve piece.
Black and white tribal leaf and geometric pattern
Colour tattoo of a purple and green octopus with curling tentacles on the upper arm and shoulder of a person holding a camera.
Purple and green octopus on shoulder
Pencil and red ink sketch of a skull with a rose in its open jaw and leaves below, drawn as a tattoo design on paper with no body part shown.
Skull and rose design sketch
Black and grey realism style mermaid tattoo with flowing hair and a scaled fish tail across a person's full back, with bubbles around the figure.
Mermaid back piece in black and grey
Black and grey hand-lettered tattoo flash design of an anchor with rope and the words If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land, drawn on a sketchbook page, with no body part shown.
Anchor with hand-lettered quote design
Collage of four colour tattoos of traditional fishing flies with hooks, each with feather wings in red, blue, green, orange and yellow, shown on skin.
Four salmon fly tattoos on skin
Sketchy black and red linework tattoo of three faces on a man's upper back, with vertical lettering running down the left side of the spine.
Three faces and vertical lettering on a back
Fine line black tattoos on a forearm showing a cat peeking over a line, a crescent moon with a face and small lines of text.
Cat, crescent moon and text on a forearm
Black line drawing of a sugar skull face with a diamond on the forehead, a lily in flowing hair, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Sugar skull woman with lily, line drawing
Black script lettering reading "You have no power over me" with fine vines and three small pink and blue shaded orbs, on the side of a thigh.
"You have no power over me" script on thigh
Close photo of a black outlined rose inside an overlapping triangle, with a soft blue wash behind it, on the forearm in a botanical and geometric style.
Rose and triangle on a forearm
Black and grey fine line sunflower tattoo with leaves and buds running along the forearm.
Sunflower and leaves on an arm
Realistic red rose with grey scrollwork ornament tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder, with the wearer in a grey vest top.
Red rose and scrollwork on an upper arm
Black and grey shaded daisy tattoos on the inner forearm, one large and one partly hidden by a wrist bangle, in a botanical style.
Two daisies on a forearm
Small fine-line feather tattoo with red and black ornamental patterns and dotwork on the ankle.
Small ornamental feather tattoo on ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a grey shaded anchor wrapped in rope with two red roses on the outer thigh.
Anchor and roses on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an anchor over stippled sea waves and a rising sun, set inside a diamond shape on the upper arm.
Anchor and sea waves in a diamond
Black and grey tabby cat face tattoo with amber eyes and a pink nose on the inner forearm, beside a gold wristwatch.
Tabby cat face on a forearm
Coloured pencil sketch of a cartoon pin-up character with pigtails, holding a mallet and a pistol, with a red heart on the thigh and playing card letters beneath, drawn as a tattoo design.
Cartoon pin-up sketch with mallet and pistol
Fine line black tattoo of the state of Kentucky with the script words My Old above and home below, with a small heart, on a person's shoulder.
Kentucky outline with script on shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a face, with the words lunam meum beneath it, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Crescent moon with script on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with fine dotwork detail across a forearm and wrist, worn beside a silver cuff with a turquoise stone.
Mandala tattoo on forearm and wrist
Pencil drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with ornamental scrollwork and dot patterns across the wings and body, designed as a tattoo.
Ornate swallow flash drawing
Close view of an arm with white ornamental and daisy-pattern temporary tattoos on the upper arm and a lace-style band at the wrist, beside a silver hand chain.
White temporary tattoo bands on an upper arm
Traditional-style tattoo on the outer forearm of a person, showing a yellow crescent moon, a small star and a woman's face beside a skull.
Crescent moon, skull and woman on forearm
Black ink line drawing of a stylised butterfly with flowing wings and curled swirling antennae on a plain white background.
Black line butterfly design
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the word sisters in script, shown in blue above and pink below on skin.
Infinity symbol with sisters script in two colours
Black and grey traditional-style dagger tattoo with an ornate hilt and downward-pointing blade, placed on the centre of a person's chest beneath an open denim shirt.
Traditional dagger on the centre of the chest
Pastel colour tattoo of a pink bow, a MISS banner and a cream animal in a teal oval frame on a thigh, with a hand resting on the knee.
Pastel bow and banner tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant hanging from a chain anklet on the inner side of an ankle.
Elephant charm anklet tattoo
Two black fine line outline tattoos on skin: a fox on the left and a stag's head with large antlers on the right, each with script wording below.
Fox and stag outline tattoos
Two small traditional-style Tudor rose tattoos in red and blue on the side fingers of two hands pressed together, with black script lettering tattooed on the thighs behind.
Matching Tudor roses on two fingers
Black lace-patterned fairy silhouette with sweeping wings and a flowing dress, shown as a design drawing on a white background with no body placement.
Lace-winged fairy silhouette
Black tribal-style hummingbird design with a long beak, outstretched wings and forked tail feathers, shown as a stencil on a white background.
Tribal-style hummingbird design
Black and grey realism drawing of a lion wearing a patterned knit beanie, set against a circle filled with geometric triangles, as a tattoo design.
Lion in a knit beanie with geometric backdrop
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon cat seen from behind, with pink bows on its back and head, on the back of a lower leg.
Cartoon cat with pink bows on a calf
Colour tattoo of three dreamcatchers with turquoise, brown and purple feathers on the side of the torso, shaded to look realistic.
Dreamcatchers and turquoise feathers on the side
Colour tattoo in a pixel-art video game style on an upper arm, showing a green 1-up mushroom, red hearts, gold coins, bullet bills and a castle.
Video game mushroom and castle on upper arm
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo with swirling patterns on the side of a person's waist.
Manta ray tribal tattoo on the side
Colour tattoo of blue, yellow and orange fish scales showing through a torn skin effect on the outer thigh.
Fish scales revealed through torn skin on thigh
Photograph of a red cartoon character tattoo with black outlines and droopy eyes covering the top of a foot, with the toes visible below, placed on the foot.
Red cartoon character tattoo on a foot
Watercolour-style tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and red poppies on the outer thigh.
Deer skull and poppies on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a teacup on a saucer with a sugar cube and rising steam, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Teacup and steam on the wrist

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