Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour tattoo of peach roses, dark green leaves and rippling blue water across a forearm.
Roses and rippling water on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a curling fish or mermaid tail with scalloped scales and fanned fins, drawn in black and grey on a sketchbook page.
Curling fish or mermaid tail pencil sketch
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading Don't live in fear of the future on a forearm and one reading 'Cause I'll always be there on a shoulder.
Script quotes on forearm and shoulder
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork detailing and a row of dots below, placed centrally on the chest.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Close photo of a small pink watercolour style flower tattoo with a fine line cursive word on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Pink flower and script word on the collarbone
Black and grey Japanese-style waves filling a triangle outline, tattooed on the forearm.
Wave-filled triangle on a forearm
Small black fine line feather tattoo on the side of a finger, with detailed shading along the feather's vane and a curled tip.
Feather tattoo on a finger
Close-up of a blue-toned folk-style floral tattoo on the upper thigh of a person wearing polka dot denim shorts and an orange belt.
Folk floral tattoo on the upper thigh
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of three birds in flight on the inner wrist and forearm.
Three small birds on an inner wrist
Solid black handprint tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Handprint tattoo on upper back
Black and grey swallow tattoo with swept wings and a curling tail on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Swallow tattoo on upper back
Repeating pattern of blue traditional swallows with red chests and yellow tails, alternating with white nautical stars outlined in black on a pale yellow background.
Swallows and nautical stars repeat pattern
Red and black lotus tattoo with an Om symbol above it on the lower back, with fine swirling linework and dotwork accents.
Om and lotus on lower back
Two matching black lettering tattoos of a Roman numeral date run along the fingers of a woman's hand and a man's hand resting together.
Matching Roman numeral date tattoos on fingers
Two black and grey shaded swallows in flight, tattooed on the forearm beside a beaded bracelet.
Two swallows on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in flowing script reading Our scars remind us that the past is real, across a person's upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Black ink fine line tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on the outer lower leg.
Black ink cat outline on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other above a ring of small stars and dots, placed on the ankle.
Two reaching hands with stars on ankle
Black and grey photo of a small geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, showing a row of filled and outlined squares, circles, pentagons and triangles.
Row of filled and outlined shapes on a forearm
Back view of a woman with a botanical tattoo of roses and foliage across her upper back, while a cream satin dress is tied at her waist.
Floral back tattoo with cream satin dress
Colour tattoo of a bronze Dalek above three red roses and a banner, in a traditional style on the upper thigh.
Dalek and roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel standing over a demon in flames, with clouds and a glowing halo, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Winged angel over a demon on upper arm
Black silhouette tattoo of flying Peter Pan characters, including a small fairy, trailing down the skin behind an ear on the neck.
Flying silhouettes behind the ear
Grey infinity symbol tattoo with the word family in script and a small heart, on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with family script on foot
Fine line black script tattoo reading Je ne regrette rien across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Je ne regrette rien script on collarbone
Fine line black tattoo on the ankle, above pink glitter platform heels on a white bed.
Thin black ankle tattoo above glitter heels
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with water droplets and serrated leaves on the inner forearm.
Black and grey rose on a forearm
Black and grey peony flash drawing with three blooms of different sizes and dark leaves, in a neo-traditional botanical style, on white paper.
Three black and grey peony designs
Small blue bird on a leafy branch tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand with red painted nails.
Blue bird and leafy branch on a wrist
Black and grey sketch of a kitten's face framed by leaves, with a jewelled pendant on its forehead and beaded chains below, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Kitten with leaves and beaded pendant design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate compass rose with a lace-edged mandala border, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Compass rose tattoo design
Traditional flash design of a red rose with green leaves, a tan banner reading AMORE and small black stars, shown without a body placement.
Traditional rose with Amore banner
Black fine line tattoos on a bare arm, including the lettering We can be heroes, a small sweet, a sunburst and an X, with a solid black rectangle above the sweet.
Small lettering and icon tattoos on an arm
Black line flash sheet of five designs: a sun and moon, a paisley swirl, a round geometric mandala, a crescent moon with zigzags and a large mandala sun, with no body placement shown.
Sun, moon and mandala flash sheet
A dotwork and mandala-patterned cat tattoo in black, grey and red on a forearm, shown beside a photo of the real white and brown cat it depicts.
Ornamental cat tattoo on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the words So it goes. with a small fine line starburst below it, on the back of a woman's neck.
Quote and starburst at the nape of the neck
Pencil sketch of a wolf howling up towards a large full moon, drawn on paper with faint construction guidelines.
Howling wolf and moon sketch
Black ink linework tattoo of an embracing couple in the style of Klimt's The Kiss, surrounded by flowers and stars, on the upper arm.
Klimt-style The Kiss tattoo on upper arm
Red ink sketch on aged paper of a pocket watch wrapped in two roses, drawn as a tattoo design in a traditional style.
Pocket watch and roses design sketch
Realism style sleeve tattoo of pine forest, rocks and an orange sunset across the upper arm and forearm, with a small deer on the shoulder.
Forest and sunset full arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of two angular teal and orange swallows in a neo-traditional style running along the forearm.
Two geometric swallows on a forearm
Black and grey tribal swirl tattoo with bold solid black shapes and soft grey shading on the calf.
Tribal swirl tattoo on a lower leg
Black fine line outline tattoo of two cats seen from behind, sitting side by side with their tails meeting to form a heart, on the forearm.
Two sitting cats with a heart tail
Close view of a fine dark linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Lotus mandala on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a fox wearing a rosemary wreath on the forearm, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Fox and rosemary wreath on a forearm
Black line drawing of a woman's face in sugar skull style, with a rose at the upper left, a spiderweb over the forehead and long flowing hair, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Sugar skull portrait with rose and spiderweb
Japanese-style flash drawing of a black and white cat holding a sword, with a woman's head and pink flowers on its body, set beneath a gold halo.
Cat with sword and woman's head design
Traditional style tattoo of an open powder compact with red flowers on a teal mirror, placed on the upper arm.
Powder compact with red flowers on upper arm

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