Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor with a green and red compass rose at its centre, on a lower leg.
Anchor and compass rose on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo design of a cross with feathered wings and a ribbon banner reading John 3:16.
Winged cross with John 3:16 banner
Dark brown octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping the back of a hand and fingers, placed on the hand.
Octopus tentacles across a hand
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing a fine line Greek lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine.
Greek lettering down the spine
Monochrome lettering design shaped as a skull, reading Beautiful Disaster and Sinner Saint, shown as a flash-style artwork with no body placement.
Lettering skull design in white on black
Flash design of a blue police box surrounded by black and white cogs and two circular emblems, one with an ornate spiral knot and one with concentric rings.
Blue police box with cogs and circular emblems
Small black outline heart tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, shown in fine line style.
Small outline heart on a shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a trailing line leading to the word Believe in script on the inner wrist.
Believe script with a bird on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of two palm trees, a distant island and hibiscus and plumeria flowers across the top of a foot.
Palm trees and hibiscus across the foot
Black outline heart tattoo on an upper arm, with fine script lettering flowing along its lower edge, shown in black and white.
Script lettering heart on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, leaves and thorny stems with a skull on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Black and grey roses and skull on upper back
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with fine detailed linework on the centre of a woman's chest, worn under an open knitted cardigan.
Mandala-style flower tattoo on the chest
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with ornate N, E, S and W points on the inner wrist of a hand.
Compass rose on an inner wrist
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of mountains and pine trees inside a circle on an upper arm, with a partial second tattoo of the same design on the left.
Mountain and pine tree circle on upper arm
Full colour tattoo on a thigh of Belle dancing with the Beast, with Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts and Chip below.
Beauty and the Beast scene on a thigh
Back tattoo of two red and orange phoenixes on the shoulder blades, with black script running down the spine.
Twin phoenixes with spine script across a back
Fine line black crescent moon tattoo with a small heart on the neck behind the ear, shown in a four panel collage.
Crescent moon tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a ponytail.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Infinity symbol tattoo with the word Dad in script and a small red heart, on the top of a foot, in black and teal ink.
Infinity symbol with Dad script on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of four geometric triangle symbols in a row across a forearm.
Four geometric triangle marks on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading happiness in purple ink along the middle finger of a hand resting on a white textured surface.
Happiness script on a finger
Black fine line script tattoo reading endless love across the top of a finger, with a floral fabric background.
Endless love script on a finger
Black and white photo of a small fine line anchor tattoo on a person's shoulder, with the chin and neck visible at the top of the frame.
Small anchor tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey floral tattoo of roses and leaves across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned animal skull with roses across the centre of a person's chest, above a black lace top.
Horned animal skull and roses on a chest
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a rose inside a scalloped heart frame on the upper arm.
Heart frame with rose on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoos of an owl on the upper arm, pink roses with green foliage on the thigh, and a skull on the forearm.
Owl, roses and skull tattoos on arm and leg
Two black line drawings of a round winged ball with feathered wings, one with wings raised high and one with wings spread wide, drawn on aged tan paper.
Two winged ball designs in black line
Traditional style tattoo of a green, orange and yellow parrot perched on a branch with leaves, shown on a limb against denim.
Perched parrot on a branch
Black dotwork and line tattoo of a bearded man in profile with swept-up hair, shown on an upper arm beside its original design drawing.
Bearded profile portrait on an upper arm
Black linework full sleeve of interlocking mandala, paisley and flower motifs covering a woman's arm from forearm to upper arm.
Ornamental mandala sleeve on a raised arm
Colour tattoo of a chunky cartoon Chewbacca in orange and black with a bandolier, sitting on the forearm.
Cartoon Chewbacca on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower on a vertical unalome line with small dots and a diamond, shown as a fine line tattoo design on plain paper.
Lotus and unalome line design
Foot tattoo of the words Live Laugh Love in black script with outlined purple stars, blue sparkles and a black tribal swirl with hearts, on the top of the foot.
Live Laugh Love script and stars on a foot
Fine line black outline of a small elephant with its trunk raised, tattooed on the ankle.
Small elephant outline on an ankle
Black ink line drawing of a scroll banner reading FAITH, HOPE & LOVE within a handwritten scripture quote from 1 Corinthians 13:13, in a lettering style.
Banner lettering with 1 Corinthians 13:13
Close up of two ankles with purple script lettering reading Hopeless and Romantic, with small flourishes, worn above pink canvas trainers and rolled denim.
Hopeless Romantic script on both ankles
Close photo of a fine line black swirl tattoo with two curled ends and a looped top, placed on the inner side of an ankle.
Black line swirl tattoo on ankle
Full colour neo-trad Alice in Wonderland sleeve on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with playing cards, a rose and a Cheshire cat.
Alice in Wonderland sleeve with playing cards
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, a pocket watch held in a hand and a rose on a forearm, shown in two photographs.
Skull, pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a steam locomotive and a pocket watch with Roman numerals on an upper arm, set against a faint map and a small aircraft.
Steam locomotive and pocket watch on upper arm
Three side-by-side views of a neo-traditional wolf head tattoo with teal crystals and bubbles on the upper arm, shaded in grey with blue and teal accents.
Wolf head with teal crystals on an upper arm
Ink drawing of a script lettering design with swirling flourishes and leaf shapes on white paper, being traced with a fine liner pen.
Script lettering with flourishes on paper
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey spider web with a yellow sun and black star motifs, placed over the elbow.
Spider web and sun on the elbow
Black and grey tattoo of two crossed pistons with connecting rods and a central spark plug, surrounded by smoke or flame shading, on skin.
Crossed pistons and spark plug with smoke
Black ink line drawing of a stylised dragon head with flowing tail-like lines and a small circle below, on white paper, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Stylised dragon line drawing design
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a quote and a triangle symbol in the upper photo and a second quote in the lower photo.
Two quotes tattooed along a forearm
Fine line black geometric tattoo of a vertical arrow with a crescent moon and overlapping circles on a person's upper back.
Arrow, crescent moon and circles on upper back

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