Tattoo ideas

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

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Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a snarling brown bear head against a starry night sky with green and yellow swirls.
Colour sleeve with bear and night sky
Black Roman numeral tattoo running down a person's forearm, with a gold bangle above it and a supplement tub held in the other hand.
Roman numerals on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large rose on the back of a hand, with flowers and leaves running up the forearm.
Black and grey rose and flowers on forearm and hand
Black tribal sun tattoo on one inner wrist and a matching tribal crescent moon on the other, shown in black and white.
Matching tribal sun and moon on wrists
Black fine line outline of a lotus flower on the inner forearm, drawn with a single even stroke and no shading.
Outline lotus flower on a forearm
Fine line black ink tree with bare branches running up a forearm, with a red string bracelet near the wrist.
Bare branch tree on a forearm
Black line doodles of kitchen items such as a bottle, bowl and fish on the inner forearm, shown above a wooden chopping board in a kitchen.
Kitchen doodles on a forearm
Black and grey cat head tattoo with a star and geometric lines on the inner forearm of a person in a white top and grey joggers.
Cat head within geometric lines on a forearm
Healed watercolour-style cross tattoo in teal, purple, pink and yellow with the script words Lead me to the cross, on a forearm.
Watercolour cross with script on a forearm
Black and grey knotwork tattoo shaped like armour bands with a central emblem, across the upper arm and forearm with the elbow bent.
Knotwork armour bands on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black script reading courage, dear heart, running diagonally along the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Courage, dear heart script on a wrist
Black infinity symbol tattoo with scrolling swirls and small blue and red flowers with green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbol with flowers on a forearm
Woman in a black sheer top and grey shorts showing a rose, owl and script tattoo on her right upper arm and forearm, with a small coloured tattoo on her left forearm.
Rose and script tattoos on a woman's arms
Black ink tattoo on the inner wrist reading Music is Life in script with an underline, above rewind, pause, fast forward and repeat icons.
Music is Life lettering with media player icons on a wrist
Two forearms covered in small black line doodle tattoos of dice, lightning bolts, arrows, a pentagram and the word GHOUL, with dark nail polish on the hands.
Small doodle symbols on forearms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a wolf head framed by a teal dreamcatcher and dotwork beads on the forearm.
Wolf head with dreamcatcher on forearm
Black and grey fine line swallow on the left inner wrist and an open birdcage on the right inner wrist, photographed with the palms facing up.
Swallow and open birdcage on wrists
Black line tattoo of a wild rose, lavender sprigs, a strawberry and serrated leaves in a botanical bouquet on the inner forearm.
Flower and lavender bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey daisy tattoo with a yin yang centre on the inner forearm, shown against a knitted blanket.
Yin yang daisy on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mountain range with shaded peaks and a soft ground line, across the inside of a forearm.
Mountain range tattoo on a forearm
Compass rose tattoo on a forearm with blue watercolour washes and dotwork shading in black and grey.
Compass rose on a forearm
Two matching fine line tattoos of a purple heart outline with a pink loop crossing its top, shown on inner wrists.
Matching heart and loop tattoos on wrists
Woman in a white mandala sun print t-shirt, with black lettering and a red rose tattoo on her forearm and upper arm.
Lettering and rose tattoos seen beneath a mandala tee
Black line-art tattoo of poppies, a ranunculus and a dahlia in a fine line botanical style on a forearm, resting on a wooden table.
Poppy, ranunculus and dahlia line tattoo on forearm
Two black ink infinity heart tattoos with script text, one reading My Brother's Keeper and one reading My Sisters Protector, on two forearms.
Matching infinity heart tattoos on forearms
Pink rose with a bud and green leaves in a botanical neo-traditional style with bold black outlines, tattooed on a forearm.
Pink rose and bud on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red and white rose with green leaves on the inner forearm.
Red and white rose on a forearm
Close-up of a hand and wrist against a black background, showing a small black fine-line curl tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Black curl tattoo on the wrist
Close-up of a fine script lettering quote tattooed along a forearm in dark ink, with striped fabric and a dark garment in the background.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Small black fine-line tattoo of a looping, abstract script-like symbol on the arm, photographed against a blurred warm background.
Looped fine line symbol on an arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inside of a forearm.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat wearing a tartan deerstalker and holding a pipe, on the forearm of a person in a checked shirt.
Grey cat in a plaid deerstalker on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands linking little fingers inside a circle of contour lines, on the inner forearm.
Linked little fingers in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a geometric centre and leaves beside it, on a forearm.
Dreamcatcher and leaves on a forearm
Watercolour-style seahorse tattoo in red, pink and purple on the forearm, with turquoise splashes of ink around it.
Watercolour seahorse on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon with a leaf sprig and diamond shapes on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon and leaf sprig on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading i came. i swam. i conquered. in a condensed typeface across the inner wrist and forearm, with a raised fist and a lake behind.
Three-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a mallard duck with spread wings in flight, with a green head and blue wing patch, on the forearm.
Mallard duck in flight on an arm
Small tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and scattered grey letters above it, on the inner forearm.
Open book and floating letters on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Disney's Ariel, Flounder the fish and Marie the cat among seaweed and bubbles, in a bold neo-traditional style on a forearm.
Ariel, Flounder and Marie on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink Truffula tree with a green stem above a black quote reading Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, on a forearm.
Truffula tree and quote on a forearm
Realistic black, grey and brown wolf face tattoo with bright blue eyes on the forearm, shown in two photographs.
Realistic wolf face on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a black classic muscle car with a yellow stripe, surrounded by yellow and orange flames, on the forearm.
Classic muscle car in flames on a forearm
Traditional style robin wearing a sailor hat and collar beside a red lifebuoy and clouds, tattooed on a forearm.
Sailor robin with lifebuoy on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a serif lettering tattoo reading "; not ended" across the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Semicolon and "not ended" on a wrist
Black and white photo of a raised fist showing a small solid black cross tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small cross tattoo on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with the words Let it be in fine script above it, on the inner forearm.
Let it be mandala on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in blue, purple, red and yellow across the forearm.
Watercolour hummingbird on a forearm

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