Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black ink tattoo of two stick figures joined by a taut string, one figure on each ankle.
Stick figures joined by a string on two ankles
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo of a botanical branch with coral flowers and buds, with small script lettering beside it, on a person's lower abdomen.
Blossom branch with script on the abdomen
Black ink dotwork drawing of three pine trees, a crescent moon, a campfire with smoke and a small tent on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Pine trees, moon and campfire design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stippled wave inside an outlined triangle on the side of a thigh.
Wave inside a triangle on a thigh
Black outline drawing of several poppies on tall slender stems with seed pods, a fine line botanical design shown on a plain white background.
Poppies and seed pods line drawing
Colour tattoo of a fox in a faceted geometric style on the upper arm, with orange, red and yellow panels and black outlines on the tail and legs.
Geometric fox on an upper arm
Black ink brush-stroke anchor design with dripping edges on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Brush-stroke anchor design
Black ink pen sketch of a dotwork cat creature with a leaf above and a lotus flower below, drawn on a sketchbook page.
Dotwork cat with leaf and lotus design
Colourful abstract swirl tattoo with an orange circle at the centre, in soft painterly strokes of blue, yellow, orange and green, on the outer forearm.
Colourful swirl on a forearm
Black serif lettering reading I will be king and you will be queen across the inner forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the inner upper arm of black shaded script lettering with green leaves, a large realistic red rose and a smaller rosebud.
Script lettering with roses on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a dog's face with ornamental swirls and red and yellow flowers on a forearm.
Colourful dog face with flowers on an arm
Colour tattoo of a pink flower with blue forget-me-not sprigs and green leaves on a forearm, with the word fearless in black script below.
Pink flower and forget-me-nots on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo of a block of scripture text across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering across a back
Two side-by-side photos of a fine line and shaded black and grey tattoo of two elephants touching trunks to form a heart, with script lettering beneath, on an ankle.
Two elephants with script on an ankle
Colour tattoo of stitched patchwork hexagons in red and grey with a pair of scissors, a thread spool and a pin on the upper arm.
Patchwork hexagons with scissors and thread
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of pink lilies, a blue-shaded lotus and green swirls across the hip and thigh.
Pink lilies and lotus on a hip and thigh
Grey shaded elephant head with green leaves tattooed on the top of a foot, with black toenail polish visible below.
Elephant head with leaves on a foot
Thin black fine line script reading soul, tattooed on a person's arm.
Soul script on an arm
Fine line script word free tattooed on the inner forearm, with a hand resting on a bare thigh and bare feet on white bedding.
Script word free on the inner forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a grey skull with orange banners reading EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN, a bat and a spider on a web, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull banner with bat and spider on back
Black fine line tattoo of an arrow with stippled feathers, a circle and small triangles, on the inner upper arm.
Fine line arrow on the upper arm
Black and grey realism rose sleeve with a rosebud and leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown against a brick wall.
Black and grey roses on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of a tied bouquet of wildflowers and grasses with a red poppy on the inner upper arm.
Wildflower bouquet tied with twine on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a seated dog inside an ornate oval frame with a small red heart, on the calf.
Dog in ornate oval frame on calf
Black fineline mandala design drawn on white paper, with radial floral petals, diamond shapes and dotwork shading, shown with two fineliner pens.
Black ink mandala design on paper
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with mountains, pine trees and a lake, with bold black outlines, on the inner forearm.
Bear silhouette filled with mountain landscape
Black fine line script reading let it be with three small birds in flight, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Let it be script with birds on the side
Greyscale realism tattoo of the Hindu deity Ganesha with red accents, wearing an ornate jewelled crown, on an upper arm.
Ganesha portrait on upper arm
Colour and grey forearm tattoo of a red rose, treble clef, musical notes and a vintage microphone, in a neo-traditional style with shaded detail.
Rose, microphone and music notes on a forearm
Black and grey fingerprint flower tattoo with a script word family on the upper back and shoulder, shown in two side by side photos.
Fingerprint flower with family script
Five black ink ornamental lotus flower designs on a white background, shown as flash artwork rather than on skin.
Five ornamental lotus designs in black
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small bear holding a string to a large balloon, on the side of the ribs.
Bear floating from a balloon on the ribs
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a botanical sprig with leaves and bell-shaped flowers curling into a spiral, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Botanical spiral sprig across the upper back
Black ink mandala and lotus tattoo in fine line style on a woman's upper back, running from the nape towards the shoulder blades.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on the upper back
Black fine line anchor with a thin looping line, a small dot and a red heart tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm.
Anchor and red heart on a wrist
Black line tattoo of a rabbit beside script lettering that reads my heart has joined the Thousand, on the side of a ribcage.
Rabbit and script quote on ribs
Back of a man's neck showing black bold lettering tattoo reading </head> and <body>, styled as HTML code tags, below a tan cap.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Black Polynesian tribal tattoo with spirals, bands and geometric motifs running across a person's ribs and side of the torso.
Polynesian tribal tattoo on the ribs
Small fine line black heartbeat tattoo on the back of a person's neck, seen from behind with blonde hair in a high bun.
Heartbeat line tattoo on the nape
Small soft-shaded grey wolf head tattoo on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Wolf head on inner forearm
Black and grey botanical bouquet tattoo with flowers, leaves and a tied ribbon on a woman's upper back, above a black lace dress.
Botanical bouquet on upper back
Close-up of a small black fine-line tattoo of a cat with a curled tail, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Fine line cat on the upper chest
Greyscale pencil drawing of a pocket watch overlaid with red, orange and purple watercolour splashes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Pocket watch with watercolour splashes
Neo-traditional heart-shaped tattoo on the thigh showing a cabin with lit windows, pine trees and snowy mountains under a starry sky.
Mountain cabin night scene in a heart
Black and grey tattoo of three dreamcatchers with trailing feathers on the side of a torso, above the waistband of denim shorts.
Dreamcatchers and feathers on the side ribs
Black and grey pine tree tattoo on a forearm, with a solid silhouetted crown, stippled dotwork shading on the lower branches and a thin fading trunk line.
Pine tree on a forearm
Close photo of a small bow tattoo with a black outline and coral fill on the lower abdomen, above pink lace-trimmed underwear.
Bow tattoo on the lower abdomen

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