Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a black and white cat in a pink collar above a red and turquoise flower with green leaves, on a limb.
Black and white cat with red flower
Flat design sheet showing gold and white peacock feathers with blue eye details beside a blue and gold leopard spot pattern on a grey background.
Gold and blue peacock feathers with leopard spots
Small fine line black butterfly tattoo with swirling dotted trails on the outer ankle of a light-skinned leg.
Butterfly with swirls on an ankle
Two arms are crossed together, each with a small fine line black tattoo of angular brackets and a dot, in a geometric style.
Matching fine line bracket tattoos on two arms
Black lace-style butterfly and floral garter tattoo in fine linework on a woman's thigh, beside a sheet of matching design stencils.
Lace butterfly garter tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a yellow duck sitting in a wooden bath tub, surrounded by small black soot sprites and star-shaped flowers.
Yellow duck in a wooden tub on a thigh
Two matching blue outlined knot symbols with a teardrop loop on the inner wrists of two people, shown with their palms open.
Matching knot symbol tattoos on wrists
Traditional style tattoo of a sugar skull cat face with grey shading, red accents and swirling linework on an arm.
Sugar skull cat on an arm
Hand-drawn flash design of a pink-shaded rose with leaves and dotwork mandala petals, held up over a person's chest.
Rose and mandala tattoo design sketch
Two black and grey swallows tattooed on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Two swallows on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of a corgi in black outline on the side of a finger, held up against a pale brick wall.
Corgi outline on a finger
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches, a shaded trunk and roots on the forearm.
Bare tree tattoo on a forearm
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a woman's face within a rose, with wings above, leaves, swallows and a lace-style border, on a person's back.
Woman's face in a rose across the back
Two photos of a small penguin chick tattoo on the outer ankle, the lower image showing a shaded grey body with a yellow beak.
Penguin chick tattoo on an ankle
Realistic black and grey tattoo of praying hands wrapped in a rosary with roses, on the upper arm and shoulder, with a banner below.
Praying hands and rosary on upper arm
Realistic colour poppy and fine grey grass stems with a shaded bird on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman in a black top.
Poppy, grasses and bird on upper arm
Neo-traditional Cheshire Cat tattoo with teal eyes and teal fur highlights, surrounded by dark smoke, on the upper back.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a man's forearm with a tangled abstract linework tattoo that includes musical notes and staff lines, with his hand holding a striped tie.
Musical notes and tangled lines on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a limb of the red Rebel Alliance starbird emblem with two orange banners reading Rebel and Scum, in a traditional style.
Rebel Alliance emblem with Rebel Scum banners
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a nested triangle with a mandala-style pattern, dotwork dangling dots and a teardrop, on the centre of a woman's chest.
Triangle and dotwork mandala on the chest
Black handwritten lettering on an upper arm reads its is my life, with the attribution Jon Bovi beneath it.
Handwritten quote tattoo on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and vines, with two roses and a ribbon banner, drawn in black and grey.
Anchor with roses and rope in pencil sketch
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch, blue with pink ears and a toothy grin, on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Stitch character on upper back
Black and grey ink drawing of an iris flower on an arrow shaft with a dashed triangle behind it, a botanical tattoo design on paper.
Iris and arrow tattoo design
Close view of a blue-grey botanical tattoo of roses and leaves running from the wrist up the inner forearm, in a shaded folk-inspired style.
Blue floral tattoo on the forearm
A small wave tattoo with black outline and blue shading on the inner wrist, shown freshly done and wrapped in cling film.
Small blue wave on a wrist
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, including chain links, quatrefoil bands, triangle patterns, leaf borders and wing motifs.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock, a pyramid and flying birds with scrollwork on a calf.
Clock, birds and pyramid on a calf
Traditional flash drawing of a horned pin-up devil woman holding a pistol, with a "NEVER FEEL SORRY" banner, a red skull and crossbones, and a red devil tail.
Pin-up devil with gun and banners
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a tea bag hanging from a string with a small dotted square above, on the forearm.
Tea bag with dotwork shading on a forearm
Black and grey realism rose and lettering on the hip, with rosary and eye tattoos on the thighs of a person wearing white Diesel underwear.
Rose, rosary and eye tattoos on thighs
Blue line-art flash design of a TARDIS police box flanked by two Daleks, angel wings and a sonic screwdriver within an ornate frame.
TARDIS and Daleks in an ornate frame
Small black fine line tattoo of a horseshoe with the words Born Lucky curved around it, on the upper arm of a person wearing a black camisole and red belt.
Horseshoe and Born Lucky on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Love yourself across the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of a raised hand with pink nail polish.
Love yourself script on the wrist
Black and white photo of a small fine line botanical sprig tattoo on a forearm near the elbow.
Small sprig tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey wolf head and skull tattoo with geometric linework across the forearm.
Wolf and skull with geometric lines on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with red butterflies, black lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and lace on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and black feather with a small heart cut out of the vane, on the side of a foot or ankle.
Red feather with heart on ankle
Black fine line lettering reading LIKE A WAVE on the inner forearm of a person seated with ripped denim jeans.
Like a wave lettering on forearm
Solid black flash design of a flaming sun with wavy rays surrounding a pentagram inside a circle, shown without any body placement.
Flaming sun with pentagram design
Front-facing elephant head tattoo in grey shading with sketchy lines, with red and blue watercolour splashes, on the inner forearm.
Elephant head with watercolour splashes on forearm
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a grinning clown with a striped top hat and red bow tie on the upper arm.
Clown portrait with top hat on upper arm
Two pairs of feet show matching fine line black tattoos of a heart on a heartbeat line with the word Sisters, placed near the ankle.
Sisters heartbeat tattoos on feet
Woman seen from behind with a large pink and red peony tattoo on her upper back, with grey leaves, a rock and three small butterflies, in a Japanese-influenced botanical style.
Peony and butterfly back piece
Two forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of roses, swallows, stars and a key, shown with palms facing up.
Traditional sleeves with roses and swallows on forearms
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a stylised bird with a fanned feather crest, a peony and small arrows.
Bird and peony on an upper arm
Small watercolour-style tattoo of a seated woman with a pink bow in her hair, on the inner forearm, with a pink frilled blouse behind.
Small woman with pink bow on a forearm
Rear view of two ankles with black lettering tattoos, reading Too Fast on the left and For Freedom on the right, in a spaced block font on the Achilles area.
Two ankle tattoos reading Too Fast and For Freedom

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