Tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil line drawing of crossed ornate scissors and two combs with two roses, a flash design in a traditional style.
Crossed scissors and combs with roses
Traditional style tattoo of a grey SLR camera framed by blue forget-me-not flowers with yellow centres, on the inner forearm.
Camera and forget-me-nots on a forearm
Person in a grey short-sleeved shirt and braces, showing a black tattoo of a flock of birds on the upper arm and a plant-like design lower on the forearm.
Flock of birds tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a wild cat face with spotted markings on an upper arm, beside a rolled-up dark patterned sleeve.
Wild cat face on upper arm
Two matching wrist tattoos in fine line style: a teal and purple outlined cross on one wrist and the word faith in script with a teal and purple swoosh on the other.
Matching cross and faith wrist tattoos
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat filled with ornamental tribal patterns on a cream background, suited to a blackwork tattoo design.
Sitting cat in tribal patterns
Black hand-lettered script design on a white background reading Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn, with looping flourishes and a swash capital L.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn lettering
Small dark teal whale tattoo on the upper arm, with pink and red hearts rising from its spout against a pale pink background.
Whale and hearts on an upper arm
Fine line black and grey botanical tattoo of sprigs, leaves and poppy-like flowers on the upper arm.
Botanical flowers on an upper arm
Shaded tattoo of a red and grey Volkswagen camper van, front view, on a person's thigh.
Volkswagen camper van on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing an orange gramophone, a red rose with green leaves and the lettering THE THERAPISTS PUMPING THROUGH YOUR SPEAKERS.
Gramophone, rose and lettering on a thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a folding fan showing Mount Fuji and a red sun, surrounded by pink cherry blossom flowers and falling petals, with a pink ribbon, on the back.
Fan with Mount Fuji and cherry blossom
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with branching trees inside an oval outline, on the inner wrist beside silver bead bracelets.
Yin yang tree in an oval on a wrist
Colour tattoo of three pink butterflies and small blue flowers with yellow centres, linked by dark swirling lines, on a forearm.
Pink butterflies and blue flowers on a forearm
Black and white photo of two forearms with fine line script lettering, a triangle outline and small motifs, holding a metal skull.
Script lettering and fine line forearms holding a skull
Traditional style skull in a red paisley bandana, framed by red flowers and dark leaves, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Skull in a red bandana with flowers on the thigh
Two circular black ink line drawings of a peony and a rose surrounded by leaves and foliage, on white paper beside black fineliner pens.
Peony and rose pen drawings in circles
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock with Roman numerals, roses, a candle and a praying cherub across the shoulder and upper arm.
Clock, roses and praying cherub on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with rope, a Mom banner, red hearts and a red rose with yellow flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Anchor, rose and Mom banner on an upper arm
Realism tattoo on a forearm of a suspension bridge fading into a city skyline under grey clouds, with a single red balloon floating above the road.
Bridge, skyline and red balloon on a forearm
Small black fine line arrow tattoo on the neck behind the ear, shown in a warm-toned side profile photo.
Small arrow tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sleeping cat curled up with its tail wrapped around, on the forearm, with soft grey shading.
Sleeping cat curled up on an arm
Black and grey skull tattoo with ornate filigree covering the back, with a diamond motif above the skull.
Ornate skull across a back
Painted watercolour design of two red octopuses whose tentacles curl together to form a heart, drawn on pale paper with a blue wash behind them.
Two octopuses forming a heart
Black and grey drawing of two skulls, roses and an all-seeing eye in a triangle, shaded in neo-traditional style on paper.
Skulls, roses and all-seeing eye design
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and an arrow with feathers below, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Compass and arrow with feathers on ribs
Black and grey dotwork and engraved-style sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, showing waves, a figure, a moon and a chain along the lower arm.
Engraved sea and figure upper arm sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo of a lighthouse on rocks beside crashing waves under an orange and red sunset, on a calf.
Lighthouse at sunset on a calf
A woman in a black bikini sits on rocks by a river, showing a black blackwork tribal pattern on her left hand and forearm and black flame tattoos on her right upper arm.
Blackwork tribal and flame tattoos by a river
Black and grey drawing of a rose with hatched leaves and a faceted heart ringed with beads, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Rose and jewelled heart tattoo design
Black and grey tattoo of a globe on a stand with a city skyline, an arch and birds in the sky, shown on a limb.
Globe with city skyline tattoo
Realistic black and grey paw print tattoo with fur texture and stippled toe pads, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Black and grey paw print on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of red, purple, blue, teal and yellow splashes across the outer upper arm of a person outdoors.
Watercolour splash on an upper arm
Solid black tattoo of an Om symbol combined with an elephant head shape, shown in bold brush-like linework on the upper arm.
Om symbol with elephant head on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a cloud outline with the script word efêmero across it, on the upper arm.
Cloud outline with script word on upper arm
Two side-by-side photos of black ink tattoos: a sun with rays on the left and a small crescent moon on the right, both on the side of the torso.
Sun and crescent moon on the side body
Two pencil sketches of ornamental mandala-style flower designs on paper, drawn as tattoo designs with no body part shown.
Mandala flower and lace design sketches
Back of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a black blackwork and dotwork mandala flower tattoo at the base of the neck with bold black lines sweeping over the shoulders.
Black mandala flower on upper back
Black lace-pattern tattoo wrapping the wrist and forearm, shown in a blackwork style in a two-panel close-up.
Lace cuff tattoo on wrist
Black script quote reading In you, I've found the love of my life and my closest, truest friend, with two interlocking outline hearts below, on a cream background.
Script quote with interlocking hearts
Hand-drawn tattoo flash of a geometric lotus mandala with a three-dimensional impossible triangle at its centre, shaded in red and blue ink.
Lotus mandala with impossible triangle design
Black fine line infinity symbol with three arrows and the word faith in script, shown as a design drawing and as a temporary tattoo on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with arrows and faith script
Small fine line tattoo of a black semicolon with a purple butterfly on the wrist, shown on a clenched hand.
Semicolon and butterfly on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree with a spiral swirl in its trunk, on the calf.
Bare tree with swirling trunk on a lower leg
Black ink drawing of an ornate compass rose mandala with leaf and dot detailing, with the words Not all those who wander are lost beneath it.
Compass rose mandala design on paper
Colourful neo-traditional floral sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a teal pony, butterflies and a rainbow, beside a plush pony toy.
Floral sleeve with pony and rainbow tattoos
Two side by side photos of a small tattoo of three flying birds in green, purple and pink above a black infinity symbol with a curled end, on an ankle.
Three birds and an infinity symbol on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a blue police box combined with a stack of book pages on the upper arm, with bold black outlines and shaded blue panels.
Blue police box and book tattoo on upper arm

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