Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line honeycomb tattoo on the inner wrist and a small black line drawn bee on the palm, with a dotted trail leading towards it.
Honeycomb on wrist and bee on palm
Two views of a black and grey neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with roses, a diamond, a flaming heart and scrollwork.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and heart
Blue shaded tattoo of a crested bird on a branch beside a floral scroll design, on the forearm of a person wearing a light blue denim shirt.
Blue bird and floral scrollwork on forearm
Black and grey Japanese dragon full sleeve tattoo with scales, waves and clouds, covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Japanese dragon full sleeve
Two inner forearms with matching black fine line tattoos: an arrow above the words I'm the arrow, and a moustache above the words You're my bow.
Matching arrow and moustache forearm tattoos
Fine line black ink tattoo of a unicorn head in profile, its horn shaped like a waffle cone with melting ice cream, on the forearm.
Unicorn with ice cream horn on a forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of Mickey Mouse's head with solid black ears and a smiling mouth, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a black skirt and red slides.
Mickey Mouse head on a forearm
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a glowing nebula, ringed planets and stars across her eyes, shown in three panels.
Galaxy portrait with planets on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a stylised Great Wave off Kanagawa inside a circle, with small circles and Mount Fuji, on a forearm.
Great Wave tattoo in a circle on a forearm
Person seen from behind with black and grey tattoos covering the back, neck and both arms, including a winged figure on the back and a rose on the upper arm.
Heavily tattooed back and arms seen from behind
Small blue sauropod dinosaur tattoo on a forearm, with the arm held out beside a wooden fence and green foliage.
Blue sauropod dinosaur on a forearm
Two forearms pressed together, one with a fine line black tattoo of a sun with a face, the other with a crescent moon with a face, both on the inner forearm.
Sun and crescent moon on forearms
Man in a white shirt with crossed arms, both arms covered in small colourful illustrated tattoos of a camera, watch, rabbit and crown on the forearms and upper arms.
Colourful illustrated sleeve on crossed arms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a desk globe on the forearm, with stippled continents and hatched shading on the sphere and stand.
Globe tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes tattooed on a forearm above a gold wristwatch, against a pale wall.
Pine trees on a forearm
Two matching origami crane tattoos in watercolour colours, one small on a wrist and one larger on a forearm with splashes of purple and blue.
Matching origami crane tattoos on two forearms
Four playing card suit tattoos on wrists and forearms: a red diamond, a black spade, a black club and a red heart, in a fine line outline style.
Playing card suit tattoos on wrists
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a Deathly Hallows symbol on the inner wrist and forearm.
Always script with Deathly Hallows symbol
Black and grey forearm tattoo of bare trees and a pine with small birds in flight, fading to dots at the wrist.
Forest and birds fade on a forearm
Black tattoos of a star, a ring and a vertical row of dots across the fingers and back of two clenched hands, with a forearm tattoo visible above the wrist.
Dot line and star tattoos on knuckles
Small black fine line tattoo of a semicolon and a cross on the inner wrist, photographed against a patterned blue fabric.
Semicolon and cross on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a bare black tree and a child on a swing silhouetted against a purple, pink and orange sunset sky, on a forearm.
Tree silhouette and swing at sunset on a forearm
Colour traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a pink flower on a man's forearm as he holds a tray of coffee cups.
Sugar skull tattoo on a forearm
Realistic feather tattoo in orange, brown and black on the forearm, with a pale central shaft and soft shaded barbs.
Realistic feather tattoo on a forearm
Three-panel photo of a colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring Dragon Ball characters including Shenron and Goku.
Dragon Ball characters full sleeve tattoo
Two matching black fine line tattoos of a hummingbird with a heart-shaped body and outstretched wings, one on each wrist of two people.
Matching hummingbird and heart wrist tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a rose, a crown and banknotes on a forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Pocket watch, rose and crown on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of stacked toy pirate figure parts, including a skull hat, eyepatch head and sword torso, running down a forearm.
Stacked pirate minifigure parts on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a forget-me-not sprig with pale blue petals and yellow centres, trailing across a forearm in a botanical style.
Forget-me-not sprig on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull-faced figure in a black top hat above a red rose on a forearm.
Skull-faced figure in top hat with rose on forearm
Woman sitting cross-legged on grass with a black geometric blackwork band tattooed on her upper arm and down towards her forearm.
Black geometric band on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of red cross-stitch motifs inside black outlined diamond shapes, in a geometric folk embroidery style.
Red and black cross-stitch pattern on forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a lion face with a lotus crown and dreamcatcher below, on the inner forearm.
Lion and lotus dreamcatcher on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flying saucer with a beam of light made of geometric dot patterns, on the inner forearm.
UFO beaming a dotwork pattern on a forearm
Realism tattoo of three kitten heads stacked vertically on a forearm, the top two in grey and the lowest in colour.
Three kitten portraits stacked on a forearm
A woman in a yoga headstand on a stone ledge shows a dark sleeve tattoo on her upper arm and forearm, with palm fronds and greenery behind her.
Sleeve tattoo on a woman in a headstand
Black script tattoo reading Choose Love on the inner wrist, in a flowing lettering style with a looped capital C and L.
Choose Love script on the inner wrist
Two matching black runic compass tattoos, one on each forearm, with a glass of beer on a wooden table behind them.
Matching runic compass tattoos on forearms
Fine line tattoo of two outlined hands over a solid red circle on the forearm, shown on a person wearing jeans and a grey top.
Two hands over a red circle on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading a quote in a handwritten script, running along the inner forearm.
Quote in script along a forearm
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with blue, white and green flowers on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Infinity symbol with flowers on a wrist
Two tribal-style creature tattoos on an arm, the upper one in red and black with a fox-like head and the lower one in blue and black with a long tail.
Two tribal creature tattoos on an arm
Small black and grey fine line feather tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned arm.
Small feather tattoo on the inner wrist
A fine line black script quote tattoo runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a teal leather car seat.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Stomach tattoo of the Death Star and X-wing starfighters in black and grey with purple shading, with small coloured sheep tattoos on the wrist and forearm.
Death Star and starfighters on the stomach
Solid black dinosaur skeleton tattoo running along the inside of a forearm, shown in two stacked photos.
Dinosaur skeleton tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, horned creatures, a dagger and wolf-like heads among smoky clouds.
Black and grey full sleeve with skulls and beasts
Black and grey tattoo of a woman in a billowing skirt with an octopus head and tentacles, on the inner forearm.
Octopus-headed woman in a skirt on a forearm

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