Tattoo ideas

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

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Botanical green fern tattoo running down the centre of a bare back, between the shoulder blades, with the hair worn up in a bun.
Green fern tattoo down the spine
Black and grey photograph of a script lettering tattoo reading 'is it so wrong that you make me strong?' along the inner forearm, with a hand and bracelet visible.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose, ship's wheel and pocket watch with chain on the upper arm and shoulder.
Compass, ship's wheel and pocket watch on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Always, with light blue and pink watercolour splashes, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Always script tattoo on the wrist
Traditional style flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with a snake coiled around it and the words MAKE OR DIE beside it, drawn in black and mustard with halftone shading.
Skull, dagger and snake flash design
Black and grey tattoo of the word Passion in cursive script above a shaded pair of scissors on a person's ribs, with a pink top pulled up.
Passion script and scissors on ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a peace sign overlapping a heart on the side of a raised finger, with two thin rings on the hand.
Peace sign and heart on a finger
Colour tattoo of two cartoon lions nuzzling heads beneath the words Remember who you are in black script, on skin.
Two cartoon lions with Remember who you are
Close photo of a solid black tribal-style swirl tattoo with curled ends and a sprig-like tip on pale skin, in blackwork style.
Black tribal swirl tattoo on skin
Traditional colour tattoo of a palm tree, sunset over the sea and red and blue flowers within gold scrollwork on a leg, shown in a three-panel collage.
Palm tree sunset with scrollwork on a leg
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol that forms a heart on one side and a paw print on the other, on the forearm.
Infinity heart and paw print on forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly and pink blossom branch with falling petals on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of light jeans.
Butterfly and blossom branch on the abdomen
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings, running from the thigh down past the knee to the calf of a bare leg.
Colourful phoenix running down a leg
Close photo of an abstract tattoo on an upper arm, with a yellow and orange wash, black wing-like linework and a long curved black line, beside a person in a pale blouse holding a white rose.
Abstract orange and black tattoo on upper arm
Black fine line geometric elephant tattoo made of angular facets, on the upper arm of a person wearing a floral patterned sleeve.
Geometric elephant on an upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a red campervan on a road below striped cliffs, a red gemstone and orange flowers, on the upper leg.
Campervan, cliffs and flowers on a leg
Black dotwork mandala design drawn on paper, with a radial centre, stippled petals and leaf sprays, in a geometric and botanical style.
Dotwork mandala with leaves
Black blackwork-style flash design of a central figure surrounded by a radiating ring of keyblades on a white background.
Radial keyblade design with central figure
Colour tattoo of the cartoon dog Pochacco in a green shirt holding a small brown mouse, with a pink-hooded character and a red rose nearby, on skin.
Pochacco holding a mouse on skin
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with geometric petals on the wrist and forearm, with small dots on the back of the hand.
Geometric lotus and dots on a wrist
Small tattoo of a black branch with coral cherry blossom flowers on the wrist, in a Japanese-inspired botanical style.
Cherry blossom branch on a wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "don't blink" on the inner forearm, just below the wrist crease, with the hand raised toward the camera.
"don't blink" lettering on a wrist
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope in a watercolour style, with teal and red splashes, on the ankle of a person wearing brown suede shoes.
Watercolour anchor on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large eye, Roman numerals and pocket watch mechanism on a forearm.
Realistic eye and pocket watch on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a brown horse rearing on the side of a torso, with a partial lion head tattooed behind it on the ribs.
Realistic horse tattoo on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a running woman with a ponytail, in teal and purple, trailing dotted wind lines, on the calf.
Running woman with dotted wind lines on a calf
Colour tattoo of the Honda H emblem with a black outline on the outer ankle, with cuffed jeans and glittery sneakers visible.
Honda logo tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey botanical daisy tattoo with a long stem and two leaves running down the inner upper arm.
Daisy on the upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a weeping woman with curled hair, pearl beads and a cameo, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Weeping woman with cameo and pearls
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a blue TARDIS police box and a Dalek against a swirling cosmic background, in a bold neo-traditional style.
TARDIS and Dalek on an arm sleeve
Fine line black quotation marks tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with stacks of books blurred in the background.
Small quotation mark tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey infinity tattoo of barbed wire and fish hooks with the word Country in script, sitting on the outer thigh.
Fish hook and barbed wire infinity tattoo
Colour geometric mandala tattoo with red, teal and grey petal rings on the outer upper arm near the elbow.
Radial mandala on an upper arm
Small black fine line outline tattoo of a smiling elephant with a heart above its trunk, on the ankle.
Outline elephant with heart on ankle
Black and grey realistic cherry blossom tattoo with branches and leaves covering the outer thigh of a kneeling person.
Cherry blossom thigh tattoo in grey
Black and grey magnolia branch tattoo running from the collarbone towards the shoulder, with soft shaded petals and buds.
Magnolia branch across the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a red heart with a yellow rose, blue flower, green leaves and two sonic screwdrivers over scroll banners, in a neo-traditional style on the upper back.
Heart, rose and sonic screwdrivers on back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby and white cat with green eyes, framed by purple scrolls and an orange wash, on the upper arm.
Tabby cat portrait with purple scrolls
Fine line script tattoo reading Hope, with a small heart in place of the o, in black ink on the top of a foot.
Hope script on the top of a foot
Black tribal-style sea turtles with swirling waves and a line of script above them, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Three tribal turtles and script on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a spiral shell in blue, purple and pink on a person's shoulder blade, with bold dark outlines.
Spiral shell on a shoulder
Three grey lace-patterned butterflies with watercolour splashes in pink, teal and blue, tattooed across a person's lower back.
Lace-winged butterflies with watercolour splashes
Traditional style tattoo of Zero, the ghost dog, in teal, red and black on a limb, with small dark bat shapes nearby.
Zero the ghost dog in traditional style
Black script lettering reading Stay Gold with swirls and an infinity symbol, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Stay Gold script lettering on a wrist
Four solid black eagle silhouettes with spread wings on a white background, drawn as flash designs with no body placement shown.
Four black eagle designs in flight
Two photos of a pastel purple, pink and teal alien head tattoo on a forearm, one close up and one showing the wrist and hand.
Pastel alien head on a forearm
Black ink flash design of three dragonflies stacked vertically, each with intricately patterned, scroll-filled wings on a white background.
Three ornate dragonflies in a vertical stack
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf with bared teeth covering the forearm, with a dark textured background below.
Snarling wolf on a forearm

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