Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black and grey shaded wing tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and resting over dark leggings.
Small shaded wing on a wrist
Script lettering reading Breathe in white ink on a wrist, with pale raised lines on reddened skin.
Breathe script lettering on a wrist
Black line drawing of a five-petalled flower filled with swirls, dots and hatching, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Five-petal flower tattoo design
Small black outlined diamond tattoo on the outer ankle, above a brown strappy sandal.
Small diamond tattoo on an ankle
Full sleeve tattoo in colour showing a blue TARDIS, a Dalek and a helmeted astronaut among galaxies and tentacles, on an upper arm.
Doctor Who themed sleeve tattoo
Black fine line tattoo of a cross joined to a heartbeat trace that ends in an outlined heart, placed on the side of the body above a dark waistband.
Cross, heartbeat line and heart on the side
Black and grey shaded lily flowers with swirling leaves tattooed along the side ribs.
Lily flowers on the ribs
Solid black heart outline with two abstract bird shapes inside it, a bold black tattoo on skin.
Black heart and bird tattoo
Black and grey photo of a small looped line symbol with a dot on the side of an ankle.
Looped line symbol on an ankle
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stag's head and antlers in a teal oval frame with pearl beading, on the forearm.
Stag head with antlers in a jewelled frame
Black and grey botanical sleeve with peonies, roses and small flowers covering a woman's shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey floral sleeve on an arm
Ink drawing of an ornamental feather in black linework with pink and turquoise fills and dotted detailing, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornamental feather design in pink and turquoise
Small fine line black feather tattoo on the ankle of a bare foot resting on a plaid blanket.
Small feather tattoo on an ankle
A hand peels back the backing of a temporary tattoo of a wooden thread spool with a needle on the inner forearm, against a pink background.
Thread spool temporary tattoo on forearm
Black fine line fern frond tattoo running from the wrist up the inner forearm, with the hand visible below.
Fern frond tattoo on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a wide-eyed blue furry cartoon monster with an open toothy mouth across the back of a hand, with shading and a pink-tinged background.
Blue furry monster on the back of a hand
Close photograph of a black dotwork tattoo of a stylised shape with two pale circles, on a area of smooth skin.
Dotwork stylised shape on skin
Hand-drawn flash sheet titled Actions and Senses, with black line drawings inside circles, each labelled with an action or sense word such as Travel, Fall, See and Smell.
Actions and senses flash sheet
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pineapple with pink flowers and teal leaves on the back of a hand, with a partly visible ribbon banner above.
Pineapple and pink flowers on the back of a hand
Two hands with small fine line tattoos on the fingers, a tree on one finger and an owl on another, in black ink.
Tree, owl and matching finger tattoos
Ink drawing of a cat face with a large bow on its ear, with tribal-style swirls and dotted shading filling one side of the head.
Cat head with bow and tribal swirl pattern
Black ink tattoo on the upper back showing a silhouette of a girl blowing dandelion seeds, with the word Mom in cursive script above.
Mom script and dandelion silhouette on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of musical notes forming a heart outline with a treble clef below, on the inner wrist.
Music note heart on the inner wrist
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a smiling woman with an updo and purple headband, beside a blue rose and green leaves on an arm.
Woman portrait with blue rose on arm
Purple line drawing of an anchor with a heart-shaped ring at the top, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Anchor with heart-shaped ring design
Black dotwork mandala tattoo design drawn on cream paper, with lotus-like petals radiating from a central flower.
Symmetrical mandala design on paper
Two thighs show matching black lettering tattoos above the knees, each with a leafy vine and flower, reading OH NO LOVE and YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
Matching thigh tattoos with leaves and a flower
Black and grey swallow tattoo with a curling tail and small heart, above the script line 'You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it'.
Swallow with quote on skin
Black and white engraved drawing of a swallowtail butterfly with spread wings, shown as a possible tattoo design with no body placement.
Swallowtail butterfly line drawing
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a cake slice topped with cherries and cream, on the side of a torso.
Cake slice with cherries on the side
Fine line black tattoo of the word Wanderlust in cursive script with an arrow through it, on the forearm.
Wanderlust script with an arrow
Four forearms covered in a black and grey dotwork blackwork sleeve of mandalas, geometric stars and a scarab beetle, with bold solid bands across the arms.
Black mandala and scarab sleeve on forearms
Black and grey realism roses entwined with swirling scrollwork running down the side of the torso, from the ribs towards the hip.
Black and grey roses with scrollwork on the side
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with fading splatter dots and script lettering reading There, but for the grace of God, go I, on the side of a torso.
Feather and script quote on ribs
Fine line tattoo of a flock of birds rising up the inner wrist and forearm, with the script words "with brave wings she flies" beneath them.
Flock of birds and script on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a helicopter, two faces and lightning, with small red accents.
Realistic sleeve with helicopter and faces
Colour dotwork tattoo of a shaded skull with a black sun and rainbow dot halo, placed on the chest.
Dotwork skull with rainbow halo
Black line drawing of a heart filled with spiral swirls, with a solid green awareness ribbon wrapped across its right side, shown as a tattoo design.
Heart with swirls and green ribbon
Black script tattoo reading And this too shall pass on the side of a torso, with two hands resting against the skin.
Script quote on the side of the torso
Hand-drawn lettering design reading Harry, Hermione and Ron in flowing script, with a lightning bolt, crown, glasses and small star doodles, drawn in brown ink on a sepia background.
Harry, Hermione and Ron name lettering design
Black and grey mandala tattoo with floral petal shapes on a forearm, resting on a white bed.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Three views of a colourful geometric bird tattoo with triangles and dots wrapping the calf, in a neo-traditional style.
Geometric bird tattoo on a calf
Flash sheet of black rose tattoo stencils in a botanical style, with no body placement shown.
Rose stencil designs on a flash sheet
Two people hold hands, each with a black script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, partly cropped to read i love him and i love her.
Matching script wrist tattoos on clasped hands
Black script lettering reading DiabeT1c, with the T1 in blue, and a blue outlined circle beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script DiabeT1c lettering with blue circle on wrist
Pink lotus flower tattoo with soft shading across the lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Pink lotus on the lower back
Fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a grey knitted sleeve pushed back at the wrist.
Small script tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a blue-black safety pin on the inner forearm, with a partial dark mark visible at the right edge.
Safety pin tattoo on forearm

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