Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a faceted anatomical heart filled with a starry galaxy, framed by red triangle outlines and a watercolour smoke trail, on the side of the ribs.
Geometric galaxy heart on the ribs
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of stylised waves across the top of a bare foot, with a similar faded tattoo visible on the second foot behind it.
Stylised wave tattoo on a foot
Pencil drawing of an open pocket watch with a rose and leaves, shaded in grey, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch and rose design sketch
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink flamingo with a sunset and palm tree panel in its body, beside a potted plant with orange and blue flowers, on a forearm.
Flamingo and potted flowers on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a heart formed from fingerprint whorls on a patch of skin with fine body hair.
Fingerprint heart tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of a looping ribbon design with the word love in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Looped ribbon with script love on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an orchid sprig with a curved stem, shaded in a realistic style on the upper back near the shoulder.
Orchid sprig on the shoulder
Flash sheet of hand-drawn tattoo designs in a fantasy theme, including a bearded tree face, a moth, a hobbit-style door in a bottle and a witch hat over a city.
Fantasy flash sheet with tree, moth and bottle
Black line drawing of a stylised bird with a crested head and long, eye-tipped feathers in a tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised bird with long feathered tail
Black handwritten-style lettering reading Talk less. Smile more. across the inner forearm.
Talk less, smile more lettering on forearm
Black and grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo covering the scalp of a shaved head, photographed from behind against a dark background.
Mandala tattoo across a shaved head
Close-up of two clenched fists with BURRITOS tattooed in grey ink across the fingers, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Burritos spelt across knuckles
Black design drawing of a row of spiral and angular symbols above the word UNFOUND in serif lettering on a white background.
Unfound lettering with spiral symbols
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman with dark bobbed hair holding a cigarette, framed in a square, on the upper arm.
Woman with cigarette in a square frame
Traditional style tattoo of a red fox riding a black skateboard, with the words TOO WEIRD TO LIVE and TOO RARE TO DIE arcing around it on a limb.
Fox on a skateboard with lettering
Black and grey pencil drawing of an interlaced knotwork tattoo design with curling tendrils and a tapering point, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Pencil-drawn knotwork swirl design
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a triangle with a circle and a silhouetted figure against blue trees, above black script reading Don't let the Muggles get you down darling.
Deathly Hallows triangle and quote on a forearm
Close photo of a hand held up in a forest, with a small black pine tree tattoo on the palm below the thumb.
Small pine tree tattoo on the palm
Black line drawing of a lotus flower above an open dotted triangle with a small drop at its point, in a geometric botanical style, shown with no body placement.
Lotus and geometric triangle design
A white foot-shaped sheet of temporary tattoo designs in gold and black, with a pink and gold mandala, feathers, arrows, stars and a vine, lying on a wooden slice on grass.
Henna-style foot design sheet with mandalas and feathers
Black and grey honeybee tattoo on the upper arm, surrounded by berries, leaves and flowers, with the Latin phrase Alis volat propriis below.
Honeybee and botanicals on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on the inner arm of a red biohazard symbol with blue-fletched arrows and the words Fight the Dead and Fear the Living in black lettering.
Biohazard and arrows with slogan lettering
Realism tattoo of two grey tabby cats with a red yarn ball and red thread across a person's upper back.
Two tabby cats with red yarn on a back
Two matching colour tattoos on a pair of wrists, Minnie Mouse on the left and Mickey Mouse on the right, each with a sparkle trail and script wording.
Matching Mickey and Minnie Mouse wrist tattoos
Sheet of colourful feather and floral tattoo flash designs on a white background, in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines.
Feather and floral flash sheet
Black ink tattoo on a limb showing a large outlined circle enclosing three smaller rings with upward arrows, silhouettes and a spider, with the words keep running below.
Three circles with arrows and keep running text
Black butterfly design with swirls and a small heart trail on the back of a hand, in a bold henna-style linework.
Butterfly and heart design on the back of a hand
Hand-drawn flash sheet of infinity symbol tattoo designs with handwritten words such as love, faith and hope, in fine black linework.
Infinity symbol lettering designs
Two people seen from behind, each with a small black dragonfly tattoo behind the ear, one with a hand resting on her neck.
Matching dragonfly tattoos behind the ear
Traditional style tattoo of a haunted house with a yellow moon and a HAUNTED banner, in teal, yellow and black ink, on an ankle.
Haunted house and moon on an ankle
Two hands with small tattoos on the fingers and backs form a heart shape, with pink nail polish and the words Keep Calm and Love Ink overlaid in the centre.
Tattooed hands forming a heart
Fine line and dotwork starburst tattoo in black ink on the inside of a person's ankle, above a grey sock and a dark sneaker.
Starburst tattoo on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of two grey whales with red droplets, yellow and red flowers and dark leaves, on the outer thigh.
Traditional whales and flowers on a thigh
Black script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts beside it, shown as a design on a white background.
Always on my mind script with two hearts
Neo-trad tattoo of a dark-haired pin-up woman hugging her knees, her legs covered in blue tattoo designs, on the outer thigh.
Pin-up woman with blue tattooed legs on a thigh
Colour and black and grey tattoo of a sailor in a cap embracing a figure, framed by a ship's wheel over a red circle, on the upper arm.
Sailor embrace inside a ship's wheel on an arm
Black and grey fine line hamsa hand tattoo on the forearm, with ornamental patterns and a shaded eye at its centre.
Hamsa hand with an eye on a forearm
Two wrists show matching Star Wars tattoos: a Rebel Alliance emblem filled with a pink rose on the left and a Jedi symbol filled with a dark galaxy and star on the right.
Rebel and Jedi symbols on matching wrists
Two hands with dark, swirling scrollwork designs across the backs of the hands, wrists and fingers, shown against a dark teal background.
Swirling ornamental designs on both hands
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing a small fine-line geometric tattoo of interlocking triangles on the inner forearm above the wrist.
Fine line geometric tattoo on inner forearm
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a dagger piercing a rose with stippled dotwork shading, set on a sage green background.
Dagger and rose flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a skull pierced by a dagger, surrounded by flowers and green leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and dagger on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a suited figure with a birdcage for a head, holding a small bird, over a red-orange triangle and circle pattern.
Birdcage-headed man in a suit on a forearm
Black and white photo of a man pulling back a dark t-shirt to show thin fine line lettering reading KISS HERE on his upper chest.
Kiss Here lettering on upper chest
Colour botanical tattoo on an ankle with a pink hibiscus, a lavender rose and black lace linework with a small feather above.
Lace and flowers on an ankle
Two black script tattoos on forearms, one reading Forgive my sins and the other Touch my soul, with a red braided bracelet at the wrist.
Script quotes on two forearms
Traditional colour tattoo of an open umbrella with lightning bolts, grey clouds and raindrops across the back of a hand.
Umbrella and lightning on the hand
Black lettering tattoo reading Strength, with a small cross above the T, on the side of a person's ribs.
Strength script with cross on ribs

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