Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line tattoos across a person's neck, chest and shoulders, including open books, a quote, a book stack and large comma marks.
Literary quotes, open books and book stack on chest
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a mountain range on the side of a torso, above the hip, with flowers and an embroidered skirt in the background.
Fine line mountain range on the ribs
Close-up photograph of a fine line purple tattoo of a looping swirl flourish on skin.
Purple swirl flourish tattoo close-up
Small pink Hello Kitty temporary tattoo on a woman's lower abdomen, shown beside a sheet of Hello Kitty designs labelled HC-49.
Hello Kitty temporary tattoo sheet
Black anchor design entwined with pink and blue roses, pink blossoms and green leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body part visible.
Anchor with pink and blue roses
Colour tattoo of pink magnolia blossoms and buds on a branch, in a soft botanical style, across the side of a bare back.
Pink magnolia branch across the back
Black and grey script tattoo reading Riddikulus with a shaded feather beneath it, on the forearm.
Riddikulus script with feather on forearm
Black fine-line snowflake beside cursive script lettering on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Snowflake and script lettering on forearm
Small black fine line moustache tattoo on a finger, with a tabby cat's nose and white paws pressed against it.
Small moustache tattoo on a finger with a cat
Two small black fine line hash symbol tattoos on the wrists of two people holding hands, one wrist wearing a chunky chain bracelet.
Matching hash symbol tattoos on two wrists
Two matching black line drawings of a bare tree inside a circle, surrounded by elvish script and a short English quote beneath.
White Tree design with elvish script
Close photo of a small, thin black fine line cross tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a beige carpet.
Small cross on the inner wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open pocket compass with a compass rose, over a faded map design on a forearm.
Realistic compass tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on a person's torso, reading a short quote that begins with the word Dad.
Script quote tattoo across the torso
Black and grey Mickey Mouse playing a guitar on one forearm, beside a colourful neo-traditional Halloween sleeve with pumpkins and a green creature on the other arm.
Mickey Mouse and Halloween sleeve on forearms
Black fine line script lettering tattoo across the side ribs of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a black bra.
Black script lettering on the side ribs
Black lion head tattoo with sketchy linework and bold dark shading on the side of the ribs, with a grey top lifted beside it.
Lion head tattoo on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a genie lamp with teal smoke forming a Mickey Mouse shaped gap, on the lower leg.
Genie lamp with smoke on a leg
Black and white photo of a clenched fist with a small arrow tattoo on the middle finger, with rings on the adjacent finger.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Black ink tattoo of two hands linking little fingers in a pinky promise, framed by sprigs and small stars, on the forearm.
Pinky promise hands with sprigs and stars
Close-up of a small, fine line ankh tattoo in dark ink on the upper arm, with a hand with coral nails holding the arm.
Small ankh tattoo on an upper arm
Botanical tattoo of a leafy vine with red berries and a thin script line running down the centre of a person's back, placed along the spine.
Leafy vine with berries down the spine
Black typewriter-style lettering reading The journey is the reward on the calf of a man shown from behind, with a blurred wooden jetty behind him.
Quote tattoo on a calf: The journey is the reward
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat face with blue eyes and splashes of blue, purple, green, orange and pink on an upper arm.
Watercolour cat face on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied rosemary sprig on the upper arm, with a wasp near the shoulder and a moth below.
Rosemary sprig and insects on upper arm
Two traditional-style tattoos on the backs of a person's thighs above the knees, each showing a red and pink bow with a dangling charm and a green or black helmet.
Bow and helmet tattoos on the backs of two thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with chain and a rose on the back of a hand and wrist.
Pocket watch and rose on the hand
Black outline triangle over purple, blue and pink watercolour-style wash on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour triangle on a wrist
Black and grey crucifixion tattoo with red accents on a shoulder and upper arm, showing a figure on a cross, a crown of thorns, birds and rows of crosses.
Crucifixion scene on upper arm
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo of a French quote on the upper chest near the collarbone, in black ink.
Fine line French script on the upper chest
Colour tattoo of Charlie Brown and Snoopy from the Peanuts cartoon on the thigh, outlined in bold black ink.
Charlie Brown and Snoopy on a leg
Pencil sketch of an ornate oval frame with a fleur-de-lis crest and three roses, drawn as a possible tattoo design on paper.
Pencil sketch of roses in an ornate oval frame
Close-up of a hand with small black angular lettering tattooed across the top of one finger, against a green grass background.
Angular lettering on a finger
Tattoo flash design of a yellow lemon character with a long nose and dark collar, framed by a red circle, two banners reading 'When life gives you lemons' and 'HMMNYAAAGH', and green leaves with small
Lemon character with banners and leaves
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in typewriter-style type across the upper arm.
Typewriter-style quote on upper arm
Black and grey pentagram set within a crescent moon with spiral ornaments, tattooed on a shoulder.
Pentagram and crescent moon with swirls on a shoulder
Small colour tattoo of a soft-serve ice cream cone with pink and yellow sprinkles, in fine black outline, on the inner forearm.
Soft-serve ice cream cone on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a grey swallow with red five-petal flowers and olive leaves on a limb.
Swallow and red flowers in traditional style
Black tower silhouette with a red sun, two birds, a small cloaked figure and a red rose tattooed on an upper arm.
Tower silhouette with red sun and rose on upper arm
Black tribal-style bear design with flowing white cut-out patterns on its body, shown as a stencil-like drawing on a white background.
Tribal bear design
Colour tattoo of two black cats with red collars flanking a pink and green lotus with a central chakra symbol, on a person's upper back.
Two black cats and lotus on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a thread running down to a needle across the finger on the back of a hand.
Spool of thread and needle on a hand
Traditional style tattoo of an eye within a yellow and green crescent moon, with a dagger through the top and black spiked rays behind it, on the back of a hand.
Eye in a crescent moon on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of two hands clasping on the inner wrist and forearm.
Fine line hands clasped on a wrist
Colour tattoo of Winnie the Pooh floating up on a red balloon beneath a quote, with blue clouds and bees, placed across the upper back.
Winnie the Pooh with a red balloon on the back
Black fine line ruler tattoo with tick marks across the middle section of a finger on a hand resting on a pale marble surface.
Ruler tattoo across a middle finger
Split image showing a colourful painted-style dachshund tattoo on a calf and a small black paw print tattoo on a wrist, next to a smiling golden retriever.
Dachshund on calf and paw print on wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line crown tattoo on a bare ankle, resting on a wooden surface, with a tiny anchor on the other foot in the left panel.
Small crown tattoo on an ankle

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