Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Black fine line geometric tattoo of arrows, circles, triangles and dots running diagonally down the forearm.
Geometric arrows and circles on a forearm
Close-up of black fine line script reading run like a girl running vertically along the back of a thigh.
Run like a girl script on thigh
Two people with interlocked arms show black script tattoos: Every Saint Has A Past on a woman's forearm and Every Sinner Has A Future on a man's forearm.
Matching Every Saint and Sinner forearm tattoos
Colour mandala tattoo with pink petals, teal and green rings and black outlines, on the upper back of a person wearing a pink bra.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey hibiscus flower with a Polynesian-style tribal band wrapping from the ankle across the top of the foot.
Hibiscus and tribal band on an ankle
Small black and grey fist tattoo on a finger, drawn in a fine line style and placed on the hand.
Small fist tattoo on a finger
Solid black crab design with raised claws and a spiral-filled oval body on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Crab with spiral body design
Black ink sketch of a winged dragon in a rearing pose with claws raised, drawn on cream paper, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Winged dragon ink sketch
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of four pocket watches with ribbon banners on the upper arm, with a name written on each banner.
Four pocket watches with banners on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Millennium Falcon style starship inside a bottle, with a banner and red flowers, on a calf.
Starship in a bottle with red flowers
Colour Botanical tattoo of three sunflowers with yellow petals and brown centres, across the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Three sunflowers across a wrist
Black ink design of the word Imagine in flowing script, with two butterflies and ornamental swirls, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Imagine script with butterflies and swirls
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves on a forearm, photographed against a plastic-wrapped background.
Shaded rose on the forearm
Black and grey dotwork design of a multi-pointed star with a stippled centre circle, drawn as a flash-style tattoo design.
Dotwork star with a stippled sunburst
Fine line black ink drawing of an anchor design with a small crescent at the top, shown on plain paper with no body part visible.
Fine line anchor design on paper
Black and grey tattoo on a lower back showing a horseshoe wrapped in barbed wire, a butterfly perched on the top and the Hawaiian islands in silhouette.
Horseshoe, barbed wire and butterfly on lower back
Fine line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other with scattered star shapes between them, on the lower leg.
Two reaching hands with stars on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of clouds and a bird in flight on the outer thigh, with a small tattoo visible on the ribs beside a teal sports bra.
Clouds and bird tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey antler tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a brown and white dog resting its head beside the arm.
Antler tattoo on a forearm
Collage of four photos showing realistic avocado half tattoos on the upper back, both feet, both calves and an upper arm.
Avocado halves tattooed on skin in four placements
Fine line black tattoo of a small leafy sprig with two long stems on the inner forearm, with a braided bracelet on the wrist above it.
Small botanical sprig on a forearm
Pencil-shaded rose design with red ink dripping down the petals, shown as a tattoo flash drawing on a plain white background.
Bleeding rose design
Realistic colour tattoo of a pale pink rose with dark green leaves on the upper back and shoulder, seen from behind.
Realistic rose with leaves on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a detailed eye with long lashes and a shaded iris on a forearm.
Realistic eye tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line mandala flower tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a knitted sleeve.
Small mandala flower on a forearm
Black line tattoo of roses, a rosebud and leaves across a woman's upper thigh, in a botanical outline style.
Rose cluster outline on a thigh
Black fine line outline of a small elephant with its trunk raised, tattooed on an ankle in a black and white photograph.
Elephant outline on an ankle
Retro-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a teal tail, surrounded by orange fish, pink coral and stylised waves, with no body placement shown.
Vintage mermaid with fish and coral
Fine line black tattoo of a ringed planet and three small stars on the inside of a wrist.
Ringed planet and three stars on a wrist
Colour botanical tattoo of pink and purple blossoms on branches across an ankle and the top of a foot, worn with a lilac open-toe high-heeled shoe.
Blossom branch tattoo on an ankle
Four black line drawings of arrows, with stippled dotwork arrowheads and diamond details, shown as tattoo flash without a body placement.
Four arrow designs in a row
Black and grey engraved-style crest tattoo with a lion-like figure and a curling banner bearing partly visible lettering, on the inner forearm.
Engraved crest with banner on forearm
Black fine line script reading stay alive, framed by two parallel lines in a band around the inside of a wrist.
Stay alive script between two lines on a wrist
Colour tattoo of the BB-8 droid in orange and white with a Resistance emblem behind it, on the inner forearm, shown beside a close-up detail.
BB-8 droid with Resistance emblem on a forearm
Small coloured botanical tattoo of pansies and petals on the side of a person's neck, below the ear.
Pansies and petals on the side of the neck
Black silhouette design of a globe showing continents, with tree branches growing beneath it, on a white background.
Globe with continents and branches
Black fine line tattoo of two profiles nearly touching in a kiss, on a person's torso, in a minimal line style.
Fine line profile kiss tattoo on skin
Black and grey tattoos cover a woman's arm, hand, thigh, calf and ankle as she kneels on sand beside the water.
Black and grey tattoo sleeve and leg on beach
Two clenched fists show blocky lettering tattoos on the wrists: blue Don't Blink on one arm and red Don't Panic on the other.
Matching Don't Blink and Don't Panic wrist tattoos
Close-up of a small black outline pair of angel wings tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the hand resting on white fur.
Pair of small angel wings on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of an ornate scrolled cross with the word Hope in script across its centre, shown on skin.
Scrolled cross with Hope script
Small black fine line tattoo of a looped symbol on the back of a person's neck, with hair falling across the top of the frame.
Looped symbol tattoo on the back of the neck
Realistic pencil drawing of two owls arranged in a yin yang circle, one with a yellow eye, shown as a tattoo design.
Yin yang owls design
Ink line drawing of Rafiki the mandrill seated cross-legged inside a circle of handwritten script, with blue and pink accents on the face.
Rafiki meditating within a handwritten quote circle
Black ink tattoo of a five-pointed looping star with curled tails, in a geometric style, on the back.
Looping star knot with curls on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo design of a howling wolf and a horse framed by spread wings, antlers and a branch with hanging feathers.
Howling wolf and horse with wings and antlers
Small black fine line script reading "I'm fine" on the inner wrist, with a pink peony held in the palm.
"I'm fine" script on the inner wrist
Black and grey flash design of a beetle, an eye in a triangle and engraved flowers, arranged symmetrically within thin geometric circles and lines.
Beetle, eye and flowers in a geometric design

Ideas by style

Fine line Traditional Blackwork Japanese Dotwork Neo-trad Realism Lettering Botanical Geometric

Ideas by placement

Forearm Upper arm Shoulder Back Chest Ribs Thigh Calf Ankle Hand Neck

Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451