Tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat wearing a black tricorn hat with yellow studs and a skull and crossbones, on the forearm.
Pirate cat in tricorn hat on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm reading Let it go in looping script, with a dotted line leading down to a small anchor.
Let it go script with anchor on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork geometric crystal tattoo on a forearm, with a smaller version of the same design on a second arm beside it.
Geometric crystal tattoo on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a small sailboat on waves, placed on the inner wrist of a hand raised above a nautical chart.
Small sailboat on the inner wrist
Three photos of Peter Pan silhouette tattoos: a black one on the heel, a green one with the words Never grow up on the forearm, and a black one on the neck.
Peter Pan silhouette tattoos in three placements
Close view of a raised hand showing a small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist, drawn in fine line style.
Small semicolon tattoo on inner wrist
Four cat head designs wearing floral crowns in pink, red, yellow and orange, arranged in a diagonal row along a forearm against a white brick wall.
Four cat heads with flower crowns on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two arrows with feathered fletching running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Two arrows on the inner forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an ink pot, quill and crumpled paper with the words Stay strong, on a forearm.
Quill, ink pot and script on a forearm
Black and grey geometric cat head tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Geometric cat head on a forearm
Small coloured tattoo of a green and teal hummingbird with a pink throat in flight on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey top.
Hummingbird on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a glass jar filled with planets, a ringed planet and a spiral galaxy, with the words FAR AWAY on the label, on a forearm.
Galaxy jar with Far Away label on a forearm
Close-up of black script lettering reading Make that change on the inside of a forearm, in a lettering style.
Make that change script on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose formed from a banknote, covering the back of a fist with more banknote detail continuing up the forearm.
Banknote rose on the back of a hand
Black script lettering reading I'll rise like the break of dawn, with a soft grey shaded cloud above it, tattooed on a forearm near the wrist.
Script quote about dawn on inner wrist
Collage of five photos of a forearm and elbow with small fine line black tattoos, including a flower sprig, eyelashes, script words, a tiny triangle and a pinky promise hand.
Fine line forearm tattoos in a five-photo collage
Black and grey owl tattoo with crosshatched wings and a small heart on its belly, sitting on the inner forearm with a small red ladybird tattoo nearby.
Owl tattoo on the forearm
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the inner forearm, with slight redness around the skin.
Small pine tree on the inner forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a clock face with a teal eye on the forearm, with Roman numerals and clock hands around it.
Realistic eye and clock face on a forearm
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style, showing a man rowing a boat on blue waves and a red octopus with suckers on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of a boatman, waves and red octopus
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses with small wildflowers and leaves wrapping around the inner forearm.
Roses and foliage on a forearm
Close photo of three black fine line ant tattoos decreasing in size along a forearm, each shaded with grey.
Three ants marching down a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an oak leaf and two acorns with dotted shading, placed on the forearm.
Oak leaf and acorns on a forearm
Dark black and grey tattoo sleeve on the upper arm and forearm of a woman in an orange crochet bikini, standing among large green leaves.
Black and grey sleeve on an upper arm
Black fine line script reading faith with a thin trailing line on the inside of a wrist, set against purple and pink petunias.
Faith script with fine line on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical line, a small coil and looping swirls on the inner forearm, with a short line of script tattooed nearer the wrist.
Fine line loops and script on a forearm
Close view of a black blackwork-style ornamental tattoo across the back of a hand, with a darker tattoo on the forearm beside a steel wristwatch.
Black ornamental tattoo on hand and forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, two roses and leaves on a forearm.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed on the inner wrists of two hands, reading It's Only Forever and Not Long At All.
Script quote tattoos on both wrists
Two photographs of small black typewriter-style lettering tattoos on the inner forearm, reading heart over mind and courage over fear, with a dark knit sleeve pushed up.
Typewriter words on forearm: heart, mind, courage, fear
Colour traditional tattoo of a stack of books with lettered spines reading There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more, on a lower arm.
Stacked book spines with lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line wave tattoo on the inner wrist, with a silver wave-shaped bangle and a turquoise sea behind.
Small wave tattoo on a wrist
Black fine line rose with leaves on the inner forearm of a woman in a striped top, with a shaded foliage tattoo on the upper arm.
Rose line art on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two small dog faces on the inner forearm, one looking up and one facing forward.
Two small dog portraits on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a dachshund on the inner forearm, set against pleated fabric.
Simple dachshund line tattoo on a forearm
Colourful cross-stitch style folk pattern tattoo covering a forearm, with red, green, blue and yellow motifs outlined in black.
Cross-stitch folk pattern on a forearm
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a compass rose in a round frame, framed by yellow flowers and pink banners with partly visible lettering.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Realism tattoo on a forearm combining an amber glass bottle, a black and white portrait of a long-haired man and a figure in a top hat.
Bottle and portrait collage on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a stitched blue ragdoll character with red hair and large eyes, holding a small tombstone-style design, shown on a forearm in three side-by-side photos.
Stitched ragdoll with red hair on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading These violent delights have violent ends runs along a forearm.
Handwritten quote script along a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a tomahawk with a beaded handle and red and brown feathers on the forearm.
Tomahawk and feathers on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a leafy branch with orange berries wrapping around a forearm, below a plaid shirt sleeve.
Berry branch sprig on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a seated cat outline with pink, blue and purple watercolour splashes on the forearm.
Cat silhouette with watercolour splashes on forearm
Two cartoon tattoos of peanut butter and jelly toast characters with googly eyes, one above the other on a forearm, in colour.
Peanut butter and jelly toast characters on forearms
Realistic shaded headphones with a cable running down to a jack, with a small red, green and blue sound wave between the earcups, tattooed on the forearm.
Headphones and sound wave on a forearm
Fine-line black tattoo on a forearm, drawn as one continuous line that forms the London Eye, a spire and Tower Bridge, with a rainy city view behind.
London skyline line on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a hand making a peace sign with two pink badges reading The Beatles, on the inner forearm.
Peace sign hand with Beatles badges on a forearm
Man with colourful tattoos covering his neck and both forearms and upper arms, wearing a light grey t-shirt printed with a grumpy cat illustration.
Tattooed neck and arms, grumpy cat t-shirt

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