Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink tribal design of a bull head with long curved horns set inside a circle, drawn on pale paper.
Tribal bull head in a circle
Black and grey realism tattoo of three feathers bound with a looping ribbon, shaded in soft greys on the outer arm.
Three feathers tied with ribbon on an arm
Four small cartoon duck head tattoos in colour, one per finger on a hand, the first wearing a top hat and the others wearing coloured caps.
Cartoon duck heads across four fingers
Collage of nine small black tattoos on hands, wrists, neck and back, including birds in flight, an infinity symbol, a barcode and script lettering.
Nine small tattoos: birds, script and symbols
Black and white photo of a thin, handwritten quote in black lettering along a forearm, with shaded grey tattooing on the upper arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a gold armillary sphere with stars, set against purple and teal shading, on the outer forearm.
Armillary sphere on a forearm
Black tribal tattoo covering a shirtless man's shoulder and upper arm, with bold swirls and spiked solid lines.
Tribal shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Black linework flash design of a crescent moon and sun with sleeping faces, set within a mandala and hanging feathers, drawn on pale paper.
Crescent moon and sun mandala design
Black and grey drawing of an owl with a sugar skull beneath it, decorated with diamonds and small flowers, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Owl and sugar skull flash design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a raven in flight inside a brushed circle and an outlined triangle on a forearm.
Raven in a circle and triangle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a lotus flower with a central Om symbol and swirling linework, placed on the back of a neck.
Lotus with Om symbol on the neck
Fine line black script tattoo reading Wanderlust with an arrow and small circles, running along the inside of a forearm.
Wanderlust script with arrow on a forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with stippled shading and coordinate text around the outer ring, shown on a limb.
Compass rose with coordinates
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inner forearm of a woman wearing a striped top and a pendant necklace.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington standing on a glowing jack-o-lantern with bats and purple swirls, in a bold cartoon style on the lower leg.
Jack Skellington on a pumpkin with bats
Black band tattoo with white botanical linework of peonies, leaves and small flowers around the upper arm, shown in three photographs.
Floral band tattoo around the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the shoulder blade and upper arm of a person photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Band-aids don't fix bullet holes on the inner forearm, just above a brown leather watch strap.
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes script on wrist
Two photos of a traditional style tattoo on an upper leg or arm, showing a brown creature with an open toothed mouth and eyes on stalks above red flowers and green leaves.
Open-mouthed creature with red flowers
Black and grey mandala flower tattoo with a geometric centre and layered petals, placed on the ankle.
Mandala flower tattoo on an ankle
Black and white photo of a fine line feather tattoo running up the inner wrist and forearm, with a hand raised in a fist and index finger pointing up.
Feather tattoo on a wrist
Colour tattoo of red and orange poppies on stems with green leaves and buds, running down the upper back in a painterly botanical style.
Poppy sprig on the upper back
Black and grey engraved-style rose with two buds and leaves tattooed across the upper arm.
Blackwork rose and buds on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a jackal-headed figure within an oval striped frame with an ankh below, on a forearm.
Jackal-headed figure and ankh on a forearm
Two forearms rest on a wooden table, each with a black and grey fine line peony tattoo on the inner forearm.
Matching peony tattoos on two forearms
Small solid black paw print tattoo on the ankle, with a silver coin resting above it on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Small paw print tattoo on ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a corked bottle holding a scroll with a red heart, flanked by two red roses with green leaves, on the arm.
Message in a bottle with roses
Black and grey full back tattoo of a bearded pirate with an eyepatch and tricorn hat, beside sailing ships, an octopus tentacle and a treasure chest.
Pirate scene across a full back
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a spire, a dotted ferris wheel, a clock tower and a small heart, on the inside of a wrist.
City skyline line tattoo on a wrist
Black tribal design of a howling wolf head forming one side of a heart, with a swirled moon filling the other side, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Tribal wolf head in a heart with moon
Fine line black cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman whose hair is in a bun, with a denim jacket slipped off one shoulder.
Small cross on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two poppy-like flowers and leaves on the side of the ribs, with a hand holding the skin above it.
Botanical flower sprig on the ribs
Small black tattoo of a rose inside an oval outline with stars, on the inside of a wrist.
Small rose in an oval with stars on a wrist
Close crop of a torso showing a fine line black rose and vine tattoo running along the ribs below the bust, with a small script tattoo partly visible on the lower abdomen.
Rose vine tattoo along the ribs
Close view of a woman's forearm and wrist with metallic gold and silver botanical and geometric tattoos, including a leaf vine band and a diamond pattern band.
Metallic leaf and geometric armband tattoos
Hand-drawn flash sketch of two black ink arrows on lined paper, one with dotwork shading and one with geometric fills, each labelled with coordinates.
Two arrow designs with coordinates
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves and script reading Sweethearts Forever, tattooed on the outer thigh in a traditional style.
Black and grey rose on the thigh
Close-up of a small black fine line music note tattoo behind a person's ear, with a black stud earring below it.
Small music note behind the ear
Solid black crescent moon tattoo on the upper chest of a woman in a white vest, with a gold chevron design on her forearm.
Crescent moon tattoo on the chest
Two hands clasped together showing small greyscale realism tattoos of a pug on one wrist and a dog with upright ears on the other wrist.
Pug and dog head tattoos on wrists
Black and grey drawing of an ornate four-leaf clover with filigree swirls and small clover motifs, shown on white paper.
Ornate four-leaf clover design
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose, a small bird and leaves above a banner reading Mom and Dad, on the side of the ribs.
Rose, bird and Mom and Dad banner on the side
Black outlined Hogwarts house crest tattoo with red, green, gold and blue watercolour splashes and drips on a calf.
Hogwarts crest watercolour tattoo on a calf
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peony-style blooms, a dahlia, a lotus and leaves across the outer forearm, with soft pink wash on the petals.
Floral bouquet on a forearm
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the inner forearms, a heart-shaped padlock with the word Always and an ornate key with the word Forever, edged with dotted lines.
Matching padlock and key tattoos on wrists
Black ink dotwork drawing of a tattoo design shaped as a light bulb, showing a child silhouette beside a bare tree, a full moon and birds, with no body placement visible.
Light bulb with child, tree and moon
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of an open palm diagram surrounded by French text on the forearm.
Palmistry hand and French text on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoos of a feather with a flock of birds rising from its tip, on both forearms of a person in a black top.
Bird flock rising from feathers on both forearms

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Popular subjects

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