Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black fine line outline of a sitting cat tattooed on the neck just behind the ear, with a diamante stud earring visible.
Outline cat tattoo behind the ear
Black TARDIS silhouette, bow tie and Hello Sweetie script with concentric circles tattooed on a woman's inner upper arm and forearm.
TARDIS, bow tie and script tattoos on an arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Believe with four small birds on the forearm near the wrist.
Believe script with birds on the wrist
Black fine line tattoo of two botanical sprigs with buds, leaves and a small rose-like bloom, placed on the side of the ribs.
Fine line botanical sprigs on the ribs
Black ink tattoo on a person's upper back of a sleeping baby framed by wings, with the script words Never in my arms above and Always in my heart below.
Sleeping baby with wings and script on upper back
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading All you need is love on the inner wrist, with metal chain bracelets worn nearby.
All you need is love script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a paper plane with a dotted loop trail, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper plane with dotted trail on upper back
Colour tattoo of a stylised cat face in purple, pink and yellow with a black branch below it, on the forearm.
Stylised cat and branch on a forearm
Two photographs of black script lettering reading I'm fine on a forearm, with the lower panel showing the same words rotated 180 degrees.
'I'm fine' script lettering on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos: a small fine line tattoo of three linked triangles on the ribs beside a matching silver pendant, and a small black swallow tattoo on the inner forearm.
Three triangles on the ribs and a swallow on the forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a treble clef at the nape with musical notes and small stars trailing down the upper back.
Treble clef and musical notes down the back
Black cat tattoo with patterned bands on the upper arm, in a blackwork and neo-traditional style with a few pink accents.
Ornamented black cat on upper arm
Fine line black dandelion tattoo with seeds drifting off a stem across the top of a shoulder.
Dandelion seeds drifting across a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat wearing round glasses and a purple bow, holding a red heart, in bold black outline on a forearm.
Cartoon cat with glasses and heart on forearm
Painterly tree and wildflower meadow tattoo across a person's upper back, in soft colour with a loose, watercolour-like finish.
Painted tree and meadow across a back
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird holding a ship in a shield on the upper arm, with a fish and a flower on the forearm and elbow.
Bird and ship on an upper arm
Black and white photo of two matching fine line infinity symbol tattoos with a crossing stroke, one on a forearm and one on a wrist.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on wrists
Two people show matching black script quote tattoos on their ribs, one reading 'There is no better friend than a sister...' and the other '...and there is no better sister than you.'
Matching sister quote tattoos on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an astronaut in a spacesuit in front of a waving American flag with stars, on an upper arm.
Astronaut and flag on an upper arm
Blue watercolour-style fox tattoo on a person's upper chest, with paint-like splashes trailing up towards the shoulder.
Blue watercolour fox on chest
Black and grey photo of the word freedom in serif lettering with a small bird above the final letters, tattooed on the wrist.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist
Fine line black constellation tattoo of linked dots, star bursts and a small Greek letter beta on the inner forearm, against a yellow tartan background.
Constellation tattoo on the inner forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling wings and a flowing tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Stylised phoenix line design
Fine line black star tattoo on the shoulder and a small crescent moon tattoo on the upper chest, shown in a sepia photograph.
Small star and crescent moon tattoos
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a warrior figure among cherry blossoms and clouds, in mixed red, orange, cream and grey ink, on the back.
Full back Japanese warrior and cherry blossom
Black script tattoo reading Allons-y across the top of a foot, with purple painted toenails visible below.
Allons-y script on the top of a foot
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of dots, triangles and diamonds on a forearm, with a Roman numeral band on the upper arm.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoos on arm
Grey shaded backpack tattoo with a compass star and the word Wanderlust on a man's upper back, photographed from behind beside a rocky lake.
Backpack and compass tattoo on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three peonies with leaves across the upper arm, with soft shading on the petals.
Black and grey peony cluster on an arm
Black and grey dreamcatcher with shaded feathers and turquoise beads, with swallows, tattooed along the ribs of a bare torso.
Dreamcatcher and swallows on the ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink cupcake topped with a skull on a red apple, with crossed shovels, on an upper arm.
Cupcake with skull and crossed shovels
Black fine line script reading Brave with a thin arrow beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Brave script with arrow on wrist
Two hands with colourful unicorn head tattoos on the fingers, with a small skull tattoo on a third finger.
Unicorn heads on two fingers
Close-up photo of a small black script tattoo of the letters D and A on skin, with fine body hair visible around it.
Small black script initials on skin
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a shaded rose with leaves and paisley mandala ornaments, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Rose and mandala dotwork design on paper
Black ink tattoo of the words THIS TOO SHALL PASS in capital sans-serif letters, with an arrow at each end, across the inner forearm.
Arrow and quote lettering on a forearm
Black and grey floral scrollwork and script lettering on a person's hip and thigh, photographed lying on a white bed.
Floral scroll and script on hip and thigh
Black and grey photograph of a back and arms covered in an antique world map tattoo, with globe-like hemispheres over the shoulders and engraved continents across the back.
Antique world map tattoo across back and arms
Fine line drawing of two hands clasped together on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Clasped hands line drawing
Traditional colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a dripping drain cover, a banner reading IT'S OUR TIME and DOWN HERE, and two red flowers with green leaves.
Drain banner and red flowers on a foot
Two vertical lines of black block lettering tattooed down the front of a person's lower legs, with the left reading YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER and the right reading BUT ILL NEVER FORGET.
Two-line quote down the shins
Black and grey flash sheet of twelve pagan symbols labelled in white text, including a pentagram, triskelle, crescent moon, green man and raven.
Pagan designs flash sheet
Close photo of black script lettering reading Bulletproof Heart on the upper chest, with a small black bullet hole and red drip beneath, in a fine line lettering style.
Bulletproof Heart script on upper chest
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of R2-D2 with a red rose and orange sunburst on an upper arm.
R2-D2 and red rose on an upper arm
Black and white ink drawing of a peacock with a long curved neck and a tail filled with dense paisley, dot and swirl patterns, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Ornate peacock line drawing in black ink
Black and grey tattoo on the back of a shoulder showing a shaded skull, two roses, scrollwork and script reading Seize the day or die regretting.
Skull, roses and quote on a shoulder
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an eye with sunburst rays and mandala petals on the upper arm.
Eye with sunburst and mandala on upper arm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of dandelion seed heads lifting small human figures, placed on the side of the ribs.
Dandelion silhouettes carried by seeds

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