Tattoo ideas

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

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A gloved hand holds a black and red tattoo machine while working on a dark tattoo on a client's arm.
Tattooing in progress with a rotary machine
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves and sprigs on an upper arm, with the arm raised over a blue and white patterned sheet.
Botanical foliage on an upper arm
Close-up of a small, thin black fine line tattoo of a cross beside a semicolon on the inner wrist, with the palm visible above.
Small cross and semicolon on the wrist
Black tattoo of a three-armed swirl design with a small dot at its centre, placed on the upper arm.
Three-armed swirl on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and dark grey stems, beside black characters, on the top of a foot.
Cherry blossom branch and characters on a foot
Fine line black tattoo of musical notes and curling swirls rising from a hand, with the words And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy arcing around it.
Musical notes rising from a hand
Black line drawing of five vertical vine designs with swirls, dots, circles, daisy-like flowers and spirals, shown as flash for a fine line tattoo.
Five vertical vine and swirl line designs
Fine line tattoo of a musical staff, treble clef and single note with purple and pink watercolour splashes, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Musical staff and treble clef on a wrist
Fine line butterfly tattoo split across two feet, one half in purple and one in pink, placed on the top of the feet where they meet.
Split butterfly tattoo across two feet
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a three-eyed cat head with whiskers and sparkle stars on textured paper.
Three-eyed cat flash design
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of stacked arrow, circles and triangles running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back.
Geometric arrow motif down the upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading DOBRZE on the back of a lower leg, shown from behind beneath a blue skirt and white sneakers.
Small word tattoo on the back of a calf
Black single-line handwritten script spelling the word manifesto on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Manifesto in single-line script lettering
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose and a black swallow with green leaves on a lower leg, with bold outlines and solid colour.
Red rose and swallow on a calf
Small black and grey bee tattoo with yellow-brown touches on a finger, next to a silver ring and a dime on a dark surface.
Small bee tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Betty Boop dressed as a nurse with a red cross cap, in a traditional style, on a forearm.
Betty Boop as a nurse on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a black and white cat face with pink ears and nose on the inner wrist, with a checked shirt cuff below.
Small cat face tattoo on a wrist
Small fine line tattoo of a pink rose with buds and green leaves on the inner wrist and forearm.
Pink rose and leaves on the inner wrist
Flash sheet of small solid black tattoo designs including a swallow, clover, heart, rose, skull, cat, anchor and unicorn head, arranged in rows on a white background.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small icons
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word free on the back of a hand, with a woman in a denim shirt resting her hand on her shoulder.
Small script word "free" on the hand
Black and white photo of a fine line outline heart tattoo on the upper arm, just below the shoulder.
Small outline heart on upper arm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a circular mountain scene with a moon and pine trees, and a small realistic deer.
Mountain landscape and deer tattoos on forearms
Traditional-style flash drawing of a dagger with a chain link hilt, wrapped in banners reading BLOOD, SWEAT and GEARS, with a gear at the tip and a CYCLOLOGY banner below.
Dagger wrapped in ribbons with gears and chain
Two hands with fingers linked against a dark background, showing a small black eye tattoo on one finger and thin red zigzag lines on fingers of the other hand.
Small eye and red zigzag tattoos on fingers
Fine line drawing of a sleeping cat with a curled tail, resting on a horizontal line, in black ink on a white background.
Sleeping cat line drawing
Traditional style colour tattoo of a yellow measuring tape tied in a bow, with black outlines, on the inner forearm.
Measuring tape bow on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a face, a crescent moon and hanging feathers, styled in a traditional manner, on a forearm.
Sun, moon and dreamcatcher on a forearm
Black ink mandala tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, extending up onto the forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Mandala tattoo across hand and fingers
Realistic colour tattoo on a calf showing a man's face on a small infant body in a red tie, beside a green dollar sign on a blue background.
Realistic portrait of a man on a baby body
Back of a person's neck and shoulders showing a sketchy watercolour-style tattoo of a bow with an orange and yellow wash, and a ribbon running down the spine with script writing on it.
Bow and script ribbon down the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a hot air balloon with a figure in the basket and hatched clouds, in an engraved line style, across the back.
Hot air balloon with figure on back
Fine line black tattoo of a forget-me-not sprig with two leaves on the forearm.
Forget-me-not sprig on the forearm
Back view of a woman in a grey crossover sports bra, showing a black vertical script tattoo running down the centre of the upper back.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Six black line drawings of scrolling flourish ornaments stacked on a white background, shown as tattoo design options with no body part visible.
Six black scrollwork flourish designs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the ribs of a Joker character with green hair and a red grin, holding a vintage camera, with a speech bubble reading Smile.
Joker with a camera on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo on the upper back showing a lamp post, pine trees and bare branches, with the words I give you the stars and I give you myself.
Lamp post and pine trees with a quote on the back
Black and grey Alice in Wonderland tattoos on an upper arm, showing the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, a key, Alice and two birds beneath the words We're All Mad Here.
Alice in Wonderland motifs on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a slender botanical sprig with five small open flowers and two leaves on the inner forearm.
Fine line flower sprig on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart pierced by an arrow, with script reading your name here and three crosses, on a forearm.
Heart and arrow with script on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long hair and a fish tail on an upper arm, with a peony above it.
Skeleton mermaid with peony on upper arm
Black traditional compass rose tattoo with fleur-de-lis points and a dotted ring on the inner wrist.
Compass rose on the inner wrist
Grey geometric tattoo of a winged eye inside a triangle, with arrows and dotted lines, on a person's abdomen, with a small colour rose and diamond tattoo below.
Winged eye in triangle on abdomen
Close view of a colourful Japanese-style tattoo with a crane, cherry blossoms and a bearded robed figure across the ribs, with a mask on the upper arm.
Japanese-style tattoo with crane and robed figure
Blue outlined spine tattoo of stacked vertebrae across the centre of a back, glowing under ultraviolet light.
Glowing spine tattoo across the back
Bold black tattoo of a dove in flight carrying an olive sprig, in a blackwork style, on the upper back.
Dove carrying an olive sprig in black ink
Black ink tattoo of a spotted dog in an astronaut helmet drifting past stars and a dripping planet, on the side of the ribs, in fine line and dotwork.
Astronaut dog floating among stars
Small black treble clef tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand, with a dark beaded bracelet and ribbon bow near it, in a fine line style.
Treble clef on a wrist
Black cursive script quote tattooed along the inner forearm, written across two lines in fine black ink.
Cursive quote on a forearm

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