Tattoo ideas

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

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Photo of a realistic maple leaf tattoo in red, orange and brown shading with black edges, sitting on the side of the hip.
Realistic maple leaf on a hip
Black lettering reading Croi de Leon runs vertically down the upper back of a woman in a black top, with a small knot symbol beneath, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering on upper back
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of an eye, a Roman numeral clock face and birds, with a heartbeat line on the shoulder.
Realistic eye and clock on chest
Traditional colour tattoo of a dog face in sugar skull style, with red flowers over the eyes, on a person's calf.
Sugar skull dog on a calf
Black and grey drawing of an eagle head in profile, with intricate patterned feathers and a decorative crest on a white background.
Ornate eagle head design
Close photograph of a small black fine line Gemini zodiac symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, with a pale blue background.
Small Gemini symbol on a finger
Hand-drawn pink rose with black outlines, green leaves and a thorned stem, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Pink rose with leaves and stem
Black and grey drawing of a rose whose petals are formed from banknote paper, with thorned stems wrapping around it, shown as a design with no body placement.
Banknote rose with thorns
Colour tattoo of the Jurassic Park logo on a forearm, showing a black T-rex silhouette against an orange sunset circle with the words Jurassic Park in white on a red band.
Jurassic Park logo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a wolf's head emerging from a torn shape, with pale hands gripping it, on the forearm.
Wolf head held by hands on a forearm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a whale tail on the side of a finger, with a thin chain draped across the hand.
Whale tail on a finger
Black ink drawing of a small girl with her hair in a bun, gazing up as she holds three balloons on strings, drawn on a white background with no body part visible.
Girl holding three balloons, ink drawing
Close-up of a small black patterned feather tattoo on the side of a finger, with a blackwork style, above French-manicured nails.
Small patterned feather tattoo on a finger
Photograph of a flash sheet of hand-drawn doodle motifs, including leaves, sprigs, dots and seed heads, in black and red ink.
Doodled leaves and sprigs flash sheet
Fine line outline of a small heart in black ink on the side of a finger, on a hand wearing gold rings against a black top.
Small outline heart on a finger
Watercolour-style tattoo of a bird in flight with bright red, green and blue wings, set among black and blue vertical brush strokes on the outer thigh.
Watercolour bird and brush strokes on a thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a spread-winged bat with peonies and poppies across a person's upper back.
Bat and peony flowers across upper back
Black and grey Botanical lily tattoo with one teal flower and curling tendril lines on the side of a torso, above a studded waistband.
Lily tattoo on the side of the torso
Small fine line black outline tattoo of Winnie the Pooh walking beside Piglet on an upper arm, with a striped sleeve visible.
Pooh and Piglet outline on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake, a whisk and a spatula crossed with a banner reading LIFE IS SWEET, on skin.
Cupcake, whisk and spatula with banner
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Marvin the Martian in a cartoon style on the upper arm.
Marvin the Martian on upper arm
Botanical tattoo of a large flower and a bud with olive green leaves, in soft grey shading, on a forearm.
Botanical flower and bud on a forearm
Two wrists with the word home tattooed in black serif lettering, one reading vertically, against white bed linen.
Matching home wordmark tattoos on wrists
Two matching watercolour-style hummingbird tattoos in pink, blue, green and orange, one on each foot.
Matching hummingbird tattoos on two feet
Close photo of a fine line outline tattoo of four playing card suits, a diamond, club, spade and heart, on the inner forearm, with silver and blue evil eye bangles worn on the wrist.
Playing card suit outlines on a forearm
Fine black script reading Trust your struggle on the inner upper arm of a woman wearing black lace underwear.
Script quote tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with a swirling Starry Night style sky, on the outer upper thigh.
Cat silhouette in Starry Night sky on thigh
Close photo of a small black fine line lettering tattoo reading "// you're alive //" on the upper arm.
"You're alive" lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a woman with an updo in an ornate oval frame, with a large rose above her, on the outer thigh.
Woman in ornate frame with rose on thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses with leaves and buds, running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Roses and buds on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a Moomin character standing on a pile of rounded stones with two small stars above, placed on the upper back.
Moomin character on stones on the back
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I am the architect of my own Destruction across a woman's upper back, with a small flourish beneath it.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey dotwork geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and triangles within a hexagonal ring, on the outer thigh.
Geometric circles and triangles on a thigh
Black ink hamsa hand with a six-pointed star inside a circle at the top and swirling linework within the hand, tattooed on skin.
Hamsa and star of David tattoo
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a torso in a square frame, with a hand on the hip and black underwear, on the outer thigh.
Line drawing of a torso in a square frame on a thigh
Black fine line script reading Free yourself on the back of a person's neck, with the same words on their forearm, in a warm-toned photo taken from behind.
Free yourself script on neck and forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the numerals 9 and 3/4 surrounded by small star bursts on the outer ankle.
Platform 9 and three quarters on an ankle
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a rose with leaves and radiating light rays, sitting on the forearm and wrist.
Black and grey rose on a wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of sunflowers with a soft blue wash across the upper back, photographed from behind.
Sunflowers across a upper back tattoo
Side by side photographs of a black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with leaf details on the upper arm, with purple stencil lines shown on the right.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm, before and after
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced marching band figure in a plumed shako, kicking one leg up and holding a sabre, on the side of a torso.
Skull-faced drum major on the side
Black fine line tattoo of a looping heart shape with a crossed arrow and small cross, on the inner forearm.
Heart and arrow line tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with exposed roots inside a crescent, with falling leaves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bare tree in a crescent on the upper back
Black outline tattoo of a Dalek inside an ornate scrolled frame, with an EXTERMINATE banner along the bottom, on the upper arm.
Dalek and Exterminate banner on upper arm
Black and grey rose tattoo on a woman's forearm, shown in a mirror selfie while she squats in an oversized grey T-shirt.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line dandelion with drifting seeds tattooed on a person's upper back and shoulder, photographed from behind.
Dandelion seeds on a shoulder
Small solid black semicolon tattoo with a heart as its dot, placed on the inner wrist in a close-up photo.
Semicolon with heart dot on inner wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a skull with a dagger behind it and a pink banner reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, with green leaves at the sides.
Skull and dagger banner on thigh

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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