Tattoo ideas

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

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Three pixel-art hearts with black outlines and pink fill tattooed in a row on a pale wrist.
Three pixel hearts on a wrist
Mirrored Celtic knotwork design with two green and blue dragon heads on a black background, drawn as a tattoo-style flash with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical Celtic knot dragons
Small realistic black and grey tattoo of a tiger's head on the inner wrist and forearm, with a woven bracelet visible at the bottom left.
Tiger head on the inner wrist
Black and grey shaded rose cluster tattoo with leaves and a rosebud on the side of the ribs, photographed from behind.
Rose cluster on the side ribs
Black silhouette tattoos of two small flying figures and a crescent with dots on the side of an ankle, above a dark shoe.
Flying silhouettes and crescent on an ankle
Fine black line drawing of a small crown with a heart at each of its three points, shown on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Simple line crown with three hearts
Black line drawing of a howling wolf above a rose and leaves, set inside an ornate frame with diamond and bead details, sketched on paper.
Howling wolf and rose flash design
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a cartoon style with bold outlines, shown on a limb.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a limb
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with swirling ornamental details on a woman's shoulder, shown beside her neck and chin.
Compass rose on the shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ghost covering its face with one hand, with black outlines and pink blush, on the shoulder.
Cartoon ghost tattoo on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a sketchy camera with rainbow watercolour wash and black linework, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour-style camera on upper back
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs with geometric arrows, diamonds and triangles on a white background.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoo sheet
Colour and grey compass rose tattoo with two red roses, green leaves and a fleur-de-lis, shaded in Traditional style on the side of the torso.
Compass rose with two roses on the side
Small fine line tattoo of two stylised stick figures with round heads on the top of a foot, near the toes.
Two stick figures on the top of a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a semicolon with a small arrow above and another below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Semicolon and arrows on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a skull made from two fried eggs with orange yolk eyes and crossed bacon strips below, on a calf.
Fried egg skull with crossed bacon
Colour tattoo of two seahorses among green seaweed with bold black outlines, wrapping across the side of the ribs.
Seahorses in seaweed on the ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rather, they were too frightened to be cowards, tattooed along the inside of a forearm in front of a bookshelf.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black and grey linework tattoo of two clawed hands over a stippled dark shape, with a crescent moon above, on a lower leg.
Clawed hands and crescent moon on a lower leg
Black outlined tattoo of two deer forming a heart shape with swirling lines on the side of the ribs.
Two deer forming a heart on the ribs
Fine line script tattoo on the side of a woman's ribs, in black ink, with a black bikini top and dark jeans.
Script tattoo on the ribs
Pencil sketch of a small bird with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers, drawn in fine line on pale paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a bird in flight
Small solid black cat silhouette with a red collar tattooed on the neck behind the ear.
Black cat with red collar behind the ear
Black ink script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seen from behind, with a shaded rose on her upper arm.
Vertical script down the spine with a rose
Black and grey owl head tattoo with ornate patterned detailing on the shoulder and upper arm.
Ornate owl head on shoulder
Black script tattoo on the side of a thigh reading for every dark night, with a single arrow and there is a brighter day beneath it.
Quote and arrow on a thigh
White ink tribal-style cross tattoo with scrollwork and diamond shapes on a forearm, set against a colourful smiley-face patterned background.
White ink cross on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bare tree with a dotted sun and birds in flight across the upper back.
Bare tree with birds and dotwork sun on a back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with an octopus, teal waves and a yellow flower on a forearm.
Lighthouse and octopus on a forearm
Black distressed typewriter-style lowercase alphabet with punctuation on a white background, shown as a flash sheet of lettering designs.
Distressed typewriter alphabet sheet
Angled photo of a Japanese-style tattoo flash drawing on paper, with white clouds, teal and red washes, and a feathered creature set against black.
Japanese cloud and creature design on paper
A collage of nine dotwork tattoos of anatomical hearts, each holding a small scene such as a ship, a skeleton under a moon, or a forest, shown in black and grey on arms and legs.
Anatomical hearts with scenes inside
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with ridged, textured bone across the back of a hand, resting on a dark leather surface.
Realistic skull on the back of a hand
Fine-line tattoo of an outlined heart joined to a heartbeat trace, placed on the back of a person's neck.
Heart and heartbeat line on the neck
Black and grey lace-style tattoo of a flower and scrolling vine across a woman's shoulder and upper chest.
Lace-style flower tattoo on shoulder and chest
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a woman in glasses and a dark robe with a lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath and a banner reading SUPREME.
Portrait with laurel wreath on upper arm
Hand resting on floral fabric showing a small fine-line ornamental tattoo across one finger and single dot tattoos on two other fingers.
Small ornament and dots on fingers
Three pairs of feet and ankles, each with a small black outline heart tattoo in a fine line style, on a speckled blue pavement.
Small outline hearts on three ankles
Black lettering tattoo reading promise on a finger, shown in a three-panel photo.
Promise lettering on a finger
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of an ornamental phoenix with spread wings and trailing feathers, shown on a plain white background.
Ornamental phoenix with spread wings
Black and grey ornate elephant tattoo with a pink lotus flower on its head, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant with lotus on the upper back
Dark blue compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W lettering on a bare limb, photographed in a casual phone shot.
Compass rose tattoo in dark blue ink
Colour tattoo of a pizza slice bent into a loop, with dripping cheese and red pepperoni, outlined in black on skin.
Looped pizza slice tattoo
Black and grey dotwork and realism calf tattoo of a stormtrooper helmet beneath a triangle emblem, geometric stars and honeycomb pattern.
Stormtrooper helmet and geometric motifs on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on a leafy branch, shaded in soft greys, on the outer ankle.
Cartoon owl on a branch on the ankle
Fine line black ink tattoo of a lily of the valley sprig with three bell-shaped flowers on the lower leg above a white sneaker.
Lily of the valley on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of the word warrior, with a semicolon in place of the i, above a thin arrow, on pale skin at the forearm.
Warrior lettering with arrow on forearm
Black and grey shaded lily tattoo with curling stem details on the lower abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Shaded lily on the lower abdomen

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