Tattoo ideas

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a symmetrical red and purple rose with teal leaves, placed on the chest.
Symmetrical rose mandala on the chest
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a steaming teacup with a dragonfly, turquoise flowers and a banner reading Yes Darling, on the calf.
Teacup and banner on a calf
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters, a rope border and dotwork shading, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose with rope border in dotwork
Four photographs of a traditional-style log cabin tattoo set inside a diamond shape on the forearm, with mountains, pine trees and a moon in some versions.
Log cabin in diamond frames on forearms
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves in a traditional style, tattooed down the outer thigh.
Two roses on a thigh
Black crown tattoo with fleur-de-lis points on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a traditional style.
Crown tattoo on upper chest
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding a human hand and a paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever and Cats Forever, on a limb.
Heart with hand and paw, cats forever lettering
Colourful traditional-style tattoos of framed animal and floral scenes and a red rose on bare legs, with pink glitter heels on white bedding.
Framed and floral leg tattoos with pink heels
Traditional colour tattoo of a lantern enclosing a lighthouse, waves and birds, on the outer thigh.
Lighthouse lantern on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey TIE fighter over a purple starfield, with red and teal banners reading take a ride on the dark side, on the leg.
TIE fighter with Dark Side banners
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with Faith, Hope and Love banners, placed on the forearm.
Anchor with Faith, Hope and Love banners on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of an eagle head in profile, open beak, with a feather fan and dreamcatcher-style medallion below, shown as a tattoo design.
Eagle head with feather fan design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an acoustic guitar on the upper arm, with a crescent moon, stars, a cabin and pine trees inside the body.
Acoustic guitar with cabin scene on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a blue police box with red ribbons and red flowers with green leaves, on an upper arm.
TARDIS, red flowers and ribbon on an upper arm
Three side-by-side views of a traditional style tattoo on a calf, showing a weightlifter in a red and white striped singlet with a barbell, laurel leaves and a banner reading Real Men Eat Plants.
Weightlifter and banner tattoo on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a blue bird in a brown leather jacket smoking a cigarette, on the upper arm, with an owl tattoo partly visible at the edge.
Smoking blue bird in a leather jacket on an upper arm
Blue pencil sketch of a traditional-style swallow in flight with a heart-shaped key in its beak, drawn on a pale blue textured background.
Swallow carrying a heart key
Two tattoo photos: black script reading Roll Tide on a forearm, and a red letter A with an elephant and Crimson Tide banner on a calf.
Roll Tide script and Crimson Tide elephant
Colour traditional tattoo of the Hogwarts crest with a HOGWARTS banner, green leaves and a red flower, on the front of a thigh.
Hogwarts crest on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red, white and blue barber pole with green leaves and a small flower, on the back of a hand.
Barber pole with leaves on the hand
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a T-rex, a raptor and a sunburst beside roses, leaves and two banners with lettering.
Dinosaurs, roses and banners on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a angry piston character with a cigar and smoke on the upper arm, with a small orange cigar tip.
Smoking piston character on upper arm
Colour tattoo of purple roses, orange and pink flowers and a heart locket tied with ribbon in a bouquet on an upper arm.
Purple rose and flower bouquet with ribbon on arm
Colour tattoo of a tiger paw print with a tiger face and black stripes in each toe pad, shown on skin.
Tiger paw print tattoo
Black and grey flash drawing of a sugar skull couple, a woman with a flower in her hair and a man in a top hat and bow tie, framed by roses and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Sugar skull couple flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling grey wolf with orange eyes and bared fangs covering the front of a man's neck.
Snarling wolf head on the neck
Traditional style colour tattoo on a upper back of a woman in profile with dark curled hair, an orange flower and pearls, framed by an ornate gold hand mirror with a rose.
Woman profile in a hand mirror on a back
Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo across the lower back, with part of a coloured tattoo visible at the left edge.
Butterfly tattoo on the lower back
Colour tattoo of a red poppy and orange marigolds with dark green leaves across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Poppy and marigold shoulder piece
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a grinning Vault Boy character in a blue suit holding banknotes, with a red devil beside him and banners reading DEAL WITH THE DEVIL, in a traditional style.
Vault Boy and devil on a forearm
Two raised legs in red Converse trainers show bold traditional tattoos on the calves, including a butterfly, a rose, a spider and a ship's wheel.
Traditional leg tattoos with red Converse trainers
Traditional-style grey flower tattoo with orange accents and leaves on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top.
Grey flower with orange accents on a forearm
Traditional-style flash design of a grey weeping angel with its face in its hands beneath a peach banner reading DON'T BLINK, with blue tears.
Weeping angel with Don't Blink banner
Traditional style flower tattoo with orange outlines, grey petals, green leaves and red accents, on a leg near a joint.
Traditional flower with orange outlines
Traditional style tattoo of a grey shaded anchor with a purple ribbon wrapped around it, on the side of the torso.
Anchor and purple ribbon on the side
Close-up of knuckle lettering spelling TEA TIME in black letters with teal shading, with a small teal teapot on the left hand, in a traditional lettering style.
TEA TIME lettering across knuckles
Colour traditional tattoo of a snapping carnivorous plant above a FEED ME banner on the outer thigh.
Carnivorous plant with FEED ME banner on thigh
Traditional style Hello Kitty flash design with a red heart, pink roses and Secret Love banners on a pink damask background.
Hello Kitty flash with roses and heart
Black and white photo from behind of a woman in a white vest top and patterned underwear, showing a script tattoo on the neck and rose tattoos on the upper arms.
Rose and script tattoos on arms and neck
Black and grey infinity tattoo with an anchor, rope, two red roses and a script name, placed across the upper back with two swallows above.
Infinity anchor and roses on upper back
Three traditional-style stickers on a grey surface: a skull with red and blue flowers, a pointing hand with flowers, and a pill bottle, each with text on a banner.
Three traditional flash designs with banner text
Colour traditional tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and a stem, in bold black outlines, on a shoulder.
Red rose with green leaves on a shoulder
Traditional style colour tattoo of red roses with yellow thorny stems and green leaves on a black band around the forearm.
Red roses armband on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style sleeve tattoo design on paper, with a skull, sun, nautical star, compass rose and playing cards, shown as an elongated arm-shaped outline.
Sleeve design with skull, sun and nautical star
Black and grey ornamental moth tattoo with circular eyespots and dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Ornamental moth on an inner arm
Traditional-style design of a vintage silver teapot with two dark red roses and dashed rays on a sepia background.
Teapot and red roses design
Black and grey flash drawing of two swallows in flight above a moth with spotted wings, on a pale background.
Two swallows and a moth flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a cross with a rose, a scroll banner and a thorny vine, a tattoo design sketch in shaded linework.
Cross with rose and banner drawing

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