Tattoo ideas

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

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Woman seen from behind with red hair and one hand raised to her head, showing a red lettering tattoo of a short verse across her upper back.
Red lettering quote across upper back
Black and grey flash drawing of a front-facing owl with detailed patterned feathers and a mandala-style chest, with no body placement shown.
Front-facing owl with ornate linework
Close crop of a woman's upper chest showing a small black fine-line outline heart tattoo near the collarbone, with a black lace bralette and floral kimono.
Small outline heart tattoo on upper chest
Two matching fine line colour tattoos of stick figure girls holding a tin can phone on the inner forearms.
Matching stick figure tin can phone tattoos
Two shoulders photographed from behind, one with an orange sheriff star badge and the other with blue wings, each with a line of small script beneath.
Matching sheriff star and wings shoulder tattoos
Small red goldfish tattoo with long flowing fins on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey knitted jumper.
Red goldfish tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey skull surrounded by roses on a forearm, shown from two angles side by side.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Black and grey skull with a snake coiled around it on the forearm of a person in a dark suit, against a snowy background.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Two black outline tattoos of broken chain links and cuffs on the palms of outstretched hands, with a star tattoo and lettering visible on the forearms above.
Broken chain tattoos on both palms
Colour realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, set in an ornate red and orange circus-style frame with a monkey, an elephant and a peacock, and lettering reading Michael Jackson.
Circus-framed portrait tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Superman shield and Wonder Woman W emblem with grey shaded wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Superman and Wonder Woman emblems with wings
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading BRIDE TRIBE, with a heart-shaped arrow between the words, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bride Tribe lettering with arrow on wrist
Black script tattoo reading Don't let the Muggles get you down, with a lightning bolt, on a person's arm.
Quote tattoo with a lightning bolt
Three views of a realism forearm tattoo showing dark pine silhouettes, a pink-brown mountain peak and a single yellow autumn tree on the inner forearm.
Pine forest and mountain on a forearm
Two-panel photo of a person lying on white bedding, with pastel mermaid scale tattoos covering the legs and hips and yellow and green fins on the thighs and calves.
Pastel mermaid scale tattoo across legs and back
Two hands with dark henna designs of paisley, lace-like patterns, dots and fine motifs across the fingers, back of the hand and wrist, resting on pale pink fabric.
Henna designs on two hands
Black and grey cherry blossoms and falling petals run down the spine, with a shaded lotus and pink water lines at the lower back, in a Japanese style.
Cherry blossom trail and lotus on a back
Black ink drawing of an owl with a sugar skull woman's face on its chest, gripping a branch, in a dotwork and neo-trad style with no body placement shown.
Owl and sugar skull woman design on a branch
Colour tattoo of a sun and moon with two faces facing each other, in neo-traditional style, on the upper back near the neck.
Sun and moon faces on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised woman's face with a rose, rosebuds and leaves above it, on the thigh.
Geometric portrait and rose on thigh
Black silhouette stencil of a bird in flight, with cog wheels filling the wings and body and a heart cut out of one wing.
Geared bird in flight stencil
Fine line tattoo of a seated dog in black ink on the forearm of a person wearing a red checked shirt.
Small outline dog on a forearm
Fine line handwritten script reading let go let god with a black cross and red heart, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Let Go Let God script with cross on foot
Black ink flash design of the word Teacher in flowing script inside an apple outline, with a leaf and curled stem, on a white background.
Teacher lettering inside an apple
Black and white photo of a large blackwork geometric tattoo with a solid diamond and dotted lines across a woman's upper back, with a small sun tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Geometric diamond tattoo across upper back
Realism style skull tattoo on the thigh with a red rose at the top left, green leaves and thorny stems, and small roses in the eye sockets.
Skull and rose on a thigh
Black ink flash sheet of two decorative alphabets in traditional-style lettering, one with solid black fills and one with outline letters, plus numerals and punctuation.
Alphabet and numerals lettering flash sheet
Two black and grey infinity symbol tattoos with fine line script on the inner forearms, one reading my sister's protector and the other my brother's keeper.
Matching infinity tattoos with sibling script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lighthouse beside crashing waves and a stormy sky, across the upper arm.
Lighthouse and stormy sea on upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of mountains framed by curling waves and rays of light, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Waves and mountains on an upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of the word Love in looping script inside an outlined heart, on the inner wrist.
Love script inside a heart on a wrist
Black and grey realism forearm sleeve tattoo showing a classic car, banknotes, a pocket compass and a map, with small red accents on the forearm.
Realism forearm sleeve with car, cash and compass
Large black and grey realism style tree tattoo with bare branches across a man's upper back and shoulder, with a few coloured autumn leaves on the left shoulder.
Bare tree across a man's back
Realism tattoo of a woman's face framed by large dark horns and a dark headdress, in colour, on the calf.
Horned villainess portrait on a calf
Colour tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with a pink rose and scrollwork on a person's upper back, set against an orange sunburst.
Sewing machine and rose on upper back
Small black line tattoo at the nape of a person with red and black layered hair, photographed from behind against a magenta painted backdrop.
Small line tattoo at the nape
Black and grey pen drawing of a geometric mandala design with a flower of life centre, moon phases and dotwork arrows, shown on paper with no body placement.
Mandala with flower of life and moon phases
A small solid black star tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, photographed on a person whose face is not shown.
Small star tattoo near the collarbone
Blackwork tattoo of solid black bands and thin lines wrapped around a forearm, shown against a blurred street.
Black bands tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading liberté on a person's upper back.
Liberté script on upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a carved Mayan style stone face within a glyph ring, covering the upper arm.
Mayan carved stone design on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with pink roses either side, in a traditional style with bold outlines, on the outer thigh.
TARDIS police box with roses on a thigh
Black dotwork tattoo of mountain peaks and a star constellation inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Mountains and constellation in a circle on a forearm
Two colour neo-traditional tattoos stacked on forearms: Star Wars characters on the left and Pokémon characters on the right.
Star Wars and Pokémon character stacks on forearms
Line drawing of six butterflies in a diagonal row, shaded from red at the top through orange, yellow, green and blue to purple, on a white background.
Six rainbow butterflies in a diagonal line
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox above laurel branches, with flowing lines below, on a forearm.
Fox and laurel on a forearm
Black linework tattoo flash design of an hourglass, two roses, a pocket watch and scrolling banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash
Two matching small outline cloud tattoos in a fine line style on the inner wrists, with both hands raised and fingers together.
Matching cloud tattoos on wrists

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