Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink dotwork drawing of a planchette with a central eye, crescent moons, a bone, leaves and YES and NO lettering beneath a burst of rays.
Planchette with eye, moons and YES NO lettering
Colour drawing of a cracked red, white and blue round shield with a white star, green leaves and two grey banners reading OUTLIVE THE TEST OF TIME, designed as a traditional style tattoo.
Cracked shield with leaves and banners
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms, showing a shaded rose and leaves on the left arm and a banner, snake and skull on the right forearm.
Rose and banner lettering on forearms
Pencil sketch of an anchor with a rope coiled around the shank, a design that could suit a traditional style tattoo.
Anchor with rope pencil sketch
Back view of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with a red rose tattoo with dark outlines on her upper arm near the shoulder.
Red rose tattoo on upper arm, seen from behind
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a green cloaked figure holding a gold blade above red flames and a yellow and teal wing.
Green cloaked figure with gold blade on a calf
Four hand-shaped forms display tattoo designs: a praying figure with rays, a horned devil, a geometric pattern and a skull in a feathered headdress.
Four tattoo designs printed on hand forms
Two inner wrists held together, each with a black anchor tattoo with a red ribbon wrapped around its shank, in a traditional style on the forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart pierced by an orange carrot with green leaves, with a VEGAN banner, on the lower leg.
Carrot through a heart with VEGAN banner
Traditional style flash drawing of a winking pin-up woman with blue hair and a polka dot bow, above a banner reading NEVER AGAIN.
Winking pin-up with polka dot bow and banner
Traditional colour tattoo of a green umbrella over a purple cloud with rain drops, placed on the calf.
Umbrella and rain cloud on a calf
Traditional style flash sheet showing a ship in a rope frame, a globe with a 30 degree banner, flowers, a hand with a bracelet and a geisha head with roses.
Traditional flash sheet with ship, globe and flowers
Four black line flash designs of hearts with lipstick, nail polish, a compact mirror and a GLAMOROUS banner, in traditional style.
Four heart designs with beauty products
Two mirrored traditional-style tattoos on the knees, each showing a yellow and black bee, small blue and orange flowers and a red bow.
Bees and red bow on matching knees
Traditional style colour tattoo of a message in a bottle with a red heart and three flowers, sitting on the forearm.
Message in a bottle with flowers on a forearm
Traditional style compass tattoo with a red rose and rope detail on a forearm, shown in three close-up photos.
Traditional compass with rose and rope
Colour Traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon woman with brown hair, glasses and a green jacket above a banner reading MISUNDERSTOOD, on an upper arm.
Cartoon character with misunderstood banner on arm
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black panther head wearing an orange crown, with yellow eyes, red mouth and fangs, shown on a forearm in two side by side photos.
Crowned panther head on a forearm
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a red strawberry with green leaves and a small cream flower on skin.
Strawberry and flower on skin
Colour realism tattoo of a ginger cat's face with green eyes inside a teal knotwork frame, on the outer thigh.
Ginger cat portrait in a teal swirl frame on thigh
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo on an upper arm with two ribbon banners bearing a quotation above a geometric emblem in red, blue and cream.
Ribbon banner quote and emblem on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a red rose with green leaves rising from a teal bottle, with a small banner beneath it.
Red rose in a bottle on a forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour with roses, a sugar skull, diamonds and leopard print across the upper arm and forearm, shown in three views.
Colour arm sleeve with roses and sugar skull
Pair of white gloves painted with traditional style tattoo designs, including a swallow, a skull, an anchor, a horseshoe and a cross.
Traditional tattoo designs painted on white gloves
Traditional-style tattoo of a red and brown chicken with a bespectacled caricature face, beside the words Finger Lickin, on skin.
Caricature chicken with Finger Lickin slogan
Colour and grey neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing an hourglass with teal and pink sand, a daisy, and a pocket watch with a heart-shaped face and beaded chain.
Hourglass, pocket watch and daisy on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red shoe with a bow in bold black outline, on the forearm.
Red bow shoes on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh, showing a wreath of three roses and leaves around a pointing hand and the script Love Me Till I'm Dead.
Rose wreath with hand and script
Black and grey wolf head in profile with a snarling open mouth and scale-patterned fur, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Snarling wolf head in profile
Black and white photograph of a seated woman with full floral sleeve tattoos on both arms and lotus-style tattoos on her chest, wearing a lace bra and studded belt.
Black and grey sleeves and chest tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with a long beard and wide-brimmed hat, beside a rose, on the thigh.
Skull figure with hat and rose on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a banner reading MOM, framed by roses and dark green leaves, on the upper arm.
Traditional heart with MOM banner
Black compass rose tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder of a person with auburn hair pulled up.
Compass rose on upper back
Black and grey traditional style tattoos of two harlequin acrobats, one hanging from a rope and one falling, on the outer thigh and knee.
Harlequin acrobats on a thigh and knee
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of scissors, a bow-tied bundle of yarn, buttons and rope border on the upper arm, shown in two side by side photos.
Scissors, yarn and buttons on an upper arm
Traditional coloured tattoo design of a monarch butterfly over a mountain sunset, framed by red roses, wheat and hops, shown on a white background.
Roses, mountains and butterfly design
Colour traditional tattoo of a pizza slice inside a pink heart, with the words LOVE above and AT FIRST SLICE on a banner, on the thigh.
Pizza slice in a heart with banner on the thigh
Small black swallow tattoo in a traditional style on the upper arm of a person wearing a patterned top and denim shorts.
Swallow tattoo on upper arm
Traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves cover the backs of two clasped hands, with black outlines and shading.
Red roses on the backs of both hands
Colour traditional tattoo on the thigh showing a pointed hat shape filled with a sunset and mountains above a lake, pines and a round green door in a hill.
Mountain sunset and round green door on a thigh
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on waves with a lettered banner and a flower, on the outer forearm.
Sailing ship with banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of two red cardinals perched on branches with black leaves and red-centred flowers, shown on bare skin.
Two cardinals with flowers in traditional style
Two hands held together showing a red traditional rose on the back of one hand and a black and grey rose on the other, with small finger tattoos on the fingers.
Rose tattoos on the backs of both hands
Black traditional-style tattoo of a skull with a serpent coiling down the forearm, ending in a small skull at the tail.
Skull and serpent on a forearm
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman raising red boxing gloves, with leaves, a flower and SELF MADE banners.
Pin-up boxer with SELF MADE banners
Traditional style dreamcatcher tattoo with a white and red flower centre and three feathers, sitting on a forearm.
Dreamcatcher and flower on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon dwarf Grumpy with arms folded and a scowl, in a bold traditional style, on a forearm.
Grumpy dwarf on a forearm

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