Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seated at a bar, photographed from behind.
Script quote running down the spine
Photograph of two small black outlined wings tattooed on the upper arm, with shading filling the feathers.
Two small wings on an upper arm
Back tattoo of orange flowers with dark swirling scrollwork across the shoulder blade, shown on a woman wearing a red and black striped top.
Orange flowers and scrollwork on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words THIS MEANS NOTHING in simple hand-drawn block lettering across the inner arm.
Forearm lettering reading This means nothing
Black and grey tattoo of a chubby cartoon panda sitting and holding a bamboo stalk, shaded in a soft realistic style on the thigh.
Cartoon panda holding bamboo on a thigh
Fine line black arrow inside a thin circle with small dots, on the side of a person's ribs, in a geometric style.
Arrow inside a circle on the ribs
Realistic black and grey rose with a small purple butterfly tattooed on a calf, with leaves wrapping the lower leg.
Grey rose with purple butterfly on a calf
Ornamental hamsa hand tattoo with a multicoloured eye in its centre, on the inner forearm of an arm resting against light bedsheets.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing an elephant with feathers, a pocket watch, an anchor and clouds, with a neo-traditional style.
Elephant, pocket watch and anchor design
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo of a sugar skull cat with crossed bones, scissors, a comb and autumn leaves on an upper arm.
Sugar skull cat with autumn leaves on upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a heart on the side of a finger, held up between another hand.
Anchor and heart on a finger
Grey anchor design with the script words 'My family is my anchor' set over it, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Anchor with 'My family is my anchor' script
Colour botanical tattoo of purple crocuses, pink flowers, red berries and a bumblebee on the forearm.
Crocus and pink flower bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey hibiscus flowers within a solid black triangle on the forearm of a hand raised in a shaka gesture against the sea.
Hibiscus flowers in a triangle on a forearm
Black tribal-style design of two fish curving around each other, with solid black bodies, white linework and small diamond cut-outs, shown on a white background.
Two interlocking fish in tribal style
Side of a torso showing a lettering tattoo of the words Art Is The Weapon, Imagination Is The Ammunition in black type over colourful watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Watercolour splash and quote on the side ribs
Black ink lettering reading LOVE WHAT YOU DO in stacked, overlapping serif capitals on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a plain white background.
Stacked serif phrase on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face above two lion cubs, shaded across the upper arm.
Portrait and lion cubs on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a small fine line snowflake tattoo with dotted tips on the upper chest, near a thin chain necklace.
Fine line snowflake on the upper chest
Black and grey geometric tattoo of overlapping triangles and arrows inside a circle, on the upper leg.
Geometric triangles and arrows in a circle
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading today you are you, that is truer than true, in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Fine line gold metallic tattoo of three arrows on the upper chest of a woman with blonde hair wearing a black strappy top.
Gold arrows on upper chest
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with smoky wisps across the top of a foot, running from the ankle towards the toes, in a Realism style.
Realistic skull and smoke on the top of a foot
Two hands clasped together showing small black fine line tattoos of an X on one wrist and a circle on the other.
Small X and circle wrist tattoos
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a green and yellow budgie perched in an ornate birdcage with leaves and scrollwork, shown on paper with no body placement.
Budgie in an ornate birdcage flash
Black typewriter-style lettering reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed across the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle enclosing a circle with a vertical line, on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the inner wrist
Blue fine line tattoo of three snowflakes, curling swirls and a rounded central shape on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Blue snowflakes and swirls on a wrist
Fine line pink rose tattoo with a thin green stem and leaves on the inside of a wrist, above a red knitted sleeve.
Pink rose with stem on a wrist
Realism-style tattoo of a camera lens with a brand name around its top edge, shown in grey and muted colour on the inner forearm.
Camera lens tattoo on an inner arm
Fine line botanical design drawing of a four-petal flower with two leaves and curling tendrils on a black background.
Four-petal flower with swirling vine design
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm of a city skyline with a Space Needle style tower, blending into a heartbeat style waveform line.
City skyline and heartbeat line on a forearm
Two hands and forearms with silver metallic lace-style temporary tattoos on the forearm and back of the hand, with rings on the fingers.
Silver metallic temporary tattoos on hands
Close-up of a fine line black wave tattoo on the inner ankle of a person wearing rolled light blue jeans, resting on a teal patterned blanket.
Fine line wave tattoo on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo on an arm showing a stethoscope, a heartbeat trace, the word nurse in script and a heart shaped stethoscope tail.
Stethoscope heartbeat and nurse tattoo
Black blackwork tattoo of a bat with spread wings in front of a spired gothic castle, on the calf near the knee.
Bat and gothic castle on a leg
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman in a fedora with a band across her eyes, two ravens and handwritten script covering the upper back.
Woman in fedora and birds on a full back
Pencil sketch of the words Fresh and Foolish in flowing script lettering with an ampersand, drawn on white paper resting on a wooden table.
Fresh and Foolish script lettering sketch
Colourful realism tattoo of a horse's head with flowing mane, orange feathers and dark birds, covering the whole of a person's back.
Horse portrait with feathers across a full back
Three small solid black swallow silhouettes in fine line style on the inside of a wrist, with the hand raised above.
Three small swallows on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a skull, red roses, leaves and an eye with falling tears, on a lower leg.
Traditional hourglass with skull and eye on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a pink and white chrysanthemum with green stem and leaves on a lower leg.
Realistic chrysanthemum on a lower leg
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a face with tousled hair and clasped hands on the forearm.
Sketched portrait and hands on forearm
Two forearms with matching fine line black script tattoos reading I love you mama and I love you more, each with two bird silhouettes in flight.
Matching script and bird tattoos on forearms
Black and grey castle tattoo with a full moon, mountains and foliage inside a dotted triangle, placed on the upper back.
Castle, moon and mountains on upper back
Fine line geometric tattoo of three overlapping circles crossed by a vertical and horizontal line with small arrowheads, in black ink on the forearm.
Overlapping circles and crosshair on forearm
Black and grey circular Celtic knotwork design with shaded interlaced ribbons, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Circular Celtic knot design
Close-up photo of a white ink ornamental feather tattoo with swirls and dots on the side of the ribs.
White ink feather on the ribs

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