Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a nail cross wrapped in wire, with the script words Only The Strong Survive, on the upper back.
Nail cross with Only The Strong Survive script
Black and grey photograph of a realistic skull tattoo surrounded by shaded roses on a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Skull and roses across the upper back
Black ink drawing of a deer skull with large branching antlers on a pale beige textured background.
Deer skull with antlers drawing
Close-up of a fine line black arrow tattoo running along a finger on a hand resting on a bare forearm.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Small black and grey tattoo of a vertical row of moon phases, from crescent to full, along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Moon phases down the inner forearm
Colourful sugar skull design with red roses in the eye sockets, a cross on the forehead and flowers above, drawn in a bold traditional style on a black background.
Sugar skull with roses and flowers
Colour tattoo of a golden snitch with grey shaded wings and the script words It's Real For Us, on the lower back.
Golden snitch with script on the lower back
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a red rose and a grey rose with a pocket watch and chain near the wrist, shown in three side-by-side photos.
Red and grey roses with pocket watch on forearm
Flash sheet of metallic gold and black temporary tattoo designs in a geometric style, including chevrons, triangles, arrows, feathers, a cross, chains and a heart.
Metallic geometric flash sheet in gold and black
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with heavy shading and speckled texture on a forearm, photographed in a studio with blue tape.
Realistic skull on a forearm
Realistic red rose tattoo shaded in dark red and black, set within a maple leaf outline on the outer thigh.
Red rose inside a maple leaf on a thigh
Black script lettering reading Why Serious? with So beneath it and a small caret mark, tattooed across the centre of a person's upper back in a lettering style.
Why Serious? lettering across a back
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' along the collarbone near the shoulder.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on collarbone
Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with small green and yellow accents on the inner forearm of a person holding another person's hand.
Tree tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo on the forearm showing a whale tail rising from the sea, with small figures falling beneath a large dark shape in the sky above.
Whale tail and falling figures on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a limb of a cartoon figure with a bare belly beside a red rose, under the slogan MY BODY MY RULES.
Cartoon character and rose with slogan
Purple butterfly and lily tattoo with black swirling vine lines across the top of a foot, starting near the ankle.
Butterfly and lily on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a black dagger piercing a red rose with dark green leaves, placed on the upper chest.
Dagger and rose on the chest
Upper arm tattoo of large outlined geometric shapes with a solid blue stroke and a small black mark near the shoulder, photographed on a person lying on a bed.
Abstract outlined shapes on an upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading No matter what across the upper chest near the collarbone, with slight redness around the design.
No matter what script across the upper chest
Black outlined tattoo of Hello Kitty styled as a stormtrooper, with a red bow, on the forearm.
Hello Kitty stormtrooper on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a kneeling winged Egyptian figure holding an ankh, on the inner upper arm.
Winged Egyptian figure with ankh on upper arm
Two people hold wrists showing matching red and grey Celtic heart knot tattoos on the inner forearm, with the script words Two Hearts and That beat as one.
Matching heart knot wrist tattoos with script
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.'
Quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo covering an older tribal design on the lower back, shown in a before and after photo.
Lotus mandala cover-up on lower back
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a sunrise over green hills and a tree, framed by golden vines with blue and purple flowers, on a lower leg.
Sunrise landscape with flowers on a calf
Small solid black unicorn silhouette tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, shown in a close photograph.
Small unicorn tattoo on the hand
Greyscale pencil drawing of a magpie in flight with spread wings and tail feathers, shown as a realistic tattoo design on plain paper.
Magpie in flight pencil drawing
A cross drawn in loose, splattered black ink strokes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Brushed black ink cross design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with its petals formed from banknotes, shown on a limb with hair and skin visible.
Rose made from banknotes on skin
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage rangefinder camera with the words the way I see the world in script beside it, on a forearm.
Vintage camera with quote on forearm
Fine line tattoo of a stretching cat with a curled tail in black ink on the outer thigh.
Stretching cat on a thigh
Pencil-shaded lotus with a long stem, beside two black ink lotus designs with swirling lines, drawn on pale paper.
Lotus flower designs on paper
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the American flag, with dotted stars, on the back of a person's neck.
American flag on the back of the neck
A woman sits on a dark blanket on sand beside an orange book, showing a dark sunburst tattoo on her upper arm.
Sunburst tattoo on upper arm at the beach
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a heart pierced by an arrow on the inner wrist and forearm.
Fine line heart and arrow on the wrist
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm showing palm trees, a surfboard and a beach scene at dusk.
Palm tree beach sunset sleeve
Black and grey stippled drawing of a bouquet of peonies, tulips, daisy-like blooms and leaves, shown as a standalone tattoo design.
Stippled floral bouquet design
A silver metallic temporary tattoo of an ornate mandala-patterned elephant on a calf, with layered chain anklets on a beach.
Ornate elephant on a calf
Solid black silhouettes of three birds in flight on a wrist, with a second panel below showing six similar bird designs on white.
Three flying birds on a wrist
Black ink line drawing of a pine tree, crescent moon, tent and campfire with smoke curls on white paper, shown as a fine line design with no body part visible.
Camping scene with pine, moon and campfire
Close-up photo of a black outline tattoo of a heart containing the words NOT YOU in block capitals, on a patch of skin.
Outlined heart with NOT YOU lettering
Four stacked forearms show matching small black fine line swirl tattoos with dotted lines on the wrist.
Matching swirl wrist tattoos
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a typewriter-style quote above an ornate corset on a stand, with denim visible in the background.
Quote and corset dress form on forearm
Colour tattoo of a brown owl perched on a branch with blue blossom, a hanging birdcage and a key, with flying birds, on a person's back.
Owl on a branch with birdcage and blue blossom
Pencil sketch of a thistle flower with spiky leaves, interlaced Celtic knot stems and scroll curls, drawn as a tattoo design in a botanical style.
Thistle and Celtic knot design sketch
Small black outline of a cactus tattoo on an ankle, with rolled denim jeans above and a sandy desert behind.
Outline cactus on an ankle
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rooster head with a yellow sun and wheat stalks on the back of a hand.
Rooster head with sun on the back of a hand

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