Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a small solid black cross tattoo between the shoulder blades on a person's bare back.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a circle filled with interlocking triangles and three feathers with beaded strings, on the outer thigh.
Geometric dreamcatcher on a thigh
Black and white photo of a open palm with a tiny fine line geometric tattoo near the centre of the hand.
Small geometric tattoo on palm
Black ink drawing of a geometric tattoo design with a dotted mandala, leaves and small flowers beneath overlapping triangle lines, shown on white paper.
Mandala and geometric lines design with leaves
Fine black script lettering on a forearm that begins with the words Daughter of, with the rest of the phrase partly hidden by the angle of the photo.
Script lettering on a forearm
Thigh tattoo of a shaded grey pocket watch with a key, beside a red rose with green leaves and a banner, in a traditional and realistic style.
Pocket watch and rose on the thigh
Small fine line tattoo of a kitten's face on a forearm, shaded in grey with teal eyes and a pink nose.
Kitten face on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an open book on a stack of books with black letters floating above it, on the side of the ribs.
Open book with floating letters on the ribs
Black line drawing of a bold, graffiti-style word with a rising sun, clouds, flowers, feathers and a bird, designed as a lettering piece for a tattoo.
Bubble lettering with sun, clouds and flowers
Tattoo design of two bold black Chinese characters above the words Best Friend in script, set on a tan kraft-paper background.
Chinese characters and Best Friend lettering
Realistic red rose tattoo with black leaves and script lettering on a limb, shown in a close photograph.
Realistic red rose with black leaves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, placed on a person's upper back.
Realistic lion head on upper back
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo of the word beloved in black ink on a woman's inner forearm, while she holds a white mug of coffee.
Beloved script on a forearm
Fine line handwritten script reading things change in black ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Things change script lettering design
Three side-by-side views of a large white ink mandala tattoo on a forearm, with the surrounding skin covered in solid black ink.
White ink mandala on a blackened forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading everything is alright forever in a serif typeface across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of dandelion seed heads and grass inside a circle on an upper arm.
Dandelions and grass in a dotwork circle
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a snarling wolf head with spiked fur and bared teeth, placed on the side of the ribs.
Snarling wolf head on the side ribs
Realistic coloured tattoo of two pink lilies, a blue butterfly and black and green swirling vines on the upper back.
Pink lilies and blue butterfly on the back
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's face in a bold comic book style, with heavy black hair and lashes, on the arm.
Comic-style woman's face on the arm
Black tribal-style flame tattoo on a person's lower back, with a laser handpiece held over the skin beside it.
Black flame tattoo on back being laser treated
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wings and antennae on the inner forearm, with part of a mandala design visible at the lower left.
Butterfly tattoo on the forearm
A grid of nine black and white dragonfly tattoo designs with swirling, tribal-style wing patterns on a white background.
Nine black dragonfly tattoo designs
Black and grey geometric lion face inside a circle with triangles, tattooed centrally on the stomach below a navel piercing.
Geometric lion in a circle on the stomach
A flash sheet of nine pairs of black antler designs drawn in bold linework on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Antler flash sheet in nine pairs
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red sneaker with trailing laces and sparkles on the thigh, with the words Zig A Zig Ahhh written beneath.
Sneaker with Zig A Zig Ahhh lettering
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a peace symbol, hanging feathers and the words Hakuna Matata, with small coloured beads, on the top of a foot.
Dreamcatcher with feathers on the foot
Small black outline tattoo of a pineapple in fine line style on the inside of an ankle, below rolled denim jeans.
Small pineapple outline on an ankle
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a compass with a feather and leaves, with red shading, on skin.
Compass and feather tattoo
Black handwritten lettering design reading filled it up with novocaine and now I'm just numb, set between two horizontal rules on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Handwritten lettering quote on white
Two side-by-side photographs of black lettering tattoos: I'm fine on the upper arm and save me on the shoulder.
I'm fine and save me script tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of an anthropomorphic meerkat wearing a monocle, tailored jacket, waistcoat and tie, on the thigh.
Meerkat in suit and monocle on thigh
Three-panel photo of a full sleeve tattoo of pink magnolias and green leaves on a turquoise background, running from shoulder to wrist.
Pink magnolia full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dog portrait with its tongue out, with roses and flourishes, on a thigh.
Dog portrait tattoo on a thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of media player icons (rewind, pause, play, fast forward and shuffle) in a row across the inner wrist.
Media player controls on a wrist
Two small red outline heart tattoos on the fingers of interlocked hands, one hand with pink nails and the other with mint green nails, in a fine line style.
Small heart tattoos on fingers
Collage of six photos of a colour comic book style sleeve tattoo on a forearm, showing a Batman panel, a woman with glasses and laughing sound effects.
Comic book sleeve on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoos on a leg in bath water, showing a rose, a snake, a matryoshka doll and a hot air balloon with an ornate basket.
Traditional rose, doll and balloon tattoos on a leg
Small shaded blue bow tattoo on the side of a finger, on a hand resting on a plastic-wrapped tattoo chair.
Small blue bow tattoo on a finger
Geometric wolf head line drawing with blue eyes on a grey gradient background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric wolf head design
Black script lettering reading The Feamale Boss across the inner forearm, against a dark sleeve.
Script lettering reading The Feamale Boss on forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of the state of Texas filled with the Texas flag, with a white star on blue, on the centre of a chest.
Texas flag state outline on chest
Black script lettering reading Never a victim, forever a fighter across the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Black and grey botanical tattoo on an upper arm, with blossoms, leaves and a praying mantis in fine outline and dark leaf fills.
Blossom branch and praying mantis on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's head and shoulders with an updo decorated with flowers, drawn in engraved-style linework and hatching, on the upper thigh.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with spread wings on a chest, with a black swirl background and a Japanese wave sleeve on the upper arm.
Owl with spread wings on chest
Greyscale pencil drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, shown in profile on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Skull in feathered headdress drawing
Traditional style tattoo design showing a blue gem, a red bomb with a lit fuse and green leaves and vines, with banners reading Sirens who slay together and Stay together, shown on a navy phone case.
Sirens who slay together tattoo design on phone case

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