Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line forearm tattoo of a compass rose, a sailing ship and an ornate cartouche with lettering, with a small globe near the wrist.
Compass rose, ship and cartouche on a forearm
Colour tattoo of three overlapping hexagons in yellow, blue and red with translucent green and orange overlaps, in a geometric style, on the outer forearm.
Overlapping coloured hexagons on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a moth above a mandala design on the wrist, photographed against a dark background.
Moth over mandala on the wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey owl perched on a branch with grass stems and sweeping arcs, placed on the upper back.
Realistic owl on a branch on the back
Pencil-style drawing of a white rabbit's face framed by a pocket watch face with Roman numerals, spade-shaped hands and a gold chain.
White rabbit face on a pocket watch
Three wrists clasped together, each with a small fine line black Roman numeral tattoo on the inner forearm, reading III, III and IIII.
Matching Roman numeral wrist tattoos
Small fine line black iris with slender leaves on the side of a person's ribs, with long brown hair falling beside it.
Fine line iris on the side ribs
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a floral centre and petal shapes on the forearm of a person wearing a white lace top.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling corgi wearing a gold headband and red collar, set in front of a triangle pattern on a calf.
Corgi in a headband inside a triangle pattern
Black ink drawing of a stag head with large antlers inside an open triangular frame, shaded with fine dots on paper, as a tattoo design.
Stag head inside a triangle frame
Black lettering tattoo spelling the word music with musical notation symbols, including a treble clef and quavers, across the upper back.
Music lettering made from notation on upper back
Black ornamental mandala tattoo across the upper back and neck of a woman with her hair in a bun, in a geometric style.
Symmetrical mandala across the upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a lotus flower with an infinity symbol and dots on the inner forearm, shown against a purple and gold patterned bedspread.
Lotus and infinity on a forearm
Flash sheet of six cartoon tattoo designs in a bold neo-traditional style, each with a slogan banner, including a lemon, a game console and a flame figure.
Six cartoon character tattoo designs on banners
Black calligraphic lettering on white reading Improvidus, Asto, quod Victum, with the English line Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome beneath, shown as a lettering design without a body placement.
Latin motto in calligraphic script
Pen drawing of a revolver with its barrel releasing swirling smoke that forms a shaded purple rose, sketched on cream paper.
Revolver firing a smoky rose design
Colour tattoo of a rose branch with pink blooms, rose hips and green leaves across the upper chest and shoulder, in a botanical style with bold black outlines.
Rose branch across the collarbone
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cactus with flowers, crystals and a patterned pot, on the lower leg.
Cactus and crystals in a pot on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a yellow and grey songbird perched on a dark branch with willow catkins, on the upper arm.
Yellow songbird on a willow branch
Black ink fish symbol tattoo with brushed, tapered strokes across the forearm, on a grey background.
Fish symbol on a forearm
Black ink botanical tattoo design of blooming flowers, leaves and fern sprigs drawn on paper beside a black marker, with no body placement shown.
Botanical flower cluster design on paper
Black and grey botanical wreath with the words MY BODY MY RULES tattooed on the outer thigh.
Floral wreath with lettering on thigh
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas, flowers and paisley scrollwork covering the shoulder and upper arm on both arms.
Ornamental mandala sleeve on both arms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl perched on a branch before an orange sun, with orange flowers and yellow leaves, on the upper arm.
Owl with sun and flowers on upper arm
Small black fine line sailboat on rough waves on the inner upper arm of a person in a white top.
Small sailboat on waves on an upper arm
Fine line black script reading "this too shall pass" across the outer forearm, shown on light skin against a blurred background.
"This too shall pass" script on a forearm
Dark henna-style floral design across the back of a hand and up one finger, with a botanical pattern and black nails.
Floral henna design on back of hand
Colourful flower tattoo on the outer thigh with blue and pink petals, green leaves and bold black outlines.
Blue and pink flower on a thigh
Colour tattoo of an anchor with a pink bow and a sailing ship inside it, across the upper back, with a pink heart at the base.
Anchor and sailing ship on upper back
Realistic black, grey and brown lion head tattoo with teal eyes on a person's upper arm, shown in daylight outdoors.
Realistic lion head on upper arm
Black and grey flash design of a skeletal mermaid holding a skull and a flower, with dotwork sunburst rays and stippled waves inside an oval frame.
Skeletal mermaid with skull and sunburst
Black and grey tattoo of two shaded dolphins curving around a yin yang circle on a area of skin, with the body part only partly visible.
Two dolphins forming a yin yang
Black and grey flash sleeve design with orange pumpkins, a green sack-like character, a skull and crossbones and a yellow full moon.
Halloween sleeve design with pumpkins and skull
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bird's nest with an egg, twigs and a feather on the upper arm.
Bird's nest with eggs on an upper arm
A botanical rose and flower stencil with a mandala-style border, drawn in black on the upper back of a person with dark hair, with a gloved hand holding a second stencil sheet.
Rose and floral stencil on upper back
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a sleeping cat with a red peony and green leaves across the top of a foot.
Sleeping cat and peony on the foot
Small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with stacked books blurred in the background.
Small semicolon tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the ankle, showing a chain anklet with a hanging star charm and a shaded rose.
Rose and star anklet tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a palm tree beside a curling wave over a calm sea, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Palm tree and wave on the upper back
Fine black lettering reading BE PRESENT, BE PATIENT and BE THE LIGHT across the inner forearm, beside a gold chain bracelet.
Three short phrases on an inner forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of a creature with pink inner ears and a trailing tail of small star dots on the outer upper arm.
Black creature with a star trail on the upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a ringed planet, small stars and a shooting star on the inner wrist of a raised arm.
Small planet and shooting star on the wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses, blossoms and leaves across the upper back and shoulder blade, shown from behind.
Black and grey roses and blossoms on a back
Upper arm of a woman wearing a black bikini top, with metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of chevron bands, a crescent moon, chains and feather and heart charms.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on upper arm
Black polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with solid black fills and geometric linework.
Polynesian tribal sleeve on upper arm
Colour butterfly tattoo with black scrollwork and dotwork flourishes across the side of the ribs.
Colourful butterfly with scrollwork on the side
Two forearms show fine black script lettering: upper arm reads You are my sunshine and the lower forearm reads My only sunshine, both on the forearm.
Script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey rose tattoo with a stem and leaves on the back of a hand, against a dark background, in a botanical style.
Black rose tattoo on the back of a hand

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