Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a green ivy vine with a red ladybird across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Ivy vine and ladybird on a foot
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo with curling vine linework across the side of a person's ribs.
Three lilies with curling vines on the ribs
Black and grey photograph of a fine line lotus flower tattoo on an ankle, with the foot pointed down.
Lotus tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey rose and floral tattoo on a man's forearm and hand, with lettering across the knuckles, shown beside a cuff of a striped shirt and a dark suit.
Rose and floral forearm tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a thigh showing pine trees and a full moon inside an ornate frame, with a moth below.
Moon, pine forest and moth in an ornate frame on thigh
Pencil sketch of a open-jawed skull framed by roses and sprigs of leaves, drawn as a tattoo design in black and grey with no body part shown.
Skull with roses and foliage pencil sketch
Black lace-pattern tattoo spanning the upper chest, shoulders and upper back, shown in two photos in a blackwork and botanical style.
Black lace-pattern tattoo across chest and upper back
Black and grey traditional bouquet tattoo with a rose, poppy-style flowers and leaves, tied with a band at the stem, on a calf.
Flower bouquet on a calf
Colour tattoo of a dotwork mandala flower with orange petals, teal edges and mauve shading on a forearm, with a small geometric arrow design below it.
Mandala flower tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of an open birdcage with two roses, a bird flying out, a feather and a padlock, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Open birdcage with roses and a flying bird
Black dotwork lotus flower tattoo with dangling beaded chains behind a person's ear.
Dotwork lotus tattoo behind the ear
Black fine line drawing of a stylised swallow with curling tail swirls and a trailing vine of leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling bird and leaf vine line design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gnarled, twisting tree with bare branches running up the side of the ribs.
Gnarled tree on the ribs
Red and pink watercolour-style poppies with green stems on a woman's ribs and side, in colour.
Red watercolour poppies on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a lily, daisy, blue rose and peacock feather with dotted vines across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Lily, daisy and peacock feather on a shoulder
Close-up photo of a red and teal flower tattoo with a teal centre on the inner forearm, in a bold, outlined botanical style.
Red and teal flower on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a wolf head in profile wreathed with poppy flowers, shaded with dense hatching, as a tattoo design.
Wolf head with poppies
Grey shaded bare tree tattoo with a small red apple hanging from a branch, sitting on the forearm.
Bare tree with red apple on forearm
Black and grey daffodil tattoo with shaded petals and long leaves on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Daffodil cluster on the side ribs
Black ink flash design of a hummingbird feeding from a scrolled flower, with music notes and script lettering along the stem.
Hummingbird and flower scroll with music notes
Black ink lotus and mandala tattoo running down the upper back of a person with long dark hair, in a fine line botanical style.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Fine line drawing of three overlapping roses in black ink with light hatched shading, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Three roses in fine line
Fine line tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and green leaves on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Cherry blossom branch on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a cluster of peonies with leaves on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised.
Peony cluster on the wrist
Four views of a black and grey realistic rose sleeve covering a full arm, from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey rose sleeve
Black ink bare tree tattoo with spreading branches, roots and small floating leaves on a forearm, in a botanical style.
Bare tree tattoo on a forearm
Black script reading She believed she could so she did, beside a dandelion whose seeds become birds, with one small purple bird, on the outer foot.
Dandelion and birds quote on foot
Black line drawing on tracing paper of a woman's profile framed by poppies, lilies and swirling hair, a botanical tattoo design sheet.
Woman profile with poppies and lilies design
Close-up of a blue floral tattoo with two large flowers, leaves and small dots, placed on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white lace top.
Blue floral tattoo on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of two roses with angular leaves on a forearm, with a line of script lettering above near the wrist.
Outline roses on a forearm
Black and white photo of a stomach with Stay true script and a cannabis leaf tattoo, plus a rose and goat skull on the thigh.
Stay true script, cannabis leaf and goat skull
Black and grey Japanese style chrysanthemum tattoo spreading across a person's upper back and over the shoulder.
Chrysanthemums across a back and shoulder
Black ink mandala-style lotus flower tattoo with dot accents on a woman's upper back, seen from behind in a wooded setting.
Mandala lotus on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a monarch butterfly resting on red flower petals with green leaves, on the side of the torso.
Monarch butterfly on a red flower
Realistic colour tattoo of a pale pink and white rose with dark green leaves on a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Realistic white rose on a shoulder blade
Black and grey dotwork paisley and mandala sleeve covering the upper arm and elbow, with a flower motif and swirling leaves.
Paisley and mandala arm sleeve in grey
Pencil outline sketch of a lotus flower with layered petals on plain paper, a botanical tattoo design.
Lotus flower pencil design
Black and grey tattoo of a twisted tree with roots running down a limb, shown in a black and white photograph.
Twisted tree with roots down a limb
Colour tattoo of lavender sprigs with purple flowers and green stems running along the inner forearm.
Lavender sprigs on a forearm
Pink cherry blossom tattoo with grey-brown branches running down a woman's leg from thigh to ankle, in a botanical style.
Cherry blossom leg tattoo from thigh to ankle
Neo-traditional botanical tattoo on a thigh showing a pink rose, lavender lupin spray, green leaves with red outlines and a small ladybird.
Rose and lupin bouquet on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical pair of poppies with geometric diamond shapes on a tan background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Symmetrical poppies with geometric diamonds
Fine line black geometric lotus flower tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand held in a loose fist.
Geometric lotus on an inner wrist
Black and grey shaded rose with swirling scrollwork on a person's ribs, with a navel piercing visible below.
Black and grey rose with scrolls on ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand making a split-finger gesture, framed by flowers and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Split-finger hand with flowers on a forearm
Black ink lotus flower mandala tattoo with dotwork petals and curling swirls on a person's upper chest.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Black line drawing of a lily with a curling stem and two leaves, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Single line lily with curling stem
Two black and grey shaded roses tattooed on the upper thigh, with grey lace underwear and a bed in the background.
Two black and grey roses on the hip

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451