Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head in a diamond frame with dotwork shading, flowers and a tied ribbon, on the upper arm.
Fox and flowers in a diamond frame
Black fine line outline of several roses with leaves across a person's shoulder and upper arm, photographed in strong sunlight.
Outline roses on a shoulder
Back view of a woman in black lace underwear showing a black and grey realism sleeve on her arm, an om lotus and script tattoo on her thigh, and a clock design on the back of her hand.
Black and grey sleeve, thigh and hand tattoos
Colour realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a roulette wheel, playing cards, red dice and poker chips beneath a desert sky with a cactus.
Casino sleeve with roulette and dice
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a koi carp with chrysanthemums and clouds in Japanese style, shown from three angles on an upper arm.
Koi and chrysanthemum arm sleeve
Black fine line geometric tattoo of nested triangles, a diamond and dotted circles on the upper arm, with dotwork shading.
Geometric diamond and circles on an upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a lighthouse, lotus and sailing ship across a shoulder and upper arm.
Lighthouse, lotus and sailing ship on shoulder and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with ornate filigree above the eyes and a clock face with Roman numerals across the cheek, on an upper arm.
Black and grey portrait with clock face on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a lion's head above a lioness and two cubs on an upper arm, set against a dark night sky with stars.
Lion and cubs realism tattoo on upper arm
Mixed-colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Star Wars stormtrooper and imperial pilot helmets with red roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Star Wars helmets and roses on upper arm
Close-up of a woman's upper arm with silver metallic temporary tattoos of diamond lattice and linear geometric bands, in a Geometric style.
Silver geometric arm bands on upper arm
Close-up of an upper arm with a gold botanical design of trailing vines, leaves and a five-petalled flower, with a woman's lips visible above.
Gold floral vine tattoo on an arm
Small black and grey blackwork tattoo of a castle silhouette with horizontal stripes and a faint circle behind it, on an upper arm.
Castle silhouette on an upper arm
Full arm sleeve in a biomechanical style with a skull and organic mechanical forms, shaded in dark ink on the upper arm and forearm.
Biomechanical skull sleeve on an arm
Silver metallic body art with ornate lace-like patterns on a forearm, wrist and hand, with a second design on the upper arm.
Silver metallic lace-style arm and hand design
Black and grey dotwork mandala and lotus flower tattoo covering the upper arm of a person wearing a blue sleeveless top.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on upper arm
Close-up of a grey and red biomechanical skull tattoo with realistic shading across the upper arm and shoulder.
Biomechanical skull on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper thigh showing Totoro beside a campfire with Calcifer, soot sprites and small white forest spirits under a night sky.
Totoro and forest spirits scene on a thigh
Close-up of a bare back with gold metallic temporary tattoos of a triangle, chevron arrows and a feather, plus a silver geometric armband on the upper arm.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a bare back
Colour tattoo of a swirling blue and yellow night sky with orange stars across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Swirling night sky tattoo on shoulder
Three-panel photo of a black linework wave tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, in a fine line style with Japanese-inspired curling waves.
Stylised wave tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black typewriter-style lettering on an upper arm reading 'Everything that happens is from now on.'
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Black and grey skeleton tattoo on an upper arm, beside a white ringer t-shirt with a small embroidered heart.
Skeleton tattoo on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of five small bones in a row on the inner upper arm, in black ink.
Five small bones on an upper arm
Black linework gravestone tattoo reading DON'T TRY, with a cracked top, a flower and a leaf, in a traditional style on the upper arm.
Gravestone with Don't Try lettering
Colour tattoo of a purple lotus on a pond with reeds, a sunset and a pink blossom branch across the upper arm and shoulder.
Lotus pond and cherry blossom on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a laughing cartoon cat with three red HA letters beside it, placed on the inner upper arm.
Laughing cartoon cat on upper arm
Pink cherry blossom branch tattoo with black outlines wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Cherry blossom branch on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a black mandala tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a white crop top and denim shorts, with a straw hat beside them.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork peony and acanthus leaf tattoo set in a circle on the upper arm.
Peony and acanthus leaves in a circle
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with petal shapes on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top, with the other hand resting across the arm.
Black mandala tattoo on upper arm
Four views of a colourful realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a spiral galaxy, planets, a spaceship and a bare tree under a moon.
Full sleeve space and moonlit landscape
Man seen from behind with black tribal tattoos on his back, down his spine, and across both upper arms and shoulders.
Tribal back and arm tattoos on a shirtless man
Man's torso, neck and arms covered in black blackwork tattoos, with a honeycomb pattern of hexagons and pentagons and a dotwork gradient around the navel.
Honeycomb blackwork torso piece
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a portrait of a woman and roses on the upper arm and dotwork flowers on the forearm.
Floral sleeve with portrait on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feathered arrow with a patterned shaft and a curved bow line with beads, sitting on the upper arm.
Feathered arrow on upper arm
A man's upper arm, with a black and grey tattoo of a circular symbol, rests around a woman with long blonde hair while they sit in a vintage truck.
Couple in a vintage truck with an arm tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three owls on a branch against a bare tree and orange moon, on the upper arm.
Three owls on a branch on upper arm
Black and grey shaded Superman shield tattoo on the upper arm, with a raised, bevelled look around the S.
Superman shield on upper arm
Black Lettering-style script tattoo reading "Only after disaster can we be resurrected" on the upper arm of a man with his arm raised behind his head.
Quote tattoo on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a black paintbrush with a red paint stroke on an upper arm, shown in a close photograph.
Paintbrush with red paint stroke on an arm
A yellow sun with a dark outline tattooed on an upper arm, with a partly visible pink flower and small butterfly to the right, against a zebra print background.
Yellow sun tattoo on an upper arm
Blue tribal tattoo of a big cat with flame-like motifs across a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in profile against a white vest.
Tribal big cat tattoo on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and black and grey limbs, wrapping across the upper arm in a Japanese-inspired style.
Cherry blossom branch across an upper arm
Black and grey blackletter lettering reading REGRET NOTHING across the upper arm.
Regret nothing lettering on upper arm
Four-panel photo of a realistic red magnolia tattoo with black ink splatter across the shoulder and upper arm.
Magnolia and ink splatter on a shoulder
Black blackwork armband tattoo with tribal-style geometric bands wrapping around an upper arm, shown against a white sleeve.
Tribal-style armband on the upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a heart outline with the word Internet in cursive script running across it, on the upper arm.
Internet script in a heart on upper arm

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