Tattoo ideas

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

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Pink botanical coral-style tattoo on a woman's forearm near the wrist, with a white lace top and gold ring visible.
Pink coral design on the wrist
Botanical back tattoo of two purple and pink lotus flowers linked by black swirling linework running down the spine.
Lotus flowers and swirls down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and handwritten script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a striped caterpillar crawling along a black branch with red, yellow and pink flowers and green leaves, on the forearm.
Caterpillar on a flowering branch on a forearm
Black fine line drawing of two olive branches with leaves and olives meeting at their stems on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Fine line olive branch design
Black and white photo of a hand with red nails, showing a fine line mandala and lotus tattoo across the wrist and a small symbol tattoo on a finger.
Fine line mandala wrist tattoo
Teal and sage green stencil design of a symmetrical lotus flower with layered petals on a white background.
Stylised lotus flower stencil
Hand-drawn fine line tattoo design of a lotus flower within a dotted geometric triangle, with a pen held beside it on white paper.
Lotus flower tattoo design in fine line
Black fine line floral sleeve tattoo with a large rose at the shoulder, running down the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a black vest top.
Floral sleeve with roses on an arm
Black and grey botanical leaf tattoos wrap both forearms of a person in a grey dress with hands held open.
Leafy fern sleeves on both forearms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of two red roses, a rosebud and a faceted diamond with green leaves, on a forearm.
Red roses and diamond on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a curled-up sleeping squirrel framed by flowers and leaves, done in dotwork and linework on a lower leg.
Sleeping squirrel with flowers on a calf
Pink peony tattoo with green leaves and black lace-style scrollwork on the upper back, in a realistic botanical style.
Pink peony with black lace on upper back
Black and grey dotwork rose with a bud and layered leaves running up a forearm, shaded with stippled dots and fine lines.
Rose and leaves on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an open birdcage with pink and blue flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small swallow in flight above it.
Birdcage and flowers on an upper arm
Black sketch-style flower with a snowflake below it, tattooed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Flower and snowflake on upper back
Full-colour Japanese-style peony tattoo with blue, purple, red and pink blooms and green leaves running down the back.
Colourful peony vine across a back
Colour tattoo of a green leaf inside a black outlined crescent loop on the inner upper arm, shown with the arm flexed.
Green leaf and crescent on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a cicada at the centre of a geometric star and circle, surrounded by five flowers, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Cicada and flowers in a geometric circle
Black line drawing of a lotus flower tattoo design with dotwork shading and mandala-style detail, drawn on paper with no body part shown.
Lotus flower design with dotwork
Black ink line drawing of a rose, leaves and a pocket watch with a beaded chain, drawn on cream paper as a fine line tattoo design.
Rose and pocket watch flash design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two peonies with leaves and berries on the inner upper arm.
Peony cluster on an inner arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and leaves with script reading a quote, placed on the outer thigh.
Realistic roses and script quote on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a botanical vine with leaves and small buds wrapping around the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Botanical vine wrapped around a forearm
Pink blossom tattoos on both forearms, with palms turned up against a plain grey background, in soft botanical colour.
Pink blossom tattoos on both forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm, with a sun, mountains and pines above a sunflower on one band and a crescent moon and stars on a lower band.
Mountain, sunflower and moon forearm bands
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds across the inner forearm, in fine stippled dotwork.
Dandelion seeds blowing across a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a windswept tree with script quote beneath it, on the upper back.
Windswept tree with quote on upper back
Black and grey lettering reading Aotearoa in script, beside a silver fern frond, tattooed on the top of a bare foot resting on grass.
Aotearoa script and silver fern on a foot
Colour botanical tattoo of a red rose with buds, green leaves and small red berries on a woman's shoulder, shown from behind in a white vest top.
Red rose sprig on a shoulder
Black and grey vintage-style drawing of a spray of roses, rosebuds and leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Vintage rose spray flash design
Tattoo design drawing of the word dream in black script with grey swirling leaf flourishes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Dream script with floral flourishes
White lotus flower stencil designs in four sizes on a teal gradient background, with one large and three smaller versions.
Lotus stencil designs in four sizes
Botanical colour tattoo of a red poppy with a fine black stem on the calf, shown above black leather boots.
Red poppy on a calf
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves on a thigh, one above the other, with a dark band of fabric crossing the leg.
Two black and grey roses on a thigh
Full-colour botanical tattoo of purple rhododendron, red and orange poppies and blue flowers with green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful wildflower bouquet sleeve on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of roses, a skull and a diamond on a woman's thigh, with smaller floral tattoos on her upper arm.
Rose, skull and diamond thigh tattoo
Realistic colour full sleeve tattoo of autumn maple leaves in orange, red and yellow across the upper arm and forearm.
Autumn maple leaves full sleeve
Black line drawing of a hand delicately holding a rose stem with leaves, beside a triangle containing the number 13, on a peach background.
Hand holding a rose stem with triangle 13
Black linework anemone with a long stem and leaves, beside the lettered quote 'I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me' on the ribs.
Anemone and quote on the ribs
Shaded red hibiscus flower with black ornamental swirls across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Red hibiscus with black swirls on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of blossoms, buds and a thin branch wrapping across the inner wrist and forearm.
Blossom sprig on a wrist
Realistic red rose tattoo with grey shaded leaves across the upper back and shoulder.
Red rose on a shoulder blade
Black and grey drawing of a heart-shaped clock with Roman numerals, two shaded roses, leaves and a pearl chain, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Heart clock with roses and pearls design
Watercolour-style poppy tattoo with black linework and orange, red and green washes across the ribs of a person's side.
Watercolour-style poppies on ribs
Colour tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm showing a pink hibiscus, a Roman numeral clock face with a gear, yellow plumeria and butterflies, in a realistic painted style.
Hibiscus and clock face on a shoulder
Fine line black script tattoo of a quote framed by flowers and leaves, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Script quote and flowers on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of hibiscus-style flowers, leaves and branches wrapped around a female figure on the outer thigh.
Hibiscus flowers and a figure on the thigh

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