Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a black anchor outlined in pink, with pink lilies with black outlines, on the calf in a traditional style.
Anchor and lilies on a calf
Traditional tattoo on a calf showing an aeroplane over a globe, a WANDERLUST banner and a red rose with a dagger.
Aeroplane, globe and rose calf tattoo
Woman seen from behind in a hat and grey open-back vest top, with a traditional-style red rose tattoo with black outlines on her upper arm.
Red rose tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snow globe showing a cabin, pine trees and snowy mountains, framed by flowers and dark leaves, on a calf.
Snow globe with mountains and cabin on a calf
Black and white photo of a hand with a traditional-style rose and leaves tattooed on the back, with silver rings on the fingers.
Rose tattoo on the back of a hand
Two matching forearm tattoos: a red winged heart with script text on the left, and a red and grey anchor with a rope coil and script text on the right.
Matching heart and anchor quote tattoos on forearms
Traditional style eagle tattoo with spread wings, black outlines and red and yellow tail feathers, running down a lower leg.
Traditional eagle with flame tail on a lower leg
Traditional style tattoo of a red ray gun with orange, teal and gold bands and a heart on its side, with red outlined hearts and dashed motion lines, on a limb.
Red ray gun with outlined hearts
Traditional-style tattoo of three red roses with dark green leaves on a person's hip, above dark lace underwear and beside a navel piercing.
Red roses tattoo on the hip
Black traditional-style tattoo of an open mouth with teeth and fangs, outlined in dashes, on the calf, in front of a brick wall.
Toothy open mouth on a calf
Colour tattoo of a gold compass with a red and blue compass rose and orange autumn leaves scattering across the upper back.
Compass and autumn leaves on the back
Colour tattoo of a cupcake topped with a strawberry and pink frosting, with the script words life is sweet above it, in a traditional style on an arm.
Cupcake and strawberry with life is sweet script
Traditional style flash design of an hourglass with an eye at its centre, two red and orange roses, and banners reading Time is Slipping.
Hourglass, eye and roses flash design
Two colour traditional tattoos side by side on a leg, one of an acorn and one of a thimble, each with a leaf and a red tag marked 23.
Acorn and thimble tattoo pair on a leg
Colour tattoo of a purple and green prickly pear cactus with yellow roses and a red bud, in traditional style, on the outer thigh.
Prickly pear cactus with yellow flowers on a thigh
Two tattooed hands crossed over a denim jacket, one showing a black and grey wolf head and the other a colour tiger head, both in traditional style on the backs of the hands.
Wolf and tiger hand tattoos
Black line drawing of a pocket watch with roses, buds, leaves and a beaded chain, in a traditional tattoo flash style, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and roses line drawing
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a red feather headdress, blue beads and a cross, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sailing ship on rough blue waves beneath a full moon and purple clouds, with script lettering above, on the outer thigh.
Sailing ship and full moon on a thigh
Black traditional-style swallow flying on a plain light background, with the words NOT ONE WILL FALL in capitals beneath it.
Swallow in flight with lettering
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with stippled dotwork shading on the forearm.
Two roses with dotwork shading on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by flowers and a red rose, with gold hoop earrings and a fringed shawl, on a forearm.
Traditional woman portrait with roses on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black bull head with an orange eye, above a dagger, a candle and a star, on the calf.
Bull head with dagger and candle on a calf
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a purple yarn ball with a knitting needle, green leaves and a red and white banner reading KNIT UNTIL DEATH, on a limb.
Knit until death banner over yarn ball
Traditional style tattoo design of an anatomical heart pierced by a blue and gold arrow, with a red and yellow rose and a banner reading El Corazon, shown as a cross-stitch style drawing.
Anatomical heart with arrow and banner
Black and grey tattoo of a raised finger in front of lips beside ornate blackletter lettering with flourishes, on a limb.
Lips and raised finger with blackletter lettering
Black and grey traditional owl tattoo on a forearm, with talons gripping a scroll banner that reads Proverbs 3v.
Owl with Proverbs banner on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue inhaler wrapped in a red banner reading IT AINT EASY BEIN' WHEEZY, with a pink heart and swirls, on the upper leg.
Inhaler and banner tattoo
Colour tattoo of a grey and teal ribbon forming a heart, with a small red heart and script initials, on the upper chest.
Ribbon heart with script initials on chest
Line drawing flash design of a silhouetted figure on a crescent moon above a latticed heart and two roses with leaves, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Silhouette figure on crescent moon with heart and roses
Flash-style design of a white skull in a headwrap with an earring over crossed bones, with a small red swallow, on a black background.
Skull, crossed bones and swallow design
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling panther head with blue-outlined eyes and red mouth, on the inner upper arm.
Traditional panther head on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a wide-eyed owl perched on a stack of books with a ribbon bookmark, on the side of a leg.
Owl perched on a stack of books
Coloured pencil drawing of a sailing ship on waves inside a rope-framed spade shape, with a rope knot and lotus-like shape below, in a traditional style.
Sailing ship in a rope-framed heart design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and a black cat sitting on it, on the calf.
Black cat on a crescent moon
Black and grey flash drawing of three knives above a cluster of peonies and leaves, in a traditional linework style.
Three knives above a floral cluster
Traditional style medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist, showing a red cross, blue ring and grey caduceus with the word DIABETIC beneath.
Diabetic medical alert caduceus on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a 1920s-style woman in profile with a feather headpiece, yellow roses and pearl strands on the upper arm.
1920s woman profile with roses on an upper arm
Pencil or ink outline drawing on tracing paper of two roses, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a string of pearls, in a traditional style.
Roses, pocket watch and pearls design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a bat with moon phases and small star dots across its wings, placed on a forearm.
Bat with moon phases on a forearm
Black linework lion head wearing a feathered headdress tattooed on the ankle, beside a photo of a seated person in a floral dress with a small tattoo on the ankle.
Lion in feathered headdress on ankle
Black and grey back tattoo of a sailing ship, a lighthouse and a large kraken with tentacles rising through waves, in a traditional nautical style.
Kraken, sailing ship and lighthouse across a back
Tattoo artist working with a machine on an upper arm, with outlined roses shaded in blue in a traditional style.
Blue and outlined roses on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a castle inside a snow globe with a pink anemone-style flower on the forearm.
Castle in a snow globe with pink flower
Traditional colour tattoo of a swallow holding a ribbon above a red heart with a banner reading MOM, on the inner forearm of a person in a black top and denim shorts.
Swallow and heart with MOM banner on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a stag's head with antlers inside an ornate gilded oval frame on the upper thigh.
Stag in an ornate frame on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with curled hair, spider web markings over her eyes and a hanging spider earring, on an upper arm.
Woman with spider web face and spider earring

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