Tattoo ideas

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

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Flash drawing of a stormtrooper helmet framed by pink roses above crossed blaster rifles, in a traditional style.
Stormtrooper helmet with roses and blasters
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the side of a ribcage, angled diagonally from lower left to upper right.
Shaded feather on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cupcake with pink swirled frosting, teal wrapper and scattered sprinkles, outlined in black on skin.
Cupcake with pink frosting and sprinkles
Fine line tattoo of a feather on an arrow shaft with a thin curved trail and small triangle fletching, shaded in teal and grey on the calf.
Feather and arrow on a lower leg
Close photo of the word Funny in black serif lettering tattooed on a pale forearm, with a dark navy sweater sleeve behind it.
Funny lettering on a forearm
Black and grey feather tattoo on the ankle and foot, with its soft plumes breaking up into a flock of small birds up the shin.
Feather dissolving into birds on an ankle
A packaged sheet of metallic gold, silver and black geometric temporary tattoo designs, with triangles, diamonds and fine lines, shown on a white background.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey linework tattoo of kitchen utensils, including a whisk, sieve and slotted spoon, on a forearm, shown in several overlapping photographs.
Kitchen utensils tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style flash sheet showing five teal teacups on saucers, each paired with a pink and brown flower, on a tan mottled background.
Five teacups with pink flowers flash sheet
Fine line script tattoo reading Amor vincit omnia in reddish ink across the upper back, just below the neckline.
Amor vincit omnia script on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of a rabbit head with long ears, placed on the back of the neck behind the ear, in a fine line style.
Small fine line rabbit on the neck
Black and grey tattoo of a lion's face split into square tiles with realistic shading, on the upper arm.
Lion face broken into square tiles
Black ink drawing of an ornate uppercase A and lowercase a in flourished lettering, with grunge speckle, styled as a lettering design, not shown on skin.
Decorative Aa lettering design
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a wolf's head and front paw across a forearm, with a printed photograph of a wolf visible behind the arm.
Realistic wolf portrait on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a penguin inside an outlined heart with blue and green swirls and dots, on the lower leg.
Penguin inside a blue heart on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass and compass rose over an old map background, running along the forearm.
Compass and map on a forearm
Black and grey botanical flower and fine script tattoo on the side ribs of a person lying on white bedding, wearing a white Calvin Klein top and grey waistband leggings.
Black floral tattoo and script on side ribs
Black line-art city skyline with a bridge and wavy water below and a small red heart above, tattooed on the upper arm.
City skyline with a red heart on an arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of teal and magenta lily-style flowers with bold black outlines running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Teal and magenta flowers down the ribs
Realism tattoo of a fragmented classical marble statue face with magenta bars and thin black lines on the lower leg.
Fragmented classical statue face on a calf
Black and grey photo of a small fine line geometric tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, below a loose hair bun.
Small geometric diamond tattoo on the nape
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with a pin-up woman, red cracked heart, green bottle and cocktail glass, with a banner reading Stewed and Screwed Tattooed.
Traditional anchor, heart and pin-up banner tattoo
Black and grey drawing of a wolf head in profile with bold tribal linework flowing behind it, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Wolf head with tribal armband design
Two stacked photos of a fine line tattoo on a shoulder, showing script quotes above an infinity symbol woven through a red outlined heart.
Infinity heart with quote script on shoulder
Small colourful dinosaur tattoo with green, yellow and blue tones on the calf of a person wearing black socks and black platform boots against a pink wall.
Green dinosaur tattoo on a calf
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sunflower, a closed bud and leaves on a forearm, with stippled dotwork shading in the flower centre.
Sunflower and leaves on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon blue and green dinosaur with a pink heart and the word RAWR above it, on skin.
Cartoon dinosaur with heart and RAWR
Black dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping the inner forearm above the wrist, with fine radiating petals and a dotted border line.
Dotwork mandala wrapped around a forearm
Traditional coloured tattoo of a red heart inside a wooden coffin, surrounded by green leaves, on an upper arm.
Heart in a coffin with leaves on upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style roses with hatched leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey roses on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork skull tattoo covering the back, with mandala ornament, dotwork on the upper arm and a geometric cross on the other arm.
Black and grey skull across a back piece
Small colour fine line tattoo of pink and red chevrons ending in a heart, on the inner forearm below a rolled plaid sleeve.
Chevron band with heart on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a green and cream VW camper van in an ornate grey frame with red hibiscus flowers on the upper arm.
VW camper van and hibiscus on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork yin yang tattoo of two cats curled together, placed on the calf.
Yin yang cats on a lower leg
Small black and grey fine line tattoos on the fingers of a hand with bright green nail polish, including a skull on the ring finger and short lettering on the middle finger.
Small skull and lettering on fingers
Colour fine line tattoo of a red rose under a stained glass style dome on the inner forearm, with green leaves and a black outline.
Rose under a glass dome on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of three birds in flight on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade.
Three birds on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a compass and an hourglass running down the upper arm.
Roses, compass and hourglass on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged, blindfolded figure holding a set of scales, covering most of a person's back.
Winged blindfolded justice figure across a back
Black ink flash design of the words love her but leave her wild in script lettering inside a circular wreath of hatched leaves, with no body placement shown.
Love her but leave her wild lettering in a leaf wreath
Colour tattoo of a butterfly whose wings form an awareness ribbon filled with puzzle pieces, in a bold outlined style on the upper back.
Butterfly ribbon with puzzle pieces on upper back
Black and white yin yang stencil design with a Rebel Alliance emblem in the black half and a Galactic Empire emblem in the white half.
Yin yang with Rebel and Empire emblems
Black linework tattoo of mountains, radiating sun rays, clouds and rolling waves in a circular frame on a forearm.
Mountains, sunburst and waves on a forearm
Fine line black script reading let it be, swept up by a wave curve, on the ankle and foot of a bare foot standing on a wooden boardwalk.
Let it be script with wave on an ankle
Three people stand side by side with black tribal blackwork tattoos covering their forearms and upper arms, faces out of frame.
Three blackwork tribal arm sleeves
Fine line black tattoo of a cartoon bear with a small butterfly above its raised arm, placed on the ankle.
Small bear and butterfly on an ankle
Two arms flexed toward the camera, each with a colour pizza slice tattoo with pepperoni and HOME-SLICE lettering in traditional style, with roses and banners on the upper arm.
Matching pizza slice tattoos on two forearms
Black ink script lettering reading Faith with looping flourishes on the side of a hip, with a pink top in the frame.
Faith script lettering on the side of the hip

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