Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a cat head in profile, filled with dotwork and fine linework patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate cat head in black linework
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a small black triskelion tattoo of three spirals centred between the shoulder blades.
Triskelion tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of two matching script tattoos reading Like Daughter on a chest and Like Mother on a shoulder, with a small heart beside the second phrase.
Matching "Like Daughter" and "Like Mother" script tattoos
Man seen from behind in a white slogan T-shirt, with dark tattoos visible on his forearm and upper arm as he walks down a narrow street.
Back view of slogan tee with arm tattoos
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dragon with spread wings coiled around a shaded human skull, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Dragon wrapped around a skull
Black and white line drawing of a bow with five arrows fanning out from a central point, with feathery plumes at the tips of the arrows.
Bow and arrows with feathered plumes
Black and grey tattoo of a vertebral column running down a bare back, photographed from behind.
Spine tattoo down a bare back
Black linework butterfly tattoo with red shading and swirling flourishes on the outer side of a limb.
Butterfly with red swirls on a limb
Black and grey interlace knotwork tattoo on a back, showing a tree above two serpent heads and a triquetra at the base, in Blackwork style.
Knotwork tree and beasts across a back
Realistic tattoo of the solar system's planets stacked in a vertical line down the inner forearm, with a lace sleeve and white background.
Solar system planets stacked down a forearm
Black and grey flash design of a grinning skull with tall flames rising above it and two revolvers crossed beneath the jaw.
Skull with flames and crossed revolvers
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a lion, a snake and ribbon banners, shown on the forearm.
Hogwarts crest with banners on forearm
Black and grey realism style dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers and small teal beads on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a grey crown with pink, blue and teal splashes above Roman numerals, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Crown with Roman numerals on a wrist
Watercolour-style red poppies and two black birds in flight, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Red poppies and birds on a thigh
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man's face framed by tribal scrollwork on an upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a man framed by tribal scrollwork
Black linework tattoo of a flower with curling vines and dots on the side of the hip, in a botanical style.
Flower and swirls on the hip
Small fine line cherry blossom tattoo with soft pink petals and purple stamens on the inner upper arm.
Small cherry blossom on the upper arm
Two black linework stencils on tracing paper show a traditional rose with hatched leaves and a cartoon character face, held beside a tattooed hand.
Rose stencils with cartoon faces
Black and white photo of a small solid paw print tattoo on the neck, just below and behind an ear.
Small paw print tattoo behind the ear
Fine line black cross tattoo on the side of a finger, with silver glitter nail polish, against a plain light background.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Collage of wrist and forearm tattoos showing a black Deathly Hallows symbol, a small colour Winnie the Pooh on the wrist, and a black linework butterfly on a forearm, with application products.
Deathly Hallows and Winnie the Pooh tattoos collage
Pencil-shaded realism sketch of a single feather in black and grey, with the words 'let it be...' written along its curve, shown as a tattoo design.
Feather drawing with 'let it be' script
Black and white photo of a tiny fine line airplane tattoo on the upper arm, with a dark top and a hand with a ring at the edge of the frame.
Small airplane tattoo on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red lipstick and a teal and pink flower with green leaves on the inner forearm, with a dotted circle above.
Lipstick and flower on a forearm
Traditional-style flash design of a pink sugar skull with heart-shaped eyes, a pink bow, red roses and a cobweb pattern, with no body placement shown.
Pink sugar skull with bow and roses
Colour tattoo of a longhorn steer skull in blue and red with white highlights, shaded in a traditional style on skin.
Longhorn skull in Texas flag colours
Two traditional style cat head tattoos, one black and grey with green eyes and one brown tabby with green eyes, sitting on the top of a pair of feet.
Pair of cat head tattoos on the feet
Black and grey flash drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, hearts and an I LOVE AFFAIR banner, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
I Love Affair pizza slice flash design
Black ink drawing of a whale swimming through stippled waves beneath a starry night sky, set inside a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Whale in a circle of waves and stars
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower with dotwork shading and small scattered dots on paper, beside a black fineline pen, suited to a fine line botanical tattoo.
Lotus flower design with dotwork shading
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the outer ankle, with a woven beaded anklet and a sandal strap visible nearby.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Pencil drawing of a human skull seen from the front, with fine hatched shading on white paper, as a tattoo design sketch.
Realistic skull drawing in pencil
Colour traditional tattoo of a bat-wing emblem filled with three red roses on a teal background, placed on the outer thigh.
Bat emblem filled with three red roses
Black line drawing of a tiger's face viewed head on, with flowing fur strokes and detailed eyes, in a fine line style.
Tiger face line drawing
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face with teal markings, feathers, a compass and a jaguar head.
Neo-trad woman and jaguar on upper arm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a folding fan with cherry blossoms, falling petals and black characters on the upper back.
Fan and cherry blossom on upper back
Colourful cartoon tattoo of the mermaid Ariel and Flounder the fish, with a crab, starfish and trident, on a thigh.
Ariel and friends on a thigh
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading C'est la vie on the side of a person's torso, near the ribs.
Fine line C'est la vie script on the side
Close-up of a semicolon tattoo with a blue and purple watercolour wash and black ink splatter on an upper arm.
Semicolon with blue watercolour wash
Close photograph of a fine black Roman numeral tattoo reading II II LXXXII on the side of a foot, with a small outline heart above it near the ankle.
Roman numerals and small heart on an ankle
Collage of three fine line dandelion tattoos: a dandelion with a hot air balloon basket and drifting seeds across the chest, a cluster of red seeds behind the ear, and a single dandelion on the neck.
Dandelion seed tattoos on chest and neck
Fine line black script tattoo written beneath the bust on a woman wearing a blue bikini top, partly hidden by the fabric.
Fine script tattoo under the bust
Black and grey peony tattoo with ornate mandala-style leaves on a person's ribs, in a Botanical style with dotwork shading.
Peony with mandala leaves on the ribs
Colour realism tattoo of a deer head with antlers, pink blossoms and a perched chickadee, on the upper thigh.
Deer, chickadee and blossom on a thigh
Black ink squid with swirling tentacles covering the outer upper arm, drawn in fine line with hatched shading.
Squid and tentacles on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a curling swirl, two arcing strokes and two diagonal lines above a handwritten phrase reading I am in control of my emotions, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirl and arcs with an affirmation line
Black and grey lace pattern tattoo with shaded flowers and scrollwork wrapping around the upper arm near the elbow.
Lace and flower tattoo on upper arm

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