Tattoo ideas

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

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Back of a person's shoulder showing a large peach botanical flower tattoo with a dark centre, teal and red accents and black-outlined leaves.
Peach flower with teal centre on upper back
Close-up of a colour tattoo of two pink and lilac conversation heart sweets outlined in black, with the words STILL, INTO and YOU, on pale skin.
Conversation hearts reading STILL INTO YOU
Small black block lettering reading BAD WOLF on the inner wrist, with a rolled-up denim sleeve.
Bad Wolf lettering on the inner wrist
Black ink flash design of a dragon with spread wings above an interlaced Celtic knot, with no body placement shown.
Dragon with Celtic knotwork design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of red lilies and pink poppies with green foliage running from the thigh down the leg.
Lily and poppies down a leg
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with a crescent moon, peony flowers and a snarling wolf, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman and snarling wolf design line drawing
Colour tattoo of California poppies with fern-like foliage and a small black peace sign on the forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
California poppies and peace sign on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Agape across the side ribs of a torso.
Agape script on the ribs
Red pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and a large rose, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Woman portrait with roses in red pencil
Small black anchor tattoo with a bow wrapped around its shank, sitting on the ankle beside a beaded anklet and charm.
Anchor with bow on an ankle
Fine line purple tally marks on the inner wrist, with three tiny star shapes on the palm near the heel of the hand.
Tally marks and tiny stars on wrist and palm
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a leaping striped bass over rolling blue waves, with an anchor and an orange sunburst behind it, on a man's back.
Leaping striped bass and anchor on a back
Black ink lettering reading vegan; in a serif typeface on the inner wrist, beside a yellow knitted sleeve and patterned fabric.
Vegan semicolon wordmark on a wrist
Small traditional-style owl tattoo wearing round glasses and perched on an envelope with a red seal, sitting behind a person's ear on the neck.
Owl with glasses on an envelope behind the ear
Realistic red hibiscus flower tattoo with shaded petals and a yellow stamen on the inner wrist and forearm.
Red hibiscus on the inner wrist
Close-up of a hand with the word Believe in fine black script lettering on the inner wrist, against a plain light background.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a large-eyed owl beside red mushrooms, grey-blue foliage and teal swirling shapes, on a limb.
Owl and red mushrooms on a limb
Fine line black outline tattoo of a tumbler with a liquid line, above the words MALE TEARS in capitals, on the side of a thigh.
Glass of male tears on a thigh
Man seen from behind in a black Lucky 13 t-shirt, with traditional tattoos of a rose, an anchor and a spider web on his forearms and upper arms.
Traditional arm tattoos with a Lucky 13 tee
Colour tattoo of a pink rose in front of a dreamcatcher with feathers and beads, on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Rose and dreamcatcher on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a reptile skull in profile on the outer forearm.
Reptile skull tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of a broken heart, split into two halves with the words BE FRIENDS across them, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Broken heart with BE FRIENDS lettering
Black fine line script tattoo reading fearfully and wonderfully made, running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Drawn tattoo design of two feathers, one in teal and one in purple, with black linework, dotwork and patterned detail on a white background.
Two feathers in blue and purple
Two matching fine line stick figure tattoos of girls with small red hearts, joined by a thin line, on the inner forearms near the wrists.
Matching stick figure tattoos on wrists
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face within a rolled-up 100 dollar banknote on an upper arm, with blackletter lettering visible beside it.
Portrait face on a banknote, upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of rolled US hundred dollar bills secured with bands, covering the back of a hand.
Rolled dollar bills on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a bare foot balancing on a rail, with a fine line swallow tattoo on the ankle.
Swallow tattoo on an ankle
Fine line black script tattoo reading girl take pride in what you wanna do, with a small red xo at the end, across the upper back near the shoulder.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading Always my mother Forever my friend, looped inside an infinity symbol on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Infinity script quote on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of purple, blue and red flowers with green leaves and grey shading running down the side of the ribs.
Colourful flowers on a side ribs tattoo
Two small solid black lightning bolt tattoos, one on an upper thigh above mint underwear and one on a hip, with hands wearing rings resting on the skin.
Two small lightning bolt tattoos on hip and thigh
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and a black outline in a watercolour-style wash, placed on the outer thigh.
Watercolour-style sunflower on a thigh
Two pencil flash designs on translucent paper: a cat above an ornate shield with a rose and flowers, and a filigree heart locket with a key and ribbon, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat with rose and heart locket with key
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line tattoo of an SLR camera with a heart in the lens, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Camera tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey Celtic knotwork cross set over rivetted armour plates, tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Celtic knot cross on armour plating upper arm
Black line drawing of a stylised iris with leaves and buds, shown as a botanical tattoo design over a misty grey sea with a small boat.
Iris line design over foggy sea
Traditional flash design of a skull, dice, brass knuckles and playing cards with an ace of spades, under a banner reading Old School Of Hate.
Old school cards, skull and dice flash
Black lettering tattoo of two lines of text running diagonally along the side of the ribs, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
Two-line quote tattooed along the ribs
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals and a gear mechanism on the upper arm.
Clock face with Roman numerals on an upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a dandelion seed head formed from musical notes and a treble clef, drifting across the side of a thigh.
Dandelion made of music notes on a thigh
Heart-shaped script quote tattoo on a person's upper back, with the words peace and love picked out in blue and red.
Heart-shaped script quote on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of bare cypress trees rising from still water and a low island on the forearm.
Cypress swamp landscape on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a figure in a bowler hat with a small moustache, surrounded by black dots and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Bowler hat portrait with blue watercolour splashes
Two black fine line horse head tattoos, one on the shoulder and one near the collarbone, on a woman's bare skin.
Two horse head tattoos on shoulder and collarbone
Black and grey forest tattoo on a forearm, with bare trees on the left, pine trees on the right and birds flying above, shading to solid black near the wrist.
Forest silhouette on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sea turtle with a black-outlined star burst on its shell, placed on the lower back.
Turtle with star burst shell on lower back
A small, solid, dark cross tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, photographed from behind with a warm vintage filter.
Small cross tattoo on upper back

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