Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour sunflower tattoo with yellow petals, green shading and a stippled dark centre, on a person's lower arm or leg.
Sunflower tattoo on a limb
Colour tattoo of a sleeping fox head with closed eyes and soft orange and red shading, with black linework, on the calf.
Sleeping fox head on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Lego-style Wonder Woman minifigure holding a paintbrush, with a WATCH YOUR STEP banner, on the thigh.
Lego Wonder Woman with banner on a thigh
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a barn owl with outstretched wings across the upper back of a person with red hair.
Barn owl in flight on upper back
Black line geometric tattoo of a cat face with angular facets on the upper arm, shown against dark patterned fabric.
Geometric cat face on upper arm
Black lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, with two birds in flight, on a woman's upper back beside purple flower heads.
Quote and birds on upper back
A red-toned botanical tree tattoo with a full shaded canopy, trunk and branches, sitting on a forearm.
Tree tattoo on a forearm
Fine black line tattoo of an animal outline, possibly a dog lying low, on the inner forearm, in the Fine line style.
Single-line animal outline on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of the numbers one to six arranged in an arc on the outer ankle.
Numbers one to six around an ankle
Black line drawing of a simple cross above the fine-line lettering I surrender who I've been for who you are, on a plain light grey background.
Cross and lettering quote design
Small black fine line compass rose tattoo on the upper chest, just below the collarbone, with a plaid shirt collar visible.
Compass rose on upper chest
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom tree in a Japanese style with black branches, grey wash trunk and pink blossoms, running down the side of the ribs.
Cherry blossom tree on the ribs
Black and grey scissors with a pink bow tied around the blades, a small traditional style tattoo on the upper arm.
Scissors and pink bow on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the forearm showing an upside-down bat inside a solid black circle, with a trailing branch of leaves and daisies below.
Upside-down bat and daisy branch on a forearm
Black linework owl with ornate patterned wings perched on a branch with leaves, with red watercolour wash, tattooed on a person's upper back.
Owl on a branch across the upper back
Colour realism tattoo of Captain America's star-and-ring shield bursting through cracked skin on the outer forearm.
Captain America shield breaking through skin on a forearm
Black and grey pencil sketch of a hummingbird in flight with its wings spread and a long thin beak, drawn as a tattoo design.
Hummingbird in flight, pencil sketch
Black script lettering reading Allons-y in a fine script style, tattooed across the ribs on a pale torso.
Allons-y script tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line script reading Nana with a thin arrow running beneath it, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Nana script with arrow on ribs
Four forearms show matching black arrow tattoos with Roman numerals, two small fine line arrows on the wrists and two larger feathered arrows on the forearms.
Matching arrow tattoos with Roman numerals
Two side-by-side photos of small solid black tattoos behind the ear: a heart-shaped padlock on the left and a heart-shaped key on the right.
Heart padlock and heart key behind the ear
Hand-coloured flash drawing of sunflowers and green leaves with bold black circle and triangle linework, labelled Leo, planet Sun, element Fire, flower Sunflower.
Leo sunflower design on paper
Black linework design of a bird of prey with spread wings over blue watercolour splashes, with the word Ravenclaw in script beneath it.
Spread-wing bird design with Ravenclaw script
Two black script tattoos on the inner wrists, reading No lies and Just love, set side by side in a lettering style on a forearm.
No lies and Just love wrist script
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower inside a mandala-style design with dotwork shading and leaf motifs, on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork detail
Black and grey wolf head tattoo on the thigh, half drawn in geometric linework and half realistically shaded, with blue eyes.
Split geometric and realistic wolf on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall sailing ship in rough waves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship in a stormy sea sleeve
Close crop of a small black lettering tattoo reading i've got the world to go on a woman's upper arm.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Close-up of three small red pixel-style hearts with black outlines tattooed on the back of a person's neck, with a white lace top and gold zip below.
Three pixel hearts on the back of the neck
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a fern sprig running from the wrist across the back of a hand, with a silver ring on the middle finger.
Fern sprig tattoo across the back of a hand
Neo-traditional flash design of a dark-haired pin-up character in a black bodice, with banners reading Waiting for true love's kiss, roses and a rope frame.
Pin-up character with banners and roses
A small black outline crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of a person's arm, shown in a fine line style.
Small crescent moon on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of flowers, leaves and a bird skull on the outer thigh, shaded in a realistic style.
Flowers, leaves and bird skull on a thigh
Fine line dotwork tattoo of small star marks joined by dotted lines on the upper chest, with a short dotted line near the collarbone.
Dotted star constellation on chest and shoulder
Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo of a carousel horse with a striped pole, shown on the outer thigh.
Stained glass carousel horse on the thigh
Black line drawing of a Japanese shishi lion with peonies and swirling waves, styled as a tattoo design on paper, with no body placement shown.
Japanese shishi lion with peonies and waves
Two matching traditional-style colour tattoos of pizza, one a slice with a banner and one a whole pie, on the calves of two people.
Matching pizza tattoos on two calves
Two wrists side by side with fine line script tattoos on the inside, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', with a small red mark near the end.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the shoulder, with Roman numerals above it near the collarbone.
Realistic rose on a shoulder
Colour botanical sleeve tattoo of pink flowers and green leaves on a person's upper arm, with a hand resting on a white top.
Floral sleeve on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a roaring lion with a floral mandala mane and an eye motif on its forehead, on a thigh.
Roaring lion with mandala mane on a thigh
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am, with a small butterfly and a larger shaded butterfly, on the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies across shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a blindfolded woman with an apple on her head, with a leafy sprig to the left.
Blindfolded woman with apple on upper arm
Fine line black tattoos of a ringed planet, an alien head and a crescent moon with stars, one on each of three fingers on a hand resting on a dark leather seat.
Planet, alien and moon tattoos on three fingers
Two matching fine line heart tattoos with the word sisters written inside, one in grey and one in purple, on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching sisters heart tattoos on inner forearms
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers on the side of the hip and upper thigh.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a hip
Colour tattoo of a golden winged heart brooch with pink gems, red stars and a blue burst on the upper chest, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Winged heart brooch and stars on chest
Two forearms, one above the other, each with a fine line black script tattoo reading "We got this" followed by a small heart, on the inner forearm.
Matching "We got this" script on forearms

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