Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line cursive script tattoo reading within and without on skin, with a printed book page of text below.
Within and without script lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a stitched, doll-like character with long dark hair and swirling patterns on the upper arm.
Stitched doll character on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat face with pointed ears, eyes, nose and whiskers, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cat face on the inner wrist
Large purple and grey 3D-shaded swirling tribal design covering the upper arm and shoulder, set over a yellow-brown cracked textured background.
Purple swirling tribal design on an upper arm
Small black skull tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in close-up against a blurred teal background.
Small skull tattoo on a finger
Colour and black ink tattoo on a lower leg showing an open birdcage, birds flying out, pink cherry blossom branches and the words Faith Hope Love in script.
Birdcage and cherry blossom on a calf
Small black lettering tattoos of a Q and a K, each with a heart below, on two adjacent fingers of a hand.
Queen and king of hearts on two fingers
Black fine line giraffe tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with script lettering forming the body of the giraffe.
Giraffe outline with script lettering on shoulder
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork centre and layered petals wrapping around a forearm near the elbow.
Mandala tattoo wrapping a forearm
Close crop of a woman's upper arm with a dense black dotwork mandala tattoo, her face not shown.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm of a snarling bear's head above a woman's face with dark painted stripes.
Bear headdress portrait on upper arm
Small black and grey fine line feather tattoo on the inner wrist, beside a silver chain bracelet with a turquoise bead.
Small feather tattoo on a wrist
Black ink eye tattoo on a finger with a dotted mandala flower on the back of the hand and a red and yellow snake tattoo at the side.
Eye, mandala and snake on the hand
Close-up of a small geometric tattoo of four solid black vertical bars of varying heights on the inner upper arm.
Four black bars on the upper arm
Black fine line and dotwork star constellation tattoo across the side of a torso, with larger solid stars and dotted connecting lines.
Star constellation tattoo on the side
Traditional style tattoo of a shaded black rose with green leaves and a bud on the forearm, with the word soon in script below and partial designs beside it.
Black rose with script on a forearm
Back tattoo of a winged figure sitting with arms wrapped around its knees, with thin outlined wings and grey shading, placed across the upper back.
Winged figure hugging knees across a back
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "Not all those who wander are lost" across the outer thigh of a person in a denim shirt.
Script quote on a thigh
Black tribal dragon tattoo on an upper arm, with flame-like spikes and wing shapes reaching toward the shoulder.
Black tribal dragon on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a seated cat in a zentangle style, filled with leaves, flowers, dots and striped patterns, on a plain off-white background.
Zentangle-style cat line drawing
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a head wrapped in a draped veil on the outer thigh.
Veiled head on the thigh
Pencil-style drawing of a pair of feathered angel wings, shaded in grey on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Pair of angel wings design
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a key and ribbon on the upper arm, with a small star below.
Heart padlock and key on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of the Fallout Vault Boy giving a thumbs up beneath a mushroom cloud, on a limb with a red circle behind the figure.
Vault Boy and mushroom cloud on a leg
Traditional-style flash drawing of a black sleeve cuff holding bacon, with an anchor on the wrist and the words Bringing Home The Bacon around it, painted on watercolour paper.
Bringing home the bacon flash design
Black ink line drawing on white paper of solid black lips with a wavy, ribbon-like line of smoke rising upwards from them.
Lips with wavy smoke line drawing
Traditional style red poppy tattoo with bold black outlines and a dotted centre, placed on a forearm.
Red poppy tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Dandelion seeds drifting across a shoulder blade
Black silhouette design of a seated cat inside a crescent moon, with a five-pointed star to the left, shown as a flash-style drawing.
Cat and star within a crescent moon
Black and grey script lettering reading Sometimes Quiet is Violent on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black tribal-style Cancer zodiac symbol drawn as a design on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Cancer zodiac symbol design
Black and grey feather tattoo running across the back of a hand and over the index and middle fingers, which are held in a V sign.
Feather tattoo across fingers and back of hand
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink petunia-style flower with a blue ladybird on the petals, set against a teal shadow on skin.
Pink flower with a blue ladybird
Small fine line black tattoo of two crossed lavender sprigs with leaves, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed lavender sprigs on upper arm
Small black script tattoo reading Like a Boss on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand holding a pink cup in the background.
Like a Boss lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a thigh of two Totoro characters on a blossom branch, with a watercolour sky, neo-traditional style.
Totoro characters with cherry blossom on thigh
Four pink pen sketches of cats whose lower bodies become octopus tentacles, drawn in loose line work on white paper.
Four cat and octopus hybrid sketches
Colourful splashes of red, blue, green, purple and yellow surround two white semicolon shapes on the outside of an ankle.
Semicolon and colour splash on an ankle
Black linework peony tattoo with dotwork shading and dotted arcs on the inner upper arm, in a fine line botanical style.
Peony tattoo on the inner upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart on a forearm, showing a paper boat on waves beneath a crescent moon and stars.
Anatomical heart with paper boat on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head in profile, framed by bare trees in a circular panel, on a limb.
Realistic wolf head with trees on a limb
Colour tattoo of a running fox in orange and red watercolour washes with fine black linework, on the side of the ribs.
Running fox on the ribs
Black script tattoo on the side of the ribs reading I'm the hero of the story, I don't need to be saved.
Script quote on the ribs
Thin black outline of a rectangle tattooed on the forearm near the wrist, with the palm turned up on a white sheet.
Outlined rectangle on the wrist
Four black ornamental arrow designs with circular geometric motifs on their heads, shown in a framed print on a parchment background.
Four ornate arrow designs on parchment
White ink lace and floral tattoo across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers, set against a dark sleeve.
White lace floral design on hand
Colour tattoo of a cartoon unicorn with a pastel striped mane and the words Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on the upper arm.
Cartoon unicorn with lettering on upper arm
Black line drawing of a geometric stag head with branching antlers and faceted patterned panels, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric stag head line design

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