Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a blue songbird perched on a branch with red blossoms and berries, in a painterly neo-traditional style, on the upper thigh.
Blue bird and red blossom branch on a thigh
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a droid head with blue and red accents on the forearm.
Sketched droid on a forearm
Two patches of teal and purple fish scale tattoos with shaded highlights on the outer thigh.
Teal and purple fish scale tattoos on a thigh
Sheet of metallic temporary tattoo designs in rose gold, silver and black, including chains, chevrons, arrows, triangles and feathers, on a branded card.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical design with a central round mechanical dial and four organic, tendril-like arms, drawn in black and grey with no body placement shown.
Pencil drawing of a mechanical compass design
Black ink lotus flower with a long dotted stem on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, drawn in a loose botanical linework style.
Lotus flower on upper back
Small black script tattoo across the upper back of a woman with a blonde ponytail, with a tiny dark tattoo near her left shoulder blade.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Colour feather and floral tattoo with swirling linework across a woman's abdomen and ribs, with teal, blue and pink shading.
Feather and floral tattoo across abdomen and ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of a pine cone on the upper back, with a beige lace bra strap visible below.
Pine cone on upper back
Two hands with fine line black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, reading V XIV XIII on one and XIII XIV V on the other.
Roman numeral tattoos on two fingers
Black silhouette design of a curved botanical wreath made from grasses, leaves, berries and dandelion seed heads on a white background.
Botanical wreath silhouette design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a symmetrical red and purple rose with teal leaves, placed on the chest.
Symmetrical rose mandala on the chest
Colour realism tattoo of two flowering cannabis plants with green leaves and dense buds on a pinkish skin background.
Cannabis plants tattoo on skin
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a steaming teacup with a dragonfly, turquoise flowers and a banner reading Yes Darling, on the calf.
Teacup and banner on a calf
Realism tattoo of an Australian Shepherd's head in brown, tan and grey tones with one blue eye, sitting on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Australian Shepherd portrait on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a small sea turtle with shaded shell scutes and dotted edging, placed on the top of a foot.
Sea turtle on the top of a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a full moon with two silhouetted figures on a spiral hill, bats and clouds, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Full moon, spiral hill and bats on upper back
Black and red medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist reading Meniere's Disease and Vertigo, with a red snake-and-staff symbol and MEDIC ALERT lettering around it.
Medical alert wrist tattoo for Meniere's disease
Black outline tattoo of a rainbow with rays, a sun, a star, a heart and curved stripes on the inner forearm.
Rainbow, sun, star and heart on a forearm
Black line drawing of two pairs of feathered wings, one above the other, each pair framing an arrow, as a flash design.
Wings and arrows design sheet
Small black fine line pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist, resting against a fluffy grey sleeve and white bedsheet.
Small pine tree on the inner wrist
Painterly red and blue feather tattoo with sketchy linework and ink splatters across the upper arm, photographed against a brick wall.
Red and blue feather on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a purple dragon head with a teal eye and spiked scales, placed on the outer thigh.
Purple dragon head on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon sea turtle with large eyes and a red-spotted shell on the side of the ribs, in a bold outlined neo-traditional style.
Cartoon sea turtle on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with yellow, orange and red folk-style flowers and scrolls, on the inner upper arm.
Folk floral bear on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a tabby cat's face with green eyes, surrounded by autumn leaves and blackberries, on the outer thigh in a neo-traditional style.
Tabby cat with blackberries and leaves on a thigh
Small solid black silhouette of a seated cat tattooed on the inner wrist, with a hand raised above the leg in the background.
Small black cat on a wrist
Neo-trad style tattoo of a black crow in flight with yellow, orange and red circles and white rain strokes, with partial script below, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Crow in flight with rain on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing manga-style women, bats, a skull, a checkerboard and an eye in a sunburst.
Black and grey manga-style full sleeve
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters, a rope border and dotwork shading, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose with rope border in dotwork
Black script lettering reading Barista on a plain grey background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barista script lettering design
Close view of a small fine-line black lotus tattoo with two dots beneath it, on the back of a person's neck, with long brown hair falling beside it.
Small lotus on the back of the neck
Fine line black script tattoo reading eucharisteo on the inner wrist, set against a knitted mustard and brown fabric.
Eucharisteo script on the inner wrist
Black script tattoo reading 'to thine own self be true' with a small bird beside it, on the inner wrist, worn with stacked silver bangles.
Script quote with a small bird on the wrist
Small fine line black tattoo of a paw print with a heart in the centre pad, on the inside of a wrist below a silver watch strap.
Paw print with heart on a wrist
Black and grey shaded Gemini zodiac symbol tattoo on the upper arm, with a dimensional, carved-stone look and a black outline.
Gemini zodiac symbol on the upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of two dandelion seed heads on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Two dandelions on an inner wrist
Woman in a studded denim and leather outfit, with black and grey linework tattoos on her stomach and thigh.
Studded denim outfit with thigh and stomach tattoos
Black and grey ornamental mandala full sleeve with blue watercolour splashes, covering a man's arm from shoulder to forearm.
Ornamental mandala full sleeve
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded pine cone above a pair of pine needles and the lowercase word nu, in a botanical fine line style.
Pine cone and needles with the word nu on a forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of three moon phases with a dotted constellation on the inner upper arm, stippled shading on the moons.
Moon phases and constellation on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a Cyberman figure with smoke clouds at the base, on the upper arm, with another tattoo partly visible above it.
Cyberman on an upper arm
Black and grey flash sheet of decorative alphabet letters A to Z, each with floral swirls, and some with small butterflies, in a lettering style.
Decorative alphabet letters A to Z with swirls
Black fine line script reading Walk by faith with a small cross beside it, tattooed across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith script with cross on foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a standing fox beside a skull and pine trees within a circle, on a forearm.
Fox and skull in a dotwork forest
Black linework tattoo of a pair of antlers with a crescent moon and an arrow between them, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Antlers, crescent moon and arrow on upper arm
Black ink ship in a bottle tattoo on the inner upper arm, with a sailing ship drawn in outline and light shading.
Ship in a bottle on upper arm
Four photographs of a traditional-style log cabin tattoo set inside a diamond shape on the forearm, with mountains, pine trees and a moon in some versions.
Log cabin in diamond frames on forearms

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