Tattoo ideas

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

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Botanical tattoo of pink and yellow honeysuckle flowers with grey-green leaves on the calf.
Honeysuckle flowers on a lower leg
Close-up of a small solid black palm tree tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, below the armpit, with a loose teal top pulled aside.
Small palm tree on the side of the ribs
Small black braille dot tattoo running in a line along the side of a foot, photographed on a white surface.
Braille dot tattoo along a foot
Black ink geometric band tattoo wrapped around an ankle, with zigzags, scallops and dotted drops, worn with a sandal on a sandy beach.
Black geometric band tattoo on ankle
Two matching black outline puzzle piece tattoos with dotted multicolour fill and script wording, one on an upper forearm and one on a lower forearm, in fine line style.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull, two roses, a raven, a rosary, a cross and a pocket watch, in a realistic shaded style.
Skull, roses and raven tattoo design
Black and grey drawing of a hairless sphynx cat head inside a triangle filled with mandala and geometric patterns.
Sphynx cat in a geometric triangle mandala
Colour tattoo of five butterflies in pink, grey, red and purple with black outlines, following a purple swirling line up an upper arm.
Butterflies spiralling up an upper arm
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate script lettering design with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate script lettering design in ink
Two matching black fine line tattoos of a winged unicorn, one on each of two people's calves, shown side by side.
Matching winged unicorn tattoos on calves
Hand-coloured flash drawing of a small winged figure perched on a large red rose with green leaves, in a traditional bold-outline style.
Winged figure on a red rose flash
Fine line black tattoos of a outlined pyramid and small symbols on the fingers of a bearded man's hand, raised near his mouth.
Small geometric finger tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bare tree shaped like a heart growing from a key, on the side of the ribs.
Heart-shaped tree and key on the ribs
Black script lettering reading Serenity, running vertically on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Serenity script lettering design
Botanical tattoo of a tree with black roots and green-olive foliage, with a trail of olive stars running up the shoulder, on a woman's upper body.
Tree with roots and star trail on shoulder
Black ink botanical tattoo on a lower leg showing a swirling tree with a meditating figure, a small hummingbird and the word Namaste in script.
Meditating figure in a swirling tree with Namaste
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with a small red heart on the side of a finger, photographed on a hand against a dark background.
Infinity symbol with red heart on a finger
Colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon pin-up woman in a red dress and purple gloves, surrounded by red lipstick kisses, on the thigh.
Cartoon pin-up with lipstick kisses on thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a black silhouette of a figure with a raised fist before a stadium, with a yellow banner reading Sincerely Yours, on a limb.
Raised fist silhouette with Sincerely Yours banner
Two wrists in a sepia photo, each with black script lettering reading Love all and Trust few, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Love all and trust few script on wrists
Black tribal-style bird design with spread wings and a tail of pointed plumes, shown as flash on a white background.
Tribal bird with spread wings
Close photo of a hand resting on a black top, showing a small black lightning bolt tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lightning bolt tattoo on a forearm
Teal jellyfish tattoo with soft watercolour-style shading and trailing tentacles on the upper arm of a woman in a red lace top.
Teal jellyfish on an upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a cat head made of pizza with pepperoni and a cheese drip, on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Pizza cat head on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of two raptor dinosaurs among trees and ferns, across a person's upper arm.
Two raptors in a forest on the upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a geometric, faceted fox head on the inner forearm.
Geometric fox head on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon baby elephant holding a pale blue daisy with its trunk, with pink ear and cheek shading, on skin.
Baby elephant holding a daisy
Black line drawing design of a winged fairy reaching up towards a five-petalled flower on a long stem, shown on a white background.
Fairy reaching for a flower
Dark lace-patterned tattoo wrapping around the wrist and onto the back of a hand.
Lace design across wrist and hand
Black line drawing of a fine-lined arrow above a block of text quoting a passage about focus and aiming.
Arrow tattoo design with quote
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat in a space helmet with a red nebula, teal diamond frame and ringed planet on the upper arm.
Cat astronaut with nebula and planet on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a smiling masked figure in a top hat, with two red roses and green leaves.
Masked figure and roses on a thigh
Blue silhouette birds rise from the shoulder blade, with the script lettering Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly beneath them on a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script quote on back
Traditional style tattoos of a red flower with green leaves at the wrist and a red and black butterfly on the back of a hand, with small star dots on the knuckles.
Red flower and butterfly on the hand
Colourful peacock tattoo with feather eyes covering the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock sleeve on upper arm
Close-up photo of a small black line tattoo of a looped heart shape with a curled tail, on bare skin with slight redness around it.
Small black looped heart symbol tattoo
Realistic wolf head tattoo with shaded grey and brown fur across a person's upper back, with their head turned away from the camera.
Wolf head on upper back
Two inner wrists held together, one with a small solid black downward triangle and the other with a fine outlined triangle, both on the forearm.
Small solid and outlined triangles on wrists
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we're all stories in the end' runs along the inside of a forearm.
Quote 'we're all stories in the end' on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head inside a diamond frame, flanked by two peony flowers, on the upper chest.
Cat and peonies in a diamond frame on chest
Black brush-style outline drawing of two overlapping hearts on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Two overlapping hearts line design
Colour tattoo of peacock feathers above a cat face with whiskers and a green eye, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Peacock feathers and cat on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and pink roses with blue flowers and green vines on a limb.
Anchor with pink roses and blue flowers
Colour tattoo of a purple and pink owl wearing green-eyed glasses and a green bow, sitting in a light blue teacup on a saucer, on the upper arm.
Owl in a teacup on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a sixteen-point star at its centre, on the forearm.
Dotwork mandala star on forearm
Black and white photo of two clenched fists pressed together, each with a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on two hands
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a blackletter style, running along the side of a person's ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a teal and pink pumpkin carriage with swirls, pink flowers and small stars on the thigh, with pink roses in the background.
Pumpkin carriage with flowers and stars on a thigh

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