Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic tattoo of a grey skull with red tissue visible through a star-shaped tear in skin, on an area of upper leg or arm.
Skull inside a torn star
Full sleeve tattoo of a galaxy with nebulae and ringed and banded planets in blue, pink and purple, shown from six angles on a black background, covering the upper arm and forearm in realism style.
Galaxy and planets full sleeve tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion with large feathered angel wings spanning the full width of a person's back.
Winged lion across the back
Three photos of a realistic feather and red rose tattoo with swirling linework across the ribs and side of the torso.
Feather and rose ribcage tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a faceted diamond on the forearm, with soft shading and a faint pink tint in the skin beneath it.
Shaded diamond on the forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a skull wreathed in orange and red roses, pink blossoms and a pale butterfly, on a forearm.
Skull with roses and butterfly on a forearm
Woman's shoulder and upper arm with a red rose and black lace floral tattoo across the top of the shoulder and grey realism roses with lace down the upper arm.
Roses and lace across a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather and a beaded anklet with an ornate pendant, placed on the ankle and foot.
Feather and beaded anklet tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey realistic peonies, leaves and a single open bloom tattooed across an upper arm.
Black and grey peony sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a cat lying on a stack of books, placed on the side of a woman's neck near the collarbone.
Cat asleep on stacked books at the neck
Realistic colour tattoo of red lips parted around fangs and a tongue, with a drop of blood, on the lower leg.
Realistic red lips with fangs and a drip of blood
Realistic colour tattoo of a skull with red and pink roses and watercolour-style splashes on the forearm.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a raven in profile above a woman's face with dark lips, with a splash effect across the eyes.
Raven and woman's face on a forearm
Three photographs of a realistic colour tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, covering the upper arm and shoulder of a man in a grey sleeveless top.
Realistic lion portrait on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of three blue birds perched on a branch with pink and red blossoms, across the forearm.
Three blue birds on a blossom branch
Colour tiger tattoo on the upper arm, framed by a black tribal band with swirling and triangular patterns.
Tiger within a tribal band on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face inside an ornate oval frame on a thigh, with a second framed design partly visible at the lower left.
Ornate framed portrait on thigh
Two matching realistic tin can telephone tattoos with grey shading and a red thread line, one on each foot near the ankle.
Tin can telephones on both feet
Realism tattoo of a lion's head above a lamb on the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.
Lion and lamb portrait on upper arm
Two black and grey realism tattoos: an open pocket compass on a forearm, and an anatomical heart beneath a light bulb with radiating lines.
Compass and anatomical heart with light bulb
Pencil drawing of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals, two shaded roses and script lettering, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses pencil design
Realistic portrait tattoo on an upper arm of a long-haired, bearded man grinning with a gold tooth and holding a bat marked montos.
Realistic portrait of a grinning man with a bat
Three-panel photo of a black and grey realism tattoo showing a grinning joker face, playing cards, banknotes, poker chips and chess pieces, placed on a lower limb.
Joker, cards, money and chess on a limb
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a pine branch with two cones on the inner forearm, shown in a close-up and a smaller photo above.
Pine branch with cones on a forearm
Realism teddy bear in an ornate frame on one thigh and black and grey script lettering on the other, with the wearer in underwear and striped socks.
Teddy bear and script tattoos on thighs
Realistic skull tattoo with a dotwork ornament across the back of a hand, shaded in tan, brown and black.
Realistic skull tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch framed by roses and a fine chain, on the outer thigh.
Pocket watch and roses on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a snarling tiger head framed by bamboo leaves, running down the side of the ribs.
Snarling tiger and bamboo on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with a chain and two roses with leaves, running along a forearm.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
Small black and grey realism style hummingbird tattoo in flight on the side of a ribcage, shaded feathers and a long thin beak.
Hummingbird on the ribs
Close photo of a realistic purple rose shaped into an elephant silhouette, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Purple rose elephant on a thigh
Realistic sugar skull tattoo with painted flowers, a red cross and a red stethoscope on the side of the ribs.
Sugar skull with stethoscope on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass with a compass rose and needle on the inner forearm.
Compass tattoo on the forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an Egyptian pharaoh with a striped nemes headdress and wings on a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Pharaoh portrait and wings on a forearm
Two side-by-side photographs of cherry blossom tree tattoos across a back, the left in soft grey and pale blue and pink, the right in realistic pink and green.
Cherry blossom tree across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of large feathered wings across the back, shoulders and upper arms of a shirtless man with his arms raised.
Feathered wings across back and arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crouching winged angel with large feathered wings across the upper back.
Winged angel across a back
Black and grey realism dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers, birds and script on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and script on ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a man with wide eyes, an open mouth and a goatee, shown on the forearm in Realism style.
Realistic colour portrait of a man on forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a tawny owl with yellow eyes perched on a mossy branch with red flowers, on the outer thigh.
Owl on a branch with red flowers on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of red poison dart frogs, a red-eyed tree frog and red flowers wrapping around an upper arm sleeve.
Rainforest frogs and flowers on a full sleeve
Two arms show black and grey full sleeve tattoos with a samurai warrior and skull on the left arm and ravens, swords and a skull on the right, both covering the upper arm and forearm.
Samurai and skull full sleeves
Realism style tattoo across a person's upper back showing a red rose, an orange monarch butterfly, black ink splashes and black lace ornaments.
Red rose and monarch butterfly across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cross with cracked edges on the upper back, shoulder blade area.
Cracked cross on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with clockwork gears and a hand holding a clock face, on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with clockwork gears on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a feather that breaks into dots and flying birds, shaded realism on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather dissolving into birds on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate heart-shaped locket on a chain with a key and script lettering, on a lower leg.
Heart locket and key on a calf
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm showing roses, a skull, a bird and leaves, with the upper arm and forearm visible.
Black and grey rose and skull arm sleeve

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