Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey blackwork tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a lake inside a sunburst and leaf frame, with a flower at the base, on the thigh.
Mountain lake scene with sunburst and flower
Traditional style flash design of a blue crab, beer bottle, sunflowers, Old Bay tin, baseball with Orioles O's logo and American and Maryland flags, with no body placement shown.
Maryland crab, beer and Orioles flash
Woman seen from behind with arms raised, showing a colour rose and vine sleeve on her right arm and a pink leopard print tattoo on her left upper arm, both in a traditional botanical style.
Roses, vines and leopard print on raised arms
Flash drawing of a black cat with a pentacle on its head, a blackletter banner reading Harm none, Do as ye wilt, and a row of moon phases above.
Black cat with banner and moon phases
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of green and teal yarn balls, a red yarn skein and pink flowers, with the words Keep Calm arched above and Carry Yarn below.
Yarn balls and flowers with Keep Calm Carry Yarn
Colour tattoo of a bouquet of wildflowers with poppies, daisies and sprigs of foliage on the inner forearm, drawn in a bold outlined botanical style.
Wildflower bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of Snow White holding an apple, with a Fairest One of All banner, on the upper thigh.
Snow White with apple on thigh
Bold tattoo of an ornately decorated grey elephant with coloured headdress patterns on the thigh, shown beside a close-up detail panel.
Ornate elephant with patterned headdress
Close-up of a thigh with colourful traditional tattoos of a yellow rose, a snake and an eye, partly covered by black lace-up shorts.
Traditional rose and snake on a thigh
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of an eye with roses on the back of a hand, with lettering on the fingers and a further tattoo partly visible on the forearm.
Eye and rose tattoo on the hand
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, thigh and calf, including a black cat sitting on a coloured crescent moon and a black panther on the lower leg.
Cat on a crescent moon and black panther tattoos
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red heart pierced by an arrow, a banner reading MY AIM IS TRUE, and two swallows with stars.
Swallows and heart banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a dark umbrella with orange and teal eyes along its scalloped edge and black raindrops falling beneath it, on a forearm.
Umbrella with eyes and raindrops on a forearm
Sheet of fourteen black ink anchor designs on a beige paper background, several with rope, rings or a ship's wheel, in a traditional hand-drawn style.
Anchor designs on a flash sheet
Traditional colour tattoos of R2-D2 and C-3PO with banners reading You're my only hope and Never tell me the odds, placed on the thighs.
R2-D2 and C-3PO banner tattoos on thighs
Man in a grey t-shirt printed with an octopus and ship wheel, with traditional tattoo sleeves showing roses on both arms.
Octopus and ship wheel tee with tattoo sleeves
Red anchor drawing with a ring at the top, five small stars above and the word HOPE in sage green letters below, on a pale background.
Anchor with stars and HOPE
Traditional style tattoo of a bee with a red heart on its abdomen, grey wings and a pink flower with green leaves below, on a limb.
Traditional bee with heart and pink flower
Black and grey horseshoe tattoo with small flowers and leaves on the inner forearm, shaded in an engraved, stippled style.
Horseshoe and flowers on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a bunch of flowers and leaves tied with a ribbon, on the upper arm of a person wearing a blue top.
Traditional flower bouquet on upper arm
Flash sheet of twelve black zodiac sign designs in a classic style above twelve modern tribal zodiac designs, with no body placement shown.
Zodiac sign designs in classic and modern tribal styles
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow sword with a black crossguard and red grip on the upper arm, with bold black outlines.
Yellow sword on upper arm
Black ink flash drawing of a cartoon penguin in a bow tie, framed by flowers and two banners reading It Ain't Easy and Been Wheezy, in a traditional style.
Penguin with banners flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a glass jar with three fireflies and red flowers with teal leaves on a forearm.
Firefly jar with red flowers on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a giraffe head with a red flower and green leaves on the forearm.
Giraffe head and flower on a forearm
Two people with crossed, heavily tattooed forearms showing a grey rose with a black outline on a hand, a pink rose on a wrist, and a teal heart padlock on the chest.
Roses and padlock tattoos on crossed forearms
A watercolour and ink dragon design with blue, violet and red washes, drawn as a flash sheet suitable for a tattoo.
Watercolour dragon design in blue and violet
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling skeletal wolf with a bold black outline and red tongue, across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Skeletal wolf on the ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo covering a stomach, with a panther head, roses, a skull, a spider web and a pin-up head.
Traditional stomach piece with panther, roses and skull
Traditional style colour tattoo of a lit candle in a brass candlestick with a pink rose and green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Candlestick and rose on a forearm
A black and white flash sheet with red accents, showing traditional tattoo designs themed around the number thirteen, including a cat, skull, dagger, heart and eye.
Thirteen themed traditional flash sheet
Colour traditional style tattoo of teal and pink flowers with green leaves across the top of a foot.
Colourful floral tattoo on the foot
Black line drawing flash design of a thread spool with crossed needles, a crown, scissors and a banner reading Make Things, in a traditional ornamental style.
Spool, needles and Make Things banner
Colour traditional tattoo of a stag head with antlers, arrows, a fleur-de-lis and a compass star on the forearm.
Stag head and compass on a forearm
Colour traditional pin-up tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in a pink apron holding a tray of cupcakes, with red script reading I should be in the kitchen.
Pin-up with cupcakes and kitchen script
Traditional colour tattoo of a red book with fanned pages, yellow flowers and swirling scrolls on a forearm.
Red book with yellow flowers on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow songbird carrying a red banner with lettering, with black sprigs, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Yellow songbird with banner on shoulder
Traditional style flash design of a red rose and a black ink sugar skull with green leaves and rainbow lines, drawn on a tan background with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull and rose design on tan background
Colour tattoo of a white masked spirit character with black features, surrounded by red peonies and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Masked spirit character with red peonies
Traditional style flash of a jumping sailor pin-up in red shorts and red heels, with blue tattoo designs on her upper arm, thigh and calf.
Sailor pin-up with tattooed arm and legs
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a turquoise feathered headdress above pink and purple flowers, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feathered headdress profile on upper back
Colour Traditional-style tattoo on the top of a foot showing a teal planchette marked YES and NO, with a red and pink hexagon shape and a green eye.
Planchette with YES and NO on the foot
Traditional style tattoo of a grey rabbit head with a pink nose, above an orange rose and green leaves, on a limb.
Bunny and orange rose on a limb
Black and grey traditional flash design of a sailing ship on rough sea inside a ship's wheel, with banners reading NEED YOU LIKE WATER IN MY LUNGS.
Sailing ship in a ship's wheel with banner lettering
Traditional style colour tattoo of a campfire with orange flames, logs and grey stones on the lower leg.
Campfire with flames and rocks on a leg
Black and grey flash drawing of a mermaid sitting on rocks beneath a full moon, with a sailing ship, stars and roses, designed as a traditional style tattoo.
Mermaid on rocks with moon and ship
Black and white line drawing of a compass rose with two scroll banners reading a quote, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Compass star with quote banners
Large black and grey eagle with red flame accents tattooed across a person's upper and mid back, in a Japanese style.
Eagle with red flames across the back

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