Tattoo ideas

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Fine line black crescent moon tattoo on one calf beside a black sun tattoo on a second calf, in a sepia photograph.
Moon and sun on two calves
Small colour tattoo of a floral teacup and pink saucer with red roses on the inner upper arm, shown against a grey t-shirt and plain background.
Teacup and roses on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style sleeve tattoo design on paper, with a skull, sun, nautical star, compass rose and playing cards, shown as an elongated arm-shaped outline.
Sleeve design with skull, sun and nautical star
Three people's feet in flip flops, each with a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the ankle.
Small anchor tattoos on three ankles
Small black compass rose tattoo with a fine line design on the inner wrist, with a rope and anchor bracelet and a nautical chart behind the hand.
Small compass rose tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a small black outline hamsa hand tattoo with dotted motifs on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small hamsa hand tattoo on the wrist
Black and white photo of two hands held together in a triangle, with the words what goes around comes back around tattooed in capitals across the fingers.
Quote tattooed across fingers
Black and grey ornamental moth tattoo with circular eyespots and dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Ornamental moth on an inner arm
Fine line pen drawing of a bumblebee with outstretched wings, shown in black and grey on a peach background, suitable as a tattoo design reference.
Bumblebee pen drawing on peach paper
Two matching maneki-neko lucky cat tattoos on a pair of wrists, one in black outline with black spots and one in red outline, in a Japanese style.
Matching maneki-neko cats on wrists
Realism style grey tattoo of a seated baby elephant with its trunk raised, with small coloured butterflies above, on the side of the torso.
Seated baby elephant with butterflies on the side
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inside of a forearm showing a row of moon phases around a central full moon, framed by fine geometric lines.
Moon phases and geometric lines on a forearm
Black ink botanical tattoo of roses and trailing vines across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Floral vine tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman in a white top, arms raised with palms together, facing the sea.
Mandala tattoo on the upper back
Red pencil sketch of a woman in profile with curly hair woven with roses and a pearl necklace, a design drawn for a possible tattoo.
Profile woman with roses in red pencil sketch
Realistic blue and purple butterfly tattoo with a 3D effect on the top of a bare foot, with orange-painted toenails.
Blue butterfly tattoo on the top of a foot
Black line drawing of a tattoo design on a white background, showing stylised letterforms, three interlocking rings, a triquetra knot and a feather quill.
Four symbol emblem with rings, triquetra and feather
Realism tattoo of an orange tattoo machine above a black lace garter band on the outer thigh.
Tattoo machine with lace garter on thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in a feather headdress with an owl above her head, shown on the forearm in red, orange and black.
Owl and feather headdress portrait on forearm
Traditional-style design of a vintage silver teapot with two dark red roses and dashed rays on a sepia background.
Teapot and red roses design
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing an arrow inside a dotted loop, script lettering and an ampersand, ending in an arrow pointing to a small circular motif.
Arrow and script loop on a forearm
Back tattoo of red leopard print spots outlined in black, running down the spine from the neck to the lower back.
Red leopard print down the spine
Black and grey photograph of the words "still I rise." in a typewriter-style font, curved across the inner forearm near the wrist.
"still I rise." lettering on the wrist
Colour realism tattoo of red lilies with green stems and two blue butterflies, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red lilies and blue butterflies on a back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading with every mistake we must surely be learning, across the ribs of a person wearing a leopard print top.
Script quote across the ribs
Black linework tattoo design on tracing paper showing an hourglass with scrollwork, a butterfly and blossoms, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass with butterfly and flowers design
Black and grey flash drawing of two swallows in flight above a moth with spotted wings, on a pale background.
Two swallows and a moth flash sheet
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Sulley, Mike Wazowski and Boo from Monsters Inc inside a heart frame of pink beads on the thigh.
Monsters Inc characters in a heart on a thigh
Black and grey Japanese style drawing of a peony, cherry blossoms and a swirling wave, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Peony and cherry blossom wave design
White ink fine line tattoo of a heart with spiral swirls and a small heart on the forearm.
White ink heart with swirls on an arm
Neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing a black handprint, a dagger, a red rose, a cloth sack and a rolled scroll with drips of blood.
Handprint, dagger and rose on a thigh
Colourful cartoon-style tattoo of Hello Kitty with a cupcake, rainbow, cherries and lollipop on the thigh.
Hello Kitty and sweets on a thigh
Black and grey anatomical tattoo of thigh muscles with labels such as rectus femoris and patella, shown on an upper leg in a Realism style.
Anatomical muscle study on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of peonies, leaves and a central triangle mandala across a person's upper back.
Peony and triangle mandala across upper back
Black linework tattoo of a phoenix with lilies, hibiscus and small blossoms running down a thigh.
Phoenix and lilies on a thigh
Two matching fine line black anchor tattoos sit on the neck just behind the ears, photographed from behind.
Matching anchor tattoos behind the ears
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with swirls, small birds and a script quote across the upper back.
Feather and script quote on upper back
Two matching black and grey daisy tattoos with yin and yang centres on two arms, shown in a greyscale photograph.
Matching daisy tattoos with yin and yang centres
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a rose, a compass and two butterflies, shown on paper beside a purple pencil.
Rose, compass and butterflies design
Small black fine line tattoo of a mountain range inside a thin circle on the inner forearm.
Mountains in a circle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue Volkswagen camper van, an orange Beetle and a red camper van in front of a large VW logo, on the forearm.
Volkswagen vans and Beetle on a forearm
Realistic elephant tattoo with teal and pink watercolour splashes and small birds, across the upper back of a woman with long brown hair.
Elephant with watercolour splashes on upper back
Realism tattoo of a snarling cat with bared fangs and yellow eyes, shaded in black and grey across the back of a hand and onto the forearm.
Snarling cat across the back of a hand
Fine line black lotus tattoo with a triangular geometric frame on the centre of a woman's chest, above a small mole.
Geometric lotus on the chest
Black line drawing of a sugar skull with round Mickey Mouse ears on a cream background, decorated with ornate scrollwork across the face.
Mickey Mouse sugar skull design
Pencil drawing of a cross with a rose, a scroll banner and a thorny vine, a tattoo design sketch in shaded linework.
Cross with rose and banner drawing
Black ink dotwork drawing of a planchette with a central eye, crescent moons, a bone, leaves and YES and NO lettering beneath a burst of rays.
Planchette with eye, moons and YES NO lettering
Two forearms show matching black geometric star tattoos, one mirrored above the other, in a fine black linework style on the forearm.
Mirrored geometric star tattoos on two forearms

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