Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour drawing of a cracked red, white and blue round shield with a white star, green leaves and two grey banners reading OUTLIVE THE TEST OF TIME, designed as a traditional style tattoo.
Cracked shield with leaves and banners
Black outline tattoo of a skull wearing a feathered headdress on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Skull in feathered headdress on a forearm
Grey and purple ivy leaves and roses tattoo running down a person's back, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Ivy leaves and roses down the back
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork thistle with spiky leaves running down the inner forearm.
Thistle tattoo on a forearm
Thigh tattoo of mountains, pine trees and stars, with the outlines glowing blue under ultraviolet light.
Mountain and pine tree thigh tattoo under UV light
Hand-drawn design of two cherry blossom sprigs with scattered petals, in pink wash and dark red linework on a white background.
Cherry blossom sprigs and falling petals
Black serif lettering reading All was well, with asterisks around it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
All was well quote on the wrist
Fine line black heartbeat trace tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand with red nail polish visible above it.
Heartbeat line on inner wrist
Fine line black ink tattoo of a mountain ridge with small pine trees along the side of a bare foot.
Mountain ridge and pine trees on a foot
Two people hold hands, showing matching black fine line tattoos of an infinity symbol with heart-shaped loops on their wrists.
Matching infinity heart tattoos on wrists
Colour botanical tattoo of blue five-petalled flowers on thin brown branches running across the side of a torso and down towards the hip.
Blue flowers on branches across the side
Black ink line drawing of an infinity symbol with the words live, laugh and love along it, and a butterfly on the right, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Infinity design with words and butterfly
Two people in black and grey bras show matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, reading To infinity and and beyond.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script on ribs
Purple and blue dragon tattoo with spread wings and a coiled tail on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Purple dragon tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain range above a pine forest on a forearm, with stippled clouds behind the peaks.
Mountain range and pine forest on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading faith with a small swirl and dash on the side of a hip, partly covered by dark clothing.
Faith script on the hip
Black and white photo of four fingers with fine line tattoos: the letters M, E and W and a small cat face, one on each finger, placed on the hand.
Letters and a cat on four fingers
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower at the end of a looping line with a small dot, sitting on the inner forearm in a black and white photo.
Lotus and looping line on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a woman's face under a wolf's head, with one hand resting beneath her chin.
Woman and wolf portrait on a thigh
White ink botanical tattoo of a stylised tree with rooted trunk and four small stars above, on a forearm.
White ink tree and stars on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms, showing a shaded rose and leaves on the left arm and a banner, snake and skull on the right forearm.
Rose and banner lettering on forearms
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading always on my mind, forever in my heart, on the upper thigh.
Script quote reading always on my mind on a thigh
Two hands held together showing matching lightsaber tattoos on the index fingers, one with a red blade and one with a purple blade, both with black hilts.
Lightsaber tattoos on two index fingers
Close view of a small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on a person's upper shoulder, above a grey strappy top.
Small Hebrew lettering on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an astronaut, ringed planet and cratered moons across a shoulder and upper arm.
Space scene with astronaut and planets on a shoulder
Two people's forearms show matching fine line black arrow tattoos with a triangular head, a cross mark on the shaft and feathered tail, placed on the inner forearm.
Matching arrow tattoos on two forearms
Small black moustache tattoo on the ankle, beside a brown brogue shoe and a rolled denim trouser cuff.
Small moustache tattoo on an ankle
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a wand running along the inside of a raised index finger, with a lightning effect over the fingertip.
Wand tattoo on an index finger
Pencil sketch of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, scrollwork and a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch sketch with chain
Two solid black vertical bars tattooed across a man's upper back, with fine text lines down his upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Two solid black bars across upper back
Woman seen from behind on a city street with a fine line cross-like symbol on her left shoulder blade, a paper plane on her upper back and a shell on her upper arm.
Fine line tattoos on back, arm and shoulder
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small script tattoo across her upper back beneath a chandelier.
Small script tattoo on a woman's upper back
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish on one forearm and seahorse on the other, both filled with mandala-style patterns.
Jellyfish and seahorse on forearms
Blue sun tattoo with spiky rays and the word sunshine in script on the side of the neck, behind the ear.
Sun and script on the neck
Small fine line black tattoo of a bird flying towards an open birdcage, placed on the shoulder of a person with dark hair.
Bird flying from an open birdcage on a shoulder
Pencil sketch of an anchor with a rope coiled around the shank, a design that could suit a traditional style tattoo.
Anchor with rope pencil sketch
Black lettering tattoo of the Greek word Φιλία on the side ribs, shown with a teal top lifted beside it.
Greek word philia on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo of a three-line quote across the upper back, shown from behind with the hair pulled up and a patterned top strap visible.
Script quote across upper back
Small colour tattoo of a green leaf shape with a red feather laid across it, on pale skin, placed on the lower back.
Green leaf and red feather tattoo
Black ink script tattoo reading Keep going on the inner forearm, with a small arrow and a small leaf or bird outline beside the lettering.
Keep going script on a forearm
Pink botanical flower tattoo with blue and teal watercolour splashes on the outer ankle, worn with white sandals.
Pink flower with watercolour splashes on an ankle
Neo-trad anchor tattoo with red, black and grey blocks and dotwork shading on the back of a hand.
Anchor on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a wolf's head over her head, braided hair tied with red ribbons and leaves, on the outer thigh.
Wolf-headed woman portrait with braids and leaves
Fine line black tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye and a vertical arrow with chevrons and feathered fletching, on the inner upper arm.
Hamsa hand and arrow on the upper arm
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering a forearm, photographed against a dark background.
Ornamental mandala sleeve on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a cluster of three roses with leaves and a ribbon banner, drawn as a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style.
Rose cluster with ribbon design
Fine line black ink world map tattoo on the upper arm of a person with the arm extended against a red wall.
World map tattoo on upper arm
Black line tattoo of two cartoon elephants whose raised trunks meet to form a heart, placed on the back in a simple fine line style.
Two elephants with a heart-shaped trunk

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