Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a green cloaked figure holding a gold blade above red flames and a yellow and teal wing.
Green cloaked figure with gold blade on a calf
Black line drawing on tracing paper of a wolf head, a woman in profile, small kodama spirits and a round mask emblem, drawn as a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style.
Wolf, woman and forest spirits design
Small black fine line tattoo of a crown and a script letter on the side of a finger.
Crown and script on a finger
Black ink drawing of a stylised peacock with eye-marked tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on lined paper with no body placement visible.
Stylised peacock tattoo design
Two small rabbit tattoos on skin, one brown and shaded and one brown with yellow spots and pink ears, each shown next to a coin for scale.
Two small rabbit tattoos beside a quarter
Fine line white ink tattoo of a filigree heart made of swirls on the inner wrist.
Swirling filigree heart on the wrist
Single-line fine line tattoo of a hummingbird in dark ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top.
Fine line hummingbird on a forearm
Four hand-shaped forms display tattoo designs: a praying figure with rays, a horned devil, a geometric pattern and a skull in a feathered headdress.
Four tattoo designs printed on hand forms
Black and grey mountain range tattoo in a geometric style on the back of a wrist, with soft shading fading toward the hand.
Mountain peaks on the wrist
Black and grey silhouette of a head in profile with a keyhole and small house shape inside, tattooed on the abdomen.
Profile silhouette with keyhole on abdomen
Small black fine line tattoo of balance scales on the inner wrist, set against an open printed book and a knitted jumper sleeve.
Scales of justice on the inner wrist
Watercolour drawing of a tiger head in pink, blue and orange on white paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Watercolour tiger head design
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist showing a cross, a heartbeat line forming a heart, and small text reading faith, hope, love, in a Fine line style on the Forearm.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on a wrist
Black ornamental mandala tattoo with swirls and floral motifs on the outer forearm of a person wearing a black Adidas top.
Ornate mandala tattoo on a forearm
Realistic red cardinal perched on a branch, tattooed on the upper back of a person shown from behind in a white racerback vest.
Realistic cardinal on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of a quotation in a serif typeface running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Serif quote along a forearm
Paper tattoo request form with pen drawings of an anchor, a dreamcatcher, a feather, a flock of birds and an infinity symbol with the word Word.
Tattoo request form with anchor and dreamcatcher designs
Realism tattoo of a green eye with long lashes and dark feathers on the shoulder.
Green eye and feathers on a shoulder
Two inner wrists held together, each with a black anchor tattoo with a red ribbon wrapped around its shank, in a traditional style on the forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Two small black and grey cross tattoos with ornate ends, one on each of two ankles, shown on bare feet against a wooden floor.
Matching cross tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an open flower with dotwork centre and solid black petals, enclosed in a thin diamond outline on the upper arm.
Flower in a diamond frame on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses, piano keys and music notes on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Roses and piano keys on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches inside a dotted circle, on the outer thigh.
Bare tree in a dotted circle on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat in a brown sheriff hat and olive uniform, holding a revolver, on bare skin.
Cartoon cat sheriff with revolver
Woman seen from behind holding a sunflower stem, with a colour botanical sunflower tattoo with green leaves on her upper arm and shoulder.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Black linework tattoo of a jewelled filigree ornament with teal gem fills, placed across the centre of the chest between the hands of the person holding the skin.
Jewelled filigree ornament on the chest
Black typewriter-style lettering reading and the rest is rust and stardust runs across a pale forearm.
Quote in typewriter lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line black skull tattoo in side profile on the inner wrist of a raised hand with red painted nails.
Small fine line skull on inner wrist
Small grey paw print tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled up and a grey top visible below.
Paw print tattoo on the back of the neck
Line drawing of a geometric wolf head framed by a blue to purple mandala, with feathers and beads hanging below, shown as a tattoo design.
Geometric wolf with mandala and feathers
Black and grey flash design of a bee over a Roman numeral clock face, topped by a crown, with Queen Bee in script beneath.
Queen Bee clock and crown design
Black and grey blackwork jellyfish tattoo with dotted bell and long trailing tentacles on the upper arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey peony tattoo in dotwork and linework shading covering the inner forearm.
Black and grey peony on a forearm
Black fine-line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with a semicolon in the middle, across a forearm.
Semicolon and heartbeat line on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals between two roses, on a forearm.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
Back view of a person in a cream halter top, showing a shaded grey bow tattoo near the neck and small fine line marks on the upper arm.
Bow tattoo on upper back and fine marks on arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a hummingbird in flight with one wing raised, a design suitable for a fine line or realism tattoo.
Hummingbird in flight, pencil study
Black and grey wing tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with hair pulled up above it.
Wing tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing an armoured archangel with wings and a shield above winged dragons and clouds.
Archangel and dragons full sleeve
Black and grey tattoo of two dogs' heads framed by a circular wreath of leaves and foliage, shown on pale skin.
Two dogs in a foliage wreath
Black ink tattoo of a ruler with the numbers 1 to 8 running across the inside of a forearm against a blue wall.
Ruler with numbers 1 to 8 on a forearm
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo wrapped in a bandana, shown on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with bandana on upper arm
Shaded tattoo of a Sorting Hat resting on a stack of books, with grey hat and muted red book pages, on the outer foot.
Sorting hat on a stack of books
Small black panda face tattoo made of simple solid shapes, placed on the upper shoulder beside a white strap top.
Small panda face tattoo on a shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a green horned dinosaur beneath a UFO, an orange planet and red streaks against pink clouds and a blue sky.
Green horned dinosaur and UFO on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a walking elephant with a raised trunk, its body filled with fingerprint-like swirls, on a forearm.
Fingerprint-patterned elephant on forearm
Two colour tattoos of maneki-neko lucky cats with cherry blossoms on the tops of a pair of feet, one orange and one pink, in a Japanese style.
Matching maneki-neko cat tattoos on feet
Two solid black blackwork tattoos: a tall pine tree silhouette running down a forearm, and a ringed planet with three dots above a larger circle on the side of the body.
Pine tree and planets in black ink

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Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451