Tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Large blue and navy ornamental tattoo of paisley shapes and mandala-style flowers spreading across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Blue paisley and mandala design across a back
Matching fine line black swirl symbol tattoos on the top of both feet, with dark red and pale pink toenail polish against grey carpet.
Matching swirl symbols on two feet
Two forearms held together, one with a fine line outline of a camera and the other with black lettering reading f/5.6 and 1/125 on the inner arm.
Camera and exposure settings tattoos on forearms
Collage of nine black ink tattoos in fine line script and small symbols, including a feather behind the ear, a key with the word honesty, an anchor with chains and the word alive on the wrist.
Script and symbol tattoos on wrists and ear
Black and grey tattoo of a stylised townscape with brick houses, chimneys, rain clouds and an arched doorway on a forearm.
Townscape with chimneys on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a city skyline with spires and a dome, placed across the upper back above a black bra strap.
Fine line city skyline on the back
Full arm sleeve tattoo in black and grey shading with pink flowers, showing a ship wheel, waves and a 'of the Sea' banner on the upper arm and forearm.
Ship wheel sleeve with waves and script
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a compass inside a tree wreath, with banners reading 'Not all who wander are lost' and an anchor below, in a botanical line style.
Compass, anchor and tree banner design
Black and grey Ganesha tattoo with ornate mandala detailing on the forearm, beside a dotwork lotus mandala tattoo on the thigh.
Ganesha and mandala tattoos on arm and leg
Black ink design of a crowned, winged figure cradling a stippled globe, framed by a circle, two stars and a line of lettering beneath, with no placement shown.
Crowned winged figure holding a globe
Black linework tattoo of an outlined flower with leaves above the words We Are Not Our Failures, with a thin arrow running through the lettering, on a forearm.
Outlined flower and lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm of a stack of books with a teacup and teapot, purple flowers and a banner with lettering.
Stacked books and teapot on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a typewriter with a banner reading HOW SOON IS NOW and red flowers, on a forearm.
Typewriter and banner reading How Soon Is Now
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a black castle silhouette, yellow moon, sleeping face with closed eyes, wings, a red book and a triangular pendant, in a neo-traditional style.
Castle, moon and sleeping face on a calf
Two people seen from behind with matching black script lettering tattooed across their shoulder blades, one reading an anchor quote and the other a wings quote.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Black and grey engraved anchor tattoo wrapped in rope, shown in a close-up photo of a limb.
Engraved anchor wrapped in rope
Fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a black cross joined to a heartbeat line that becomes a red heart outline, with the words Faith, Hope and Love in small black capitals below.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on a forearm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an arrow crossing a feather, placed on the upper chest below the collarbone.
Arrow and feather on upper chest
Colour tattoo of an iced coffee cup with a yellow straw and teal ice cubes, with Death Before Decaf lettering, on an upper arm.
Iced coffee cup with Death Before Decaf lettering
Two matching fine line tattoos of stick figure girls holding a tin can telephone joined by a string, one on each ankle, shown in red and pink ballet flats.
Stick figure girls linked by a string phone
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a calf showing a shaded circle with harlequin diamonds, scrolls, a spiral and a hanging beaded chandelier.
Harlequin moon and chandelier on a calf
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' in a serif lettering style across the side of the ribs, with a hand holding a plaid shirt.
Quote tattoo across the ribs
Five black ink sketches on paper of continuous line designs with dotted starts, spirals and infinity-style loops, shown as possible tattoo flash.
Five line-work swirl and loop sketches
Black swirl-outlined heart tattoo with pink, purple, yellow and turquoise watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Swirled heart with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two matching black line tattoos on the skin, a fox outline with the word always and a stag outline with antlers and the word protego, in a fine line style.
Matching fox and stag outline tattoos
Small fine line tattoo of an outlined elephant with a filled green clover on the outer ankle, with sea foam around the foot.
Elephant and clover on an ankle
Small fine line black tattoo of a heart sitting at the top of a looping infinity-style line, on the inside of a wrist.
Heart loop tattoo on a wrist
Two pencil and ink sketches of wolf heads combined with geometric line frames, drawn as tattoo design studies on white paper beside a pen.
Geometric wolf head sketches on paper
Black script tattoo reading faith on a wrist, with a green leather cuff and metal quote plate sitting below it.
Faith script tattoo on the wrist
Photorealistic black, grey and red tattoo of a horror character in a wide-brimmed hat and bladed glove, on the side of the ribs.
Realistic horror character portrait on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face partly covered by a paisley bandana, holding a handgun with smoke curling up, on the forearm.
Bandana-masked portrait with handgun and smoke
Dark line drawing of two scroll banners reading I solemnly swear I am up to no good, with a pair of small footprints below, on a cream background.
Two scroll banners with a quote and footprints
Traditional style flash design of a woman with antlers and a red flower headpiece, surrounded by red roses and pearls, drawn on cream paper.
Antlered woman with red roses
Black ornamental blackwork tattoo across the top of an ankle and foot, worn with strappy heeled sandals and chain anklets.
Ornate black ankle tattoo with strappy heels
Small black fine line feather tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned person.
Small feather tattoo on the wrist
Back view of a woman with a small heart tattoo on her neck, a red rose and grey vine tattoo on her left shoulder and upper arm, and a crown tattoo on her right shoulder.
Rose, vine and crown tattoos on shoulders
Colour flash design of a woman with a sugar skull face, red roses in her hair and a green patterned shawl, on a beige background.
Sugar skull woman with roses and green shawl
Small black yin yang symbol inside a sun with rays, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Yin yang sun on the inner wrist
Blue line drawing of a torso covered in traditional flash designs including a rose, skull, diamond, heart, anchor, snake, candle and ship.
Torso covered in traditional flash motifs
Fine line flash sheet of geometric arrows, triangles, circles and chevrons drawn in dark ink on a pale background, with no body placement shown.
Geometric arrow and triangle flash sheet
Black and grey back tattoo of a biomechanical ribcage with a laced corset design running down the spine and swirling detail over the shoulders.
Biomechanical ribcage and laced corset on back
Traditional-style flash drawing of a green snake coiled around a cream banner that reads Tunnel Snakes Rule, set on a plain green background.
Green snake with Tunnel Snakes Rule banner
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by swirling hair and pearl strands, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman portrait with pearls on upper arm sleeve
Black and grey stippled line drawing of a sunflower with curled leaves on either side, shown as a botanical tattoo design on a white background.
Sunflower with leaves line design
Black and white photo of two pairs of hands held up on a beach, each wrist bearing a black Roman numeral tattoo reading VIII IV XII in a lettering style.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on two pairs of hands
Colour realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a woman's face beside a purple planet, a red desert horizon and a floating astronaut.
Woman's face and astronaut in a space scene
Lettering tattoo on a thigh with a quote from Alice in Wonderland beside a shaded gold pocket watch, playing card suits and red accents.
Quote, pocket watch and playing card suits on a thigh
Close-up of a hand with white ornamental lace-style designs on the fingers and back of the hand, set against grey fabric.
White ink lace-style design on a hand

Ideas by style

Fine line Traditional Blackwork Japanese Dotwork Neo-trad Realism Lettering Botanical Geometric

Ideas by placement

Forearm Upper arm Shoulder Back Chest Ribs Thigh Calf Ankle Hand Neck

Popular subjects

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