Tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching fine line tattoos of a small red outlined heart with black radiating marks, placed on the inner wrists of two people held together.
Matching heart tattoos on two wrists
Botanical tattoo on a forearm of red poppies and tall grass stems in black linework with soft red and green washes, plus a small purple dot.
Poppies and grasses on a forearm
Traditional tattoo of a red rose with green leaves above a black banner with lettering, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and black trousers.
Rose and banner lettering on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black umbrella with a green bird-head handle and a red banner reading Anything Can Happen, on a forearm.
Umbrella with banner on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'i am not afraid to walk this world alone' tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm of a hand held up against greenery.
Black script quote on the inner wrist
Two people holding hands, each with a small black curved stroke tattoo on the inner forearm.
Matching curved forearm marks on a couple
Fine line black tattoo of a sailboat above rolling waves on the inside of a forearm.
Sailboat and waves on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist showing the word love in script, with a heart outline and a fingerprint inside the heart.
Love script and fingerprint heart on wrist
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoos with flowers and a rose on a person's forearm, in front of a white door.
Sugar skulls and rose on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a small heart tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand holding another hand.
Small heart outline on the inner wrist
Small fine-line black tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle on a pale forearm, with a dark sleeve at the left edge.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of two overlapping triangle outlines, one red and one black, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Two overlapping triangle outlines on a wrist
Black and grey italic script tattoo on a man's forearm, reading 'to thine own self be' with the end cut off by the frame, above a sketched line motif.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical arrow, dots and dashes running down a forearm, ending in a chevron arrowhead.
Vertical arrow and dot sequence on a forearm
Bearded man with arms crossed showing black and grey tattoos on both forearms and upper arms, including a sunflower and a bird.
Tattooed forearms and upper arms in denim
Small black cartoon cat face tattoo with large white eyes and whiskers on the inner wrist and forearm.
Black cat face on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of matching fine-line script lettering on the inner forearms of two people, one hand holding a coffee cup.
Matching script lettering on two forearms
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red songbird with a pale moon, berries and a pearl-edged mirror on the forearm.
Red songbird with moon on forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an eye within a pyramid and sunburst inside a circular coin-style border with lettering, on the back of a hand, with a tattooed forearm above.
Eye in pyramid coin design on hand
Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with a red hull, clouds and birds, above a banner reading Homeward Bound, on a forearm.
Sailing ship with Homeward Bound banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship in an ornate oval frame on the inner forearm, shown in two side by side photographs.
Sailing ship in oval frame on forearm
Black and grey hatched mountain range tattoo across the inner forearm near the wrist, with part of an arrow and a circle visible above it.
Hatched mountain range band on a forearm
Blue ornamental flower tattoo with scrolling leaves on the inside of a wrist, worn with a denim shirt and dark jeans.
Blue floral ornament on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a forward-facing elephant head with a mandala behind it on the forearm.
Elephant head and mandala on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line bicycle outline tattoo on the inner forearm.
Small bicycle outline on an inner arm
Black botanical tattoo of flowers and leaves climbing up the inner forearm, with small Roman numerals on the wrist.
Botanical flowers and leaves on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a thin trailing line leading to the word Believe in script, on the inner wrist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of an ornate street lamp post standing on wavy ground lines, on the forearm.
Lamp post tattoo on an arm
Close photograph of a pink awareness ribbon tattoo looped into an infinity shape with black script lettering reading faith, on the inner wrist.
Pink ribbon infinity with faith script
Black outlined anchor tattoo filled with pink, red and purple roses and green leaves, in a botanical neo-traditional style, on the wrist.
Anchor filled with roses on a wrist
Black line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with the word Always in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Deathly Hallows and Always script on forearm
Fine line black outline of a dove in flight with a small red heart beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Dove outline and red heart on a wrist
Fine line botanical tattoo of a black vine with pink flowers and leaves running up the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Pink flower vine on the inner forearm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a Holy Bible with a ribbon bookmark on a forearm, with other tattoos partly visible above and to the right.
Holy Bible tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a plain cross joined to the word Blessed in script, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cross and Blessed script on a wrist
Geometric tattoo of a row of ten colour blocks in a black outlined rectangle, shown on the inner forearm.
Colour swatch bar on a forearm
Fine line outline of a seated cat with a soft pink and blue watercolour wash on the inner wrist.
Cat outline with watercolour wash on wrist
Fine line black outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist, with the palm turned towards the camera and lilac nail varnish visible.
Small outline heart on the wrist
Black ink spiral heart tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a sleeve printed with red hearts.
Spiral heart tattoo on a wrist
Pink, purple and blue watercolour-style wash tattoo running down the inside of a forearm, with bare legs and white bedding behind it.
Watercolour wash tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve of realistic roses and flowers on an upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Black and grey rose sleeve
Small black fine line tattoo of a lion cub outline on the inner wrist, with an animated lion scene on a laptop screen behind it.
Lion cub outline on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a whale on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a small bird above it and a braided bracelet worn on the same arm.
Fine line whale on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower, a looping unalome-style swirl and three dots on a forearm, beside a silver charm bracelet.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Neo-trad style flower tattoo with grey shading and orange accents on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and a ring.
Flower tattoo on a forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a realistic style showing banded and red planets and a cratered moon against a starry night sky, on the upper arm and forearm.
Space sleeve with planets on an arm
Full colour sleeve tattoo themed on The Nightmare Before Christmas, with Jack Skellington and jack-o'-lanterns, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Nightmare Before Christmas full sleeve
Black and grey realism rose with leaves above a line of Roman numerals running diagonally down the inside of a forearm.
Rose and Roman numerals on a forearm

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