Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour rose and black lace chest tattoo spanning both shoulders and the upper chest, with a central heart made of three roses.
Rose and lace chest piece across the shoulders
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line rhyming poem across the upper back, close to the shoulder blade.
Four-line poem script on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette framed by scrolling swirls and small stars across the upper back.
Mickey Mouse silhouette and swirls on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a flying saucer beaming up a small animal beneath mountains, pine trees and a planet inside a diamond frame.
UFO beam over mountains in a diamond frame
Small black scorpion tattoo on the outer ankle of a bare foot, shown in solid black ink with segmented legs and a curled tail.
Scorpion tattoo on an ankle
Two small black fine line cross tattoos on the inner wrists, one on a raised hand and one on an arm wearing blue beaded bracelets, in bright sunlight.
Small cross tattoos on two wrists
Pencil sketch of a cupcake design with swirled frosting, stars, polka-dot strawberries, a faceted diamond heart and a string of pearls, drawn as a tattoo design.
Cupcake with stars, strawberries and a diamond heart
Black ink drawing of a flourished script letter K with swirling curls and a small letter N below, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Flourished script letter K design
Full back tattoo of a hannya mask among pink cherry blossoms in Japanese style, with further tattoos visible on the upper arms.
Hannya mask and cherry blossom back piece
Colour tattoo of a blue police box surrounded by pale circular rotor rings and swirling pink and teal bands, on a limb.
Blue police box and time rotor tattoo
Black blossom branch tattoo with the script 'until we meet again' on the side of the ribs, with a small pink lip mark below.
Blossom branch and 'until we meet again' on ribs
Fine line black tattoo on the back of a hand showing a turtle, a rabbit and a curved double-headed arrow, with a solid black band around one finger.
Turtle, rabbit and arrow on the hand
Black ink drawing of an ornamental big cat face filled with dotwork, linework and geometric patterns, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental big cat face in black ink
Black ink scrollwork tattoos across the fingers of a man's hands clasped near his chin, with a tattooed forearm and a feather pendant necklace visible.
Scrollwork finger tattoos on clasped hands
Two raised arms against a blue sky, each with a small black fine line swallow tattoo on the wrist.
Two small swallows on wrists
Colour realism tattoo of two overlapping starfish, one red and one pale pink, with shaded edges, on the ankle.
Two starfish on a lower leg
Black ink sketch of a tree above the handwritten words I climbed the tree to see the world on a forearm.
Tree and quote on the inner forearm
Black ink drawing of a lion head in profile with a flowing, swirling mane, shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Lion head in profile with flowing mane
Black silhouette of a swallow in flight, surrounded by grey swirls, splashes and small birds on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Swallow silhouette with grey swirls
Black and white tribal design of interlocking spirals and curved bands filled with linear and hatched patterns, shown as a standalone drawing without a body part visible.
Tribal spiral design in black
Black script lettering reading je t'aime with long looping flourishes, shown as a flash design on a white background, with no placement on the body visible.
Je t'aime script lettering design
Pencil drawing of an ornate compass rose with a lace-edged border and mandala-style petals, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate compass rose design
Collage of five black tattoos in fine line and lettering, including a quote on the ribs, the number 9 3/4 on a wrist, a cat on the hip and a face on the forearm.
Five small black tattoos: quotes, a cat and a face
Black ink tribal design of a wolf head howling upwards, drawn with bold solid shapes on a white background.
Tribal howling wolf design
Small bee tattoo in fine line style with yellow and black striped abdomen and grey shaded wings, sitting on a area of skin.
Small bee tattoo on skin
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black silhouette profile inside an ornate oval cameo frame with scalloped edges, on the side of the ribs.
Cameo silhouette in ornate frame
Black and grey realism tattoo of an adult elephant and its calf walking across the back of a neck, with hair in a bun above.
Elephant and calf on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of sunflowers in a vase covering the upper arm, outlined in green, with the shoulder and a blue top visible.
Sunflowers in a vase on upper arm
Black and grey bow tattoo with shaded loops and tails on the back of a neck, drawn in fine line style.
Bow tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull, shells and peony flowers across a woman's hip and thigh, shown from the side against a white wall.
Skull and peony flowers across hip and thigh
Hand-drawn flash design of a lace-patterned flower with dotted chains and teardrop shapes, inked in teal on cream paper.
Dotwork flower design with teardrop dangles
White line drawing of an open hand gripping a dagger on a black background, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hand gripping a dagger line drawing
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with a geometric background, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Moth with geometric background on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a vulture with a red head and a pink rose with green leaves on an upper arm.
Vulture and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a chrysanthemum on the upper arm and a scaled creature on the forearm, photographed while the arm rests on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Japanese black and grey arm sleeve
Black fine line botanical tattoo of flowers, leaves and sprigs wrapping around the upper arm, with a white rolled sleeve above.
Black botanical sprig band on upper arm
Black linework roses inside an overlapping triangle design with red, green and blue watercolour splashes, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Roses and triangle with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black and white line drawing of two mirrored winged horses rearing above an intertwined scaled serpent, framed by fine feather-like filigree, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Symmetrical winged horses and serpent design
Black outline tattoo of three roses and a leaf across a shoulder, with no shading or colour added.
Outlined roses on a shoulder
Close up of a line-drawn tattoo of two rows of teeth on an upper arm, with a few molars shaded red, below a rolled striped shirt sleeve.
Rows of teeth on an upper arm
Black ink compass rose with N, E, S and W points above the words Explore, Dream and Discover in script on a forearm.
Compass rose and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoos with an arrow and script lettering on a woman's upper arm and forearm, in a photo where she wears a white dreamcatcher-print t-shirt.
Floral and leaf tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart framed by two leafy sprigs on the inner upper arm.
Outlined heart with leaf sprigs on upper arm
Black and grey fine line footprint tattoos on two wrists, with one wrist resting against the other person's hand.
Two small footprint tattoos on wrists
Colour tattoo of Bambi, Thumper and Flower in an oval frame with roses, birds and a red drape, on a lower limb.
Bambi, Thumper and Flower in a rose frame
Black fine line script reading 'i am enough' with an arrow below it, its fletching shaded in teal and lavender, on a person's thigh.
Script 'i am enough' with arrow on thigh
Colour tattoo of a black anchor outlined in pink, with pink lilies with black outlines, on the calf in a traditional style.
Anchor and lilies on a calf
Pencil drawing of a tribal-style curved design filled with triangles, dots and geometric bands, shown on plain paper with no body placement visible.
Pencil sketch of a tribal curved design

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