Tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching black script tattoos on wrists, one reading Take Me and the other I'm Yours, as two people hold hands.
Matching script wrist tattoos reading Take Me and I'm Yours
Two forearms with white and metallic temporary tattoos reading Bride and Team Bride, with dotted outlines and hearts.
Bride and Team Bride temporary wrist designs
Realistic green cannabis leaf tattoo, shaded in several greens, on the side of the ribs.
Green cannabis leaf on the ribs
Black ink drawing of the words Let me be brave in script lettering, with a bird in flight dissolving into stippled dots at the end of the phrase.
Let me be brave lettering with a bird
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three Daleks tearing through skin across a woman's upper back, with a black and grey circular gear emblem on her shoulder.
Daleks breaking through skin on upper back
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a globe with a watercolour world map, an arrow and a geometric crystal on the upper back.
Globe, arrow and crystal on upper back
Fine line black X and O tattoos on the inner wrists of two raised hands against a pale grey background.
Small X and O on inner wrists
Black flowing script lettering reading 'to live to learn to love' in calligraphic style on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Script quote reading to live to learn to love
Black geometric tattoos of a spherical triangular lattice and straight lines on the backs of both calves, shown from behind.
Geometric sphere tattoos on both calves
Close photograph of a black Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, in a blocky lettering style.
Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist
Grey stencil design of a skull and crossbones on a waving pirate flag, with no body placement shown.
Skull and crossbones pirate flag stencil
Black and grey realistic daisies with shaded leaves tattooed across the top of a foot.
Daisies and leaves on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a raised finger in front of lips beside ornate blackletter lettering with flourishes, on a limb.
Lips and raised finger with blackletter lettering
Black line drawing of a bouquet of roses and buds with soft pink shading, drawn on tracing paper beside a mug of tea, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Rose bouquet line drawing with pink shading
Coloured pen drawing of two dragons facing each other nose to nose, forming a heart shape, as a tattoo design sketch.
Two dragons nose to nose in colour
A black-outlined infinity symbol filled with a purple, pink and blue galaxy design, with the word infinity in black script across the right loop, shown on a plain grey background.
Galaxy infinity symbol with script
Two watercolour-style rainbow heart tattoos on the inner forearms, one a filled heart with droplets and the other an unfilled heart with rainbow splashes.
Rainbow hearts on two forearms
Black tattoo of Jack and Sally silhouettes holding hands on a swirling hill, with the script quote 'We can live like Jack and Sally if we want' beside it, on bare skin.
Jack and Sally silhouettes on a spiral hill with quote
Black script lettering reading Carpe Diem, decorated with curling swirls and small leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Carpe Diem script with swirls
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a kokeshi-style doll with green hair holding a parasol, beside a purple blossom, on the upper arm.
Kokeshi doll and blossom on upper arm
Colour peacock tattoo in blues and greens across the top of a bare foot on grass, with blue painted toenails.
Peacock tattoo across the top of a foot
Fine line black heart with an arrow through it and the words Las Vegas, tattooed on the side of the ribs of a person with pink hair.
Small heart and arrow tattoo on the ribs
Solid black silhouette tattoo of two seated cats on the upper chest, with their tails curling together to form a small heart outline.
Two cats with heart tails on chest
Black and grey realistic design of a cracked skull with a rose at its right side, set against a clock face with Roman numerals.
Skull and rose within a clock face
Colour tattoo of an Om symbol with a shaded Buddha face and dotwork patterns in teal and grey on a limb.
Om symbol with Buddha face on a limb
Black dotwork and fine line mandala tattoo with radiating petals on a lower leg, shown against a blue background.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the calf
Small tattoo of a blue paw print inside a black outlined heart on the inner wrist of a hand with bright pink nails.
Paw print in a heart on the wrist
Black and grey traditional owl tattoo on a forearm, with talons gripping a scroll banner that reads Proverbs 3v.
Owl with Proverbs banner on a forearm
Pencil-sketched fairy with detailed wings and flowers in yellow, purple, pink and orange, shown as a botanical tattoo design on a white background.
Fairy with flowers tattoo design
Black ink lettering design reading Not all who wander are lost in flourished script, beside a black and grey compass rose, drawn on pale paper.
Not all who wander are lost with compass rose
Black fine line snowflake tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with French manicured nails and grass in the background.
Snowflake tattoo on an inner wrist
Solid black tattoo of a galloping horse with a flowing mane and tail on the forearm, in a bold outline and silhouette style.
Running horse on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and leaves, with dotted lines and stars hanging below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Floral crescent moon design
Colour tattoo of a red and orange peony with dark green painterly leaves across the upper back, in a watercolour-style finish.
Watercolour peony across upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue inhaler wrapped in a red banner reading IT AINT EASY BEIN' WHEEZY, with a pink heart and swirls, on the upper leg.
Inhaler and banner tattoo
Green line drawing on black of a Cthulhu octopus head with tentacles wrapped in chains, under blackletter lettering reading Cthulhu, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Cthulhu octopus with chains design
Black and grey tattoo of a ball of yarn, two knitting needles, buttons and a thread spool on an ankle.
Yarn ball, knitting needles and buttons on an ankle
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a footprint with the script word Bentley in white lettering, on the sole of a foot.
Name in a footprint on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stag head with antlers at the base of a person's neck, photographed from behind.
Small stag head at the nape
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the wrist and lower forearm, beside a hand with white French manicure nails.
Small anchor tattoo on a wrist
Realistic spiral galaxy tattoo with a glowing orange core and blue and purple nebula clouds across the upper back and shoulder.
Spiral galaxy and nebula on a shoulder
Black tribal tattoo of a stylised animal with a curled head and flowing tail on the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal animal tattoo on upper arm
Japanese style full back tattoo design in colour, showing a blue oni demon, a dragon head and a scaled serpent with red claws on a torso outline.
Oni and dragon full back design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of two open roses with buds and leaves on a white background.
Two roses with buds and leaves
Hand-drawn flash design of a tattered American flag hanging from a pole pierced by two arrows, on a plain pinkish-grey background.
Tattered American flag on a pole with two arrows
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feathered wing on the outer ankle and lower calf.
Wing tattoo on an ankle
Black script lettering reading Expecto Patronum with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Expecto Patronum script on the wrist
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo on the side of the torso, with blue, purple and pink watercolour-style washes and drips.
Mandala and paisley linework with watercolour splashes

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