Tattoo ideas

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

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Japanese-style Great Wave tattoo in teal and grey ink with a small Mount Fuji, placed on a person's upper back between the shoulder blade and shoulder.
Great Wave tattoo on upper back
Two forearms side by side, each with a fine line black script tattoo of the word sorella on the inner forearm.
Matching sorella script on two forearms
Coloured pencil drawing of a sailing ship on waves inside a rope-framed spade shape, with a rope knot and lotus-like shape below, in a traditional style.
Sailing ship in a rope-framed heart design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and a black cat sitting on it, on the calf.
Black cat on a crescent moon
Black and grey tattoo of a draped classical figure seen from behind beside a tall flowering stem, on the forearm.
Draped classical figure with flowering stem
Brown henna-style dreamcatcher design with a circular web, feathers and beads running from the inner wrist down the forearm.
Dreamcatcher on inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a teacup with steam and a teal floral pattern resting on a stack of three shaded books, placed on the outer thigh.
Teacup on a stack of books on a thigh
Four white filigree skull designs with floral and scroll patterns on a black background, with a spade motif at the centre and an ornate border.
Four ornate skull designs with a spade
Neo-traditional tattoo of an orange crystal cluster with dark leaves and a stem running down the forearm.
Orange crystal cluster and leaves on a forearm
A hand with a pen sketches a black and grey dotwork anatomical heart decorated with two peony flowers and leaves.
Anatomical heart with peonies design
Realistic green and olive lizard tattoo with black shading, climbing across the upper back of a man with short hair.
Green lizard tattoo on upper back
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the inner wrist, with a clenched hand resting above it.
Small arrow tattoo on the inner wrist
Close photo of the single word Allons-y in black script lettering on a person's side ribs, above a blue and grey top.
Allons-y script lettering on the side ribs
Full-colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red and white koi fish swimming among peonies and waves across a person's back.
Koi fish and peonies across a back
Small solid black silhouette of a bird in flight tattooed on the side of a woman's neck above the collarbone, with a black leather jacket collar visible.
Small bird tattoo near the collarbone
Black fine line tattoo of a loop-topped symbol with three horizontal bars on the inner forearm of a raised arm, against a blurred city skyline.
Fine line symbol on a raised forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a black cross with shaded angel wings on the side of a thigh.
Cross with angel wings on a thigh
Pencil drawing of hibiscus and plumeria flowers with blue-tinted shading and dark swirls, a botanical tattoo design shown without any body placement.
Hibiscus and plumeria flower design with swirls
Black and grey geometric mandala flash design with a central cross, star points and teardrop shapes inside a ringed border, with a script heading and paragraphs of text on the right.
Circular mandala with cross and star points
Realistic coloured drawing of a barn owl perched within a hoop with feathers and beads, under a bare branch, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Barn owl perched in a dreamcatcher hoop
Colourful geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a snail outline over a red sun and orange triangles, with thin black linework.
Snail and sun geometric forearm tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with a crescent moon face in one loop and the word Love in script in the other, on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with moon and love script
Black and grey pencil drawing of a horned skull with octopus tentacles coiling across aged, cream-coloured paper.
Skull and tentacles design on aged paper
Black tribal band design with spirals, chevrons and geometric motifs, shown flat on a white background, with no body placement visible.
Tribal band design in black ink
Three views of a solid black Polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm of a man's arm.
Polynesian tribal sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Realistic brown-toned tattoo of a brass compass over a world map, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic compass and map on upper arm
Black and grey flash drawing of three knives above a cluster of peonies and leaves, in a traditional linework style.
Three knives above a floral cluster
Black ink line drawing of an abstract calligraphic symbol with five dots and the words I am free from social anxiety and depression beneath it.
Calligraphic affirmation design with dots
Fine line black fern sprig tattoo on the hip of a woman wearing a black and white striped bodysuit, with one hand resting on her stomach.
Fern sprig tattoo on a hip
Fine line black tattoo of crossed arrows with N, E, S and W compass letters on the back of a person's neck.
Compass arrows tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line script tattoo reading "Let it Be" in black ink on the inner forearm near the wrist, with stacked beaded bracelets below it.
"Let it Be" script on a wrist
Two wrists pressed side by side, each with a fine line black outline tattoo: a crescent moon and star on the left, a sun and star on the right.
Matching moon and sun wrist tattoos
Black and grey lettering reading DON'T LAUGH with a small downward arrow, tattooed on the lower abdomen above a black waistband, with larger black and grey tattoos higher up the torso.
Small Don't Laugh lettering on the lower belly
Black and grey tattoo of a tree above the handwritten words 'i climbed the tree to see the world' on a forearm.
Tree and quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight across the ribs.
Three swallows on the ribs
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with ornate scrollwork on the upper back of a woman with her hair tied in a ponytail.
Yin yang with swirls on upper back
Four photographs of matching fine line tattoos: the word Always with Deathly Hallows symbols on two wrists, teal and red origami swans on two forearms, watercolour hearts on two wrists, and the word
Matching tattoos on wrists, arms and fingers
Small solid black palm tree silhouette tattoo on the ankle, with the sea and sand of a beach behind the foot.
Palm tree tattoo on an ankle
Two sleeve-shaped flash designs in bright colour showing a TARDIS, Weeping Angels, a Cyberman, a sonic screwdriver, a bow tie and ribbon banners with quotes.
Doctor Who sleeve flash with TARDIS and Weeping Angels
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned demon with glowing eyes and clawed hand, with smoke and stone ruins, covering a person's full back.
Horned demon across a full back
Coloured flash design of a rose, sunflower, leaves, helmet and a pen-like tool, with banners reading DEMONS RUN, WHEN A GOOD MAN and GOES TO WAR, in a neo-traditional style.
Banner and rose design with sunflower and helmet
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stack of books with a steaming coffee cup on top, placed on the inner forearm.
Stacked books and coffee cup on a forearm
Biomechanical tattoo of gears, cogs and machinery on a forearm, shaded in grey with red and green accents.
Biomechanical gears sleeve on a forearm
Close black and white photograph of a small black ink lettering tattoo with looping flourishes and an accent mark on skin, body part not shown.
Black ink script tattoo with flourishes
Two hands with small black finger tattoos, including a heart outline and geometric line designs, and a red rose on the back of one hand.
Finger tattoos with a rose and a heart
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dragon head in profile with swept-back horns, frill-like spines and open jaws, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Dragon head in profile, pencil drawing
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on the inner forearm, shown against a wooden floor.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Three photos of a forearm with a black armband tattoo filled with blue wave shapes, with blue splashes and dots trailing below it.
Blue wave armband tattoo on a forearm

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