Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a tattooed person in a floral sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with a portrait-style tattoo across the stomach.
Floral sleeve and torso tattoos in black and grey
Colour botanical tattoo of a red poppy with buds and green leaves on the inner forearm, shown with the hand raised.
Red poppy sprig on a forearm
Traditional style medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist, showing a red cross, blue ring and grey caduceus with the word DIABETIC beneath.
Diabetic medical alert caduceus on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a 1920s-style woman in profile with a feather headpiece, yellow roses and pearl strands on the upper arm.
1920s woman profile with roses on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala-style triangles, circles and scroll motifs, drawn on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala design
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas and flower of life patterns across the upper arm and forearm, shown in a four-panel collage.
Mandala and geometric sleeve on arm
Black tribal-style heart outline with swirling flourishes spiralling off its right side, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Tribal heart with swirling flourishes
Black and grey serif lettering reading maybe runs sideways across the inner forearm, above a grey sleeve and blue denim cuff.
Maybe lettering on a forearm
Watercolour style thigh tattoo of flying silhouettes passing a clock tower below a moon with a ship, set on a splash of pink, blue and teal.
Peter Pan silhouettes and clock tower on thigh
Pencil or ink outline drawing on tracing paper of two roses, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a string of pearls, in a traditional style.
Roses, pocket watch and pearls design
Black and grey photo of a small fine line arrow tattoo with triangular fletching on a person's upper chest, below the collarbone.
Small arrow tattoo on the upper chest
Black and grey ornate owl design perched on a bare branch, with filigree and a Celtic knot on the chest, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornate owl on a bare branch
Colour tattoo of a pink rose and magnolia buds with green leaves and blue and pink watercolour splashes, on the calf.
Pink rose and magnolia watercolour tattoo on a calf
Colourful neo-traditional bee tattoo with stippled glitter wings, shown in two photos on skin, one on the chest and one on the upper arm.
Glitter bee tattoo with sparkles and dotted trail
Black lettering reading Be Still above an ornate cross and Ps 46:10 below, tattooed on the inner wrist in a lettering style.
Be Still cross and Ps 46:10 on the wrist
Single-colour blue linework tattoo of a geometric elephant with patterned fills and small flowers, on the upper arm.
Outlined elephant with flowers on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a rose with leaves, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a bat with moon phases and small star dots across its wings, placed on a forearm.
Bat with moon phases on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink orchid with a green stem and buds on the inner wrist and forearm.
Pink orchid on a wrist
Two views of a geometric dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh, with dotted lines, circles and a small figure in black ink with touches of blue.
Geometric dotwork thigh tattoo
Close-up of a small red and blue fine line tattoo of a flying saucer with dotwork shading on the upper arm.
Red and blue flying saucer on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a grim reaper in a hooded robe dancing hand in hand with a girl in a dotted dress, on the forearm.
Grim reaper dancing with a girl
Black ink tattoo of an insect-headed gentleman in a long coat and breeches, with antennae and wings, engraved in hatched linework on a lower leg.
Anthropomorphic fly gentleman on a calf
Realistic black and grey bear paw print with claw marks tattooed on the calf, shaded to look like torn skin.
Bear paw print with claw marks on a calf
Black linework geometric tattoo on a man's upper arm, with an inverted triangle, a striped circle and faceted polyhedra in a geometric style.
Geometric triangle and polyhedra on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of two small fine line snowflake tattoos on the inner wrist.
Two small snowflakes on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion head on an upper arm, with a printed lion reference drawing lying beside it.
Roaring lion head on upper arm
Fine black line tattoo of the state of California on the side of the torso, with a small patch of redness near the southern edge.
California state outline on skin
Small colour tattoo of the cartoon Tasmanian Devil Taz wearing a navy New York Yankees cap and pinstriped shirt, arms crossed, on the skin of a limb.
Taz in a Yankees cap
Black ink tattoo of an arrow made of angular script-like symbols running from the top of the shoulder down the upper arm.
Arrow of script symbols across a shoulder
Black linework lion head wearing a feathered headdress tattooed on the ankle, beside a photo of a seated person in a floral dress with a small tattoo on the ankle.
Lion in feathered headdress on ankle
Black and grey back tattoo of a sailing ship, a lighthouse and a large kraken with tentacles rising through waves, in a traditional nautical style.
Kraken, sailing ship and lighthouse across a back
Black script tattoo reading Purpose above the navel on a bare midriff, with a smaller word tattoo to the left and a tiny bird on the right side.
Purpose and Forgive script on abdomen
Black and grey photograph of fine line script reading walk by faith on the top of a foot near the ankle, with the foot resting on a white padded surface.
Walk by faith script on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork design of an anatomical heart framing a room with a chair and hanging light bulb, above the words YOU LIVE THERE.
Anatomical heart with chair and light bulb
Solid black silhouette tattoo of two birds perched on a leafy branch, placed on the ankle of a bare foot.
Two birds on a branch on the ankle
Tattoo artist working with a machine on an upper arm, with outlined roses shaded in blue in a traditional style.
Blue and outlined roses on an upper arm
Black lettering design reading stay weird with a full stop, shown upside down on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Stay weird lettering design
Woman with white ink elephant design on her chest, mandala designs on both hands and a lace-style design at her neck, in bright sunlight.
White ink elephant and mandala designs
Black fine line tattoo of a simple cartoon creature with large round eyes, placed on the lower back above a pair of jeans.
Cartoon creature line tattoo above jeans
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches on the lower back of a person kneeling in black underwear, with a striped top draped over the shoulders.
Bare tree tattoo on lower back
Colour tattoo of two red lilies with green leaves and black swirling vine linework on the side of the ribs.
Red lilies and swirling vine on the ribs
Colourful Japanese style koi fish back tattoo across the upper and mid back of a woman seen from behind, with bookshelves in the background.
Koi fish back piece
Black outline tattoo of a geometric shape with stepped blocky linework on the outer forearm, in a fine line style.
Outlined geometric shape on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Still Breathing in dark ink on the inner wrist, with the palm of the hand visible above.
Still Breathing script on wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a castle inside a snow globe with a pink anemone-style flower on the forearm.
Castle in a snow globe with pink flower
Black and grey realism-style tattoo on a man's inner forearm, showing a figure with a fish beside it, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Black and grey forearm tattoo with fish
Black dotwork mandala with a compass star at its centre, tattooed on the outer forearm.
Mandala and compass star on a forearm

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