Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line hexagon outline with the words Test Tattoo Please Ignore inside it, on the side of the body.
Hexagon outline with test lettering
Outlined skull tattoo in red and blue on a calf, with the two colours offset to create a doubled, misregistered effect.
Red and blue skull on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a golden hourglass with black wings, olive branches and skulls on a limb.
Hourglass with wings and olive branches
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Fry in a blue astronaut suit and bubble helmet, holding a controller, on a forearm.
Fry in a spacesuit on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather on the side of the torso, just above the waistband of a pair of jeans.
Realistic feather tattoo on the side of the torso
Small black and grey tattoo of a moose silhouette on the outer side of an ankle.
Moose silhouette on an ankle
Colour traditional-style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, with a leopard print background, a pink flamingo, a green bow and a red high-heeled shoe.
Leopard print sleeve with flamingo and heels
Black and grey Art Nouveau style tattoo of a woman with flowing hair and drapery along the side of the ribs.
Art Nouveau woman with flowing drapery on ribs
Black thread embroidery in a wooden hoop showing a traditional-style rose and a hand with leaves on cream fabric.
Embroidered rose and hand design
Black and grey wolf design with a full moon behind it and pine trees along the base, drawn in a realistic shaded style, shown without any body placement.
Wolf before a full moon and pine trees
Black line tattoo of a hand with two fingers crossed, drawn in engraved-style hatching, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed fingers hand on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink rose with dew drops on pale petals, shaded with black smoke on the upper arm.
Realistic pink rose on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tree beside a lake and hills inside a maple leaf outline, placed on the inner forearm.
Tree and lake landscape inside a maple leaf on a forearm
Two fists held toward the camera, with the word LOVE in black serif capitals across the fingers of one hand and SICK across the other, both on the hand.
LOVE and SICK finger lettering
Black and grey serif lettering reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath, across a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a smiling Vault Boy with folded arms in front of a mushroom cloud, with the words prepare for the future above.
Vault Boy and mushroom cloud on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of scissors with a dashed cut line running down across the lower abdomen, above the waistband of jeans.
Scissors and dashed cut line on abdomen
Black and grey traditional-style flash design of two ghosts in a framed panel, with the lettering No Feet beneath them and a spiderweb behind.
Two ghosts in a framed box with No Feet
Close photo of a traditional style bee tattoo with bold black outlines, yellow and orange stripes and white wings, trailing a dashed line, on the upper arm.
Bee with dashed flight path on an arm
Full floral sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, black and grey on the left panel and coloured on the right, with flowers, swirls and dotwork.
Floral sleeve tattoo on the arm
Fine line black tattoo of a circle with a cross and latitude lines on the inner forearm, with a handwritten reference sketch of a globe inset at lower left.
Latitude circle diagram on a forearm
Shaded realistic barn owl with swirling ornament tattooed along the ribs and side of a torso, with a small teal feather beside it.
Barn owl and swirls on ribs
Small red and black tattoo of a beetle-like motif with curled black antennae and black dots, on the upper back below a white strap.
Red and black beetle on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose wrapped in banknotes with two scroll banners of script lettering, on the back of a calf.
Rose and banknotes with scroll lettering on a calf
Black tribal-style bear design snarling in profile with clawed paws, drawn in solid black on a grey background, with no body placement shown.
Snarling tribal bear with claws
Black ink line drawing of an ornate crescent moon mandala with dotwork, paisley-like motifs and a central flower, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Ornate crescent moon mandala design
Black fine line script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, above a patterned blue top.
Script quote reading what if you fly
Black and grey traditional style flash drawing of two swallows in flight, shown as a design with no body placement.
Two swallows in flight
Three paper tattoo flash designs in traditional style: a teacup with a wave and flowers, a small aeroplane, and a dagger-like syringe, each with a text banner.
Teacup, aeroplane and syringe flash stickers
Traditional style flash drawing of a black coiled snake with an open mouth, showing fangs and red and yellow accents, with no body placement shown.
Coiled snake with open jaws
Traditional style flash drawing of a red and grey lighthouse with red light beams, set on rocks above rolling waves.
Lighthouse on rocks with waves flash
Colour traditional tattoo of yellow, orange and red flowers with green leaves across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Traditional flower cluster across a back
Small solid black infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with French manicured nails.
Infinity symbol on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a purple dripping candle with a grey smoke wisp and a brass holder, on the thigh.
Purple dripping candle with smoke
Two matching black outline tattoos of a horse head inside a heart, one on each forearm, in a fine line style.
Matching horse head in heart tattoos on forearms
Black and grey photo of a small black Leo zodiac symbol tattoo on the outer lower leg near the ankle, with a bare foot visible at the bottom right.
Leo zodiac symbol on the lower leg
Forearm tattoo of the script line 'Listen with your heart you will understand' beside a soft pink and grey watercolour style profile of a woman.
Script quote and profile portrait on forearm
Small black butterfly tattoo in simple outline on the top of a foot, near the ankle, with a pink cord anklet strung with shell beads.
Small butterfly tattoo on the foot
Black script lettering reading Strength; It's what comes from the madness we survive, tattooed across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
Grey cartoon dog with a swirling vine and small flowers tattooed on the lower back, above jeans and a studded belt.
Cartoon dog and vine on lower back
Black line drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design on a white background, showing a daisy, a peony-style bloom, a dahlia and small leaves arranged in a vertical spray.
Floral line drawing with daisy and peony blooms
Small colour tattoo of a four-leaf clover with teal shaded leaves and a fine black stem curling down, on the ankle.
Four-leaf clover on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather dissolving into a flock of solid bird silhouettes on the side of the ribs.
Feather turning into a flock of birds
Black fine line tattoo of a galloping horse with the words stay strong in cursive script on the inner forearm.
Horse and stay strong script on forearm
Black ink drawing on paper of a tattoo design showing a rose above a crossing arrow with a dotted geometric shape below, with a marker pen at the top edge.
Rose and arrow tattoo design on paper
Fine line black script word with an infinity loop and three small birds in flight, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script word with infinity loop and birds on wrist
Pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by a fan, with a rose at the bottom and a flower in her hair, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Woman portrait with rose and fan design
Colour tattoo of the Ohio state outline filled with the state flag, with the script words Home is Where the Heart is below, on the upper leg.
Ohio flag state outline on thigh

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