Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of the Frozen character Elsa with a long braid and snowflakes, in a neo-traditional style on the leg.
Elsa from Frozen on a leg
Black fine line tattoo of Belle and the Beast in profile beside a small green and pink rose, with the script words Tale as old as time beneath, on a person's upper back.
Belle and the Beast silhouette with rose on upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a cartoon doll girl with button eyes, a stitched smile and a hair bow, holding a cupcake.
Stitched doll girl holding a cupcake
A large black and grey biomechanical ribcage tattoo with laced corset details and scrollwork across a woman's bare back.
Biomechanical ribcage back piece
Close photo of a man's hands crossed at the wrist, with small triangle and dot tattoos on the fingers and a coloured eye tattoo on the back of one hand, in a mixed black and grey and colour style.
Finger triangles and an eye on the hands
Back of a woman's neck and upper back showing a pink and purple botanical flower tattoo with buds and green leaves, in a soft watercolour style.
Pink watercolour flower on the neck and upper back
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with an eye and floral detail on the upper back of a person with dreadlocks tied in a bun.
Hamsa hand tattoo on upper back
Black and grey wing tattoo on the side of the ribs and a mandala tattoo on the wrist and hand of a woman in a bikini on a beach.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman at the beach
Small black crown tattoo behind a person's ear, drawn with outlined panels, dotted accents and a shaded band.
Small crown tattoo behind the ear
Black fine line phoenix tattoo with flowing feathers running from the side of the ribs down onto the thigh.
Phoenix tattoo across ribs and thigh
Fine line black script lettering runs from the ankle down the side of a bare foot, with a second foot beside it.
Script quotation running along the foot
Fine line botanical tattoo of a small sprig with pale pink flowers and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Small pink flower sprig on an inner forearm
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm reading Music is Life in handwritten lettering, with media player icons below it.
Music is Life lettering with media controls
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress, placed on the inner forearm with a few red accents.
Lion in feathered headdress on forearm
Close-up of a small black tattoo of two short parallel vertical bars on the inner wrist, shown in a minimal style.
Two parallel bars on a wrist
Three matching fine line mountain tattoos with coordinate text sit on the inner forearms of three people.
Matching mountain and coordinates forearm tattoos
Colour tattoo of a red-maned lion cub with a black outline, placed on the calf.
Red lion cub on a calf
Black and white photo of a forearm with three thin black fine line tattoos encircling it like bands, set against a wooden plank floor.
Three fine lines wrapping a forearm
Black and grey traditional dagger tattoo with a twisted grip and shaded blade on the inner forearm, resting on white kitchen roll.
Dagger tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of four arrows in black ink on the inner upper arm, with a checked shirt sleeve at the top of the frame.
Four arrows on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather with a green and blue eye on the upper chest, below the collarbone, beside a pink strap.
Peacock feather on upper chest
Realistic black and grey wolf head holding a red rose in its mouth, shown as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Wolf with a red rose in its mouth
Realism-style colour tattoo of a snarling black panther with yellow eyes and a curled tail, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Snarling black panther on upper back
A woman with blonde hair lies with her arms crossed, showing a mixed colour traditional sleeve with roses, an eagle and a camera on the forearm and upper arm, and a teal heart on the back.
Colourful arm sleeve with roses and an eagle
Black and grey ink drawing of a longhorn bull skull with an ornate filigree pattern on the forehead, flanked by two roses and hanging feathers.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Black ink tattoo of a small row of elephants, decreasing in size from left to right, across the inner wrist and forearm of an outstretched hand.
Row of elephants on a wrist
Black script lettering reading For Those I Love, I Will Sacrifice runs along the inside of a forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Two mirrored swallows in a traditional style, black with white outlines, shown against a plain white background.
Pair of traditional swallows
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat style waveform on the inner forearm, shown on two wrists pressed together.
Fine line heartbeat tattoo on wrists
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with yellow petals, green leaves and black swirling vines on skin, with the body part not shown.
Sunflower with swirling vines
Two wrists side by side showing fine line script tattoos reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', in blue ink with a red accent on the final letters.
Matching 'to infinity' and 'and beyond' wrist tattoos
Fine line tattoo on a forearm showing an outlined red heart, a black heartbeat line and the script word Michael.
Heartbeat line and script name on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two roses with hatched leaves on the outer thigh, shown on bare legs against white bedding.
Two roses on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a dangling leaf and dot motif, placed centrally on the chest between the sternum and the ribs.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the sternum
Small outlined triangle tattoo filled with blue, purple and pink galaxy shading, on the inner forearm of a person against a wooden background.
Galaxy triangle on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a glass candy jar full of eyeballs, labelled Eye Candy, with a skull on a bow, shown on the thigh.
Eye candy jar of eyeballs on thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a blonde doll-like woman in a pink leopard print outfit, holding scissors, with a pink car below, on the forearm.
Blonde doll with scissors and pink car
Fine line black script tattoo of the word sisters inside a heart outline with curled top, on the inner wrist.
Sisters script heart on a wrist
Close view of a woman's hands with a small black semicolon on the inner wrist and a small semicolon on the inner forearm, beside a colourful Japanese style sleeve on her other arm.
Small semicolons and a colour forearm sleeve
Fine line black tattoo of two roses on a stem with a leaf, sitting on the outer upper arm.
Two roses with stems on an upper arm
Close-up of a watercolour-style fox tattoo in orange and red with blue and purple splashes on the outer thigh, with a hand holding up blue fabric.
Watercolour fox on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a winged pig flying across the upper arm, with shaded feathered wings and soft shading on the body.
Flying pig with wings on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a woman in profile with flowers in her hair, inside a circular frame across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman in a circle on the upper back
Woman lying on sand in a black hat and white crochet top, with a small black script tattoo on her upper arm and a small dark design near her shoulder, in fine line style.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a peace symbol filled with rainbow gradients, framed by white-outlined blue and purple swirls on skin.
Rainbow peace symbol with swirls
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a wolf head inside an inverted triangle, with short lines above, on the upper back.
Wolf head in a triangle on upper back
Two hands resting palm down on a dark wooden surface, each showing a small black infinity symbol tattoo on a finger.
Infinity symbols on two fingers
A man in a dark grey t-shirt with a Washington state map print shows black and grey tattoos of a snake, geometric shapes and a skull on his forearms and upper arm.
Arm tattoos with snake and skull under a home t-shirt

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