Tattoo ideas

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

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A horizontal row of seven solid black circles, largest at the centre and decreasing in size outwards, shown as a geometric tattoo design on a plain light background.
Seven graduated black circles in a row
Man in a grey V-neck tee with a forest print shows black and grey tattoos on both forearms and upper arms, including a portrait, a cross with rosary and script.
Black and grey arm tattoos with forest print tee
Upper arm with a realistic colour tattoo of a US 100 dollar banknote, showing the word DOLLARS and the number 100, beside a white t-shirt sleeve.
Hundred dollar bill tattoo on upper arm
Black line drawing of a botanical paisley and floral design with dotted mandala-style flowers on a white background, shown without any body placement.
Paisley and floral line drawing design
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with dark hair, a polka-dot flower and a red shell top, with a red-to-green tail, on the thigh.
Pin-up mermaid with shell top
Two blue wrist tattoos: the word Duke in blackletter-style script on the left, and an outlined Hello Kitty holding an orange basketball on the right.
Duke lettering and Hello Kitty wrist tattoos
Pastel pink, purple, blue and green scale and fin tattoo covering both legs from the ankles up the calves, with the legs raised against a pale fabric backdrop.
Pastel mermaid scale tattoo on both legs
Infinity symbol tattoo made of outlined stars and a crescent moon, with soft blue shading, on bare skin.
Infinity symbol with stars and a crescent moon
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with soft shading and dripping splatter effects on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top.
Shaded skull with drips on upper arm
Black script lettering design reading Always & Forever on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Always & Forever script lettering design
Two black and grey leaf tattoos with fine vein detail sit on the outer edge of an ear.
Two leaves on the ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a rose-patterned veil, shown on an outer limb.
Sugar skull portrait with rose veil
Greyscale pencil-style drawing of a howling wolf with pink and yellow roses and leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Howling wolf with roses flash design
Black fine line outline of the world map tattooed on a forearm, with beaded bracelets at the wrist.
World map outline on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of stacked wavy lines in a rectangle on the upper back of a woman wearing a red open-back top.
Wave line tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a white maneki-neko lucky cat with a raised paw and gold coin, in a traditional style, on the calf.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a red and yellow rose with green leaves and a black banner of lettering across the inner forearm.
Red rose and banner lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a stack of three books with the words I've lived a thousand lives above them.
Stack of books and quote on thigh
Symmetrical blue line drawing on cream paper of two mermaids with seahorses, seaweed and a central octopus, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Mermaids, seahorses and octopus in blue line art
Pen and ink drawing of a dark blue feather breaking apart into a flock of small birds, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Traditional style tattoo of a moustached man with slicked hair inside a rope frame, above a red rose with green leaves, on an upper arm.
Traditional man portrait and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey script lettering with shaded edges across a man's forearm, placed on the forearm, with a skull tattoo partly visible at the bottom right.
Script name lettering on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle with purple smoke wisps on the upper thigh.
Jack Daniel's bottle with purple smoke on thigh
Black solid tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with spiky sun rays, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pentagram and sun tattoo on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a fine line compass rose tattoo on the upper back of a person with short hair, beside a mountain and Adventure script tattoo on the inner wrist.
Compass on the back and adventure on the wrist
Close view of a small black fine-line script tattoo on a woman's upper back, shown above a pale blue bandeau top and beneath a knitted sweater.
Fine line script word on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a row of small black crosses encircling the inside of a wrist, with the hand raised against a plain brown background.
Row of small crosses around a wrist
Black ink linework drawing of an ornamental hummingbird design with dotted circles and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornamental hummingbird line drawing
Black and white photo of a Latin phrase, OMNIA CAUSA FIUNT, set in serif capitals across the upper arm in lettering tattoo.
Latin lettering on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a bicycle with yellow wheels and a brown frame on the upper arm of a woman in a white vest, with a pool behind her.
Yellow-wheeled bicycle on the upper arm
Small fine line black dandelion tattoo with seeds blowing away, on the back of a hand near a dark zipped bag.
Dandelion with drifting seeds on a hand
Realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat wearing a top hat with a percentage tag, with the words We're all Mad here in script below, on the inner ankle.
Cheshire Cat in a top hat with lettering
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a spotted fawn standing in profile on the back of a neck, with brown hair above it.
Grey shaded fawn on the nape
Colour traditional tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a teal wash behind it, on the top of a foot below the toes.
Anchor and rope on the foot
White handwritten script reading Simple things, set vertically on a black background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Simple things script lettering design
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a vegvisir compass with a swallow in the centre, placed on the forearm.
Vegvisir compass with swallow on forearm
Soft blue shaded tattoo of a stag head with antlers on the outer upper arm, set against green foliage.
Blue stag head on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a thin curving branch with tiny leaves and buds, sitting on the upper back below the neck.
Fine line branch on upper back
Traditional style knife tattoo on an upper arm, with a black and grey face in the blade, a red dotted handle and red blood spatter below.
Knife with face and blood on upper arm
Two grey rabbits float up on pink and blue balloons in a soft, pastel-coloured design on a forearm, beside a cream plush toy.
Rabbits with balloons on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a traditional anchor with a rope coiled around the shaft and a knot at the top, on a plain light grey background.
Anchor with rope design
Collage of six black and grey mandala tattoos in dotwork and fine line styles, placed on the shoulder, upper back, forearm and upper arm.
Mandala tattoos on shoulders, back and arms
Black ink lettering reading mind above a horizontal line and matter below, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Mind over matter wrist lettering
Black and grey fine line arrow with overlapping circles and dotted lines on the side of the torso.
Arrow with overlapping circles on the side
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "with every heartbeat" in black ink along a woman's collarbone, near the shoulder.
"with every heartbeat" script along a collarbone
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a rearing unicorn with flowing mane and wisps of cloud across the lower back.
Black and grey unicorn across a lower back
Black script lettering reading Stay Gold runs diagonally down the back of a person's neck, with their hair up in a bun.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of pink cherry blossom branches and a purple butterfly on the side of a torso, above the hip.
Cherry blossom and butterfly on the ribs

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