Tattoo ideas

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

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Flash drawing of a black cat with a pentacle on its head, a blackletter banner reading Harm none, Do as ye wilt, and a row of moon phases above.
Black cat with banner and moon phases
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of green and teal yarn balls, a red yarn skein and pink flowers, with the words Keep Calm arched above and Carry Yarn below.
Yarn balls and flowers with Keep Calm Carry Yarn
Colour tattoo of a bouquet of wildflowers with poppies, daisies and sprigs of foliage on the inner forearm, drawn in a bold outlined botanical style.
Wildflower bouquet on a forearm
Small solid black-grey tattoo of a raised horns hand gesture on a calf, above a white sock with red lip prints.
Rock horns hand tattoo on a calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of Snow White holding an apple, with a Fairest One of All banner, on the upper thigh.
Snow White with apple on thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain ridge on the inner forearm of a person in a grey hoodie with hands clasped over blue trousers.
Small mountain line tattoo on an inner forearm
Illustrated design of three red hibiscus flowers with green leaves and swirling vines over splashes of paint, drawn in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Hibiscus flowers with green swirls
Black tribal-style tattoo with symmetrical owl-like and skull-like motifs on the upper arm of a person in a black sleeveless top.
Black tribal upper arm tattoo
Black and grey rose tattoo in a botanical style on a woman's shoulder, with a beige off-shoulder jumper.
Rose tattoo on a shoulder
Small fine line botanical tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves and stem on the inner wrist and forearm.
Pink rose and leaves on a wrist
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a Hello Kitty face styled as a sugar skull, with filigree ornaments, a diamond, a heart-shaped nose and a bow, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hello Kitty sugar skull on upper back
Pencil drawing of a comedy and a tragedy theatre mask with swirling scrolls and dots over a diamond lattice background.
Comedy and tragedy masks pencil design
Black ink tattoo of a woman silhouette in a dress, leaning back in an oval frame with scrolled corners, on the inner upper arm.
Silhouetted dancer in an oval frame on upper arm
Watercolour and ink drawing of a stag head with angular green crystal-like antlers, coral and teal washes and visible construction lines, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Geometric watercolour stag head design
Forearm tattoo of Alaska's black outline filled with a green and yellow landscape, with the words 'That which the sea breaks against' in black lettering below.
Alaska silhouette with landscape and quote on forearm
Fine line tattoo of two divers in red and white striped swimsuits, one head first and one feet first, on the side of the torso.
Two diving figures on the side of the torso
Black and grey tattoo of three framed mountain landscapes with moons, a river and daisies, in dotwork shading, on the inner forearm.
Three-panel mountain landscape on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a cartoon cat with a pink bow on the side of a finger, with red nails and a fishnet background.
Small cartoon cat with bow on finger
Black and white photo of a fine line arrow with the word fearless in cursive script on a person's ribs.
Arrow and fearless script on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane on a person's lower leg.
Realistic lion head on a calf
Colour tattoo of a pink and teal fairytale castle with a ribbon banner on the front of a thigh, shown above the knee.
Pink fairytale castle on a thigh
Black ink mandala drawing in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head, with leaf-petal motifs and dotted, looped patterns, drawn on a spiral sketchbook page.
Mandala design in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head
Colour floral tattoo with black lace-style roses and pink and teal washes across the side of a torso, shown in a three-panel collage.
Lace and floral tattoo across ribs and back
Fine line black arrow and a geometric outline triangle with a green filled triangle on a forearm, photographed beside a denim shirt.
Arrow and triangles on a forearm
Bold tattoo of an ornately decorated grey elephant with coloured headdress patterns on the thigh, shown beside a close-up detail panel.
Ornate elephant with patterned headdress
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm showing a stippled running deer and a stick-like hunter with a spear, in a cave painting style.
Stippled deer and hunter on a forearm
Close-up of a thigh with colourful traditional tattoos of a yellow rose, a snake and an eye, partly covered by black lace-up shorts.
Traditional rose and snake on a thigh
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of an eye with roses on the back of a hand, with lettering on the fingers and a further tattoo partly visible on the forearm.
Eye and rose tattoo on the hand
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of an infinity loop combined with a semicolon, on a limb of skin with a blurred background.
Infinity and semicolon tattoo on a limb
Close-up of a dotwork world map tattoo in black and grey on the inner forearm, near the wrist, with the hand visible at the left edge.
World map on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a woman embracing a child, with golden hair patterned with flowers, in a fine line style on the upper arm.
Embrace with gold hair and flowers on upper arm
Fine line black and grey geometric tattoo of a spread-winged bird above stacked inverted triangles and a downward arrow, on the forearm.
Bird above stacked triangles on a forearm
Close view of the words In Christ Alone in black typewriter-style lettering on the upper arm of a person wearing a knitted sleeve.
In Christ Alone lettering on an upper arm
Small grey tattoo on the side of a finger beside silver rings, with long dark hair and leaves in the background.
Small finger tattoo beside gemstone rings
Colour lotus flower tattoo with pink and teal wash, dotwork shading and a thin geometric circle, on a forearm.
Lotus flower on a forearm
Black ink Kokopelli figure playing a flute beside a scrolling vine with heart motifs, tattooed on the side of a woman's neck.
Kokopelli and vine scrolls on the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and white roses on the upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch and roses on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, thigh and calf, including a black cat sitting on a coloured crescent moon and a black panther on the lower leg.
Cat on a crescent moon and black panther tattoos
A red linework outline of a curled-up sleeping cat tattooed on skin, with closed eyes and a long tail wrapped around its body.
Sleeping cat outline in red ink
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line on the ankle of a bare foot resting on grass.
Triangle and circle symbol on an ankle
Small black fine line outline tattoo of an ice lolly on the forearm, shown on warmly lit skin.
Ice lolly outline on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a bold blackwork pistol tattoo on the side of an upper thigh, with hands holding fabric at the top of the frame.
Pistol tattoo on the upper thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a map outline on a forearm, near the wrist, with dark beaded bracelets beside it.
Fine line map outline on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a bare branching tree on the wrist, with a woven bracelet on the same arm.
Branching tree on the inner wrist
Black line drawing of a symmetrical mandala with lotus-style petals and stippled dotwork edges, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Black line mandala design
Realistic tattoo of a faceted blue gem set in a heart-shaped silver frame with a chain, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Blue gem heart with chain on upper chest
Realism style compass with feather leaves in grey shading and teal accents, tattooed on the inner forearm of an arm held up towards the camera.
Compass and feathers on an inner forearm
Black line drawing of a winged heart with a faceted gem at its centre, a crown-like top and a small ring hanging from the point, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged heart with faceted gem line drawing

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451