Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with two crows on the side of the ribs, with a shaded trunk and fine branches climbing towards the chest.
Bare tree and crows on the ribs
Black linework Fibonacci spiral within golden rectangles on the upper arm and shoulder, softened by blue and grey watercolour splashes and drips.
Fibonacci spiral and golden rectangles on upper arm
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a red koi carp, purple lotus flowers, cherry blossoms and clouds, shown from three angles.
Koi and lotus full sleeve
Sheet of fourteen black ink anchor designs on a beige paper background, several with rope, rings or a ship's wheel, in a traditional hand-drawn style.
Anchor designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs showing three dreamcatchers with shaded feathers and the script quote Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Dreamcatchers and script quote on ribs
Black and grey Japanese style floral sleeve tattoo on a forearm, with a butterfly, peonies and cloud shapes.
Black and grey floral sleeve on a forearm
Close photo of a fine-line black script tattoo reading keep me where the light is, with a small star, on the forearm of a person lying on a bed.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a limb in neo-traditional style, showing a blue TARDIS with Daleks, Cybermen and a Weeping Angel against purple smoky shading.
Doctor Who scene tattoo across three panels
Four black koru-style design options labelled Option 1 to 4, showing a hammerhead shark, a dolphin, a turtle and a plain spiral, with red size guidance beneath.
Four koru-style designs with sea creature motifs
Back view of a woman with a small fine line tattoo of triangles and a circle with rays on her side ribs, beside a panel of alchemy symbols.
Small triangle and circle tattoo on a ribcage
Black silhouette cat tattoo with a curling tail and a trail of paw prints, one with a small red heart, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Black cat and paw prints on upper chest
Traditional colour tattoos of R2-D2 and C-3PO with banners reading You're my only hope and Never tell me the odds, placed on the thighs.
R2-D2 and C-3PO banner tattoos on thighs
Black linework flash design of a woman with flowers in her hair, a hand at her face, paintbrushes and a skull with an all-seeing eye, in botanical style.
Woman with brushes, skull and eye design
Fine line tattoo of baby's breath sprigs, a small seated figure and a fern sprig on the upper leg, with a hand touching the design.
Baby's breath and fern on thigh
Black and white flash drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a large eye in the palm, filled with dotted and linear patterns.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses, a compass and fine script text on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
Man in a grey t-shirt printed with an octopus and ship wheel, with traditional tattoo sleeves showing roses on both arms.
Octopus and ship wheel tee with tattoo sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's face beside a compass rose on the upper arm and shoulder, with the words Revelation 5:5 running down the arm.
Lion and compass on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cat outline filled with a pink and blue night sky, a yellow moon and a black cat silhouette in bare branches, on the outer thigh.
Cat silhouette with moon on thigh
Two geometric wolf head tattoos on a person's forearms, one in grey and beige and one in blue, both on the forearm in a faceted geometric style.
Matching geometric wolf heads on forearms
Black script lettering tattoo on the lower back, shown in a mirror selfie with the wearer in denim shorts and a white crop top.
Small script tattoo on lower back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the forearm of pine trees, a full moon and a hill inside an oval rope border.
Moon, pines and hills in a rope frame
Black and purple line drawing of a stylised bird, a flower and feathers with dotwork bubbles, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Bird, flower and feathers tattoo design
Small colour tattoo of a geometric origami bird with purple, pink, red and green watercolour-style fills on the inner forearm.
Geometric origami bird on the inner forearm
Realism-style tattoo of a grey wolf's head with pale blue eyes, shaded in black and grey on the outer thigh.
Realistic wolf head on thigh
Black dandelion tattoo with drifting seeds on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Dandelion seeds blowing across a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head in profile on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Wolf head on upper back
Black tribal armband tattoo of spirals and swirls wrapping around an upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Black tribal armband on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a man in a brimmed hat with his hands gripping dog tags on a beaded chain, shown in a close-up photograph.
Hands holding dog tags under a hat
Fine line and dotwork koi fish tattoo in teal, grey and pink across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Two koi fish on the upper back
Red anchor drawing with a ring at the top, five small stars above and the word HOPE in sage green letters below, on a pale background.
Anchor with stars and HOPE
Black outline tattoo of two small elephants facing each other with their trunks forming a heart, in fine line style on the inner forearm.
Two elephants with heart-shaped trunks
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a curled animal inside a circle with radiating stripes, on the outer upper arm.
Curled animal in a circle on upper arm
Painted tattoo design of a shaded skull framed by blue and purple anemone-style flowers, leaves and grey scrollwork on a pale background.
Skull with blue and purple flowers design
Traditional style tattoo of a bee with a red heart on its abdomen, grey wings and a pink flower with green leaves below, on a limb.
Traditional bee with heart and pink flower
A small black revolver tattoo on the side ribs of a person wearing a grey vest top, shown against a warm orange-toned background.
Small revolver tattoo on the ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a Yorkshire terrier with an orange bow on the upper leg.
Yorkshire terrier portrait on a thigh
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading tattoo on the upper arm, just below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
The word tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a flying bird formed from musical notes and a treble clef, with wings trailing into staves, on the side of the torso.
Bird made of music notes on the side
Black and grey fine line script reading "be still" on a pale inner forearm, photographed against a dark top.
Be still script on a forearm
Black and grey realistic wolf head tattoo with triangle and circle linework on the forearm, with a printed wolf photo reference beside it.
Wolf head with geometric lines on forearm
White ink lotus mandala tattoo on the chest below the bust, with a matching ornament on the upper arm, in a fine line style.
White ink lotus mandala on chest
Black script reading love and family within an infinity symbol, with a shaded pink feather, tattooed on a forearm.
Infinity with love and family script on a forearm
Pencil sketch of several plumeria flowers shaded in soft greys on lined notebook paper, a botanical design with no body placement shown.
Plumeria flowers pencil sketch
Black and grey geometric bird with spread wings tattooed on the ribs, shown beneath a lifted grey t-shirt.
Stylised bird with spread wings on ribs
Black and grey horseshoe tattoo with small flowers and leaves on the inner forearm, shaded in an engraved, stippled style.
Horseshoe and flowers on a forearm
Small black dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with stippled clouds and a dotted sky on the forearm.
Crescent moon with clouds and dotted sky
Small fine line lizard tattoo with a crescent moon and sun on the back of a hand, beside a black leather watch strap.
Lizard, moon and sun on the back of a hand

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