Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey flash design of a dagger piercing a heart with a wavy ribbon across it and three drops below, in a traditional style with no body placement shown.
Dagger through a heart with ribbon
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with the words THE LORD IS MY above and Anchor below, on skin.
Anchor with rope and scripted text
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an accordion with pink flowers and gold scrollwork on the inner upper arm.
Accordion and pink flowers on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a shaded grey skull framed by red roses and green leaves on the forearm, with another red rose near the wrist.
Skull and red roses on a forearm
Black tribal ornament design with interlaced bands and spiral curls, a flash-style drawing with no placement shown.
Symmetrical tribal ornament design
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with the words Not all those who wander are lost curved around it on bare skin.
Compass rose with a curved quote
Black flash sheet of traditional swallows in flight at varied sizes and angles, drawn in solid black on a white background with no body placement shown.
Flying swallows flash sheet
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a mermaid seated on a rock within an anchor-framed oval, topped with a fleur-de-lis, on the thigh.
Mermaid in an anchor frame on a thigh
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo with small flowers on each of two wrists, photographed palms turned toward the viewer.
Matching swallow and flower wrist tattoos
Traditional style tattoo on the inner forearm showing mountains, birds, a red flower and leaves, with the words home is where the heart is.
Mountain scene with quote on forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a glass object with wisps of smoke, on a calf.
Grim reaper with smoke on a lower leg
Colourful traditional-style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a woman's profile, an owl, roses, a teal vase and an umbrella on a purple background.
Full sleeve with owl and woman profile
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with yellow eyes and horns, coiled around a red tail, with the quote What fun is there in making sense? on the calf.
Cartoon character and quote on a calf
Traditional flash design of a skeleton with crossed arms inside a black coffin-shaped bottle with a red cap.
Skeleton in a coffin-shaped bottle
Traditional style tattoo of a green and black snake with red markings coiled around red roses and green leaves on a forearm.
Snake coiled around roses on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a church with a tall spire, set in a ring, with a large shaded rose in front, on the upper leg.
Church and rose on a thigh
Traditional flash drawing of a mermaid with long dark hair seated on an anchor and rope, holding a small cherub, in red, yellow and black outline on a tan background.
Mermaid and anchor traditional flash
Traditional coloured tattoo of a woman with bobbed black hair, a blue headband and a gold feather, framed by red and yellow snakes, on the upper arm.
Flapper woman with snakes on upper arm
Traditional-style tattoo of a scroll banner reading Home is whenever I'm with you, wrapped around teal, orange and yellow feathers on the upper arm.
Feather and banner quote on upper arm
Vertical flash sheet of black and grey engraved designs, including a skull with candle, an eye, crossed bones, hands, scales and a plague doctor, with Latin lettering.
Vertical sheet of occult and engraved motifs
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope, a swallow and two skulls, with no body placement visible.
Anchor, swallow and skulls tattoo design
Traditional style flash drawing of a green peacock perched above a cluster of red roses and green leaves, outlined in bold black.
Peacock and roses flash design
Two colour tattoos: a traditional-style heart with a lipstick and two diamonds on an arm, and a peony and daisy band across the stomach.
Lipstick heart and floral belly band tattoos
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pineapple cocktail with a paper umbrella, straw and cherry, plus a pink flower and leaves, on the side of the thigh.
Pineapple cocktail with umbrella on thigh
Colour tattoo of an ornate hot air balloon with a black script word reading freedom on the thigh, in a traditional style.
Hot air balloon and freedom script on thigh
Close-up of a traditional-style swallow tattoo on a shoulder, its dark body filled with an orange and red rose and green leaves.
Swallow with rose fill on a shoulder
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in yellow rope and teal leaves, on the lower leg.
Anchor with rope and teal leaves on a calf
Traditional style flash sheet of red and black heart designs, including a dagger through a heart, a rose with a MOM banner, and swallows with LOVE ALWAYS lettering.
Traditional heart flash sheet
Colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, showing orange flames, grey stonework, a cross and blue flowers in a traditional style.
Full sleeve with flames, cross and flowers
Forearm covered in a bold, colourful traditional-style tattoo with a silver iPod nano worn on the wrist and a finger tapping its screen.
Colourful traditional sleeve with an iPod on the wrist
Large colour and black-and-grey tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull on the upper arm, the skull decorated with a green shamrock and flowers.
Owl and sugar skull on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of two snarling wolves with orange-red eyes and black outlines, covering the back of a hand against a dark background.
Two snarling wolves on the back of a hand
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh showing two crossed rolling pins, sprinkled donuts, pink daisies and a banner reading Rattle, with the words Bake and Roll.
Donuts and rolling pins on a thigh
Traditional style owl tattoo on an upper arm, wearing a tweed cap and argyle sweater, with a small red flower beside it.
Owl in tweed cap and argyle sweater
Traditional tattoo of two swallows above and below a LIVE FREE banner, with yellow flowers, on the upper arm.
Two swallows and LIVE FREE banner on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship against a red sunset inside a rope border, with a flower below, on a forearm.
Sailing ship and flower on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an orange, green and yellow striped snake coiling around a cream skull on the forearm.
Striped snake coiled around a skull on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a campsite in a circular frame, with a campfire, tent, stump, mountains and framing trees under an orange sunset, on the forearm.
Campfire and tent in a sunset landscape
Traditional style tattoo of two red cardinals with pink blossom and green leaves on the upper thigh, outlined in black.
Two cardinals with blossom on thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a rose in her hair, a blue anchor on her neck and a red compass star, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with rose and compass star
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon sloth holding a cookie, sitting on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Cartoon sloth holding a cookie on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a red heart on the shank, placed on the upper back.
Traditional anchor with heart on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grinning skull wearing a tan cowboy hat and striped green and yellow bandana, on the inner forearm.
Skull in cowboy hat on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a globe, a grey VOYAGE banner, two pink and orange roses and green leaves.
Globe, roses and VOYAGE banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven perched over a brick house with lit windows, with a red eight-pointed star above, on an upper arm.
Raven perched on a house on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with dark hair strung with pearls and a sailing ship on her head, on the upper arm.
Woman profile and sailing ship on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a seated mermaid within an anchor frame, with a fleur-de-lis above, on the outer thigh.
Mermaid and anchor on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of dental forceps gripping a tooth with a red drip, on the lower leg.
Forceps gripping a tooth on a calf

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