Tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-trad style tattoo of a winged cross with pink accents, the words Not of this world above and Agape with a small pink heart below, on a person's ribs.
Winged cross with script on ribs
Small red bow tattoo with a black outline on the side of a finger, on a hand with red painted nails.
Small red bow tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a tree on a person's upper back, with bare branches and yellow leaves on the left and red and green foliage on the right.
Seasonal tree across a shoulder blade
Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor and ship wheel within a rope heart, framed by orange flowers, teal leaves and the words INTO THE SEA, on the thigh.
Anchor and ship wheel in a rope heart
Close photograph of a teal and blue shaded tattoo of a twenty-sided dice on skin, with a triangular face at its centre.
Teal twenty-sided dice tattoo
Black ink flash sheet in a traditional style showing two female heads with daggers, barbed wire, clasped hands, a sailing ship and birds.
Traditional flash sheet with ship, daggers and barbed wire
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "what's inside her never dies" on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a grey knit top beside it.
Script quote along the collarbone
Fine line tattoos of a letter K with a heart and a letter Q with a heart on two adjacent fingers of a hand, in black ink.
King and queen of hearts on fingers
Close-up of a small black fine line outline of a cat's head tattooed on the ankle of a foot resting on a floral duvet.
Small cat outline on an ankle
Black line drawing of an A to Z blackletter alphabet sheet, with each capital letter shown in ornate gothic script on a white background.
Blackletter alphabet sheet, A to Z
A small coloured turtle tattoo with shaded green and brown shell sits on the inner forearm below an open hand.
Small turtle tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo across a torso with a black birdcage, pink rose, flowers and small birds, placed over the stomach and ribs.
Birdcage and roses across the stomach
Colour outline tattoo of a mermaid with red hair, a purple shell and a blue to green tail on the lower leg.
Mermaid tattoo on a lower leg
Back of a woman's neck and shoulders showing a colourful sugar skull moth tattoo on the neck and a large black and grey Japanese back piece with a pagoda, moon and geisha.
Sugar skull moth on neck with Japanese back piece
Painted design of a skeletal mermaid with a fishbone tail, holding a shell with a pearl, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Skeletal mermaid holding a shell
Colour realism tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and pink roses and blue foliage, on the outer thigh.
Anchor with pink roses on a thigh
Large black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with cracked bone detail on the upper leg, shown beside a pair of white shorts.
Cracked skull on the upper leg
White ink tattoo of an ornate paisley and mandala design on the upper back of a person with blonde hair.
White ink paisley tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis at the top and a dotwork mandala behind it, on the upper arm.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis on upper arm
Collage of colourful neo-traditional tattoos of donuts, cakes, a cat with ice cream, candy canes and cupcakes on arms and legs.
Collage of colourful sweet treat tattoos
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a leafy vine curling from the inner wrist up the forearm, with a hand resting on dark denim beside it.
Leafy vine tattoo on wrist and forearm
Dark blue-black script lettering reading through every dark night, there is a brighter day, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey traditional style drawing of a bird diving head first with raised wings and a small yellow eye, shown as a tattoo design.
Diving bird flash design
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, on the lower back above the waistband of grey underwear.
Elephant with raised trunk on the lower back
Palm view of a hand with fine black geometric tattoo patterns, including a mandala on the palm, chevrons on the fingers and a band around the wrist.
Mandala and chevron hand tattoo
Black ink drawing of a hand whose fingers and knuckles are replaced by eyeballs, with dripping lines below, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Hand of eyeballs with dripping lines
Small crescent moon tattoo on the forearm, filled with blue, teal and pink galaxy shading and tiny white star dots.
Galaxy crescent moon on a forearm
Black ink nautical tattoo of a scallop shell, anchor, ship's wheel and compass rose in a row on the ribs, covered with clear plastic wrap while healing.
Nautical row of shell, anchor, wheel and compass on ribs
Three black outline drawings of lightning bolts on a white background, a line drawing design with no shading.
Three lightning bolt outlines
Watercolour-style hare with a large eye in its head and loose ink splatters, tattooed along the side of a person's ribs.
Watercolour hare with an eye on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peony blooms, buds and leaves on a raised upper arm, with a smiling woman in a white top beside it.
Peony tattoo on upper arm
Two matching butterfly tattoos with black linework and pink shading, one on each of two wrists placed side by side.
Matching butterfly wrist tattoos
Small black outline tattoo of an elephant on the side of a ribcage, with a raised arm and black painted nails visible beside it.
Small elephant outline on the ribs
Pink botanical peony tattoo with soft shading on the forearm, with a clear plastic dressing wrapped below it.
Pink peony tattoo on forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pair of red glitter ruby slippers with blue highlights and a star on an upper arm, with banner lettering above.
Ruby slippers tattoo on an arm
Solid black guitar silhouette tattoo with small lettering along the neck, placed on the inside of a person's ankle.
Black guitar silhouette on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a haunted house, full moon, bats and a bare tree on a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Haunted house and graveyard on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small cloud with hanging moon, stars and dots on the lower leg, above the ankle.
Small cloud with hanging moon and stars on a calf
Fine line black script tattoo of small words on the nape of a woman's neck, with a blonde braid over one shoulder, photographed from behind.
Small script words on the nape
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose over a torn map with a banner reading The Journey Never Ends, on the outer thigh.
Compass and torn map on thigh
Black and grey tattoo of five moon phases with fine script lettering below them, sitting on the forearm.
Moon phases with script on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading carpe diem on the inner ankle, with a woman wearing gold and tan strappy sandals.
Carpe diem script on an ankle
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with waved hair and orange earrings, holding a fan with a hand and eye design, on an upper arm.
Portrait of a woman with a fan on the upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of two red spider lilies on a stem, with a few faint dashes above, on the outer ankle.
Red spider lily tattoo on ankle
Fine line black outline tattoo of a round cartoon manatee on the side of the ribs.
Cartoon manatee outline tattoo
Traditional style colour tattoo of a flying saucer beaming rainbow light, with the words STAY WEIRD above it, on a limb.
Stay weird UFO tattoo
Fine black script lettering runs vertically down the thigh of a person in lace underwear who is holding a silver hand mirror.
Script tattoo on the thigh
Black flowing script lettering reading Let your Life Speak on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Let your Life Speak script lettering

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