Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of a blackberry vine with leaves and berries wrapping across the outer forearm, with an open hand extended in front of a blurred interior.
Blackberry vine on a forearm
Black silhouette of a leafy tree with spreading roots, with the word Family and a quote about branches and roots set beside the trunk.
Family tree with roots and quote
Back view of a dark grey ornamental tattoo between the shoulder blades, with a cream crochet open-back top and a grey sweater shown in a side panel.
Dark grey ornate tattoo on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pink and teal castle under a blue night sky, set in a gilded scrolled frame on the thigh, with a figure in a red cloak at the lower left.
Fairytale castle in an ornate gilded frame on a thigh
Black and grey abstract brushstroke tattoo sweeping across the inside of a forearm, with soft grey shading at the edges of the strokes.
Abstract brushstroke tattoo on a forearm
Close photograph of a grey tribal-style tattoo with spiral and interlocking patterns across the back of a hand and up towards the wrist.
Tribal design across the back of a hand
Calf tattoo of a fragmented clock face with Roman numerals, a dotwork hand and a small butterfly, combining black ink and green geometric shapes in a mixed abstract style.
Clock, hand and butterfly calf tattoo
Two close photos of a forearm tattoo showing the heart curve equation, a black coordinate graph and a red heart outline, with a green leaf at the top, in a geometric style.
Heart curve equation and graph on a forearm
Traditional flash design of a one pint bottle holding two sailing ships, with a banner reading A Sailor's Grave over a skull and crossbones, flanked by red stars and green leaves.
Bottle with ships and a sailor's grave banner
Traditional-style flash design of two swallows above a red heart with flames and a LOVE banner on an orange background, shown without a body placement.
Swallows, heart and LOVE banner flash
Black and grey fine line laurel wreath on the back of a hand, with a small crown on a finger and a small cross on the side of another finger.
Laurel wreath, crown and cross on a hand
Black and grey geometric thunderbird tattoo with spread wings across the inner forearm.
Geometric thunderbird on the inner forearm
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
Colourful neo-traditional flower tattoo with purple petals, orange accents, green leaves and black scrollwork across a shoulder.
Purple flower and swirls on shoulder
Lettering tattoo shaped like an anchor with a blue word and red heart on the inner forearm, in black and grey with small colour accents.
Anchor made of lettering on an inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon hummingbird with a long beak and pink patches on the upper back.
Green cartoon hummingbird on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of two facing profiles forming a heart outline, with a flower and the word love in script, on the upper thigh.
Profile faces in a heart with flower and script
Fine line black outline tattoo of a patterned elephant with its trunk raised to a small sprig, on the lower abdomen beside a navel piercing.
Elephant with raised trunk on the abdomen
Small black fine line tattoo of a cyclist riding a bicycle whose wheels form an infinity symbol, placed on a person's upper back.
Cyclist silhouette within an infinity loop
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a purple yarn skull with crossed knitting needles and orange banners reading KNIT FAST and DIE WARM.
Yarn skull with knitting needles on a forearm
Black tattoo of flying birds and a dreamcatcher on the side of a person's neck, photographed from behind in sepia tones.
Birds and dreamcatcher on the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo on an arm showing a face with dark lips and bared teeth, with clawed hands and thin white linework below.
Realistic face and clawed hands on an arm
Close-up of a small, solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist, with a dark background behind the arm.
Small semicolon on the wrist
Hand-drawn mandala flower design in dark ink on cream paper, with layered petals, dotwork fills and a central geometric rosette.
Hand-drawn mandala flower design
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with three skulls, roses and three scrolling banners reading See, Hear and Speak no evil, drawn in black and grey shading.
Skulls, roses and no evil banners design
Hand-drawn brown ink design of a bare tree with branching limbs and spreading roots, shown on a plain white background.
Bare tree with spreading roots
Black and grey daisy tattoo with a yellow and green centre, outlined in black ink, on a patch of skin.
Daisy tattoo on skin
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a skull within an ace of spades, banners reading Life is a gamble, roses, a crown and dice.
Ace of spades skull with dice and roses on forearm
Woman in a black strappy dress showing a black ornate ornament tattoo on her upper back and a black mandala tattoo on her forearm.
Mandala and ornament tattoos on back and forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lily wrapped around a treble clef, sitting on the upper back near the shoulder.
Treble clef and lily on a shoulder
Sepia-toned shaded drawing of a fleur-de-lis with raised, highlighted edges on a tan background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Shaded fleur-de-lis design
Close-up of a black serif script tattoo reading We're All Mad Here, running diagonally along the inner upper arm of a woman in a maroon top.
We're All Mad Here quote on upper arm
Small realistic tattoo of a striped tabby cat lying on its back with a red collar, placed on the outer thigh.
Tabby cat tattoo on the thigh
Realistic pink diamond tattoo with a soft grey cast shadow on the inner wrist, worn beside a silver chain bracelet.
Pink diamond on a wrist
Realistic pink lotus flower tattoo on the upper back, with soft shading that makes the petals look three-dimensional on a woman's skin.
Pink lotus on upper back
Pencil drawing of an hourglass with two shaded roses, thorny vines and leaves, with a scrolled ornament in the top right corner, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Hourglass with roses and thorny vines pencil design
Greyscale pencil drawing of three realistic roses and an open pocket watch with a beaded chain, a realism tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Three roses and a pocket watch in graphite
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose, leaves and mandala-style flowers on an arm, in a realism and botanical style.
Black and grey rose and mandala sleeve
Black and grey lotus tattoo with geometric circles and dotwork shading on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric lotus on the ribs
Colour tattoo of music staves, notes, butterflies and a red hibiscus running up a woman's side and back.
Music staves and hibiscus down the side of back
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a tiger face with butterfly wings, green eyes and a pink nose, on a leg with bold black outlines.
Tiger face with butterfly wings on a leg
Two matching traditional-style tattoos of linked hands with blue cuffs in front of an orange sun, on two forearms.
Matching linked hands and sun on forearms
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo with a shaded feather, the words life and love in script and birds scattering below, on a limb.
Infinity feather with life and love script
Two matching neo-traditional cat tattoos with crowns, one ginger and one tabby, on the tops of a pair of feet.
Crowned cat tattoos on both feet
Black lettering design reading believe in a serif face with dictionary pronunciation marks, a script line reading to have faith in, and square brackets, on a white background.
Believe dictionary-style lettering design
Black and grey fine line feather tattoo with a small initial at the quill, sitting on the lower back.
Feather tattoo on lower back
Dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers and pink, purple and teal watercolour splashes on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour splashes on ribs
Black and grey neo-traditional owl tattoo on a calf, with a Deathly Hallows triangle and circle on one wing and the words Mischief Managed script along the tail.
Ornate owl with Deathly Hallows symbol on a calf

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Popular subjects

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