Tattoo ideas

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

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Black traditional tattoo of an eye with a chequered crown, leaves and a dagger on the upper arm, shown against a white brick wall.
Eye with geometric crown on upper arm
Black and grey merlion tattoo with a fish tail on the thigh, with a partly visible coloured design at the left edge.
Merlion tattoo on the thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a woman's face wearing a leaf crown, on the forearm.
Line drawing of a woman with a leaf crown
Black and grey realism tattoo of seven moon phases in a vertical line on the upper arm of a woman wearing a white vest top.
Moon phases down the upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line semicolon tattoo on the side of a finger, with a pale pink nail and a blue patterned fabric behind the hand.
Small semicolon tattoo on a finger
Small black fine line lettering reading ©Disney on the side of an ankle, photographed in warm indoor light.
Small Disney copyright text on ankle
Two traditional style dagger tattoos on calves: the left has a teal and red snake coiled around the blade, the right has a red rose with green leaves.
Daggers with snake and rose on two calves
Japanese style samurai in horned helmet and armour tattooed on an upper arm, shaded mostly in grey with some red accents.
Samurai in armour on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading we are who we are for a lot of reasons, in a simple sans serif font on the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Fine line black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a hatched circle with the quote how rare and beautiful it is to even exist.
Hatched circle with quote on a forearm
Coloured neo-traditional tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a hand reaching towards a planchette with an eye, framed by purple and red roses and leaves.
Ouija planchette, hand and roses design
Pencil and ink line drawing of a chrysanthemum in a Japanese style, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Chrysanthemum line drawing design
Two crown tattoos on forearms in a traditional style: a red-filled crown with black outline on the left and a grey-shaded crown with pink gems on the right.
Two crown tattoos on forearms
Full back tattoo of geisha portraits and pink cherry blossom branches in a Japanese style, shaded in grey across the back.
Geisha and cherry blossom back piece
Black and grey tattoo of tall pine trees with soft, misty shading and fine vertical trunk lines on a forearm.
Pine trees on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional oni demon mask tattoo with bared fangs and orange eyes across the back of a hand.
Oni mask on the back of a hand
Small black fine-line pine tree tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting beside it.
Small pine tree on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a pair of antlers with a small cluster of roses at the base, on the upper arm.
Antlers and roses on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of outlined stars with soft shaded streaks across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Shooting stars across a upper back
Black script lettering tattooed across the upper back reads You left me beautiful memories, your love is still my guide, and though we cannot see you, you're always at my side.
Script quote across upper back
Two colour traditional tattoos on forearms, one of a hand holding a lighter with a 'BEST' banner, the other a hand holding a joint with a 'BUDS' banner, both with cannabis leaves and red flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos on forearms
Watercolour-style tattoo of a fox in orange and red tones with splashes of paint, on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Watercolour fox on upper back
Pencil-style tattoo design drawn on paper showing a hairless cat in profile beside a cluster of blossoms, in black and grey neo-traditional linework.
Hairless cat profile with blossom sprigs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two reaching hands with a crescent moon and ringed planet over concentric dotted circles, on the upper back.
Reaching hands with orbit circles on upper back
Colour tattoo of blue forget-me-not flowers with yellow centres and green stems and buds, on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Forget-me-not flowers on the wrist
Black ornate script lettering with looping flourishes on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Ornate script lettering on an inner forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pin-up warrior woman in a plumed helmet with a shield and a bird of prey, on the side of the ribs.
Pin-up warrior with a bird on the ribs
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the side of a finger, with long pale nails visible on a hand.
Small black cross on a finger
Black line drawing of a striped bee with hatched wings holding a banner that reads HAPPY, shown as a tattoo design.
Bee with a HAPPY banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey mouse in a red cape holding a stick, beside a hanging lantern, a cockroach and purple blossoms, on the thigh.
Mouse warrior with lantern and flowers on a thigh
Realistic feather tattoo on the inner wrist, shaded in a rainbow of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
Rainbow feather on a wrist
Black and grey flash drawing of a dreamcatcher with a hanging feather, a comb and ornate scrollwork on either side, with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with feather, comb and scrollwork
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a magenta trunk, black outlines and multicoloured spirals across a person's upper back.
Swirling tree across upper back
Small colour tattoo of mouse ears with a pink bow, the ears filled with black scrollwork swirls, on a person's limb.
Mouse ears and pink bow tattoo on a limb
Seated man shown from the neck down, covered in a full Japanese style tattoo with a dragon and phoenix on the arms and a deity figure across the chest and abdomen.
Full body Japanese tattoo with dragon and phoenix
Traditional style tattoo of an elephant-headed deity with a red and cream ornate crown on the inner forearm, in black, red and cream ink.
Ganesh head with ornate crown on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon character with raised arms and an open mouth, with the words I AM THE LIZARD QUEEN below it, on a person's calf above a white sock.
Cartoon character with quote on calf
Colourful line drawing of a peacock feather overlapping a circular mandala, shaded in magenta, purple, teal and yellow, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Peacock feather over a mandala
Solid orange bee design with striped abdomen, antennae and spread wings on a white sheet, resembling a tattoo stencil or transfer.
Bee design on white transfer sheet
Two photos of black handwritten script tattoos on the inner wrists, one reading xoxo Mom and the other reading Love you Dad.
Handwritten xoxo Mom and Love you Dad on wrists
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses, buds and leaves linked by swirling vines running down the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses with vine down the ribs
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo on a thigh, with stars and pine trees shaded into the jaw area.
Geometric wolf head on a thigh
Black and white photo of a man with a rose sleeve tattoo on his forearm and hand, with knuckle tattoos and a wristwatch, his face cropped out of frame.
Rose sleeve and knuckle tattoos
Two-panel photo of a fine black line tattoo of three stick figures and hearts on an ankle and calf, with a close-up on the right of the same design filled in with blue, pink and purple.
Three stick figures and hearts on an ankle
Small grey fine line bow tattoo on the lower leg just above the ankle, with sparkly silver ankle boots on a concrete floor.
Small bow tattoo above the ankle
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a TARDIS police box with clouds, swirls and a rose, on the thigh.
TARDIS with clouds and a rose on a thigh
Black and white starfish design with curling scrolls and dotted lines along each arm, drawn as a tattoo flash in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Starfish with scrollwork design
Teal script tattoo of the word faith with a small cross above the final letter, on the inside of a wrist.
Faith lettering with cross on wrist

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