Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a ribcage, red rose, ear and red-winged moth on a forearm, set against a soft green wash.
Ribcage, rose and moth on a forearm
Back tattoo of a TARDIS, ringed and banded planets, a starship, a Death Star, a rocket and small stars, placed across the upper back.
Space scene across a back
Three fingers of a hand with the words Live, Laugh and Love in black script lettering, one word per finger, with red painted nails.
Live, Laugh, Love script across three fingers
Traditional style flash sheet showing a black heart with a pink rose and teal leaves, beside two black and gold hearts with a YOU SUCK banner and arrows, with no body placement shown.
Rose heart and banner hearts flash sheet
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, showing a hot air balloon, a red rose and a sunburst.
Hot air balloon and rose sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a microphone with an ink splatter at its base, on the inner forearm.
Microphone and ink splatter on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf of a pin-up mermaid with a flower in her hair, surrounded by waves, pineapple, watermelon, orange slices, grapes and a pink flamingo inside a rope frame.
Mermaid and tropical fruit on a calf
Dotwork tattoo of three large concentric circles joined in a wavy line down the outer thigh, in black, blue, red and yellow dots.
Connected dot circles down a thigh
Black and grey realistic monarch butterfly tattoo with red-dotted wing edges on the inner forearm, shown in two photos beside a quote panel.
Monarch butterfly on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of an open hand pierced by an arrow, in dark ink on the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Hand pierced by an arrow on upper back
Black and white flash sheet of Egyptian tattoo designs including a profile queen, a sphinx, an ankh, an Eye of Horus, a winged scarab, Anubis and pyramids.
Egyptian motif flash sheet
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a man and a woman facing each other in profile inside a heart outline, with a purple flower in the corner.
Profile couple in a heart with a flower
Colour tattoo of red tulips and green leaves on a calf, with a lettered quote wound along a ribbon-like vine in a realistic style.
Tulips and lettering tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blue dolphin with teal water splash shading, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue dolphin with splash on upper back
Small black line tattoo of an origami crane on the ankle, drawn in a fine line geometric style.
Origami crane on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain range with shaded peaks, on the back of a person's neck, photographed in black and white.
Mountain range tattoo on the back of the neck
Black linework tattoo of a walking pilgrim with a staff and a dog, set among clouds and waves, on the upper arm of a person in a blue tank top.
Pilgrim with staff and dog on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a matryoshka doll with a flower pattern on the dress, on a forearm resting on a floral bedsheet.
Matryoshka doll tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of a closed book with triangle motifs, surrounded by poppies and sprigs, on the outer thigh.
Book with triangles and poppies on a thigh
Fine line black script lettering arranged in a heart shape on skin, with a bright light glare across the upper part of the design.
Script lettering heart tattoo
Black tattoo of a flock of birds rising from the upper arm, with a dark treeline silhouette fading into the forearm, on a man in a white vest.
Flock of birds and treeline on an arm
Colour tattoo of a faceted grey and blue cat head with yellow eyes and a pink nose, sitting on the forearm in a geometric style.
Geometric cat head on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated, draped figure with bowed head beside a bare tree, inside a stippled circle on a forearm.
Seated figure beneath a tree in a circle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat with planets and stars on the inner forearm.
Cat with planets on a forearm
Black fine line mandala and lotus tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back, from the nape of the neck to the mid-back.
Mandala and lotus back piece
Two matching forearm tattoos of simple black stick figures inside rings, one teal and one orange, shown side by side on bare skin.
Matching portal ring tattoos on forearms
Three black line drawings of the Ichthys fish symbol stacked vertically, one with a small cross inside and one with the word Jesus in script, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Three Ichthys fish symbols with cross and script
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a stack of books, with open books rising and turning into flying birds.
Books turning into birds on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of concentric orbit rings with small planet dots and a dotted outer ring, placed centrally on a woman's upper back.
Orbital rings and planets on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a feather in black ink on the outer ankle of a leg against a dark background.
Fine line feather on an ankle
Black script and gold block lettering reading It's My Bachelorette Party, If I'm Lost, Buy Me A Drink, on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a plain background.
Bachelorette party slogan on a wrist
Colourful sugar skull tattoo with a red rose above the eyes, on the top of a foot, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sugar skull and rose on a foot
Small black fine line botanical tattoo of a flower on a stem, on the back of a hand near the wrist.
Small black flower on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of two cartoon cats in an ornate gold frame on a blue background, with a banner reading Darling, on an upper arm in neo-traditional style.
Two cartoon cats in a gold frame with Darling banner
Black fine line tattoo of a heart outline made of small filled and open stars on a forearm.
Star-filled heart on a forearm
Two colour tattoos of a white cartoon cat in an ornate gold or silver frame, one with a pink ribbon banner and one with a pink bow, both on the thigh.
White cartoon cat in ornate frame on thigh
Black bat tattoo with purple, curled-tip wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bat with purple wings on the upper back
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon woman with pink curly hair blowing a bubblegum bubble beside a milkshake, with a partly visible banner.
Cartoon woman blowing bubblegum on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Australian continent filled with the Australian flag, with the Union Jack and white Southern Cross stars, on the upper arm.
Australia map with flag on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a chemical molecule with a five-sided ring and a short side chain, placed on the upper arm of a person in a light grey top.
Molecular structure tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of paisley-style flowers, leaves and a feather on a person's upper arm and shoulder, in Neo-trad style.
Colourful paisley and floral arm tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an oval frame with roses, leaves, antlers and two hares, on the outer thigh.
Oval rose frame with hares on a thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart with a curling tail and a few sweeping lines, on skin at what appears to be the top of the foot or hand.
Small heart and swirl line tattoo
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm, with a fine line and chevron marks running down to the wrist and palm.
Mandala and line tattoo on a forearm
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with three dotted crescent moons on the upper chest.
Dotwork lotus mandala with dotted moons on chest
Colourful neo-trad style elephant tattoo with mandala flowers and a purple blossom on the inner forearm, close to a teal wristband.
Elephant and mandala flowers on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala design with radiating petal motifs and a diamond-shaped outline, drawn on white paper and held up in a hand.
Dotwork mandala design on paper

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