Tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional style tattoo design of an ornate teapot with pink steam, pink flowers and green leaves, shown as a coloured drawing on a parchment background.
Ornate teapot with pink steam and flowers
Black and grey coiled dragon tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman in a black mesh-panel swimsuit, with the head near the hip.
Coiled dragon on an outer thigh
Realistic drawing of a grey skull wrapped in pink and dark teal octopus tentacles with suckers, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles design
Full-colour realism tattoo across a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and translucent blue insect wings.
Roses, heart and pocket watch across a back
Black and grey ornamental seahorse tattoo with floral fills and bold outlines, running down the outer thigh.
Ornamental seahorse on the thigh
Thin black fine line script reading Grateful with a small looped flourish on the top of a foot, with red toenail polish.
Grateful script tattoo on the top of a foot
Three arms with matching black script tattoos near the wrist reading Sisters 1 of 3, Sisters 2 of 3 and Sisters 3 of 3, each with a small red heart.
Three sisters matching wrist script tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of torn skin peeling back to reveal printed text pages across the upper arm and elbow.
Torn skin revealing text pages on arm
Black and grey botanical mandala tattoo on an upper arm, with fine line stars and script on the thigh and hip, photographed from above on a wooden floor.
Mandala, floral and star tattoos on thigh and arm
Black ink stick figure of a runner with a ponytail, with the number 13.1 beneath it, tattooed on skin.
Stick figure runner with 13.1
Black botanical fern frond tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a hand with dark nail polish resting at the top of the frame.
Fern frond tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey Ganesha elephant tattoo with ornate mandala detailing on a forearm, with a second dotwork mandala tattoo on the arm below.
Ganesha elephant and mandala forearm tattoo
Black ink line drawing of an oak leaf with hatched shading on a white background, suitable as a botanical tattoo design.
Oak leaf line drawing on paper
Black script lettering reading promise tattooed along the side of a raised index finger, shown against a blurred dark background.
Promise lettering on an index finger
Small black pine tree tattoo in a solid silhouette style on a person's shoulder, seen from behind against green trees.
Small pine tree on a shoulder
Lettering tattoo on a forearm with black names arranged in a heart around the word love in red script.
Names in a heart with love script on forearm
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a red rose, grey leaves and a small diamond shape on the forearm.
Sugar skull and red rose on a forearm
Collage of twelve close-up tattoos inspired by Harry Potter, including the Deathly Hallows symbol, a broom, a wand, Platform 9 3/4 and the word Always, on forearms, neck, back, chest and ankle.
Harry Potter themed tattoos in a twelve-photo collage
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo on the upper chest reading a Walt Disney quote with his signature below it.
Walt Disney quote tattoo on the upper chest
Traditional-style flash design of a grey crocodile head with a dagger, a pink rose and a KILLER banner, shown on a textured grey background.
Killer Croc crocodile, dagger and rose design
Black tattoo of a film strip with a dark silhouette and ink drips on a leg, surrounded by other black linework tattoos of a ship, birds and high heeled legs.
Film strip with ink splash on a calf
Black line drawing of a heart made of three nested outlines on a plain light grey background, a geometric tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Nested outline heart design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a conch shell, scallop shell, starfish and seaweed with bubbles, sitting on the top of a foot and ankle.
Seashells and starfish on a foot
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman holding a parasol on a tightrope above an alligator, inked on an upper arm.
Tightrope walker and alligator on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of planets and a ringed Saturn running down the inner forearm, with a sun ray motif at the wrist.
Planet series on a forearm
Black and grey brushstroke tattoo sweeping across a man's upper back and down onto the shoulder, with small ink spatters near the upper arm.
Brushstroke tattoo across a shoulder blade
Black script lettering reading 'What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger' across the outer thigh, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote on a thigh
Colour geometric mandala tattoo in teal, mint, cream and yellow with black outlines, on the inside of a forearm against a dark background.
Circular geometric mandala on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a swallow in flight with a touch of rust on its throat, on the upper arm.
Swallow in flight on the upper arm
Two matching black swallow tattoos with cursive script reading Follow your heart and Never look back, placed on the forearms of two people side by side.
Two swallows and script on forearms
Black and grey dotwork compass mandala tattoo on a woman's upper chest beside the collarbone.
Compass mandala on upper chest
Four-panel photo of a black and grey realism tattoo of doves, roses and leaves wrapping around a forearm.
Doves and roses on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings in a geometric style, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric bird in flight on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a reptile skull with open jaws and teeth, surrounded by leaves and a pocket watch, on the inner forearm.
Reptile skull and leaves on forearm
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing four fan motifs joined by draped chains with a leaf pendant, on a plain white background.
Draped chain with fan motifs and hanging leaf
Black line drawing of a gladiolus stem with open blooms and buds on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design without a body placement.
Gladiolus stem line drawing
Black linework tattoo of horizontal and vertical lines forming a geometric grid band around a forearm, photographed against a dark background.
Geometric line grid band on a forearm
Two matching colour tattoos on adjacent fingers show Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, each holding a red heart, in a traditional style on the hands.
Jack and Sally finger tattoos
Colour tattoo of two lavender dolphins meeting nose to nose above turquoise waves, one wearing a pink flower and the other a green lei, on the back.
Two dolphins nose to nose above waves
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading Let it be in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Let it be script on the side ribs
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with shaded leaves on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Black and grey rose on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a tribal swirl tattoo running down the side of the hip, above lace underwear.
Black swirl tribal tattoo on the hip
Black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W points on the inner wrist of a hand held palm-up against a dark background.
Compass rose on inner wrist
Black outline drawing of a koi fish curling upward, with scale detail on the body and fins, in a Japanese-influenced flash style with no body placement shown.
Koi fish line drawing
Black ink stylised script tattoo stacked vertically on the inner forearm, with looping curved strokes and bold vertical bars.
Stylised script tattoo on a forearm
Two wrists with black lettering tattoos: Chinese characters on the left and the word firefly in script on the right, both on the inner wrist.
Chinese characters and firefly script on wrists
Black outline drawing of a whole pineapple with a diamond lattice body and spiky leaves on a plain grey background.
Pineapple outline design
Black ink tattoo of gothic cathedral spires and a crescent moon inside a large geometric triangle on the outer thigh and hip.
Gothic spires and crescent moon in a triangle

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