Tattoo ideas

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

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Black linework tattoo of overlapping concentric circles, dots and arcs across the forearm, in a geometric style.
Interlocking circles on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a grinning cat with glowing teal eyes and swirling blue smoke on a calf, in a realistic style.
Grinning cheshire cat on a calf
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a cottage with a heart-shaped window, pine trees, hearts in the sky and a small fox among rocks.
Cottage, pine trees and fox on a calf
Black and white photograph of a small outline triangle tattoo on the side of a finger, in a geometric style, with a hand holding it.
Small triangle tattoo on a finger
Black ink infinity symbol with a feather across it and the word Dance in script, tattooed on the inner arm.
Infinity symbol and feather with Dance
Black and grey rooster tattoo with stippled shading on the forearm, with other tattoos of foliage and holly visible around it.
Rooster tattoo on the forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a gnarled tree with twisting roots on an upper arm, shown in a sepia-toned close-up photograph.
Gnarled tree with roots on an arm
Black and grey skull tattoo in an ornate scrolled frame with a candelabra-style ornament below, on the inner forearm.
Skull in ornate frame with chandelier on forearm
Solid black heart tattoo with knotwork and radiating lines on the back of a hand, with small X and O tattoos on the fingers.
Black heart with knotwork on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a crowned lion above a lamb, with Romans 1:16 script lettering across the lower back.
Crowned lion and lamb on back
Large botanical tattoo of a gnarled tree with exposed roots and red leaves across a bare back, shaded in brown and grey with green bamboo behind.
Gnarled tree with red leaves across a back
Geometric faceted heart tattoo in green, maroon and grey on a forearm, with a smaller matching heart tattoo below it.
Two faceted heart tattoos
Small black and grey feather tattoo on the side of a person's torso near the ribs, with the arm raised.
Small feather tattoo on the side ribs
Colour tattoo on a thigh of Belle in a yellow ball gown inside a circular stained glass style frame with roses and a Beast figure.
Belle in a stained glass frame on a thigh
Traditional-style nautical design of two swallows, a rope-edged anchor and roses, burned into a pale wooden board, with no body placement shown.
Swallows, anchor and roses design on wood
Small fine line tattoo of a dotted arrow with a chevron head, in black ink on the side of the upper arm.
Dotted arrow tattoo on the upper arm
Japanese style back tattoo of a gnarled grey tree with pink cherry blossoms falling past it, above blue-green waves at the lower back.
Blossoming tree and waves across a back
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a stippled style: a songbird on a branch with stars and a rose on the right arm, and a honeycomb-filled vessel with leaves on the left arm.
Bird and honeycomb forearm tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart with a vertical cross, two dots and a small drop on the back of the neck.
Fine line heart with cross on the neck
Black linework anchor tattoo with pink, purple, blue and green watercolour splashes behind it on skin.
Anchor with watercolour splashes
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric crystal tattoo on the inner forearm.
Geometric crystal on an inner forearm
Black and grey dotwork triangle tattoo with a shaded point on the centre of a woman's chest, above a knit crop top.
Small triangle tattoo on the chest
Black and grey compass rose and small anchor on an arm sleeve, with blue ink splashes over a map-style background.
Compass and anchor sleeve with blue splashes
Black and grey tattoo design of a crossed bow and arrow with scrolling flourishes, with the words Skin of a Lady and Heart of a Hunter running along the arrow shaft.
Crossed bow and arrow with quote lettering
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo between her shoulder blades, near the neckline of a white halter top.
Small script tattoo between the shoulder blades
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies, leaves and small blossoms on the inside of a forearm, in fine line style.
Peony and foliage bouquet on a forearm
White line drawing of a unicorn skull above crossed bones on a dark grey background, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Unicorn skull over crossed bones
Bold traditional-style sun with red and orange wavy rays and a red centre, outlined in black, on the back of a person's neck.
Sun tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo design of a two-faced woman with flowers, leaves and a pearl necklace, drawn on white paper.
Twin-faced figure with flowers and pearls
Colour botanical tattoo of white orchids and orange Chinese lantern pods with green stems on a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Orchids and lanterns across a shoulder blade
Two matching cartoon robot tattoos on the inner wrists, one with a small pink heart, in soft grey shading with fine outlines.
Matching WALL-E and EVE wrist tattoos
Pencil sketch of a botanical floral tattoo design with peonies, lilies and chrysanthemums, shaded in pale green on tracing paper.
Botanical flower sketch with peonies and lilies
Black and grey flash design of four swallows flying diagonally upwards on a white background, with the lower birds finely shaded and the upper two in solid silhouette.
Four swallows in flight
Realistic colour tattoo of butterflies and grey shaded flowers across a woman's shoulder and up onto the side of her neck, with a bra strap visible.
Realistic butterflies and flowers across a shoulder and neck
Colour tattoo of the state of Wisconsin filled with fingerprint swirls shaded from purple to orange, with a small outlined heart near the eastern edge, on a limb.
Wisconsin state outline filled with fingerprint swirls
Eight traditional-style flash designs of classic horror monsters, each on a sun-like red and orange backdrop, with red roses in the lower corners.
Eight classic monster flash designs with roses
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the side of a finger, with a blurred outdoor background.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of purple and blue butterflies framing a script quote about wings and flying, shown in two photos of skin.
Butterflies with a script quote about wings
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a shaded butterfly and rose, stars, swirls and the script words No Place Like Home.
Butterfly, rose and script design sketch
Black and pink butterfly tattoo with a pink ribbon wrapped around its body, sitting on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and ribbon on a foot
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading unfold your wings across the upper chest and collarbone area.
Unfold your wings script across upper chest
A small black cross tattoo on dried, preserved skin of a limb, resting on silver foil.
Small black cross on preserved skin
Colour tattoo of two cartoon characters, Princess Bubblegum in pink and Marceline with long black hair, on a forearm.
Princess Bubblegum and Marceline on a forearm
Close-up of a silver mandala and gold lace-style temporary tattoos on the hand and forearm of a woman wearing turquoise jewellery.
Metallic mandala and lace designs on hand and forearm
Close photograph of a fine line black outline tattoo of the world map on the inner wrist, set against a passport stamp print.
Fine line world map on wrist
Black serif lettering reading peace will win and fear will lose across two lines on the forearm.
Peace will win, fear will lose on a forearm
A woman in an inverted yoga pose on a purple mat shows colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses and fruit on her thigh and calves, with leaf designs on her upper arm.
Inverted woman with rose and fruit leg tattoos
Watercolour-style tattoo of a howling wolf in front of a pink and blue moon, with splashes of colour, on a forearm.
Howling wolf and moon on a forearm

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