Tattoo ideas

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

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Full-colour traditional-style tattoo of a peacock with a curved neck and eye-patterned tail spanning a bare back.
Peacock tattoo across a back
Digital flash design of red roses woven through black and grey tribal swirls and spikes, drawn for a sleeve-length tattoo.
Red roses with black and grey tribal swirls
Three black and white rose tattoo designs on a flash sheet, one with dotted shading and leaves, one open bloom with an outlined bud, and one with dotwork shading and leaves.
Three rose designs on a flash sheet
Traditional style flash drawing of a magenta coffin wrapped in three yellow banners that read LEAVE A PRETTY CORPSE, with bold black outlines.
Coffin with banner reading Leave a Pretty Corpse
Black and grey drawing of a Polynesian-style tattoo design of interlocking spirals and tribal bands, shown as a flash sketch with no placement on the body.
Polynesian-style spiral tattoo design
Traditional-style flash sheet showing four oval Star Wars scenes with X-wing, AT-AT walkers, TIE fighters and a Millennium Falcon, each framed by roses, on a white sheet.
Star Wars flash sheet with four oval scenes
Black and grey flash design of four stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners, drawn in a traditional style and suited to a long vertical placement.
Stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners
Colour tattoo of a skeleton mermaid with flowing red hair and a green scaled tail, in a traditional style, on a lower leg.
Skeleton mermaid on a lower leg
Traditional colour tattoo of Medusa with teal and yellow snakes wrapped around her head, on an upper arm.
Medusa portrait with snakes on upper arm
Black and grey engraved flash drawing of a cluster of roses, buds and leaves in hatched linework, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Engraved rose spray design
Grid of eight illustrated princess portraits in neo-traditional tattoo flash style, each in an oval cameo frame with rose and banner details.
Eight princess portraits in tattoo flash style
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm of a winged fairy pin-up in a black corset and stockings, surrounded by bold red roses.
Fairy pin-up and red roses on a forearm
Teal line drawing in a traditional nautical style showing a sailing ship, waves and an anchor wrapped in rope, with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul.
Sailing ship and anchor banner design
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a skull above crossed bones, a compass and set square, a pyramid with an eye, laurel branches and stars.
Skull, compass and pyramid on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, two roses and a key on banners with lettering, placed on the side of the ribs.
Swallow, banners and roses on ribs
Packaged sheet of temporary tattoo designs in black, grey, blue and red, showing a Hello Kitty figure, a Playboy bunny logo, banners, a heart and stars.
Playboy and Hello Kitty temporary tattoo sheet
Grid of ten colour illustrations of Disney-style princesses in traditional tattoo flash frames with rose borders and ribbon banners, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ten princess portraits in traditional tattoo frames
Traditional style flash design of a red-haired mermaid with an anchor, two swallows, roses and a banner reading The Little Mermaid, in colour.
Mermaid, anchor and swallows flash
Traditional style tattoo of a red and grey battle axe with a wrapped handle and pointed butt, on the calf.
Red battle axe on a lower leg
Full colour traditional sleeve tattoo on a man's forearm and upper arm, showing an eagle, a crown, a rose and a banner, with a grey t-shirt and a pavement behind.
Traditional sleeve with eagle, crown and rose
Black and grey traditional flash line drawing of a mermaid holding a baby with a flower, seated on a wooden-beamed anchor with rope, shown without a body placement.
Mermaid and baby on an anchor
Purple and blue outlined butterfly tattoo in a traditional style on the top of a foot, with painted toenails visible.
Purple butterfly on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon monster with bulging eyes and a yellow car on an upper arm, in a bold traditional style.
Green monster and yellow car on upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style pin-up illustration of a woman in a checked shirt and high-waisted shorts, with skull, praying hands and dagger tattoos on her legs.
Pin-up woman with tattooed legs illustration
Black and grey traditional-style tattoos of a cat head on the back of a hand and a pocket watch and anchor on a forearm.
Cat head, pocket watch and anchor on arm
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a grey cat head with a cross on its forehead, above a woman with long dark hair smoking a cigarette, surrounded by clouds and green sparkles.
Cat-headed woman with cigarette on upper arm
Promotional sheet of tattoo-style drawings showing a koi carp with a ribbon and a Tattoo Art banner, plus stipple and outline brush samples, with no body placement.
Tattoo-style brush samples with koi carp design
Traditional style tattoo of an eye shedding teardrops above a tree with leaves, red berries and roots on an upper arm.
Eye and tree with roots on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a Ford V8 badge with a red, blue and black shield and orange flames, on a forearm.
Ford V8 badge with flames
A vertical column of fourteen blue watercolour arrows in varied head and fletching styles, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet on white.
Column of blue watercolour arrows
Colour traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman with bangs, a blue feather fan and teal clouds across an upper arm and shoulder.
Pin-up woman with feather fan on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm showing scissors, thread spools, a measuring tape and a ribbon banner reading Create.
Sewing tools and Create banner on a forearm
Flash sheet of twenty-four black and white anchor designs, many with crosses, shields, rope and an octopus, in traditional and line-art styles.
Anchor and cross flash sheet
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a purple horse head, a cartoon figure with round glasses and a red scarf, and red and blue flowers.
Cartoon figure, horse and poppies on an arm
Black outlined swallow in flight with soft grey shading on pale skin, in a traditional style.
Swallow in flight, black outline
Black and grey outline tattoo of scissors, a tattoo machine and ink pots across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tattoo supplies on upper arm
Traditional-style colour tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a sailing ship, a skull in a cap, a lighthouse, a parrot and a shark.
Sailing ship and skull torso piece
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey swallow carrying a branch of pink blossom, placed on the upper back.
Swallow carrying a blossom branch on the back
Black and grey tattoo of three arrows tied together with a cord on the upper arm, with grey shading on the fletching.
Three arrows bound with cord on upper arm
Colour traditional style tattoo of a pocket watch, green roses and a banner reading December 25, on a limb.
Pocket watch and roses with December 25 banner
Black line drawing of a mermaid wrapped around an anchor with a rope, in a traditional flash style, on a sheet of paper.
Mermaid wrapped around an anchor flash
Traditional style flash sheet of repeating tattoo designs, including daggers through skulls, swallows, pin-up women, hearts, roses and a scorpion, on a tan background.
Traditional flash sheet with skulls, hearts and pin-ups
Black and white flash sheet of Joker-themed tattoo designs, including a jester skull, playing cards, HAHA lettering, a grinning mouth and the word JOKER.
Joker-themed tattoo flash sheet in black ink
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm of a hand holding a wand beneath a black-rayed sunburst, with the word Lumos in script beside it.
Hand holding a wand under a sunburst
Traditional-style colour tattoo of an anchor, red heart, ribbon and stars on the top of a foot, with a matching design drawing shown below.
Anchor and heart on a foot
Close-up of a traditional style holly leaf tattoo in grey shading with a red band at the top, on a forearm, with part of a purple and grey flower tattoo at the left edge.
Holly leaf tattoo on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a shark with ornate red, yellow and teal patterns across its body, on the upper arm.
Ornate shark tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of an anatomical heart with a wrapped band, orange flowers and dark leaves, shown on the forearm.
Traditional anatomical heart with flowers

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