Tattoo ideas

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

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Two side-by-side photos of black lettering tattoos on the back of a neck, reading you see all my light and and you love my dark, in a serif typeface.
Two-line quote tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall ship with full rigging silhouetted against a full moon, with its reflection on water below, on the calf.
Sailing ship and full moon on a calf
Two photographs of watercolour-style northern lights tattoos on an arm: the left has black pine trees inside a circle, the right shows aurora over a dark shoreline with turquoise ice.
Northern lights tattoos with pine trees and ice
Black and grey realistic tattoo of tall pine trees and a bear walking along a dark ground band on the forearm.
Pine forest and bear on a forearm
Four-panel photo of a colour tattoo of orange gerbera daisies with green leaves and fine vine tendrils wrapping the ankle and top of the foot.
Orange gerbera daisies on an ankle
Two calves with multicoloured lines in a transit map style tattooed on the lower legs, shown in a side-by-side photo.
Transit-style map lines on two calves
Black ink blackletter alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z with decorative swashes on a cream background, shown as lettering flash.
Blackletter uppercase alphabet flash
Full colour peacock tattoo running down the side of a bare back, with a teal neck and green and gold eye feathers in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock tattoo down the back
Upper arm and shoulder tattoo of black lace ornament with dangling chains, an anchor and a feather, with soft pink petals at the top.
Lace, anchor and feather upper arm tattoo
Small black script tattoo near the right shoulder blade of a woman with her hair in a bun, wearing a white dress with a pearl-trimmed back and bow.
Small script tattoo on upper back and shoulder
Two photos of black ink lettering tattoos: one on the back of a lower leg, one on an ankle, with the words shown upside down in the frame.
Upside-down words on leg and ankle
Colour tattoo of an astronaut riding a purple and teal dinosaur with a snarling head, in bold outlines, on the upper arm.
Astronaut riding a dinosaur on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a young child in a leafy headpiece holding a kitten, on the outer lower leg.
Child with kitten in greyscale realism
Line drawing of overlapping concentric circles in blue and teal tones on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Overlapping circles design in blue ink
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with blue eyes and scrollwork, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman portrait on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of five blue-shaded stars linked by black and grey swirling ribbons that wrap up the arm.
Blue stars and swirling ribbons on a forearm
A small red bow tattoo with a thick black outline sits on a person's left shoulder, with a black vest top and dark hair visible.
Red bow tattoo on a shoulder
Black line drawing of four butterflies on a vertical vine of dotted scrolls, a fine line flash design with no body placement shown.
Vertical butterfly and scroll flash design
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing a grey spaceship, a pink, green and yellow spiral, pink flowers and the words I AIM TO MISBEHAVE.
Spaceship and spiral on upper back
Colour tattoo of a woman in a blue robe with flowers in her hair, in an art nouveau style with swirling yellow stars, on the calf.
Art nouveau woman on a calf
Colour tattoo of a green leafy bundle with white flowers and a banner reading I found within me an invincible summer, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Leafy banner with quote on a shoulder blade
Black ink sak yant tattoo across a woman's back, with a vertical line of Thai script, a star, two tigers at the lower back and a tribal design on the left side.
Sak yant back piece with two tigers
Realism colour tattoo of a perched raven in front of a bare tree and full moon, covering the upper arm.
Raven with moon and bare tree on upper arm
Black and grey realism rose sleeve with geometric leaf shading covering a woman's upper arm and forearm, photographed in black and white.
Black and grey rose sleeve on an arm
Fine line tattoo of a woman in profile with a black raven wing, red blush dots and blue hair shading, on the forearm.
Woman in profile with a raven on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a woman with curly hair and leaves, her head bowed, shown in a bold silhouette on the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman with leafy hair on upper arm
Black ink script quote with a small leaf sprig and a circular Gallifreyan-style design on the forearm.
Quote script and circular design on forearm
Close photograph of a fine line starburst tattoo in blue, pink and red on a woman's shoulder, with a white top and grey and pink straps.
Tiny starburst on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a quail with orange and yellow California poppies and pink flowers on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Quail and California poppies on a thigh
Black line lettering design stacking the letters A, an ampersand, C and E vertically on a white background, in a bold lettering style with no body placement shown.
Stacked A, ampersand, C and E lettering design
Realistic colour tattoo of a red jellyfish over a blue underwater scene, running across an upper arm and down towards the elbow.
Realistic jellyfish sleeve on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of pink lilies, a tulip bud and two butterflies across the top of a foot, with script lettering beside them.
Pink lilies and butterflies on a foot
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here on a forearm, with green palm fronds behind the arm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Tattoo of a DeLorean time machine with red wheel rims on the forearm, drawn with bold black outlines and grey shading.
DeLorean time machine on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering with two shaded roses and leaves running down the side of a ribcage.
Script lettering with roses on ribs
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with outstretched wings and a swirling tail on the inner forearm.
Phoenix tattoo on a forearm
Shaded blue butterfly with black tribal heart and swirl shapes tattooed on the lower back, above the waistband of jeans.
Blue butterfly and tribal heart on the lower back
Realism tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm, set against dark smoky shading, green and red tones and a small bird outline.
Pocket watch with cracked face on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a tiger's face and front paw on a forearm, with amber eyes and detailed whiskers.
Tiger emerging on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a red camper van with a black peace sign on the front, placed on the inner wrist, with two gold bangles worn below it.
Camper van tattoo on a wrist
Two black and grey butterfly tattoos sit on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind with her hair pulled up.
Two butterflies on upper back
Black outline mandala tattoo with dotwork detail across the top of a foot, with purple painted toenails.
Mandala tattoo across the top of a foot
Black ink line drawing of two open poppies and a poppy seed pod on a stem, shown as a botanical tattoo design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Two poppies and a seed pod in pen and ink
Colour realism tattoo of a grimacing figure in a striped red and white headband and blue collar, on a limb with a yellow-green background.
Realistic portrait of a grimacing figure in a headband
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with three hanging feathers and small birds across a person's upper back, with a small dog resting beside the shoulder.
Dreamcatcher tattoo across upper back
Colour tattoo of Wonder Woman in a comic book style on an upper arm, with a lasso, stars and a dove around her.
Wonder Woman portrait on an upper arm
Small solid black mute speaker icon with a cross, tattooed behind a person's ear.
Mute speaker icon behind the ear
Colour pin-up tattoo of a woman in a blue swimsuit holding a Coca-Cola bottle, with a palm tree and sun, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Pin-up with Coca-Cola bottle on full sleeve

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