Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo on a calf of a heart framing a tornado above a farmhouse, green Emerald City spires and red sparkly shoes on a yellow brick road, with the words There's no place like Home.
Ruby slippers and tornado in a heart on a calf
Bold black tribal tattoo wrapping the shoulder and upper arm, with solid curved shapes and thin flowing bands on lightly freckled skin.
Black tribal design on upper arm and shoulder
Black ink lettering tattoo of a handwritten medical chart, with labels such as Time, BP, HR and Meds and a heartbeat trace, across the inside of a forearm.
Medical chart fields on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Atlas kneeling on a rock and holding up a celestial sphere, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Atlas holding a celestial sphere on the upper arm
Red handwritten script tattoo reading Let's Rock on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a lettering style.
Let's Rock script on a wrist
Three-panel meme comparing a realistic black and grey roaring lion tattoo on the upper arm with a cheaper lion and a crude outlined cat head with red detail.
Three lion tattoos compared by price
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses and an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Roses and pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a moustache and swept-back hair, on the outer thigh.
Black and grey portrait of a man on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn like a handwritten note with a smiley face, the words Get tattoo with the second word struck through, and ruled lines beneath.
Handwritten note tattoo on forearm
Realism tattoo of a woman in a red lace masquerade mask with feathers, grey shading with red accents, on the outer thigh.
Masked woman with red feathers on a thigh
Flash sheet of butterfly designs: four full-colour butterflies at the top and a grid of black line butterfly designs below, none shown on skin.
Butterfly flash sheet in colour and line
Small fine-line black arrow tattoo with an x mark along its shaft, on the inner forearm of a person in a grey sweatshirt.
Fine line arrow on a forearm
Greyscale realistic tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat with bared fangs and long whiskers, wearing a patterned waistcoat and pearl necklace, on the upper arm.
Realistic cat in waistcoat on upper arm
Black and grey lace-style floral tattoo running down the side of the back and ribs, with scrollwork, leaves and hanging bead chains.
Lace-style floral tattoo on ribs and back
Gold line drawing of a geometric mandala with a flower of life centre, scrolls, diamond drops and a dotted outline on a black background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Gold line geometric mandala design
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical horned dragon face with pale glowing eyes, shown as a tattoo design on a plain dark background.
Horned dragon face design
A black and red Northwest Coast style thunderbird tattoo with outstretched wings and a human-like face spans the upper back.
Thunderbird design across upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of an octopus with purple and teal shading and sucker detail, wrapping around the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo wrapping a thigh
Three black line designs stacked vertically on a white background: a branching tree with small stars above, an angular script-like glyph with dots, and a symmetrical star pendant motif.
Tree, script glyph and star motif flash
Realistic grey-shaded cat head in profile facing left, set against a solid blue ink block on the upper arm.
Realistic cat head with blue backdrop on arm
Red line drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and detailed suckers on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on a body.
Red ink octopus with curling tentacles
Colour Japanese style koi fish tattoo in red, orange and yellow with grey swirling water across the side of the ribs.
Koi fish tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey biomechanical tattoo on a forearm, showing pistons, pipes and a chain through a torn skin effect in a realistic style.
Biomechanical pistons and pipes on a forearm
Black linework flash sheet showing the word Sprinkles set in many lettering styles, including Dutch serif, script, curved and hand-drawn forms.
Sprinkles lettering variations on a flash sheet
Colour botanical tattoo of two gerbera daisies, one pink and one purple, over a blue wash on the upper leg.
Two gerbera daisies on a leg
Black ink infinity symbol with a paw print at each loop, tattooed on the wrist and forearm in a close photo.
Infinity symbol with paw prints on a wrist
Close photo of a small, solid black semicolon tattoo on the inside of a wrist, in fine line style, with the hand raised above it.
Small semicolon on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a lakeside landscape with mountains, a large tree and two silhouetted figures, sitting on a limb.
Lakeside landscape with tree and silhouettes
Traditional style flash drawing of a pin-up woman in goggles and denim shorts, holding a wrench, with bold black outlines and flat colour.
Pin-up woman with goggles and wrench
Black swirling scroll tattoo with small black and teal star shapes on the back of a neck, below the hairline.
Swirls and stars on the back of the neck
Colour realism tattoo of a bluebird perched on a blossom branch, with pink cherry blossoms, on the side of a person's ribs.
Bluebird on a blossom branch on the ribs
Full-colour realism tattoo of a peacock with pink flowers along the side of a person's ribs.
Peacock and flowers on the ribs
Hand-drawn tattoo flash design of a barn owl wearing a pendant, with a banner reading No Power Over Me, shaded in pen and blue and orange watercolour wash.
Barn owl with banner reading No Power Over Me
Two wrists showing matching black script tattoos that read Every atom of me and & Every atom of you, in a lettering style on the inner forearms.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green grinning monster driving a hot rod with flames and smoke, on the upper arm.
Green hot rod monster on an upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a grey California state outline with a bear, orange poppies, green leaves and a Dreams banner.
California poppies and state outline on a forearm
Colour Halloween sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing carved jack-o'-lanterns, a haunted house, a ghost, a scarecrow and corn cobs in a painterly neo-trad style.
Halloween sleeve with pumpkins and a scarecrow
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals, revealing gears and a stepped shape beneath, on an upper arm.
Cracked pocket watch with gears on upper arm
Black tribal-style swirl tattoo with a small turtle across a person's upper back, shown in a sepia photograph.
Tribal swirl and turtle tattoo on back
Realistic rosary tattoo with red beads, a shaded grey cross and a medallion wrapping around a person's ankle and foot.
Rosary tattoo around an ankle
Grey shaded cat face temporary tattoo on a forearm and wrist, shown beside the packaged set of seven designs.
Cat face temporary tattoos on wrist and forearm
Small black camera tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the hand raised against a blurred shelf background.
Small camera tattoo on a wrist
Realism tattoo of a bearded wizard in a pointed hat on the upper arm, shaded in grey with warm brown tones in the long beard.
Bearded wizard portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with blue, teal, pink and purple wings edged in black, sitting on the upper shoulder with a soft shadow beneath it.
Blue and teal butterfly on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo of a mathematical equation with a cube root, set in a fine, handwritten style on the lower back, with white lace fabric above it.
Algebraic equation tattoo on skin
Black ink fine line tattoo of palm trees above a curling wave, across the upper back of a person wearing a pink string bikini top.
Palm trees and wave across a back
Realistic shaded peacock feather tattoo running across the top of a foot, with green and blue colour in the eye at the big toe and grey shading along the shaft.
Peacock feather tattoo on a foot
Pencil sketch outline of a fairy wing with curled tips on white paper, a tattoo design shown without any body placement.
Fairy wing sketch outline

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