Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-trad tattoo of two sugar skulls, roses and a sunflower covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo of peony-like blooms, mandalas and red starbursts in a botanical and geometric style across an upper arm and forearm.
Floral mandala full sleeve on an arm
Black fine line compass tattoo with N, E, S and W markings and curved arrows, on the inner upper arm.
Fine line compass on an upper arm
Sepia drawing of a geisha with hair sticks and closed eyes, with a dragon and wave design and a patterned sleeve, in a Japanese style.
Geisha and dragon tattoo design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large skull with two figures in ruffled collars, champagne glasses and a bottle in ice, on the upper arm.
Skull with two figures on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing small feet, butterflies and a script name in fine lettering.
Script name, feet and butterflies on a forearm
Small solid black silhouette tattoo of a sitting cat with its tail curled, on the inner forearm, with blue trousers behind.
Small black cat silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing three stacked panels: a masked figure with stitches, a close-up of lips and a nose, and an eye.
Realism panels of a mask, lips and eye on a forearm
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back, with her hair tied up in a bun.
Ornate mandala tattoo down the upper back
Two hands with silver-white geometric mandala and chevron designs on the hands, wrists and forearms, with silver rings on the fingers.
Silver mandala designs on hands and wrists
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a melting skull with red eyes and nasal cavity on the forearm, set against a grey and red smoky wash.
Melting skull with red eyes on a forearm
Black and grey rabbit mask tattoo with red hand-lettered quote and red splatter marks on an upper arm, shown in a realism and lettering style.
Rabbit mask and red lettering on upper arm
Heavily tattooed forearms crossed over a white t-shirt, with a Japanese-style koi fish and red flowers on one forearm and a traditional skull and crossbones on the upper arm.
Koi fish and skull tattoos on crossed arms
Gold metallic line drawing of a botanical floral design with blossoms, leaves, swirling vines and dots on a white background.
Gold floral design with leaves and swirls
Black and grey realism upper arm tattoo of a haunted house with glowing eyes, a full moon, a tree, tombstones and banners with book titles.
Haunted house and tombstones on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of the words Carpe Diem beside a shaded feather that breaks into flying birds, on the outer thigh.
Carpe Diem script with feather and birds
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with a piston bursting through its crown and dripping ink-like lines, on a limb.
Skull and piston on a limb
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a saluting pin-up woman in a red Mountie-style uniform and wide-brimmed hat, set against a maple leaf on the forearm.
Pin-up Mountie saluting on a forearm
Black and grey traditional skull tattoo wearing a top hat on skin, being worked on with a tattoo machine by a gloved artist.
Skull in top hat being tattooed
Black and grey illustration of a raised fist with a small semicolon tattoo on the forearm, set against a pale blue background.
Raised fist with semicolon on forearm
Two black and grey fine line tattoos on forearms: a row of painting tools including brushes and palette knives on the left, and a chef's hat, apron, knife, spatula, ladle and whisk on the right.
Art tools and kitchen utensils on forearms
Black and grey shaded swallow tattoo with the word Dad in script beneath it, on the inside of a wrist.
Swallow and script word on wrist
Realistic black and grey and red-toned tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress across the upper arm and shoulder, in a Realism style.
Realistic woman portrait with feather headdress
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies, buds and a bee on an upper arm, with sketchy linework and soft shading.
Peonies and a bee on an upper arm
Coloured illustration of a phoenix design with swirled wings and a long tail in red, orange and green on a yellow background, shown without any body placement.
Phoenix with swirling wings and tail
Black and grey floral tattoo on the upper thigh of a woman seen from behind in a red hooded dress.
Floral thigh tattoo on a woman in a red hooded dress
Colour realism tattoo of three red and orange maple leaves with water droplets and black stems, sitting on the upper arm.
Autumn maple leaves on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a square and compass with an eye above, shown through a torn skin effect on the upper arm.
Torn skin reveal with square and compass on upper arm
Black and grey flash design of a skull above a sailing ship on waves, with a mermaid resting on a treasure chest below, shown without a body placement.
Skull, pirate ship and mermaid design
Two thin black outline heart tattoos on the hand and fingers, shown in a fine line style on a pair of hands.
Outline hearts on fingers and hands
Black line drawing of a geometric tattoo design featuring arrows, concentric circles, a spiral and diamond shapes, with no body part visible.
Geometric arrow and circle design
Fine line outline of a heart joined to a heartbeat line on the wrist, shown in normal light and under UV light where it glows blue.
Heart and heartbeat line on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a stylised abstract human figure in red, yellow, blue and black, sitting on the calf.
Abstract figure tattoo on a calf
Realism colour tattoo of a purple peony bouquet with buds and green leaves on the outer thigh.
Purple peony bouquet on a thigh
Black handwritten script reading listen to your soul on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design with thin, even linework.
Listen to your soul in handwritten script
Fine line tattoo of a thin botanical sprig with red dots resembling berries, placed on the inner rim of an ear.
Red berry sprig inside the ear
Watercolour-style flower tattoo in blue, pink and purple on a shoulder, with black linework trailing down the upper arm.
Watercolour flower on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of three stacked roses with fine trailing stems and leaves along the side of the ribs.
Three roses with trailing leaves on a side ribcage
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a crowned woman with red hair, red roses and two skulls on the side of the ribs.
Crowned woman with roses and skulls on the side
Traditional colour tattoo of a gramophone with green leaves on a calf, set against a grey dotwork background with the word HARDCORE.
Gramophone and leaves with HARDCORE lettering on a calf
Black script reading too beautiful for earth with a shaded grey angel wing, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Too beautiful for earth script and wing on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight, soft shaded, on the side of the ribs.
Three swallows in flight on the side
Two solid black dragonfly designs in a bold, stylised graphic style, one angled upward and one viewed from above, shown on a white background with no skin visible.
Two dragonflies in bold black silhouette
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with blue sugar skull face paint, blood tears and a keyhole on the mouth, framed by blue lace on the forearm.
Sugar skull woman with lace frame on forearm
Green and yellow outlined shamrock tattoo with a curling swirl on the inner forearm near the wrist, in fine line style.
Green shamrock with swirl on a wrist
Black line drawing flash design of a winged bat over a ribbon banner reading Children of the Night, What Music They Make, with a castle and roses below.
Bat, castle and roses banner design
Three pairs of ankles show matching black fine line infinity symbol tattoos, each with small birds and a script word on the loop, placed on the ankle.
Matching infinity ankle tattoos with birds
Black and grey realism style cross tattoo with two banners on the upper arm, one reading 1946-2011 and the other reading Grandad.
Cross with banners and dates on upper arm

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Popular subjects

Flower 8,605 Script 6,821 Leaves 6,438 Rose 4,399 Heart 4,105 Lettering 3,720 Bird 3,605 Feather 3,392 Quote 3,385 Swirl 3,253 Star 3,037 Dot 3,012 Text 2,685 Mandala 2,563 Wing 2,537 Word 2,200 Circle 2,163 Hand 1,970 Skull 1,900 Cat 1,806 Petal 1,805 Stem 1,695 Triangle 1,678 Outline 1,574 Arrow 1,573 Ornament 1,552 Banner 1,537 Eye 1,508 Woman 1,494 Moon 1,451