Tattoo ideas

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

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Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a skull, roses and a banner reading Dead men tell no tales, in a neo-trad lettering style.
Skull and banner lettering design
Traditional style flash design of a dagger dripping blood, wrapped in lettered banners over a drawn arm with a spider web and rose.
Dagger and banners flash with blood
Black and teal fine script quote with swallows, swirls and a purple and teal butterfly tattooed across a person's upper back.
Swallows, swirls and script quote on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a skeleton bride in a lace veil with red flowers, a ribcage and a moth, on an upper arm against a purple wash.
Skeleton bride with lace veil and red flowers on an upper
Colourful realistic tattoo of a leopard crouched through orange, blue and yellow paint-like washes on a forearm.
Leopard with watercolour wash on a forearm
Black script reading 'She believed she could... so she did' runs along the side of a foot above a pink running shoe and the figures 26.2 near the heel.
Quote and pink running shoe on a foot
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a seahorse with a curled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Seahorse tattoo design in dotwork
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head wearing a crown, placed centrally on a woman's upper back.
Crowned lion on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon green chameleon with a curled tail sitting on a purple mushroom, with blue flowers, on a lower leg.
Cartoon chameleon on a mushroom
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose, open pocket watch and key on the outer upper arm.
Rose, pocket watch and key on an arm
Black and grey realistic octopus tentacles and eye tattoo wrapping across an upper arm and onto the shoulder.
Octopus tentacles and eye on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a closed-eyed matryoshka doll with pink sun rays, wave lines and a small heart flower on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Matryoshka doll with sun rays on forearm
Traditional black and grey moth tattoo across the back of a hand, with a feather tattoo on the wrist and letters on the fingers.
Moth on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo on a thigh of antlers, a crown and a round keyhole medallion with a blue eye, with the script words Believers Never Die curving below.
Antlers, crown and keyhole eye on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a cat's face with a curled tail on the inner forearm, beside three black paw prints and one red paw print.
Cat outline and paw prints on a forearm
Back of a shoulder with a colourful blue and orange butterfly above a grey shaded dandelion with drifting seeds, in a botanical style.
Butterfly and dandelion on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with a circular medallion, across the upper arm.
Woman in feathered headdress on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading soror mea amica mea across the side of the ribs, above a faint healed band of skin.
Fine line script phrase on the side ribs
Fine line jellyfish tattoo in dark blue ink with dotted, trailing tentacles on the upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Six black script lettering designs of the words Stand up, in varied flowing and bold handwritten styles, shown as a tattoo flash sheet.
Stand up script lettering designs
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing pink flowers, green leaves, a Made in Oregon sign, a Bend badge and a neon Rogue sign, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Oregon signs and pink flowers on an upper arm
Two matching forearm tattoos show a woman's profile and a horned profile beside a small red rose, drawn in bold black linework.
Matching profile tattoos with a red rose
Pencil line drawing of a mermaid with both arms raised, flowing hair and a scaled tail, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper with no body placement.
Mermaid with raised arms, pencil sketch
Back of a person with short dark hair showing large realistic black and grey angel wings tattooed across the upper back and shoulders.
Black and grey wings across upper back
Realistic wood grain tattoo with knots covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in brown ink on skin.
Wood grain tattoo on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of the words Made in Oregon in green script inside a black outline of the state of Oregon.
Made in Oregon script in a state outline on forearm
Black and grey photo of two inner wrists, one with the word past and the other with the word future, both in a simple serif lettering style.
Past and future lettering on wrists
Digital tattoo design of a black calligraphic curl with three fine tips above a red spiral, with the colour shifting from black to red, shown on a plain white background.
Black and red swirl tattoo design
Black and grey realistic design of a skull with a black music note across the forehead and dark liquid dripping from the eye sockets, nose and jaw.
Dripping skull with music note
A flash sheet of twenty black and white sugar skull designs in a grid, each with different patterned eyes, foreheads and teeth.
Twenty sugar skull tattoo designs
Black and grey shaded crown tattoo on the lower back, sitting above the waistband of a pair of jeans.
Crown tattoo on the lower back
Three photos in one collage showing a small fine line smiley face on the inner wrist, two tiny black triangles on forearms, and a world map outline on a person's upper back.
Small tattoos on wrist, forearm and upper back
Black treble clef tattoo with swirling flourishes sitting on the inner wrist.
Treble clef with flourishes on the wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a peony with leaves and a bud, framed by dotted geometric triangles, on the forearm.
Peony and geometric triangles on a forearm
Fine line black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, curving down the ribs beside a small bird silhouette.
Script quote and bird on ribs
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a black poodle in a red Starfleet-style uniform, holding a phaser, set against an orange flame burst, with a badge reading SISKO below.
Poodle in Starfleet uniform on a calf
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of Alice shrinking into a Drink Me bottle, with a pocket watch and watercolour-style splashes of purple, blue and red.
Alice shrinking into a Drink Me bottle
Black and grey tribal design drawing of a curling swirl with spiked edges and a tapering tail, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Black tribal swirl design with spiked edges
Purple and black line drawing of a hummingbird, a flower and a peacock feather with dotwork shading on a white background.
Hummingbird, flower and peacock feather design
Dark henna elephant with a patterned body and raised trunk across the wrist and palm, with dotted rings and small flower motifs on the fingers.
Henna elephant on hand and wrist
Colour tattoo of a feather with the words Strength lies within in black script, across the calf, in blue, orange and grey shading.
Feather with script lettering on a calf
Full-colour realism tattoo of Iron Man in red and gold armour, with a glowing palm repulsor, on the upper thigh against a blue background.
Iron Man portrait on a thigh
Drawing of an infinity symbol tattoo design with fine black script reading life and love, a blue, pink and teal feather, and small birds flying off, on white paper.
Infinity feather with life and love script
Black ink music staff with notes, swirls and script lettering running down the side of the ribs, shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Music staff and notes along the side ribs
Small black outline heart tattoos on the fingers of a hand, in a fine line style, shown in two close-up photographs.
Outline heart tattoos on fingers
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm spelling COEXIST, with the letters replaced by a rounded ear, a figure in a wheelchair, braille dots, crossed sticks and a cross, in front of green and orange floral
Coexist lettering on a forearm
Black and grey botanical bouquet tattoo on a woman's upper back, shown as a temporary transfer alongside steps for printing, cutting and applying it.
Botanical bouquet temporary tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a dragonfly on a shoulder, with the script line 'I love you more than you know' trailing from its tail.
Dragonfly and script quote on shoulder

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