Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a dog in a blue hooded robe with clasped hands, framed by yellow and red roses and a winged skull.
Dog in hooded robe with roses and skull
Small black fine line arrow tattoo on the middle finger of a clenched fist held towards the camera, with a silver ring on the ring finger.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of orange pumpkins, green leaves and trailing vines with a tabby cat peeking in, wrapping around a forearm.
Pumpkins, vines and a tabby cat on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical ornamental filigree design with hanging drop motifs, shown on textured paper.
Symmetrical filigree design with hanging drops
Fine line tattoo of three daisies in dark ink on a wrist, with a gold bangle worn just above the design.
Three daisies on a wrist
Three pencil sketches of a badger inside a shield-shaped crest, shown side by side on a white background, with no body placement.
Three badger crest designs in pencil sketch
Collage of five small fine line tattoos in black ink: a crescent moon on the wrist, a sprig on the upper arm, a star constellation on the upper back, a botanical sprig on the ribs and a dotted line
Fine line moon, sprig and star tattoos
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped ring on the outer ankle, resting on a patterned bedsheet.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Black fine line tattoo of small symbols behind a woman's ear and along the hairline, shown from behind with her hair in a bun.
Small symbols tattoo behind the ear
Close photograph of a small solid black anchor tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, above black lace underwear.
Small anchor tattoo on the side ribs
Realism tattoo of a grey shaded skull with red roses and dotwork mandala shapes on an upper arm.
Skull and red roses on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three nested triangles on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the innermost triangle shaded.
Overlapping triangles on the wrist
Black script tattoo reading Sisters inside an outlined heart, on the ankle of a person's lower leg.
Sisters script in a heart on an ankle
Leopard print pattern of black and orange-red spots tattooed across the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Leopard print tattoo on a foot
Black ink drawing of a faceless figure with long flowing hair, its body covered in botanical flowers including roses and lilies, ending in roots, on a tan background.
Faceless figure covered in flowers and roots
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with peacock feathers and an autumn leaf on the forearm.
Dreamcatcher and peacock feathers on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear, display none, on a person's forearm, with a fine code-like phrase across the skin.
CSS display none lettering on forearm
Cartoon grey cat in a teal striped top, outlined in black, tattooed on an ankle above a red patent shoe strap.
Cartoon cat in striped top on ankle
Back of a woman with her hands in her hair, covered in a colourful full back tattoo of cartoon characters, a mermaid and a castle.
Full back piece of cartoon characters and castle
Black and grey realism tattoo covering the upper arm, showing a full moon over a cloudy sky, a woman with wind-blown hair seen from behind by a lake, and a crow on a rock.
Moonlit lake scene on upper arm
Two coloured stick-figure girls holding microphones, one in a green dress and one in a polka dot dress, tattooed on the tops of a pair of feet.
Matching stick figure girls on two feet
Colour tattoo of a pink cartoon owl with large blue eyes perched on a green branch, shown on a limb in a neo-traditional style.
Pink cartoon owl on a branch
Colour tattoo of a yellow Minion character in goggles and blue overalls on the calf.
Minion character on a calf
Realism tattoo of a wolf face with an eagle head above it on the upper arm, in black and grey with yellow eyes.
Wolf and eagle on upper arm
Bold black flash design of spread wings meeting a circular emblem with a stylised monogram at the centre, shown on a white background.
Spread wings with a central circular emblem
Colour tattoo of a diving kingfisher with watercolour splashes in pink, purple and blue and black linework on the forearm, in a realistic watercolour style.
Kingfisher and watercolour splashes on a forearm
Back view of a woman in a white backless gown showing a fine line black tattoo of two swallows on her upper back.
Two swallows on upper back
Black and grey skeletal dragon tattoo with ribbed wings and a long curled tail, across the outer thigh.
Skeletal dragon on a thigh
Black and grey butterfly, lily and swirling vine tattoo across the top of a foot, shaded in a realistic style.
Butterfly and lily on the top of a foot
Two photos of matching black script tattoos with a quote and interlocking outline hearts, one on the forearm near the wrist and one on the ankle.
Matching sister quote and interlocking hearts
Two photographs: a colour spiral galaxy tattoo on the back of a hand in blue and orange, and a black and grey dotwork galaxy with a pink core on a shoulder.
Spiral galaxy tattoos on a hand and a shoulder
Colourful botanical full sleeve tattoo of roses, peonies and small flowers covering a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Full floral sleeve of roses and peonies
Handwritten sketch of the word faith in cursive script, crossed by a horizontal bar to form a cross, drawn in black ink on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Faith script with a cross bar sketch
Traditional tattoo of a swallow above a compass with chain links and orange and purple flowers on a forearm.
Swallow, compass and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a swallow, a rose, stone arches and a pocket watch with Roman numerals.
Black and grey sleeve with rose and pocket watch
Ornate feather design drawn in black linework and dotwork, with teal, blue and red accents on a white background.
Ornate feather tattoo design
Black tattoo of a large feather on the side of a ribcage, its lower edge breaking up into a flock of small birds flying across the skin.
Feather dissolving into birds on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a crown with a lettered banner and a hanging chain, on the upper arm.
Realistic lion with crown and chain on upper arm
Back view of a woman on a beach in a striped bikini, showing black and grey botanical sleeve tattoos with roses and leaves on both upper arms and forearms.
Floral sleeve tattoos on a woman at the beach
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of red and green tartan with a circular clan crest, a bird motif and a motto banner in a traditional style.
Tartan with clan crest on upper arm
Black tribal-style dragon design with bold solid shapes and interlaced curling tail, shown as a flash drawing on a plain white background.
Tribal dragon design in solid black
Black and grey Celtic knotwork tattoo on the upper arm, with hooded figures, birds and a cat among spiralling vines.
Celtic knotwork vine on upper arm
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with fine red dotted guide lines across the forearm, set against a purple towel.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Collage of watercolour-style tattoos: a large orange fox on an upper arm, with a feather on a wrist, a flower on an arm, a hummingbird and blossoms on a thigh, and an owl on a thigh.
Watercolour fox, owl and flower tattoos
Colour Japanese style tattoo on an upper arm showing a tiger and a black and white cat among pink azalea flowers.
Tiger, cat and azaleas on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of three looping script lettering designs reading Big Sister, Middle Sister and Little Sister, each with small heart accents.
Big, middle and little sister script designs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a spiderweb, with a rose beneath, on a forearm.
Sugar skull portrait and rose on forearm
Black and grey ink drawing of a Weeping Angel statue with wings spread and hands over its face, with DON'T BLINK lettering below, shown as a tattoo design.
Weeping Angel with Don't Blink lettering

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