Tattoo ideas

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

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Solid black pineapple silhouette on a white background, with bold leaves at the top and a diamond pattern on the body, shown as a flash design.
Pineapple silhouette stencil design
Black and grey bare tree with roots running from thigh to calf, with a red and blue knight on horseback in a medallion at the lower calf, in botanical style.
Bare tree and mounted knight down a leg
Black and grey drawing of a peacock feather with a heart-shaped eye on a cream background, in a realistic botanical style suited to a tattoo design.
Peacock feather with heart eye
Collage of three fine line tattoos: two thin black bands around a forearm near the wrist, an outline map of Australia on skin, and Roman numerals XCVI VI VIII on a forearm.
Three fine line tattoos on arms and skin
Colour botanical tattoo of yellow foxglove stems, green leaves and a bumblebee wrapping up the calf in a realistic style.
Foxglove and bumblebee on a calf
Line drawing of a sequence of nested triangles that grow into a layered geometric star design, with no body placement shown.
Stacked triangles building to a geometric star
Two handprints in grey ink on the side of a torso, with script lettering above and below them.
Two handprints with script names on the side
Black line drawing of a botanical tattoo design showing a large lotus flower with three orchids trailing down the page, drawn on grey paper with no body placement shown.
Lotus and orchid tattoo design on paper
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with faded handwritten script behind it, on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and handwriting on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two large-eyed pale animated characters covering the upper arm, one with flowers in her hair.
Two pale animated characters on an upper arm
Black linework tribal tattoo with swirling spirals and a small turtle across the upper back and down the spine, photographed in sepia.
Tribal swirls and turtle across a back
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of two blue cornflowers with green stems and a leaf on the inner forearm.
Cornflowers on a forearm
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of two swans with spread wings flanking three roses above a knuckleduster with dripping ink, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Swans, roses and knuckleduster design
Black tribal blackwork tattoo of bands, spirals and hooks running down the outer thigh and calf of a person wearing dark shorts.
Tribal bands and spirals on a leg
Pen sketch of a seated cat with a collar and curled tail, with a small outlined heart above its head, shown as a line design.
Seated cat with heart sketch
Small black-ink elephant tattoo with ornamental patterns on the upper shoulder, photographed against a blurred city background.
Small ornate elephant on a shoulder
Full sleeve Japanese-style tattoo in colour showing cranes flying through clouds, a purple mountain, pine trees and turquoise waves, on an arm.
Japanese landscape full sleeve with cranes and waves
Colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a top hat, monocle and velvet jacket, framed in gold with a red bow, on a limb.
Dapper cat portrait in a gold frame
Black script lettering reading You see all my light and You accept all my dark, paired with a black and white yin and yang symbol design.
Yin and yang with script quote
Vertical strip of five black line-art flash designs on cream, including a moth with BERN CITY text, a lobster, a beetle and two animal faces, in a monoline geometric style.
Five line-art creature flash designs
Realistic colour tattoo of a screaming zombie face above a cracked tombstone and a green zombie head, sitting on a calf.
Screaming zombie and tombstone on a calf
Realistic forearm tattoo of grey clouds and a mountain above blue water with hammerhead shark silhouettes.
Hammerhead sharks and clouds on a forearm
Large world map tattoo on the side of a torso, shown as aged parchment with scorched ochre edges, dark outlined continents and pale country borders.
World map tattoo on the ribs
Black tribal band tattoo with bold geometric blocks and diamond motifs wrapping around a man's forearm near the elbow, with close-up views below.
Black tribal band tattoo on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a Russian nesting doll with a floral mandala pattern on the inner forearm, shown on a pale arm resting over a wooden floor.
Matryoshka doll on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box and red and orange Daleks against a green burst, covering the upper arm.
TARDIS and Daleks on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a feather on a forearm, shaded in pink, purple and blue with small ink splatter dots around it.
Pink and blue feather on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo with ornamental paisley and mandala patterns, a flower mandala and a Buddha face near the wrist, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Full arm sleeve with mandalas and a Buddha face
Three pencil sketch panels on textured paper showing vine designs labelled basic vine, plumes and leaves, drawn as flash for tattoo linework.
Pencil sketches of basic vine, plumes and leaves
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric style, showing an eye, a mandala, rainbows and a stylised figure, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Geometric dotwork arm sleeve with an eye
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside a swirling ornate frame, with a yellow-grey moon and a small ghost dog below.
Jack and Sally in an ornate frame
Small black fine line tattoo of an arrow with circles, triangles and dots in a geometric style, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric arrow on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a tiger's head with lotus flowers on the forearm, shown against a dark background.
Tiger head and lotus on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue and pink butterfly above script reading Life is a Beautiful Struggle, with a trail of smaller butterflies, on the upper arm or thigh.
Butterflies and Life is a Beautiful Struggle script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face and eye wrapping across the inner forearm, with stripes and whiskers.
Tiger face on a forearm
Black design on a gold background showing a rune above the word PARABATAI, surrounded by lettering of a verse, shown as a tattoo design in lettering style with no body placement visible.
Parabatai rune with verse lettering
Red heart tattoo with a light-outlined uterus inside it and black linework, on the upper thigh.
Red heart with uterus outline
Line drawing of a figure with a black and purple tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, beside a blue gradient dragon design with dotwork scales and a curled tail.
Blue dragon designs with an arm tattoo outline
Watercolour-style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with a pink flower and skull across the upper back and shoulder.
Watercolour woman in feather headdress on back
Realistic colour tattoo on a lower leg of a skull wearing a green beret with a badge, set over crossed daggers, red and yellow lightning bolts and a bullet.
Skull in green beret with crossed daggers on calf
Black linework alchemy transmutation circle with three kanji characters above it, tattooed on a forearm in a geometric style.
Alchemy circle and kanji on a forearm
Solid black ornamental scrollwork tattoo in a diagonal band across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, in a blackwork style.
Black scrollwork band across upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading BAD WOLF across the inner wrist, in a casual hand-drawn script, photographed with the palm raised.
Bad Wolf lettering on a wrist
Coloured flash design of a thorny vine with shark heads in place of flowers, drawn in a traditional style with bold black linework, shown on a cream background with no body placement.
Shark-headed flowers on a thorned vine
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with compass letters N and W on the side of the ribs, in a traditional style.
Sun and moon face on the ribs
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a black feather and flying birds with pink, yellow, blue and purple splashes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour feather and birds on a shoulder blade
Neo-traditional tattoo of bright butterflies and pink cherry blossoms running down a lower leg, with a flip-flop visible at the ankle.
Butterflies and blossoms down a lower leg
Two wrists held together, one with a grey shaded key tattoo and the other with a padlock tattoo outlined in pink on the inner forearm.
Matching key and padlock wrist tattoos

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