Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic black and grey tattoo of a carved Mesoamerican-style stone relief, with a seated figure in a circular calendar ring, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Carved stone relief tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sunflower with leaves inside a diamond frame, on the outer lower leg.
Sunflower in a dotwork diamond on a leg
Fine line black outline of the state of Ohio with the word Home in red script beside it, and a partial black owl tattoo below, on a forearm.
Ohio outline with Home script on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh showing an owl on a branch with pink blossoms, a pocket watch and a monarch butterfly.
Owl, pocket watch and butterfly on a thigh
Small black geometric triangle tattoo on the upper arm of a woman photographed from behind in a backless patterned maxi dress.
Small triangle tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a shaded Ganesha face with a detailed ornamental mandala pattern above it.
Ganesha and ornamental full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and lilies with cursive script on an upper arm and shoulder.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Split image: on the left, pale scarred skin on an arm; on the right, a black and grey rose with leaves and buds tattooed on the upper arm in a traditional style.
Black and grey rose tattoo beside scarred skin
Two people show matching colour tattoos of green pea pods with curling tendrils on their ribs, with small blue and red splashes of ink.
Matching pea pod tattoos on ribs
Black ink sketch of a sailing ship with loose brush strokes and splatters, drawn as a tattoo design on pale paper.
Sailing ship with ink splashes
Colour tattoo on the side of a finger showing a pink crown with two dots above and a red heart inside a teal and green pentagon shape, with a silver ring on the next finger.
Crown and heart tattoos on a finger
Fine line black script tattoo reading We need never be hopeless, running diagonally along the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Full colour realism tattoo of a forest scene with tall trees, a stream and moss across the shoulder and upper arm.
Forest scene tattoo on upper arm
Colour Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a blue koi fish, pink cherry blossoms and a red chrysanthemum among grey clouds.
Koi and blossom full sleeve on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather with swallows flying off it, on the outer side of a thigh.
Feather with swallows on the side of a thigh
Close-up of a small black line-work cross tattoo on the inner forearm of a person in a denim jacket, in a fine line style.
Simple black cross on forearm
Black and grey scrollwork tattoo with swirling shapes and shading on a forearm, beside a leather strap and stacked leather bracelets.
Black and grey scrollwork on a forearm
Black script lettering reading live free with three flying birds on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Live free script with birds on upper back
Realistic pink roses with green leaves and a black lace border tattooed on the outer thigh.
Pink roses and lace on a thigh
Hand-drawn black ink sketch of a plain cross with the word faith in cursive script running down its upright, on lined paper, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Faith script across a cross design
Black and white flash sheet of three stylised bat head designs stacked vertically, with engraved wings and stippled shading.
Three stacked bat head designs in black ink
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull and a clock face with Roman numerals across a man's upper back and shoulder.
Skull and clock across a back
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a sleeping woman whose hair becomes twisting vines with skull and eye flowers, on a limb.
Sleeping woman and skull flowers on a limb
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing doves in flight, a pocket watch and a partly visible rose.
Doves and pocket watch sleeve in black and grey
Red stamp-style lettering reading SAVEMONEY inside a rectangular border, tattooed on the inside of a forearm against a green and yellow background.
SAVEMONEY stamp lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of hot air balloons among orange clouds with a postage stamp at the wrist, in a neo-traditional style on the forearm.
Hot air balloons and clouds on a forearm
Black line drawing of a knotwork beast with interlaced ribbon bands and scroll terminals, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Norse interlace beast design
Back view of a woman with a black bold band tattoo on her upper arm and grey floral linework on her shoulder and back, in a Botanical and Blackwork style.
Blackwork bands and floral tattoo on arm and back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a tree stump cross-section with growth rings and radial cracks, shown on the forearm in three stacked photographs.
Tree ring cross-section on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of cartoon Chewbacca and Han Solo riding the Millennium Falcon, placed on the thigh.
Chewie and Han riding the Millennium Falcon
Black ink blackwork tribal sleeve of spirals and triangles covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal arm sleeve with spirals
Black script word Love with a black heart and a dark blue band across the inner wrist, shown as a healed tattoo on skin.
Love script and heart on a wrist
Two traditional-style portrait tattoos of women on a calf, the upper one in black and grey and the lower one in colour with green hair and a pink shell.
Two traditional portraits of women on a calf
Black and grey tattoo design of a shaded feather with a flock of birds lifting away from its upper tip, on a white background.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Black and grey realism tattoo of a multi-storey pagoda on the upper arm, with gnarled tree branches running down the forearm.
Pagoda and gnarled tree on an arm
Neo-traditional flash design of a green and blue owl perched on a branch, with a purple rose on its chest and swirling smoke around it.
Owl on a branch with rose
Geometric cat face tattoo with black outlines, grey shading and orange eyes on skin, shown beside a photo of a grey cat with orange eyes.
Geometric cat face tattoo beside cat photo
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric arrow tattoo with dot accents and chevron fletching on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line arrow tattoo on a forearm
Digital tattoo design drawing of black bird silhouettes flying along a swirl of watercolour splashes, with no body placement shown.
Black birds over watercolour splashes
Fine line black outline tattoo of a world map on the inner wrist, with a green knitted sleeve and a striped bracelet nearby.
World map outline on the inner wrist
Close-up of a fine line black arrow tattoo on the forearm and a scattered cluster of small dots on the upper arm, both in black ink.
Tiny arrow and dot constellation on an arm
Black linework tattoo of musical notes and clef symbols forming a stylised creature on a lower leg, with no particular named style.
Musical notes tattoo on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a vine with blue, purple and red flowers, a bud and green leaves on the upper arm, in a botanical style.
Flower vine on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a goddess face with a jewelled crown, third eye and beaded necklaces on a forearm.
Goddess portrait on a forearm
Watercolour tattoo of a compass and an anchor with blue, purple and green splashes and thin black triangle lines, on the forearm.
Watercolour compass and anchor on forearm
Two black and grey fine line feather tattoos on the inner forearm near the wrist, one larger and one smaller, with soft shading.
Two feathers on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a BB-8 style droid in orange and grey with teal flowers, on the forearm.
BB-8 droid with teal flowers on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Joker laughing through clawing grey hands, with green and purple accents and HA lettering, on a lower leg.
Joker portrait on a calf

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