Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey outline of a world map tattooed on the forearm of a person with the arm extended against a red wall.
World map tattoo on a forearm
Small black butterfly tattoo with looping, calligraphic wings on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Stylised butterfly on a wrist
Black and grey paw print tattoo with shaded pads, a script name and a small star, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Paw print with name and star on a wrist
Black and grey heart tattoo with two abstract figures and a small teal heart inside, sitting on the inner wrist.
Heart with two figures on the wrist
Small fine line tattoo of two leafy branches curving into a V shape on the inside of a forearm, in black ink.
Fine line leafy branches on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and several portrait faces on a forearm.
Pocket watch and portraits on a forearm
Two photographs: a small purple semicolon tattoo behind an ear, and a black semicolon above the words I was a victim tattooed on skin.
Semicolon tattoos behind an ear and on an arm
Small fine line arrow tattoo in dark ink on the inner forearm, pointing left with a feathered fletching at the back.
Fine line arrow on the forearm
Black lettering reading Remember who you are on the inner wrist, beside a beaded woven bracelet and a cowrie shell.
Remember who you are lettering on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a black cat silhouette filled with realistic pink roses and green leaves on the forearm.
Black cat silhouette filled with pink roses
Fine line black tattoo of a open spiral curl on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Single-line spiral on a wrist
Traditional style black panther head tattoo with yellow eyes and a red open mouth on the forearm near the wrist.
Black panther head on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, flying birds and a rose on a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
A woman holds a tabby kitten in front of her forearm, which has a colourful traditional-style rose and flower tattoo, with a small crescent moon on her hand.
Tabby kitten held beside a floral forearm tattoo
Black fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping diamonds with a dotted arc, placed on a forearm.
Geometric diamond linework on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a pocket watch, a feather and a red rose with green leaves on the forearm, with script lettering below.
Pocket watch, feather and rose on a forearm
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of a headless gentleman in a suit with a question mark on his chest, with a floating head in a top hat above, on a forearm.
Headless gentleman with floating head
Black dotwork and fine line mandala tattoo with a radial geometric design on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark blue top.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus flower tattoo with fine line outline and the word namaste in script on the forearm.
Lotus with namaste script on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a pink bow with black outline and soft pink shading on the inside of a wrist.
Pink bow on a wrist
Three small pixel-style hearts in black outline on the inner wrist, the first empty, the second half red and the third solid red.
Three pixel hearts on a wrist
Realistic owl tattoo with teal eyes and a teal background with branches, shown on the forearm in two side-by-side photos.
Realistic owl on a forearm
Black ink crescent moon filled with rose outlines and leaves, fine line botanical style, on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon filled with roses on forearm
Healed colour tattoo of a red and magenta butterfly above a black script name with a decorative capital, with small star sparkles, on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Butterfly and script name on a forearm
Black fine line rose and botanical sprigs tattooed along the forearm of a raised arm against a plain pale wall.
Rose and botanical sprigs on a forearm
Colour full sleeve tattoo on the right arm showing Batman above a city skyline, with a grinning Joker face and the word HA at the lower edge.
Batman and Joker full sleeve tattoo
Fine line black vine tattoo with small leaf marks wrapping around a woman's forearm, with silver bracelets above it.
Thin black vine tattoo on a forearm
Two arms pressed together showing matching fine line botanical tattoos of small sprigs on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching fine line sprigs on two forearms
Black script lettering quote with red, blue and yellow puzzle piece tattoos across the inside of a man's forearm.
Quote and puzzle pieces on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a fine line tattoo of a teardrop shape with radiating lines ending in small circles, on the inner wrist.
Teardrop burst tattoo on the inner wrist
Woman seated on a striped bed showing traditional tattoos on her upper arm, forearm, hand and lower leg, including roses, an eagle and a portrait.
Traditional arm and leg tattoos with roses
Black and red lettering with a black anchor wrapped in red rope on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Anchor and slogan text on a wrist
Two forearm tattoos side by side: a colour sun with the words Live by the sun on the left, and a black and grey crescent moon with a feather and Love by the moon on the right.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with script
Small solid black owl tattoo with fine swirling vine lines on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm and hand.
Owl and swirls on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of two black-clad figures crouched together against a red geometric triangle background, in a bold illustrative style.
Two crouching figures on a red triangle pattern
Black and grey ornate spade tattoo with filigree detail on the inner wrist of a raised fist, reflected in a dark glossy surface.
Ornate spade on the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo of a treble clef, time signature, rests and notes in a row around a forearm, shown in two photographs.
Musical notation band on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an eye within a screwed metal plaque with red rays and a red drop, on the inner forearm.
Eye plaque on a forearm
Solid black geometric tattoo of angular linework on the forearm near the wrist, with a silver cuff bracelet beside it.
Angular geometric tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey Japanese style sleeve tattoo with a koi fish on the upper arm and shoulder and wave-like linework on the forearm.
Koi and wave sleeve on a arm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a traditional style: a hanging flower with leaves on the left, and a skull within an ace of spades playing card with a skeletal hand on the right.
Flower and ace of spades skull on forearms
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned woman with a three-eyed creature above her head, a crescent moon, and a compass star, on the inner forearm.
Horned woman and moon on a forearm
Two wrists pressed together showing a small black fine line arrow on the left and a small red heart on the right, both placed on the inner wrist.
Arrow and heart on matching wrists
Two wrists side by side, each with a matching black infinity symbol tattoo containing the word friends in fine script, placed on the inner wrist.
Matching friends infinity wrist tattoos
Small coloured tattoo of a sitting fox cub on a wrist, with the hands crossed in front of dark denim jeans and a white lace top.
Fox cub tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork snake coiled up the forearm with flowers, leaves and small dotted accents, in blackwork style.
Snake and flowers on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoos of a bowler hat, a top hat, a bow tie and a curved hook shape on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small hat and bow tie icons on a wrist
Black and grey octopus tentacle tattoo with rows of suckers running from the upper arm down the forearm, seen while the wearer raises a white t-shirt sleeve.
Octopus tentacle down an arm

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