Tattoo ideas

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

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Black tribal flash design of a wolf head at the base with flame-like swirls rising above it, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal wolf head with flame design
Loose sketch of a red cardinal bird in flight with outstretched wings and tail feathers, drawn in black ink with a pink and red watercolour wash.
Cardinal bird in flight sketch
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a hare pierced by three arrows, covering the upper arm.
Hare with arrows on an upper arm
Two matching black ink symbol tattoos on the forearms of two people, placed side by side on the inner arm.
Matching symbol tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey serif lettering reading OMNIA CAUSA FIUNT, set in stacked diagonal lines across a person's upper arm.
Latin phrase on upper arm
Collage of small black fine line cross tattoos on a finger and the inner wrist, with panels showing how to apply a temporary tattoo.
Fine line cross tattoos on finger and wrist
Blue ink drawing of a shark in profile on a white background, filled with overlapping circle and bubble patterns.
Blue patterned shark illustration
Black and grey realism tattoo of a front-facing owl with detailed feathers and a shaded background, sitting on the upper arm.
Realistic owl on upper arm
Three black and grey tattoos: a wolf built from overlapping circles on an upper arm, a bear with Roman numerals in a circle pattern, and a realistic owl inside an orbit-style ring on a forearm.
Geometric wolf, bear and owl tattoos in black and grey
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with a monarch butterfly, a rose and a rosary with a cross, on a limb.
Skull, butterfly and rose with rosary in realism
Tattoo flash drawing of a tall Halloween sleeve design with a full moon, bats, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, a skull and crossbones and a green figure, shown on a white background rather than on skin.
Halloween sleeve design with pumpkins and ghosts
Fine line black botanical tattoo of thin sprigs, leaves and a small succulent on the side of a person's ribs, under a dark V-neck top.
Fine line botanical sprigs on the ribs
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading forever in my heart with the date 2.15.12, placed across the top of a shoulder.
Forever in my heart script on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals and interlocking gears on a forearm, shown from four angles.
Clockwork gears and clock face on a forearm
Black line drawing of four roses stacked vertically with serrated leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design on white paper with no body part visible.
Four stacked roses with leaves
Black and grey tattoo of a stormtrooper lifting a boombox overhead, shown on a person's calf.
Stormtrooper holding a boombox on a calf
Black tribal-style dragon flash design with a coiled S-shaped body and spiked head, drawn in solid black on a white background.
Tribal dragon design in black
Black and grey pencil sketch of a daisy-style flower with shaded petals, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Daisy flower pencil sketch
Two people show matching black fine line tattoos on the inner forearms, each an infinity symbol forming a heart with the word love written in script inside.
Matching infinity heart with love script on wrists
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with a hair bun and patterned bow, white cat-eye sunglasses and a hand at her chin, on the outer thigh.
Realistic portrait of a woman in sunglasses on a thigh
Full-colour tattoo of the comic character Deadpool in a bold neo-traditional style on a lower leg, shown with swords and guns.
Deadpool character tattoo on a calf
Black ink drawing of a vintage compass rose with a fleur-de-lis above and an N, on an aged parchment background, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis design
Black script lettering reading "This too shall pass" across the upper chest of a woman in a dark low-cut top, styled in a flowing lettering style.
Script quote across the upper chest
Flash sheet of four cartoon fox designs in neo-traditional style, each with a banner and flowers, the banners reading Be Quiet, Don't Talk To Me, Gross and Please Leave.
Four fox flash designs with banners
Black and grey tattoo of a female silhouette with flowing swirled hair and a small flower, with curling linework, on the side of the torso.
Swirling silhouette figure with flower
Two people show matching small infinity symbol tattoos with pink butterflies on their upper backs, with script inside the loop.
Matching infinity and butterfly tattoos on upper backs
Colour tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals XII and VI and anime-style game characters on the inner forearm, in neo-traditional style.
Clock face with video game characters on a forearm
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with a feather, two arrows and the word family in script on the calf.
Infinity symbol with feather, arrows and family script
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with swept dark hair and yellow scroll accents, on the upper arm.
Woman's face portrait on upper arm
Black ink castle silhouette above a geometric circle and arrow linework design, drawn on paper and held against a forearm.
Castle and compass linework design on paper
Colour tattoo of California poppies with green leaves and a grey curled stem across the forearm, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
California poppies with a swirling stem on a forearm
Black linework geometric tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, with a bird on the back, a flower and city shapes, dotwork shading and small pink and teal dots.
Geometric bird, city and flower tattoos on arm and shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of purple peonies and green leaves with a faint lace outline, placed on the outer thigh.
Purple peonies with lace detail on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Pikachu painting a picture of itself on an easel, with a paint pot and green bottle, on a limb.
Pikachu painting at an easel
Watercolour-style tattoo of a swallow in flight with red poppies and black birds across a person's upper back.
Swallow and red poppies across the back
Black and grey tattoo of a grim reaper with a scythe above a kneeling winged figure, placed on a man's chest.
Grim reaper and kneeling angel on chest
Hand raised against a black background with a small black dotwork tattoo on the inner wrist and a silver ring on the middle finger.
Small dot cluster on the wrist
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a geisha in a blue floral kimono, eating from a bowl with chopsticks while her body is opened to reveal bloody organs.
Geisha with chopsticks and exposed organs on upper arm
Black silhouette design of five sea turtles swimming diagonally, decreasing in size from top left to bottom right, with scale-patterned shells and outlined flippers.
Five sea turtles swimming in a diagonal line
Black and grey howling wolf inside a dreamcatcher with feathers and teal beads, tattooed across the upper back.
Howling wolf dreamcatcher on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an astronomical clock face with zodiac symbols and Roman numerals on the forearm.
Astronomical clock face on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black whale tail tattoo on a finger, with a fine chain draped across the back of the hand.
Whale tail on a finger
Black ink full sleeve tattoo with bold geometric and tribal-style patterns covering a forearm, upper arm and hand, shown on a standing person in a grey t-shirt.
Black geometric sleeve tattoo on arm and hand
Colour forearm tattoo of a stack of old books with an open book at the top, a blossoming tree growing from its pages, and a bird and hanging keys beside it.
Stacked books with a blossom tree on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pine cone and pine needles in orange, brown and red with bold black outlines, on the calf.
Pine cone and needles on a calf
Three small black star tattoos in a fine line style on the forearm of a person wearing a knitted grey sweater.
Three small stars on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman with blue eyes and red lips, framed by purple roses and leaves, on a forearm.
Sugar skull woman with roses on a forearm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a bow over a lace garter band on the thigh of a person sitting on cushions.
Lace garter and bow tattoo on a thigh

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