Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of three small groups of tally marks in black fine-line ink on the inner forearm, with a dark patterned top visible behind the arm.
Tally marks on the inner forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a solid bat emblem between two lines of rotated lettering, one reading why do we fall and the other so we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Bat emblem and quote on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of an abstract swirling design with curled ends and small dots, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Swirling line design with curls and dots
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a carved stone-style ring of glyphs around a central face, with two figures below.
Carved stone-style glyph ring on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bird with a red beak, blue-grey wings and orange feet on the forearm.
Cartoon bird on the forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a geometric eagle head with a dotted circle, on the forearm.
Geometric eagle head on a forearm
Colourful nebula tattoo with stars across the inner forearm, shaded in soft watercolour-like blends of orange, pink, green and deep blue.
Nebula and starfield tattoo on a forearm
Two forearms pressed together, each with a black script tattoo: one reads Every Saint Has A Past and the other Every Sinner Has A Future.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Small black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle enclosing a circle with a vertical line, on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a wrist
Traditional flash design pairing an umbrella with rain drops over a rose, and an anatomical heart, each with a banner scroll reading a line of text.
Umbrella, rose and heart flash sheet
Traditional colour tattoo of a robed figure making a peace sign beside a red devil giving the middle finger, both riding skateboards, on a forearm.
Peace-sign Jesus and devil on skateboards
Black and grey pencil sketch of a tiger stalking downward with its tail curling above it, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain pale background.
Pencil sketch of a tiger with curling tail
Black and grey linework tattoo of a cat head wearing a crescent moon headdress and scarab necklace, on the upper arm.
Cat head with crescent moon on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a figure in a blue robe holding a large tool under a glowing moon, with golden sparks, on a forearm.
Robed figure with moon and sparks on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a firefighter Maltese cross badge with an axe and ladder over a shaded American flag with stars and stripes on an upper arm.
Firefighter badge and flag on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with a raised arm showing a black tribal band and a coloured floral sleeve on the upper arm, and a black spider tattoo on the forearm of her lowered arm.
Floral sleeve and spider on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace ending in an outlined heart, with a semicolon at the left, on the inner wrist.
Heartbeat line with heart and semicolon on wrist
Black and grey thigh tattoo of two animal skulls, a poppy and an anatomical heart inside an ornate oval frame, with dotwork and geometric shading.
Skulls, poppy and heart in an oval frame
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a red and grey anchor wrapped in banners reading Hold Fast, 604 and In Christ, with blue roses.
Traditional anchor and roses on a forearm
Black ornamental key tattoo with green vines, leaves and small red flowers across the forearm, in a botanical style.
Black key wrapped in green vines on a forearm
Large blackwork tattoo of a horned demon silhouette with a red tongue and green-tinged face on the side of the ribs, with a small sword figure and grey shading to the left.
Horned demon silhouette on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Totoro holding a purple umbrella, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Totoro holding an umbrella on a foot
Neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of two facing profiles inside an ornate oval frame with pearl chains, a red gem and red splatter.
Profile couple in ornate cameo frame on thigh
Close-up of black script lettering reading Someday came suddenly on the upper chest near the collarbone, with tiny star marks above the words.
Script quote reading Someday came suddenly
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart within a cross shape on the side of a toe, with dark red painted toenails and a flip-flop visible.
Small heart and cross tattoo on a toe
Black ink flash sheet of tribal-style sea turtle designs with spirals, geometric patterns and a hibiscus, with bubble outlines, drawn on white.
Tribal sea turtle flash sheet
Colour comic-style tattoo of Wonder Woman mid-action with a golden lasso, on the upper arm.
Wonder Woman with golden lasso
Black lettering reading We're all mad here set inside a spade outline with blue filigree swirls, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering on thigh
Back of a woman with long red braided hair, showing a blue and teal tattoo of dark spirals on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue spiral tattoo on upper back
Close-up of black script lettering reading Gum Dumpster tattooed on the inner lower lip, with fingers holding the lip open.
Script lettering on the inner lower lip
Two black and grey anchor tattoos in simple solid linework sit on the inner wrists of two arms resting on a wooden floor.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey tattoo of an American flag with barbed wire wrapped across the stripes and a torn, distressed edge, on the upper arm.
Barbed wire and flag on an upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an eagle head in profile, with detailed feathers and a sharp eye, on the forearm.
Eagle head portrait on a forearm
Solid black mermaid silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the tail curving down to the left and one arm raised.
Black mermaid silhouette on a wrist
Black ink script lettering flash sheet with ornate words including Ginger, Beautifully and Fish Stories, plus a lowercase alphabet, with no body part shown.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper back showing a pocket compass, a chain and the script words To Die Would Be An Awfully Big Adventure.
Compass and quote lettering on a shoulder blade
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose, thistle-like flowers and leaves on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark knitted sleeve.
Black and grey rose and thistle on a forearm
Close-up of a colourful sugar skull tattoo with a red rose above it, covering the top of a foot.
Sugar skull with rose on a foot
Close-up of a fine line geometric rose tattoo in black ink on a person's shoulder, with a grey top visible below.
Geometric rose on a shoulder
Black marker sketch on white paper of open books rising and changing into a flock of birds, a tattoo design drawing.
Open books turning into flying birds
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style gecko built from bold swirls and teardrop shapes, shown on plain white paper.
Tribal gecko tattoo design
Pencil sketch flash design of a skull with crossed bones, spiderweb lines and roses, drawn in a bold neo-traditional style.
Skull, roses and spiderweb sketch
Red and orange lion head tattoo on an upper arm, shown beside a photo of a real lion in long grass with the tattoo design pasted over its head.
Lion head tattoo on upper arm
Small black dotwork mandala tattoo with petal shapes and a central star, sitting on the inner forearm of a person resting a hand on the arm.
Dotwork mandala on the forearm
Rear view of a person on a skateboard with a large traditional-style mushroom and skull tattoo on the back, script across the shoulders, and panda and figure tattoos on the calves.
Back, arm and leg tattoos on a skateboarder
A leg in a bathtub covered in bold traditional tattoos, including red roses, an anchor wrapped in rope and a red heart, on the thigh, calf and a hand.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and an anchor
Black and grey filigree scrollwork with a faceted purple and blue heart gem, tattooed across the centre of the chest.
Ornate scrollwork and gem heart on the chest
Solid black silhouette of a sitting cat with a curled tail, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the neck, seen from behind.
Black cat silhouette on upper back

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