Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black tattoo of three birds in flight on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and a thin ring on one finger.
Three birds in flight on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of a red, white and blue shield with a star, with the words SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT HEROES EXIST. in red capitals beneath it.
Shield and quote on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a half face in profile merged with a wing shape on the forearm, drawn in loose sketchy linework.
Half face and wing on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of the Millennium Falcon spaceship on the inner forearm, with a raised hand and Star Wars print leggings behind it.
Millennium Falcon on a forearm
Colourful candy-land tattoo covering the calf and ankle, with a sweet castle, gumdrops, lollipops, a blue bird and two cartoon dolls on the foot.
Candy castle landscape on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a green sack-like cartoon monster with a swirl motif and three dice on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Green sack monster and dice on upper arm
Black and white line drawing of a symmetrical owl with large eyes and decorative patterned feathers, drawn as a tattoo design.
Ornate owl design, front view
Line drawing of a stylised heron in blue and grey on a cream background, with ovoid and formline patterning in the body, shown as a tattoo design.
Stylised heron in blue and grey
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo of a carousel horse with a red heart on the side of a person's ribs, with teal ribbons and a gold pole.
Carousel horse with ribbons on ribs
Black and grey realistic tattoo of mechanical plates, gears and a dark rounded component on the forearm.
Black and grey mechanical forearm piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather that breaks up into a flock of flying birds on skin.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering tattoo across the forearm.
Script quote tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink and teal ribbon with angel wings, a halo and the word Mom, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ribbon with angel wings and halo on upper back
Five white stencil-style circular designs on a black background showing a tree, scales, clasped hands, an eye and flames, with no body placement shown.
Five circular symbol designs on black
Small purple and violet tattoo of a ribbon with a rose-like swirl, outlined in black, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Purple ribbon and rose on wrist
Black and grey hand-drawn Polynesian-style tattoo design of spirals and triangular blades with fine hatching, shown as a flash sheet.
Polynesian-style spiral and triangle design
Watercolour-style flower tattoo in purple, pink and blue with black linework across the shoulder and upper arm, with a thin stem trailing down the arm.
Watercolour flower on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo on the inner forearm showing an open pocket watch with a heart and veins inside the case, with a shaded rose below.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm reproducing Van Gogh's Starry Night, with a blue police box floating in the swirling sky above a village.
Starry Night sleeve with a blue police box
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a curved heart outline with the words Beautifully Wonderfully Made in handwritten script and Psalm 139:14 beside it, with no body placement shown.
Pencil sketch of a heart with scripture lettering
Fine line geometric arrow tattoo made of nested black triangles, running down the inner forearm.
Geometric arrow on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a lotus flower at the base of a vertical unalome-style line with loops and dots, shown on skin.
Lotus flower with fine line tattoo
Black line drawing of a stylised cat in profile with whiskers and an arched back, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement visible.
Bold black cat outline design
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with petal and scroll details on a shoulder, in a casual close photo of a person in an off-shoulder top.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey abstract tattoo on an upper arm with two figures, a clock face, a flower and a vertical red stripe.
Abstract figures, clock and flower on upper arm
Two black and grey flower tattoos with yin yang centres sit on the thighs of two people lying on a bed.
Yin yang flower tattoos on two thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head with soft, dissolving edges on the forearm.
Wolf head on a forearm
Small black fine line heartbeat tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, with blonde hair in a messy bun.
Heartbeat line on the nape of the neck
Two forearms with matching tattoos: a red scrollwork heart padlock on the left and a heart-shaped key with a separate key on the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Matching padlock and key forearm tattoos
Five black brush lettering designs on a white background, reading Visualize and Believe, Faith, Different, Can you sense and Take action, in a lettering style.
Five lettering designs on a white background
Sketch-style tattoo of an elephant head with a compass rose and red and teal watercolour splashes on the inner forearm, with a column of dots running up towards the elbow.
Elephant and compass on a forearm
Dark line drawing of a stylised bird with a curled crest, swept wings and spiral tail on a forearm, in a henna-like style.
Stylised bird design on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading I refuse to sink with a small anchor and a swirl, on the top of a foot, in a lettering style.
I refuse to sink lettering with anchor on a foot
Blue and black feather tattoo with dark splatter dots running up the forearm.
Blue feather with ink splatter on a forearm
Black and grey fine line cross above a vertical script quote tattooed down the centre of a person's back.
Small cross and vertical script on a back
Black and white photo of a small, fine line black anchor tattoo on the side of the ribs, below the arm.
Small anchor tattoo on the ribs
Full arm sleeve tattoo of oak leaves and tree bark in colour, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Oak leaves and bark arm sleeve
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary designs, including a mandala, paisley motifs, bracelet bands and ornate bar designs.
Gold and silver metallic flash sheet
Fine line black script tattoo on an ankle, shown with light blue skinny jeans and grey and white striped flats.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of thin vertical marks on the upper arm of a woman wearing a purple jumpsuit and statement necklace.
Fine line marks on an upper arm
Two-panel pencil drawing of a geisha holding a fan, surrounded by frangipani and hibiscus flowers, shown as an outline and as a shaded design for a tattoo.
Geisha with fan and frangipani flowers design
Hand-drawn rainbow feather with zentangle-style patterns in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple on white paper.
Rainbow feather design
Black outline tattoo of a cat face with a red bow, surrounded by outline stars, across a person's upper back.
Cat face with red bow and outline stars on upper back
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a sunflower motif on the chest, partly visible through an open grey zip hoodie.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on chest
Close-up of three small black fine line paper plane tattoos with hatched shading behind a person's ear, next to ear piercings.
Three paper planes behind the ear
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight across the side of a torso.
Three swallows in flight on the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of segmented plate armour covering a full arm sleeve from shoulder to wrist.
Segmented armour arm sleeve
Black and grey realism style owl tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with its body filled by a silhouette of bare trees and dots.
Owl and forest on upper arm

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