Tattoo ideas

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

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Two lines of black Roman numeral lettering in a serif font across the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Roman numerals on the inner wrist
Black and grey pen drawing of a dreamcatcher with a radiating web, wrapped hoops, dangling feathers and a flock of birds, suited as a tattoo design.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and birds
Two black ink flash designs of mountain landscapes with pine trees, one within a half circle and one within a diamond, drawn in dotwork and fine line hatching.
Mountain and pine landscape designs
Black and grey neo-traditional bat tattoo with lace wings, a skeletal ribcage and a crescent moon across the upper chest and shoulders.
Bat with lace wings across chest
Black and grey flash sheet with a pair of feathers above the script words expecto patronum, the Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork, and an hourglass within rings decorated with stars.
Three Harry Potter themed flash designs
Small solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a hand raised against a blue background.
Small black semicolon on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo on a forearm of cartoon Pokémon characters including Pikachu, Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle, each hanging from a black line.
Pokémon characters tied to strings on a forearm
Realism tattoo on a calf of a woman's face, half skull, with a clock face with Roman numerals behind her head and a blue and orange butterfly wing over one eye.
Clock and skull portrait on a calf
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a bird, swirling clouds and pink lotus flowers across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Bird and flower full arm sleeve
Black ink flash design of three Chinese characters stacked vertically, labelled in capitals as love, peace and happiness, on a white background.
Love, peace and happiness characters
Two fine line black outline tattoos shown side by side: a fox with the word always on the left, and a stag with antlers and the word protego on the right.
Fox and stag outline tattoos side by side
Two matching black script tattoos inside heart outlines with swirling flourishes, one reading Daughter on a calf and one reading Mother on an ankle.
Matching Mother and Daughter script tattoos
Fine line botanical tattoo of a tree with spreading roots and a curled swirl on a forearm, in dark blue-black ink.
Tree and swirl design on a forearm
Two small solid black semicolon tattoos on a forearm near the wrist, with a black watch and a braided bracelet.
Two semicolon tattoos on a forearm
Black ink script reading I love you to the moon and back, with a small crescent moon below it, on the inner forearm in a black and white photo.
Quote and crescent moon on a forearm
Three pencil sketches of snakes coiled inside shield-shaped crests, drawn as possible tattoo designs.
Three snake crest sketches in pencil
Black and grey realism tattoo of a carved Mayan stone relief with a central face and glyphs, on an upper arm.
Carved Mayan stone relief on upper arm
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with cursive script above it on a forearm, with the hand raised in the frame.
Realistic rose and script on a forearm
Flash sheet of black line flourishes, scrolls, leaves, arrows and a laurel motif on a white background, with a white laurel on a grey panel at the top.
Flourishes and ornaments flash sheet
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a blood-spattered eye and red lips, above a clock face with Roman numerals and hands at the wrist.
Realistic woman's face and clock on a forearm
Three side-by-side photos of fine black tattoos: platform 9 3/4 on a wrist, Mischief Managed with footprints on a shoulder, and round glasses with a red lightning bolt and the word always on a
Three Harry Potter themed tattoos
A small gold-coloured winged bird design on the upper arm of a woman in a long patterned dress, standing on stone steps.
Gold winged bird design on upper arm
Traditional style shark tattoo in orange, red and black ink on a calf, with a fishing bobber hanging from a line.
Traditional shark with fishing bobber on calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane on the inside of a forearm.
Lion head tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon caterpillar smoking a hookah on red spotted toadstools against a green swirled background, on a limb, in a neo-traditional illustrative style.
Caterpillar on a hookah and red mushrooms
Black ornamental tattoo of a mandala-patterned animal silhouette with dotwork detail on the upper thigh, under a yellow skirt.
Mandala-patterned animal on thigh
Two traditional tattoos: a green and yellow face in profile with a pink heart and chain on the upper arm, and a cuffed hand holding a diamond with PRISONER JEWELLERY lettering on the thigh.
Traditional face, heart and chain with cuffed hand
Botanical tattoo of pink and purple lilies, grey butterflies and dotted vines running down a person's back.
Lilies and butterflies down the back
Black line drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and flower motifs, with the words live free in script beneath it.
Ornate feather with live free script
Two lower backs side by side, one with a yellow and black Batman logo and the other with a red, yellow and blue Superman shield, both placed on the back.
Batman and Superman logo tattoos on lower backs
Black fine line outline of three triangles and a sun with a face on the back of an upper arm, photographed in backlight.
Triangles and sun face on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing stacked skulls framed by tribal-style swirls and linework on a white background.
Stacked skulls tribal design
Colour tattoo of a woman in a flower crown and a blue star-patterned dress beside a crescent moon, in blue and teal tones, on the upper arm.
Woman with crescent moon on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo on an ankle showing a curved line, a dotted arc and a small outlined diamond below, with jeans rolled above.
Fine line dotted arc and diamond on an ankle
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a front-facing elephant head with a cube, triangles and dotwork halo, on a forearm.
Elephant head with geometric linework
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf head inside a dreamcatcher with feathers, across the upper back.
Wolf and dreamcatcher on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a zipper opening the skin on a person's upper back and neck to reveal the spine and metal spinal hardware.
Zipper opening to reveal spine on back
Colour flash drawing of a pin-up Bride of Frankenstein figure in a black dress, with stitches, high heels and a small red heart on the upper arm.
Pin-up Bride of Frankenstein design
Traditional style colour tattoo of an owl wearing a blue cap and checked shirt and perched on a shotgun, on the top of a foot.
Owl in a cap holding a shotgun
Geometric tattoo of a red rectangle, a teal rectangle and a black circle on the outer ankle, with a small line sketch of the design in the top left corner.
Red, teal and black geometric shapes on an ankle
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo on the side of a torso, cut off at the bottom of the frame, with a red circle and arrow drawn over it.
Script word tattoo on side of torso
Sketchy black and orange tattoo of a seated hare with red wheat stalks and cross marks on a limb.
Sketch-style hare with red wheat stalks
Black ink lion head tattoo in profile on the side of the ribs, with a bold, hatched mane in a blackwork style.
Lion head in profile on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sunflower with a curling stem and leaves on the upper arm, shaded in a realistic style.
Sunflower and stem on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two roses, a small flower and feathers on an upper arm.
Dreamcatcher with roses on upper arm
Two colour neo-traditional tattoos side by side: a hairless cat with a pearl necklace on an upper arm, and a Siamese cat in an ornate gold frame with white flowers on a thigh.
Two neo-traditional cat tattoos on arm and thigh
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a blue jay in profile, with black linework and splashes of purple, blue and green ink on skin.
Watercolour blue jay on a limb
Close view of a hand wearing silver rings and a red wooden watch, with a partly covered traditional-style tattoo of red and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Partly visible tattoo on a wrist with a wooden watch

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