Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour tattoo of seashells, a starfish and water droplets across the top of a foot.
Seashells and starfish on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a globe with a latitude grid and soft shaded continents, with arrow lines extending outward, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Globe with compass arrows on the forearm
Black and white photograph of a woman kneeling with her back to the camera, showing a Japanese-style dragon and cloud tattoo across her back and upper arm while she raises a katana overhead.
Japanese back tattoo with raised katana
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands showing small black script lettering on both wrists, partly upside down from this angle, with a ring on one finger.
Matching script wrist tattoos on clasped hands
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a grim reaper in sunglasses holding a scythe beside a palm tree and moon, on a forearm.
Grim reaper and palm tree on a forearm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoos stacked down the spine on a bare back, linked by dotted lines.
Lotus flowers down the spine
Two small solid black star tattoos on the inner wrists of two people, one wrist wearing black elastic bands and the other a cream cord bracelet.
Matching small star tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey dotwork tree with spreading roots and star-like flecks inside a rectangular frame, on the inside of a forearm.
Tree and roots in a dotwork frame on a forearm
Small fine-line black tattoo of an open book on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a red background.
Open book on a wrist
Black outline lettering tattoo of the word OVERSKÅG inside a rounded capsule shape, placed on the top of a bare foot.
Overskåg word tattoo on top of a foot
Black ink infinity symbol tattoo on the chest, with a script letter R on the left loop and Roman numerals XX-III-MMXI on the right loop.
Infinity symbol with letter R and Roman numerals
Colour tattoo of a yellow Minion dressed as Scooby-Doo in front of a dark haunted house and bats, on the calf.
Minion dressed as Scooby-Doo on a calf
Black and grey Chi Rho monogram with Alpha and Omega letters inside a laurel wreath, tattooed on an upper arm.
Chi Rho and laurel wreath on upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of an ornamental stag head with patterned dotwork and geometric fills, on the forearm.
Ornamental stag head on a forearm
Black ink pen sketch of stylised cursive script lettering on cream paper, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hand-drawn script lettering sketch
Two matching fine line script tattoos on the inner wrists reading 'our bond is everlasting', each ending in a small heart, one red and one blue.
Matching 'our bond is everlasting' wrist tattoos
Blue peace sign tattoo with a white dove and a small blue dove, ringed by black script lettering, on the side of the torso.
Peace sign and doves with quote on ribs
Small black and grey shaded rabbit tattoo, seated upright in profile, on the lower back above the waistband of jeans.
Small rabbit tattoo on the lower back
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate outlined alphabet, numerals, scrolls, daggers and a scroll banner, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental alphabet and numbers flash sheet
Black and grey traditional anchor with a coiled rope on the side of a man's neck, just behind his ear.
Anchor with rope on the side of the neck
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the top of one foot and a crescent moon with mandala and dangling drops on the other, with small tattoos on the toes.
Mandala and crescent moon tattoos on both feet
Close view of a hand with black nails and silver rings, showing black dotwork lines and mandala-style ornaments across the fingers and back of the hand.
Mandala and dotwork design on a hand
Colour tattoo of an abstract purple and pink burst with black fractured lines on skin, with part of a green leaf tattoo at the bottom edge.
Abstract purple burst with black fractures
Three black fine line tattoos of looping spirals and stems on forearms and a wrist, in a fine line style, with the outer tattoos placed on the forearm.
Matching fine line spiral tattoos on forearms
Red and purple dotwork tribal tattoo with black accents spanning a person's shoulder blade and upper back.
Red dotwork tribal design on a shoulder and back
Two photos of matching fine line infinity tattoos with the word sisters in script, one in blue and purple and one in pink and red, on the forearm.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos
Fine line outline of a paw print tattooed on the inner wrist, with silver and zebra-striped nail varnish visible on the fingers above.
Paw print outline on inner wrist
Flash design of two overlapping clockwork-style circles in red and black linework, with the quotes 'It was raining when we met' and 'It's the same rain'.
Two clockwork circles with a rain quote
Large solid black tribal tattoo across a man's upper back and down the spine, photographed from behind in a bathroom.
Tribal back tattoo down the spine
Colour traditional-style tattoo of two daisies, a pink ribbon and green leaves with blue swirls, on the shoulder.
Daisies and pink ribbon on a shoulder
Black bare tree with spreading branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical style.
Bare tree with roots on a wrist
Small black fine line Eiffel Tower tattoo on the inner forearm of a hand making a peace sign against a plain cream background.
Eiffel Tower on an inner forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of interlocking hexagons and cubes, drawn in solid and dotted lines, covering the forearm.
Geometric polygon sleeve on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in stacked lines along the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Realism tattoo of a red vintage car with chrome grille and whitewall tyre across the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.
Red classic car on an upper arm
Black lettering on the inner forearm reads 'and the rest is rust and stardust' in a typewriter-style font, with a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stethoscope whose tubing curls into a heart shape, shown on a white background as a design.
Stethoscope with heart-shaped tubing
Black tribal swirl star tattoo with ornamental curls inside its points, on the lower leg.
Tribal swirl star on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a pineapple built from angular geometric facets and a diamond lattice pattern, shown on a plain white background as a design sheet.
Geometric pineapple line drawing
Purple brush lettering of the word Tetelestai written over a faint grey pencil cross on pale paper.
Tetelestai lettering with a pencil cross
Blue shaded lily tattoo with black swirls and small stars on the side of a torso, above a dark waistband.
Blue lily with stars and swirls on the torso
Black and grey linework tattoo of a startled cat with a yarn ball on the upper arm, shown in a close black and white photo.
Cat with wide eyes and yarn ball on upper arm
Close-up of three black outline hearts in a row in fine line style on the side of a finger.
Three outline hearts on a finger
Black ink cat tattoo with blue and orange eyes, a spiral body and striped tail, on the side of a person's torso.
Cat with spiral body on the side
Fine line black tattoo of a dreamcatcher, feathers and branches draped in a garland across a thigh.
Dreamcatcher and feather thigh garland
Neo-traditional tattoo of a stag head with black antlers, orange flowers and green leaves on the upper thigh.
Stag head with flowers on a thigh
Black script tattoo reading Strength with a small heart at the end, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Strength script with heart on wrist
Two crossed forearms covered in black blackwork tattoos of lattices, diamonds, dots and spirals, with stylised motifs on the upper arm, against a dark background.
Blackwork geometric sleeve on crossed arms

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