Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with stacked arch shapes and a solid triangle, covering the inner forearm.
Mandala forearm piece in dotwork
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles with Gallifreyan-style script and dots, running down the inside of a forearm.
Gallifreyan circles on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a shaded black mandala circle, red geometric polygons and dotted lines rising upward.
Mandala and geometric lines on upper arm
Four black and grey photographs of fine line geometric tattoos showing arrows crossing overlapping circles, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Fine line arrows and circles on arms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, a shaded sphere and a small triangle on the forearm.
Geometric sphere and circles on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design drawing of a wolf head with a cube pattern, mandala, crossed arrows and an eye within a triangle, with no body placement shown.
Wolf head with arrows and eye triangle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun, stacked planets and dotted geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Sun and planets on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with floral details wrapping the ankle and top of the foot.
Dotwork mandala on ankle and foot
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a profile head filled with a stormy sea and sky, black rain drips, and a faceted blue anchor.
Storm profile and anchor on upper arm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: an eye within a triangle of radiating lines on the left, and a geometric eye with dotwork and a shaded cube on the right.
Eye in triangle and geometric forearm tattoos
Black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, dotted beads and geometric diamond drops across the upper back.
Crescent moon with dotwork on upper back
Black ink circular emblem tattoo with a central triangle, crescent and symbol motifs, in a geometric style on the forearm.
Circular geometric emblem on forearm
Black ink Polynesian-style tribal sleeve covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm of a bare-chested man.
Polynesian-style full arm sleeve
Small black ink elephant tattoo with mandala-style patterns on the top of a person's shoulder, in a fine line style.
Ornate elephant tattoo on a shoulder
Black dotwork and linework mandala and paisley tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with light blue leaf shapes behind it.
Mandala and paisley design on upper arm
Black line-art flash sheet of a geometric alphabet, A to Z, set in a grid of letters built from circles, diamonds, arrows and parallel lines.
Geometric line alphabet flash sheet
Black ornamental mandala tattoo with floral scrollwork running down the upper back of a bare-skinned person, shown against a dark background.
Ornate mandala tattoo across upper back
Black geometric tattoo of a vertical line with stacked triangles and arrow shapes on the forearm of a person holding a camera.
Triangle arrow design on a forearm
Black line drawing of an eight-point compass rose inside a ring, surrounded by curling spiral and swirl linework, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Compass rose within a circle of spirals
Black and grey lion head tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder, realistic on the left and geometric with dotwork shading on the right.
Half realistic, half geometric lion on shoulder
Symmetrical tattoo design of a stag beetle framed by geometric lines and shaded grey flowers, shown as a standalone flash drawing.
Symmetrical stag beetle and flowers in geometric frame
Black and grey dotwork mandala and rose full sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, photographed in black and white against a white brick wall.
Mandala and rose full sleeve
Black ink mandala flower tattoo in a geometric style, centred on the upper chest of a woman wearing an open knitted cardigan, in black and white.
Mandala flower on the chest
Full back tattoo of a twisted ribbon running down the spine over ornamental lattice panels, in black and grey dotwork and linework.
Ornamental ribbon back piece
Black linework geometric tattoo of a symmetrical diamond design with radiating lines and arches, on the inner forearm of a person with an open hand.
Geometric diamond linework on a forearm
Two matching black geometric martini glass tattoos on the inner wrists of two people holding hands.
Matching martini glass wrist tattoos
Angular geometric linework tattoo on a forearm, with faceted triangular shapes in pale pink tones and a glossy ointment sheen on the skin.
Geometric linework design on a forearm
Two tattoo photos: on the left, a black and grey eye inside a triangle with sunburst rays in dotwork shading; on the right, a colour eye within a ribbon frame surrounded by teal and yellow flowers on
Eye in triangle tattoos, dotwork and neo-trad
Bare feet with temporary metallic gold and silver geometric triangles, a chain anklet design, an arrow and toe rings on the foot.
Gold and silver metallic foot tattoos
Colour tattoo of an orange flower with a green and white geometric centre, placed on the chest below the collarbone.
Orange flower with geometric centre on chest
Geometric bird tattoo with dotwork shading and handwritten script across the shoulder blade, with a dotted-line plant and teal accents down the back.
Geometric bird and dotted plant on a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles with a soft shaded half-moon and a horizontal line across the inner forearm.
Overlapping circles and horizontal line on forearm
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala design with overlapping circles at its centre, swirls, a sunburst above and hanging diamond shapes below.
Geometric mandala design with seed of life
Black and grey line drawing of six rows of interlocking circles in a Gallifreyan-style circular script, each row with a small grey caption beneath it.
Six rows of circle script lettering
Black and grey mandala tattoos on the backs of two hands and wrists, with small rose tattoos on the fingers and silver rings.
Mandala and rose hand tattoos
Black solid-ink flash design of a crescent moon above a vertical column of dots, a ringed planet and a circle with two small white dots, shown on a white background.
Crescent moon and planet dot design
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork featuring hexagons and a central mandala motif, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Geometric blackwork sleeve on arm
Black fine-line lace mandala with a feather and dangling chains tattooed on the upper thigh, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Lace mandala with dangling feather
Black tribal sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with spirals, triangles and bold curved bands.
Tribal blackwork sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a faceted helmet with a small antenna on the inner forearm.
Geometric helmet on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a stylised geometric animal with dotwork patterns and circular dot stems on a person's calf, in green, mustard and black linework.
Geometric animal and dot motifs on a calf
Black ink flash drawing of a molecular structure with two hexagonal rings inside a dotwork stippled circle, with dotted line ends, shown on cream paper.
Stippled molecule design
Flash sheet of gold and grey mandala floral designs, with the code VH-235 printed at the bottom, shown without any body placement.
Gold and grey mandala temporary tattoo sheet
Black dotwork and fine line pyramid above the words 'the world is a wonderfully weird place' in typewriter-style text, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Pyramid and quote on a forearm
Silver metallic chevron and triangle temporary tattoos with turquoise accents run across a wrist and fingers, worn with crystal and silver rings.
Metallic silver chevron temporary tattoos on hand
Black and teal dotwork mandala tattoo with a blank centre, sitting on the inner forearm.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a geometric owl design with faceted feathers, wide staring eyes and ear tufts, suitable as tattoo flash.
Geometric owl in black and grey
Two mandala-style designs side by side, one in red with a Rebel Alliance style emblem and one in blue with a Galactic Empire style emblem, drawn in a geometric linework style.
Mandala designs with Rebel and Empire emblems

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