Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line infinity symbol with a purple paw print, a red heart and partial black script on the inner wrist, shown on a forearm.
Infinity paw print and heart on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles coiling over the cranium, jaw and sides of the face, shaded with fine hatching and stippling on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles
Two traditional colour tattoos on the upper thighs, one showing Darth Vader's helmet and the other R2-D2, each set in an ornate oval frame with roses or a flower.
Darth Vader and R2-D2 in frames on thighs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Good Vibes on the side of a torso, with a knitted jumper pulled across the left of the frame.
Good Vibes script on the side ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair, a yellow and blue fish and a red crab among bubbles and seaweed, on an upper thigh.
Cartoon mermaid with fish and crab on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a dove with spread wings above a veiled woman with downcast eyes and a rose below.
Dove, veiled woman and rose on a forearm
Tall red and yellow banner design of a sun with a face, a sword, a coiled red snake and hibiscus flowers, with the words Unbowed Unbent Unbroken on a ribbon.
Sun, sword and snake banner design
Colour tattoo of a large-eyed cartoon geisha doll with black hair, red kimono and red bow in a Japanese-inspired style on a calf.
Cartoon geisha doll on a lower leg
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo across a man's shoulder and chest, with further tattoos on his upper arm, forearm and ribs.
Dragon shoulder and chest piece on a muscular torso
Photo of a red shaded rose tattoo with a grey thorned stem and leaf on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Red rose with thorny stem on upper back
Traditional style owl tattoo perched on a pocket watch on a forearm, with a red rose beside it.
Owl perched on a pocket watch
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a giraffe with a long thin neck and dotted body on the inner forearm, shown against a wooden floor.
Minimal giraffe tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and long sweeping tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design.
Phoenix in flight design
Black line drawing of a feather built from angular geometric facets, a design suited to a fine line geometric tattoo, shown with no body placement.
Geometric feather line drawing
Colour neo-trad tattoo on the ribs showing a red cartoon bird, cupcake, candies, ribbon and gemstones.
Candy and bird side piece on ribs
Line drawing of a blue police box with green and cyan circular rings and a hanging pendulum, on a white background, with no body part shown.
TARDIS with rings and pendulum design
Black blackletter lettering tattooed one letter per finger on two hands, resting on a dark leather surface.
Blackletter letters across fingers
Realistic black and grey birch trees with pink clouds and red birds across a shoulder and upper arm sleeve tattoo.
Birch trees and red birds on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather with small birds and fine linework swirls on a forearm.
Feather with birds and swirls on a forearm
Realism-style colour tattoo of a lion's head in profile on the upper arm, set against a green, yellow, orange and red sunset wash.
Lion head profile on upper arm
Colour full sleeve tattoo of a red rose, orange gerbera and white chrysanthemums with purple blooms and green leaves on an arm.
Full sleeve of roses and chrysanthemums
Close view of fine line black script tattoo reading Ad astra per aspera across skin, in a lettering style.
Ad astra per aspera script on skin
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red polka dot dress cooking at a stove, with steam and a sunburst, on an upper arm.
Pin-up cook at a stove on upper arm
Close view of a woman's arm with a full sleeve of fine white ink ornamental tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
White ink sleeve tattoo on an arm
Two forearm tattoos in black and grey, a guillotine on the left arm with the words KEEP YOUR CHIN UP and a noose on a gallows on the right arm with the words HANG IN THERE.
Guillotine and gallows on two forearms
Fine line sketch of a standing figure with pink, purple and yellow watercolour washes on the side of the ribs.
Sketched figure with watercolour splashes on ribs
Close photograph of a solid black ornamental flourish tattoo with a curled top and tapering loops on the upper arm, above a dark sleeve.
Ornate black flourish on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a bare tree whose roots trail down into a rope wrapped around an anchor, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bare tree with roots and anchor sketch
Black line drawing of a botanical paisley and flower tattoo design, shown as a stencil-style sketch with no body part visible.
Floral paisley line design
Wolf head tattoo on the upper back, split down the middle with a watercolour splash of colour on the left and ornate black and grey patterning on the right.
Split wolf head on upper back
Neo-traditional flash design of a stylised creature head with a swirling purple and orange body, black linework and dotted accents, with no body placement shown.
Swirling creature with curled tail
Colour tattoo of a cartoon house with a red chimney lifted by a bunch of lobed, multicoloured balloons on the forearm.
Cartoon house lifted by colourful balloons
Small black fine line heart made of fingerprint swirls on the lower stomach, with a hand and black lace underwear visible beside it.
Fingerprint heart tattoo on the lower stomach
Fine line tattoo of a white cat looking up at a trail of red ladybirds, on the outer calf.
Cat watching ladybirds on a calf
Black and grey peacock feather tattoo with a shaded eye on the side of a finger, in a close photo of a hand.
Peacock feather on a finger
Black and grey ornamental lion head tattoo with blue eyes and a blue gem crown on the outer upper thigh.
Ornamental lion head with blue gem on thigh
Photograph of a pale white-ink stylised animal tattoo on a forearm, with a blue knit sleeve and a bookshelf behind.
White stylised animal on a forearm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a cat-faced geisha with hair sticks, a yellow flower and a red and purple patterned kimono, on the calf.
Cat-faced geisha on a calf
Black lettering tattoo of the name Ashley with a butterfly and swirling flourishes across the top of a bare foot.
Script name and butterfly on a foot
Four hand-drawn sea turtle designs stacked vertically on white, each with spiral flippers and a petal-patterned shell, in green and one brown line drawing.
Four sea turtle designs with spiral flippers
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a fox seen from behind, with orange swirl patterns and black outlines, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Orange fox with swirling linework on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of two soft, shaded feathers on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two feathers on a forearm
Black and grey line drawing of a feather entwined with flowers, ferns and a small butterfly, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Feather, flowers and fern tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a geometric fox in orange, grey and purple facets with blue splashes, on the side of a pale body.
Geometric fox with blue watercolour splashes
Black script lettering reading "P.S. You will always be my Baby girl" tattooed on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts and a lion print t-shirt.
Script quote on the outer thigh
Traditional style forearm tattoo of an eye inside a grey cloud above an umbrella and red raindrops, with the words IS THAT TEARS OR IS IT RAIN.
Eye in a cloud with umbrella and raindrops
Close view of a fine-line black cursive script tattoo with two short crossing bars on the inside of a wrist.
Cursive script and two bars on a wrist
Colourful sugar skull design surrounded by magenta flowers, gold leaves and swirling stems, drawn as a tattoo flash design with no body part shown.
Sugar skull with magenta flowers

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