Tattoo ideas

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

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Realism-style grey feather tattoo with a long shaft and shaded barbs running down the inner forearm.
Feather tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo pair of a wrist with fine line lettering, the word amor in one view and love in the other, on the inner wrist.
Fine line wrist lettering reading amor and love
Black and grey tattoo of shaded stars of varying sizes, with small sparkle marks, rising in a trail up the middle of a bare back.
Star trail running down the spine
Black-grey vine swirls with a pink flower and small dots running from the ankle across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Vine swirls and pink flower on ankle and foot
Two side-by-side photos of black script lettering reading I'm Fine on the back of a knee and Save Me on a calf, with the foot raised in the second image.
Script words "I'm Fine" and "Save Me" on legs
Pencil sketch of a bearded wizard holding a staff, with a dragon curling over his head and wisps of smoke around the figure, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Bearded wizard and dragon design sketch
Small fine line tattoo of a sun with a flame-like outline beside a crescent moon, in dark ink on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Sun and crescent moon on a wrist
Pink and red abstract flower tattoos with dark drip lines running down both lower legs, from the knees towards the ankles.
Pink floral drips down both lower legs
Black handwritten script reading patience with a full stop, drawn as a lettering design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Patience script lettering design
Black ink ornamental sleeve tattoo with radiating lines and a central sun-like motif, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Ornamental geometric sleeve on an arm
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading "we found love" on the inner forearm of a person whose hand rests nearby.
"We found love" script on forearm
Realistic red lily tattoo with black and brown scrollwork and leaves across a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Red lilies and scrollwork across a upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a butterfly made from scrolls and curls, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Scrollwork butterfly on the ribs
Fine line parrot outline tattoo in grey with a black beak and a small red accent on the inner wrist, beside a green WEEKEND wristband.
Parrot outline tattoo on wrist
Pencil drawing of three orchid blooms hanging from a curling vine, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Three orchids on a vine tattoo design
Black and white design of a vintage racing helmet above crossed gloves and crossed bones, with the words God speed on your way beneath it.
God speed helmet and crossed gloves design
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of blue flowers with orange centres and black ink splatter running down a calf.
Blue flowers and ink splatter down a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a message in a bottle with rope, pink roses and green leaves on a limb, with a red heart on the rolled note.
Message in a bottle with roses on skin
Realism style tattoo of a hooded robed figure with clasped hands beside a cross on a forearm, with blue draped cloth.
Hooded figure with cross on forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of an owl with amber eyes above a small house held in a hand, on the outer thigh.
Owl and house on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses made from rolled banknotes, running down the inside of a forearm.
Three banknote roses on a forearm
Line drawing of a rayed sun with a dark centre above a crescent moon, joined by dotted lines and small star motifs, on a black background.
Sun and crescent moon with stars design
Drawn phoenix tattoo design with sweeping black tribal linework and purple, pink and blue coloured pencil shading on a white background.
Phoenix tattoo design in tribal linework
Pencil drawing of a tribal-style heart with interlocking swirling lines and soft grey shading, being sketched on white paper with a yellow pencil.
Tribal heart design drawn in pencil
Black and grey realistic eye tattoo with three flies on a limb, shown against a dark background.
Realistic eye tattoo with flies
Black and grey traditional owl tattoo with ornamental swirls and a shaded rose below, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and rose on upper arm
Black script lettering arranged in a heart outline with a small red heart at its centre, tattooed on a person's side above the ribs.
Script words forming a heart on the side
Black fine line tattoo of a jagged mountain range outline wrapping around the forearm, set against a dark surface.
Mountain range outline on a forearm
Black stylised cat tattoo with a curling tail on the top of a foot, with teal painted toenails and a beige carpet behind.
Stylised cat tattoo on a foot
Black and grey tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a solid silhouette of a figure with a chain and ring charm above it and two small shapes between them.
Silhouette figure and keyring charm on thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo of an infinity symbol with the numbers 4, 3 and 11 in script, on the inner forearm of a person sitting in a car.
Infinity symbol with numbers on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a coilover suspension shock absorber with gold springs bursting through torn skin on a lower leg.
Coilover shock through torn skin on a calf
Packaged Hot Wheels Tattoo Machines card showing a temporary tattoo sheet of colourful lightning bolts and a starburst beside a purple toy car.
Lightning bolt temporary tattoo sheet on Hot Wheels card
Colour tattoo of a stylised blue and pink phoenix among cherry blossoms on the forearm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Phoenix and cherry blossom on a forearm
Flash design of a watercolour-style skull with a butterfly, leafy branches and a Roman numeral clock, drawn in ink on a white background.
Skull, butterfly and clock design
Stylised green and blue bird with outstretched wings and long curling tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design drawing on a white background.
Green and blue bird with long tail
Realism tattoo on the outer thigh showing a bearded man's face framed by a wolf's head, with dotwork shading, leafy branches and a green wash.
Wolf and portrait on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather hanging from a beaded cord around the ankle, with a flock of small birds flying across the top of the foot.
Black feather on a cord anklet with birds
Black and grey tattoo of a bird with a raised wing beside the words books and cleverness in serif lettering, shown on skin.
Bird and books and cleverness lettering
Black and grey neo-traditional lotus tattoo with dotted detail and blue, teal and pink watercolour splashes on the side of the ribs.
Lotus with watercolour splashes on ribs
Black line spiral tattoo with a small circle above it on the forearm, covered with clear film and tape.
Spiral with small circle on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos of a stormtrooper and Darth Vader, both wearing suits and leaning in a relaxed pose, on two forearms.
Stormtrooper and Darth Vader in suits on forearms
Traditional colour tattoo of a striped lighthouse with lightning bolts, grey clouds and a red rose on an upper arm.
Lighthouse, lightning and rose on upper arm
Small pink butterfly tattoo with a bold black outline and black dot details, sitting on the inner forearm.
Small pink butterfly on a forearm
Black and grey realistic compass tattoo on a chest, appearing to break through cracked skin that reveals fragments of lettering.
Compass breaking through skin on a chest
Small colour cartoon tattoo of a bespectacled character in a red and white striped hat and tie, sitting behind a person's ear.
Striped hat cartoon character behind the ear
Single-colour blue tattoo on a forearm showing a Scottish saltire with a lion-like figure and black Gaelic-style lettering at the wrist.
Blue saltire and lion on a forearm
Collage of colourful geometric tattoos of animals, flowers and boats, shown on arms and legs in faceted blue, purple and red ink.
Collage of geometric animal and botanical tattoos

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