Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost across the side of a foot, with dark painted toenails.
Quote tattoo along the side of a foot
Fine line tattoo of a spiral notepad with ruled lines on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up, in black and faded blue ink.
Notepad tattoo on the inner wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a seated cat on the wrist and palm of a hand, with the tail curling around the base of the hand.
Cat outline tattoo on a hand
Traditional style tattoo of a pocket watch with a chain, a red poppy and an eye in a triangle on the watch face, on a forearm.
Pocket watch and poppy on a forearm
Full-colour tattoo on a forearm showing a blue caterpillar, a figure in a red coat and bow tie, a white flower and gold keys among green vines.
Cartoon caterpillar and wonderland scene on forearm
Four-step photo of a temporary tattoo, a blue watercolour USA outline with lettering reading land that I love, being applied to an upper arm in lettering style.
Temporary USA map tattoo applied to upper arm
Realistic owl tattoo with yellow eyes and grey shading on the upper arm, viewed from the front.
Realistic owl on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a largemouth bass leaping with its mouth open, beside a fisherman silhouette on a wooden dock.
Leaping bass and fisherman on upper arm
Colour tattoo of three blue and teal feathers with pink tips and small beads on the outer forearm.
Watercolour feathers on a forearm
Colour tattoo of stitched wound lines on the inner forearm near the wrist, in red and orange with dark outlines.
Stitched wound design on a wrist
Red heart-shaped paw print tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with the open palm visible above it.
Red heart and paw print on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull style cat face with pink, orange and yellow detailing on the upper arm, with a pink rose above it.
Sugar skull cat on upper arm
Fine line black ink outline of a small elephant with a tiny pink heart, placed on the side of a foot near the toes.
Small elephant on the side of a foot
Three photographs of black compass tattoos: a fine line compass, plane and small world map on a forearm, an arrow and compass on a wrist, and a dotted compass star on a shoulder.
Compass and travel tattoos on arm and shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon nurse with a stethoscope, pills, a bandage and a caduceus, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Cartoon nurse with medical motifs on upper arm
Neo-trad style flash illustration of a dark-haired pin-up woman seen from behind, in green lingerie and floral shorts, with fern fronds and flowers in her hair.
Pin-up in green lingerie with fern hair flowers
Black fine line tattoo of ornate scissors with scrollwork on the inside of a forearm, with a script tattoo visible on the foot.
Scissors tattoo on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Wanderlust on one foot beside a black compass rose tattoo on the other foot, both in a fine line style.
Wanderlust script and compass on feet
Watercolour-style design of a dark feather fading from teal to purple, with the script words where you invest your love, you invest your life.
Feather with script quote in teal and purple
Black and red butterfly tattoo with fine vine swirls across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Butterfly and vine swirls on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a retro toy robot in blue and red ink with small red lightning bolts, on the forearm.
Blue and red robot on a forearm
Black linework flash design on aged parchment showing a lace top hat, pocket watch, rabbits, clouds and a teacup, with a red-haired face at the base.
Top hat, pocket watch and rabbits design
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with three flying birds on the upper left and the word faith in cursive script, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith script
Black and grey realism roses with curling ornamental vines running down the side of a woman's back and ribs.
Rose and swirl vine tattoo down the back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a hairless cat's head with orange and grey shading and a yellow eye, set in orange and black swirls on the back of a hand.
Hairless cat on the back of a hand
Collage of small fine line tattoos in black ink, including stars on the forearms and fingers, a dotted arrow on the upper arm and dotwork circles on the hands.
Small dotwork stars, arrows and circles
Black tribal-style frog design with a spiral on its body, shown as a flat drawing on a white background with no body placement.
Tribal frog design
Colour tattoo of a black-outlined kiwi bird filled with the New Zealand flag and Union Jack on the forearm.
Kiwi bird with New Zealand and Union Jack flags
Black and grey tattoo of the solar system on a forearm, with a smiling sun at the wrist, ringed Saturn and other planets along dashed orbit lines.
Solar system with smiling sun on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated beagle with script lettering beneath it, on the upper arm.
Realistic beagle portrait on upper arm
Black line flash sheet of small geometric motifs including skull faces, spirals, zigzags, diamonds, squares and asterisks, with no body placement shown.
Geometric motif flash sheet in black line
Close-up of a small black fine-line tattoo of angular symbols on the upper arm, with a tiny cross mark to the left.
Angular symbols on an upper arm
Black serif text tattoo reading "The best parts of me are hidden." across the outer upper thigh, with a hand holding red shorts.
Quote tattoo on upper thigh
Pencil drawing of a botanical vine with leaves, swirls and a central flower, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Floral vine corner design
Black and white photo of a fine line arrow tattoo with a looped tail on the ankle, with a small semicolon-like mark on a hand nearby.
Fine line arrow tattoo on ankle
Black script lettering on the side of the ribs reads 'She who leaves a trail of glitter is never forgotten'.
Glitter quote lettering on ribs
Solid black paw print tattoo with a looping heart-shaped outline on the top of a foot, against a dark fabric background.
Paw print and heart outline on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small lion cub beside the script words Remember who you are, placed on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Lion cub and script quote on foot
Black and green flash design of an engraved brain merging into circuit board traces with root-like lines, drawn on a white background.
Brain and circuit board design
Colour tattoo of the robot Bender from Futurama holding a beer bottle, smoking a cigar and offering a fan of cash, on the calf.
Bender from Futurama on a calf
Black line tattoo of an alchemical transmutation circle with inscribed script, across the inner forearm, in a black and grey linework style.
Alchemical transmutation circle on a forearm
Black, grey and gold drawing of a coiled snake with stippled dotwork rays behind its head, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Coiled snake with gold discs
Small fine line outline of a Mickey Mouse head on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up, in black ink.
Mickey Mouse outline on inner wrist
Full sleeve floral tattoo with red, purple and pink flowers over teal swirling foliage, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Full floral sleeve on an arm
Neo-trad style raven perched on an arrow with a red stippled Nevermore banner and a feather on a calf, black and grey with red blood splatter.
Raven with arrow and feather under Nevermore banner
Realism colour tattoo of a grey Buddha with a raised hand and a pink lotus flower on the upper arm, set against green and orange clouds.
Buddha and pink lotus on an upper arm
Forearm tattoo of a stylised figure with three faces and orange hair, beside a dark tree silhouette and a small green bird, drawn in black outline with colour accents.
Multi-faced figure and tree on forearm
Black and grey leg sleeve tattoo of a horned beast, a winged demon and writhing nude figures running from the thigh down to the calf.
Black and grey demonic leg sleeve on thigh and calf

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