Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black Roman numeral tattoo sitting behind an ear in a side-on photo, set in a simple lettering style.
Roman numerals behind the ear
Watercolour style tattoo of Totoro with an acorn on its head and two smaller Totoro figures behind it, on a limb.
Totoro with acorn in watercolour style
Black ink line drawing of a geometric owl with a symmetrical face, triangular wings and hatched and dotted detailing, shown as a tattoo design.
Geometric owl design
Black script lettering reading It's get better runs across an inner forearm, with a blue sleeve visible at the top edge.
Script lettering on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a flowering stem with a large five-petal bloom, leaves and a spiral tendril, drawn as a tattoo design in fine line shading.
Flower and vine tattoo design sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, with a single tear, on a forearm.
Realistic portrait with crown of thorns on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and fine mechanical detail, shown on an arm.
Realistic pocket watch with Roman numerals
Pencil drawing of a vertical floral scroll tattoo design with roses, acanthus-style swirls and small sparkle motifs, suited to a long placement such as the arm or back.
Vertical floral scroll tattoo design
Small fine line tattoo of a pink ribbon looped through an outlined heart filled with swirls, on the side of a foot.
Pink ribbon and swirled heart
Small watercolour-style purple flowers on a green stem with black dots, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Purple flowers and dotted stem on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue and purple cat's head with a purple flower on the inner forearm, shown beside a watercolour painting of the same design.
Watercolour-style cat and flower on forearm
Woman in a white sleeveless top showing a colour botanical tattoo on her upper arm, with pink blossoms, a purple orchid and a peacock feather eye among vines.
Botanical upper arm tattoo with peacock feather
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a red seahorse with a large eye on its head, set against green and teal water with bubbles, on a limb.
Red seahorse with an eye on a limb
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of parallel lines, triangles and bands covering the back of a hand, fingers and forearm.
Geometric lines and triangles across hand and forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest under lightning-streaked clouds with a campfire, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Pine forest, lightning and campfire on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a woman with wind-blown hair seen from behind, facing a moonlit sea beneath a full moon and clouds.
Moonlit shoreline scene on upper arm
A grid of twenty-one white line drawings of geometric designs on a black background, including hexagons, triangles, circles and overlapping arcs, in a fine line style.
Grid of geometric sacred geometry line designs
Black linework floral spine tattoo running down the centre of a bare back, with a teal-filled medallion at its midpoint.
Ornate floral spine tattoo on a back
Red dotwork geometric flower tattoo with stippled petals and three circles, placed on the forearm.
Red geometric flower on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a rising sun with pointed rays above a horizontal horizon line on the forearm.
Sunrise over a horizon line on a forearm
Hand-drawn French script reading aimez-moi pour qui je suis in dark brown ink with a long flowing line on cream paper, shown as a lettering design.
French script lettering on paper
Black ink feather with small flying birds tattooed across the top of a foot, with red toenail polish and a denim cuff at the ankle.
Feather and birds on a foot
Black ink flowing script capital letters A to Z arranged in rows on a cream background, a lettering flash design with no body placement shown.
Uppercase flowing script alphabet flash
Realism tattoo of Medusa with a bloodied mouth and fanged teeth, surrounded by grey snakes, covering the side of a thigh and hip.
Medusa with snakes on a thigh
A black tribal-style design of two frogs facing each other, drawn in bold solid black with white swirling negative space, shown on a plain white background.
Two tribal-style frogs facing each other
Realism tattoo of a lighthouse under a lightning storm with rough sea below, placed on the calf.
Lighthouse and storm on a calf
Collage of fine line script tattoos on an upper arm, forearm, wrist and neck, reading words such as love, smile, soul and live fearless.
Script words on arms, wrist and neck
Black ink drawing of an elephant head merged with octopus tentacles, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Elephant and octopus hybrid design
Woman in a floral crop top and skirt showing black and grey tattoos of roses and a sun on her thighs and calves.
Rose and sun tattoos on legs
Detailed flash drawing of an ornamental feather with dotwork and swirling linework, shaded in teal, blue and red, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in blue, teal and red
Pencil drawing of a feathered serpent design in the style of Mesoamerican stone carving, with a detailed head and a coiled, segmented body on a pale background.
Feathered serpent design in pencil
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming over a blue watercolour-style wash, placed on the back.
Sea turtle swimming on a blue wash
Black line drawing of a treble clef and bass clef forming a heart, with a second bass clef below it that contains a cartoon face with a tear, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Treble and bass clef heart design
Two side-by-side photos of finger tattoos: a solid black geometric pencil with a dot on the middle finger, and a shaded grey wolf head on the middle finger.
Pencil and wolf finger tattoos
Black semicolon tattoo on an arm with the words 'My story isn't over yet' in black serif lettering, the word 'isn't' picked out in red.
Semicolon with 'My story isn't over yet' on an arm
Black and grey realistic sleeve design showing headphones with wings, roses, a vintage microphone, a script banner and sheet music, shown as a flat design rather than on skin.
Music sleeve design with headphones and roses
Two matching fine line script tattoos of a cursive word sit on the inner wrists of two people whose hands are clasped together.
Matching script word tattoos on wrists
Black and grey Death Star tattoo on the ribs, with TIE fighters and X-wings breaking into scattered dots and a tapering line beneath it.
Death Star and fighters on the ribs
Colour tattoo of two women wearing ornate Venetian masks, one teal with a pink flower and one red and gold, framed by feathers and scrollwork in realism style.
Two Venetian masks with feathers
Blackwork and colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS surrounded by black cogs and circular Time Lord symbols on the forearm.
Blue TARDIS with black gears on a forearm
Traditional style owl perched on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, tattooed on the abdomen below a pierced navel.
Owl and cherry blossom on the stomach
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh of red and white roses, a gold pocket watch and pink pearls inside a black lace frame.
Roses and pocket watch in a lace frame on a thigh
Fine line black lettering reading type one above a row of small chevron symbols on the inner wrist.
Type one lettering with chevrons on wrist
Realistic full-colour forest tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, showing tall trees, a mossy fallen log and a stream.
Forest and stream upper arm tattoo
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a watercolour style with blue, purple and orange washes and black splatter across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour splatter sleeve on arm
Colour tattoo of superhero emblems, including Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, shown torn through skin from thigh to ankle in a neo-traditional style.
Torn skin superhero emblems down a leg
Watercolour-style splash tattoo in blue, purple and pink with a white curved swirl motif on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Watercolour splash with swirl on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of three overlapping outlined triangles on the inner wrist, in a Geometric style.
Three overlapping triangles on a wrist

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