Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink script tattoo reading 'Sometimes before it gets Better, the Darkness gets Bigger' in lettering style on a section of skin.
Script quote tattoo on skin
Black and grey geometric tiger tattoo wrapping around an upper arm and shoulder, with outlined stripes and small star marks.
Geometric tiger on an upper arm
Black and grey snake tattoo with scaled detail coiled around an upper arm, its head near the shoulder.
Snake coiled around upper arm
Forearm tattoo of a vintage microscope beneath a teal outlined diamond and the word True, in black and grey shading with halftone dotwork and teal accents.
Microscope and diamond on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style owl tattoo with hatched feathers and an ornate head pattern, perched on a branch, on skin of the torso.
Sketched owl perched on a branch
Fine line tattoo of a patterned elephant above the words La famille est tout, on the back of a woman's neck.
Elephant and French script on the neck
Solid black cross tattoo on the upper chest of a shirtless man, cropped below the chin against a dark background.
Solid black cross on upper chest
Colour tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing a sunset sky, bare black-lined trees, red poppies and small birds in flight.
Sunset tree and poppies on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a yawning tabby cat sitting upright, with its mouth wide open and fangs visible, on skin.
Yawning tabby cat tattoo
Colour realism tattoo of a brown songbird on a grey branch, with peach flowers and green leaves, on the outer forearm.
Bird on a branch with peach flowers on a forearm
Black line drawing of a botanical tattoo design with three flowers linked by a curling vine and spiral tendrils, shown on a plain white background.
Three flowers on a swirling vine design
Black and grey skeleton hands holding flowers and leaves, tattooed on the side of the ribs and torso.
Skeleton hands and flowers on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a mythical bird-headed creature with peacock-style feathers and a coiling serpent tail across the chest.
Mythical creature with serpent tail on chest
Black ink tattoo of five Egyptian hieroglyphs stacked in a vertical line down a person's upper back, including an ankh, two lions and a falcon.
Vertical Egyptian hieroglyph tattoo on upper back
Thin black handwritten lettering reading kill the king across the inner wrist of a palm-up forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Kill the king script on inner wrist
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black panther with yellow accents and flower details, running along the inner forearm.
Black panther with yellow flowers on a forearm
Small black fine line fish hook tattoo on the outer ankle, with a woven bracelet in red, blue and white above it.
Small fish hook tattoo on ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a brass diving helmet on a jellyfish body with the letter N, surrounded by shells on the upper arm and shoulder.
Diving helmet jellyfish on upper arm
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a lion's head with a long, flowing mane tapering to a point, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lion head with flowing mane
Colour tattoo of a tentacled, green-eyed sea creature across a man's shoulder and upper arm, with tentacles running down the arm.
Cthulhu-style creature across shoulder and upper arm
Hand-drawn black ink infinity symbol with the word you in the left loop and me in the right, shown as a fine line lettering design on paper.
Infinity symbol with you and me
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an armoured robot with galaxy and autumn leaves on the upper arm and shoulder.
Armoured robot and galaxy on upper arm
Realistic dragon head with horns, scales and clawed feet in a shaded, colour style across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic dragon head and claws on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate key on a beaded chain above a keyhole set in filigree scrollwork, on the forearm.
Ornate key and keyhole scrollwork on an arm
Thin black capital lettering reading EXCELSIOR on the wrist above a hand with blue painted nails, set against a pale turquoise background.
Excelsior lettering on a wrist
Line drawing flash sheet showing a solid black ornate skeleton key beside four decorative arrows with patterned tips and feathered fletching on a cream background.
Ornate key and four decorative arrows
Full colour paisley and mandala floral sleeve covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Colourful paisley and floral sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of the Joker's grinning face behind torn skin and green claw marks on a forearm, shown in five stages from black and grey to full colour.
Joker face tattoo on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh of a hand shake with a snake biting the wrist, above the words Trust No One.
Snake and handshake with Trust No One lettering
Close photo of fine line black playing card suit tattoos on two ankles, with a small red diamond tattoo on a wrist.
Playing card suit tattoos on ankles and wrist
Three-stage tattoo design of a pocket compass with a butterfly across the dial, shown as line art, greyscale shading and full colour.
Compass and butterfly design in three stages
Black silhouette design of birds in flight forming an infinity symbol, with the words hakuna matata in cursive script across the centre.
Birds forming an infinity loop with script
Fine line tattoo of a needle with thread looping up the inner forearm, shown in a single blue-toned line.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Blue watercolour-style world map tattoo on the inner forearm, with the continents left as bare skin.
World map tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey Cheshire Cat grin with blue-grey eyes and the words We Are All Mad Here in script, tattooed on the wrist.
Cheshire Cat grin with quote on wrist
Full sleeve realism tattoo on an arm with horror-style portraits, a skull mask, a silhouetted figure and orange flames, with lettering at the lower wrist.
Horror-themed realism sleeve with fire background
Black ink geometric tattoo of a dress form filled with a lattice of floral motifs, with a stem below, shown on a limb in a sepia-toned photo.
Lattice dress form tattoo on a limb
Black and grey ornamental half sleeve covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a dotwork mandala medallion at its centre.
Ornamental half sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Two matching black lettering tattoos reading 477,800 in a simple script, one on a forearm in the foreground and one on the skin behind it near a swimsuit.
Matching 477,800 number tattoos
Pink cherry blossom branch tattoo with brown twigs running up the outside of a lower leg, in soft botanical colour.
Cherry blossom branch on a calf
Black line tattoo of seven chakra symbols stacked down the centre of a person's back, each in a lotus or mandala ring, with a lotus flower at the base.
Seven chakra symbols stacked down the spine
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, holding a cat, with a large chrysanthemum tattoo on her lower back and a botanical design on her upper back.
Chrysanthemum tattoo on a back in black and white
Colour tattoo of a woman's profile with dark hair on the side of the ribs, set in soft painted red, pink and teal washes.
Woman profile tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a long-haired man pointing, with smoke, potion bottles, a snake and a skull.
Black and grey portrait sleeve with skull and snake
Photorealistic tattoo of a chrome shock absorber with a blue coil spring and a small red logo, wrapping around a person's calf.
Realistic shock absorber on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of the word l'amour in cursive script with a small dragonfly, on the inside of a wrist against a dark background.
L'amour script with dragonfly on a wrist
Black line drawing of a floral vine design with five-petal flowers, swirls, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design without a body placement.
Black line floral vine design
Traditional style tattoo of a vintage microphone framed by two red roses and grey leaves on an upper arm.
Vintage microphone and roses on an upper arm

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