Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo design of two sunflowers with leaves and acanthus scrolls running vertically, drawn as a line sketch with shading.
Sunflowers and acanthus scrolls design
Back tattoo of black ornamental lace-style linework with leaves and a mandala flower, plus realistic pink orchids and a tiger head, running down the spine and lower back.
Black lace floral back tattoo with orchids
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with a red heart lantern above and a red bow tie below, shaded and placed on an upper arm.
TARDIS with heart lantern and bow tie
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring lion with a full mane across the upper arm and shoulder.
Roaring lion on upper arm and shoulder
Black script tattoo reading "It only takes a little push to pull on through" beside a small outlined heart with an eye, on the upper arm.
Heart and eye with script quote on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a singer with long hair, mouth wide open, gripping a microphone beside a hand with rings.
Singing performer with microphone on a forearm
A tattooist in blue gloves uses a machine to ink black linework of a bird with outstretched wings on a client's forearm.
Tattooist inking a bird design on an arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a zebra head with teal beads and pink flowers on the upper leg, shaded in black and grey with colour accents.
Zebra head with pink flowers on a thigh
Black and grey cherry blossom branch tattoo running vertically down a person's side back, drawn in a botanical realism style.
Cherry blossom branch down the back
Black fine line tattoo of small outline triangles running down the upper arm, with a sun and crescent moon with a face beside them on the side of the back.
Triangles and a sun and moon on the upper arm
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, mandalas, florals and the words hope, believe, dream and faith.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo sheet
Black ink drawing of a bass clef with two dots and a long stroke extending above and below, on a white background.
Bass clef design in black line
Colour tattoo of a small gremlin-like creature standing on the calf, with a grey shadow of a hand and claw behind it.
Gremlin creature with shadow on a calf
Black and white flash design of a guitar with a treble clef, musical notes, swirling vines and flower motifs, shown with no body placement.
Guitar with florals and a treble clef
Realistic colour tattoo of a vertebral column with metal rods and bolts, appearing to sit beneath skin peeled back by a zip, across the upper back and neck.
Zipped-open spine tattoo on upper back
Small black and grey botanical flower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre, on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail polish.
Small flower tattoo on the inner wrist
Close-up of a traditional-style swallow tattoo on a shoulder, its dark body filled with an orange and red rose and green leaves.
Swallow with rose fill on a shoulder
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in yellow rope and teal leaves, on the lower leg.
Anchor with rope and teal leaves on a calf
Colour neo-trad tattoo of sugar skulls, red roses and a purple flower across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on an upper arm
Black and grey cartoon-style tattoo of a smiling dark-haired character holding a saw, with chain-like lettering above, on the lower leg.
Cartoon character with a saw on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings over the upper back and shoulder, with peacock feathers running down the spine to the lower back.
Phoenix and peacock feathers across a back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back, with a small crescent moon below, on the inner forearm.
Moon and back quote with crescent moon on forearm
Black tribal-style design of a howling wolf head above twisting interlaced lines, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Tribal howling wolf design
Pencil drawing of a mermaid with long, wind-swept hair curling upward and a scaled tail, in fine line style, with no body placement shown.
Mermaid with flowing hair
Collage of black script lettering tattoos on forearms, wrists, hands and ankles, including the phrases You and me and Times infinity.
Script quote tattoos on forearms, hands and ankles
Two matching black fine line tattoos of the word soulsister, one on a forearm and one on the upper back, each with small arrow-like ends.
Matching soulsister script on forearm and back
Black and grey fine line tattoos of cartoon princess faces across the fingers of a hand, with long pale nails.
Princess portraits tattooed on fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in jewelled headdress and fan of peacock-style feathers, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate portrait with feather headdress on upper arm
A sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs showing feathers in several sizes and a flock of birds, on a white background.
Gold feather and bird design sheet
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading "If you can dream it, you can do it" on the side of the ribs, with a hand and ring visible above.
Black script quote on the side ribs
Hand-drawn flash design of the words Be thankful in script, with leafy vines, a bare branch with acorns and the text Colossians 3:15, drawn in black line with pale yellow and pink accents.
Be thankful lettering with vines and branch
Six black ink handwritten versions of the word hazel stacked vertically on white, varying from bold brush strokes to thin flowing lines, shown as lettering design options with no body placement.
Hazel in six handwritten script styles
Two matching black and grey bird tattoos on the wrists, one perched and one in flight, with two hands held together.
Matching bird tattoos on two wrists
Three photographs of a black vertical column of script-like glyphs tattooed from the shoulder down the back and along the calf and ankle.
Vertical script tattoo down shoulder, back and leg
Colour realism tattoo of an astronaut drifting by a tether beside a large blue Earth and a red planet, placed on the side of the torso.
Astronaut floating above Earth on a side panel
Brown ink line drawing of a vertical interlaced knotwork design with two stylised beast heads at the top, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Interlaced knotwork with two beast heads
Close-up of a black and grey botanical rose tattoo on the upper hip, beside a navel piercing, with a dark patterned thong visible below.
Black and grey rose tattoo on a hip
Traditional style flash sheet of red and black heart designs, including a dagger through a heart, a rose with a MOM banner, and swallows with LOVE ALWAYS lettering.
Traditional heart flash sheet
Colour botanical tattoo of a blossoming tree with exposed roots and a banner reading Family, across the ribs on the side of the torso.
Blossoming tree with roots on the ribs
Colour tattoo of red poppies and buds in a watercolour style with ink splatters, running up the side of the ribs.
Watercolour poppies on the ribs
Black and red poppy tattoo with butterflies, vine and a camera on a person's back, in a botanical style with realistic shading.
Red poppies, butterflies and camera on a back
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading With pain comes strength along the ribs of a person wearing a grey sports bra.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength on ribs
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a seated tabby cat with a small heart on its chest and thin circular crosshair lines behind it, on the forearm.
Tabby cat with heart on forearm
Pencil line drawing of a sugar skull woman with roses, leaves and a candle lantern, a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull woman with roses and lantern
Full-colour neo-traditional phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long tail of feathers, placed across the upper back.
Colourful phoenix across upper back
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of a handwritten script verse framed around a pale moon, a dark spiral hill and small star sparkles.
Script verse with spiral hill and moon
Forearm tattoo of a feather with a quill nib, watercolour splashes in blue, green, pink and purple, and the word Believe in script beneath.
Watercolour feather and Believe on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat with closed eyes, whiskers and a curling tail, with paw prints, on the inner forearm.
Fine line cat with curling tail on a forearm

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