Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, showing orange flames, grey stonework, a cross and blue flowers in a traditional style.
Full sleeve with flames, cross and flowers
Realistic grey skull with a red-rimmed eye and black scrollwork on an upper arm tattoo, with a red rose at the lower edge.
Skull with rose and scrollwork on upper arm
Black and grey fine line feather tattoos with a heart and swirling line, one on the forearm and two on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Feather tattoos on the chest and forearm
Forearm covered in a bold, colourful traditional-style tattoo with a silver iPod nano worn on the wrist and a finger tapping its screen.
Colourful traditional sleeve with an iPod on the wrist
Pencil drawing of an ornate lace-patterned design with a lotus motif and dangling beads, drawn as a tattoo sketch.
Ornate lace-patterned tattoo design
Black tribal-style design of a howling wolf beneath a crescent moon, burned or etched into a light wood panel, with no body placement shown.
Tribal howling wolf and crescent moon
Colour realism tattoo of two adult orcas and a smaller orca against a teal watercolour sea, on the lower leg.
Orcas swimming in a teal ocean on a lower leg
Large red and grey phoenix tattoo with cherry blossom branches and falling petals, in a Japanese-inspired style, across the back.
Red phoenix and cherry blossom across a back
Close-up of a needle working on fresh dark blue-grey linework on skin, with a small bead of blood along one line.
Fresh tattoo being worked with a needle
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a guardian lion with open jaws, a small demon on a pedestal and waves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Japanese guardian lion on upper arm
Geometric dotwork tattoo on a leg near the knee showing a faceted male head with antlers, a raised hand and red roots below.
Antlered geometric figure on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of a cross and angular symbols on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cross and angular symbols on a forearm
Black line-art flash sheet of five paisley-style birds and peacock designs with dense floral filling, shown on a white background.
Five paisley bird designs on a flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with yellow and orange petals, a dark centre and green leaves and stem, on the inner forearm.
Sunflower tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey owl tattoo with ornate patterned detail and a key below it, placed on the upper thigh of a person wearing black shorts.
Owl and key on the thigh
Colour realism tattoo across a woman's back and side showing a soaring eagle, a man in a feathered headdress and a cougar head, placed on the back and ribs.
Eagle, feathers and cougar on a back and side
Black line tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity symbol with a paw print, a heart and a stethoscope-style curve.
Infinity, paw print and heart wrist tattoo
Large colour and black-and-grey tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull on the upper arm, the skull decorated with a green shamrock and flowers.
Owl and sugar skull on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Beauty in flowing script with a flourish above, and BEAST in vertical blackletter capitals below.
Beauty and beast lettering on a forearm
Black script design reading Love, with a silhouette of an airplane in place of the o and a small heart after the e, on a plain white background.
Love script with airplane and heart
Black and grey biomechanical spine and ribcage tattoo covering a calf, photographed from behind.
Biomechanical spine tattoo on a calf
Black and grey owl tattoo with a pentagram on the head, wings and scrollwork across the shoulder and upper arm, with script lettering on the chest.
Owl and pentagram shoulder and arm piece
Black and white line drawing of a piston and connecting rod decorated with three roses, a heart with a star and a flower motif, with no body placement shown.
Piston with roses and heart design
Black tribal-style swirl tattoo with a small turtle across a person's upper back and along the spine, shown in a sepia photograph.
Tribal swirl back tattoo with turtle
Two soft, shaded black feather tattoos on the inner forearm near the wrist, one upright and one angled to the lower left.
Two feathers on the inner wrist
Realistic cat head with fangs resting on a skull, with red brushstrokes and black and teal ink splashes, tattooed on a lower leg.
Cat and skull with red and black splashes on a leg
Black fine-line dreamcatcher and feather tattoo running down the side of a body, with geometric diamond motifs and flowing lines from the upper body to the thigh.
Dreamcatcher side piece in fine line
Black fine line script reading Believe with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist of a hand with blue nails.
Believe script with heart on wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a single feather on the inner wrist of a pale arm, against a dark background.
Small feather on the inner wrist
Bold black tribal-style cat face design with swirling linework on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal cat face design
Black fine line script tattoo reading omnia mutantur nihil interit across the inner forearm.
Latin script quote on a forearm
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and wave details on the side of a person's torso, above the waistband of their jeans.
Green dragon tattoo on the side of the torso
Black and grey flash design of skulls among roses and thorned vines on a textured grey background.
Skulls and roses on thorned vines
Black ink line drawing of a barn owl wearing an ornate crown, with dotwork detailing and patterned feathers on a white background.
Barn owl with ornate crown design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of open books turning into flying birds, running up the inner forearm.
Books turning into birds on a forearm
Two maneki-neko lucky cat tattoos on a seated person's thighs in grey shading, beside a colour neo-traditional cartoon black cat tattoo on the top of a foot.
Maneki-neko thigh tattoos and cartoon cat on foot
Black script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, in fine line lettering on the wrist, with beaded bracelets worn below it.
Script quote tattoo on the wrist
Colour realism tattoo of Spider-Man's head with a red web-pattern mask and gold-tinted eyes, shown on a limb against a dark background.
Spider-Man head tattoo on a limb
Close view of a woman's forearm with three small black stacked chevron lines in a fine line geometric style.
Three stacked chevrons on a forearm
Small fine-line black script reading satis, with an arrow running through the letters, on the inner wrist.
Satis script with arrow on wrist
Black and grey pencil flash design of a money tree with banknotes falling from its branches, two devil figures and the words Money the root of all evil.
Money tree sketch with devil figures
Three small black fine line tattoos on the back of a hand and wrist, with a curved shape, an angular shape and a spiky solid shape.
Three small black motifs on the wrist
Colour realism tattoo of Wonder Woman in a dynamic pose with her tiara, bracelets and golden lasso, on a calf.
Wonder Woman in colour on a lower leg
Black and grey fine line feather tattoo running down the inner wrist and forearm, photographed in black and white against a wooden background.
Fine line feather on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of black dotwork stipple fading upward into a solid black band near the wrist, with a thin strip of unmarked skin between the band and the stipple, photographed with the hand raised.
Dotwork gradient and black band on forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue awareness ribbon looped with a black fish hook forming a heart, with the word Daddy in script, on the wrist.
Blue ribbon and fish hook heart on wrist
Black script lettering reading Live on a forearm, with a blue semicolon in place of the i dot and a small red heart after the e.
Live script with semicolon on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the outer thigh of a lace-patterned design with a central lotus flower, swirling scrolls and hanging chain-like drops, in blackwork style.
Lace-style lotus and chain thigh piece

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