Tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful phoenix tattoo on a forearm, with orange wings, a dark branch and blue, pink and yellow watercolour splashes behind it.
Phoenix with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two colour cartoon tattoos on skin: a pink train saying I CHOO-CHOO-CHOOSE YOU with red hearts on the left, and a cartoon old man holding a paddle with THAT'S PADDLIN' lettering on the right.
Cartoon train and paddling old man tattoos
Traditional tattoo of two swallows above and below a LIVE FREE banner, with yellow flowers, on the upper arm.
Two swallows and LIVE FREE banner on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the comic character Deadpool reclining and holding a pistol, with a speech bubble above him, in a comic-book style on skin of the upper back.
Deadpool reclining with a speech bubble
Black silhouette design of six bats flying in a diagonal line on a white background, decreasing in size towards the bottom.
Six bats in a descending flight line
Pink and purple Celtic knot above black script lettering reading Always Keep Fighting, tattooed on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Celtic knot and Always Keep Fighting script
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship against a red sunset inside a rope border, with a flower below, on a forearm.
Sailing ship and flower on a forearm
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo with a looped ribbon tie and bead above it, on the ankle and top of a bare foot.
Feather and ribbon ankle tattoo
Colour traditional tattoo of an orange, green and yellow striped snake coiling around a cream skull on the forearm.
Striped snake coiled around a skull on a forearm
Colourful folk-style floral vine tattoo running down a forearm, with red, orange and green flowers, leaves and a stylised central motif.
Folk floral vine down a forearm
Black and grey feather tattoo with a looping ribbon band around the ankle, shown on a foot against a sepia city background.
Feather and ribbon ankle tattoo
Hand-drawn neo-traditional design of a golden dragon coiled around a grey skull, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Golden dragon coiled around a skull
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with long swirling tendrils on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Stylised butterfly with flowing linework
Black abstract silhouette of a parent and child with green swirls and a pink lotus tattooed on a forearm.
Abstract parent and child with lotus on an arm
Black and grey photograph of a realistic-style cluster of three roses with leaves tattooed on the forearm near the elbow.
Three roses on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a deer inside a wreath of branches and roses with the word always, on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Deer and roses wreath on upper back
Black tribal design drawing on a white background, a symmetrical ornament with spirals, dots and bold curved shapes, shown as a stencil-style flash design.
Symmetrical tribal ornament design
Black fine line tattoo of a spiralling unalome with dots above and below, ending in a lotus flower, on skin in a greyscale photo.
Fine line unalome and lotus tattoo
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a compass rose with spiked points, a central hub, looping scrollwork and scattered ink dots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Compass rose with swirls and ink dots
Two forearms hold a paper coffee cup, each showing a matching small black fine line arrow tattoo with an infinity symbol on the shaft.
Matching arrow and infinity tattoos on wrists
Two small black fine line tattoos, a circle on one wrist and a cross on the other, shown with the two wrists side by side on a dark surface.
Circle and cross on two wrists
Colour tattoo of a campsite in a circular frame, with a campfire, tent, stump, mountains and framing trees under an orange sunset, on the forearm.
Campfire and tent in a sunset landscape
Black and grey lace garter tattoo with a small bow on the upper thigh of a person in a white shirt and black heels.
Lace garter tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey realism forearm tattoo of a casino scene with dice, poker chips, an ace of spades, a roulette wheel and an All In banner.
Casino forearm tattoo with dice and aces
Black and grey realistic roses with swirling vine linework running down the side of a back, placed on the ribs and back.
Black and grey roses with swirls down the back
Traditional style tattoo of two red cardinals with pink blossom and green leaves on the upper thigh, outlined in black.
Two cardinals with blossom on thigh
Black and grey brush-stroke dragon with red accents running up a forearm, in a loose ink wash style.
Brush-stroke dragon on a forearm
Hand-drawn flash design of four stacked motifs in bold black linework with green, red and blue wash, including a swirling vine, a flame trail and a wave.
Four elemental motifs in black ink and wash
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a rose in her hair, a blue anchor on her neck and a red compass star, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with rose and compass star
Black and grey tattoo of a profile woman in Art Nouveau style, holding a flower sprig, with a circular halo behind her head.
Art Nouveau woman holding flowers
Red cherry blossom branch tattoo with dark stems and leaves running across the side of a torso over the ribs.
Cherry blossom branch across the ribs
Black and grey script reading Isaiah 40:31 with a shaded feather beneath it, tattooed on a shoulder.
Isaiah 40:31 script and feather on a shoulder
Realism lion head tattoo on an upper arm, shaded in brown and grey with warm red-brown tones.
Lion head on upper arm
Solid black paw print designs on a white background, labelled Cat and Dog, each shown in 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch sizes in pairs.
Cat and dog paw print designs
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace with a treble clef on the inner wrist, shown with a clenched hand and pink ombre nails.
Heartbeat line and treble clef on wrist
Grey shaded bare tree with gnarled branches and a red heart hanging from a chain, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Red heart hanging from a shaded bare tree
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing flying doves, clouds and a pocket watch.
Doves and pocket watch sleeve tattoo
Black and white flash design of a treble clef, music notes and swirling vine linework, shown without a body placement.
Treble clef and music notes design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a lamb below it, covering the upper arm.
Lion and lamb on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a pink sewing machine with soft pink shading and grey outline, on the inner forearm.
Pink sewing machine on a forearm
Pencil sketch design of a woman with long flowing hair, a lion's head and two lotus flowers, drawn in teal ink on tan paper.
Woman and lion with lotus flowers sketch
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon sloth holding a cookie, sitting on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Cartoon sloth holding a cookie on an upper arm
Colour Japanese style tattoo on a forearm of a black and white cat with a sword wrapped in red and orange flames.
Black cat and sword in red flames
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with scrolled flourishes above and below, against blue fabric.
e.e. cummings quote tattoo on the thigh
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing the Cheshire Cat grinning above Jack Skellington and Sally under a blue moon.
Cheshire Cat and Jack and Sally on upper arm
Pink bow and ribbon tattoos on the backs of both thighs of a woman seen from behind, wearing zebra print shorts.
Pink bow tattoos on the backs of the thighs
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the back of a neck and upper back, with a long pendant-like line running down the spine.
Mandala tattoo across neck and upper back
Black line drawing of a woman's face with dot and line markings on the forehead, cheeks and chin, surrounded by tribal-style arrow, tree and triangle motifs.
Tribal facial markings with motif sheet

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