Tattoo ideas

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

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Blue line drawing of a sewing design with a coiled measuring tape, roses, scissors, a needle and a spool of thread, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Sewing tools and roses line design
Black ink design of a giraffe head and neck filled with swirls, dots and geometric panels, drawn on a white background.
Ornate giraffe head design in black ink
Black and grey flash sheet of numbered and lettered designs for the word The, shown in script, blackletter, block and ornamental styles, with no body placement.
Lettering sheet of the word The in many styles
Black script lettering in an infinity loop reading family and five names, tattooed in fine line on a person's hip.
Infinity symbol with family names on hip
Fine line black tattoos on fingers, showing a small outlined circle on one hand and a crescent moon on a neighbouring finger of another hand.
Circle and crescent moon finger tattoos
A flash drawing of a colourful seahorse with a curled tail, inked outlines, dotwork detail and watercolour-style blue, green, yellow and lilac shading on a white background.
Colourful seahorse design
Two photographs of women seen from behind, one with a small black script lettering tattoo on her upper back beside a strappy top.
Script tattoo on a woman's upper back
Black line drawing of a dandelion clock with drifting seeds and the words my wish in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Dandelion seeds with my wish script
Full-colour tattoo of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream covering the upper arm, with a swirling orange and blue sky behind the figure.
The Scream tattoo on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo of two birds with swirls and flowers across the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Two colourful birds on a foot
Black and grey photo of the words wish you were here tattooed in small serif lettering across a forearm.
Wish you were here lettering on a forearm
Black tribal-style design of a slender fairy figure with swirling butterfly wings, drawn in solid black ink on a white background.
Tribal fairy with butterfly wings
Black and grey sugar skull woman tattoo with teal hair accents and ornate swirling linework across the outer thigh.
Sugar skull woman with flowing hair on thigh
Black line drawing of two open roses, a rosebud and leaves on a curling vine, shown as a botanical flash design with no body placement.
Two roses and a rosebud on a vine with swirls
Black and grey owl tattoo with ornate patterns, keyholes and diamonds covering an upper arm.
Owl and keyhole ornament on an arm
Flash sheet of twelve black line drawings of zodiac signs, each labelled with its name, in a bold tribal style with arrows and feathers.
Zodiac symbols flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wing made of feathers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic wing feathers on upper arm
Neo-trad style tattoo of a blue matryoshka doll with paisley and swirling floral ornament, placed on the calf.
Blue matryoshka doll on a calf
Colour tattoo of a black cat with glowing yellow eyes, set against blue watercolour splashes and red scratch marks on an upper arm.
Black cat with blue splash on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a red heart on the shank, placed on the upper back.
Traditional anchor with heart on upper back
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a seated animal with a long curled tail on the forearm near the wrist.
Seated animal silhouette on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a yellow dandelion clock with green leaves and a handwritten quote running down the calf, in a botanical style.
Dandelion and script quote on a calf
Red phoenix rising beside cherry blossom branches and drifting petals, in a colour tattoo across the side and back of a torso.
Red phoenix and cherry blossom on a torso
Small colour tattoo of a watercolour-style paint splash in red, yellow, green and blue on the inside of a wrist, with the hand visible above.
Watercolour splash on the wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a feather with birds flying away and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Feather, birds and quote on upper back
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, surrounded by paisley and mandala patterns, on the upper arm and forearm.
Ganesha and ornamental full arm sleeve
Full arm sleeve of fine white ink ornamental patterns on a woman's arm from shoulder to wrist, with a white halter top.
White ink sleeve tattoo on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of the letter G, two angle brackets and a V on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm facing up.
Small letters and symbols on a wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of a green viper coiled around a branch with its mouth open, across the upper arm.
Green viper snake on upper arm
Black and grey shaded star tattoo with dotted swirls trailing across the top of a foot.
Trailing stars on a foot
Thigh tattoo of a sketched deer with a turquoise crescent moon on its brow, a sunburst above, and a hand mirror, with turquoise and purple watercolour washes.
Sketched deer and hand mirror on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with curled flourishes and the word love in cursive script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a snake coiled around a lotus flower, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Snake coiled around a lotus flower
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a horse head in an ornate bridle with a purple feather plume, on the upper arm.
Horse head with feather plume on upper arm
Two photographs of a black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a winged armoured angel, a skeleton with wings and a skull.
Full sleeve of angels, skeleton and skull in grey
Black and grey outline tattoo on an upper arm showing two spiky-haired animated characters in an arched frame beneath a cloudy sky and a dark silhouetted city.
Two animated characters in an arched frame on upper arm
Large botanical tattoo across a back showing a grey tree with pink blossom, red falling leaves and a red anatomical heart among the roots.
Blossom tree and anatomical heart on a back
Colour neo-traditional full sleeve of flowers and swirls running from the shoulder to the wrist of an arm.
Full sleeve of colourful flowers on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of three skulls with draped fabric and leaves on an upper arm, shaded to look three-dimensional.
Triple skull realism on an upper arm
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue and purple tail, placed on the calf.
Watercolour mermaid tattoo on a calf
Black and grey realism rose sleeve on an upper arm and a script and pocket watch tattoo on a thigh, shown on a woman crouching outdoors.
Rose sleeve and script thigh tattoo outdoors
Realistic castle, moon and birds above a stone labyrinth tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder, shaded in grey with yellow-lit windows.
Castle and labyrinth sleeve on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with a bicycle in the centre, on the inner forearm, in a black and white photo.
Heartbeat line with bicycle on forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grinning skull wearing a tan cowboy hat and striped green and yellow bandana, on the inner forearm.
Skull in cowboy hat on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey tabby cat wearing a gold crown with blue gems, framed by red roses and blue beads on the thigh.
Cat with crown and roses on a thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Beauty in script above a vertical blackletter BEAST on a forearm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a dark dragon breathing orange fire above a lighthouse on the sea, shown on the inner forearm.
Dragon breathing fire on a forearm
Colourful fox tattoo with pink, purple and teal swirling patterns and black linework on the inner forearm.
Colourful fox tattoo on forearm

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