Tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour tattoo of a horned, helmeted warrior with a blood-stained metal mask and a purple cloak on the forearm.
Horned helmet warrior with blood-stained mask
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat head in profile with pink inner ears and black leaves, on the forearm.
Black cat head with leaves on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a green man face made of leaves on a forearm, with an ornate scroll design near the wrist.
Green man forearm tattoo
Black and grey drawing of a mermaid with swirling hair, a scaled tail and curling waves, presented as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with flowing hair and waves
Full sleeve tattoo of a colourful space scene with a ringed planet, cratered moons, stars and a nebula on a man's arm, in a realistic style.
Space scene full sleeve tattoo
Black dotwork tree tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with a dense stippled canopy and a brushstroke trunk ending in a small purple tint.
Tree with dotted canopy on an upper arm
Realism style tattoo on a forearm showing a grey shaded gas mask above a red rose, with a hand-like form below.
Gas mask and red rose on a forearm
Colourful tattoo of a serotonin molecule diagram in thin black line, surrounded by blue, green, pink and yellow splashes, on the inner forearm.
Serotonin molecule with watercolour splashes on forearm
Colour tattoo of a long feather with blue, green and yellow watercolour washes and black linework on the forearm.
Watercolour feather on forearm
Black and grey flash sheet of five angular script-style tattoo designs, each with a caption underneath.
Five glyph-style tattoo designs with captions
Colourful watercolour-style flower tattoo with black linework and splatter running up the forearm.
Watercolour flowers on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, a shaded sphere and a small triangle on the forearm.
Geometric sphere and circles on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Captain America's shield with a white star on the inner forearm, above the words Sometimes you have to believe that heroes exist.
Captain America shield with quote on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer leg from the upper thigh towards the knee, shown in a lettering style.
Script lettering running down a leg
Black and grey botanical tattoo of hibiscus, plumeria and daisy-like flowers with leaves forming a crown, with a curved black line beneath, on an upper arm.
Hibiscus and plumeria flower crown on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a blackwork winged bird tattoo with spread wings on a woman's upper chest, while her hand holds a strap of her top.
Winged bird tattoo on upper chest
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with ornate swirling details at the nape of a woman's neck, photographed from behind.
Compass rose tattoo at the nape of the neck
Black ink drawing of a heartbeat trace with hatched peaks and the handwritten words feel them call, drawn on white paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Heartbeat line with handwritten script
Black ink tattoo on skin of a silver fern leaf formed from marching soldier silhouettes, with the script words Lest we forget beneath it.
Silver fern of marching soldiers with Lest we forget
Black and grey fine line tattoo of crossed knitting needles, a knitted swatch and a yarn ball with a trailing thread, shown on skin.
Knitting needles and yarn ball
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design drawing of a wolf head with a cube pattern, mandala, crossed arrows and an eye within a triangle, with no body placement shown.
Wolf head with arrows and eye triangle
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in blackletter style running vertically along the inside of a forearm, with a woven bracelet and a gold band above it.
Small blackletter word on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a brown owl with orange eyes above a clock face with Roman numerals on a forearm, with the word Wisdom and red hexagons above.
Owl and clock on a forearm
Black script lettering design reading 'And the chaos within me found balance' on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Script quote about chaos and balance
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun, stacked planets and dotted geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Sun and planets on a forearm
Realistic biomechanical tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing torn skin revealing a metallic mechanical structure with rivets and cabling.
Biomechanical torn-skin design on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an electric guitar with swirling scrollwork and leaves on the forearm.
Electric guitar with scrollwork on a forearm
Black ink infinity symbol with swirled ends and the word love in cursive script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script on forearm
Realistic tattoo of a rose with red blood drips above a shaded skull, placed on the lower leg.
Realistic rose and skull on a calf
Full arm sleeve of painterly colour flowers, with a purple and orange tulip on the upper arm, a blue bloom mid arm and a pink dahlia on the forearm.
Colourful floral sleeve on an arm
Large colour tattoo of a teal peacock with red peonies and small flowers across a woman's upper and lower back, in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock and peonies across the back
Black handwritten script lettering on white reading 'What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger', shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Handwritten quote, What doesn't kill you
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded wizard holding a staff and glowing orb, with a castle tower and light rays, on a calf.
Wizard with staff and castle on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and a compass with script above, on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a pale-faced clown villain with swept dark hair and purple lips, with blue and orange splatter, on an upper arm.
Realistic clown villain portrait on upper arm
Fine line black and grey star constellation tattoo with dotted connecting lines on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Star constellation on upper back
Realistic shaded tattoo of a swallow in flight in red, brown and cream tones, on the ankle and lower leg.
Swallow in flight on an ankle
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am burdened with glorious purpose runs along the side of a torso, shown in two stacked photographs.
Typewriter quote along the side of the ribs
Side ribs tattoo of realistic hands forming a peace sign, a heart and clasped hands in grey linework with soft pastel washes, with the words Peace, Love, Unity and Respect.
Peace, love and unity hands on ribs
Colour cartoon tattoo of a man in a blue cap pushing a red lawnmower, shown on a bald scalp in a close-up and a wider view.
Cartoon man mowing lawn tattoo on scalp
Sheet of black dragon tattoo designs in tribal and silhouette styles, shown as flash on a white background.
Dragon tattoo designs in black silhouette
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with floral details wrapping the ankle and top of the foot.
Dotwork mandala on ankle and foot
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunflower with a green stem, leaves and exposed roots running down the calf.
Realistic sunflower with roots on a calf
Traditional flash sheet with a green umbrella over a red rose and a path of raindrops, beside an anatomical heart, each with a scroll banner of lettering.
Umbrella, rose and anatomical heart flash
Colour tattoo on skin of a pink rose and pink ribbon with green leaves and a shaded grey wing behind them.
Pink ribbon, rose and wing tattoo
Colourful abstract revolver tattoo on the side of the ribs, with swirling patterns in pink, blue and yellow and a black beaded chain.
Colourful revolver on the ribs
Back view of a person with a densely tattooed back and arms, featuring a large grey hexagon, a crested eagle and engraved-style vintage motifs in realism style.
Full back tattoo with hexagon and eagle crest
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a white lucky cat with red ears and pink plum blossoms, with a gold coin, on the outer thigh.
Maneki-neko cat on a thigh

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