Tattoo ideas

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

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Solid black silhouette drawing of a dragon with a curling single-line body and a large spiked wing, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Dragon silhouette design
Black and grey tribal tattoo with spirals, chevrons and bold geometric panels covering the upper back of a muscular man, seen from behind.
Tribal back piece across the upper back
Two tattoo photographs: on the left, a colour Neo-trad style tattoo of a masked spirit with pink flowers and beads on the upper arm; on the right, a black and grey tattoo of soot sprites with a dark
No-Face and soot sprite tattoos
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with an anchor and heart, the script words Love Anchors the Soul and the reference Hebrews 6.19, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity anchor with the words Love Anchors the Soul
Illustration of a muscular cartoon man with a moustache and pipe, his arms, torso and legs covered in dense line-drawn tattoo designs in teal on yellow.
Cartoon figure covered in tattoo designs
Full arm sleeve tattoo of orange, pink and blue watercolour-style washes with black ink splatter and brushstroke marks, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour-style sleeve tattoo on arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a clock face with Roman numerals, gears and a mask within ornate scrollwork.
Ornate clock and mask on upper arm
Black linework cartoon cat with pink cheeks and red inner ears, with a Love yourself script across its body, on the upper arm.
Cartoon cat with Love yourself script
Japanese style tattoo of a red cherry blossom branch with black and grey shaded limbs, running down the side of the torso.
Red cherry blossom branch down the side
Black ink drawing of a thorny vine curling up past a rose, a winged insect and a seated fairy, in a fine line botanical style.
Thorned rose vine with fairy and dragonfly
Pencil drawing of a leaping salmon filled with Celtic interlace knotwork and shaded in grey, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part visible.
Celtic knotwork salmon leaping
Black ink flash drawing of a butterfly with patterned wings and a flowing fine line vine trailing downward, shown on a plain white background.
Butterfly with flowing vine line design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned woman with glowing red eyes and a red and black backdrop, on the inner forearm.
Horned woman with red eyes on forearm
Black and grey drawing of a tribal tattoo design with spiral and curved bands filled with woven patterns, shown on a white background.
Polynesian-style tribal design with spirals
Two pixel-art red heart tattoos with black outlines, one on the forearm and one on the wrist beside the words Allons-y in black script.
Pixel hearts and a lettered wrist tattoo
Pencil drawing of a steampunk sleeve design with a pocket watch, gears, pipes and roses in black and grey linework.
Steampunk clockwork sleeve design with roses
Black line drawing of four stacked teacups decorated with roses, flowers, leaves and birds, drawn as a tattoo flash design.
Stacked teacups with floral and bird designs
Close photograph of a painterly orange and black fox tattoo sitting on a person's shoulder, with a parked red car and a blue wheelie bin in the background.
Painterly fox on a shoulder
Shaded purple and grey butterflies with a flowing ribbon tattoo on the arm.
Butterflies and ribbon on the arm
Two side-by-side drawings of an ornate lotus flower tattoo design with swirling filigree and dotted shading, shown on a sepia background.
Ornate lotus flower design in two versions
Pencil sketch of a botanical bouquet with magnolia, daisy-style and blossom flowers and curling stems, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Pencil sketch of mixed flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded horned-helmet warrior holding a long-handled weapon, with skulls below, on a lower leg.
Horned warrior and skulls on a calf
Black ink line drawing of a stylised treble clef with swirling curls at the base, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stylised treble clef design
Small fine line tattoo of a cartoon bear in soft yellow with a tiny red butterfly, on the inner wrist.
Cartoon bear and butterfly on a wrist
Black and grey ornamental wolf head tattoo with a third eye motif on the upper arm, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornamental wolf head on upper arm
Two feet show matching black script lettering reading You'll never walk alone, running along the outer foot in lettering style.
Script quote along the outer foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large rose with curling vines and leaves running down the forearm.
Realistic rose with vines on a forearm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a profile head filled with a stormy sea and sky, black rain drips, and a faceted blue anchor.
Storm profile and anchor on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a silver vintage microphone and a black vinyl record with music notes on an upper arm, set against blue watercolour splashes.
Vintage microphone and vinyl record on upper arm
Black fine line flash sheet showing three arrows and six arrowhead designs on a white background, with no body part visible.
Arrow and arrowhead line designs
Six vertical illustrated flash designs in a neo-traditional style, each showing a Disney-inspired princess or fairy character framed by roses, ribbons and banners.
Six princess flash designs with banners
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with patterned wings perched on a thin, swirling vine, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Butterfly and swirling vine design
Black ink drawing of a cross with the word faith in cursive script running down the upright, sketched on lined paper, a fine line lettering design.
Faith script across a cross
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: an eye within a triangle of radiating lines on the left, and a geometric eye with dotwork and a shaded cube on the right.
Eye in triangle and geometric forearm tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clawed hand tearing through skin, placed on the shoulder and upper back.
Hand tearing through skin on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo of two silhouetted birds on a branch with a small heart knot and a script quote above, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Birds on a branch with quote across the upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink teacup with a green teabag tag and turquoise steam rising from it, shown on a forearm with a penny beside it for scale.
Pink teacup with teabag and steam on forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon above a pair of mountain peaks on the inner ankle, with a woven friendship bracelet beside it.
Crescent moon and mountains on an ankle
Black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, dotted beads and geometric diamond drops across the upper back.
Crescent moon with dotwork on upper back
Black script lettering on a side ribcage reading a line about being stitched together, with coloured sewing motifs including a red thread spool, three buttons and a tomato pincushion.
Script quote on ribs with sewing motifs
Colour cartoon character sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a purple dress.
Cartoon character sleeve on an arm
Black linework tattoo design of a winged fairy beside a crescent moon, with flowers, stars, swirling ribbons and jellyfish, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Fairy with moon, jellyfish and flowing swirls
Four black tribal-style koi fish designs on a white background, shown as flash art with no body placement.
Four tribal koi fish designs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a blue cartoon creature with sharp teeth inside a glass bottle sealed with a cork.
Blue cartoon creature in a glass bottle on a calf
Close crop of a woman's tattooed arms beside a white top and black skirt printed with a Led Zeppelin concert poster, showing upper arm and forearm tattoos.
Tattooed arms with a band print skirt
Black lettering tattoo of a long passage about passion running vertically down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Passion quote lettering down the side
Black and grey botanical tattoo of tall pine trees with soft, sketchy shading running up the outer forearm.
Pine trees on a forearm
Black ink circular emblem tattoo with a central triangle, crescent and symbol motifs, in a geometric style on the forearm.
Circular geometric emblem on forearm

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