Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a butterfly, a lily-like flower and swirling vine linework across the top of a foot.
Butterfly, flower and vines on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a fringed lampshade above a fishnet-stockinged leg in a high-heeled shoe, on the calf.
Lamp with fishnet leg on calf
Black and grey tattoos across the back, upper arm and calf of a woman in a bikini on a sandy beach, seen from behind.
Back, arm and calf tattoos on a beach
Two forearms held together, each with a black and grey shaded chess piece tattoo on the inner forearm, a king on the left and a queen on the right.
Matching chess pieces on two forearms
Realistic black and grey tattoo design showing seven moon phases stacked vertically from crescent to full moon and back to crescent, on a white background.
Seven moon phases in a vertical sequence
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing an open pocket watch with visible gears and Roman numerals, surrounded by acanthus-style scrolls and a beaded chain, shown in black and grey.
Pocket watch with scrollwork and bead chain
Black filigree scrollwork fills a Mickey Mouse head outline, with a coloured red rose at the centre, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Filigree Mickey head with rose
Red fine line tattoo of a cross-stitched heart and a needle trailing red thread on the inside of a wrist.
Red cross-stitch heart and needle on a wrist
Red line drawing flash design of a seated bodhisattva figure within a halo, surrounded by rays, clouds and lotus flowers, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Seated bodhisattva with halo and lotus
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing an eye inside a lace-edged heart above a large pink rose, with red roses, swallows and butterflies around it.
Eye in heart and pink rose on upper arm
Black and grey realistic dragon tattoo with a scaled body and spiked head wrapping across an upper arm, with shaded smoke-like details behind it.
Black and grey dragon on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a lighthouse with a beam of light above crashing waves and clouds, shaded across the inner forearm.
Lighthouse and storm waves on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of impossible interlocking staircases and arches wrapping along the side of the ribs.
Impossible staircase and arches on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of two feathers hanging from a looped ribbon with a bead detail, wrapped around an ankle.
Feather and ribbon ankle tattoo
Black and white flash design of a snake coiled around a crescent moon, eye, heart, skull and crossbones, dagger, pentagram and flower on a black background.
Snake with crescent moon and skull
Black and grey script tattoo reading Semper Fi with swirling flourishes and a black eagle, globe and anchor emblem on a forearm.
Semper Fi script and eagle emblem on forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of two feathers on the inner wrist and forearm, with soft shaded edges.
Two feathers on the inner wrist
Black tribal-style tattoo design drawing of a vertical totem with a flower mandala at the top and bold geometric bands below, with no body placement shown.
Tribal totem design with flower mandala
Black line-art flash sheet of a geometric alphabet, A to Z, set in a grid of letters built from circles, diamonds, arrows and parallel lines.
Geometric line alphabet flash sheet
Black outline tattoo on a forearm with the script Too Beautiful for Earth above a sleeping winged cherub.
Script and winged cherub on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a raven perched in front of a pale moon and bare branches, with red roses, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Raven, moon and red roses on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a halved papaya, blueberries and a strawberry across a forearm, with a partly visible hand design above.
Realistic fruit cluster on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Nobodies and Perfect with a pink and black shaded heart between them, across the upper chest.
Script words and pink heart on upper chest
Black block lettering reading STAY ALIVE with a small line symbol beneath it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist in a simple lettering style.
Stay Alive lettering on a wrist
Black and grey wolf head in profile inside a circular border of runic-style characters, tattooed on the upper arm.
Wolf head in a runic circle on the arm
Small fine line paw print tattoo with a red heart in the central pad, placed on the side of an ankle.
Paw print with red heart on ankle
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose with water droplets and green leaves on the forearm.
Realistic red rose with dew drops
Raised fist showing a wrist design of black and pink lettering reading I'm with Lucy's hen party, with a pink cocktail glass beneath.
Hen party lettering and cocktail glass on wrist
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a grey cat head with yellow eyes, a dragonfly above, and a red poppy among gold scrolling leaves.
Cat, dragonfly and poppy on a forearm
Teal flash design of an infinity symbol, with a stag and doe silhouette in the right loop, drawn on a white background.
Infinity symbol with deer heads in teal
Black ornamental mandala tattoo with floral scrollwork running down the upper back of a bare-skinned person, shown against a dark background.
Ornate mandala tattoo across upper back
Fine line butterfly tattoo with blue shaded wings and black swirling tendrils on pale skin.
Blue butterfly with swirling tendrils
Small teal ribbon-style cross tattoo with black outline and curled flourishes, placed on the back of a woman's neck.
Teal ribbon cross on the back of the neck
Small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a woman's chest, in a fine line style, with a white top pulled down beside it.
Small outline heart on the side of the chest
Two photographs of a hand showing small black outline heart tattoos, one on the palm side of a finger and one on the side of the thumb, in a fine line style on the hand.
Small outline hearts on hand and fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather with birds lifting away from it and the script Psalms 91:4 beside it, on skin, likely the back or side of the torso.
Feather and birds with Psalms 91:4 script
Fine line purple outline of a small elephant tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, with the hand open above it.
Small elephant outline on the inner wrist
Bold black tribal-style rose design with a curved stem and two leaves on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Stylised black rose with stem and leaves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a melting pocket watch draped over a hand shape, sitting on the forearm.
Melting pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a raven in profile with a swirling smoke band, on the inner forearm of a person whose hand is visible.
Realistic raven and smoke swirl on a forearm
Black and grey penguin tattoo of four penguins standing in a row on a forearm, with small orange beaks and feet and partly visible script beneath.
Four penguins in a row on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of two outlined elephants with trunks touching and a small red heart between them, on the ankle.
Two elephants with a red heart on an ankle
A hand sketches a bold black tribal-style design of a five-petal flower, vines and a spiral on white paper with a pencil.
Tribal flower and swirl design
Fine line black tattoo of a pair of antlers with a small cluster of roses at the base, on the upper arm of a person in a black top.
Antlers with roses on the upper arm
Black geometric tattoo of a vertical line with stacked triangles and arrow shapes on the forearm of a person holding a camera.
Triangle arrow design on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange owl on a branch with cherries, music notes and a dark cloud, on the upper arm in a neo-traditional cartoon style.
Owl with clouds and cherries on upper arm
Small black tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye in its palm and dotted edging, on the side of a foot beside a coin.
Small hamsa hand with eye on foot
Blackwork flash design of a spread-winged owl with Celtic knotwork chest, spiral wing tops and dotted feather rows, with no body placement shown.
Spread-winged owl with Celtic knotwork

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