Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat wearing a golden jewelled crown, with small stars and a pink backdrop, on a limb.
Crowned cartoon cat with stars
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers, buds and green leaves on a limb, shaded in a botanical realism style.
Cherry blossom branch tattoo on a limb
Red poppy tattoo with black ink splatter and drips on the forearm, in a painterly watercolour style.
Poppy with ink splatter on a forearm
Colour tattoo of four stylised male faces in a row across the upper back, each with flat, solid fills in pink, blue, green and red.
Four stylised faces across the upper back
Colour tattoo of two glowing fireflies inside a glass jar on the inner forearm, with loose red splashes and black drips around it.
Fireflies in a glass jar on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a red outlined apple with a green leaf and black stem on skin, shown beside its line drawing design.
Outline apple with leaf tattoo
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles with a soft shaded half-moon and a horizontal line across the inner forearm.
Overlapping circles and horizontal line on forearm
White ink tattoo of two roses and symmetrical scrollwork across the upper chest and shoulders, in a botanical style, with the face cropped out of frame.
White ink roses and scrollwork on chest
Black lettering tattoo reading Carpe Diem inside an infinity symbol on a forearm, in a script lettering style.
Carpe Diem script in an infinity symbol
Black and grey crows perched on blossom branches with small red accents, tattooed across the upper arm.
Two crows and blossom branches on upper arm
Japanese style upper arm tattoo of a shaded grey Buddha face with a pagoda, waves and a pink lotus flower.
Buddha face and lotus sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo on the side of a person's ribcage, below the arm, with a white vest top beside it.
Feather tattoo on the side ribs
Black dotwork fading into solid black bands on a forearm, with the hand raised in front of a wooden parquet floor.
Dotwork fade and black bands on a forearm
Colour watercolour-style splash tattoo with a black semicolon and dot on the forearm, with the word Love in script above it.
Watercolour splash and semicolon on a forearm
Small solid black tribal-style butterfly tattoo with swirled wings and two dots, on the wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Small black tribal butterfly on a wrist
Side view of a foot with a small, thin black fine line cross tattoo on the outer ankle, against a pale tiled background.
Small black cross on an ankle
Grey moon phase tattoos on a person's upper back, showing crescents and a full moon with stippled texture, in a sepia vintage-filtered photo.
Moon phase tattoos across a back
Black line drawing of a horned Hannya mask with prayer beads, smoke swirls and a coiled dragon, a Japanese style tattoo flash design.
Hannya mask with horns and prayer beads
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a snarling wolf above a woman's face with painted markings, on the upper arm.
Wolf and woman portrait on upper arm
Fine line black arrow tattoo with a cross bar on the inner forearm, held up against a hillside and blue sky.
Small arrow tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala design with overlapping circles at its centre, swirls, a sunburst above and hanging diamond shapes below.
Geometric mandala design with seed of life
Colour biomechanical tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, showing torn skin revealing grey metal armour plates, rivets and a circular emblem.
Biomechanical torn skin on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a red rose, pale blue snowflake and yellow flame above a ribbon banner reading KEEP MOVING FORWARD, with no body placement shown.
Rose, snowflake and ribbon quote design
Small solid black cross tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with her dark hair tied up in a ponytail.
Small cross tattoo on the back of the neck
Black outlined octopus tattoo with swirl and dot patterning across the ribs and side of a torso, in a dotwork style.
Ornamental octopus on the side of the ribs
Black and grey Japanese dragon tattoo with clouds and kanji covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Japanese dragon on upper arm
Black ink flash design of a bare tree with a small figure on a swing, birds flying up and away, and curved script reading she said close your eyes, and free your mind, you're free to fly.
Tree, swing and birds with script lyric
Colour tattoo of a sailing pirate ship with a black skull and crossbones flag and blue waves, on the side of a torso.
Pirate ship with skull flag on the side
Colour tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a finger to her lips, with a green feather at the edge, shown on a forearm.
Sugar skull woman with finger to lips on forearm
Traditional style pin-up boxer tattoo on the outer thigh, with boxing gloves, a red bow and the script 'Came out swinging'.
Pin-up boxer with 'Came out swinging' on thigh
Watercolour-style wolf head tattoo on the upper arm, with black ink splashes, grey shading and orange eyes.
Watercolour wolf head on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a feather, a pocket watch, butterflies and cursive script along the ribs and side of the torso.
Roses, feather and script on a side torso
Black and grey line tattoo of the seated Ganesha figure across a woman's upper back, with her hair in a bun and red fabric over one shoulder.
Seated Ganesha tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink and orange dragon with horns and whiskers coiling down the upper thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Pink dragon coiled around a thigh
Vertical stack of seven colourful chakra symbols on a white background, shaded from violet at the top to red at the bottom, shown as a flash design.
Seven chakra symbols in rainbow colours
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass, rolled map and candle with a small red wax seal on a forearm.
Compass and old map on a forearm
Pink magnolia blossoms and green leaves on a dark branch, in a soft watercolour-style botanical tattoo running down a forearm.
Magnolia branch on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a lighthouse beneath a lightning storm above breaking waves, on the calf.
Lighthouse in a storm on a calf
Black and grey line drawing of six rows of interlocking circles in a Gallifreyan-style circular script, each row with a small grey caption beneath it.
Six rows of circle script lettering
Realistic tattoo of two clasped hands, one wrapped in bandage, shaded in grey with red accents on the forearm.
Clasped hands on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sugar skull figure in a sombrero and moustache, holding a green bottle and a blue skateboard, on the lower leg.
Sugar skull figure in sombrero on a calf
Three side-by-side photos of an upper arm: a blue and grey tattoo of a club crest with wings and stars, fading in the middle panel and gone in the last.
Football club crest tattoo on upper arm, three panels
Black ink line drawing of windblown leaves, curling swirls and flowing lines, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Windblown leaves and swirls design
Close-up of a black silhouette tattoo of leafy shapes and vines across the top of a foot, near the ankle, with a black braided anklet and blue toenail polish.
Black silhouette tattoo on top of a foot
Small teal four leaf clover tattoo with soft shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with long brown hair falling beside it.
Teal four leaf clover on a shoulder
Black and grey mandala tattoos on the backs of two hands and wrists, with small rose tattoos on the fingers and silver rings.
Mandala and rose hand tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey lantern with a red glow and an orange poppy with green leaves on a forearm.
Lantern and poppy on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a vertical ornamental symbol resembling an unalome, placed centrally on the chest.
Fine line vertical symbol on the chest

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