Tattoo ideas

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

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Two black and grey cartoon tattoos on the backs of two hands, one showing Sally with stitches and flowing hair and one showing Jack Skellington's head, in a bold traditional style.
Sally and Jack tattoos on the hands
Two side-by-side photos of finger tattoos in black ink: a fine line bow on the side of a finger on the left, and bold black bands wrapping a ring finger on the right.
Bow and banded ring tattoos on fingers
Fine line black tattoos on the fingers of a hand, showing a bat outline, four moon phases and a small cat face with whiskers.
Bat, moon phases and cat face on fingers
Black and white photo of a woman's hands near her mouth, showing a fine line cross tattoo on one finger and a small heart outline on another.
Small cross and heart tattoos on fingers
Black-ink tree root and bark tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, drawn in fine hatched linework.
Tree roots tattoo across the back of a hand
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with water droplets on the back of a hand, shaded in fine detail.
Realistic rose on the back of a hand
Black dotwork mandala on the back of a hand and blackwork bands across the wrist, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Blackwork bands and mandala on a hand and wrist
Hand with silver metallic mandala-style temporary tattoos on the back and fingers, with matching wrist and finger bands, against a grey and white fur background.
Silver mandala temporary tattoo on a hand
Small black and grey microphone tattoo on the side of a raised thumb, with a woman's lower face blurred in the background.
Microphone tattoo on a thumb
Fine line black script reading endless love tattooed across a finger, shown against a dark floral fabric.
Endless love script tattoo on a finger
Small white script tattoo of the word love on the side of a finger on a hand with blue painted nails, in a lettering style.
Small white script word love on a finger
Small fine-line black tattoos of crosses and dots on a forearm, beside a black leather handbag and a silver cuff.
Tiny fine-line crosses on a forearm
Hand with black lettering across the fingers reading Don't ask me about my tattoos, with teal diamonds, a bow and small pink and grey motifs in a traditional style.
Finger lettering reading Don't ask me about my tattoos
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a woman's face in profile with a bird, in black ink on the side of a hand.
Fine line face and bird on the hand
Black ink script tattoos reading Respect, Loyalty and Love across three fingers, with a small outlined diamond on the back of the hand.
Respect, loyalty and love script on fingers
Black and grey photo of two fingers with the word Always in script on one and FOREVER in block lettering on the other, both on the hand.
Always and Forever finger tattoos
Realistic colour tattoo of a spiral galaxy with a glowing orange core and blue nebula covering the back of a hand and fingers.
Spiral galaxy tattoo across the back of a hand
A dark ink mandala with dotted rings and scrolled petals on the palm of a hand, in a geometric style.
Circular mandala design on a palm
Close view of a red pentagram inside a circle with a spiked sunburst border, tattooed on the back of a hand, shown in three photographs.
Pentagram in a spiked ring on the hand
Close view of a woman's forearm, wrist and hand with gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of a mandala, feathers, an arrow and bands, with a feather necklace at the chest.
Metallic temporary tattoos on forearm and hand
Two hands with pale blue nails on a white wooden surface, showing red script lettering on the inner left wrist and dark grey script on the back of the right hand.
Pale blue nails with script tattoos on hands
A woman in a standing forward fold shows geometric linework across her upper back and gold-toned geometric markings on her forearm and hand.
Forward fold with geometric markings on back and arm
Sketch-style black and grey horse head tattoo across the back of a hand, with a green braided bracelet on the wrist.
Horse head tattoo on the back of a hand
Two simple red linework tattoos, a king with a heart and a queen with a heart, on the fingers of two intertwined hands, one hand with black nail polish.
King and queen playing card tattoos on fingers
Black script lettering reading Hello Sweetie across the index finger of a hand held in a V shape, with red painted nails.
Script 'Hello Sweetie' on a finger
Small black scrollwork and cross tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in close-up.
Black swirl and cross tattoo on a finger
Woman wearing a white t-shirt with a black and white mandala print and the words Vibe With Me, with a dark tattoo on her arm.
Woman in mandala print t-shirt with arm tattoo
Close-up of a small solid black star tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, with a white lace fabric beneath.
Small star on the back of a hand
Close photo of a palm-facing hand with the word darling in fine black script across the middle finger, and a small black cross on a fingertip.
Darling script across a finger
Several strands of polished labradorite beads worn on a wrist, with red tattoo linework visible on the hand and wrist beneath them.
Labradorite bracelets over red tattoo on wrist
Black laurel wreath tattoo with a tied bow on the palm of a hand, with a colour tattoo of hearts visible on the wrist.
Laurel wreath on palm
Small black semicolon tattoo in fine line style on the side of a finger, shown on a hand with a pale pink manicure.
Semicolon tattoo on a finger
Gold and silver temporary tattoos of triangles and a mandala motif on the back of a hand, with a wristwatch on the wrist.
Metallic temporary triangles and mandala on hand
Back of a hand covered in a black blackwork mandala tattoo of swirls, stripes and dots, placed on the hand and fingers.
Black mandala design across the back of a hand
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stag's antlers on the side of a finger, in a black and white photograph.
Stag antlers on a finger
Black and grey script lettering reading big sis and lil sis across two fingers on the hand.
Big sis and lil sis finger lettering
Two hands with matching black lettering reading 5:1:13 on the ring fingers, in a fine, typewriter-style font.
Matching number tattoos on ring fingers
Close photograph of a fine line botanical vine tattoo running across the back of a hand and onto the fingers, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Floral vine tattoo across hand and fingers
Two closed fists showing BOOKWORM tattooed in black traditional-style letters across the knuckles, one letter per finger.
BOOKWORM knuckle lettering
Two fingers with matching black script tattoos reading til my dying day, shown in a lettering style on the hand.
Til my dying day script on fingers
Close view of a man's clasped hands showing black lettering tattoos on both forearms and fingers, plus a black-and-grey ornamental design on the right wrist.
Script lettering and ornament on forearms and hands
Two hands show matching traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves and bold black outlines on the backs of the hands, with lettering on the knuckles.
Red roses on both hands
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a bearded classical bust covering the back of a hand, with the fingers forming the beard.
Classical bearded bust tattoo on the hand
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on three fingers of a hand: an anchor, a sailing ship and a ship's wheel, with the ship placed on the middle finger.
Anchor, sailing ship and ship's wheel on fingers
Black and white photo of a hand resting on a leather seat, with a small fine line cross tattoo on one finger.
Tiny cross on a finger
Colour tattoo of a comic-style kissing couple in red and black on the back of a hand, beside a printed comic panel reference.
Comic-style kissing couple on the back of a hand
Close view of two hands with small colour cartoon tattoos on the fingers, including a heart, star, moon, rainbow and a hat, on a hand placement.
Small cartoon icons tattooed across fingers
Back view of a woman with colourful traditional tattoos of a snake and flowers across her back and arms, and a black and grey dotwork mandala on her neck.
Back, arm and neck tattoos with snake and mandala

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