Grey-shaded anchor tattoo with a cross and a red heart outline on the inner wrist.

Anchor, cross and heart on a wrist

Forearm · Mixed · Photo

A close photograph of a tattoo on the inner wrist showing an anchor with a cross set over its shank and a red heart outline woven through the design. The anchor and cross are outlined in black and shaded in soft grey, with the heart drawn in red line only. The subject is centred against a blurred indoor background with a Christmas tree at the left edge.

Find an artist for this

Take it to an artist as a reference. A good artist will make it yours rather than copy someone else's tattoo.

A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

The shackle had seized over the winter, and Ruth had been at it since first light with a length of scrap pipe and a tin of penetrating oil that smelled of wet pennies. Behind her the *Marigold Ann* rocked against the fenders, her grey hull streaked with rust where the paint had given up. Her father had always said the anchor was the only honest part of a boat, because it told you exactly how deep the trouble was before you got there.

Keep reading

Nan had come down to the quay with a flask and a cardigan buttoned wrong. She stood with her hand flat on the bollard and watched the chain run through the hawse pipe, link by link, and didn't say anything about the cross her husband had painted on the wheelhouse door forty years ago. She didn't need to. Everyone in Brackenby knew which of them had made it, and which of them had been waiting for it to come home.

The shackle gave at last with a crack like a dropped spanner. Ruth wiped her hands on her jeans and found, tangled in the links where the chain met the anchor's shank, a strip of red wool from the old fishing gloves. Her father must have knotted it there the night before he sailed, the way he did before every trip, and then forgotten it, or chosen not to remember. She held it up to the pale morning light. Nan took the flask from her and poured two cups, one for each of them, and they stood together on the quay waiting for the tide to turn.

More like this

Black anchor with a bow tied around its shank, in bold outline on the inside of a wrist.
Anchor with bow on a wrist
Small black anchor tattoo on the upper arm of a man with his arms crossed, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small anchor tattoo on upper arm
Black ink anchor tattoo on a forearm, with rope forming a heart around the shank and dotwork shading on the crown and lower chevron.
Anchor wrapped in a rope heart on a forearm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around the shaft, a heart at the centre and a flower at the base, on the inner wrist.
Anchor, rope and heart on the inner wrist
Shaded grey anchor tattoo with green leaves wrapped around the shank, on the calf.
Anchor with green leaves on a calf
Small black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a heart above and star bursts, on the inner forearm.
Anchor and heart on a forearm
Small black tattoo of a cross overlapping a fish symbol on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Cross and fish on a wrist
Black fine line anchor tattoo with a small heart at its base and script lettering reading Hebrews 6:19, on the outside of an ankle.
Anchor and scripture reference on an ankle
Close-up of a black fine line tattoo of an anchor with looped top and heart-shaped curled arms on reddish skin.
Fine line anchor with loops
Close-up of a blue traditional-style anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around its shaft, on a person's upper arm.
Blue anchor with rope on upper arm
Traditional style anchor tattoo with red flowers and a rope wrapped around the shank, placed on the ankle.
Anchor with flowers and rope on an ankle
Small fine line tattoo on the inner wrist of a red heart outline overlapped by a black cross and curved stroke.
Heart and cross on the wrist

From the plentytattoo archive, uploaded by a user. Is this your work? Ask for credit or removal.