Anchor tattoo ideas

974 photos and flash · 35% Traditional, 23% Fine line · Forearm most common

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White line drawing of an anchor with a twisted rope tied in a bow at the top of the shank, on a plain black background.
Anchor with rope bow design
Solid black silhouette of an anchor with a rope wrapped around its shaft and arms, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor with coiled rope design
Vintage-style anchor design wrapped in rope and decorated with red, pink and cream roses and teal leaves on a pale background.
Anchor and roses design
Pencil and ink sketch of a seahorse with a unicorn horn, flowing mane, bubbles and an anchor with rope, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Unicorn seahorse with anchor design
Coloured traditional-style flash drawing of a red and white striped lighthouse framed by a rope border, with a red flower at the top and an anchor at the bottom.
Traditional lighthouse and anchor flash design
Coloured pencil drawing of a blue turtle creature with a brown shell peering over a grey anchor inside a rope frame, with blue water swirls above, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Blue turtle creature on an anchor and rope
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and a serpent, with two sharks, bubbles and a sunburst behind, in dotwork and blackwork shading.
Anchor with rope, sharks and serpent design
Pencil sketch of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope with a pocket watch showing Roman numerals, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Anchor and pocket watch design
Black ink line drawing of an anchor whose rope curves into an infinity symbol, with arrowheads on the rope, on white paper.
Anchor and infinity sign design
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope with the word SAILORS in ornate lettering across it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor and SAILORS lettering design
Pen drawing of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope, with a seagull, a ribbon banner reading family and blue water, shown as a design with no body placement.
Anchor and rope design with family banner
Black line drawing of an anchor built from angular facets in a geometric, origami-like style, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Geometric faceted anchor design
Black line drawing of an anchor whose shank forms part of an infinity symbol, shown on a plain white background.
Anchor and infinity symbol design
Colour flash design of a steel anchor wrapped in banners reading Just Keep Swimming, surrounded by cartoon sea creatures on a blue background.
Anchor with Just Keep Swimming banners
Line drawing of a tattoo design in muted lavender ink on white, showing an anchor-like motif with a circle, waves, a diamond and a linear ornament, with no body placement shown.
Anchor and waves tattoo design
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters above an anchor, shown on a plain white background as a flash design.
Compass rose and anchor design
Black and white tattoo flash sheet with designs including a origami crane, feather, cross, sugar skull, anchor, heart, diamond and geometric triangles.
Black and white tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey stippled dotwork design of an anchor wrapped in a rope and a banner reading I Refuse To Sink, shown as a drawing with no body placement visible.
Anchor with I Refuse To Sink banner
Black and grey stippled drawing of an anchor wrapped in two banners reading Reckless and Brave, held up on a white card in a hand.
Anchor with Reckless and Brave banners
Traditional style flash design of Captain America in profile with a spread-wing eagle, crossed anchors, American flags and a Forever Young banner, in colour.
Captain America eagle and anchor flash
Illustrated tattoo design of a compass rose inside a looping branch wreath with flowers, a bird and a hanging anchor, in muted teal and sepia tones.
Compass rose with anchor and botanical wreath
Black and grey drawing of a pin-up woman in a short dress and stockings seated on an anchor marked 13 with two stars, in a traditional style.
Pin-up woman seated on an anchor
Black line flash design of an anchor with a small heart at its base, with the script words 'A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.' written above and below it.
Anchor with heart and sailor quote
Pink line drawing of an anchor with a heart-shaped ring woven through an infinity symbol, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Anchor and heart within an infinity symbol
Pencil line drawing of a heart-shaped design with a beaded border, an anchor and key, and scrollwork, drawn on paper as a traditional-style flash sheet.
Heart, anchor and key flash design
Nautical flash design of white lettering on a navy background, with a crossed anchor, lifebuoy, flags and banners in a traditional style.
Nautical lettering with anchor and lifebuoy
Black and grey flash sheet of separate tattoo designs including a bird, skull, anchor, key, compass rose, moth, butterfly and a sailing ship, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork flash design of an eye inside a triangle, framed by fish, a cross, an anchor and a heart within a circular mandala.
Eye in triangle mandala design
Solid black silhouette of an anchor with a heart overlapping its shank, separated by white outlines, shown as a flat design with no skin visible.
Anchor and heart silhouette design
White line drawing of an ornate anchor made of scrolls, circles and filigree on a dark navy background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornate filigree anchor design
Black and grey engraved-style anchor design wrapped in rope, with the script words Refuse to Sink on a torn banner and no body placement shown.
Anchor with Refuse to Sink script
Black line drawing of an anchor with two crossed arrows above it and the words Adventure and Exploration beneath, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Anchor and crossed arrows with lettering
Black ink line drawing on paper of a rope-framed heart holding a lighthouse, waves and birds, with a flower and leaves below and a small anchor, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Lighthouse heart and flower design sketch
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric
Traditional flash drawing of a sailing ship inside a rope-edged star with an anchor behind it, shown on a stained paper background.
Nautical star with anchor and sailing ship
Black and grey traditional-style flash drawing of a smiling matryoshka doll with an anchor, two roses and a scroll reading family, on a wooden surface.
Matryoshka doll with anchor and roses
Black and grey traditional tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt, including swallows over a clasped-hands heart, a rose with a banner, a stag and an anchor.
Tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt
Traditional style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by roses, rope, swallows and a sea sunset.
Sailor portrait with swallows and roses
Black line drawing flash of a cartoon sailor in a rowboat inside a circle, with the words ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT and THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, shown without a placement on the body.
Sailor in a rowboat flash design
Black linework flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope with two swallows in flight on either side, drawn on a cream background in a traditional style.
Anchor with rope and two swallows
Flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding a skull, with an anchor, stars and a crescent moon above her head and tentacles coiled around her tail, in cream ink on a dark teal background.
Mermaid with anchor, skull and crescent moon
Black line drawing of a cartoon captain in a rowing boat on waves, with lettering around a circular rope border, shown as a tattoo design.
Cartoon captain rowing a boat with lettering
A printed paper tattoo form with black line sketches of an anchor, an infinity symbol, a dreamcatcher, a feather and a flock of birds, held in a hand.
Typical girl tattoo form with design sketches
Drawn tattoo design of an infinity symbol made of rope and vines, with an anchor, pink roses and the script words I refuse to sink.
Infinity anchor with roses and rope
Black dotwork drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with bubbles rising from it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dotwork anchor with rope and rising bubbles
Black and grey traditional flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a Sink or Swim banner and flowers, printed on cream fabric with no body part shown.
Anchor with Sink or Swim banner
Pencil sketch of a shaded anchor with a feather wound around its shank, drawn as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Anchor with feather wrapped around the shaft
Five black line drawings of anchors, each with a heart on the shaft or ring, arranged on a white background as tattoo flash designs.
Five anchor and heart designs