Anchor tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Traditional style flash drawing of a hot air balloon with a red sun, flowers and an anchor, with the words Enjoy the Ride on a banner.
Hot air balloon with banner and flowers
Traditional-style flash drawing of a swallow in flight with a rope-wrapped anchor, roses and vines on a blue patterned background.
Swallow and anchor flash design
Pen and ink flash drawing of an anchor with a ship's wheel across its shank, shaded with hatching and stippling on dotted paper.
Anchor and ship's wheel design
Traditional-style flash drawing of a ship in a heart framed by roses, with the words Beyond the Sea in black outline lettering.
Ship in a heart with roses flash design
Black and grey drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope and a ribbon, with lilies and leaves, designed as a tattoo.
Anchor with rope, ribbon and lilies
Black ink fine line drawing of a sailing ship on waves with the words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor and a dangling anchor, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sailing ship, waves and anchor with quote
Black ink drawing of a three-masted sailing ship riding interwoven waves, with a hanging anchor on a thin line, in a traditional nautical design shown on cream paper.
Sailing ship on waves with anchor
Neo-traditional coloured pencil design of a pink octopus wrapped around a blue anchor, with a cream skull and a banner reading NO MANS LAND.
Octopus with anchor and skull design
Hand-painted solid black anchor design on white paper, with a ring at the top and curled flukes, in a traditional nautical style.
Black anchor tattoo design
Black line drawing flash of a mermaid holding an anchor wrapped in rope, with long flowing hair and a curled tail.
Mermaid with anchor and rope flash
Pencil sketch of an anchor with a dotted line curling up to a flock of birds, drawn on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Anchor with dotted line and flying birds
Black and grey flash sheet of anchor designs with script quotes, including a large engraved-style anchor with rope and a small anchor beside the words I refuse to sink.
Anchor and lettering tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor, rope and two roses, in a traditional style, shown as a design sheet rather than on skin.
Ship wheel, anchor and roses design
Coloured flash design of a mermaid with curly teal hair, an anchor, rope and pink flowers in a neo-traditional style, shown on a cream background.
Mermaid with anchor and flowers design
Blue line drawing in traditional style of a moustached man whose chest and shoulders show a woman's portrait with a rose, a ship, an anchor and hearts, framed by dotwork shading and stars.
Tattooed man with woman portrait and nautical motifs
Black ink pen drawing of a sailing ship on rough waves with a dangling anchor and the script words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, on white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor with quote
Pen drawing in blue ink of a swallow above a globe, compass, roses and hanging chains with an anchor and a paw print locket, a botanical tattoo design.
Swallow, globe and roses design sketch
Black and white neo-traditional flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope, a compass rose, a lily, a banner and waves.
Anchor, compass and lily tattoo design
Traditional style flash sheet showing swallow, rose, padlock heart, anchor, cupcake and diamond designs with stars on a beige background.
Traditional flash sheet with swallows, roses and hearts
Illustrated flash design of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail, a small anchor above, a laurel wreath and a starfish, with a lettered banner below.
Red-haired mermaid with anchor and banner
Black ink sketch of an ornate anchor with swirling scroll details, drawn on paper beside a black marker and a gel pen.
Ornate anchor sketch with scrolls
Traditional style flash drawing of a teal anchor with a red-tipped fluke pair, a rope coiled around the shank and small black stars scattered around it, on a beige background.
Anchor and rope traditional flash design
Traditional style flash drawing of a red and white lighthouse inside a bottle labelled On the Rocks, with an anchor on the neck, waves and rocks below.
Lighthouse in a bottle flash design
Black and grey flash design of an anchor with a heart above a hatched rope infinity symbol, with the words faith and hope and two scripture references.
Heart, infinity rope and anchor design with hope and faith
Black line flash sheet of semi colon tattoo designs, including anchors, wings, flowers, butterflies, dragonflies and hearts, with prices noted at the top.
Semi colon tattoo flash sheet
Black traditional-style flash design of an anchor, a heart with a MIDWEST banner and two roses, printed on a coral t-shirt.
Anchor, heart and roses design on a t-shirt
Black line drawing of a vintage compass, an anchor and a compass rose with hatched shading, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Compass, anchor and compass rose design
Traditional style flash drawing of a dark anchor wrapped in gold rope, with two red stars, on a cream background.
Anchor with rope and two stars
Painted tattoo design of a sailing ship rising from a teacup under storm clouds and lightning, beside a red rose, shown as a framed drawing.
Ship in a teacup with storm clouds and rose
Black and grey line drawing of an octopus wrapped around a sailing ship within a spade shape of rope, with a ship's wheel, anchor and an Ace of Spades banner.
Octopus and sailing ship ace of spades design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel on the shank, shaded with fine hatching and stippling, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Anchor with rope and ship's wheel
Black line drawing of the words you are my anchor in handwritten lettering, above an anchor whose shank forms a heart, suitable as a lettering and anchor tattoo design.
You are my anchor lettering with anchor and heart
Black and grey hand-lettered tattoo flash design of an anchor with rope and the words If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land, drawn on a sketchbook page, with no body part shown.
Anchor with hand-lettered quote design
Black ink brush-stroke anchor design with dripping edges on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Brush-stroke anchor design
Cross-stitch on white fabric in a dark frame showing traditional tattoo motifs: a red heart with a LOVE banner and dagger, and an anchor wrapped in rope with stars.
Cross-stitch heart, dagger and anchor flash
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and vines, with two roses and a ribbon banner, drawn in black and grey.
Anchor with roses and rope in pencil sketch
Line drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a fish skeleton on the shaft, an eye at the centre and radiating rays behind, shaded in blue, purple and yellow.
Anchor with rope, fish skeleton and eye
Black and grey traditional style flash design of an anchor, a sailing ship, two pistols, roses and banners reading Loose Lips and Sink Ships, with no body placement shown.
Anchor, ship and pistols traditional flash
Purple line drawing of an anchor with a heart-shaped ring at the top, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Anchor with heart-shaped ring design
Monoline drawing of an anchor with the word faith written down its shank, in brown ink on aged parchment, shown as a tattoo design.
Anchor with faith lettering
Flash design of a ship's wheel and an anchor wrapped in rope, with script lettering reading Be the one to guide me but never hold me down, in black ink on a pale background.
Ship's wheel and anchor with quote lettering
Black anchor design entwined with pink and blue roses, pink blossoms and green leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body part visible.
Anchor with pink and blue roses
Black line drawing of an anchor with a heart at its base and the script words 'hope anchors the soul' beneath it, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Anchor and heart with script quote
Black line drawing of a ship's wheel, lily and hibiscus-style flowers, and a rope and anchor in a neo-traditional sketch style, shown as a tattoo design.
Ship's wheel, flowers and anchor design
Flash sheet of small solid black tattoo designs including a swallow, clover, heart, rose, skull, cat, anchor and unicorn head, arranged in rows on a white background.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small icons
Drawn tattoo design of an anchor entwined with an infinity symbol of rope, purple roses and the script words I refuse to sink.
Infinity anchor and roses design
Hand-drawn black pen tattoo design of an anchor with the words Refuse to Sink and swirls on lined notebook paper.
Refuse to sink anchor design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing an elephant with feathers, a pocket watch, an anchor and clouds, with a neo-traditional style.
Elephant, pocket watch and anchor design