Anchor tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with teal tail, fish and a banner reading SIREN, with an anchor and wave tattoo on her arm.
Mermaid with banner reading Siren
Black linework drawing of a neo-traditional anchor wrapped in rope, with flowers, leaves and cloud shapes, shown as a tattoo design on a warm background.
Anchor with rope and flowers design
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor and rope among clouds, with the script quote "Be the one to guide me, but never hold me down", shown as a tattoo design with no placement on the body.
Ship wheel and anchor with script quote
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in an oval cameo frame, with a teal tail, fish, an anchor and a banner reading SIREN.
Mermaid cameo with fish and a SIREN banner
Coloured flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a rope-edged oval frame, with two fish, an anchor and a SIREN banner, in a neo-traditional style.
Red-haired siren in an oval frame
Black and grey neo-traditional design drawn on tracing paper of a mermaid with a ship, anchor, rope and ship's wheel, with no body placement shown.
Mermaid with ship and ship's wheel design
Drawing of a vintage engraved anchor wrapped in rope and set with coral roses and teal foliage, shown as a tattoo design on a plain light background.
Anchor with 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
Watercolour-style flash design of a sailing ship being wrapped by an octopus tentacle among swirling waves, with an anchor and rope below.
Sailing ship, octopus and anchor design
Pencil sketch of a traditional style anchor tattoo design, wrapped in rope with a heart, scrollwork and two flowers.
Anchor with rope and flowers sketch
A grid of colourful neo-traditional tattoo designs featuring Pokémon characters with roses, anchors, lightning bolts and banners.
Neo-traditional Pokémon flash sheet
Flash drawing of a bearded skull in a peaked cap with an anchor emblem, gripping a dark bottle, in black and red ink on parchment.
Skull in peaked cap holding a bottle