Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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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
Colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with three portrait medallions, a lettered basket and an anchor, in neo-traditional style with dotwork, on a person's upper back.
Hot air balloon with portraits on upper back
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
Two similar black infinity symbol tattoos on ankles, one enclosing an anchor and the other a feather, in a fine line style.
Infinity symbol ankle tattoos with anchor and feather
Traditional style anchor with rope and ship's wheel on the top of one foot, beside a teal compass rose on the other foot.
Anchor and compass rose on both feet
Two bare feet with a teal and black traditional anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the left foot and a teal compass rose on the right foot.
Anchor and compass rose tattoos on both feet
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inside of a person's ankle, photographed in black and white with white trainers.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Two matching fine line black tattoos on the wrists, each showing a heart with a cross above an anchor and a time written beneath it, 9:44 and 9:46.
Matching heart, cross and anchor wrist tattoos
Black and grey hot air balloon tattoo with ornate dotwork patterns and a hanging anchor on the inner forearm.
Hot air balloon and anchor on a forearm
Black anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped loop and curling scrolls on the inside of a wrist, shown in a photo taken indoors.
Anchor with swirls on a wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an anchor with rope and a Chi-Rho style symbol on the upper arm.
Anchor with Chi-Rho symbol on upper arm
Small black anchor tattoo on one ankle and three small black birds on the other foot, with both legs resting on green grass.
Anchor and birds tattoos on ankles
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos on the wrists of two people whose hands are clasped over a restaurant table.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
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 anchor and feather tattoo with shaded realistic detail on the inner upper arm of a person wearing a white top.
Anchor and feather on upper arm
Black and grey script tattoo reading 1 Corinthians 13 with an anchor beneath it, on the side of a torso below a grey top.
Anchor and scripture lettering on the side
Traditional style anchor tattoo with a teal bow across its shaft, placed on the ankle and shown in teal and black ink.
Anchor and teal bow on an ankle
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
Two photographs of a colour tattoo on a woman's upper arm and shoulder, with black lace-style linework, pink and purple flowers, hanging chains and feathers.
Lace, flower and feather tattoo on shoulder
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a cream fluffy blanket.
Small anchor tattoo on a wrist
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of an orange octopus wrapped around an anchor and dagger, on the side of a thigh and hip.
Orange octopus and anchor on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a red rose, green waves and black droplets, on a forearm.
Anchor and rose on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor with orbiting atom rings and N and S compass points on the inner forearm.
Anchor and atom compass on a wrist
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a chain bracelet with dangling charms on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Chain bracelet tattoo with charms
Black and grey dotwork sailboat tattoo with an anchor on the sail, a small red heart, and stippled waves, sitting on the side of the torso above jeans.
Sailboat and waves on the side of the torso
Black ink fine line tattoo of a lace-patterned heart with a bird, hanging chains and a small anchor, placed on the calf.
Lace heart with hanging chains on a calf
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
Small black fine line anchor tattoo with a dotted curve, a bird and a small script word on the inner wrist, against a dark background.
Anchor, bird and script on the inner wrist
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
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos, one on each wrist, shown in a warm vintage-toned photo.
Two matching anchor tattoos on wrists
Small black and grey anchor tattoo on the side of a person's ankle, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a corked bottle with a sunset and palm trees, a red rose and green leaves, with an anchor and banner above.
Palm tree bottle and rose on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailor pin-up woman holding a ship's wheel above an anchor, placed on the upper arm.
Sailor pin-up with ship's wheel on upper arm
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
Small fine line black anchor tattoo with a heart at the top of its shank, placed on the back of the neck.
Anchor and heart on the back of the neck
Black and grey anchor tattoo with a coiled rope on the lower leg, shaded with stippled dots and bold outlines in a traditional style.
Anchor and rope on a calf
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
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the ankle of a bare foot, with jeans and a dark leather shoe beside it.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Shaded grey anchor tattoo with green leaves wrapped around the shank, on the calf.
Anchor with green leaves on a calf
Black and white photo from behind of a small black anchor tattoo on the lower leg above the ankle, with white canvas trainers and a chain anklet.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a green octopus with yellow suckers wrapped around a grey anchor, with pink roses and blue flowers below.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor with roses
Black and grey sailing ship on rough waves tattooed on the outer thigh, with a dotted line running down to a small anchor, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Sailing ship and anchor on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a fish symbol, an anchor and a heart in a row on the ankle, with a dark trainer worn over the foot.
Fish, anchor and heart tattoo on an ankle
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
Small black anchor tattoo on the nape of a neck, shown in two photographs with dark hair falling around it.
Small anchor tattoo on the nape of the neck
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