Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black anchor tattoo on the side of a finger on a light-skinned hand against a dark background.
Small anchor tattoo on a finger
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
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor with a looping swirling line beside it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Fine line anchor with swirl on the ribs
Small black line tattoo of an anchor with a heart and cross on a finger, in a fine line style.
Anchor, heart and cross on a finger
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
Colour and black and grey tattoo of a sailor in a cap embracing a figure, framed by a ship's wheel over a red circle, on the upper arm.
Sailor embrace inside a ship's wheel on an arm
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
Close-up of a small black fine line crown tattoo on a bare ankle, resting on a wooden surface, with a tiny anchor on the other foot in the left panel.
Small crown tattoo on an ankle
Close-up of a hand holding red and white twine, with a teal and black lettering and anchor design on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lettering and anchor on the inner wrist
Black anchor tattoo on a forearm and a smaller black anchor on a wrist, with two hands held together in front.
Two anchor tattoos on a forearm and wrist
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 and grey traditional tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a woman in a headdress, roses, a skull in a heart and an anchor.
Traditional chest and torso piece with woman and anchor
Black fine line script tattoo reading Memories of you and keep me grounded, with an anchor-style ampersand, on the inside of a hand.
Memories quote in script on a hand
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
Traditional tattoo of a red and black striped lighthouse with a banner reading But Always a Guiding Light, set on the forearm.
Lighthouse with banner on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a black treble clef merged with an anchor, with purple, blue and pink washes, on the outer thigh.
Treble clef and anchor on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a small heart at its top, on the inner forearm.
Heart and anchor fine line on forearm
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
Black and grey tattoos of an anchor, a ship and a small cross on the hand, forearm and upper arm of a person with long hair, against a dark background.
Anchor, ship and cross tattoos on an arm
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a forearm and upper arm, including a swallow, a rose and dotwork dots, with a bird head on the hand.
Traditional arm sleeve with rose and swallow
Black linework tattoo on the inner forearm of a person in a green top, showing an outlined heart with a cross inside, an infinity loop and an anchor.
Heart, cross, infinity and anchor on a forearm
Two matching traditional tattoos on the ankles, a red and white life ring with rope on the left and a black anchor with script on the right.
Matching anchor and life ring ankle tattoos
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
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor with a red-accented cross and a beaded line running down the wrist, on a forearm raised in a thumbs up.
Anchor and cross with beads on a forearm
Small black anchor and red heart tattoos on the inside of a wrist, with a raised hand above.
Anchor and heart on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a cross, heart and anchor on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a black and white photo.
Cross, heart and anchor on the inner wrist
Traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship and lighthouse inside a pocket watch frame, with a red flower and black anchor, on a limb.
Ship in a pocket watch with flower and anchor
Full colour traditional tattoo of a gold anchor with chain, a silver USN lettering and a naval emblem over an American flag on the upper arm.
US Navy anchor over American flag
Close side view of a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the side of a person's neck, with long hair falling across the shoulder and soft window light behind.
Small anchor tattoo on the neck
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
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a heart on the side of a finger, held up between another hand.
Anchor and heart on a finger
Grey anchor design with the script words 'My family is my anchor' set over it, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Anchor with 'My family is my anchor' script
Fine line black anchor tattoo with a heart at its base on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small anchor and heart on a wrist
Black fine line anchor with a heart on one ankle and a palm tree on the other, photographed on sand with the sea behind.
Anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos on a beach
Small black compass rose tattoo on the inner wrist in a fine line style, with a white rope bracelet and a nautical chart behind the hand.
Compass rose tattoo on inner wrist
Colour tattoo of an anchor with a pink bow and a sailing ship inside it, across the upper back, with a pink heart at the base.
Anchor and sailing ship on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink rose wrapped in rope with a grey anchor on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style with soft shading.
Pink rose and anchor on upper arm
Black anchor tattoo with a compass rose, and a red ship's wheel, on the inner forearm.
Anchor, compass and ship's wheel on a forearm
Four pairs of ankles on a poolside, with small fine line black tattoos of a shell, an anchor with a heart, a palm tree and a thin line.
Shell, anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing an anchor, clasped hands, crossed arrows, a rope, flowers, an envelope and banners with lettering.
Traditional flash sheet with anchor, hands and banners
Black and grey realism tattoo of an anchor with a compass and a small key on the ribs.
Anchor, compass and key on the ribs
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo on a forearm, with two banners reading SINK OR SWIM and leaf shapes above a ring at the top of the shaft.
Anchor with Sink or Swim banners on a forearm
Grid of sixteen flash designs including an anchor, bird silhouette, clefs, bow, diamond, hearts, flowers, a dinosaur and butterflies, with no body placement shown.
Flash sheet of sixteen small motifs
Black and grey anchor tattoo with rope detail on the forearm, with a red balloon tied to it by a thin string, in traditional style.
Anchor and red balloon on a forearm