Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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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 and grey script lettering reading Philippians 4:13 over a dark anchor tattoo on the upper arm.
Anchor and Philippians 4:13 on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon whale in a sailor hat smoking a pipe, rising from a fishbowl, on an upper arm.
Cartoon whale with pipe rising from a fishbowl
A woman's back and upper arm decorated with gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of an anchor, chevrons, arrows and a diamond chain, against a white background.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on back
Traditional tattoo of a black and yellow compass rose with pink flowers, green leaves and an anchor, on the upper arm.
Compass rose with anchor and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey traditional compass rose with a rope-wrapped anchor on a shoulder and upper arm, with a small blue accent in the compass centre.
Compass and anchor on shoulder and upper arm
Heavily tattooed arms crossed over a head of long hair, showing a grey rose on the hand, a pink rose on the forearm, and a teal heart on the upper back in traditional style.
Roses and heart tattoos on arms and hands
Small black anchor tattoo with a red heart at the top of its shaft and red script reading Hebrews 6:19 below it, on the side of the upper arm.
Anchor and heart with Hebrews 6:19 on upper arm
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo of a purple octopus with pink suckers and grey waves across the shoulder and upper arm, with a green anchor near the lower arm.
Octopus and waves full sleeve
A fresh black line anchor tattoo on an upper arm, in the Fine line style, being worked on by a tattooist wearing gloves and holding a tattoo machine.
Small anchor tattoo being inked on upper arm
Black and grey eagle perched on a shaded globe with an anchor and rope, tattooed on an upper arm.
Eagle, globe and anchor on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental anchor tattoo with a pearl chain and dotted lines on the side of the ribs, with a second filigree tattoo on the upper arm.
Ornate anchor with pearl chain on ribs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an anchor over stippled sea waves and a rising sun, set inside a diamond shape on the upper arm.
Anchor and sea waves in a diamond
Small black anchor tattoo on the upper arm of a man with his arms crossed, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small anchor tattoo on upper arm
Upper arm and shoulder with a black lace-patterned tattoo, pink flower petals and a purple feather, with hanging chains and a small anchor.
Black lace and pink flower on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with rope, a Mom banner, red hearts and a red rose with yellow flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Anchor, rose and Mom banner on an upper arm
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
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 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
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
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
Bare back covered in a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a yellow tiger-like figure, an anchor, a ship and a row of roses above a banner.
Large back piece with tiger, anchor and roses
Man seen from behind in a black Lucky 13 t-shirt, with traditional tattoos of a rose, an anchor and a spider web on his forearms and upper arms.
Traditional arm tattoos with a Lucky 13 tee
Colour traditional anchor tattoo wrapped in rope with a pink heart, shown on the upper arm in a traditional style.
Traditional anchor with heart on upper arm
Close photo of a small black anchor tattoo on the upper arm of a person sunbathing on a beach in a red and white striped bikini top.
Small anchor tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a blue starry fill and watercolour splashes of a bird, on the outer thigh.
Anchor with rope on a thigh
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a shark with an anchor and rope amid curling waves, covering a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Shark, anchor and waves on upper arm
Close view of a woman's shoulder and upper arm with gold and white metallic geometric temporary tattoos, including triangles, a feather and a patterned band.
Metallic geometric arm bands and feathers
A man in a dark grey t-shirt with a Washington state map print shows black and grey tattoos of a snake, geometric shapes and a skull on his forearms and upper arm.
Arm tattoos with snake and skull under a home t-shirt
Man in a grey t-shirt printed with an octopus and ship wheel, with traditional tattoo sleeves showing roses on both arms.
Octopus and ship wheel tee with tattoo sleeves
Black ink compass rose with an anchor below it, Traditional style, on the upper arm of a person wearing a denim jacket.
Compass rose and anchor on upper arm
Black and grey compass rose and small anchor on an arm sleeve, with blue ink splashes over a map-style background.
Compass and anchor sleeve with blue splashes
Upper arm and shoulder tattoo of black lace ornament with dangling chains, an anchor and a feather, with soft pink petals at the top.
Lace, anchor and feather upper arm tattoo
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship in a glass bottle wrapped in rope, with an orange sunset, on the upper arm.
Ship in a bottle on upper arm
Mixed-colour tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, with black lace-like ornament, pink and purple flowers, dangling chains, an anchor charm and a feather.
Black lace and pink flower shoulder piece
Traditional style tattoo of two swallows, a red and grey anchor, rope and yellow flowers across an upper arm.
Swallows, anchor and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with an hourglass, compass, anchor, palm tree and pink roses.
Hourglass, compass and anchor on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a rose in her hair, a blue anchor on her neck and a red compass star, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with rose and compass star
Two photographs of a black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a winged armoured angel, a skeleton with wings and a skull.
Full sleeve of angels, skeleton and skull in grey
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo of a sailing ship and compass rose on a man's upper arm and forearm.
Sailing ship and compass sleeve
Colour tattoo of a shaded anchor with rope, an orange lily and a purple lily, placed on the upper arm.
Anchor and lilies on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a profile head filled with a stormy sea and sky, black rain drips, and a faceted blue anchor.
Storm profile and anchor on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on a man's arm showing a sailing ship, a compass rose and an anchor, with the words Love, friends and family.
Sailing ship, compass and anchor sleeve
Collage of four watercolour-style tattoos: a hot air balloon on a forearm, a compass rose on the torso, a bird on an arm and an elephant on the upper arm.
Watercolour tattoos: balloon, compass, bird and elephant
Hand-drawn colour pencil design for a full arm sleeve showing a compass rose, clouds, swallows, a sailing ship, waves, jellyfish, manta rays, an anchor and a treasure chest.
Nautical sleeve design with compass and ship
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on a man's arm, showing a sailing ship, a compass rose and an anchor, with the words Love, friends and Family.
Ship, compass and anchor sleeve