Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up sailor woman with a ship and constellation in her face, shown on a limb in two close-up photographs.
Sailor pin-up with ship and constellation
Neo-trad anchor tattoo with red, black and grey blocks and dotwork shading on the back of a hand.
Anchor on the back of a hand
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
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
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope and entwined with red roses, teal flowers and green leaves, on the calf.
Anchor with roses and rope on a calf
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope, with a red lotus and teal leaves and blue flame-like lines behind it, on the inner forearm.
Anchor and lotus on a forearm
A grid of colourful neo-traditional tattoo designs featuring Pokémon characters with roses, anchors, lightning bolts and banners.
Neo-traditional Pokémon flash sheet
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid in a shell top, with an anchor earring and rope, across the outer thigh.
Mermaid with shell top on thigh
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