Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of an anchor wrapped in a twisted rope, in a traditional nautical flash style, with no body placement shown.
Anchor wrapped in rope line drawing
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue anchor wrapped in a yellow rope with red roses and green leaves, placed on the shoulder.
Anchor and rope with roses on a shoulder
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with an orange ribbon and the words I refuse to sink in black script, on a limb.
Anchor with ribbon and script on skin
Black linework drawing of a pair of legs in high heels, covered in traditional-style tattoo flash designs such as a heart banner, anchor, spider web and skull across the calves.
Traditional flash designs on drawn legs
Painted traditional-style flash of a pin-up woman with red roses, a polka dot headscarf and a heart banner, shown on paper.
Pin-up woman with roses flash
Black and grey eagle, globe and anchor tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Eagle, globe and anchor on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail seated on a rope-wrapped anchor, framed by red, purple and dark roses.
Mermaid on an anchor with roses on a thigh
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor with rope, a skull and a cluster of flowers, in a traditional style.
Anchor, skull and flowers drawing
Navy line drawing of a bearded sailor in a striped top and cap, with tattooed arms, anchor and rope, and the lettering A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Sailor flash with smooth sea lettering
Black ink pen drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds, rays and an anchor, in a lettering style suited to a
Hot air balloon with journey banner design
Vintage-style anchor design with pink and peach roses, teal leaves and a rope wrapped around the shaft, shown on a plain pale background.
Anchor with roses design
Traditional style flash sheet in navy line work showing an anchor with rope, a swallow in flight, a three-masted sailing ship and a cluster of roses on a white background.
Nautical flash sheet with anchor, swallow, ship and roses
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red outfit holding an anchor rope, with a banner reading Steady as she goes, on the body.
Pin-up and anchor with banner on skin
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor with a ship's wheel and compass rose at the centre, shown on a forearm.
Anchor, ship wheel and compass on a forearm
Two black ink thigh tattoos in traditional style, a ship's wheel and an anchor wrapped in rope, each with script lettering, on a person wearing denim shorts.
Ship wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Collage of four tattoos: a traditional hot air balloon with roses on the upper back, a colourful traditional anchor with rope and hearts on the upper arm, a black and grey anchor with a compass and
Four nautical and balloon tattoos collage
Two legs covered in traditional tattoos of a sailing ship, red roses, a mermaid and anchors on rope, running from thigh to ankle.
Traditional ship, rose and mermaid leg tattoos
Traditional style flash design of a woman in profile wearing a black bowler hat with a red flower, beside a ship's wheel and green leaves.
Profile woman in bowler hat with ship wheel
Black and grey traditional-style US Navy emblem tattoo on the upper arm, with a NAVY banner, eagle, anchor and the words We Own The Seas.
US Navy emblem on upper arm
Traditional-style mermaid, anchor, stars and flowers design printed on a black t-shirt, shown flat with no body placement.
Mermaid and anchor design on a black t-shirt
Traditional style tattoo of a grey and black anchor wrapped with a brown rope, shown on a limb.
Anchor with rope on skin
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around an anchor, placed on the outer thigh.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship inside a bottle-shaped outline with a red anchor, red clouds and flowers, on a limb.
Traditional sailing ship with anchor and flowers
Colour traditional tattoo of a rope-wrapped anchor with pink roses and green leaves on the outer thigh.
Anchor and pink roses on a thigh
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around the shaft, a heart at the centre and a flower at the base, on the inner wrist.
Anchor, rope and heart on the inner wrist
Vintage-style flash drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, decorated with pink roses and teal leaves, on a cream background.
Anchor with roses and rope
Brown ink drawing of a compass rose with a ship's wheel and anchor at its centre, shown on a cream notebook page, styled as a traditional nautical tattoo design.
Compass rose with ship's wheel and anchor
Pencil and pastel flash drawing of a woman with braided hair, an anchor tattoo on her cheek and blue script across her braid, in a traditional style.
Braided hair woman with anchor and script
Two matching forearm tattoos in black ink: a ship's wheel with the words 'be the one to guide me' and an anchor with 'but never let me down'.
Ship's wheel and anchor with matching quote tattoos
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in gold rope with a seagull perched on the shank, shown on a person's upper body.
Anchor with rope and seagull
Two forearms held together, each with a black and grey traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope on the inner forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on forearms
Mirror selfie of a person with a black and grey anchor tattoo on the upper arm, plus tattoos across the chest, forearm and stomach, with a teal-toned design on the other arm.
Anchor and chest tattoos in a mirror selfie
Small black traditional-style anchor tattoo with a bow wrapped around its shank, on the outer ankle of a bare foot with pink toenails.
Anchor with bow tattoo on an ankle
Cream baby cardigan with traditional swallows beside a bodysuit printed with anchors and banners, next to a chalk swallow drawing on a dark grey background.
Swallow designs on baby cardigan and bodysuit
Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with a heart-shaped top, wrapped in gold rope and overlapped by a red lily, on the lower leg.
Anchor with heart, rope and red lily
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style mermaid draped over an anchor, framed by flowers and rope, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Mermaid and anchor design sketch
Black and grey tattoo of a crown and anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words My King above and My Anchor below, on a person's side.
Crown and anchor with script lettering
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a coiled rope wrapped around the shank, shown on the upper arm.
Anchor and rope on upper arm
Small black anchor tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a Traditional style, with a turquoise bracelet and ring nearby.
Anchor tattoo on a wrist
Black ink line drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds and sunburst rays, in a traditional style.
Hot air balloon and journey banners flash
Grey-shaded anchor tattoo with coiled rope and blue flowers on the top of a foot, with script lettering on the anchor stock.
Anchor and blue flowers on a foot
Traditional colour tattoo of a skeleton mermaid with flowers in her hair, her scaled tail wrapped around a red anchor, on a limb.
Skeleton mermaid and anchor on a leg
Pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with roses, hibiscus flowers and leaves, as a tattoo design sketch.
Anchor with roses and hibiscus drawing
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse with lightning bolts and waves on a man's upper arm, with a skull and nautical elements nearby.
Lighthouse and lightning sleeve on an arm
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor, a heart with a cross, three roses and a dotted rope over a lace-like mesh, in a traditional style.
Anchor, heart and roses tattoo design
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with an anchor and scaled tail across the side ribs.
Mermaid and anchor on the side ribs
Teal line drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope and set within an ornate filigree mandala, shown as a flash design on textured beige paper.
Anchor with ornamental filigree flash design
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor entwined with rope, with small stars and a crescent moon, in traditional style with stippled shading, drawn on white paper.
Anchor and rope flash design