Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
Close-up of a fine black anchor and script lettering reading refuse to sink, tattooed on a person's shoulder above the collarbone.
Anchor and script quote on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an anchor with a small circle at the top and a leaf shape on the shank, on the inner forearm.
Fine line anchor on the forearm
Black and grey photograph of two hands held together, each with a small fine line anchor tattoo with dotwork detail on the back of the hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on two hands
Black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a looping swirl and a small cross bar on the upper arm, photographed close up on pale skin.
Anchor and swirl fine line tattoo
Small white ink anchor tattoo in a fine line style on the inner wrist, photographed against a black background.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey photo of two small anchor tattoos, one on each foot near the ankle, resting on a tooled leather surface.
Matching anchor tattoos on two feet
Two wrists with matching fine line tattoos of a knotted cord bracelet with an anchor motif in black ink, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Matching anchor cord tattoos on two wrists
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity loop with the words life and hope in script, with a small anchor hanging below.
Infinity loop with anchor and script words on wrist
Small black line anchor tattoo on a lower leg, photographed from above with boat shoes and a warm vintage tone.
Small anchor tattoo on a lower leg
Small black fine line tattoo of an anchor combined with an infinity symbol on the inner wrist, with pale water in the background.
Anchor and infinity symbol on a wrist
Black ink fine line drawing of a sailing ship on waves with the words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor and a dangling anchor, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sailing ship, waves and anchor with quote
Small black anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped ring at the top, sitting on the ankle above a grey canvas shoe.
Small anchor tattoo on the ankle
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos, one on each of two ankles, resting on white bedding.
Matching small anchor tattoos on two ankles
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, with a rose gold heart chain bracelet and a blue striped sleeve.
Small anchor tattoo on a wrist
Small fine line anchor tattoo in pale ink on the side of a finger, shown in close-up against a dark blue background.
Small anchor tattoo on a finger
Two fine line black ankle tattoos on a beach, a small anchor on the left ankle and a palm tree on the right, with sea waves behind.
Anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos on a beach
Two matching foot tattoos: a pink and blue feather with flying birds and the words I'll be your wings on the left foot, and a black anchor with birds and the words and I'll be your anchor on the right
Feather and anchor foot tattoos with matching script
Pencil sketch of an anchor with a dotted line curling up to a flock of birds, drawn on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Anchor with dotted line and flying birds
Fine line black tattoo of a sea scene with a moon, stars, waves, a boat, a whale and an anchor, set in a diamond shape on a woman's upper back.
Sea scene fine line tattoo on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a lace-patterned heart with hanging chains and a small anchor, on the calf.
Lace heart with hanging chains on a calf
Black ink pen drawing of a sailing ship on rough waves with a dangling anchor and the script words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, on white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor with quote
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 line flash sheet of semi colon tattoo designs, including anchors, wings, flowers, butterflies, dragonflies and hearts, with prices noted at the top.
Semi colon tattoo flash sheet
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor with a dotted infinity loop, with a trail of birds rising toward the shoulder.
Anchor and birds across chest and shoulder
Fine line script word hope with a small anchor beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Hope script with anchor on wrist
Small black and grey anchor and ship's wheel tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, beside a black bikini strap.
Anchor and ship's wheel on the ribs
Fine line black script running down a forearm, with a small sun tattoo on the back of the hand and a small arrow on the wrist.
Script lettering and small sun tattoos on forearms
Close-up of a black fine line tattoo of an anchor with looped top and heart-shaped curled arms on reddish skin.
Fine line anchor with loops
Fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a black anchor, a semicolon, a solid dot and a looping line ending in a lilac teardrop.
Anchor and semicolon tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small fine line anchor tattoo on a person's shoulder, with the chin and neck visible at the top of the frame.
Small anchor tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine line anchor with a thin looping line, a small dot and a red heart tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm.
Anchor and red heart on a wrist
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
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
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
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
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 fine line tattoo of an anchor with a small heart at its top, on the inner forearm.
Heart and anchor fine line on forearm
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
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
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
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