Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey shaded tattoo of a ship's wheel with a coiled rope and anchor, with compass star points, on a person's upper back.
Ship's wheel and anchor on the upper back
Traditional-style anchor tattoo with pink, purple and blue roses and a rope on the lower leg above the ankle.
Anchor and roses on an ankle
Flash sheet of metallic blue and bronze temporary designs showing palm trees, fern fronds, rope braids, anchors and the words live laugh love and hope, with no body placement visible.
Metallic flash sheet of palms, anchors and script
Close-up of a hand with white nail polish and silver rings, showing a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist.
Small anchor tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey realism anchor wrapped in rope with a compass rose behind it, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Anchor and compass rose on the ribs
Small black line anchor and a red shaded heart tattooed on the inside of a wrist, in a fine line style.
Anchor and heart on a wrist
Collage of three small fine line wrist tattoos: a black Eiffel Tower, a reddish-brown anchor and a dark checkmark.
Tiny Eiffel tower, anchor and checkmark on wrists
Black fine line tattoo of an anchor entwined with an infinity symbol, with the script words refuse to sink written beneath it.
Anchor and infinity symbol with 'refuse to sink'
Traditional colour tattoo of a reclining pin-up woman with dark hair, with swallow and anchor details, shown on a section of skin.
Reclining pin-up with swallows in traditional style
Black and grey flash sheet of more than fifty small icon designs, including a dagger, anchor, eye, skull, heart and paper plane, with no body placement shown.
Grid of small tattoo flash designs
Traditional style flash sheet showing a red crab with a heart-shaped body, an anchor wrapped in rope with waves, a scallop shell and a conch shell.
Nautical flash sheet with crab, anchor and shells
Dark ink tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope forming an infinity symbol, on the top of a bare foot above a wooden floor.
Anchor and rope infinity on a foot
Blue line drawing of an ornate anchor with scrolled filigree and dotted detail on a textured paper background, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate blue anchor design
Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.
Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve
Collage of nine sewing-themed tattoos, including a traditional sewing machine on a forearm and scissors with a red spool on an upper arm, with a fine line spool on a forearm.
Sewing-themed tattoos in a nine-image collage
Black and grey pen drawing of an anchor tattoo design built from a ship, two swallows, a butterfly, roses, a compass and small lettering, in a fine line style.
Anchor tattoo design made of small icons
Traditional style tattoo of a grey anchor with a yellow and orange flower, red accents and swirls, on the top of a foot.
Traditional anchor and flower on a foot
Black and white flash drawing of an anchor wrapped in tentacles with a banner reading LOVECRAFT and H.P., in a traditional engraved style with no body placement shown.
Anchor with tentacles and banner design
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand and knitted sleeve in the frame.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a sailing ship in her hair, red cheek circles and blue accents, on the outer thigh, shown in two photos.
Sailor woman with ship in hair on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with a rope and anchor on a forearm, in red, teal and black ink.
Ship in a bottle and anchor on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a red and white striped lighthouse, orange roses, an anchor and rope.
Lighthouse, rose and anchor sleeve
Fine line black anchor tattoo with a heart at the top and the letters L and M beside the shank, on an ankle.
Anchor with heart and initials on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mermaid draped over an anchor on the upper arm and shoulder.
Mermaid draped over an anchor on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo design of a black anchor, red heart and banner reading SORRY MOM, shown printed on white fabric with no body part visible.
Anchor and heart with SORRY MOM banner
Pencil flash sheet of traditional-style tattoo designs including a boxing glove, a swallow, a dagger, an anchor, an arrow and lettered banners.
Pencil flash sheet with boxing glove, swallow and banners
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a gold anchor with a jewelled heart, purple bow and pink cherry blossoms on a forearm.
Jewelled anchor with bow and blossoms on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around the shaft, sitting on the neck just behind a person's ear.
Small anchor tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey ink drawing of a mermaid holding a water jug, with an anchor, stars and an AQUARIUS banner, shown as a tattoo design.
Aquarius mermaid with anchor
Traditional style tattoo of a compass rose, anchor and orange flowers with green leaves and a grey rope border, on a limb.
Compass, anchor and flowers in traditional style
Close photo of a traditional style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in a rope heart, in black, grey and muted purple, on a area of skin.
Anchor wrapped in rope heart tattoo
Black and white flash drawing of a hand with crossed fingers holding a cigarette, with lettering around it and a small anchor on one finger.
Crossed fingers holding a cigarette
A heart filled with the blue and white Greek flag hangs above a dangling chain of evil eye beads, a cross, a small heart and an anchor on the side of a person's ribs.
Greek flag heart with evil eye charms on ribs
Anchor tattoo filled with pink and red flowers and leaves on the back of a hand, resting on kraft paper.
Floral anchor on the back of a hand
Black and grey flash design of a three-masted pirate ship with a skull flag, surrounded by pirate-themed lettering and a shark.
Pirate ship with lettering flash design
Side-by-side photos of a traditional-style anchor tattoo with a heart-shaped top and a pink bow, shaded in black and grey on the foot near the ankle.
Anchor with heart and pink bow on a foot
Small blue fine line anchor tattoo on the side of a finger, with a rope-like loop at the top of the shank.
Small blue anchor tattoo on a finger
Black and grey tattoo of the USMC eagle, globe and anchor emblem inside a circle of lettering, on the upper arm and shoulder.
USMC eagle, globe and anchor on an upper arm
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and blue temporary tattoo designs including an anchor, butterflies, crescent moons, stars and ornamental bracelet-style bands, with no body placement shown.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Close photograph of a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, with a gold bracelet and plaid sleeve cuff nearby.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey engraved drawing of an anchor with a twisted rope coiled around its shank, on a plain white background.
Anchor with rope wrapped around the shank
Black and grey shaded anchor tattoo with a coiled rope on the inner forearm, photographed indoors against a white cabinet and wooden flooring.
Shaded anchor with rope on a forearm
Close view of a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist of a woman wearing a knitted brown sleeve.
Small anchor on a wrist
Hand-drawn black ink design of a ship wheel and an anchor with script lettering reading be the one to guide me and but never hold me down, drawn across a spiral notebook.
Ship wheel and anchor script design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a lion's head in profile, a lamb, chain links, lilies and an anchor, in a realistic shaded style.
Lion, lamb and anchor design
Black ink pen drawing of a three-masted sailing ship on hatched waves, with a dotted line falling to a small anchor, on plain off-white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor pen drawing
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in an orange and purple rope, with black script reading Hope anchors the soul, Hebrews 6:19.
Anchor and rope with script verse on a limb
Black and grey line drawing of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in ribbon banners, one reading FAMILY, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Anchor with family ribbon banners