Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil and watercolour style drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with pink roses, a teal jewel-like shape and a small bird perched on the crossbar.
Anchor with roses and a songbird
Pencil drawing of an anchor with rope wrapped around the shank, a pocket watch hanging from its ring and cursive script beneath, on paper.
Anchor and pocket watch design
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design in which an infinity symbol is formed by an anchor chain with pink roses and the words I refuse to sink.
Infinity anchor and rose design
Watercolour and ink drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with pink coral, barnacles and a red starfish, designed as a tattoo design.
Anchor with rope, coral and starfish
Fine line outline tally marks on the inside of a wrist, beside temporary tattoo sheets showing Roman numerals and a feather.
Fine line tally marks on a wrist
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
Small black and grey anchor tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, worn beneath a black bikini top and a loose grey top.
Small anchor tattoo on the ribs
Black linework anchor wrapped in rope with three swallows flying upward, set over teal and pink watercolour washes on skin at the side of the torso.
Anchor and swallows with watercolour splashes
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor woven into an infinity symbol with the word hope and a small heart, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anchor and infinity with hope on the upper back
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
White chalk line drawing of an anchor with a looping ampersand-style swirl on a black chalkboard background.
Anchor with ampersand design
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the outer ankle and heel of a foot resting on white textured paper.
Small anchor tattoo on an ankle
Watercolour-style drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope, with a death's-head hawkmoth, two compasses, lightning flags and two revolvers.
Anchor with moth, compasses and revolvers
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
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on a calf showing an eye in a triangle above a ship's wheel and an anchor, with fern and filigree ornament.
Eye, anchor and ship's wheel on a calf
Fine line black anchor tattoo with a small heart at the top, placed on the ankle, in a black and grey photo with shoes on the feet.
Matching anchor tattoos on ankles
Black ink tattoo on a forearm reading Let it go in looping script, with a dotted line leading down to a small anchor.
Let it go script with anchor on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of an anchor with a circular medallion showing a sun, palm trees and a small island above the sea.
Anchor with palm tree island medallion
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 ink anchor with birds lifting off its shank and the script Sorelle per Sempre below it, tattooed on a lower leg.
Anchor with birds and script on a calf
Vintage-style drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope and decorated with pink roses and teal flowers on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Vintage anchor with roses and rope
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
Black and grey anchor tattoo on the back filled with starfish, shells, coral, fish and seaweed, with a teal glow around its outline.
Sea life anchor tattoo on the back
Collage of four colourful watercolour-style tattoos on arms: an anchor with rope, a deer, a skull and an outlined lily, with the lily and anchor on forearms and the skull on the upper arm.
Watercolour anchor, deer, skull and lily
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 line drawing of the word love in script lettering, with a heart before it and an anchor replacing the v, on a white background.
Script love with heart and anchor
Gold foil anchor design with the words Bride's Mate, printed on cream paper squares laid out across a blue patterned background.
Bride's Mate anchor temporary tattoo designs
Realistic colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and entwined with pink and cream roses and blue flowers, on the outer thigh.
Anchor and roses on a thigh
Black and grey eagle, globe and anchor tattoo with tribal flame wings across the lower back.
Eagle, globe and anchor with tribal wings
Black and grey tattoo of a ship's wheel and anchor wrapped in octopus tentacles, shown on the inner forearm.
Ship's wheel and anchor with octopus on a forearm
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
Black lace-style ornament with hanging chains, an anchor and a feather, with pink and purple flower details, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black lace and pink flower on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor beneath an infinity symbol with the words love and life on a thigh.
Infinity anchor with love and life script on thigh
Black and grey fine line anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, partly above the cuff of a knitted grey sleeve.
Small anchor tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an anchor with a shaded feather on the upper arm, photographed from the side.
Anchor and feather on upper arm
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
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a penguin in a captain's hat with a pipe and smoke clouds, with a small anchor on its side, on a forearm.
Penguin in a captain's hat on a forearm
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a mandala on the crown and a small anchor on the forehead, placed on the side of the ribs.
Sugar skull with mandala on the ribs
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
Two small black anchor tattoos, one on each foot near the ankle, with a flip-flop and layered bracelets visible beside them.
Matching small anchor tattoos on two ankles
Black outlined anchor tattoo filled with pink, red and purple roses and green leaves, in a botanical neo-traditional style, on the wrist.
Anchor filled with roses on a wrist
A hand with a black pen sketching an ornate scrollwork heart frame on paper, with a small anchor tattoo on a finger.
Ornate scroll heart frame sketch with anchor
Black ink drawing of an anchor with a rope wrapped around it and a tree growing up through the shank, shown as a tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Anchor with a tree growing through it
Fine line black anchor tattoo on the side of a finger, shown on a hand making an OK gesture against a pale tiled wall.
Small anchor on a finger
Black ink line drawing of a three-masted ship on hatched waves with a dotted line to an anchor, above the script words Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, on crumpled paper.
Ship, waves and anchor with script quote
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