Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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Close side view of a woman in a black bikini showing a grey anchor tattoo on her left side ribs, in a traditional style.
Anchor tattoo on the side ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope with two pink roses, green leaves and a pink flower on skin.
Anchor and pink roses tattoo
Traditional style anchor flash design with a wooden stock, coiled rope and red flowers with green leaves, shown on a plain white background.
Anchor with rope and red flowers
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a banner reading HOME, on the forearm.
Traditional anchor with HOME banner
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on three fingers of a hand: an anchor, a sailing ship and a ship's wheel, with the ship placed on the middle finger.
Anchor, sailing ship and ship's wheel on fingers
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a heart on the shank and the words Have Heart beneath, on the upper back.
Anchor and heart with Have Heart script
Black and grey anchor tattoo wrapped with rope in a traditional style, shown on a patch of hairy skin with a reddened area around it.
Anchor with rope on skin
Traditional colour tattoo of a sailor woman in a rope frame above an anchor, with a dagger and roses, on a leg.
Sailor woman in a rope frame over an anchor
Nautical flash sheet of line-art designs in navy and red, including a lighthouse, swallow, whale, anchor, jellyfish and squid on a cream background.
Nautical tattoo flash sheet
Four white Valentine's cards each show a taped-on traditional-style tattoo flash design: an anchor, a shark head, a swallow and a heart with a flame, with no body part visible.
Traditional flash designs on Valentine's cards
Black anchor with a pink bow and heart knot tattooed on the upper back of a person with short hair, in a traditional style.
Anchor and pink bow on upper back
Black ink ship's wheel with script reading Be the one to guide me, and an anchor with rope and script reading but never hold me down, tattooed on the thighs.
Ship's wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Black and grey flash sheet drawing of a sailing ship on waves, two swallows, an anchor and a telescope, with the script phrase Between the Devil and the deep blue Sea beneath.
Sailing ship, swallows, anchor and telescope flash
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship, a lotus flower and an anchor across the upper arm, shown in two photographs side by side.
Sailing ship, lotus and anchor on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of the cartoon sailor Popeye holding a spinach can labelled SPINACH, on the forearm.
Popeye the Sailor on a forearm
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with two red roses on the side of the ribs, shown under a raised arm.
Anchor and roses on the side ribs
Black and grey traditional-style drawing of an anchor with a heart, a ribbon and a layered flower, shown on plain paper with no body placement visible.
Anchor and flower tattoo design
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with leaves and a Sink or Swim banner on a forearm, shown in two views.
Anchor with leaves and Sink or Swim banner on a forearm
Full torso tattoo in neo-traditional style showing an owl with spread wings across the chest, with a compass, sailing ship and woman's portrait on the stomach.
Owl and nautical full torso piece
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in an oval cameo frame, with a teal tail, fish, an anchor and a banner reading SIREN.
Mermaid cameo with fish and a SIREN banner
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the outer thigh showing an anchor with rope, pink flowers, seaweed, an open shell with a pearl and blue waves.
Anchor, shell and pearl on a thigh
Black and grey engraved anchor tattoo wrapped in rope, shown in a close-up photo of a limb.
Engraved anchor wrapped in rope
Blue line drawing of a torso covered in traditional flash designs including a rose, skull, diamond, heart, anchor, snake, candle and ship.
Torso covered in traditional flash motifs
Traditional-style anchor with a red and gold stock and a DAD banner, printed as a design on a white ceramic mug.
Traditional anchor with DAD banner design
Traditional-style tattoos cover both hands, with a skull on one palm, a blue and red mandala on the back of the other hand, and small finger designs including a spider and an anchor.
Skull and mandala hand tattoos with finger designs
Black and white drawing of six forearms and hands, each with a different traditional-style tattoo design including a mandala, skull, rose, eye in a triangle and crossed bones.
Six hands with black ink tattoo designs
Black and grey traditional anchor with a coiled rope on the side of a man's neck, just behind his ear.
Anchor with rope on the side of the neck
Close-up of a blue traditional-style anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around its shaft, on a person's upper arm.
Blue anchor with rope on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red rose, a compass with a blue star, a rope and a tag reading Home is.
Compass, rose and luggage tag on a forearm
Sepia photograph of a black ink anchor tattoo with rope and script reading 'My Hope is the anchor of my soul' on the side of the body, above a lace top.
Anchor and script tattoo on the side
Black and grey US Navy anchor tattoo with USN lettering, the words U.S. NAVY above and RETIRED below, on an upper arm.
US Navy anchor retired tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of Star Wars tattoo designs, including stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Yoda, Boba Fett and pin-up figures, with no body placement shown.
Star Wars traditional flash sheet
Traditional style tattoo of a pink heart wrapped in rope and entwined with an anchor and a rose, with curved text reading Sons are the anchors of a mother's heart, on the side of the torso.
Anchor and heart with quote on the side
Bold traditional flash drawing of a woman with a cross, FAITH and HOPE lettering, a spider web and an anchor on her face and neck, shown as a painted wooden cutout.
Traditional pin-up flash with face and neck tattoos
Traditional-style black anchor with rope and pink and blue flowers on the inner wrist and forearm of a person with their hand raised.
Anchor and flowers on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of red lips showing orange vampire fangs and a pink tongue, with black outlines, on the inside of a forearm.
Vampire lips with fangs on a forearm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope and script lettering on both thighs, worn above striped over-knee socks.
Matching anchor tattoos with quotes on thighs
Four pastel nautical designs on a flash sheet: an anchor with a dolphin, a seahorse with a telescope, a compass rose with a clock face, and a ship's wheel with a lantern.
Vintage nautical flash sheet
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner and rope on the back of a hand, with the word FIND tattooed across the knuckles.
Anchor and banner hand tattoo from sketch to finish
Two matching black and grey anchor tattoos on the inner wrists, one plain and one with a bow, in a traditional style on the forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Traditional flash design of an anchor, red heart and clasped hands holding a cross, with a TRUE LOVE banner, in red, yellow, grey and black.
True love anchor and clasped hands flash
Black line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters above an anchor, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Compass rose and anchor design
Two temporary tattoo transfer designs in packaging, a red heart and a grey anchor, each with a banner reading Ben + Annie, in traditional style.
Heart and anchor temporary tattoo designs
Traditional style flash design of a sailor pin-up girl with red flowers, a striped top and a HOPE banner, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Sailor pin-up with roses and HOPE banner
Black and grey shaded anchor tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, seen from behind, with a partial Roman numeral tattoo on her upper arm.
Anchor tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey traditional-style anchor tattoo with a chain, wings and the letters USN above it, on a lower leg.
USN anchor tattoo on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a traditional anchor wrapped in rope with two swallows in flight, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor with rope and two swallows