Anchor tattoo ideas

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

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A colour and grey anchor tattoo wrapped in pink roses, green leaves and rope, with a small script word beside the flukes, placed on the side of the body.
Anchor with roses and rope on the side
Colourful neo-traditional tattoos on two feet, an anchor wrapped in pink and blue flowers on the left foot and a compass rose inside a floral wreath on the right foot.
Anchor and compass tattoos on two feet
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with teal tail, fish and a banner reading SIREN, with an anchor and wave tattoo on her arm.
Mermaid with banner reading Siren
Black linework drawing of a neo-traditional anchor wrapped in rope, with flowers, leaves and cloud shapes, shown as a tattoo design on a warm background.
Anchor with rope and flowers design
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
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor and rope among clouds, with the script quote "Be the one to guide me, but never hold me down", shown as a tattoo design with no placement on the body.
Ship wheel and anchor with script quote
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 tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and pink roses with blue flowers and green vines on a limb.
Anchor with pink roses and blue flowers
Coloured flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a rope-edged oval frame, with two fish, an anchor and a SIREN banner, in a neo-traditional style.
Red-haired siren in an oval frame
Black and grey neo-traditional design drawn on tracing paper of a mermaid with a ship, anchor, rope and ship's wheel, with no body placement shown.
Mermaid with ship and ship's wheel design
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Two matching calf tattoos in colour: a rope-wrapped anchor with a red heart on the left leg and a fishing rod on the right, both set in blue watercolour splashes.
Anchor and fishing rod on calves
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a tabby cat with wide amber eyes, wearing a sailor cap with an anchor and a navy collar with a red neckerchief, on a forearm.
Sailor cat on a forearm
Colourful compass rose and anchor with a rope on the inside of a forearm, with watercolour splashes in orange, green, blue and pink.
Compass and anchor with watercolour splashes
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bearded sailor in a knit cap with a pipe, rope and red rose, on the thigh.
Bearded sailor portrait with rope and rose
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
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
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
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
Colour compass rose tattoo with vines, an anchor and a yellow bird on the upper chest of a woman wearing a denim shirt and striped top.
Compass rose with anchor and bird on chest
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a red and white lighthouse over the sea inside a black anchor with teal accents and a rope loop.
Lighthouse and anchor on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos of an anchor tattoo with a bow and the word Sister on a forearm, one in black and grey and one with pink and coloured shading.
Anchor and bow with Sister script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and decorated with pink roses, orange lilies and yellow flowers on the side of the ribs.
Anchor with roses and flowers on ribs
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
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
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a bearded sailor smoking a pipe, with a sailing ship, orange roses, waves and a lighthouse.
Bearded sailor with ship and roses on a calf
Neo-trad style tattoo of an anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks, handwriting and a blue wash on the upper arm.
Anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks
Drawing of a vintage engraved anchor wrapped in rope and set with coral roses and teal foliage, shown as a tattoo design on a plain light background.
Anchor with roses design
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor with swirled detailing, an orange starfish and teal and blue waves, on the ankle.
Anchor, starfish and waves on an ankle
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
Black and grey tattoo of a pale-faced woman with long dark hair and fangs, eyes hidden by a banner reading Save the Vampire Queen, with an anchor below, on an upper arm.
Vampire queen portrait on a upper arm
Arm sleeve tattoo of a black and grey compass rose over a vintage map backdrop, with blue watercolour splashes and a small anchor, on the forearm.
Compass rose sleeve with blue watercolour splashes
Pencil and ink sketch of a seahorse with a unicorn horn, flowing mane, bubbles and an anchor with rope, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Unicorn seahorse with anchor design
Coloured pencil drawing of a blue turtle creature with a brown shell peering over a grey anchor inside a rope frame, with blue water swirls above, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Blue turtle creature on an anchor and rope
Colour flash design of a steel anchor wrapped in banners reading Just Keep Swimming, surrounded by cartoon sea creatures on a blue background.
Anchor with Just Keep Swimming banners
Back of a woman with two traditional-style pin-up tattoos in red and grey, one with two swallows and one with an anchor, across the upper back.
Twin seated pin-up figures with swallows on a back
Traditional style flash design of Captain America in profile with a spread-wing eagle, crossed anchors, American flags and a Forever Young banner, in colour.
Captain America eagle and anchor flash
Colour tattoo of a grey and blue octopus wrapped around a gold anchor decorated with gears, on the upper thigh.
Octopus and gear anchor on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with three portrait medallions, a lettered basket and an anchor, in neo-traditional style with dotwork, on a person's upper back.
Hot air balloon with portraits on upper back
Two photographs of a colour tattoo on a woman's upper arm and shoulder, with black lace-style linework, pink and purple flowers, hanging chains and feathers.
Lace, flower and feather tattoo on shoulder
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of an orange octopus wrapped around an anchor and dagger, on the side of a thigh and hip.
Orange octopus and anchor on a thigh
Flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding a skull, with an anchor, stars and a crescent moon above her head and tentacles coiled around her tail, in cream ink on a dark teal background.
Mermaid with anchor, skull and crescent moon
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon whale in a sailor hat smoking a pipe, rising from a fishbowl, on an upper arm.
Cartoon whale with pipe rising from a fishbowl
Two matching forearm tattoos show a grey shaded anchor wrapped in rope, with a teal bow and the word sisters in script beneath.
Matching anchor and bow forearm tattoos
Heavily tattooed arms crossed over a head of long hair, showing a grey rose on the hand, a pink rose on the forearm, and a teal heart on the upper back in traditional style.
Roses and heart tattoos on arms and hands
Neo-traditional coloured pencil design of a pink octopus wrapped around a blue anchor, with a cream skull and a banner reading NO MANS LAND.
Octopus with anchor and skull design
Coloured flash design of a mermaid with curly teal hair, an anchor, rope and pink flowers in a neo-traditional style, shown on a cream background.
Mermaid with anchor and flowers design
Black and white neo-traditional flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope, a compass rose, a lily, a banner and waves.
Anchor, compass and lily tattoo design