Arm tattoo ideas

119 photos and flash · 22% Geometric, 21% Blackwork · Forearm most common

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Black fine line palm tree tattoo with soft shading on the upper arm of a woman wearing a grey crop top and Calvin Klein waistband.
Palm tree tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of two upper arms, each with a small black script tattoo reading 'au revoir' above the elbow, one on each arm.
Matching 'au revoir' script on two upper arms
Black script lettering tattoo reading God holds you in His arms, I hold you in my heart, on the back of the neck, in black and grey.
Script quote tattoo on the neck
Fine line black tattoo of a continuous single-line human figure with a bent arm, placed on the upper arm.
Single line figure on upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of chains wrapping across a shoulder and down the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Chain wrap tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Traditional style tattoos of a pin-up figure, a red rose and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a black slogan tank top.
Pin-up, rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Close torso photo of a woman in a black lace bralette, showing a black geometric tattoo on her hand and a dark tattooed sleeve on her upper arm.
Geometric tattoos on hand and arm
Black tribal tattoo of bands, zigzags and triangles covering a forearm, shown with coffee cups and a paper bag on a pavement.
Tribal band tattoo on a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of tattoo designs including a feather, antlers, mushrooms, a cleaver, an ear, an eye, a bird skull, balance scales with a brain, and a severed arm, drawn in dotwork and fine
Flash sheet of antlers, mushrooms and balance scales
Woman seated with long wavy hair, showing black and grey mandala tattoos on her upper arm and wrist and a cat head tattoo on her forearm.
Mandala and cat tattoos on arms
Line drawing in teal and pale blue of a woman with long braided hair, a hand raised near peony flowers, shaded with dotwork, on a pale pink background.
Woman with braided hair and peonies
Two small black fine line smiley faces with arms linking them, tattooed on the side of two adjacent fingers on a hand.
Two smiley faces hugging on fingers
Black and white photo of an open hand and forearm with a black tribal tattoo running along the forearm.
Tribal tattoo on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a thigh showing a ringed skull, an eye and a hand with an arm, drawn in bold outlines and solid black fills.
Ringed skull, eye and hand on a thigh
Two arms with rainbow heart tattoos: an outlined heart with an unfilled centre on the upper arm, and a solid rainbow-striped heart on the forearm.
Matching rainbow heart tattoos on arms
Several forearms with gold and silver metallic temporary designs, including leaf, geometric and dotted patterns, worn with gold bangles.
Gold and silver metallic designs on forearms
Several arms rest side by side, each with gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of geometric motifs on the forearms and wrists, worn with gold bangles.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on arms
Flash sheet of Doctor Who motifs in blue and black on a cream speckled background, including a TARDIS, a Dalek, a fez and a sonic screwdriver.
Doctor Who motifs flash sheet
Two matching black ink tattoos of the ASL I love you hand sign with a heart, placed side by side on forearms.
Matching ASL I love you tattoos on two forearms
Left panel shows a pale bone-shaped tattoo on an arm under blue ultraviolet light; right panel shows the same arm in ordinary light with no visible design.
Bone design under UV light on an arm
Back view of a person with hands on their shoulders showing a skull on one hand, small star and heart tattoos on the fingers, and neck and upper arm tattoos.
Hands and fingers with traditional tattoos
Black line drawing of a flexed arm with a heart-and-arrow tattoo reading MOM on the upper arm, on a plain grey background.
Heart with arrow and MOM on a drawn arm
Black handwritten French script tattooed along the upper arm of a woman with her arm raised, lying on white bedding.
French script quote on upper arm
Two arms show watercolour galaxy tattoos with black constellation lines, one on the upper arm near the elbow and one on the inner forearm.
Constellation tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Black outline tattoo of a stylised scorpion above the Roman numerals XIX, on the upper arm of a person in a light vest.
Scorpion and XIX on an upper arm
Tattooed forearms and upper arms of a person in a blue t-shirt holding a tabby cat belly up, with dark and coloured ink visible on the arms.
Tabby cat held by tattooed forearms
Woman with black blackwork coverage across her chest, shoulder and upper arm, with a greyscale realism rose on her forearm and black linework at her lower abdomen.
Black coverage with a grey rose on the forearm
Black and grey tribal tattoo with chevrons, diamonds and spirals wrapping around the upper arm near the elbow.
Tribal band wrapping the upper arm
Black and white photo of two people with arms linked, each showing solid black bands on the forearm in a blackwork style, with dotwork on one arm and small script on the wrist.
Black bands and dots on two forearms
Several arms lying side by side with metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of leaves, an eye and geometric patterns on the forearms and wrists, alongside gold bangles and cuffs.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on arms
Collage of three traditional tattoos: a woman's head with a pink rose, a globe with flowers and the words Home For Now, and a striped suitcase with an arm strapped across it.
Traditional collage: woman, globe and suitcase
Several arms crossed together, each wrist marked with a matching pink, red and teal chevron band tattoo.
Matching chevron wrist bands on several arms
A black cat lies on a cream and navy zodiac blanket beside a person's arm, which has partly visible grey tattoos near the wrist.
Black cat on a zodiac blanket beside a tattooed arm
Metallic gold geometric temporary tattoos with triangles, chains and leaf motifs on a woman's forearm and upper arm.
Gold geometric armband tattoos on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a ringed planet with geometric detail on the outer forearm of an arm held out with an open hand.
Ringed planet tattoo on a forearm
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
A tattooist applies black tribal blackwork linework to a bare arm, holding a tool above a small ink cap.
Tribal tattoo being applied to an arm
Book cover showing an illustrated arm with a lizard tattoo on the upper arm, with tribal spiral and figure designs below and the title Tribal Body Art Tattoos.
Tribal tattoo designs on a book cover
Two small black outline crown tattoos on the upper arms of two people, shown in a fine line style.
Small crown tattoos on two arms
Colour traditional style tattoo of a smiling cartoon hamburger with raised arms and music notes, on a lower leg.
Cartoon hamburger with music notes on a calf
Bearded man with arms crossed showing black and grey tattoos on both forearms and upper arms, including a sunflower and a bird.
Tattooed forearms and upper arms in denim
Fine line black script lettering running along the inner forearm of a raised arm, with a small dark tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Fine script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos cover a person's back, arms and hands, with skull, ribcage and spine imagery against a dark background.
Full back and arms covered in skeletal tattoos
Black and white photo of a realistic tattoo on an arm that looks like torn skin, revealing lines of Latin text on the upper arm and forearm.
Torn skin revealing Latin text on arm
Two carved wooden arm and hand boards showing traditional-style tattoo designs of skulls, a heart with a dagger, a goat, a cat and flowers, in black and cream.
Carved arm boards with skull, goat and cat designs
A sleeping tabby cat rests its paw on a forearm with a colourful traditional-style skull and rose tattoo.
Sleeping tabby cat resting on a tattooed forearm
Two arms and the upper back of a figure on a black background, covered in grey and red geometric star and flower tattoos on the upper arms, forearms and shoulders.
Geometric sleeve tattoos on both arms
Black tribal sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with bold geometric patterns, spirals and solid black areas framed by bare skin.
Tribal sleeve tattoo on upper arm and forearm