Arm tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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 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
Ink drawing of a skeleton with many arms raised around a halo and a full moon, with feathered wings behind the skull, in navy and cream.
Multi-armed skeleton with moon and halo
White silhouette of a mermaid with flowing hair, a curled tail and one arm raised, shown as a tattoo design on a pale teal background.
Mermaid silhouette tattoo design
Black and white drawing of a full sleeve tattoo design in a geometric tribal style, with bands of triangles, chevrons and curved stripes on an upper arm outline.
Tribal-style sleeve design drawing
Black and white line drawing of six labelled arms and hands, lettered a to f, each covered in geometric bands, chevrons and triangles on the forearm and hand.
Six arm and hand tattoo patterns in line drawing
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical design with a central round mechanical dial and four organic, tendril-like arms, drawn in black and grey with no body placement shown.
Pencil drawing of a mechanical compass design
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo design of a two-faced woman with flowers, leaves and a pearl necklace, drawn on white paper.
Twin-faced figure with flowers and pearls
Black and grey illustration of a raised fist with a small semicolon tattoo on the forearm, set against a pale blue background.
Raised fist with semicolon on forearm
Traditional style flash design of a dagger dripping blood, wrapped in lettered banners over a drawn arm with a spider web and rose.
Dagger and banners flash with blood
Line drawing of a figure with a black and purple tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, beside a blue gradient dragon design with dotwork scales and a curled tail.
Blue dragon designs with an arm tattoo outline