Arm tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
Black and white photo of an open hand and forearm with a black tribal tattoo running along the forearm.
Tribal tattoo on a forearm
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Black and grey rose tattoo on a forearm, with a dark mandala-style design on the upper arm, as a person kneels on a paisley yoga mat.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
A person with arms raised outdoors, holding a microphone, showing black and grey tattoos on the forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey arm tattoos on a raised arm
Close photograph of a small solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner forearm, just above the wrist, with a black beaded bracelet and a raised hand.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner forearm
Several arms linked together wearing gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of scales, lattice bands and quatrefoils on the upper arm and forearm.
Metallic temporary tattoos on linked arms
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm and an ornamental floral sleeve on the other arm, with small finger tattoos, resting on white bedsheets.
Mandala and floral sleeve on forearm and hand
Black and white photo of a raised arm with a road map tattoo across the forearm and hand, set against a dark background.
Road map tattoo on a raised forearm
Two black triangle tattoos on a person's forearms, one made of small linked triangles and the other with layered outlines, shown with arms raised.
Two triangle tattoos on forearms
Six-panel grid of arms with black serif lettering quotes, such as Alice felt dreadfully puzzled, tattooed on the forearms and upper arms.
Literary quotes in serif lettering on arms
Close crop of a shirtless man's torso and forearm, with a geometric black triangle band tattoo on the forearm above the wrist.
Black triangle pattern band on a forearm
A woman in a neon yellow racerback tank top printed with Tattoos Are The New Tan, showing a black and grey sleeve tattoo on her upper arm and forearm.
Sleeve tattoo beside a slogan tank top
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "Nothing gold can stay" on a forearm seen underwater, with light patterns rippling across the skin.
Quote lettering on an underwater forearm
Close crop of a model's arms with black spiral and bold tribal designs on the upper arm and forearm, worn beneath a woven black leather garment.
Spiral and bold tribal designs on upper arms
A fine black single-line tattoo running vertically along the raised forearm of a person with silver-white hair against a plain white background.
Single black line tattoo on a raised forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a man's upper arm and elbow, showing torn skin peeled back to reveal printed Latin-style text beneath.
Torn skin revealing text on an arm
Man's torso, neck and arms covered in black blackwork tattoos, with a honeycomb pattern of hexagons and pentagons and a dotwork gradient around the navel.
Honeycomb blackwork torso piece
Four-panel photo of a full arm sleeve in black and grey blackwork and dotwork, with ornate geometric patterns running from the shoulder to the wrist.
Ornate geometric full arm sleeve
Close photo of a forearm with two pairs of solid black bands tattooed around it in blackwork style, one pair above the elbow and one near the wrist.
Black band armband tattoo on forearm
A bare arm rests out of a vintage car window, showing a colour traditional rose tattoo on the forearm, with a white steering wheel and pink flowers in view.
Rose tattoo on a forearm in a vintage car
Black and white photo of a flexed arm with a dotwork and blackwork interlace tattoo of beast heads and knotwork on the forearm and upper arm, with a sun-like motif on the shoulder.
Interlace and beast tattoo on a flexed arm
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal sleeve tattoo covering a seated man's upper arm and part of his forearm.
Polynesian-style arm sleeve tattoo