Building tattoo ideas

102 photos and flash · 27% Fine line, 26% Realism · Forearm most common

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Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing a man in a hat and long coat walking down a street between tall buildings, with colourful sleeves on both arms.
Man in a hat walking a city street across a back piece
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Los Angeles street signs, palm trees and city buildings, from the upper arm to the forearm.
Los Angeles street signs and palm trees sleeve
A colour tattoo on an upper arm of a faceted geometric owl in red, orange and grey, above a burning terraced building with flames.
Geometric owl and burning building on an upper arm
Realism back tattoo in black and grey showing a man in a hat and suit walking a narrow ledge between tall city buildings, with colour sleeves on both arms.
Man in a hat walking a ledge above a city
Black ink tattoo on the upper arm showing a savanna scene with elephants, a giraffe and trees above an inverted city skyline.
Savanna and city skyline on upper arm
Black linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a city skyline, a tree, a street sign and a small creature, photographed outdoors.
City skyline and street scene on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a multi-storey pagoda above gnarled bare branches, running down the upper arm and forearm.
Pagoda and bare tree on an arm sleeve
Black linework tattoo of a multi-storey apartment block with many windows, on the upper arm, in a black and white photo.
Apartment block tattoo on an arm
Small traditional style tattoo of a cluster of houses inside a scalloped oval frame on the inner upper arm.
Houses in a scalloped oval on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a moonlit street with a tall clock tower and a figure in a top hat and long coat walking away.
Moonlit London street on upper arm
Black and grey steam locomotive tattoo with a red scalloped background and a windmill on the upper arm.
Steam locomotive on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a silhouetted child on a wire, a bird on a small wooden structure, bare branches and ruined buildings.
Silhouette child on a wire beneath bare branches
Fine line tattoo of a city skyline outline in pale ink on an upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
City skyline outline on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon monster stomping over grey buildings in a red sunburst, with a yellow banner reading Halt I am Reptar, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Cartoon monster over a city on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a clock face, a man in a top hat, an East End London sign and a street lamp.
Victorian London street sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with a building in its centre, framed by banners reading GREAT and SCOTT, on an upper arm.
Clock face and banners on an upper arm
Black outline tattoo of flowers, swirls and a geometric city skyline across a shoulder and upper arm, with red shading.
Flowers, swirls and a city skyline on upper arm
Black ink blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a curled-up cat in front of rooftops, a sun and waves, inside a circle on the upper arm.
Sleeping cat and town in a circle on upper arm
Realism sleeve tattoo on a man's forearm and upper arm showing a ship, a sunset sky, a cross-topped building and a hooded figure in colour and grey.
Realism sleeve with ship, cross and hooded figure
Realism style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing Big Ben, a red telephone box, a London Underground roundel and the London Eye in grey and red ink.
London landmarks sleeve on upper arm
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with red lips, roses, rolled banknotes and a building on an upper arm.
Portrait, roses and banknotes on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm showing Los Angeles street signs such as Broadway and Rodeo, with palm trees across the forearm and upper arm.
Los Angeles street signs sleeve
Black line-art city skyline with a bridge and wavy water below and a small red heart above, tattooed on the upper arm.
City skyline with a red heart on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a fading pine forest, a street grid and a large building.
Pine forest fading into a city street map on an arm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a multi-tiered bathhouse with a red arched bridge and pine tree on the upper arm.
Japanese bathhouse on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Batman in a cape above a city street, with a bat symbol, across the upper arm and forearm.
Batman above a city street on an arm
Black linework geometric tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, with a bird on the back, a flower and city shapes, dotwork shading and small pink and teal dots.
Geometric bird, city and flower tattoos on arm and shoulder
Upper arm tattoo of a city skyline with a tram and a moon, in black and grey with teal and yellow accents and ink splatter.
Cityscape with tram and ink splatter on upper arm
Close-up of a thin black fine line tattoo of a city skyline with a tall spire on the upper arm, below a blue t-shirt sleeve.
City skyline line tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a clock face, a man in a top hat and a sign reading East End London.
Victorian London street and clock full sleeve
Upper arm tattoo of a city skyline with tall buildings, a tram and a full moon, shaded in black ink with pale teal watercolour washes and drips.
City skyline and tram on an upper arm
Large city skyline tattoo with tall buildings, a tram and a moon on a man's upper arm and shoulder, in black, grey and teal ink with paint-splatter drips.
City skyline and tram on upper arm
Black and blue city skyline with a large moon above it, tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
City skyline and moon on upper arm
Large black and grey landscape back tattoo with mountains, trees and a sun, plus German script across the upper back, seen from behind by a lake.
Landscape back piece with German script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, skull and building on the upper arm, photographed against a dark background.
Pocket watch and skull on upper arm