Forearm tattoo ideas

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Small solid black geometric tattoo of arrowheads and vertical bars across the inner wrist, in a black and white photograph.

Playback symbols on a wrist

Fine line black tattoo of the word lumos beside a four-pointed star on the wrist.

Lumos script and star on wrist

Fine line white ink tattoo of an arrow passing through an infinity symbol on the inside of a wrist.

Arrow through infinity symbol on a wrist

Mixed-colour stag head tattoo with grey shading, yellow dotwork accents and a fine line arrow on a forearm.

Stag head and arrow on a forearm

Two forearms with matching watercolour tattoos in rainbow colours, a painted heart shape with droplets on the left and an open heart with rainbow splashes on the right, on the forearm.

Watercolour rainbow hearts on two forearms

Colour tattoo of a dark prism splitting a rainbow beam against a starry background, inside a circle on the forearm, shown in two photos side by side.

Prism and rainbow beam on forearm

Small black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the inner wrist, shown in a fine line style.

Compass rose tattoo on a wrist

Fine-line constellation tattoo of connected dots and thin lines on a pale forearm resting on white bedsheets.

Constellation tattoo on a forearm

A small sketch-style cartoon elephant tattoo with purple and blue watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.

Cartoon elephant on a forearm

Fine line tattoo of three small elephants in pink, green and blue on the forearm, with a gloved hand holding the arm.

Three small elephants on a forearm

Black fine line tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings built from circles and radiating lines, placed on the forearm.

Geometric bird in flight on forearm

Black and red treble clef tattoo with paint-like splatter on the back of a hand, with a music staff and notes on the wrist above.

Treble clef with red splash on hand

Black bands and a blue watercolour-style arrow tattoo on the inside of a forearm, with the arrow placed below the bands.

Arrow and bands on a forearm

Two matching black and grey tattoos on the wrists: a shaded key with a dotted trail on the upper arm, and a heart-shaped lock with a dotted trail on the lower wrist.

Matching key and heart lock wrist tattoos

Realistic forearm tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red eyes, smoke swirls and a skull below, shaded in grey with red accents.

Sugar skull woman and skull on a forearm

Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a telegraph pole with wires, three birds perched on the lines and a bicycle below, in a blackwork style.

Telegraph pole, birds and bicycle on a forearm

Black and grey photograph of a flock of solid black bat silhouettes tattooed down the inner forearm, with a hand with dark nail polish visible at the bottom of the frame.

Flock of bats on a forearm

Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of three stacked chevron arrows on the forearm of a person in a blue top and denim shorts.

Three chevron arrows on a forearm

Black line tattoo of a pine tree, a ribbon banner reading Prone to Wander and fern-covered hills on the forearm, with a small red accent.

Pine tree and banner on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a perched songbird inside a floral wreath with the words Free Indeed above it, on the forearm.

Songbird and floral wreath with Free Indeed

Fine line black tattoo of a sun and crescent moon on the inner wrist, with black braided bracelets worn on the same arm.

Sun and crescent moon on a wrist

Black fine line script tattoo reading Unbreakable on the inner forearm, against blue patterned fabric.

Unbreakable script on a forearm

Small fine line and dotwork hourglass tattoo with swirls and dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in black ink.

Small hourglass on the inner wrist

Small fine line outline of a butterfly on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing the camera and the ink faded to a pinkish tone.

Butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist

Black lettering tattoo reading 'To have faith, is to fly' above a solid black silhouette of a flying figure on the inner wrist.

Script quote and flying figure on a wrist

Traditional colour tattoo of a postcard with a log cabin, mountains and red flowers, reading wish you were here, on a forearm.

Wish you were here postcard on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pine treeline forming a band around the forearm near the elbow, fading to light dots at the top.

Pine tree treeline armband on forearm

Traditional style tattoo of a red chainsaw with red blood splatter and the word GROOVY in black lettering on a forearm.

Chainsaw and blood splatter with Groovy lettering

Fine line black tattoo of a mountain ridgeline with a shaded peak, on the forearm of a person wearing a white graphic t-shirt.

Fine line mountain ridgeline on a forearm

Black and grey mandala tattoo with a rose, leaves and a hanging crescent moon on the forearm, in a dotwork style.

Mandala and rose on a forearm

Hand with dark script lettering across the middle finger, a dollar sign on the back of the hand and a shaded rose on the forearm.

Script lettering across a finger

Small black airplane silhouette tattoo on a forearm, photographed in black and white beside an aircraft window.

Small airplane silhouette on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a four-quadrant house crest with a gold outline and black linework, in red, yellow, green and blue, on the forearm, with script lettering above it.

Hogwarts house crest on an arm

Woman seen from behind with a gold filigree ornament tattoo running down her spine and a smaller gold design on her forearm.

Gold ornament down the spine

Black and grey full arm sleeve with chrysanthemums, flower of life geometry and dotwork, with red script on the forearm, shown on both arms.

Full sleeve with chrysanthemums and sacred geometry

Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.

Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm

Two palms-up wrists with matching fine-line black script tattoos, one reading I believe in you and the other reading I believe in you, too.

Matching script quote tattoos on the wrists

Two forearms raised in thumbs up, each with a navy oval badge reading it's AWESOME time in white lettering, lettering style, on the forearm.

Matching thumbs up badge tattoos on forearms

Colour tattoo of a road with white edge lines and a yellow centre line running towards purple mountains, a turquoise sky with white clouds and a starry night patch, and a red angular star burst, on a

Road through mountains and night sky on a forearm

Fine line black and grey tattoo of two arrows with small heart outlines along the shafts, on the inner forearm.

Two arrows and hearts on a forearm

Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a horned helmeted Viking, a woman warrior, a longship and knotwork bands, with a few red and orange oak leaves, across the upper arm and

Viking warrior full sleeve

Bowie logo and script on a forearm

Black outline tattoo of a horseshoe crab on an upper arm, with a second photo of a similar fine line horseshoe crab on a forearm.

Horseshoe crab outline on arm

Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Roman numeral clock face, gears, a key, a rose and a pocket watch.

Clock, rose and feather full sleeve

Black and grey fine line tattoo of two roses with leaves on a woman's inner wrist, wearing an orange top.

Rose sprig on the inner wrist

Close view of three tiny red heart tattoos in a fine line style on the inner wrist of a woman with her hand raised.

Three small red hearts on the wrist

Overhead view of a seated person with hands on their knees, showing a Japanese-style red flower tattoo on one forearm and a black and grey cloud design on the other.

Japanese-style forearm tattoos seen from above

Black fine-line tattoo of a line with a dot and small loops on the inner wrist, beside a black-and-grey tree tattoo on the upper arm.

Fine line wrist mark and tree on upper arm