Forearm tattoo ideas

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Black and grey peony tattoo with two blooms and leaves on a forearm, shaded with stippled dotwork.
Two peonies on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos of lungs with branching airways and flowers on both forearms, with a small chain motif near the wrists.
Lungs and flowers on both forearms
Black and grey dotwork rose with leaves and hanging geometric drops on the forearm.
Dotwork rose on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a skull on a card labelled LA MORT, held by a hand above a geometric mandala, in a dotwork style.
Skull and hand tarot card on a forearm
Black and grey owl tattoo with a compass and ankh on the forearm, in neo-traditional style with dotwork shading.
Owl and compass on a forearm
Six small dots in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple run in a row across the inner wrist, in a dotwork style.
Six rainbow dots on the inside of a wrist
Black and grey wine glass tattoo on a forearm, its bowl filled with a curling wave and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork style.
Wine glass with wave on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering a forearm, with a large flower near the elbow and geometric patterns running down towards the wrist.
Mandala forearm sleeve in black and grey dotwork
Black and pale ink snakes coil together on a forearm above the words don't panic in script, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Intertwined snakes and script on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a city skyline, a sign reading EDGE, a dog and a seated child on a horizontal line, in a dotwork and line style.
City skyline, dog and child on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo with fine linework and dotwork shading on the inner arm.
Great wave tattoo with dotwork shading
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pine tree and mountains inside a dotted diamond and solid triangle, on the inner forearm.
Pine tree and mountains on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of planets in a row down the inner forearm, including two ringed planets and a banded planet in the middle.
Solar system planets down a forearm
Two black ink tattoos on forearms: an avocado cut in half with dotwork shading on the left, and a pineapple outline on the right.
Avocado and pineapple tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central flower and scrolled petal ring, shown on the outer forearm of a person in a blurred street setting.
Dotwork mandala on the forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a solid black heart with a dotted border, two red flowers and an orange flower with dark green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Black heart with red flowers on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm.
Small wave in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a skull with a snake coiling through it, on the forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with mandala patterns and a curled trunk on the inside of a forearm, photographed against gravel.
Ornate elephant mandala on a forearm
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a tipi with a crescent moon and mountains on a forearm, set against a wooden fence.
Tipi, crescent moon and mountains on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork armband tattoo on a forearm, with stippled shading fading into a dark treeline-like edge and a small dot above it.
Dotwork band with treeline on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a wrist, with diamond and dot linework running down the back of the hand and fingers.
Mandala wrist and hand tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an eye inside a dotwork geometric star mandala on the forearm.
Eye in a geometric mandala on a forearm
Black and grey forest tattoo with pine trees, a bare tree and small birds across a raised forearm, fading to dotwork at the base.
Forest and birds across forearms
Two forearms with black hexagonal blackwork tattoos filled with lace-like floral and web patterns, one sitting on each forearm.
Hexagon lace tattoos on two forearms
Black ink conifer tree with stippled roots running down a forearm, set against grey pavement and green ferns.
Conifer tree on a forearm
Black fine line fern frond tattoo with dotwork accents running along the forearm.
Fern frond on a forearm
Two black and grey dotwork leaf tattoos on forearms, one inside a stippled circle and the other within a swirling dotted outline.
Matching dotwork leaf tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a half ribcage with spine, a stippled flower and a moth, in a dotwork style.
Ribcage, flower and moth on a forearm
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted line below it on the inner forearm, above a brown leather watch strap.
Lotus mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork rose cluster with leaves and a rosebud tattooed on the forearm, shown in two photos, one wider and one close up.
Rose cluster on a forearm in black and grey
Forearm tattoo of dark pine trees fading into dots at the wrist, with a small orange crescent moon and a pink sky wash, shown from two angles.
Pine forest and crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an open portable record player with a vinyl record and tonearm on the forearm.
Portable turntable with vinyl on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a perched bird, half solid black and half dotted shading, crossed by thin triangle and square lines on a forearm.
Bird with geometric triangles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a full skeleton with a skull and laurel wreath, on the inner forearm.
Skeleton and laurel wreath on a forearm
Black and grey barn owl tattoo with falling raindrops and stippled shading, placed on the forearm.
Barn owl under rain on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a winged anatomical heart above an oval frame holding two cats, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart with two cats
Black dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a seedling with roots, then a stippled soil block, a patterned pot and a saucer stacked in a vertical sequence.
Seedling and potting stages on a forearm
Two matching yin yang tattoos on forearms, one a dotwork outline with a mandala and the other a blackwork mandala and paisley fill, in black ink.
Matching yin yang mandala forearm tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a headstone-shaped plaque reading BE KIND, framed by two daffodil-style flowers and leaves, on a forearm.
Be kind headstone with daffodils on an arm
Fine line tattoo of a small cluster of stars with a faint dotted haze on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small star cluster on inner forearm
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with a geometric triangle and dotwork accents on a forearm.
Butterfly and triangle on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a woman's head with hair covering her eyes and a songbird perched on top, sitting on the forearm.
Woman with bird over eyes on forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a skull with branches and a rose on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering a forearm, with layered petals, a geometric star at the wrist and soft shading.
Mandala forearm tattoo in black and grey
Colour and black dotwork tattoo of a yin yang design with a lotus motif and the word Balance, on the inner forearm.
Yin yang with watercolour and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mandalas, swirls and lotus flowers covering a forearm.
Mandala and lotus sleeve on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a sun, crescent moon and dotted chains on the inner wrist, with the words Psalms and 148:3 beside them.
Sun and moon wrist tattoo with Psalms text