Forearm tattoo ideas

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Woman seen from behind with black floral scrollwork tattoos across her back and upper arms, hands clasped at her waist and rings on her fingers.
Floral scrollwork tattoo across a woman's back
Woman in a cropped black top and leather trousers, showing a leopard print tattoo on her upper arm, a wing tattoo on her forearm and a figure tattoo on her side.
Leopard print and wing tattoos on arm and torso
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas and roses covering the upper arm and forearm, worn by a person in a black graphic vest top.
Black and grey mandala and rose arm sleeve
A fine line tattoo row of kitchen utensils, including a grater, rolling pin and red oven mitt, runs across the inside of a forearm held above a steel mixing bowl.
Row of kitchen utensils on a forearm
A woman in a bikini wades in turquoise water beside a boat, showing a large black ornamental sleeve tattoo with floral and tribal patterns on her right arm, in blackwork style on the upper arm and
Blackwork floral sleeve on a woman's arm
Japanese full sleeve tattoo with a samurai mask, koi, lotus flowers, a green dragon and waves, shown on an upper arm next to its flash design.
Samurai, koi and dragon Japanese full sleeve
Colour tattoo of a smiling matryoshka nesting doll with red roses on a forearm, in a traditional style with bold outlines, against a red and white striped background.
Matryoshka doll and roses on a forearm
Two small fine line black yin yang tattoos, one on each of two people's forearms, with their hands clasped.
Matching yin yang tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey peony flowers with leaves tattooed on a forearm, photographed against white bedding.
Peony flowers on a forearm
Two black dotwork tattoos on the wrists, a row of planet-like circles with a ringed planet on the left wrist and scattered star dots on the right.
Planet and star dots on both wrists
Black and grey peony tattoo with leaves and buds across the inner forearm, shaded in dotwork.
Peonies on a 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
Colour tattoo of the Batman bat symbol filled with a blue, purple and orange galaxy design with small white stars, on a forearm.
Galaxy-filled bat symbol on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a film camera with red roses, green leaves and a film strip on the forearm.
Camera and roses on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red and black outlined heart with two black paw prints on the inner wrist and forearm.
Red heart with paw prints on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cat wearing a flat cap, round glasses and a bow tie, holding a glass beside stacked books and pink flowers.
Cat in cap and glasses with books on forearm
Close-up of a hand with red nails and a line of gold dotwork across the fingers and back of the hand, with metallic wave bands on the wrist.
Gold dot and metallic wave designs on a hand
Black fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north marker and the words not all those who wander are lost, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and quote on the inner forearm
Black linework tattoo of a geometric emblem within a circle, with a quote beneath it, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric emblem and quote on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a rifle with a helmet and boots beside a faded flag, with the script words All Gave Some and Some Gave All.
Battlefield cross with helmet and boots on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bouquet of flowers and long leaves tied with stems, on the inner forearm.
Flower bouquet tattoo on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of an arrow, diamond and dot symbols on the inner wrist, with a triangle, eye and circle design across the back of the hand.
Symbols across wrist and hand
Black and white photo of a small fine line sun tattoo on one wrist and a small crescent moon tattoo on the other, with the forearms in a grey sweater.
Sun and crescent moon on wrists
Two people holding hands, each with a small black flock of birds tattooed on the inner forearm, one person wearing a camera strap.
Matching bird flock tattoos on forearms
Black fine line tattoo of an arrow with feather fletching crossed by overlapping circles, on the inner forearm.
Arrow and overlapping circles on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of lips biting down on teeth, with hatched line shading, on the forearm against a dark background.
Biting lips tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an eye with lashes and brow inside an upright triangle, on the inner forearm.
Eye in a triangle on the inner arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, compass rose and world map on a forearm.
Pocket watch, compass and map on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a small songbird perched on ornate scrollwork on a forearm.
Songbird on scrollwork on a forearm
Two photos: a fine line V-shaped band tattoo on a wrist on the left, and a black and grey blackwork band with a large flower across a forearm on the right.
Wrist V-band and floral forearm band
Colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a teal tail on a forearm, shown beside a separate teal tail design.
Cartoon mermaid on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cocktail glass showing palm trees and a red sun, with a parasol and orange slice, on the forearm.
Cocktail with palm tree sunset on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of four geometric triangle and symbol shapes in a row on a forearm.
Four geometric triangle symbols on a forearm
Japanese-style tattoo covering a torso and both arms, with a large koi fish, peonies, clouds and a moon on the chest and a colour peony sleeve on each arm.
Japanese koi, peony and cloud torso and sleeves
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head in profile on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark floral top.
Cat portrait on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of an arrow with a compass star inside a dotted circle, on a forearm.
Arrow and compass star on a forearm
Three wrists placed side by side show matching fine line outline elephant tattoos on the forearm, each with a raised trunk, and two have small hearts above.
Matching elephant tattoos on three wrists
Raised hand holding a pink ice lolly above a forearm with four small coloured popsicle tattoos.
Popsicle tattoos on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sun and crescent moon above a hanging chain of dots and stars on the inner wrist and forearm.
Sun, moon and star chain on a wrist
A woman in a lace dress shows a full colour sleeve tattoo of roses and flowers covering her upper arm and forearm, holding hands with a man in a grey suit.
Full colour rose sleeve on an arm held by a partner
Red script lettering over a dark horizontal bar with small star marks, tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Red script lettering on a forearm
Black fine script lettering reading Riddikulus with a small wand motif, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Riddikulus script on forearm
Colour tattoo of four interlocking puzzle pieces in blue, yellow, green and red with black outlines, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Four puzzle pieces tattoo on the forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a grey snake coiled around two daggers with green drips, on the outer arm.
Snake wrapped around two daggers on an arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo on the inner forearm, built from fine linework and dotwork in a symmetrical floral design.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of two clasped hands inside a red heart with a beaded border, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a beaded heart on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo sleeve with a crystal, peace sign, heart, pentagram and crescent moon, worn below a black t-shirt.
Black and grey symbol sleeve on a forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoos on the forearms of two crossed arms against a plain light background.
Matching arrow tattoos on crossed forearms