Forearm tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of two swallows in flight on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a beaded bracelet below.
Two swallows in flight on the wrist
Black and white photo of a man seen from behind, showing a large Japanese style back tattoo of an eagle, waves and clouds, with script lettering and tattoos on his upper arms and forearms.
Full back piece with eagle and waves
Black geometric band tattoo of triangles and chevrons wrapped around a forearm near the wrist, in blackwork style.
Geometric band tattoo around a forearm
Fine line black cross tattoo with a small heart shape at its centre, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small cross tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a short dotted line below it, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a gold chain bracelet and an orange bangle.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork paisley and dotwork sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, worn with a dark tank top.
Paisley blackwork sleeve on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a ferris wheel, spired towers and two hot air balloons on the inside of a forearm.
City skyline line tattoo on a forearm
Colourful painterly brushstroke tattoo wrapping a man's upper arm and forearm in orange, red, yellow, teal and black.
Painterly brushstroke sleeve tattoo
Black and white mirror photo of a shirtless man with a geometric blackwork sleeve on one arm and a mandala tattoo on the shoulder.
Blackwork sleeve and shoulder mandala
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a city skyline with a tall spired skyscraper, on the inside of a wrist beside a braided bracelet.
City skyline on a wrist
Black and grey botanical forearm tattoo of a speckled songbird on a branch, with leaves, a snowflake and a flower inside a tall outline shape.
Bird, leaves and snowflake forearm tattoo
Black geometric tattoo on a forearm with an eye-like shape, triangles, circles and starburst marks in fine and solid lines.
Black geometric linework on a forearm
Blue-ink botanical tattoo of a bouquet of pansies and small flowers with a butterfly, on the outer forearm.
Blue floral bouquet on a forearm
Woman in white lingerie standing in a kitchen, showing a sleeve tattoo of flowers and figures across her upper arm, forearm and side.
Sleeve tattoo with flowers on arm and side
Neo-trad style tattoo on a forearm of a heart made from banknotes marked 100 and 10, with scrollwork and a red banner reading MOM.
Money heart with MOM banner on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with diamond motifs and dotwork across the back of a hand, with a beaded bracelet on the wrist.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line tattoo of three arrows running diagonally across the inner forearm near the wrist, in black and grey ink.
Three arrows on a forearm
Black and grey realism style rose tattoo with leaves on the forearm of a person sitting on a bed beside a fur throw.
Black and grey rose on a forearm
Black ink Nike swoosh with the words I DO IT on the forearm, beside a hand holding a fan of hundred dollar bills.
Nike swoosh and I DO IT lettering on wrist
Woman wearing a white tee with a yellow sun mandala print, showing black script and fine-line tattoos on her forearm and upper arm.
Woman in sun and moon mandala tee with arm tattoos
Close-up photograph of a small white ink paw print tattoo with a heart in the central pad, on the wrist and forearm.
Paw print with heart on a wrist
Two arms in striped sleeves show metallic gold and silver geometric tattoos on the wrists, including linked circles and a honeycomb pattern.
Metallic gold geometric wrist tattoos
Red poppies with dark centres and grey lily of the valley sprigs in a botanical tattoo on a forearm, shown in two photographs.
Poppies and lily of the valley on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti in profile, wearing her crown, on the inner forearm, with another hand holding the arm.
Nefertiti bust in dotwork on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a pine forest with roots along the forearm, in a blackwork style.
Black pine forest band on a forearm
Soft, wispy smoke-like tattoo in purple and red shading across a forearm, photographed against a pale background.
Purple and red smoke tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey hatched sketch of a crouching rabbit tattoo on a woman's forearm, with jeans visible at the hip.
Crouching rabbit on a forearm
Small black serif capital letters tattooed on the inner wrist, resting on a patterned fleece and a yellow blanket.
Small Greek capital lettering on wrist
Matching black fine line script tattoos on two forearms, one with a Mickey Mouse head and "Every day for the", the other with a Minnie Mouse head and "rest of our lives".
Matching Mickey and Minnie quote tattoos
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo with grey dotwork mandalas and a flower of life pattern on the upper arm, and red and teal feather forms running down the forearm.
Full sleeve of mandalas and red and teal feathers
Black outline tattoo of a rose with serrated leaves on the inside of a forearm, in a botanical style.
Outline rose on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a heart-shaped dreamcatcher with two feathers and small birds, with script lettering above, on the forearm.
Heart dreamcatcher with feathers on forearm
Red rose tattoo with green leaves and a small bud on the outer forearm, drawn in a coloured botanical illustration style.
Red rose on a forearm
Close-up of a small solid black cross tattoo on the forearm of a person wearing a dark knit top and denim sleeve.
Black cross on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a black smiley face with X eyes inside a ring, with black spikes and splatter dots, over a pink and teal watercolour wash.
Smiley face with X eyes on forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of two anime characters, one with spiky black hair and a blue vest, and a small blue-haired child, with yellow FATHER lettering below.
Anime father and child on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the solar system with a sun and dashed orbit lines wrapping around a forearm.
Solar system with sun on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Valar Morghulis with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Valar Morghulis script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a continuous wavy line with a small sprig of leaves and a tiny mark on a man's forearm near the elbow.
Single line sprig on a forearm
Collage of four black linework tattoos on forearms: an ornamental arrow with a knotted shaft, a geometric arrow, a spiral with a lotus flower, and a dagger with a crescent moon.
Four linework arrows, knots and dagger tattoos on forearms
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red flower, two yellow flowers and green leaves around two ribbon banners that read NO RULES.
No rules banner and flowers on a forearm
Black geometric unicorn tattoo with faceted hatched linework on a forearm, with its paper stencil beside it.
Geometric unicorn tattoo on a forearm
White ink script tattoo reading you are enough across the inner wrist, with a fine flowing swash beneath the words.
You are enough script on the wrist
Two hands with a colour nautical star on the back of one hand, LOVE on the knuckles, and Japanese-style dragon and koi tattoos on the arms and legs behind them.
Nautical star and Japanese sleeve on hands
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a koi carp with chrysanthemums and clouds in Japanese style, shown from three angles on an upper arm.
Koi and chrysanthemum arm sleeve
Black outline tattoo of the world map across a forearm, showing the continents in simple linework with light shading.
World map outline on forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red-eyed tree frog perched on a green stem beside a pink flower, shown on the forearm.
Red-eyed tree frog and pink flower on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a fox's head in profile on the forearm, shown from two angles side by side.
Realistic fox portrait on a forearm