Forearm tattoo ideas

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Black ink sun with a human face and long wavy rays tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Sun with a face on the inner wrist
Two small solid black bird silhouettes tattooed on the inner wrist of a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Two small birds on the wrist
Two matching fine line black tattoos on forearms, each showing an outlined heart with the word sisters in script and a looping line below.
Matching sisters heart tattoos on forearms
Silver and white ornamental linework designs on a woman's forearms and hands, with a metallic chain pendant over a blue crochet bikini.
Silver ornamental designs on forearms and hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a detailed eye with long lashes on the forearm, with a figure and a cross tattooed alongside it.
Realistic eye tattoo on an arm
Colourful traditional-style sleeve of peonies, roses and a unicorn on a woman's arm, with lettering on her fingers and a white t-shirt behind.
Traditional floral sleeve with peonies and roses
Two wrists with fine line black tattoos: a dotted heart with paw prints on one wrist and a small crown on the other.
Dotted heart with paw prints and a small crown
Shaded grey heart with a white looping trail and a small red aeroplane, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Heart with plane trail on a wrist
Black and grey handwritten script tattoo on the inner forearm, worn below a sheer lace sleeve beside a cameo pendant.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of tall pine trees and rocky ground across the outer forearm.
Pine forest on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline that trails into a heartbeat line, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
City skyline and heartbeat line on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of seven circular emblems in a vertical column on the inner forearm, including a hammer, a shield with a star and an eagle.
Seven superhero emblems down a forearm
Black and grey pine trees tattooed on a forearm, with the shading fading into the skin towards the wrist.
Pine forest fading down a forearm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a noodle bowl with chopsticks and green garnish on a forearm, partly covered by a paracord bracelet with a metal clasp.
Noodle bowl tattoo on a forearm
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a stack of bowls in blue, red and teal with black outlines, on the forearm.
Stacked bowls tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tree with roots and falling leaves on a thigh, with a sketched design on the forearm of a seated person in denim shorts.
Bare tree on thigh with forearm sketch
Two small black fine line tattoos of a bass clef and a treble clef, one on each inner wrist.
Bass and treble clef tattoos on wrists
Small black fine line butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand holding a clear faceted crystal and beaded bracelets in a snowy outdoor setting.
Small butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Two matching forearm tattoos of geometric pyramid outlines in thin black linework, with pink and blue watercolour splashes.
Matching geometric pyramids on two forearms
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather with black outlines and an orange and blue eye, running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Peacock feather tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photograph of a traditional-style rose tattoo on a forearm, with the wrist raised and a striped shirt cuff beneath it.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat face with yellow eyes and a red polka dot bandana on the inner forearm.
Grey cat with red bandana on forearm
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm of a tombstone-shaped outline with a small cherub at the top, grass at the base, and the words EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT in capitals.
Tombstone quote tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of the Libra scales zodiac symbol on the inner wrist, with succulents in a pot behind.
Libra scales symbol on the inner wrist
Pink script lettering reading Angel on the inner forearm, with a metal watch on the wrist above it.
Pink script word on inner forearm
Back view of a woman with raised arms, showing a large colourful back tattoo of an ornate octopus-like central design and a blue and purple arm sleeve.
Ornate octopus back piece and colour sleeve
Black and grey dotwork moon tattoo on the upper arm near the elbow, with a thin fine line curving on the forearm below.
Small shaded moon on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small plus sign between two angle brackets on the inner forearm, with the arm raised against a plain wall.
Small angle bracket symbol on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a skull wreathed in orange flames and smoke on a forearm, with a metal engine part below.
Flaming skull on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala shaped as a turtle, with pink, green and yellow watercolour splashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Mandala turtle on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an owl face with yellow daisies and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Owl and daisies on a forearm
Two matching colour tattoos of chibi Anna and Elsa from Frozen, one on each wrist of a pair of arms held together.
Anna and Elsa chibi wrist tattoos
Traditional tattoos on a forearm showing an elephant over a Truth banner, a star with a Beauty banner, a Freedom banner above a figure, and a heart with a Love banner.
Stacked traditional tattoos on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of grey seed heads on thin stems above a shaded geometric circle, with orange and red vertical streaks below.
Seed heads and geometric circle on a forearm
Colourful tattoo on a forearm of a sunrise over mountains and a winding river, set inside an ornate grey shaded frame.
Mountain landscape in an ornate frame on a forearm
Black fine line geometric tattoo of arrows, circles, triangles and dots running diagonally down the forearm.
Geometric arrows and circles on a forearm
Two people with interlocked arms show black script tattoos: Every Saint Has A Past on a woman's forearm and Every Sinner Has A Future on a man's forearm.
Matching Every Saint and Sinner forearm tattoos
Colour Botanical tattoo of three sunflowers with yellow petals and brown centres, across the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Three sunflowers across a wrist
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves on a forearm, photographed against a plastic-wrapped background.
Shaded rose on the forearm
Black and grey antler tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a brown and white dog resting its head beside the arm.
Antler tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small leafy sprig with two long stems on the inner forearm, with a braided bracelet on the wrist above it.
Small botanical sprig on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a detailed eye with long lashes and a shaded iris on a forearm.
Realistic eye tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line mandala flower tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a knitted sleeve.
Small mandala flower on a forearm
Black and grey engraved-style crest tattoo with a lion-like figure and a curling banner bearing partly visible lettering, on the inner forearm.
Engraved crest with banner on forearm
Black fine line script reading stay alive, framed by two parallel lines in a band around the inside of a wrist.
Stay alive script between two lines on a wrist
Colour tattoo of the BB-8 droid in orange and white with a Resistance emblem behind it, on the inner forearm, shown beside a close-up detail.
BB-8 droid with Resistance emblem on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos cover a woman's arm, hand, thigh, calf and ankle as she kneels on sand beside the water.
Black and grey tattoo sleeve and leg on beach
Two clenched fists show blocky lettering tattoos on the wrists: blue Don't Blink on one arm and red Don't Panic on the other.
Matching Don't Blink and Don't Panic wrist tattoos