Forearm tattoo ideas

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Two matching black and grey tattoos on the inner forearms, a heart-shaped padlock with the word Always and an ornate key with the word Forever, edged with dotted lines.
Matching padlock and key tattoos on wrists
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of an open palm diagram surrounded by French text on the forearm.
Palmistry hand and French text on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoos of a feather with a flock of birds rising from its tip, on both forearms of a person in a black top.
Bird flock rising from feathers on both forearms
Colour tattoo of an anime-style character in a straw hat and red scarf on the forearm, with black and grey shading behind it.
Anime character with stretched arm on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a geometric star within clouds and falling dashes, ending in a faceted pendant, on the inner forearm.
Geometric star and pendant on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a stack of books, red roses and green leaves, with a banner reading I've lived a thousand lives, on a forearm.
Stacked books and roses with a banner
Black ink compass rose with an eight-point star, scalloped ornament and dotted circle on a forearm, in fine line style.
Compass rose on a forearm
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading For thou art with me and Ps 23:4 across the inner forearm.
Psalm 23:4 quote on the inner forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an antique sundial and Roman numeral clock face wrapping around a forearm.
Realistic sundial and clock face on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of three arrows in dark ink with reddish fletching on a woman's forearm, below a grey sleeve and beside long loose hair.
Three arrows on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical arrow with feather fletching and stacked crescent moons and circles on a forearm.
Arrow with crescent moons on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Bambi and Thumper from Disney's Bambi, with blue swirls and sparkles, on the forearm.
Bambi and Thumper on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with an eight-point star inside a circle and arrow points, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a hand, a lighthouse, a crescent moon and stars inside a large triangle, with smaller triangles below.
Lighthouse, hand and night sky in a triangle on a forearm
Close-up of a small row of tiny coloured dots in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple tattooed on a forearm, in front of a rainbow-striped backdrop.
Small rainbow dot tattoo on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a solar system with orbit rings and small coloured planets, plus geometric crystal outlines, on the inside of a forearm against grass.
Solar system and crystals on a forearm
Hand-drawn orange seahorse with a black outline and a blue wash behind it, with rising bubbles above, on the forearm near the elbow.
Seahorse with bubbles on a forearm
Man in a navy polo shirt showing an eye tattoo with red linework on his neck, a geometric eye tattoo on his upper arm and a rose tattoo on his forearm.
Eye tattoos on neck and arms
Colourful butterfly tattoo with a loose, painted watercolour look on the forearm, with a small solid black circle tattoo near the wrist.
Painted-style butterfly on a forearm
Small grey elephant holding a pink heart balloon on a string, in fine line style, on the wrist.
Elephant holding a heart balloon on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo on the inner forearm of a person in a white vest top, showing a cat silhouette and small heart joined by a heartbeat trace.
Cat and heartbeat line on a forearm
Black script lettering reading psalm 46:5 across the inner wrist, drawn in a fine, flowing hand.
Psalm 46:5 script on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of descending circles and dots on the forearm, with one circle crossed by a diagonal line, against a floral fabric background.
Descending circles on a forearm
Small black fine line compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W points on the inner wrist, set against a coloured vintage map.
Compass rose on the inner wrist
Two small black fine line tattoos on forearms, a sewing machine on the left arm and a pair of scissors on the right arm.
Sewing machine and scissors on forearms
Fine line black script tattoo spelling the word smile across the inner wrist, with a green sleeve at the left edge of the frame.
Smile script tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black script reading forgiven on a wrist, with a raised fist and snowy evergreens behind.
Forgiven script on a wrist
Close-up of a hand holding red and white twine, with a teal and black lettering and anchor design on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lettering and anchor on the inner wrist
Realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a clock face, a classical statue, a red rose and a knight's shield with a red cross, in black and grey with red accents.
Clock, statue and red rose sleeve
Black ink tattoo of the numerals 9 and 3/4 on the inner wrist, set in a bold serif style.
Nine and three quarters on a wrist
Three stacked photos of a forearm with a black world map tattoo on the outer forearm and a small line of text near the wrist.
Black world map tattoo on a forearm
Black ornamental feather tattoo with floral and swirl detailing on a forearm, resting on a paisley patterned bedspread.
Ornamental feather tattoo on a forearm
Small solid black fine tattoo of a semicolon whose dot is a Mickey Mouse head silhouette, on the forearm of pale skin.
Small black semicolon tattoo with mouse-ear dot
Black and grey geometric bear head with fractured sketch lines and pine trees beneath it, tattooed on a forearm.
Geometric bear head on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a thin trailing line and the word Believe on the inner wrist of a clenched fist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo sleeve of roses over a mesh grid on the upper arm and shoulder, with a half fan design on the forearm.
Rose sleeve over mesh and a fan on the arm
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script word tattooed along the inner forearm, running diagonally from wrist towards elbow.
Fine line cursive script on a forearm
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal sleeve tattoo covering a seated man's upper arm and part of his forearm.
Polynesian-style arm sleeve tattoo
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with a multicoloured striped scarf on the forearm.
TARDIS and scarf on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of two roses with leaves in a traditional style, shown on the forearm against a white background.
Two roses in outline on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a nail cross on a forearm, with the word Galatians above it and 6:17 AMP beside it.
Nail cross with Galatians 6:17 lettering on forearm
Colour lettering tattoo spelling CHICAGO across a forearm, with each letter filled with bold red, blue, orange, green and yellow patterns.
Chicago lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spotted fawn standing side on, placed on the outer arm.
Small fawn tattoo on an arm
Black and white photo from behind of a man in a flat cap and vest with a butterfly tattoo on his forearm and a black-and-grey animal design on his upper arm.
Tattooed arm and shoulder of a man in a flat cap
Realistic colour tattoo of two plumeria flowers with pink, red and orange petals shaded to yellow, on the forearm.
Two plumeria flowers on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the forearm of stacked pink toy blocks with letters, skulls, crossbones and hearts.
Stacked letter blocks with skulls on a forearm
Small fine line Hello Kitty tattoo with a pink bow on the inside of a forearm, below a green knitted sleeve.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey rose and mandala sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, seen in a mirror selfie in a white top and denim shorts.
Rose and mandala sleeve on a forearm and upper arm