Forearm tattoo ideas

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Two clenched fists show the word SELFMADE tattooed in dark letters across the knuckles, in a lettering style with teal shading on the hands.
SELFMADE lettering across knuckles
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Black and grey realism tattoo of a full moon with detailed craters on the forearm.
Full moon tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with closed eyes and a teal scale tail, surrounded by small red fish, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mermaid with red fish on a wrist
Close view of a watercolour-style lantern tattoo in orange and teal on a person's forearm, with a floral dress visible beside it.
Lantern tattoo on a forearm
Collage of eight sepia photographs of black fine line geometric tattoos with diamond, arrow and circle motifs on the forearm, upper arm, spine, ribs, neck and ankle.
Geometric line tattoos in a collage of eight
Two wrists pressed together, each with a black script word tattooed on the inner wrist, reading Stay on the left and Strong on the right.
Matching Stay and Strong wrist script
Small dark script word tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a woven bracelet, resting on red and grey plaid bedding.
Small script word tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a black script lettering tattoo quote running along a forearm, with two people embracing in the background.
Script quote on a forearm
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a grey sword with yellow poppies and green leaves, with a quote set in red lettering down the blade.
Sword and poppies with a quote on a forearm
Black linework geometric circle tattoo with a petal pattern on the inner forearm, near the wrist, beside a knitted sleeve and bangles.
Geometric circle tattoo on a wrist
Shirtless torso of a man with colour traditional-style sleeve tattoos on both arms, including a woman's head with flowers on the upper arm and a pocket watch, and black lyric text on the ribs.
Colour sleeves and lyric text on ribs
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a dense radial pattern on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top and black and white patterned trousers.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two hands cupping a crystal ball with stars and a crescent moon on an arm, with a butterfly and leaves tattooed nearby.
Hands holding a crystal ball with stars
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo spelling the word saudade across the inner wrist.
Saudade script on the wrist
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two cats with red flowers and stems on the inner forearm.
Two cats and red flowers on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a striped crescent grin above the script words We're All Mad Here.
We're All Mad Here grin and script on a wrist
Small black serif lettering reading No matter who you are, always be the good one, with a small red heart below it, on a forearm.
Quote and red heart on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of an infinity symbol pierced by an arrow, sitting on the inner wrist of a pale arm.
Infinity symbol with arrow on the wrist
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms, a detailed key on the left arm and a heart-shaped padlock on the right, with the two people holding hands.
Key and heart padlock on two forearms
Traditional coloured forearm tattoo of a pink rose, pansies and forget-me-nots, with a banner reading Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Rose and pansy banner on a forearm
Close view of a forearm with two gold metallic chevron arrow temporary tattoos above the wrist, and a row of small gold triangles on the thigh.
Gold metallic chevron and triangle temporary tattoos
Colour botanical tattoo of pink peonies, a red rose and small blue forget-me-not sprigs wrapping the outer forearm.
Peony and rose forearm tattoo
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a vintage typewriter with a sheet reading 'lost for words' on a forearm.
Typewriter with 'lost for words' on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading love on the inner wrist, with a raised fist and pink nails against a blurred outdoor background.
Script word "love" on a wrist
Black and grey photo of three hearts on a forearm: a plain outline heart, a heart with partial shading and an anatomical heart with detailed shading, in a fine line and realism style.
Three hearts on a forearm
Two hands with white ornamental mandala and scrollwork tattoos on the back of the hand and wrist, with a small word on the forearm at the right edge.
White ornamental mandala designs on hands
Botanical tattoo of a pink rose and flowers with black lace detail wrapping a forearm against a black background.
Pink rose and lace forearm tattoo
Black and grey anchor tattoo with rope detail on the forearm, with a red balloon tied to it by a thin string, in traditional style.
Anchor and red balloon on a forearm
Two fine line black tattoos on the inner wrists, a sun with a face on the left wrist and a crescent moon with a face on the right wrist.
Sun and crescent moon wrist tattoos
Black linework tattoo of a golden ratio spiral within nested rectangles on a forearm, in a fine line geometric style.
Golden ratio spiral on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork stag with antlers, a Deathly Hallows symbol and the number 9 3/4 above a geometric triangle, tattooed on a forearm.
Stag with Deathly Hallows on a forearm
Black and grey anatomical heart with blue accents over a vintage book page with dotted background, tattooed on a forearm.
Anatomical heart on a forearm
Green Celtic knot shamrock tattoo with black outlines on the forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Green Celtic knot shamrock on an arm
Black and grey fine line script reading so it goes on a forearm, with a small dot above the left side of the lettering.
Script phrase on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a checkerboard pattern melting into drips down a forearm, with soft shaded edges.
Melting checkerboard pattern on a forearm
Two forearms with traditional tattoos of a sugar skull, red roses and a swallow, shaded in black, grey and red ink.
Sugar skull, roses and swallow on both forearms
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a vintage microphone, treble clefs and music notes with smoky shading on the forearm, shown from four angles.
Vintage microphone and music notes on a forearm
Two photographs of a dragonfly tattoo with black outlines and blue and purple wings, one larger on a forearm and one smaller on an ankle.
Dragonfly tattoos on forearm and ankle
Black and white photo of a thin single-line swirl tattoo curling across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line swirl on a forearm
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and vertical lines with arrow-like points on the inner forearm.
Overlapping circles and lines on a forearm
Small colour botanical tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves and a thorned stem on the forearm.
Pink rose and thorny stem on skin
Two arms pressed together showing fine line black lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on a forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on an upper arm.
Girl Almighty and She's Not Afraid lettering
Woman taking a mirror selfie with her phone raised, showing black and grey tattoos on her arms, in a room with a shell-decorated archway and a table lamp.
Arm tattoos in a shell archway mirror selfie
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tree and misty lake landscape inside a maple leaf outline on a forearm.
Tree within a maple leaf on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a full moon with a fine outlined edge and stippled craters, on the forearm.
Moon on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a red ladybird with black spots and curled antennae on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small ladybird tattoo on wrist
Two women seen from behind sitting at the edge of a pool, one with a sleeve on her arm and ornate tattoos on her buttocks, the other with rose tattoos across her back and shoulder.
Two women with back and arm tattoos by a pool