Forearm tattoo ideas

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Dark line drawing of a stylised bird with a curled crest, swept wings and spiral tail on a forearm, in a henna-like style.
Stylised bird design on a forearm
Blue and black feather tattoo with dark splatter dots running up the forearm.
Blue feather with ink splatter on a forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo of oak leaves and tree bark in colour, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Oak leaves and bark arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of segmented plate armour covering a full arm sleeve from shoulder to wrist.
Segmented armour arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo on the forearm of a man with swept-back hair in a dark jacket, his hands gripping the lapels beneath a banner reading THE KING IS DEAD.
Black and grey portrait with banner on forearm
Realism style tattoo on a forearm showing a grey metallic capsule with red lenses and a red nautical star.
Metal capsule and red star on forearm
Black and grey realism forearm sleeve tattoo with a red Fight Club label at the wrist, showing a face, figures on a street and a cityscape.
Realism forearm sleeve with Fight Club card
Black lettering reading Victim with a line through it above Survivor, with a coloured pencil and pink eraser, tattooed on a forearm.
Crossed-out Victim and Survivor lettering with pencil
Black script lettering reading Come together on the inner forearm, with a dark elastic band just below it.
Come together script on a forearm
Colourful jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with a red bell, long trailing tentacles and a teal watercolour-style background.
Red jellyfish on a forearm
Colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing soot sprites, a hilltop castle, a girl with a cat and a bathhouse scene in a landscape of clouds and hills.
Studio Ghibli inspired full sleeve
Colour forearm tattoo of a geometric star over a galaxy sky, with green aurora light and black pine trees at the wrist.
Geometric star and pine forest on a forearm
Three small fine line elephant tattoos, one on a shoulder and two on forearms, each elephant with a small red accent.
Matching elephant tattoos on shoulder and forearms
Colourful galaxy tattoo on the inner forearm, with magenta and purple nebula clouds, blue wash and small white stars.
Magenta and blue galaxy on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a world map with two compass roses and dashed route lines, across the forearm.
World map with compass roses on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style owl tattoo with loose black linework and blue, orange, red and purple washes on a forearm.
Watercolour owl on a forearm
Realism-style tattoo of a hundred dollar banknote on a forearm, with a figure in sunglasses and a cigarette in place of the portrait.
Hundred dollar bill tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a fine line sun with rays and a crescent moon tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Sun and crescent moon on the inner wrist
Black and grey anchor inside an ornate circular frame with dotted chains and drop pendants, tattooed on the forearm.
Anchor in an ornate frame on a forearm
Black and red tattoo on the inner forearm showing an Om symbol above a red lotus flower and an endless knot, with small dots above and below, in a linework style.
Om, lotus and endless knot on a forearm
Three-panel photo of two people embracing, showing a black and grey rose tattoo on a hip, a sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, and a small hand tattoo.
Rose tattoo on hip with sleeve and feather
Full colour sleeve tattoo across the upper arm and forearm showing Totoro, No-Face, soot sprites, a bathhouse and a castle in a green landscape.
Full sleeve with Totoro, No-Face and soot sprites
Fine line tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist showing a stethoscope with a red heart chest piece, a grey nurse cap and a pink heartbeat trace.
Stethoscope, heart and nurse cap on wrist
Close-up photograph of a solid black tattoo of a stylised capital A inside a circle, with a jagged arrow-like cut, on a forearm.
Avengers-style A logo on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red flower, yellow bud, green leaves and a blue banner reading LET THINGS HAPPEN.
Red flower and banner on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, showing a dot, a thin line, stacked loops and a curled spiral at the bottom.
Fine line dot, loops and spiral on forearm
Two black tattoos on forearms: a dark cap over a hand-like outline on the left, and a bearded face in a cap in silhouette on the right.
Matching cap and beard silhouette tattoos
Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a shaded rose above a skull with smoky background shading.
Rose and skull full sleeve
Black and grey tattoo of two ravens perched on a bare branch across the inner wrist, shown from two angles.
Two ravens on a branch on a wrist
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a blue TARDIS police box above the word Geronimo in black lettering, with a red fez and bow tie, on a loose watercolour splash.
TARDIS and Geronimo on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo on a forearm showing the AC/DC logo above a chained bell marked AC/DC, set against orange flames.
AC/DC logo and bell on a forearm
Black lace-pattern blackwork sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm, elbow, forearm and back of the hand.
Lace sleeve tattoo on an arm
Black lettering on a forearm reading "A book is a loaded gun", set in a plain serif typeface in a lettering style on the inner forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black ink crescent moon with botanical and lace-like detailing on a forearm, shown against a plain white background.
Ornate crescent moon on a forearm
Close-up of a gold metallic henna-style design with black accents across the back of a hand and along the forearm, on dark skin.
Gold henna-style design on hand and forearm
Close-up of the word CONTINUE tattooed in black lettering on a forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Continue lettering with semicolon on forearm
Black ink tattoo of a dragon curled around a twenty-sided die, with a spiral tail and smaller dice, on the inner forearm.
Dragon and dice on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading 525,600 Minutes on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
525,600 Minutes lettering on a wrist
Black and white photo of symmetrical geometric mandala blackwork tattoos on both forearms of a person seated on a chair.
Geometric mandala tattoos on both forearms
Black script lettering reading family tattooed on the inner forearm of a hand raised near the wrist, in black ink.
Script word tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a dark brown heart filled with leopard print spots on the forearm, above a silver charm bracelet.
Leopard print heart on a forearm
Small cartoon elephant tattoo with sketchy black linework and blue and purple watercolour splashes on the forearm.
Sketchy elephant with watercolour splash on forearm
Fine line black daisy tattoos on the inner wrist, beside a thin gold bangle and pale pink nails.
Three daisies on a wrist
Two matching cartoon characters tattooed on inner forearms, one blue and one yellow, each with a small red heart on its body.
Matching blue and yellow characters on forearms
Purple goldfish with flowing violet, pink and teal fins, shown as a colour tattoo on the forearm beside its original painted design.
Purple goldfish tattoo on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a tomahawk forming a cross, with a wood-grain handle, lettering on the blade and a feather with teal beads, on a forearm.
Tomahawk cross with feather on a forearm
Black and grey lace-style floral sleeve tattoo running from the upper arm to the forearm, worn by a person in a dark red dress.
Lace-style floral sleeve on the arm
Black and grey geometric dotwork full sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with star and mandala patterns.
Geometric dotwork full sleeve on an arm