Forearm tattoo ideas

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Black and grey crescent moon tattoo filled with musical staves and notes, shown on the inner forearm of a person wearing a red top and friendship bracelets.
Crescent moon with music staves on forearm
A grid of photographs of small script tattoos on wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck and ankle, reading words such as imagine, joy, hope and good bye, mostly in black lettering.
Grid of script word and quote tattoos
Glowing UV-reactive tattoo of a skull with a serpent coiled down through it, shown in blue-white on a forearm.
Skull and serpent on a forearm under UV light
Colourful watercolour-style paint splash tattoo with red, orange, yellow, green and blue drips on the inside of a wrist.
Rainbow paint splash on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a cartoon house with a red chimney, lifted by a cluster of pastel balloons with black outlines, on a forearm.
Cartoon house lifted by colourful balloons
Cartoon moose tattoo in tan ink with dark outlines, with a small sun with black rays beside it, on the skin of a forearm.
Cartoon moose and sun tattoo
A black linework sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a crowned queen with ornamental scrollwork and a lion or animal motif near the wrist.
Crowned queen sleeve in linework
Black and grey realism tattoo of a 1950s style sedan with chrome grille and headlights, placed on the forearm.
Vintage car tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of over-ear headphones with a trailing cable and the script words Addicted to music, on the inner forearm.
Headphones and script on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the inner forearm, with small birds flying off from its tip.
Feather dissolving into birds on a wrist
Two photos of forearm tattoos: the top shows the words Home is where your heart is in a dark serif font, and the bottom shows a black and grey cursive line of script.
Quote tattoos on the forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a purple chrysanthemum with layered petals and soft shading, on the inside of a forearm.
Purple chrysanthemum on a forearm
Shaded forearm tattoo of a snarling wolf head in a vape mod, with a green cap, a blue digital display showing 150 and a smoke cloud behind.
Wolf vape mod on a forearm
Black and white photo of a clenched fist and forearm with a fine line tattoo of a city skyline, set against a real city skyline across water.
City skyline line tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with a dotted, shaded bell and long trailing tentacles running down the arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on a forearm
Black line tattoo of four stacked geometric prisms on the forearm, drawn in a bold single-weight outline.
Stacked prism outline on a forearm
Small Darth Vader tattoo holding a red lightsaber, shown in brown and grey ink on the forearm.
Small Darth Vader with red lightsaber
Black fine line script tattoo of a Bible verse, reading God is within her, she will not fall, with a citation, running along the inside of a forearm.
Handwritten scripture on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of pyramids and a flying saucer inside a diamond frame on the inner forearm.
Pyramids and UFO in a diamond on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a geometric hourglass in pink, green and red with bold black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric hourglass on a forearm
Close-up photo of a shaded gold-toned key tattoo with a treble clef in its bow, running down the forearm.
Gold key with treble clef bow on a forearm
Black handwritten lettering reading "I'm fine" on a forearm, with a hand and silver ring visible at the lower left.
"I'm fine" handwritten lettering on an arm
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a horned goat-like creature with a fish tail curling into an S shape, shaded on the inner forearm.
Horned goat-fish creature on forearm
Black fine ink tattoo of five yin yang style symbols stacked vertically down the inner forearm near the wrist, shrinking and changing from solid to hollow.
Stacked yin yang symbols on the inner wrist
Two lines of black Roman numeral lettering in a serif font across the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Roman numerals on the inner wrist
Small solid black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a hand raised against a blue background.
Small black semicolon on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo on a forearm of cartoon Pokémon characters including Pikachu, Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle, each hanging from a black line.
Pokémon characters tied to strings on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a bird, swirling clouds and pink lotus flowers across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Bird and flower full arm sleeve
Fine line botanical tattoo of a tree with spreading roots and a curled swirl on a forearm, in dark blue-black ink.
Tree and swirl design on a forearm
Two small solid black semicolon tattoos on a forearm near the wrist, with a black watch and a braided bracelet.
Two semicolon tattoos on a forearm
Black ink script reading I love you to the moon and back, with a small crescent moon below it, on the inner forearm in a black and white photo.
Quote and crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with cursive script above it on a forearm, with the hand raised in the frame.
Realistic rose and script on a forearm
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a blood-spattered eye and red lips, above a clock face with Roman numerals and hands at the wrist.
Realistic woman's face and clock on a forearm
Three side-by-side photos of fine black tattoos: platform 9 3/4 on a wrist, Mischief Managed with footprints on a shoulder, and round glasses with a red lightning bolt and the word always on a
Three Harry Potter themed tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane on the inside of a forearm.
Lion head tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a front-facing elephant head with a cube, triangles and dotwork halo, on a forearm.
Elephant head with geometric linework
Close view of a hand wearing silver rings and a red wooden watch, with a partly covered traditional-style tattoo of red and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Partly visible tattoo on a wrist with a wooden watch
Collage of owl tattoos in fine line, traditional and realism styles on backs, arms, ankles and chests.
Owl tattoos in a varied collage
Single thin black vertical line tattoo running along a forearm, in a fine line style.
Single straight line on a forearm
Black line lotus tattoo with dotted detail on the inner wrist, with a dot above and a semicolon below.
Lotus with semicolon on inner wrist
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoos with feathers on an upper arm, and dark lace-style ornamental tattoo on the forearm, with the person's face not shown.
Dreamcatchers and lace tattoos on arm
Collage of four small black fine line tattoos on the wrist and forearm, showing a ringed planet, the words inhale exhale, a tiny heart and cross, and a heartbeat line.
Four fine line wrist tattoos in a collage
Colour tattoo of a fox standing on its hind legs within an Art Nouveau style frame, with a bird, grape vine and pink flowers, on the forearm.
Fox in an Art Nouveau frame on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a California state outline with a bear, orange poppies, waves, a Hollywood sign and a yellow banner reading Dreamer.
California state map with poppies on a forearm
Small purple butterfly tattoo with a black outline and black accents on the inner wrist of a hand.
Small purple butterfly on inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a ball of yarn with two knitting needles crossing through it, on the inner forearm.
Ball of yarn and knitting needles on a forearm
Realistic full sleeve tattoo of gears, pulleys and engine parts in bronze and orange tones, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Mechanical gears and pistons full sleeve
Black ink mandala band tattoo wrapping the wrist, with a solid black stripe and a small fine line ring tattoo on one finger.
Mandala wrist band tattoo