Forearm tattoo ideas

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Black and grey photo of the words wish you were here tattooed in small serif lettering across a forearm.
Wish you were here lettering on a forearm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a seated animal with a long curled tail on the forearm near the wrist.
Seated animal silhouette on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a watercolour-style paint splash in red, yellow, green and blue on the inside of a wrist, with the hand visible above.
Watercolour splash on the wrist
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, surrounded by paisley and mandala patterns, on the upper arm and forearm.
Ganesha and ornamental full arm sleeve
Full arm sleeve of fine white ink ornamental patterns on a woman's arm from shoulder to wrist, with a white halter top.
White ink sleeve tattoo on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of the letter G, two angle brackets and a V on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm facing up.
Small letters and symbols on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with curled flourishes and the word love in cursive script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script on a forearm
Two photographs of a black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a winged armoured angel, a skeleton with wings and a skull.
Full sleeve of angels, skeleton and skull in grey
Colour neo-traditional full sleeve of flowers and swirls running from the shoulder to the wrist of an arm.
Full sleeve of colourful flowers on an arm
Black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with a bicycle in the centre, on the inner forearm, in a black and white photo.
Heartbeat line with bicycle on forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grinning skull wearing a tan cowboy hat and striped green and yellow bandana, on the inner forearm.
Skull in cowboy hat on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Beauty in script above a vertical blackletter BEAST on a forearm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a dark dragon breathing orange fire above a lighthouse on the sea, shown on the inner forearm.
Dragon breathing fire on a forearm
Colourful fox tattoo with pink, purple and teal swirling patterns and black linework on the inner forearm.
Colourful fox tattoo on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a globe, a grey VOYAGE banner, two pink and orange roses and green leaves.
Globe, roses and VOYAGE banner on a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos of a triangle-framed circle symbol, one in blue watercolour wash and one in red, with the wrists touching.
Matching blue and red forearm symbol tattoos
Black outline tattoo of a world map across the inner forearm, with a wristwatch showing a map dial worn on the wrist beside it.
World map outline on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dandelion clock on the forearm, with its seeds turning into a flock of birds flying upwards.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on a forearm
Black line lotus mandala tattoo with dangling star and moon charms and blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Lotus mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of autumn leaves in red, orange and purple wrapping around a forearm, shown in five stacked close-up photographs.
Autumn leaves across a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo of a sugar skull woman with roses and a skull, running from the shoulder down the forearm.
Sugar skull woman and roses full sleeve
A line-drawn vintage microphone tattoo with yellow shading on the upper forearm of a woman in a pale pink dress and blue belt.
Vintage microphone tattoo on forearm
A shaded outline tattoo of a scythe with a small heart at the top of its handle, on the forearm.
Scythe with a heart on the forearm
Two panels of abstract geometric tattoos: a stippled face with orange and blue accents on a forearm, and a tree, bird, hand and sun on a back.
Abstract face on forearm and tree on back
Two forearms shown side by side with a watercolour-style tattoo of a howling wolf, a bare tree, a flying bird and a yellow moon on the forearms.
Wolf, tree and bird across two forearms
Black and white photo of a small solid black penguin tattoo with a swirling body line on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small penguin tattoo on the inner forearm
Close photograph of a small dotwork tattoo of black dots scattered across the inner wrist and forearm.
Scattered black dots on the inner wrist
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a tall grid-panelled device with small icons, a blue top bar, and dotwork florals and a swirling line, sitting on the inner forearm.
Grid device and floral filigree on a forearm
Collage of three tattoos: a fine line Mickey Mouse head outline with the word dream on the upper back, a small script mark behind an ear, and a black Mickey silhouette with patterned fill on the
Mickey Mouse outline tattoos in a three-image collage
Realistic colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red, clawed creature with an open toothed mouth against a dark cloudy sky.
Red clawed creature with open jaws on a forearm
Black lace-pattern tattoo sleeve covering a woman's arm from the upper arm down over the hand, with a floral motif on the elbow and forearm.
Lace-pattern sleeve from upper arm to hand
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a helmeted warrior's face with a line of soldiers with spears below, on the forearm.
Helmeted warrior and battle scene on forearm
Fine black line tattoo of a geometric stag head with angular antlers on the forearm, in a fine line geometric style.
Geometric stag head on a forearm
Black, grey and red realistic skull tattoo with splashed ink and script lettering on the inner forearm.
Skull with red splashes on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a one dollar banknote with a grey portrait on a green background, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Dollar bill tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's face inside a heart, with a crescent moon and sparkle stars, on the inner forearm.
Cat in a heart with moon and stars on a forearm
Close view of a forearm and hand with white ornamental patterns on the skin, worn with silver rings and bracelets.
White ornamental designs on forearm and hand
Black and grey realistic barn owl tattoo on the forearm, shown in profile looking to the side with shaded feathers and a dark eye.
Barn owl realism tattoo on forearm
Black and grey tattoos on both forearms showing a stack of book spines, large quotation marks and lettering, with small sketched flying figures near the wrist.
Book spines and quotes on both forearms
Close-up of a realistic colour wheel tattoo on a forearm, showing rainbow paint dabs with brush marks and soft shading, in a realism style.
Paint dab colour wheel on a forearm
Two traditional style colour tattoos side by side on forearms, a sun with a face on the left and a crescent moon with a face on the right, both with dotted chains and a gem below.
Sun and moon tattoos on matching forearms
Two arms with black script lettering on the forearms, one reading For them I'd risk it all and the other reading Because of her I will not fall.
Two script quotes on forearms
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with stacked arch shapes and a solid triangle, covering the inner forearm.
Mandala forearm piece in dotwork
Full sleeve tattoo of stylised birds, leaves and geometric motifs with dotwork shading, running from the upper arm down to the forearm.
Sleeve of stylised birds and leaves
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles with Gallifreyan-style script and dots, running down the inside of a forearm.
Gallifreyan circles on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a barn owl perched on a branch, shown on the forearm.
Barn owl realism tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo of a sailing ship and compass rose on a man's upper arm and forearm.
Sailing ship and compass sleeve
Four black and grey photographs of fine line geometric tattoos showing arrows crossing overlapping circles, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Fine line arrows and circles on arms