Forearm tattoo ideas

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Realistic colour tattoo of a horned, helmeted warrior with a blood-stained metal mask and a purple cloak on the forearm.
Horned helmet warrior with blood-stained mask
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat head in profile with pink inner ears and black leaves, on the forearm.
Black cat head with leaves on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a green man face made of leaves on a forearm, with an ornate scroll design near the wrist.
Green man forearm tattoo
Full sleeve tattoo of a colourful space scene with a ringed planet, cratered moons, stars and a nebula on a man's arm, in a realistic style.
Space scene full sleeve tattoo
Realism style tattoo on a forearm showing a grey shaded gas mask above a red rose, with a hand-like form below.
Gas mask and red rose on a forearm
Colourful tattoo of a serotonin molecule diagram in thin black line, surrounded by blue, green, pink and yellow splashes, on the inner forearm.
Serotonin molecule with watercolour splashes on forearm
Colour tattoo of a long feather with blue, green and yellow watercolour washes and black linework on the forearm.
Watercolour feather on forearm
Colourful watercolour-style flower tattoo with black linework and splatter running up the forearm.
Watercolour flowers on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, a shaded sphere and a small triangle on the forearm.
Geometric sphere and circles on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Captain America's shield with a white star on the inner forearm, above the words Sometimes you have to believe that heroes exist.
Captain America shield with quote on forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in blackletter style running vertically along the inside of a forearm, with a woven bracelet and a gold band above it.
Small blackletter word on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a brown owl with orange eyes above a clock face with Roman numerals on a forearm, with the word Wisdom and red hexagons above.
Owl and clock on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun, stacked planets and dotted geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Sun and planets on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an electric guitar with swirling scrollwork and leaves on the forearm.
Electric guitar with scrollwork on a forearm
Black ink infinity symbol with swirled ends and the word love in cursive script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script on forearm
Full arm sleeve of painterly colour flowers, with a purple and orange tulip on the upper arm, a blue bloom mid arm and a pink dahlia on the forearm.
Colourful floral sleeve on an arm
Illustration of a muscular cartoon man with a moustache and pipe, his arms, torso and legs covered in dense line-drawn tattoo designs in teal on yellow.
Cartoon figure covered in tattoo designs
Full arm sleeve tattoo of orange, pink and blue watercolour-style washes with black ink splatter and brushstroke marks, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour-style sleeve tattoo on arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned woman with glowing red eyes and a red and black backdrop, on the inner forearm.
Horned woman with red eyes on forearm
Two pixel-art red heart tattoos with black outlines, one on the forearm and one on the wrist beside the words Allons-y in black script.
Pixel hearts and a lettered wrist tattoo
Shaded purple and grey butterflies with a flowing ribbon tattoo on the arm.
Butterflies and ribbon on the arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded horned-helmet warrior holding a long-handled weapon, with skulls below, on a lower leg.
Horned warrior and skulls on a calf
Small fine line tattoo of a cartoon bear in soft yellow with a tiny red butterfly, on the inner wrist.
Cartoon bear and butterfly on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large rose with curling vines and leaves running down the forearm.
Realistic rose with vines on a forearm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: an eye within a triangle of radiating lines on the left, and a geometric eye with dotwork and a shaded cube on the right.
Eye in triangle and geometric forearm tattoos
Colour tattoo of a pink teacup with a green teabag tag and turquoise steam rising from it, shown on a forearm with a penny beside it for scale.
Pink teacup with teabag and steam on forearm
Colour cartoon character sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a purple dress.
Cartoon character sleeve on an arm
Close crop of a woman's tattooed arms beside a white top and black skirt printed with a Led Zeppelin concert poster, showing upper arm and forearm tattoos.
Tattooed arms with a band print skirt
Black and grey botanical tattoo of tall pine trees with soft, sketchy shading running up the outer forearm.
Pine trees on a forearm
Black ink circular emblem tattoo with a central triangle, crescent and symbol motifs, in a geometric style on the forearm.
Circular geometric emblem on forearm
Two realistic blue butterflies tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in soft shading against pale skin.
Two blue butterflies on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a snow-capped mountain above a lake inside a circular badge with orange leaves and coordinate text, on the forearm.
Mountain and lake badge with coordinates
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on a man's arm showing a sailing ship, a compass rose and an anchor, with the words Love, friends and family.
Sailing ship, compass and anchor sleeve
Black line tattoo of an owl perched on a leafy branch, shown on the inner wrist and forearm of a person.
Owl perched on a branch on the wrist
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands inside a red scalloped heart, with orange and teal flowers, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a heart with flowers
Colour tattoo of a vertical column of cartoon creatures, including a black cat, a fire sprite and small black soot sprites, on the forearm.
Stacked cartoon creatures on a forearm
Black ink Polynesian-style tribal sleeve covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm of a bare-chested man.
Polynesian-style full arm sleeve
Blue watercolour-style rose tattoo with orange, purple and black splashes on a forearm.
Blue watercolour rose on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a lion in a top hat, monocle, bow tie and tailored waistcoat and jacket, on the inner forearm.
Anthropomorphic lion in top hat on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a teal watercolour Star of Life with an orange snake around a black staff, and the script words Diabetic and Type 1 Insulin.
Star of Life and diabetic script on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a stylised bird above the words remember who you are running down a forearm, with a studded bracelet on the wrist.
Bird outline and script on a forearm
Small black ink symbol with a loop tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand held up with the fingers curled.
Small black symbol tattoo on the wrist
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm of a dandelion head whose drifting seeds turn into a flock of birds.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on a forearm
Fine line black dragonfly tattoo with detailed wing veins, placed on the inner wrist.
Small dragonfly on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line lettering reading 'i love you to the moon and back' with a small crescent moon on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Moon and quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with dew drops and a skull between them, running down a forearm.
Roses and skull on a forearm
Two forearms held together, each with a black and grey shaded chess piece tattoo on the inner forearm, a king on the left and a queen on the right.
Matching chess pieces on two forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a lighthouse with a beam of light above crashing waves and clouds, shaded across the inner forearm.
Lighthouse and storm waves on a forearm