Forearm tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of a girl with dark hair and a patterned collar on the forearm, drawn in fine hatched linework.
Girl portrait with patterned collar on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with a beetle on one blade, shown on the inner forearm, in a dotwork and realism style.
Scissors and beetle on a forearm
Three-panel photo of a man's shoulder, chest and upper arm with a bold black blackwork geometric tattoo of triangles, spikes and chevrons, with a zigzag line continuing down the forearm.
Blackwork geometric shoulder and arm piece
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of scissors wrapped in swirling ribbon shapes on the inner forearm.
Scissors with swirling ribbons on a forearm
Black ink lettering reading OHANA with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm.
Ohana lettering with heart on wrist
Black and white photo of two small lettering and symbol tattoos, one on the back of a hand and one on a wrist, with a second tattooed arm visible at the top right.
Small letter and symbol tattoos on hand and wrist
Fine line tattoo of a palm tree on a small island with a red sun above the water, on the inner forearm of a person wearing rings.
Palm tree island and red sun on a forearm
Full sleeve tattoo of realistic autumn maple leaves in orange, red and yellow shades, running from the shoulder down the upper arm and forearm.
Autumn maple leaves full sleeve
Small black fine line tattoo of a sound wave on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up and black nail polish.
Sound wave tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line unicorn head tattoo with the words HOW EMBARRASSING TO BE HUMAN beside it, on the inner forearm.
Unicorn and quote on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of large dahlia-style and poppy-style flowers with scrolling leaves on a forearm, shown in four side-by-side views.
Floral botanical tattoo on a forearm
Japanese style forearm tattoo showing a koi fish, a pink lotus, Tokyo Tower and Mount Fuji beneath a red rising sun with blue waves.
Koi, lotus and Tokyo Tower on a forearm
Black and red sketch-style tattoo on the inside of a forearm showing a boombox, a cassette tape, a perched bird, a cable and script lettering.
Boombox and cassette tape on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading 'my story isn't over' with semicolons, placed on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Semicolon quote on the inner wrist
Purple line-drawn outline of a plane seen from the front, inside a dashed circle, on the inside of a forearm.
Aeroplane outline on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the forearm reading Let's go exploring in black script, with a blue bobble hat and a yellow and black striped scarf, plus a small black band near the wrist.
Let's go exploring lettering on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo on the inner wrist showing a black semicolon, pink and purple strokes and blue ink splashes.
Watercolour semicolon and splashes on a wrist
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotted lines, a star and crescent moon, and pink, purple and blue watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Lotus mandala with star and moon on forearm
Black and grey realistic roses with fine vines and leaves running from the upper arm down the forearm of a person in a white vest top.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm and forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a four-petal lotus shape around a downward triangle inside a circle, set within a square outline.
Geometric lotus and triangle on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the o replaced by a purple awareness ribbon and a semicolon ending in a green ribbon.
Hope script with ribbon on wrist
Black fine line geometric arrow tattoo running vertically along the forearm, with a triangular head, chevron fletching and stacked horizontal lines.
Geometric arrow on a forearm
Colourful paisley and flower tattoo in orange, purple and green running from the upper arm down the forearm, with fine outlines and botanical detailing.
Paisley and flower arm tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hummingbird in flight on the inner wrist and forearm.
Hummingbird in flight on a wrist
Black lettering reading Always on the inner wrist, with blue, green, orange and red watercolour splashes and small black stars.
Always lettering with colour splashes on a wrist
Close-up of a white ink floral mandala and paisley design across the back of a hand, fingers and wrist, extending onto the forearm.
White ink mandala and paisley on hand and wrist
Full sleeve Japanese style tattoo on an arm, with pink flowers, grey clouds, blue waves and a purple lotus in colour.
Japanese full sleeve with flowers and waves
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue scaled tail, sitting on the inner forearm.
Mermaid on a forearm
A grid of eight photographs showing small and medium black palm tree tattoos on the forearm, ankle, calf and upper arm, in fine line and shaded styles.
Palm tree tattoos in eight photos
Two photographs of forearm tattoos: a blue bird among green leaves on the left, and an orange seahorse with a blue wash and dotted bubbles near the elbow on the right.
Bird and seahorse tattoos on forearms
Bold black stylised musical symbol with a red lotus flower and green vine swirls on a forearm.
Lotus and vine with black musical symbol
Close-up of a small black fine line arrow tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, with a hand resting above it and a plaid sleeve below.
Fine line arrow on the inner wrist
Hand-drawn colour pencil design for a full arm sleeve showing a compass rose, clouds, swallows, a sailing ship, waves, jellyfish, manta rays, an anchor and a treasure chest.
Nautical sleeve design with compass and ship
Three forearms show cross-stitch style tattoos: a pink rose, a Stormtrooper helmet and a small floral motif, with a colourful elephant on a second arm and a red heart on a wrist.
Cross-stitch tattoos on forearms
Black bare-branched tree tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, drawn in a fine line botanical style, with a beaded bracelet beside it.
Bare branch tree on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a small bow with trailing ribbon ends on the inner wrist.
Small bow on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a green retro spaceship with a red trim and round portholes, set against a starry purple and blue galaxy on a forearm.
Green retro spaceship in a galaxy on a forearm
Small black pine tree tattoo with a ground line on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a waterfall behind.
Pine tree on the inner wrist
Two matching black puzzle piece tattoos with pixelated hearts on the wrists, one outlined and one solid black.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on wrists
Colour realism tattoo of a swan with a red and black beak, its wing raised over blue water, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a blue top.
Realistic swan on a forearm
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed along a forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Full arm sleeve in a Japanese-influenced brushstroke style, with a black enso-style circle and red ring on the upper arm and black strokes running down the forearm.
Brushstroke circle sleeve on upper arm
A colour tattoo of purple and pink stars with black outlines and soft shading, running along the inside of a forearm.
Cascading stars on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull over two clock faces with Roman numerals, shown on the forearm.
Skull and clock faces on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small angular symbol with a cross and diamond shape on the wrist of a hand resting on a knitted blue jumper.
Small black angular symbol on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Gibson guitar headstock with tuning pegs and strings, running down the inside of a forearm.
Gibson guitar headstock on a forearm
Collage of four fine line tattoos in black ink: a crown, lightning bolt and lightbulb on the neck, a Deathly Hallows triangle with a quote on the forearm, lightning bolt and round glasses on the
Four small fine line tattoos in a collage
Blackwork tattoo of a treble clef left in bare skin against a black ink splash, placed on the forearm.
Treble clef splash on a forearm