Forearm tattoo ideas

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Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a wide-eyed owl perched on a branch, on the forearm.
Wide-eyed owl on a branch on a forearm
Black and grey lotus tattoo with pink, purple and teal watercolour splashes on a forearm, with dotwork shading and dotted accents.
Lotus with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoos on both arms of a person in a brown tank top, including a heart with text, a deer with butterfly wings and a feather, on the forearms and upper arms.
Small fine line tattoos across both arms
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a fingerprint heart joined to an infinity symbol, one on each person's inner forearm.
Matching fingerprint heart and infinity tattoos
Forearm tattoo of an ornamental mandala with red linework on the upper part and black linework below, shaped around flower-like petals and a dotted circle.
Red and black mandala on a forearm
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long flowing tail running down the forearm.
Phoenix with spread wings on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, a faceted shape and a cat resting on an outlined hand, with a small teal wash, on a forearm.
Moon, cat and geometric shape on a forearm
Black fine line ornamental tattoo wrapping the wrist like a bracelet, with a lotus motif, dotted chains and diamond shapes, on a hand with dark nail polish.
Ornamental wrist bracelet tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with a feather fletching and script along the shaft, placed on the forearm.
Feather arrow with script on a forearm
Fine line black seahorse tattoo on a wrist, with a curled tail and a small fin, shown in daylight against grass.
Seahorse tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a figure walking beside a fox among bare trees inside a circle, on the inner wrist.
Fox and figure in a circular woodland scene
Two forearms with matching colour tattoos of patterned owls, flowers and leaves on grey branches, in a botanical illustrative style on the forearm.
Owls on branches across two forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with ornate scrollwork, a key and looping chain, on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and key on an arm
Black fine line tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted line descending to a small anchor, placed on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Black ink tree with a stippled canopy above the script quote 'i climbed the tree to see the world' on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Tree and script quote on the inner wrist
Two matching fine line black tattoos on the inner wrists, each showing a small figure on a swing beside the words Sisters and 92 95.
Matching sisters swing tattoos on wrists
Traditional style tattoo of an open hand gripping a peony with a gold band and falling crystals, on the inner forearm.
Hand holding a peony on a forearm
Fine line yin yang tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black sun ringed by yellow rays in the light half and a speckled moon in the shaded galaxy half.
Yin yang with sun and moon on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of three thin black parallel lines encircling a wrist, sitting on the forearm near the hand.
Three fine lines wrapped around a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a brain, an eye and an anatomical heart stacked down the inside of a forearm.
Brain, eye and heart on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm spelling LOVE, with the letters formed by a hairdryer, hand mirror, scissors and a curling iron cord.
LOVE lettering made from salon tools on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two skulls, one in a blue top hat smoking a pipe and one in a jewelled feathered turban, across a forearm.
Two coloured skulls in hat and turban on a forearm
Traditional style scorpion tattoo with black outlines, grey shading and a red sun behind it, on a forearm.
Scorpion over red sun on a forearm
Black and grey botanical fine line tattoo of a bouquet of poppies, buds and larkspur-style flowers tied with a ribbon, on the inner forearm.
Flower bouquet tied with a bow on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a red and pink lily and vine spine tattoo running down her back, plus tribal and rose arm tattoos in botanical and blackwork styles.
Lily and vine spine tattoo on a back
Black script lettering reading i am not afraid to walk this world alone, tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm of a hand held up against greenery.
Quote tattoo along the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with two paw prints and a small heart on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with paw prints and heart on wrist
Two matching fine line tattoos of a letter C with small numbers and a fraction, on the inner forearms near the wrists, in black and grey.
Matching C and fraction wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a dotted trail with loops leading to a small dark figure on the inner forearm, above a tiled floor.
Dotted trail and small figure on forearm
Black and grey mermaid tattoo on the forearm, with a starfish in her hair, long flowing hair and a scaled tail curling below her.
Mermaid with starfish on a forearm
Black ink snake coiling around a forearm, its body filled with lace-like ornamental patterns in a blackwork style.
Snake with lace pattern on a forearm
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with N and S letters, an arrow and a feather running down the inner wrist and forearm.
Compass rose and feather on a wrist
Small black fine line Aries zodiac symbol tattooed on the inner wrist, with pink and cream flowers held in the hand beside it.
Aries symbol on the inner wrist
Realistic red poppy tattoo with a green stem curving across the forearm, shown in colour on a plastic-covered surface.
Red poppy on a forearm
Black line tattoo of an outlined hand with two raised fingers and studded black bands on the fingers and wrist, on the forearm.
Outlined hand with studded bands on forearm
A purple hydrangea tattoo with green leaves in a botanical style, on the outer forearm of a person wearing an olive crochet top.
Hydrangea on a forearm
Close view of a man's clasped hands showing black lettering tattoos on both forearms and fingers, plus a black-and-grey ornamental design on the right wrist.
Script lettering and ornament on forearms and hands
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a horned animal skull framed by fine geometric lines on the forearm.
Horned animal skull with geometric lines
Fine line black tattoo of a cat face with pointed ears and whiskers on the inner wrist, next to a green patterned sleeve.
Minimal line cat face on a wrist
Two small fine line black tattoos, a sun and an arched window, on the forearms of two people holding hands at a café table.
Sun and window tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a castle on a rocky hill inside a heart outline, placed on the inner forearm.
Castle scene in a heart on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rabbit in a top hat, monocle chain, red tie and tan jacket, smoking a pipe, on a limb.
Anthropomorphic rabbit in top hat smoking a pipe
Blue ink botanical bouquet with pansies and small flowers on the inner forearm, drawn in a fine detailed vintage style.
Blue botanical bouquet on a forearm
Fine line infinity symbol with two small teal dots on the inner wrist, photographed with the palm turned upwards.
Infinity symbol on the inner wrist
Black line tattoo of a curling wave with spray dots on the inner forearm, in a fine line style with Japanese-inspired detail.
Curling wave on a forearm
Colour tattoo of shaded, three-dimensional Tetris pieces in red, purple, orange, blue and yellow across the forearm.
Tetris pieces tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo of the word bliss with a trailing line on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Bliss script on inner forearm
Pink cartoon elephant tattoo with blue and green watercolour splashes on the forearm, outlined in black.
Pink elephant with watercolour splashes on forearm