Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Three views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a skull, feather-like shading and fine geometric patterns from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull and feathers full sleeve
Two women seated on a sandy beach seen from behind, with a gold mandala-style design on the lower back of the woman on the right and small white markings on the other woman's upper arm.
Gold mandala tattoo on a lower back at the beach
Two people holding hands outdoors, with a black and grey traditional rose tattoo on one forearm and geometric patterned tattoos on the other arm.
Couple holding hands showing forearm and upper arm tattoos
Black geometric butterfly tattoo made of straight fine lines on the upper arm of a person wearing a white vest top.
Geometric butterfly on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a large outlined polygon on the forearm and a smaller hexagon on the upper arm, in a black and white photograph.
Two outlined geometric shapes on the arms
Colour tattoo of two sunflowers, a black arrow and pink angular panels on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style with geometric elements.
Sunflowers and geometric shapes on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an anchor over stippled sea waves and a rising sun, set inside a diamond shape on the upper arm.
Anchor and sea waves in a diamond
Colour tattoo of a fox in a faceted geometric style on the upper arm, with orange, red and yellow panels and black outlines on the tail and legs.
Geometric fox on an upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of an arrow with stippled feathers, a circle and small triangles, on the inner upper arm.
Fine line arrow on the upper arm
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo with dotwork shading in the mane and vertical script beside it, on an upper arm.
Geometric lion head on upper arm
Black and grey rose tattoo inside a geometric circle and triangle frame on the inner upper arm.
Rose within geometric frame on an inner arm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork centre and a geometric triangle outline, on the upper arm.
Lotus flower with triangle outline on an upper arm
Two arms are crossed together, each with a small fine line black tattoo of angular brackets and a dot, in a geometric style.
Matching fine line bracket tattoos on two arms
A woman in a black bikini sits on rocks by a river, showing a black blackwork tribal pattern on her left hand and forearm and black flame tattoos on her right upper arm.
Blackwork tribal and flame tattoos by a river
Gold and silver metallic mandala temporary tattoo on a bare back, with a silver ornate design down the spine and a patterned band on the upper arm.
Metallic mandala tattoos on back and arm
Black and grey geometric dotwork sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with stars, circles and mandala-like patterns.
Geometric dotwork sleeve on an arm
Black fine line geometric elephant tattoo made of angular facets, on the upper arm of a person wearing a floral patterned sleeve.
Geometric elephant on an upper arm
Colour geometric mandala tattoo with red, teal and grey petal rings on the outer upper arm near the elbow.
Radial mandala on an upper arm
Black ink Polynesian tribal sleeve tattoo covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, with bold solid bands and geometric patterns.
Polynesian tribal full arm sleeve
Three-panel photo of a geometric full arm sleeve tattoo in red and black, with a red star motif on the upper arm and a dark rosette pattern on the forearm.
Geometric red and black full sleeve tattoo
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the shoulder blade and upper arm of a person photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey rose and mandala sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, seen in a mirror selfie in a white top and denim shorts.
Rose and mandala sleeve on a forearm and upper arm
Black and grey realism butterfly tattoo on the upper arm, with a trail of fine line geometric shapes descending below it.
Butterfly and geometric shapes on upper arm
Dotwork neo-traditional tattoo of a vintage theodolite and an eyeball on an upper arm, with red, yellow, blue and green geometric shapes behind it.
Vintage theodolite with geometric colour on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala and flower of life tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown in a two-panel view from the back and side.
Mandala and flower of life shoulder piece
Black and grey mandala and rose tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with dotwork shading and fine linework.
Mandala and rose sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with layered petals on an upper arm near the elbow, with partial script visible above it.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of dots, triangles and diamonds on a forearm, with a Roman numeral band on the upper arm.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoos on arm
A woman in a dark linen slip dress shows two solid grey triangle tattoos on her upper chest and a fine line sketch tattoo on her upper arm and shoulder.
Grey triangles on chest and sketched line drawing on arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with an eye above and a crescent moon below, framed by sunburst rays on an upper arm.
Cat with all-seeing eye and crescent moon
Side by side photographs of a black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with leaf details on the upper arm, with purple stencil lines shown on the right.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm, before and after
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a circular emblem with three solid ringed motifs and fine connecting lines, on the upper arm.
Circular ringed emblem on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of a mandala-style flower tattoo in fine linework on a forearm, with a rose outline on the upper arm and small Greek letters and numerals on the inner forearm.
Mandala flowers on forearm with rose and letters
Black and grey geometric tattoo of concentric circles and maze-like zigzag lines on an upper arm, fading into dotwork at the lower edge.
Concentric maze pattern on upper arm
Black geometric mandala armband tattoo with dotted borders on an upper arm, worn beneath a white top and gold pendant necklace.
Mandala armband tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a shaded circle with a small moon-like dot, surrounded by ten black crescent symbols arranged in a ring.
Dotwork circle of crescent symbols on upper arm
Black and grey realistic tiger head tattoo framed by fine line circles and arrows on the upper arm.
Tiger head in geometric circles on upper arm
Close view of a full arm sleeve in white ink showing mandala and leaf ornament on the upper arm and shoulder.
White ink mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas, flowers and paisley scrollwork covering the shoulder and upper arm on both arms.
Ornamental mandala sleeve on both arms
Black geometric mandala tattoo with arrows and moon phases on the upper arm, with a hand resting on a grey sleeve.
Geometric mandala with moon phases on upper arm
Full forearm sleeve tattoo with a black and grey mandala and cube pattern, with red accents, shown on an outstretched arm against a timber wall.
Geometric mandala sleeve on an arm
Black geometric tattoo of overlapping concentric circles and rings on the upper arm near the elbow, in a geometric style.
Concentric circle design on upper arm
Shirtless man showing a large black and red winged bird tattoo across his chest, with a triangle band and spiral motif below, and a tattooed upper arm.
Winged bird and geometric chest tattoo
Collage of eight sepia photographs of black fine line geometric tattoos with diamond, arrow and circle motifs on the forearm, upper arm, spine, ribs, neck and ankle.
Geometric line tattoos in a collage of eight
Black and white drawing of a full sleeve tattoo design in a geometric tribal style, with bands of triangles, chevrons and curved stripes on an upper arm outline.
Tribal-style sleeve design drawing
Black and grey tattoo of a lion's face split into square tiles with realistic shading, on the upper arm.
Lion face broken into square tiles
Black line-art city skyline with a bridge and wavy water below and a small red heart above, tattooed on the upper arm.
City skyline with a red heart on an arm
Black and grey blackwork skull tattoo covering the back, with mandala ornament, dotwork on the upper arm and a geometric cross on the other arm.
Black and grey skull across a back piece