Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Realism tattoo of a tiger's head in orange, black and white with green leaves behind it, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Tiger head with foliage on upper arm
Shirtless man lying in bed with his face hidden by his hands, showing a black and grey bird and ornamental tattoo on his forearm and a dark tree line tattoo on his upper arm.
Bird and forest tattoos on arms
Black line tattoo of the words How strange it is to be anything at all inside a looping scroll frame, shown on an arm.
Quote in a swirl frame on an arm
Black and grey Japanese style illustration of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a dragon, with a tattoo-style design on her upper arm and a parasol behind her.
Kimono woman with dragon and parasol
Grey shaded unicorn head with a teal ribbon bow, framed by a fine line botanical wreath, tattooed on the upper arm.
Unicorn head in a botanical wreath
Black geometric mandala tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a white crochet bralette and denim shorts.
Black mandala tattoo on an upper arm
Traditional-style tattoo of a red heart pierced by an arrow, with a yellow banner reading BACON and blue stars, on an upper arm.
Heart with arrow and BACON banner on upper arm
Neo-trad colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a half white faceless mask with red marks beside a half grey wolf with yellow eyes and red trim.
Split white mask and wolf on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a winged golden ball with a lightning bolt mark, a green cloud and four-point stars, on an upper arm.
Winged golden ball with stars on arm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a dark-haired woman in a blue headscarf wearing red boxing gloves, with the words PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STRUGGLE in black lettering.
Boxer pin-up with slogan on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a sunflower on the upper arm, with green foliage and a pink bloom below it.
Realistic sunflower tattoo on upper arm
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork geometric designs, with a dotted mandala rosette and cube patterns on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork and dotwork geometric arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned demon with ram horns, wings and clawed hands on an upper arm.
Horned demon with wings on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small sprig with three five-petalled flowers and leaves on the upper arm.
Small flower sprig on an upper arm
Fine line constellation tattoo of blue star points joined by thin black lines on the inner upper arm.
Constellation of blue stars on the upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a mandala, lotus flowers and feather-like wing shapes across an upper arm and shoulder, in a Botanical and Geometric style.
Mandala and lotus linework on upper arm
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with stippled dotwork centre and shaded leaves on the inner upper arm.
Sunflower with leaves on the upper arm
Traditional black and grey back tattoo of a large moth with filigree ornament above an animal and a row of roses, with a small red rose on the upper arm.
Moth, animal and roses across a back
Colour tattoo of a green Godzilla head breathing against a red sun, with red katakana lettering below, on the upper arm.
Godzilla head with red sun on upper arm
Full back tattoo of a hannya mask among pink cherry blossoms in Japanese style, with further tattoos visible on the upper arms.
Hannya mask and cherry blossom back piece
Collage of five black tattoos in fine line and lettering, including a quote on the ribs, the number 9 3/4 on a wrist, a cat on the hip and a face on the forearm.
Five small black tattoos: quotes, a cat and a face
Colour tattoo of sunflowers in a vase covering the upper arm, outlined in green, with the shoulder and a blue top visible.
Sunflowers in a vase on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with a geometric background, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Moth with geometric background on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a vulture with a red head and a pink rose with green leaves on an upper arm.
Vulture and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a chrysanthemum on the upper arm and a scaled creature on the forearm, photographed while the arm rests on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Japanese black and grey arm sleeve
Black fine line botanical tattoo of flowers, leaves and sprigs wrapping around the upper arm, with a white rolled sleeve above.
Black botanical sprig band on upper arm
Close up of a line-drawn tattoo of two rows of teeth on an upper arm, with a few molars shaded red, below a rolled striped shirt sleeve.
Rows of teeth on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoos with an arrow and script lettering on a woman's upper arm and forearm, in a photo where she wears a white dreamcatcher-print t-shirt.
Floral and leaf tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart framed by two leafy sprigs on the inner upper arm.
Outlined heart with leaf sprigs on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skeleton, a grinning skull and a pumpkin face.
Skull and skeleton full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded rose with two butterflies and ink swirls on an upper arm.
Shaded rose and butterflies on an upper arm
Woman seen from behind in a hat and grey open-back vest top, with a traditional-style red rose tattoo with black outlines on her upper arm.
Red rose tattoo on upper arm
Collage of six colour neo-traditional tattoos of ornate perfume bottles with smoke clouds, shown on arms and legs.
Neo-traditional perfume bottle tattoos in colour
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with falling leaves on a thigh, with a figure and books tattooed on the upper arm.
Bare tree and falling leaves on a thigh
Small black fine-line tattoo of two overlapping triangle outlines on the upper arm of a woman with shoulder-length auburn hair and a white top.
Two overlapping triangles on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel in drapery with lit candles above, covering an upper arm sleeve.
Realistic angel with wings and candles on an upper arm
Collage of four panels showing colourful star, wand and wing designs, apparently temporary tattoos, on a hand, shoulder, upper arm and upper back.
Four star and wing designs on skin
Colour tattoo of a galaxy and nebula with stars, shown as if torn through the skin on the upper arm and shoulder.
Galaxy tattoo torn open on upper arm
Two arms pressed together showing matching colourful neo-traditional lucky cat tattoos on the upper arms, one orange and one teal, with flowers and hearts.
Matching lucky cat tattoos on upper arms
Black and white photo of a woman with hair covering her face, showing small fine tattoos on her upper arm and forearm.
Small arm tattoos on a woman in a bralette
Shirtless person with blue and grey tattoos on both arms and winged designs on the chest, holding a white electric guitar behind the head against a black background.
Winged chest and arm tattoos with guitar
Black geometric tattoo of a solid triangle with a partly dotwork circle overlapping it, on the upper arm.
Solid triangle and dotted circle on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a red feather headdress, blue beads and a cross, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'for a minute there, I lost myself' in a typewriter-style font on an upper arm, shown in a close-up beside a photo of a person in a knitted jumper.
Typewriter-style quote tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue, teal and magenta feather ending in a quill nib with gold detailing, on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman in a white vest top.
Colourful feather quill on upper arm
Two small black palm tree tattoos in fine-line style, one on the upper arm of a person in a patterned shirt and one on the ribs of a person standing beside them.
Matching palm tree tattoos on arm and ribs
Close-up photo of a colour tattoo of a zombified Hello Kitty head with a red bow, shown in bold black outline on the upper arm.
Zombie Hello Kitty tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing two helicopters, a pointing man's face and silhouetted figures rappelling from ropes.
Helicopters and rappelling figures on shoulder