Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of pink, red, green, yellow and blue splashes with a small black heart, across a person's shoulder and upper arm.

Watercolour splash tattoo on a shoulder

Colourful peacock feather tattoo with a watercolour splash on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a lower detail view.

Peacock feather on an upper arm

Colour neo-traditional sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a princess in a yellow gown holding a rose and a mermaid beside a fish.

Disney princess sleeve across upper arm and forearm

Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on the inner upper arm.

Single-line cat on an upper arm

Colour tattoo of a paw print on the upper arm, with a peach toned paw resting on blue, purple and pink shaded pads.

Paw print on upper arm

Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of an atom-like design with dotted orbits, small planets and a sun-like centre, on the outer upper arm.

Atom and planets on an upper arm

Black and grey dotwork and fine line sleeve tattoo of roses, leaves and geometric mandala patterns on an upper arm and shoulder.

Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm

Realistic colour tattoo of multicoloured knitted stitches covering the upper arm and shoulder, with two knitting needles across the lower edge.

Knitted yarn sleeve on upper arm

Colour tattoo of anime characters with stars and bubbles across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three photographs.

Anime characters on an upper arm and shoulder

Black and grey script lettering reading You Only Live Once with soft shading behind the letters, tattooed on an upper arm.

You Only Live Once lettering on an upper arm

Black and grey realistic roses tattoo across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with shaded leaves and a gold watch visible on her wrist.

Realistic roses on a shoulder

Close-up of a soft pink peony tattoo with grey-shaded leaves and sprigs of foliage across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.

Peony and foliage on an upper arm

Fine line botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with small berries on the upper arm, shown in grey ink against a plain wall.

Fine line leafy sprig on upper arm

Split image showing a purple stencil of a spiral galaxy on an upper arm beside the finished colour galaxy tattoo with blue, pink and white shading.

Spiral galaxy tattoo on upper arm, stencil and finish

Traditional style tattoo of a Darth Vader helmet with blue and purple flowers, green leaves and an orange banner reading YOU WERE RIGHT, on the upper arm.

Darth Vader helmet with banner on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoos showing a spread-wing design on the stomach, a realistic animal sleeve on the arm and a rose on the back of the hand.

Winged design on stomach and realistic arm sleeve

Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green and teal leaves on the upper arm, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.

Sunflower with green leaves on upper arm

Close view of a small black palm tree tattoo with a thin stem on the upper arm of a woman seen from behind, in a fine line style.

Small palm tree on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man's face wearing a crown of thorns, on the upper arm.

Realistic crown of thorns portrait on upper arm

Floral arm tattoo with Wayne Enterprises t-shirt

Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing makeup brushes, a hand mirror, a lipstick and mascara inside a beaded oval frame, with a WARPAINT banner.

Makeup brushes and mirror banner on upper arm

Collage of four tattoos: a traditional hot air balloon with roses on the upper back, a colourful traditional anchor with rope and hearts on the upper arm, a black and grey anchor with a compass and

Four nautical and balloon tattoos collage

Fine line black outline of a world map tattooed on a person's upper arm, with a blue dress sleeve at the left edge.

World map outline on upper arm

Realism colour tattoo of an astronaut helmet reflecting two figures on the Moon, with a nebula above and a flag patch on the suit, on the upper arm.

Astronaut helmet with lunar reflection on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a rider on a motorcycle with the number 13 beneath, on the upper arm.

Motorcycle rider and number 13 on upper arm

Small fine line tattoo of a red apple with a green leaf on the upper arm, against a pale background.

Small red apple on upper arm

Black and grey outlined tattoo of two rows of teeth across the upper arm, shown with shading in the tooth forms.

Two rows of teeth on the upper arm

Neo-trad style tattoo of an anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks, handwriting and a blue wash on the upper arm.

Anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks

Traditional colour tattoo of a brown-haired mermaid with a teal tail and pink starfish on the upper arm, against a blue shirt with shell print.

Mermaid with starfish on upper arm

Colour realism tattoo of palm trees on a beach under a red and orange galaxy sky, running across the shoulder and upper arm.

Palm trees, beach and galaxy sky on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a red thread spool with a needle and looped thread on the upper arm, in a traditional style.

Red thread spool and needle on upper arm

Blue-grey octopus tentacle tattoo spreading across a woman's chest and shoulder, with a cameo pendant necklace and a coloured sleeve on the upper arm.

Octopus tentacles across a chest

Black and grey fine line tattoos on an upper arm, including a crescent moon with a bird, a speech bubble reading CAN I LIVE, a palm tree over water and a small heart.

Small flash-style tattoos along an upper arm

Colour tattoo of pink roses, buds and green leaves in a botanical style on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top.

Pink roses and buds on an upper arm

Colour Japanese style tattoo of a koi fish leaping through black and grey waves with pink cherry blossoms, covering the upper arm and shoulder.

Koi and cherry blossoms on upper arm

Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a branch sprig in a V shape on the upper arm, below a sleeve.

Small fine line branch sprig on upper arm

Black fine-line tattoo of branching, vein-like lines running across the upper arm and forearm of a man in a black t-shirt.

Branching vein-like linework down an arm

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a geometric dress form on a stand, on the inner upper arm.

Geometric dress form on an upper arm

Colour tattoo of a blue octopus with a yellow eye and orange-tinged tentacles and suckers across an upper arm.

Blue octopus wrapped around an upper arm

Realism tattoo of a grey owl with orange eyes perched in front of a thin crescent line, on the upper arm.

Owl perched inside a crescent on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a pink ice cream van with a mint green roof, a sprinkled cone on top and candy-striped wheels, in a bold cartoon style on an arm.

Ice cream van and cone on an arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of two gerbera daisies with a faint bird behind them, on the shoulder and upper arm.

Two gerbera daisies and a bird on a shoulder

Black and grey botanical tattoo of sunflowers, a peony and small blossoms across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, in a floral dress.

Sunflower and peony shoulder tattoo

Colour realism rose tattooed on the upper arm beside black script lettering running down the forearm, on a person outdoors.

Red rose and script quote on arm

Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Totoro holding an umbrella, with smaller Totoro figures and soot sprites among leaves.

Totoro and soot sprites on upper arm

Close view of a fine line black arrow tattoo on the forearm and a cluster of small dots above the elbow on the upper arm, with a light grey top.

Small arrow and dots on an arm

Black and grey lace-style tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with flowers, leaves, pearl strands and a honeycomb mesh background.

Lace and flower tattoo on upper arm and shoulder

Fine line tattoo of five grey-outlined paper aeroplanes in a loose cluster on the upper arm.

Paper aeroplanes on the upper arm