Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Two-panel photo of colour traditional tattoos on an upper arm and forearm, including a blue rose, a woman's face, a skull cross, a winged heart labelled Rocker and a shield reading Victory or Death.
Traditional rock-themed arm tattoos
Five botanical pansy designs in blue, purple and violet with yellow centres across a woman's upper arm.
Five pansies across an upper arm
Woman in a black one-piece swimsuit with a fine line triangle tattoo on her upper arm and a small script tattoo on her side.
Triangle outline and small script tattoos
Black and grey tribal tattoo with bold spirals and chevron fill covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal spiral piece on shoulder and upper arm
Realistic tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing bare branches, a pinecone, oak leaves and green foliage in a camouflage-style woodland pattern.
Realistic forest sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's forearms, upper arm and fingers, including a dotwork mandala, a rose, flowers and a portrait of a woman in a headpiece, with her face hidden behind her hands.
Mandala, floral and portrait sleeve on arms and hands
Back view of a model in a striped backless dress, showing a fine line black script tattoo on her upper arm and a small solid triangle tattoo at the nape of her neck.
Script lettering on upper arm and small triangle at nape
Realistic colour portrait tattoo of a man with dark curly hair in a red jacket, with a small black silhouette below, on an upper arm.
Realistic colour portrait tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cabin under a red sun with mountains and clouds, framed by red roses within a dotted arch on the upper arm.
Cabin, mountains and roses in a sunset arch
Small blue botanical flower tattoo with leaves on the upper arm of a woman wearing a white vest top.
Small blue flower on upper arm
Black linework tattoo on the upper arm of a person showing a hatched mountain peak and pine trees resting in an outlined open hand.
Mountain and pine trees in a hand on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with a visible movement and a rose on the upper arm and shoulder, with a cross tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Clock face and rose on an upper arm
Four-view photo of a colourful realistic botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing pink magnolia blooms, a branch, dragonflies and beetles.
Magnolia and dragonfly full sleeve
Collage of six red and blue outline tattoos in an offset, misregistered style, including a paper aeroplane, a ray gun, a suitcase with a palm tree, a fish skeleton and a cartoon creature, on arms and
Six red and blue linework tattoos in a collage
Black ornamental mandala tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman whose arm is raised across her head, with her back to the camera.
Black mandala sleeve on raised arm
Black and grey traditional dotwork tattoo on the upper arm showing a toothed creature, a beaked figure in a plaid shirt and a spider web.
Toothed creature and beaked figure with spider web
Two colour tattoos on an upper arm: a blue and black teacup with roses and symbols beneath it, and a realistic frog on a blue and gold gothic shield.
Teacup and frog tattoos on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a French bulldog wearing a top hat, suit and tie on an upper arm.
French bulldog in top hat and suit
Close view of a neo-traditional owl tattoo with grey shading, perched on a black branch with pink blossoms, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and blossom branch on an upper arm
Black and white photo of two people seen from behind holding hands, each with a small matching geometric fox head fine line tattoo on the upper arm.
Matching geometric fox tattoos on two arms
Black ink tattoo of the words how strange it is to be anything at all, set within swirling scrollwork on the upper arm.
Quote lettering in scrollwork on an arm
Black and grey floral tattoos on both forearms of a person in a black sleeveless top and ripped black jeans, standing against a white wall.
Floral tattoos on both forearms
Black ink illustration of a cartoon man's face wearing a fedora-style hat and sunglasses, tattooed on the upper arm.
Cartoon face with hat and sunglasses on upper arm
Collage of four tattoos: a red and black sugar skull woman on the upper arm, a white cartoon robot on purple splashes, an owl's amber eye, and a black and grey woman holding banknotes on the forearm.
Collage of four tattoos: sugar skull, Baymax, owl and money
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring dinosaur with open jaws and raised claws, placed on the upper thigh.
Roaring dinosaur on an upper thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a large white butterfly silhouette set within ornate scrollwork and filigree panels on the upper arm.
White butterfly in ornamental panel on an arm
Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with three hanging feathers on the inner upper arm of a person wearing a black top.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a breaking wave and a sailing ship, split into rectangular panels, on the upper arm of a person in a dark t-shirt.
Wave and ship on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of lily-style flowers, stars and swirls covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Flowers and stars on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a skeletal animal, a crescent moon, a large flower and dotted geometric lines.
Skeletal animal, moon and flower on upper arm
Black and grey realistic full arm sleeve showing a galleon under sail, churning waves and a shark, across the upper arm and forearm.
Galleon and shark full arm sleeve
Small fine line black tattoo of a pine tree inside a thin outlined circle on the inner upper arm.
Pine tree in a circle on the inner arm
Black and grey realistic wing tattoo covering a man's upper back, shoulder and upper arm as he raises his arm.
Feathered wing tattoo across back and upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling wolf head with a red tongue and bared teeth, placed on the upper arm.
Snarling wolf head on an upper arm
Black Greek key armband tattoo wrapped around an upper arm, with Greek lettering set between two bands.
Greek key armband with Greek text on upper arm
Botanical tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with black lace-like linework and pink and purple flowers, ending in a small black feather.
Lace and flowers across an upper arm
Traditional tattoo on the inner upper arm showing a red rose, a hand holding an envelope marked R.I.P. and a skull on the wrist.
Rose, hand and envelope on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a skeletal hand raising its middle finger, placed on the upper arm of a person in a black top.
Skeleton hand middle finger on upper arm
Black ink compass rose with an arrow, eye-like motif and hanging feather tattooed on the inner upper arm of a woman with her arm raised.
Compass and arrow on an upper arm
Black tattoo of a standing horse with ornamental patterning on the upper arm of a woman with long brown hair, in a black top.
Ornamental horse on upper arm
Black fine-line tattoo of three arrows above the words for you, a thousand times over, on an upper arm.
Three arrows and a quote on an arm
Black and grey tribal swirl tattoo across a man's upper arm and shoulder, with sections filled in red and green tartan.
Tribal swirl sleeve with tartan fill
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of an upright hare pierced by arrows on the upper arm, with dotwork shading in the fur.
Hare with arrows on upper arm
Japanese style full arm sleeve with red lotus flowers, teal shading and grey clouds across the upper arm and forearm.
Lotus flowers and clouds on a full arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of a headless figure in a green suit and yellow tie, with a tangled knot of red, yellow, blue and green lines for a head, on the upper arm.
Headless suited figure with tangled head
Colourful geometric fox head tattoo in orange, amber and black on the outer thigh, with denim shorts in the frame.
Geometric fox head on the thigh
Fine line outline of a gothic arched doorway with a curved inscription above it, tattooed on an upper arm with faint pale blue patches inside the arch.
Gothic arch outline on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a robin with a red breast and black outline on the upper arm.
Small robin on the upper arm