Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Full Japanese-style sleeves on both arms and a chest piece, with pink and yellow koi, cherry blossoms and black-grey waves, shown on a shirtless torso.
Japanese koi and blossom full sleeves
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a nautilus shell on the inner upper arm, with the spiral shading built from small dots.
Nautilus shell on the inner upper arm
Colourful Geometric tattoo of stacked rainbow triangles and prism shapes with bold black outlines, wrapping around the upper arm.
Rainbow geometric triangles on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship above an anchor and waves, framed by green leaves and a red rose, on an upper arm.
Ship, anchor and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, showing flying birds, clouds and a forest, shown from two angles.
Birds and forest full sleeve
Colour tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm showing a pink hibiscus, a Roman numeral clock face with a gear, yellow plumeria and butterflies, in a realistic painted style.
Hibiscus and clock face on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a charging bull in red, orange and blue over a green and red stock chart on a chest, with an eye tattoo on the shoulder.
Charging bull over stock chart on chest
Black geometric blackwork tattoo of nested diamonds, crosses and dashed lines running down an upper arm.
Geometric diamond blackwork on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose with white feathered wings, a small dove and a water droplet on the upper arm, set against dark shading.
Red rose and dove on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an elephant outline lying along a long, thin line, on the inner upper arm.
Single-line elephant on inner upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of an orange octopus wrapping a brass diving helmet against a teal underwater background, on the upper arm.
Octopus wrapped around a vintage diving helmet
Black and grey script lettering tattooed across a woman's lower abdomen above black underwear, with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the upper arm at the top left.
Script lettering across the lower abdomen
Black and grey botanical tattoo with leaves, flowers and a vine on the upper arm and forearm, shown below a white short sleeve.
Black and grey botanical arm tattoo
Botanical colour tattoo of pressed pansies and violas in purple, yellow and red, spreading down a woman's upper arm.
Pressed pansies covering an upper arm
Side view of a man's arm covered by a colourful Japanese style full sleeve tattoo featuring a fierce figure, a moon and foliage on the upper arm and shoulder.
Japanese full sleeve with warrior figure
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile inside an ornate cameo frame with pearl beading, with outlined scrollwork across the shoulder.
Cameo portrait and scrollwork on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a magnolia branch with pink-red blooms, a closed bud and dark green leaves, on the upper arm.
Magnolia branch on an upper arm
Colour realism peacock feather tattoo running from the shoulder down the upper arm, with a bright blue eye near the base.
Peacock feather tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Close crop of a person in denim dungarees and a beige top, showing black line-drawn tattoos of a face and figure on the upper arm.
Black line drawing tattoo on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a large sailing ship on rolling blue waves, with clouds, gulls and a red flag, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship with waves on upper arm
Three views of a red ink ornamental sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring a central lotus-like mandala, spiralling vines and dotted shading.
Red ornamental mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with CAROLINA lettering on the body, placed on the upper arm in an engraved style.
Vintage sewing machine on upper arm
Six-panel grid of arms with black serif lettering quotes, such as Alice felt dreadfully puzzled, tattooed on the forearms and upper arms.
Literary quotes in serif lettering on arms
Woman seen from behind with a black and grey realism feather tattoo on the upper arm, below the shoulder.
Feather tattoo on the upper arm
Black outline linework of cartoon characters and objects covering a man's upper arm and shoulder in a full sleeve design.
Cartoon character sleeve outline on upper arm
Black and grey Viking warrior tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm in a full sleeve, with a horned helmet, beard and round shield.
Viking warrior full sleeve
Colour portrait tattoo of a woman with long hair on an upper arm, with black ink splatter and a Roman numeral clock face below her.
Colourful woman portrait and clock on upper arm
Realism-style tattoo of a grey cassette tape with script lettering and two red roses on an upper arm.
Cassette tape and two red roses on an upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo on an upper arm, showing a circular wreath of vines and leaves with a pink flower, blackberries and a feather.
Botanical wreath with flower and blackberries
Upper arm tattoo of an open mouth and a blue hand in a loose watercolour style with red and blue splashes.
Watercolour mouth and hand on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a whale with dotwork speckles on a man's upper arm, seen from behind with his shoulder and back visible.
Whale tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a crouched figure in front of blurred stadium-style lights.
Crouched figure in a realism piece on the shoulder
A heavily tattooed forearm and hand hold two hairless Sphynx cats in a car seat, with black, grey and coloured tattoos visible on the arm.
Tattooed arm holding two hairless cats
Black and grey tattoo of a winged figure in flowing robes holding a laurel wreath, on the upper arm of a person in a black vest top.
Winged figure tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes coiled through her hair on an arm, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Medusa portrait with snakes on an arm
Two people show matching small black outline paper plane tattoos on their upper arms, in a fine line style, with paper plane pendant necklaces nearby.
Matching paper plane tattoos on upper arms
Traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a heart-shaped frame holding a moth, a flower, a snake and a hand gripping a small heart, outlined in black with orange-red accents.
Heart, moth and hand on upper arm
Watercolour style lotus flower tattoo in blue, teal, pink, orange and yellow with black linework, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour lotus on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a long-haired woman with a clown nose and tear, with comedy and tragedy masks and a pointe shoe, on the upper arm with script lettering below.
Woman with theatre masks and script on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a stag with large antlers in front of bare trees, shaded in browns and greys, on the upper arm.
Stag with antlers and bare trees on an upper arm
A woman lying on a bed in white lace underwear shows a colourful traditional-style sugar skull and rose tattoo on her upper arm, with a bird and red floral tattoos on her thigh.
Traditional sleeve with sugar skull and roses
Black and grey dotwork moon tattoo with a fine outline on the upper arm, showing craters and shaded surface detail.
Small moon tattoo on upper arm
Watercolour style pansy tattoo in purple and yellow with black linework on the inner upper arm.
Pansy tattoo on the inner upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bold curved line with trailing ink dots and a splatter on an upper arm.
Curved line and ink dots on an arm
Two matching fine line tattoos of hands linking little fingers, one on each upper arm, shown with the arms pressed together.
Matching pinky promise hands on two upper arms
Close-up of a black and green traditional style tattoo on an upper arm, showing an engraved uterus with fallopian tubes wrapped in leaves and vines.
Uterus and leafy vine on an upper arm
Two matching fine line succulent tattoos in dark ink, one on a forearm and one on an upper arm, against white bedsheets.
Matching succulent outline tattoos on two arms
Colour tattoo of blue morning glory flowers and green vines with whiplash tendrils wrapping around the upper arm.
Morning glory vine on upper arm