Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Upper arm tattoo of a solid red faceted elephant and outlined geometric elephant shapes, with red and blue watercolour splashes.
Geometric elephant and watercolour splashes on upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric patterns, with black and grey shading on the shoulder and upper arm fading to red and orange dots on the forearm.
Geometric dotwork sleeve with a pale sun
Black ink tattoo of planets on dotted orbital rings with thin crossing lines across the upper arm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Planets and orbits on the upper arm
Watercolour-style lion head linked by thin geometric circles and lines, with red and green splashes, on an upper arm.
Lion head with geometric circles on upper arm
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoos include a spread-winged bird on the upper arm, a dotted geometric band on the forearm and a floral design on the foot.
Metallic temporary tattoos on legs at the beach
Fine line black and grey arrow tattoo with a feather and geometric circles on the inner upper arm.
Fine line arrow with feather on upper arm
Black ink ornamental crescent moon tattoo with dotwork lace patterns and dangling drops on the upper arm.
Ornamental crescent moon on upper arm
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of a triangle, a chevron line and a feather on a bare back, with a Roman numeral XII band on the upper arm.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a shoulder
Two matching geometric wolf head tattoos in blue, teal and grey on the upper arms, one on each arm, with denim sleeves rolled up.
Matching geometric wolf heads on upper arms
Black and grey geometric tattoo of nested angular lines in a square block on the outer upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Square geometric motif on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a head profile filled with a night sky, a ringed planet, triangular mountains and a dotted water reflection.
Ringed planet and mountains in a profile silhouette
Black tribal sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with bold geometric bands, chevrons and solid black blocks in a Polynesian-inspired style.
Tribal shoulder and upper arm sleeve
Dreamcatcher tattoo with flower of life circles, watercolour splashes and the words dreams unwind, love's a state of mind, on an upper arm.
Dreamcatcher with script on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sea turtle with a mandala shell on the inner upper arm.
Mandala sea turtle on an upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo of concentric rings of dots radiating from a central point, across the outer shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on the shoulder
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a spear with a patterned shaft and overlapping circles, on the inner upper arm.
Spear with overlapping circles on the arm
Black and grey dotwork whale tattoos with fine dotted geometric lines across a full arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm.
Whales and geometric lines on an arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale with overlapping geometric lines and a solid circle on the upper arm.
Humpback whale with geometric lines
Two matching black mandala flower tattoos, one on a woman's shoulder blade and one on her upper arm, in a dotwork style.
Mandala flower tattoos on shoulder and upper arm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of stacked geometric arrows on a woman's upper back, with a matching gold armband on her upper arm.
Gold arrow design on a woman's back
Black dreamcatcher tattoo with a mandala centre and hanging feathers on a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the upper arm
Man with full black and grey geometric dotwork sleeves, snowflake-style shoulder pieces and a chest design, photographed against a dark background.
Geometric dotwork sleeves and chest on a shirtless man
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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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
Black and grey Japanese style back tattoo with curling waves, a scaled creature and lotus flowers, extending down the left arm in a sleeve.
Back and arm sleeve with waves and dragon
Black tribal-style tattoo covering the chest, shoulder and upper arm, with a greyscale realistic panel of stars and a figure on the upper arm and a geometric band on the forearm.
Tribal chest, shoulder and arm sleeve
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a vertical row of small silver triangles down her upper back and a silver chevron band on her upper arm.
Triangle and chevron designs on a back and arm
Fine line black tattoo of a sun above two ornate crescent moons with arrows and a geometric triangle, on the upper arm.
Sun and layered crescent moons on upper arm
Colour geometric tattoo of linked black-outlined hexagons shading from green through blue and purple to red and yellow, on an upper arm near the elbow.
Rainbow hexagon chain on an upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a skull with a daisy on the upper arm, an eye on the forearm and a cube pattern near the wrist.
Skull and daisy full sleeve with eye and cube pattern
Black and white photo of a person with long hair seen from behind, showing a black geometric tattoo of arrows and triangles on the upper arm.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper arm
Black dotwork compass rose tattoo with a stippled sun-like halo and four arrowed points, on the inner upper arm.
Dotwork compass on 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
Black geometric blackwork tattoo of nested diamonds, crosses and dashed lines running down an upper arm.
Geometric diamond blackwork on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala and geometric lattice sleeve covering an upper arm and forearm, with a triangular motif near the elbow.
Mandala and geometric arm sleeve
Full sleeve tattoo of a red and black geometric lattice pattern running from the upper arm down to the wrist of a man in a dark shirt.
Red and black lattice sleeve on an arm
Fine line black arrow tattoo with a Celtic knot head and triangular fletching running along the inner upper arm.
Celtic knot arrow on inner arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an alien head inside a circular flower of life mandala on the upper arm.
Alien head within a flower of life mandala
Black and grey lotus flower within a mandala and lace pattern across a woman's upper back, with a paisley motif below and tattooing on her upper arm.
Lotus and mandala across upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart on the upper arm, with a faceted geometric lower half and stippled dotwork shading across the upper vessels.
Geometric anatomical heart on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with a large black ornamental mandala tattoo across her upper back, a coloured floral sleeve on her right arm and a mandala on her left upper arm.
Mandala back piece and arm tattoos
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork with a hexagon scale pattern on the forearm and an ornamental mandala on the upper arm, shown from three angles.
Blackwork sleeve with hexagon scales and mandala