Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Realistic shaded tattoo of layered armour plates across a shoulder and upper arm, in brown and grey tones.

Realistic armour plate shoulder tattoo

Black and grey engraved-style tattoo on the upper arm showing a church with a tall spire, mountains, a house and a handshake at the bottom.

Church, mountains and handshake on upper arm

Elephant head in a geometric circle on upper arm

Blackwork rib cage tattoo with a solid orange circle behind it and a grey-shaded triangle below, on the inner upper arm.

Rib cage and red sun on upper arm

Realistic colour tattoo of an ornate perfume bottle with a faceted crystal stopper, silver filigree and purple gems on an upper arm, set against a green background.

Crystal perfume bottle on upper arm

Three side-by-side photos of an illustrated tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe and flowing hair on the upper arm, in soft brown and grey shading.

Woman with flowing hair on upper arm

Black line tattoo of a snare drum with scattered numbers on the upper arm, drawn in a fine line style with hatched shading.

Snare drum with numbers on upper arm

Black and grey Japanese style koi fish, flowers, clouds and waves covering a full sleeve from shoulder to forearm, shown from two angles.

Koi and waves full sleeve

Full colour sleeve tattoo of roses, daisies and hearts on an arm resting on a wooden table, in a traditional style.

Colourful floral sleeve on an arm

Black and grey tribal sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a shaded palm tree against a sunset.

Palm tree and tribal bands on an upper arm

Three views of a full arm sleeve in abstract black ink splatter and drips across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, with a faint red wash near the shoulder.

Abstract black full sleeve on arm

Colour Japanese style half sleeve tattoo of red koi fish and pink cherry blossoms over a grey swirl, covering the upper arm and shoulder.

Koi and cherry blossom half sleeve

Solid black trident tattoo with Roman numerals II, IV and VI beneath it, on an upper arm beside a yellow top.

Trident and Roman numerals on upper arm

Realistic tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a seated figure in a headdress within a circular carved stone frame with glyphs, in brown and grey tones.

Carved stone seated figure on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded face styled like a carved stone bust, on the upper arm.

Bearded stone-effect face on upper arm

Black linework tattoo of two stiletto heels and a pair of legs inside a square frame on the upper arm.

Stiletto heels and legs in a square frame

Close view of a white t-shirt printed with black line drawings of hands holding cigarettes, beside a forearm with small black script lettering and a tiny hand tattoo.

Hand-print tee with script forearm tattoos

Colour tattoo on an upper arm in a traditional style, showing a state outline with mountains, a sun, a cabin, pine trees, a peach and a banner reading ON MY MIND.

Mountain cabin and peach on an upper arm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a full moon within a thin black outline, on the upper arm.

Dotwork full moon on upper arm

Colour tattoo on the upper arm of cartoon robot, green-faced and pink pig characters against a blue sky with clouds.

Cartoon characters on upper arm

Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a Winnie the Pooh quote in serif lettering, with a sketched Winnie the Pooh and Piglet and a trail of footprints below.

Winnie the Pooh quote and Piglet on upper arm

Tribal-style black owl perched on a branch with red cherry blossoms, tattooed on an upper arm.

Owl and cherry blossom on upper arm

Small black outline lotus flower tattoo in a fine line style on the upper arm, with a hand resting on the arm.

Lotus flower on an upper arm

Realism tattoo of a grey and white cat with blue eyes inside a black scrolled ornamental frame on the upper arm.

Grey cat portrait in scrollwork frame on upper arm

Arm tattoo of cartoon rabbits in a single red-brown ink on the upper arm, with a partial design visible at the top right.

Cartoon rabbits in red-brown ink on upper arm

Fine line black ink tattoo of two hands holding a handwritten scroll, with footprints trailing across the upper arm.

Hands holding a scroll with footprints

Colour realism tattoo of an older man with red face paint and a feathered headdress, on the upper arm.

Realistic portrait of a man in feathered headdress

Black and grey realism tattoo of two sugar skulls, one with curled hair and a flowered hat, on an upper arm, with a script lettering piece in a second panel.

Sugar skull couple on upper arm

Close crop of a person's upper arm with a botanical tattoo of small blue-grey flowers, green leaves and a pink stem tip, in colour.

Botanical flower sprig on upper arm

Close crop of a torso in a torn white top, showing fine black script lettering on the upper arm and a second script line on the forearm, both partly cropped.

Script lettering on upper arm and forearm

Three-panel photo of a large colour and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a castle, a red steam train, a white owl, dragons and a hippogriff.

Hogwarts castle and steam train sleeve

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lighthouse, stars and clouds inside a bottle, on the upper arm.

Lighthouse in a bottle on an upper arm

Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing three classic horror monster faces among flying bats.

Classic horror monster sleeve with bats

Black and grey tribal-patterned bird tattoo on the upper arm, shown from a side angle with a black top worn in the background.

Stylised bird on upper arm

Shirtless man with platinum hair and his face hidden by his hands, showing a black blackwork tree-line band on his right forearm and a dark ornamental sleeve on his left arm.

Forest band and ornate sleeve on a shirtless man

Black and grey realism back piece showing a skeleton skull and a woman with sugar skull make-up and a rose in her hair, with coloured roses on the upper arm.

Skeleton and sugar skull back piece

Thin black fine line lettering reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, on the upper arm below a pink sleeve.

Warrior lettering on upper arm

Close photo of a rainbow-coloured geometric tattoo of overlapping circles forming a flower on the upper arm, with a gingham sleeve rolled up above it.

Rainbow overlapping circles on an upper arm

Lion head with tribal swirls on upper arm

Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.

Crown and lettering across a back

Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W lettering on the upper arm, below a loose sleeve.

Compass rose tattoo on upper arm

Full body Japanese style tattoo with koi, dragon and lotus motifs across the arms, chest and legs of a seated person against a black background.

Japanese bodysuit with koi and dragon

Woman seen from behind with a colourful Japanese-style phoenix and flower sleeve on her arm and a large tattoo across her thigh.

Japanese phoenix and flower sleeve with thigh tattoo

Black and grey realism tattoo of a rampant winged lion with a flowing mane, covering the shoulder and upper arm.

Winged lion on shoulder and upper arm

Black and grey mandala and dotwork tattoo sleeves covering both upper arms and forearms of a woman in a white tank top and silver chain necklace.

Black and grey mandala sleeve on both arms

Colour neo-traditional portrait of a woman in a headscarf with the word Faith on her brow, tattooed on the upper arm.

Woman portrait in headscarf on upper arm

Black ink tattoo of a large central flower with smaller blooms, buds and leaves, in a botanical dotwork style, on the inner upper arm.

Black ink flower cluster on an upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a cut tree stump with growth rings and a split running up from the centre, across the upper arm.

Tree stump growth rings on upper arm