Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Colourful tattoo of a pink and yellow dinosaur with a small green figure and a butterfly, on the upper arm.
Pink and yellow dinosaur on upper arm
Maroon and black butterfly tattoo with fine line swirls on the upper arm, with a beaded chain draped across the skin.
Maroon butterfly with swirls on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with pink roses and grey feathers on the upper arm and shoulder.
Dreamcatcher and roses on an upper arm
Colour floral tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, with a purple iris, pink and red poppy-like blooms, a white hydrangea and green leaves.
Floral shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Close crop of a person with lilac hair and a mint lace bustier, showing a traditional-style chest tattoo of a heart, a woman's face and the word SUGAR, with tattooed arms.
Chest and arm tattoos under a mint lace bustier
Close-up of a woman with her hands clasped in front of her, both arms covered in black ornamental blackwork and dotwork sleeve tattoos.
Black ornamental sleeves with hands clasped
Black tribal tattoo covering a shoulder, chest and arm sleeve, with a grey shaded panel of stars and a shield on the upper arm.
Tribal sleeve and chest piece in black ink
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a grey cat wearing a top hat and sitting in a teacup beside a red flower.
Grey cat in a teacup on an upper arm
Black tribal sleeve tattoo with bold geometric bands, triangles and zigzags covering the upper arm and forearm.
Black tribal arm sleeve
Black and grey botanical tattoos of a flowering vine on the shoulder and a shaded hibiscus on the upper arm, with a dark tattoo on the forearm, in a Realism style.
Botanical vine and hibiscus tattoos on the arm
Colour neo-trad sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing several cartoon villain characters, including a green-faced figure with horns and a crowned queen.
Animated villains colour sleeve on upper arm
Black dotwork mandala armband tattoo on an upper arm, with dotted lines, a solid band and a teardrop motif below.
Black mandala armband tattoo on upper arm
Two photographs of brown-ink tattoos: Winnie the Pooh seen from behind with a leaf and the words 'If there ever comes a day when we can't be together' on a calf, and Piglet with a leaf and 'keep me in
Pooh and Piglet quote tattoos on legs
Colourful Japanese-style half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a blue VW camper van among grey waves, purple plumeria and red clouds.
VW camper van and flowers on an upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a profile head with flowers spilling from the hair and hands holding scissors, on the upper arm.
Profile with flowers and scissors
Grey shaded daisy tattoo on the shoulder with fine script lettering running down the upper arm, the word sunshine picked out in yellow.
Daisy and script on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lighthouse on a rocky islet with birds and clouds, placed on a person's upper arm.
Lighthouse on a rock on an upper arm
Woman in a backbend handstand in a timber attic, showing a small black fine line tattoo running down her upper arm.
Backbend handstand with small arm tattoo
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading my hope is in god on the upper arm of a woman lying on white bedding.
Fine line script quote on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, with a swallow near the shoulder, a pin-up woman in a hat and red roses.
Traditional swallow and pin-up sleeve on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three mushrooms over a rainbow-striped diamond shape on the upper arm.
Mushrooms and rainbow diamond on upper arm
Side view of a shirtless man showing a bold black tribal tattoo across his shoulder and upper arm.
Black tribal tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with soft, painterly shading on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman with dark hair.
Black and grey lotus on upper arm
Black linework elephant tattoo with floral and mandala patterns filling its body, placed on the thigh.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo of poppies and leaves running from the shoulder down the upper arm, worn by a person in a purple top.
Floral sleeve on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a small bird on a branch inside a black scrolled oval frame, with a teal and orange body, on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in a scrolled oval frame on upper arm
A glowing UV-reactive dreamcatcher tattoo with a flower of life centre and trailing feathers, sitting across the shoulder and upper arm, in geometric and fine line style.
UV-reactive dreamcatcher on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of an ornate elephant covered in mandala-style patterns, on the inner upper arm.
Ornate mandala elephant on an upper arm
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles, arcs and dots in a geometric style on an upper arm.
Abstract circles and arcs on upper arm
Black line tattoo sleeve of many small cartoon cats covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a few blue accents on one figure.
Cat doodle sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the upper arm of a panda head with open jaws over a skull, with bamboo stalks and red blood splatter.
Panda and skull with bamboo on an upper arm
Realistic black and grey Cheshire Cat with teal eyes and black branches tattooed on the inside of an upper arm.
Cheshire Cat with branches on upper arm
Realism black and grey tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and exposed gears on an upper arm, with a faint rose behind it.
Pocket watch with exposed gears
Purple octopus tattoo with green suckers and a yellow eye, wrapping across the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Purple octopus on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a realistic wolf head on the upper arm, with the right half of the face filled with an ornamental mandala-style pattern.
Wolf head with mandala pattern on upper arm
Black fine line geometric fox tattoo, sitting upright with angular outlines, on the upper arm of a person holding the arm.
Geometric fox on an upper arm
Person kneeling on a sofa in a pink dress, with black and grey floral tattoos on the arms, thighs and calves, face hidden by a black mask.
Floral tattoos on arms and legs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a brown T-rex wearing a grey suit and blue tie, with the words Don't lose your dinosaur and green footprints, on an upper arm.
Cartoon T-rex in a suit with slogan
Black and grey blackwork owl tattoo with ornamental patterns on an upper arm, shown during application by a gloved tattooist using a machine.
Ornate owl tattoo being worked on
Sketch-style rabbit tattoo with blue, purple and pink watercolour washes on the upper arm.
Sketched rabbit with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a slender wildflower sprig with three blooms running down the inner upper arm.
Fine line wildflower sprig on an upper arm
Before and after photo of a shark tattoo on an upper arm, with a faded black outline on the left and a colour realism cover-up on a teal ocean background on the right.
Shark shoulder cover-up, before and after
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling tiger with bared fangs and long whiskers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Snarling tiger on upper arm
Two black and grey tattoos: a fine line wave on an upper arm and a dotwork palm tree within a dotted circle on a forearm.
Wave and palm tree tattoos on arms
Colourful Japanese-style full sleeve tattoo of pink peonies and orange chrysanthemums with teal leaves and grey clouds, covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of peonies and chrysanthemums
Mirror selfie of a torso and both arms covered in colour and black and grey tattoos, including a sugar skull face with dotwork shading on the stomach and roses and a skull on the chest.
Torso and arm sleeves with skulls and lotus flowers
Colour realism-style tattoo of a lion's head with a shaded mane, set over a red, orange, yellow and green Africa outline with the words The Motherland beneath, on an upper arm.
Lion over an Africa map on the upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned animal skull surrounded by leaves and red berries across an upper arm and shoulder.
Horned animal skull with foliage on upper arm