Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Woman seen from behind with arms raised, showing a rose tattoo on her upper arm and shoulder in muted red and grey ink.
Rose tattoo on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a teal stand mixer with a steel bowl and a red mesh whisk, framed by orange flowers and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Stand mixer and flowers on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat face with three orange eyes on the upper arm, shown in a close photograph.
Three-eyed black cat face on an arm
Black and grey dragon tattoo running down the back of a person with a raised arm, in Japanese style, with a branch-like tattoo on the upper arm.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black ink botanical tattoo of leaves and sprigs on an upper arm near the elbow, with a person lying on blue and white bedding.
Botanical foliage tattoo on upper arm
Upper arm sleeve tattoo in black and grey shading with a ship wheel, waves and a banner reading of the Sea, with pink flowers and a compass star.
Ship wheel sleeve with banner and flowers
Full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red fox and a howling wolf beneath bare branches, in neo-traditional style with bold colour across the upper arm and forearm.
Fox and wolf full sleeve with branches
Two people stand back to back showing matching mandala tattoos on their arms, a crescent moon on the left and a circular mandala on the right.
Matching crescent and mandala shoulder tattoos
Realistic colour tattoo of an hourglass with a glowing amber top bulb and a bare tree in the lower bulb, shown on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with bare tree on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering reading Dum Spiro Spero on an upper arm, with a dotwork stipple shading halo around the letters.
Dum Spiro Spero script lettering on upper arm
Black botanical pine tree tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with her arm raised, wearing a blue top.
Pine tree on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, poppies and buds covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Roses and poppies across a shoulder
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm of a pink sprinkled donut wrapped in brown banners reading AS THROUGH THIS LIFE WE ROLL, with green leaves and red berries.
Sprinkled donut with banner on upper arm
Person in a car driving with a traditional-style arm sleeve featuring swallows and banners, with a geometric tattoo on a passenger's thigh in the foreground.
Traditional sleeve and thigh tattoos in a car
Black script lettering reading Bieber Feaver on an upper arm, on a person wearing a navy shirt.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Red and black hibiscus and poppy flowers with sketchy linework and small insects, covering an upper arm and part of the shoulder.
Hibiscus and poppy flowers on an upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a bird's neck rising from water with reeds and ripples, placed on the upper arm.
Bird neck rising from water on upper arm
Close view of a woman's upper arm with four black blackwork playing card suits in descending size, plus a small red heart on the hand.
Playing card suits down the upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and exposed gears on an upper arm.
Pocket watch with gears and Roman numerals
Small fine line black tattoos of a heartbeat line and an arrow on a woman's arm, shown beside a sequined peach gown.
Heartbeat and arrow tattoos with a sequin gown
Black and grey realism tattoo of a songbird in flight with outstretched wings, placed on the upper arm.
Songbird in flight on upper arm
Small black Botanical tattoo of a cluster of five pine trees on the upper arm, shown in a close side view against a pale wall.
Pine tree cluster on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a rose-red cheek and a scroll banner reading YOUR MY ONLY HOPE on the upper arm.
Woman in profile with banner on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a crescent moon filled with floral ornament, beside a small outlined star, on the upper arm.
Crescent moon and star on upper arm
Woman in a pink bikini on a sandy beach showing black and grey tattoos on her left upper arm and sleeve and her right forearm.
Dark arm tattoos on a woman in a pink bikini
Woman seated with long wavy hair, showing black and grey mandala tattoos on her upper arm and wrist and a cat head tattoo on her forearm.
Mandala and cat tattoos on arms
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a haunted house, bats, a full moon and skeletal figures across the shoulder and arm, shown from three angles.
Haunted house and graveyard full sleeve
Two people with arms pressed together, each showing a matching fine line tattoo of two hooked little fingers linked in a pinky promise on the upper arm.
Matching pinky promise hands on upper arms
Colour traditional tattoo of a mermaid holding a rope, with waves, clouds, birds and a flower, on an upper arm.
Traditional mermaid with rope on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an eye with teardrops inside an elongated box, framed by flowers and leaves, on an upper arm.
Eye and teardrops in a box with flowers
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with a feather fletching and a geometric arrowhead on the upper arm.
Feather and arrow on the upper arm
Realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a barn owl, red poppies, a fox head and green foliage.
Owl, poppies and fox on a full sleeve
Pink cherry blossom branch tattoo with black shaded limbs wrapping around an upper arm, in a Japanese-inspired style.
Cherry blossom branch on upper arm
Back view of a woman in a white top with a small fine line geometric tattoo on her upper arm near the elbow, in black ink.
Small fine line tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a smiling pink jellyfish with bubbles, sparkles and the words I don't think you're ready for this JELLY on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Kawaii jellyfish with quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a shaded face and a small astronaut within angular geometric panels, placed on the upper thigh.
Face and astronaut panels on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a chain and yellow flowers with green leaves, wrapping an upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a tall stone monument on a hill, with a dolmen, standing stone and church spire, across an upper arm.
Monument and dolmen landscape on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with teal hair and a starfish beside a treasure chest of gold coins, on an upper arm.
Mermaid and treasure chest on an upper arm
Black and yellow tattoo of a rising sun with rays above dark mountains and rain lines, on the outer upper arm, in a bold graphic blackwork style.
Rising sun over mountains and rain on an upper arm
A shaded black and grey feather sleeve tattoo covering a man's upper arm and forearm, with his hand resting near his shoulder.
Feather sleeve on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heart formed by a heartbeat trace, ending in the word sisters in script, on the inner upper arm.
Heartbeat heart with 'sisters' on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a paint swatch card reading TATTONE and 5K1 N on the upper arm, beneath a grey sleeve.
Paint swatch card tattoo on upper arm
Four views of a black and grey full arm sleeve with red sunburst rays, a profile portrait, the words Easy Rider and a road ends sign, and a motorcyclist, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve with Easy Rider motif and red sunburst
Colour tattoo of a bare sapling with a red bauble, standing on blue and brown planks, in a neo-traditional style on the upper arm, with a robot tattoo below.
Bare sapling with red bauble on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a winking woman in a patterned headscarf with a banner reading NEVER AGAIN, on an upper arm.
Winking pin-up with Never Again banner on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an hourglass with a lit candle in the top bulb and a bare tree in the bottom bulb, on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with candle and tree
Black blackletter-style lettering reading SHIT HAPPENS, tattooed on the inner upper arm in black ink.
Shit Happens lettering on an upper arm