Upper arm tattoo ideas

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Blackwork and dotwork geometric full sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with diamond lattice and cog motifs on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork geometric full arm sleeve
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork stippling and soft shading on a person's upper arm near the shoulder.
Lotus flower on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork whale shark tattoo with blackwork shading on the upper arm, swimming diagonally up the limb.
Whale shark on the upper arm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart overgrown with flowers and leaves, across an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a teal flying saucer with hearts beaming up a dotted unicorn over a pink starry sky and a rainbow.
UFO beaming up a unicorn over clouds
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Mandala tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale skeleton running from the wrist up the forearm and onto the upper arm, showing the skull, ribs, spine and tail fluke.
Whale skeleton tattoo on forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a wolf head framed by a mandala ornament on the upper arm.
Wolf head with mandala ornament on upper arm
Black and grey peony tattoo with leaves on the upper arm of a person in a black vest top, shown in a black and white photo.
Peony and leaves on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas and roses covering the upper arm and forearm, worn by a person in a black graphic vest top.
Black and grey mandala and rose arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a large beetle with a crescent moon, crystal, ferns and flowers within triangle lines.
Beetle, crescent moon and crystal on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of two crossed arrows with rainbow-striped feathers and dotwork arrowheads on the upper arm.
Crossed arrows with feathers on an upper arm
Traditional tattoo with dotwork shaded hand reaching upward beside a dagger, a small flower and a bird, on the arm near the elbow.
Stippled hand with dagger and bird
Three views of a full arm sleeve in black and grey dotwork, with geometric flowers, circles and linked shapes covering the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey geometric flower sleeve
Dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on an upper arm, set against green and pink wash shading and a scattering of dots.
Octopus tentacles on an upper arm
Black ink blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a curled-up cat in front of rooftops, a sun and waves, inside a circle on the upper arm.
Sleeping cat and town in a circle on upper arm
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a mountain cabin, pine trees and a sunburst with clouds on the upper arm.
Mountain cabin landscape with sunburst
Geometric cat head tattoo with dotwork shading and watercolour splashes of pink, purple and teal on an upper arm.
Geometric cat head on upper arm
Black and grey eye tattoo with dotwork shading and lashes, above the words I'M STILL FOND OF YOU, on an upper arm, with partial tattoos above and below.
Eye tattoo with 'I'm still fond of you' lettering
Black and grey dotwork and line tattoo on the upper arm, showing a split face of a woman with a side bun and a dark helmeted mask inside a geometric diamond frame.
Split female face and helmet in a diamond frame
Black and grey blackwork elephant with a lotus mandala above it, tattooed on the upper arm, with dotwork shading beneath.
Elephant and lotus on upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of three pine trees in front of a stippled circle with mountain outlines, on the upper arm of a woman in a dark vest top.
Pine trees in a dotwork circle on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork paisley and dotwork sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, worn with a dark tank top.
Paisley blackwork sleeve on forearm
Fine line tattoo of a cat with closed eyes, black line flowers and red berries on its head, and a red heart, on the upper arm.
Cat with flowers and heart on upper arm
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo with grey dotwork mandalas and a flower of life pattern on the upper arm, and red and teal feather forms running down the forearm.
Full sleeve of mandalas and red and teal feathers
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head in a diamond frame with dotwork shading, flowers and a tied ribbon, on the upper arm.
Fox and flowers in a diamond frame
Black fine line geometric tattoo of nested triangles, a diamond and dotted circles on the upper arm, with dotwork shading.
Geometric diamond and circles on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala and lotus flower tattoo covering the upper arm of a person wearing a blue sleeveless top.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork peony and acanthus leaf tattoo set in a circle on the upper arm.
Peony and acanthus leaves in a circle
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with petal shapes on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top, with the other hand resting across the arm.
Black mandala tattoo on upper arm
Man's torso, neck and arms covered in black blackwork tattoos, with a honeycomb pattern of hexagons and pentagons and a dotwork gradient around the navel.
Honeycomb blackwork torso piece
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a portrait of a woman and roses on the upper arm and dotwork flowers on the forearm.
Floral sleeve with portrait on upper arm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading wrapping around a flexed upper arm, with a white sleeve at the shoulder.
Octopus tattoo on an upper arm
Colour and black ink tattoo of a woman in a geometric patterned dress on a woman's upper arm, with scalloped fan lines and dots around the figure.
Female figure in patterned dress on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a mountain, winding river and pine trees in an oval frame on the upper arm.
Mountain, river and pines in an oval frame
Three-panel photo of a full arm sleeve in black and grey geometric dotwork, with mandala-style rosettes and circular patterns from shoulder to wrist.
Geometric mandala full arm sleeve
Black and grey floral sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring sunflowers, dotwork mandala motifs and paisley swirls.
Floral sleeve across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mountain peaks above a lake and pine trees, enclosed in a rectangular frame on the upper arm.
Mountain and pine landscape in a frame
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two round soot-like sprites with large eyes and a faceted black crystal across the shoulder and upper arm.
Two soot sprites and a crystal on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a hand resting on a shoulder, with a small dotwork star cluster tattoo in black ink on the upper arm.
Dotwork star cluster on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork mandala flower tattoo with layered petals and circles on the upper arm, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Geometric mandala flower on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo with radiating petals and dotted berry clusters wrapping around a person's upper arm near the elbow.
Radial floral tattoo on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of three arrows on the upper arm, with a peacock feather arrow in the centre and dotted, chevron-tipped arrows either side.
Three arrows on the upper arm
Dotwork and linework floral sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with red blossoms at the top and black flowers below.
Floral sleeve on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two songbirds on an upper arm, one carrying a leafy sprig, shaded with fine stippled dotwork.
Two birds with a sprig on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an abstract figure with a small red heart and leafy branch on the upper arm and shoulder.
Abstract figure and heart on upper arm
Black ink Sanskrit script, om symbols and a dotwork mandala across a man's chest and shoulder, with more tattooing on the upper arm.
Sanskrit mantra chest and mandala shoulder piece
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a pier silhouette under a moon, with stippled sky, rolling waves and pebbles inside a circle.
Pier, moon and waves in a circle on an upper arm