Rope tattoo ideas

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Colour botanical tattoo of a gold cross wrapped in flowers, leaves and a ribbon on the forearm, shown beside its black line drawing.
Floral cross and ribbon on a forearm
Traditional style anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the forearm, with the words Hope Anchors the Soul in blackletter lettering and small red gems.
Traditional anchor with rope and lettering
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of mountains, pine trees, a lake and a rope inside a diamond shape on the inner forearm.
Mountain, lake and pines in a diamond on a forearm
Line drawing of a teal rope knot wrapped around a wrist, with handwritten lettering beside the fingers, shown as a tattoo design sketch on the forearm.
Rope knot design around a wrist
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a gold-rimmed pocket watch with rope, a skeletal hand and a grey banner reading WAKE UP DEAD.
Pocket watch and skeletal hand on a forearm
Two people holding hands, each with a traditional-style anchor tattoo on the inner forearm, with black linework and orange-red accents.
Matching anchor tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a rope heart enclosing a noose, with the words MISERY LOVES ME above and below, on a forearm.
Rope heart with noose and lettering on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope, with barnacles, green seaweed, an orange starfish and Spanish script lettering around it.
Anchor with script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with two fingers raised inside a braided rope oval tied with a knot, on the forearm, with stippled shading in the background.
Hand in a rope frame on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grey seagull perched on a rope-wrapped anchor, with the words fall out boy in black script below, on a forearm.
Seagull perched on an anchor with script
Black and grey hot air balloon tattoo with ornate dotwork patterns and a hanging anchor on the inner forearm.
Hot air balloon and anchor on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a red rose, green waves and black droplets, on a forearm.
Anchor and rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of crossed arrows tied with rope knots across a man's forearm.
Crossed arrows and rope on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pug's face inside a rope circle with red flowers and a pink backdrop, on the forearm.
Pug in a rope frame with red flowers
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a small climbing figure on a rope, surrounded by blue and green watercolour washes, with the hand raised against a blurred green background.
Climber and watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a striped lighthouse inside an oval rope frame with waves and a flower, on the forearm.
Lighthouse in rope frame on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a green octopus with yellow suckers wrapped around a grey anchor, with pink roses and blue flowers below.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor with roses
Two matching forearm tattoos show a grey shaded anchor wrapped in rope, with a teal bow and the word sisters in script beneath.
Matching anchor and bow forearm tattoos
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the forearms, one with an anchor and one with three birds and a bird silhouette in lettering style.
Matching anchor and bird quote tattoos on forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass over a world map on a forearm, with map labels visible around it.
Compass over a world map on a forearm
Black linework anchor wrapped in rope, with pink roses and blue flowers, tattooed on the forearm.
Anchor with pink roses and blue flowers on forearm
Close view of a wrist with typewriter-style lettering reading I'm with Amanda's Bachelorette Party and a black anchor with a red rope, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Bachelorette party anchor on a wrist
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with an anchor and rope waves on the forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship with flowers and leaves above a mandala on a forearm.
Sailing ship and mandala on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a rope-edged infinity symbol with an anchor and the script words I refuse to sink, mostly black ink with a red accent.
Anchor and infinity rope with script on forearm
Black ink anchor tattoo on a forearm, with rope forming a heart around the shank and dotwork shading on the crown and lower chevron.
Anchor wrapped in a rope heart on a forearm
Black and grey anchor tattoo with rope wrapped around the shank, shown in a traditional style on the forearm.
Anchor and rope on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of a red snake coiled around a blade with a green hilt, on the inner forearm of a hand raised in a pink glove.
Snake and blade on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red bird head with a feathered crest inside a rope-edged heart on a forearm, with a Celtic knot charm hanging below.
Red bird in rope heart on forearm
Black outlined anchor tattoo on the forearm with a blue, purple, red and orange watercolour wash behind it.
Anchor with watercolour splash on forearm
Black and grey tattoos of a shaded skull, ship wheel and snake on a forearm, with an anchor and roses on the back of the hand.
Skull, ship wheel and anchor on forearm and hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bone bound with rope, shown on the inner forearm of a person wearing dark clothing.
Rope-wrapped bone on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of interlocking chain links wrapped with braided rope bands around a forearm, shown in two close-up panels.
Chain links and rope band on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a couple's faces in a red heart, with banners reading 'To die by your side' and 'Such a heavenly way', a blue flower spray and a hanging noose.
Couple in heart banner with noose on forearm
Black linework tattoo of an open eye, a rose and leaves on the forearm, shown in a close-up photo.
Eye, rose and leaves on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat in a sailor hat and striped top, framed by a coiled rope, on a forearm.
Sailor cat in a rope frame on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of three crossed arrows tied with rope and knots, running across the inside of a forearm.
Crossed arrows and rope on a forearm
Black anchor tattoo with a compass rose, and a red ship's wheel, on the inner forearm.
Anchor, compass and ship's wheel on a forearm
Black and grey anchor tattoo with rope detail on the forearm, with a red balloon tied to it by a thin string, in traditional style.
Anchor and red balloon on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with Faith, Hope and Love banners, placed on the forearm.
Anchor with Faith, Hope and Love banners on a forearm
Four-panel photo of a realistic black and grey compass, rope and old map tattoo across the forearm.
Compass and map on a forearm
Traditional style compass tattoo with a red rose and rope detail on a forearm, shown in three close-up photos.
Traditional compass with rose and rope
Two matching forearm tattoos: a red winged heart with script text on the left, and a red and grey anchor with a rope coil and script text on the right.
Matching heart and anchor quote tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the forearm of pine trees, a full moon and a hill inside an oval rope border.
Moon, pines and hills in a rope frame
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with rope, a banner reading EST. and the date 1970 above, on a forearm.
Anchor with rope and 1970 est. banner on a forearm
Two wrists held together, one with a grey shaded key tattoo and the other with a padlock tattoo outlined in pink on the inner forearm.
Matching key and padlock wrist tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate horned mask with floral filigree and a hanging rope, across a forearm.
Ornate horned mask with rope on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship against a red sunset inside a rope border, with a flower below, on a forearm.
Sailing ship and flower on a forearm