Rope tattoo ideas

517 photos and flash · 54% Traditional, 11% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black line drawing of two swallows and a dagger, with a banner reading Crochet or Die, in a traditional flash style.
Swallows and dagger with Crochet or Die banner
Traditional style tattoo on a person's upper back showing a dagger with a golden hilt, an eye on the blade, red drops of blood and a skull below.
Dagger with eye and skull on upper back
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
Nautical flash design of white lettering on a navy background, with a crossed anchor, lifebuoy, flags and banners in a traditional style.
Nautical lettering with anchor and lifebuoy
Shaded grey anchor wrapped in rope and decorated with blue flowers, with script initials on the stock, in a traditional style on the lower leg.
Anchor with rope and blue flowers on a calf
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
Traditional style tattoo of a compass rose and open pocket watch with red roses, green leaves and rope edging on an upper arm.
Compass and roses in traditional style
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 engraved-style anchor design wrapped in rope, with the script words Refuse to Sink on a torn banner and no body placement shown.
Anchor with Refuse to Sink script
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
Traditional colour tattoo of a surfer silhouetted against a sunset with palm trees, a wave and a bottle, framed by a rope border and banners reading Somewhere Over The Rainbow, with hibiscus flowers.
Surfer at sunset with hibiscus and banner
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 ink line drawing on paper of a rope-framed heart holding a lighthouse, waves and birds, with a flower and leaves below and a small anchor, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Lighthouse heart and flower design sketch
Traditional style flash drawing of a sailing ship framed by red roses, a yellow butterfly and crabs, drawn on paper.
Ship, roses and butterfly flash design
Traditional flash drawing of a sailing ship inside a rope-edged star with an anchor behind it, shown on a stained paper background.
Nautical star with anchor and sailing ship
Traditional style anchor with rope and ship's wheel on the top of one foot, beside a teal compass rose on the other foot.
Anchor and compass rose on both feet
Two bare feet with a teal and black traditional anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the left foot and a teal compass rose on the right foot.
Anchor and compass rose tattoos on both feet
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an anchor with rope and a Chi-Rho style symbol on the upper arm.
Anchor with Chi-Rho symbol on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue dagger wrapped in rope, with red roses and a pink bow, on the outer thigh.
Dagger, roses and bow on a thigh
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
Traditional style tattoo of a red and grey rooster hanging by its neck from a rope, on the calf of a leg.
Rooster hanging from a rope on a calf
Black and grey traditional style flash sheet showing six drawn designs including a rose, a dagger, a wreath, an eye with rope and a pendant, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey flash sheet of six designs
Traditional style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by roses, rope, swallows and a sea sunset.
Sailor portrait with swallows and roses
Black linework flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope with two swallows in flight on either side, drawn on a cream background in a traditional style.
Anchor with rope and two swallows
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailor pin-up woman holding a ship's wheel above an anchor, placed on the upper arm.
Sailor pin-up with ship's wheel on upper arm
Black and grey anchor tattoo with a coiled rope on the lower leg, shaded with stippled dots and bold outlines in a traditional style.
Anchor and rope on a calf
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
Black and grey traditional flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a Sink or Swim banner and flowers, printed on cream fabric with no body part shown.
Anchor with Sink or Swim banner
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a swallow with roses, a butterfly, a tiger head, a snake, a skull in a beanie, a woman with a rose in her hair and an eye.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow and tiger
Traditional tattoo of a black and yellow compass rose with pink flowers, green leaves and an anchor, on the upper arm.
Compass rose with anchor and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey traditional compass rose with a rope-wrapped anchor on a shoulder and upper arm, with a small blue accent in the compass centre.
Compass and anchor on shoulder and upper arm
Black line-drawn tattoo flash sheet with food, objects and lettering motifs, including a steak, pizza slice, pie, revolver and the word MEAT, on a pale grey background.
Tattoo flash sheet of food and text motifs
Colour tattoo of an anchor with a pink bow, a sailing ship inside a pink rope ring and a small heart, on a person's upper back.
Anchor and sailing ship on a back
Traditional-style flash drawing of a swallow in flight with a rope-wrapped anchor, roses and vines on a blue patterned background.
Swallow and anchor flash design
Black and grey traditional-style anchor tattoo wrapped in rope with two starfish, script lettering on the shank and 6:19 on the crown, on the side of the torso.
Anchor with rope and starfish on the side
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
Black and grey anchor tattoo with three banners reading a quote, shaded in a traditional style on the side of the ribs.
Anchor and quote banner on ribs
Traditional style anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the top of a foot, with Roman numerals on the shank.
Traditional anchor and rope on a foot
Traditional-style flash drawing of a ship in a heart framed by roses, with the words Beyond the Sea in black outline lettering.
Ship in a heart with roses flash design
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
Colour traditional tattoo of a coiled rattlesnake over a waving orange banner reading Don't Tread On Me, with a skull and rope on the upper back.
Rattlesnake and Don't Tread On Me banner
Traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship with flowers and leaves above a mandala on a forearm.
Sailing ship and mandala on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a three-masted sailing ship riding interwoven waves, with a hanging anchor on a thin line, in a traditional nautical design shown on cream paper.
Sailing ship on waves with anchor