Rope tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around the shaft, a heart at the centre and a flower at the base, on the inner wrist.
Anchor, rope and heart on the inner wrist
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of octopus tentacles rising from engraved waves beneath stars and clouds, on an upper arm.
Octopus tentacles rising from waves on an upper arm
Traditional style lantern tattoo with a lettered banner and rope border on a man's forearm, resting on a bar.
Lantern and banner tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realistic anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the inner forearm of a person wearing a light t-shirt.
Shaded anchor with rope on a forearm
Vintage-style flash drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, decorated with pink roses and teal leaves, on a cream background.
Anchor with roses and rope
Pencil and watercolour drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a small bird perched on the crossbar and pink peonies and roses, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Anchor with bird and peonies design
Brown ink drawing of a compass rose with a ship's wheel and anchor at its centre, shown on a cream notebook page, styled as a traditional nautical tattoo design.
Compass rose with ship's wheel and anchor
Traditional style tattoo of a rowboat on water beneath a moon and two birds, framed by a heart-shaped rope border, on a forearm.
Rowboat in a rope heart on a forearm
Drawing of a vintage engraved anchor wrapped in rope and set with coral roses and teal foliage, shown as a tattoo design on a plain light background.
Anchor with roses design
Neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman with long dark hair, feathers, hummingbirds and sunflowers, with a banner reading choose your own path.
Woman with hummingbirds and path banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in gold rope with a seagull perched on the shank, shown on a person's upper body.
Anchor with rope and seagull
Two forearms held together, each with a black and grey traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope on the inner forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on forearms
Black and white flash sheet of tattoo designs on a phone case, including a fox head, compass, bird, spider webs, playing card suits and a rope knot.
Black ink flash sheet with spider webs, compass and fox
Close view of gold metallic temporary tattoos on two arms, including a geometric band and a leafy sprig on the forearm and a botanical design on the upper arm.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wooden cross wrapped in rope with rays of light, two small crosses and a banner, on the inner forearm.
Wooden cross and banner on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional key tattoo with red shading on the bow, crossing a rope-framed compass rose on the forearm.
Key and compass rose on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with a heart-shaped top, wrapped in gold rope and overlapped by a red lily, on the lower leg.
Anchor with heart, rope and red lily
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style mermaid draped over an anchor, framed by flowers and rope, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Mermaid and anchor design sketch
Black and grey tattoo of a crown and anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words My King above and My Anchor below, on a person's side.
Crown and anchor with script lettering
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a coiled rope wrapped around the shank, shown on the upper arm.
Anchor and rope on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope-wound cork, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Ship in a bottle pencil sketch
Black ink line drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds and sunburst rays, in a traditional style.
Hot air balloon and journey banners flash
Pencil sketch of a smiling shiba inu wearing a conical straw hat, with a sword, a moon, drifting petals and grass, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo.
Smiling shiba samurai in a straw hat
Grey-shaded anchor tattoo with coiled rope and blue flowers on the top of a foot, with script lettering on the anchor stock.
Anchor and blue flowers on a foot
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey-green fish with a dagger through it, set inside a red rope ring on the lower leg.
Fish and dagger within a rope ring on a calf
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design, a heart outlined in rope with three flowers inside, on cream paper.
Heart with flowers and rope border
Colour tattoo of a teal and orange anchor wrapped in rope, with two birds and pink watercolour splashes, on the outer thigh.
Watercolour anchor with birds on a thigh
Two feet showing a pair of tattoos: a pink and blue watercolour feather with birds and the words I'll be your wings on the left foot, and a shaded grey anchor with birds and the words and I'll be your
Matching anchor and feather tattoos on two feet
Black and grey engraved-style drawing of a vintage anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words Refuse to sink beneath it on a white background.
Anchor with rope and Refuse to sink script
Black ink fine line tattoo of a shaded cloud with dripping raindrops and a rope leading down to a hand holding a rose, on the upper arm.
Cloud raining over a hand holding a rose
Pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with roses, hibiscus flowers and leaves, as a tattoo design sketch.
Anchor with roses and hibiscus drawing
Traditional style tattoo of a bundle of red arrows tied with a rope, with red drops around it, on a calf, beside a partly visible pin-up tattoo.
Red arrow bundle tied with rope on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse with lightning bolts and waves on a man's upper arm, with a skull and nautical elements nearby.
Lighthouse and lightning sleeve on an arm
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor, a heart with a cross, three roses and a dotted rope over a lace-like mesh, in a traditional style.
Anchor, heart and roses tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor with swirled detailing, an orange starfish and teal and blue waves, on the ankle.
Anchor, starfish and waves on an ankle
Traditional flash drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with grey sails and a red pennant, set in a rope oval with grey clouds, a red sun and blue waves.
Sailing ship in a rope frame with setting sun
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a striped lighthouse under a sunset sky, framed by a rope oval and topped with a pink flower, on the calf.
Lighthouse and pink flower on a calf
Two matching foot tattoos: a watercolour feather with flying birds and the words I'll be your wings on the left foot, and a shaded grey anchor with waves and birds on the right foot.
Feather, birds and anchor tattoos on both feet
White ink anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around the shank, shown on the top of a bare foot.
White ink anchor with rope on a foot
Teal line drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope and set within an ornate filigree mandala, shown as a flash design on textured beige paper.
Anchor with ornamental filigree flash design
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor entwined with rope, with small stars and a crescent moon, in traditional style with stippled shading, drawn on white paper.
Anchor and rope flash design
Five black line flash designs on tracing paper, showing a kissing couple, a rabbit on a heart, an apple with a bow, a Mickey balloon and Minnie with ice cream.
Disney character flash sheets on tracing paper
Vintage-style anchor design with coiled rope and pink, peach and teal roses and leaves, drawn in fine black linework on a cream background.
Anchor with rope and vintage roses
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with flowers, feathers and an anchor on the outer thigh, shown in a framed photograph.
Dreamcatcher and anchor on a thigh
Pencil sketch of an anchor wrapped in rope with three roses, drawn on cream paper by a hand holding a pencil, a traditional-style tattoo design.
Anchor with roses and rope sketch
Traditional-style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by rope, with an anchor, laurel leaves and a red flower below.
Bearded sailor with pipe and anchor
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a rope-wrapped anchor with two mermaids, one above and one below, on an upper arm.
Anchor and two mermaids on an upper arm
Black line drawing of an anchor with a looping rope forming an infinity shape and script lettering, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Anchor and infinity rope design