Rope tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a pin-up woman and a sailor kissing inside a red heart, with rope and flowers, on the upper arm.
Sailor and pin-up couple in a red heart
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
Close-up of a blue traditional-style anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around its shaft, on a person's upper arm.
Blue anchor with rope on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a red and white striped lighthouse, orange roses, an anchor and rope.
Lighthouse, rose and anchor sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of a dark grey whale with a rope around it, rising above green and grey waves in front of a red sun, shown on an upper arm in two photos.
Whale with rope over a wave and red sun
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship, rose, ship's wheel and anchor across an upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship, rose and anchor on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope, with blue waves and Roman numerals on the upper arm.
Anchor and waves on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a ship's anchor wrapped in rope, shaded with a soft halo behind it, on an upper arm.
Shaded anchor with rope on an upper arm
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a wolf, skeletons, a bird, an eye, a snake and a crescent moon.
Engraved skeleton and beast scene on upper arm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a peacock with red and orange peonies across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Peacock and peony tattoo on shoulder and arm
Collage of four colourful watercolour-style tattoos on arms: an anchor with rope, a deer, a skull and an outlined lily, with the lily and anchor on forearms and the skull on the upper arm.
Watercolour anchor, deer, skull and lily
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a lighthouse and a sailing ship inside an oval frame, with a rope, feathers and a yellow flower.
Lighthouse and sailing ship on upper arm
Collage of four tattoos: a traditional hot air balloon with roses on the upper back, a colourful traditional anchor with rope and hearts on the upper arm, a black and grey anchor with a compass and
Four nautical and balloon tattoos collage
Neo-trad style tattoo of an anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks, handwriting and a blue wash on the upper arm.
Anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks
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
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 traditional anchor tattoo with a coiled rope wrapped around the shank, shown on the upper arm.
Anchor and rope on upper arm
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
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 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 and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing armour plates with a stylised monogram on the shoulder and chainmail-style knotwork below the elbow.
Armour and chainmail sleeve with monogram
Realism tattoo of a brass compass wrapped in rope on the upper arm, set over an outlined map.
Compass and rope on an upper arm
Colour traditional anchor tattoo with a red heart on the crossbar, twisted rope and a pink flower at the base, on the upper arm.
Traditional anchor with rope and heart on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hooded grim reaper skull with the words DEAD SERIOUS beneath it, on an upper arm.
Grim reaper with DEAD SERIOUS lettering
Black and grey sleeve tattoo of a ship's wheel, waves, clouds and script reading 'of the Sea', with pink flowers, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Ship's wheel and sea sleeve on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a MOM banner, an anchor, rope and yellow roses, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Heart and anchor with MOM banner on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship above an anchor and waves, framed by green leaves and a red rose, on an upper arm.
Ship, anchor and rose on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a brass compass and coiled rope over a black-lined world map on an upper arm and shoulder.
Compass and rope on upper arm
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
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 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
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
Neo-traditional wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, framed by bird skulls, rope, yellow leaves with red berries and a crescent moon.
Wolf and bird skulls on an 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 and grey eagle perched on a shaded globe with an anchor and rope, tattooed on an upper arm.
Eagle, globe and anchor on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, rope chain and flowers on an upper arm and shoulder, with faint red marks below.
Pocket watch and flowers on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman with dark wavy hair holding a skull, framed by red roses, on the upper arm.
Woman, skull and roses on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with rope, a Mom banner, red hearts and a red rose with yellow flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Anchor, rose and Mom banner on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and engraved-style sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, showing waves, a figure, a moon and a chain along the lower arm.
Engraved sea and figure upper arm sleeve
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, a dagger, a rope-framed seascape and a rose with leaves on an upper arm.
Swallow, dagger and rose on an arm
Colour tattoo of a pink rose wrapped in rope with a grey anchor on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style with soft shading.
Pink rose and anchor on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo on an upper arm showing two female profile faces filled with a red and orange sunset, stars, birds and a rope knot below.
Two profile faces in a sunset on an upper arm
Colour traditional anchor tattoo wrapped in rope with a pink heart, shown on the upper arm in a traditional style.
Traditional anchor with heart on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a blue starry fill and watercolour splashes of a bird, on the outer thigh.
Anchor with rope on a thigh
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of scissors, a bow-tied bundle of yarn, buttons and rope border on the upper arm, shown in two side by side photos.
Scissors, yarn and buttons on an upper arm
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a shark with an anchor and rope amid curling waves, covering a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Shark, anchor and waves on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing two helicopters, a pointing man's face and silhouetted figures rappelling from ropes.
Helicopters and rappelling figures on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a moustached man with slicked hair inside a rope frame, above a red rose with green leaves, on an upper arm.
Traditional man portrait and rose on an upper arm