Sailor tattoo ideas

44 photos and flash · 66% Traditional, 16% Lettering · Upper arm most common

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Nautical flash sheet of line-art designs in navy and red, including a lighthouse, swallow, whale, anchor, jellyfish and squid on a cream background.
Nautical tattoo flash sheet
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Traditional flash drawing of a sailor pin-up woman with closed eyes and a sailor cap, framed by a green laurel wreath and a yellow banner reading Sink or Swim.
Sailor pin-up with laurel wreath and Sink or Swim banner
Traditional style flash design of a sailor pin-up girl with red flowers, a striped top and a HOPE banner, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Sailor pin-up with roses and HOPE banner
Line drawing of a traditional-style sailor with a cap and pipe, holding a rose, drawn in grey ink on the side of a brown leather boot.
Sailor and rose design on a leather boot
Navy line drawing of a bearded sailor in a striped top and cap, with tattooed arms, anchor and rope, and the lettering A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Sailor flash with smooth sea lettering
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
Traditional flash design of a sailor in a cap kissing a woman with a finger waves hairstyle, framed by a rope circle with a red poppy and leaves.
Sailor and woman kissing flash
Black traditional-style swallow flying over waves and a sun, printed as a graphic on a grey vest top against a teal wooden background.
Traditional swallow over waves design
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope with the word SAILORS in ornate lettering across it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor and SAILORS lettering design
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
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
Blue line drawing in traditional style of a moustached man whose chest and shoulders show a woman's portrait with a rose, a ship, an anchor and hearts, framed by dotwork shading and stars.
Tattooed man with woman portrait and nautical motifs
Black line drawing of a sailor girl in a tilted sailor hat and neckerchief, printed on a heathered brown t-shirt, in a traditional style.
Sailor girl flash on a brown t-shirt
Traditional style flash of a jumping sailor pin-up in red shorts and red heels, with blue tattoo designs on her upper arm, thigh and calf.
Sailor pin-up with tattooed arm and legs
Flash sheet of eight retro patch-style designs in Traditional style, including a panther, a sailor, a duck, a whale, a penguin and a Road Queens speedway emblem, with no body placement shown.
Retro patch-style flash sheet of animals and sailors