Ship wheel tattoo ideas

42 photos and flash · 67% Traditional, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black line drawing flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope beside a ship's wheel, with the words Guide me in your truth and Anchor me in your love.
Anchor and ship wheel with quote lettering
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Upper arm sleeve tattoo in black and grey shading with a ship wheel, waves and a banner reading of the Sea, with pink flowers and a compass star.
Ship wheel sleeve with banner and flowers
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor and rope among clouds, with the script quote "Be the one to guide me, but never hold me down", shown as a tattoo design with no placement on the body.
Ship wheel and anchor with script quote
Full arm sleeve tattoo in black and grey shading with pink flowers, showing a ship wheel, waves and a 'of the Sea' banner on the upper arm and forearm.
Ship wheel sleeve with waves and script
Traditional outline tattoos of a sailing ship in an oval frame with roses and a ship's wheel, one on each thigh.
Twin sailing ship tattoos on thighs
Close photo of a hand with several small fine line black tattoos on the fingers, including a seahorse on the middle finger and a ship's wheel above it.
Small seahorse and symbol finger tattoos
Traditional colour tattoo of Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse at a ship's wheel above a red rose with green leaves, on the lower leg.
Steamboat Willie Mickey and rose on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a sailing ship in her hair, red cheek circles and blue accents, on the outer thigh, shown in two photos.
Sailor woman with ship in hair on thigh
Hand-drawn black ink design of a ship wheel and an anchor with script lettering reading be the one to guide me and but never hold me down, drawn across a spiral notebook.
Ship wheel and anchor script design
Traditional style flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel, two swallows and a laurel wreath, drawn on torn paper over wooden boards.
Anchor and ship wheel with swallows
Black line drawing flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, including a ship, anchor, dagger through a heart, snake, swallow on a padlock and diamond in a laurel wreath, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet of nautical and classic motifs
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor with a ship's wheel and compass rose at the centre, shown on a forearm.
Anchor, ship wheel and compass on a forearm
Two black ink thigh tattoos in traditional style, a ship's wheel and an anchor wrapped in rope, each with script lettering, on a person wearing denim shorts.
Ship wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
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
Traditional style flash design of a woman in profile wearing a black bowler hat with a red flower, beside a ship's wheel and green leaves.
Profile woman in bowler hat with ship wheel
A black and white flash sheet of nautical designs including anchors, a lighthouse, a whale, a compass star, a ship's wheel, a sailing boat and a sailing ship.
Nautical flash sheet of anchors, waves and ships
Set of traditional-style tattoo flash designs printed as stickers, showing a teacup, aeroplane, microphone, cigarette hand, globe, ship wheel and carousel horse, all with lettering on banners, on a
Traditional flash designs printed as stickers
Three traditional style flash designs on a pale surface: a ship wheel with a banner, a carousel horse with a banner, and a hand holding a microphone with a banner.
Ship wheel, carousel horse and microphone flash
Black and grey tattoo of Australia drawn as an old treasure map with scorched edges, a ship's wheel and the word Australia in script.
Australia map tattoo in old treasure map style
Two small black anchor tattoos on the heels of a pair of bare feet, one foot in a sandal and the other wearing woven bracelets.
Matching small anchor tattoos on heels
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: a ship's wheel with the script 'Be the one to guide me' on the left, and a shaded anchor with a chain and the script 'but never hold me down' on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor script tattoos on forearms
Black fine line script quote with a ship wheel and anchor tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote with ship wheel and anchor on ribs
Traditional style flash design of a mermaid with a ship's wheel, a red rose and a banner reading FOLLOW ME, drawn in colour with bold outlines.
Mermaid with ship wheel and rose banner
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
Hands holding a white mug, with a red and black traditional ship's wheel tattoo on the back of one hand and small anchor, arrow and Roman numeral tattoos on the fingers.
Ship's wheel and small symbols on hands
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor, rope and two roses, in a traditional style, shown as a design sheet rather than on skin.
Ship wheel, anchor and roses design
Two black and grey tattoos on the backs of a pair of hands, a compass rose on the left and an anchor with a ship's wheel on the right, in a traditional style.
Compass and anchor tattoos on the hands
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 ship wheel tattoo with script on a shoulder, and an anchor tattoo with script on a forearm, both shown in a close embrace.
Ship wheel and anchor matching tattoos
Black and grey pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel on the shank, shaded with fine hatching and stippling, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Anchor with rope and ship's wheel
Black and grey full back tattoo of a bearded pirate with an eyepatch and tricorn hat, beside sailing ships, an octopus tentacle and a treasure chest.
Pirate scene across a full back
Black and grey traditional tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a woman in a headdress, roses, a skull in a heart and an anchor.
Traditional chest and torso piece with woman and anchor
Four views of a black and grey nautical full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an octopus, a skull, a ship's wheel and a compass star, placed from the forearm up to the upper arm.
Black and grey nautical full sleeve
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a black snake coiled between red roses, sun faces, dripping apple and blue waves, with forearm and upper arm tattoos visible.
Traditional back piece with snake, roses and sun faces
Two small black fine line tattoos, a ship's wheel on the left foot and an anchor on the right, both placed on the inner heel near the ankle.
Ship wheel and anchor on two feet
Sheet of fourteen black ink anchor designs on a beige paper background, several with rope, rings or a ship's wheel, in a traditional hand-drawn style.
Anchor designs on a flash sheet
Man in a grey t-shirt printed with an octopus and ship wheel, with traditional tattoo sleeves showing roses on both arms.
Octopus and ship wheel tee with tattoo sleeves
Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor and ship wheel within a rope heart, framed by orange flowers, teal leaves and the words INTO THE SEA, on the thigh.
Anchor and ship wheel in a rope heart
Colour flash design of a burning pirate ship above an octopus wrapped around an anchor, with skeleton arms and a skull and crossed swords at the top.
Pirate ship, octopus and anchor sleeve design
Black silhouette anchors and ship wheels of varying sizes scattered across a white flash sheet, with no body placement shown.
Anchors and ship wheels design sheet