Ship tattoo ideas

240 photos and flash · 50% Traditional, 17% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey lettering tattoo on the upper back, with flourished script inside a teardrop of scrollwork around a silhouetted head and sailing ship.
Script and silhouette on upper back
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with a city scene and "Ride or Die" script, tattooed across a full back.
Realist woman portrait and script across a full back
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
Black ink line drawing of a three-masted ship on hatched waves with a dotted line to an anchor, above the script words Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, on crumpled paper.
Ship, waves and anchor with script quote
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, showing a profile silhouette with a ship inside it, surrounded by looping script.
Profile silhouette and script on upper back
Black and grey ship tattoo with flowing script on the upper thigh, with a hand with glitter ombre nails resting beside it.
Ship and script tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing the word NAVY, stars, a warship and a torn flag with the number 43.
Navy warship and torn flag on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a ship's wheel enclosing a sailing ship, a flower below, and the words DARLIN IM NOT above and COMIN HOME below.
Ship's wheel and flower sketch with lettering
Black fine line tattoo of the word friend above a simple outlined ship and the word ship below, on the inner forearm.
Friend and ship script on forearm
Black ink pen drawing of a sailing ship on rough waves with a dangling anchor and the script words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, on white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor with quote
Black and grey traditional nautical designs, including a ship, star, compass and lighthouse, shown as flash sheets and temporary tattoos on a thigh.
Nautical temporary tattoo designs on a thigh
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Black and grey realism portrait of a man in sunglasses with block lettering and red splashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Portrait and lettering sleeve on a forearm