Sky tattoo ideas

276 photos and flash · 41% Realism, 10% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

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Two black ink dotwork drawings of palm trees on a beach scene, sketched on translucent paper beside a fine liner pen, shown as tattoo design artwork.
Dotwork palm trees design drawings
Colour realism tattoo of an hourglass with a lit candle in the upper bulb and a bare tree in the lower bulb, on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with candle and dead tree
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of cartoon robot, green-faced and pink pig characters against a blue sky with clouds.
Cartoon characters on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a maple leaf on the upper back, filled with a dark silhouetted landscape of bare trees against a yellow and orange sky.
Maple leaf landscape on upper back
Three-panel photo of a large colour and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a castle, a red steam train, a white owl, dragons and a hippogriff.
Hogwarts castle and steam train sleeve
Colour tattoo on a woman's upper back and shoulder blade showing a black silhouette of a tree with a swing and falling leaves against a blue, pink and orange sunset.
Tree and swing silhouette at sunset on a shoulder
Realism tattoo of a stone stairway rising through clouds and light rays, with pink birds, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Stairway through clouds on upper arm
Fine line black script reading wanderlust, running diagonally along the inner upper limb of a person in a patterned top, with the sea and rocks behind.
Wanderlust script tattoo
Realism tattoo of an ornate magnifying glass on a forearm, with a black cross and blue sky visible through the lens.
Magnifying glass with cross tattoo on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a great white shark breaching above waves and a second shark with open jaws beneath the surface, on the calf.
Great white sharks on a calf
Two hands raised against a clear blue sky, with a small black lettering tattoo on the inner wrist and tiny black marks on one finger.
Small lettering on wrist and finger tattoos
Realistic colour crucifixion scene tattoo on a forearm, showing a figure with long dark hair on a cross before an orange sun, with a small blood drip near the wrist.
Crucifixion scene on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the state of Alaska filled with snowy mountains, pine trees and a lake, with a red sky above, on the back.
Alaska state outline with mountains and forest
Greyscale and pale pink realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a long staircase rising through clouds towards a column and a burst of light, with a winged figure at the base.
Staircase to light tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of bare trees, flying birds and a small door across the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Bare trees and birds on an upper arm
Two realistic colour portraits tattooed side by side on a lower leg, one showing a man with a beard pointing a pistol, the other a bald man with glasses and a beard, against a cloudy sky background.
Two realism portraits of men on a lower leg
Black and grey circular tattoo of waves and clouds in an engraved style, placed on the outer thigh.
Waves and clouds in a circle on a thigh
Watercolour-style hot air balloon tattoo in green, yellow, orange and pink with black linework and swirls on a person's side ribs.
Watercolour hot air balloon on the ribs
Colour neo-trad tattoo on the thigh showing a Mickey Mouse head outline with a dark castle silhouette against an orange and purple sky, with red mandala patterns in the ears and base.
Mickey silhouette castle on thigh
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing the outline of the state of Maine filled with a lighthouse on rocky shore, a compass rose and the word MAINE, with a banner reading the way life should be.
Maine lighthouse and compass rose on a calf
Watercolour-style tattoo of blue and pink clouds with a typewriter-style quote across the forearm.
Clouds and typewriter quote on an arm
Colour tattoo of a purple and black dragon in a realistic style across a person's upper back, with orange and pink clouds behind it.
Purple dragon across upper back
Realism tattoo of a barn, silo and vintage hot rod truck in black and grey with a reddish sky, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Barn, silo and hot rod truck on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of two snow-capped grey mountains with small green trees under a blue sky, inside a black frame with the word mountains, on the upper arm.
Framed mountains with the word mountains
Colour tattoo of a young witch flying on a broomstick with a black cat and a green gift box against a blue sky, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Witch on a broomstick with black cat on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an amber skull beneath a black bare tree with grey splatter marks, on the upper arm.
Skull and bare tree on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a teal flying saucer with hearts beaming up a dotted unicorn over a pink starry sky and a rainbow.
UFO beaming up a unicorn over clouds
Two black dotwork tattoos of mountain ridges under a moon, set within elongated geometric diamond shapes on the forearms.
Dotwork mountains and moon on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed on a forearm reads I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a fantasy castle on walking mechanical legs, with clouds and rocky mountains, on the outer thigh.
Mechanical castle with legs on a thigh
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet walking through snow beside a bare tree, in a storybook illustration style.
Pooh and Piglet walking in snow on an upper arm
Full back tattoo of a gnarled cherry blossom tree with pink flowers, grey mountains and a pale blue sky, placed across the back.
Cherry blossom tree across a back
Colour tattoo of a palm tree on a forearm, set against a blue watercolour-style sky with sea and sand at the base.
Palm tree and blue sky on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a swirling blue and yellow night sky with orange stars across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Swirling night sky tattoo on shoulder
Two coloured thigh tattoos: a birdcage holding a heart in an ornate frame on the left, and a red bird with a brain on the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Birdcage and bird with brain on thighs
Colour tattoo of a turquoise castle beneath white fireworks and an orange and purple sky, placed on the thigh.
Castle and fireworks on a thigh
Colour tattoo of Van Gogh's The Starry Night covering the upper arm, with a swirling blue sky, glowing yellow stars and a dark cypress tree.
Starry Night recreation on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a crucified figure with a crown of thorns on a forearm, with a red blood drip near the wrist.
Crucifixion scene on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the state of Oklahoma on an upper arm, filled with a blue sky, red and yellow flowers, a small pink heart and a bird perched on the edge.
Oklahoma state outline with flowers and a bird
Colour realism tattoo of a pine tree landscape under a sunset sky, framed by a black heart outline on a calf.
Landscape inside a heart on a calf
Black fine line Eiffel Tower tattoo on a forearm, held up in front of the real Eiffel Tower across a grassy park in Paris.
Eiffel Tower tattoo on a forearm
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a pier silhouette under a moon, with stippled sky, rolling waves and pebbles inside a circle.
Pier, moon and waves in a circle on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with the Golden Gate Bridge, pine trees, mountains and orange poppies, sitting on the thigh.
Bear silhouette with Golden Gate Bridge on thigh
Realism sleeve tattoo on a man's forearm and upper arm showing a ship, a sunset sky, a cross-topped building and a hooded figure in colour and grey.
Realism sleeve with ship, cross and hooded figure
Two small outlined star tattoos in fine line style, one on each wrist of two clasped hands, with the sea behind.
Matching small star wrist tattoos on the beach
Colour tattoo of a pin-up woman in a blue shirt and cap in front of a red semi truck and orange sunset sky, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Pin-up and red truck on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a village with red roofs and a church tower under a starry blue sky on a forearm, with a black and grey circular piece above it.
Village at dusk on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo on a side torso made to look like torn skin, revealing a blue sky with clouds and black swallows in flight across the ribs.
Torn skin revealing sky and swallows on ribs