Sleeve tattoo ideas

825 photos and flash · 29% Realism, 21% Botanical · Upper arm most common

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Black and white drawing of a full sleeve tattoo design in a geometric tribal style, with bands of triangles, chevrons and curved stripes on an upper arm outline.
Tribal-style sleeve design drawing
Two women seen from behind sitting at the edge of a pool, one with a sleeve on her arm and ornate tattoos on her buttocks, the other with rose tattoos across her back and shoulder.
Two women with back and arm tattoos by a pool
Three people stand side by side with black tribal blackwork tattoos covering their forearms and upper arms, faces out of frame.
Three blackwork tribal arm sleeves
Black and grey dinosaur skull tattoo on a heavily tattooed forearm, with roses, a skull and mandala patterns nearby.
Dinosaur skull and roses on a forearm
A person reclining outdoors shows a full colour sleeve on one arm, floral and skull tattoos on the legs, and a large skull piece across the torso.
Colourful skull tattoos across legs, arm and torso
Black and grey realism arm sleeve showing a bearded figure and roses on the upper arm and forearm, with rose work on the chest and shoulder.
Black and grey realism arm sleeve with roses
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder showing Pokémon-style creatures, a white bird, snowflakes and flowers, shown in three side-by-side views.
Pokémon characters sleeve on upper arm
Traditional-style flash drawing of a black sleeve cuff holding bacon, with an anchor on the wrist and the words Bringing Home The Bacon around it, painted on watercolour paper.
Bringing home the bacon flash design
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing manga-style women, bats, a skull, a checkerboard and an eye in a sunburst.
Black and grey manga-style full sleeve
Full sleeve realism tattoo in black and grey showing a sugar skull woman, skulls and roses across the upper arm and forearm, photographed from three angles.
Black and grey sugar skull sleeve with roses
Realism style black and grey arm sleeve with a pocket watch, gears and a maple leaf, shown from three angles on the arm.
Pocket watch, gears and maple leaf sleeve
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, showing a winged warrior with a sword above demonic figures, set against a dark cloudy sky.
Winged warrior and clouds full sleeve
Full colour sleeve tattoo of cartoon characters, including a green creature and a figure with spiky yellow hair, on an upper arm and forearm.
Colour anime-style sleeve on an upper arm
Black and grey arm sleeve with a rose on the shoulder and a script tattoo on the ribs, on a reclining woman in a black lace bralette.
Arm sleeve and side script tattoos
Four-panel photo of a colourful realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing the Joker's face, Batman, bats and a city skyline.
Joker and Batman full arm sleeve
Black and grey botanical tattoo sleeves on both upper arms of a person wearing a white crop top printed with lips, cats and lipsticks.
Black and grey floral sleeves with patterned crop top
Black and grey botanical sleeve on a shoulder and upper arm, with a realistic cat portrait among leaves, vines and flowers.
Cat and botanical sleeve on shoulder
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style sleeve tattoo design on paper, with a skull, sun, nautical star, compass rose and playing cards, shown as an elongated arm-shaped outline.
Sleeve design with skull, sun and nautical star
Black tribal sleeve tattoo design drawn as two arm sleeves on a white background, with circular motifs near the top and bold banded patterns below.
Tribal sleeve design in black
Colour realism sleeve tattoo of vegetables including a purple tomato, a corn cob, broccoli and an aubergine across the upper arm and forearm.
Vegetable sleeve on an upper arm and forearm
Black and grey realism rose sleeve on the left arm and a lotus on the right forearm, with an eye tattoo on the chest, shown in a mirror selfie.
Rose sleeve and eye tattoo on a woman
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour with roses, a sugar skull, diamonds and leopard print across the upper arm and forearm, shown in three views.
Colour arm sleeve with roses and sugar skull
Realistic biomechanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and elbow, with a pressure gauge dial and red coil detail.
Biomechanical sleeve with pressure gauge
Black and white photograph of a seated woman with full floral sleeve tattoos on both arms and lotus-style tattoos on her chest, wearing a lace bra and studded belt.
Black and grey sleeves and chest tattoos
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a snarling wolf, a woman in profile with flowing hair and bare branches, shown from three angles.
Wolves and a woman on a full arm sleeve
Black tribal blackwork half sleeve with bold geometric bands covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a white vest.
Tribal half sleeve on upper arm
Woman seen from behind on a beach wearing a bikini, with black and grey floral tattoo sleeves on both upper arms and forearms.
Black and grey sleeves on a beach
Torso of a person lifting a white shirt, showing a winged figure, a spider and red LOCALS ONLY lettering in traditional-style tattoos on the stomach, with a sleeve on the upper arm.
Winged figure and spider on torso with arm sleeves
Black and grey blackwork tribal sleeve with swirls, dots and triangles covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person shown from the back in a sepia photograph.
Black tribal sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork geometric designs, with a dotted mandala rosette and cube patterns on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork and dotwork geometric arm sleeve
Black linework tattoo of a mandala, lotus flowers and feather-like wing shapes across an upper arm and shoulder, in a Botanical and Geometric style.
Mandala and lotus linework on upper arm
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a chrysanthemum on the upper arm and a scaled creature on the forearm, photographed while the arm rests on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Japanese black and grey arm sleeve
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skeleton, a grinning skull and a pumpkin face.
Skull and skeleton full sleeve
Two sleeve-shaped flash designs in bright colour showing a TARDIS, Weeping Angels, a Cyberman, a sonic screwdriver, a bow tie and ribbon banners with quotes.
Doctor Who sleeve flash with TARDIS and Weeping Angels
Black and white photo of a tattooed person in a floral sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with a portrait-style tattoo across the stomach.
Floral sleeve and torso tattoos in black and grey
Black and grey skull tattoo across the back of a shirtless man, with arm tattoos including a Star of David on the right arm.
Skull back tattoo with arm sleeves
Colour traditional-style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, with a leopard print background, a pink flamingo, a green bow and a red high-heeled shoe.
Leopard print sleeve with flamingo and heels
Full floral sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, black and grey on the left panel and coloured on the right, with flowers, swirls and dotwork.
Floral sleeve tattoo on the arm
Close photo of a man's hands crossed at the wrist, with small triangle and dot tattoos on the fingers and a coloured eye tattoo on the back of one hand, in a mixed black and grey and colour style.
Finger triangles and an eye on the hands
A woman with blonde hair lies with her arms crossed, showing a mixed colour traditional sleeve with roses, an eagle and a camera on the forearm and upper arm, and a teal heart on the back.
Colourful arm sleeve with roses and an eagle
Close view of a woman's hands with a small black semicolon on the inner wrist and a small semicolon on the inner forearm, beside a colourful Japanese style sleeve on her other arm.
Small semicolons and a colour forearm sleeve
Woman seen from behind with arms raised, showing a colour rose and vine sleeve on her right arm and a pink leopard print tattoo on her left upper arm, both in a traditional botanical style.
Roses, vines and leopard print on raised arms
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a red koi carp, purple lotus flowers, cherry blossoms and clouds, shown from three angles.
Koi and lotus full sleeve
Black and grey Japanese style floral sleeve tattoo on a forearm, with a butterfly, peonies and cloud shapes.
Black and grey floral sleeve on a forearm
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
Realism-style black and grey tattoo of a large skull and eye across a man's chest and stomach, with a snake and flowers on the shoulder and arm.
Black and grey skull and eye torso tattoo
Black outline Japanese-style peony and chrysanthemum sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in an unshaded linework design.
Outline floral sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose, leaves and mandala-style flowers on an arm, in a realism and botanical style.
Black and grey rose and mandala sleeve