Sleeve tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a city skyline with a clock tower, power lines and a pine forest over waves, across an upper arm and forearm.
City skyline, power lines and forest sleeve
Woman in a black lace top leaning forward outdoors, showing colourful traditional tattoos on her upper arms, forearms and thighs.
Traditional tattoo sleeves and thigh piece outdoors
Black and grey tribal blackwork tattoo with a circular chest panel and a band running down the upper arm, on a shirtless man outdoors.
Black tribal tattoo across shoulder and chest
Black and grey photo of a shirtless man with black tribal and spiral tattoos on his chest and shoulders and a sleeve on his arm, wearing a cap pulled low.
Tribal and sleeve tattoos on a muscular torso
Full sleeve realistic tattoo of a galaxy, a ringed planet, a glowing black hole and a lightning storm on an upper arm and forearm.
Galaxy and planets full sleeve
Full sleeve neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing cartoon video game motifs including a floating character, clouds, a question block, a green pipe and a piranha plant.
Video game sleeve tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of daisy-like flowers with buds and leaves, running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Botanical flowers across shoulder and upper arm
Three men display black and grey full sleeve tattoos on their upper arms and shoulders, with swirling blackwork, dotwork and geometric panels.
Three black and grey ornamental full sleeves
Black ink Polynesian-style tattoo of a bird and circular patterns covering the shoulder and upper arm of a woman seen from behind.
Polynesian-style bird tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala and floral tattoo covering the upper arm, with a rose at the shoulder and lace-like linework below the elbow.
Mandala and floral upper arm sleeve
Full sleeve Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and red with red flames, shown on the upper arm and forearm of a shirtless man.
Dragon sleeve with red flames
Black and grey sleeve tattoo with swirling ornamental forms on the arm of a shirtless man leaning over a wooden pew, head bowed.
Black and grey sleeve tattoo in a church
Black and grey comic-style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, showing a visored man with a moustache and a horned masked figure below.
Comic character sleeve on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two sunflowers and clusters of purple lilac with green leaves, running across an upper arm and onto the shoulder.
Sunflower and lilac sleeve on upper arm
Colour tattoo sleeve on a man's forearm and upper arm, showing clouds and what looks like ship rigging in a traditional style.
Colour sleeve with ship and clouds on forearm
Black and grey floral sleeve tattoo of roses, a large flower and daffodil-like blooms with leaves, covering an arm from the upper arm to the wrist.
Black and grey floral sleeve on a forearm and upper arm
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a roaring bear above a watercolour landscape with a small black bear silhouette below.
Roaring bear watercolour arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork mandala and geometric full sleeve tattoo covering a person's arm from the upper arm to the wrist.
Mandala and geometric full arm sleeve
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Jack Skellington style face, a spiral-eyed figure, a skull and a jack-o'-lantern.
Halloween character full sleeve in black and grey
A woman in a white bralette and grey underwear shows a black and grey realism-style spread eagle tattoo across her lower abdomen and portrait-style tattoos on both arms.
Spread eagle wings on abdomen with arm sleeves
Arm with a colourful traditional-style sleeve of a rabbit and an animal design on the forearm and upper arm, worn with a white camisole and belt.
Colour animal sleeve on an arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala sleeve covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a white vest top.
Mandala sleeve on an upper arm and forearm
Full colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Disney princesses including Ariel, Belle and Tiana, with a rose and a frog, across the forearm and upper arm.
Disney princess sleeve across four views
Two blue wing tattoos sit on the upper chest of a woman in a white pearl-studded dress, with a colourful sleeve on her upper arm.
Blue wings on the upper chest
Black and grey realism tattoos of roses and a woman's portrait on a thigh, with a bird on the upper arm, in a greyscale photo.
Roses and portrait on a thigh and arm
Three views of a black and grey Egyptian themed full arm sleeve in realistic shading, covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a pharaoh figure, hieroglyphs and a winged figure.
Egyptian themed full sleeve in black and grey
Back view of a shirtless man in black underwear in a kitchen, showing a black and grey ornamental sleeve on the upper arm and a tree design on the forearm.
Black and grey sleeve and forearm tattoos
Black and grey blackwork sleeve in a Polynesian-style tribal pattern covering a man's upper arm and forearm, with a wristwatch on the wrist.
Polynesian-style sleeve on forearm and upper arm
Four views of a full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a spiral galaxy, planets, a spacecraft and a glowing orange asteroid against a vivid nebula background.
Galaxy and planets full arm sleeve
Black and grey realism style roses with leaves and thorny vines covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm of a person wearing a white vest top.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey eagle tattoo with spread wings across the upper back, with a sleeve tattoo on the raised arm.
Eagle tattoo across a man's back
Full back tattoo of a multi-armed goddess wearing a skull garland, set against a red sun disc, with a lotus on the shoulder and a blue sleeve on the arm, in Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Goddess with skulls full back tattoo
Black ink tribal sleeve tattoo with bold geometric bands and chevrons covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in profile against a dark stone wall.
Tribal black ink sleeve on shoulder and arm
Woman seen from behind riding a longboard on a rural road, with tattoos across her back, arms, thighs and calves.
Tattooed back and legs on a longboard
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a sailing ship, a hot air balloon with a Take Me Home banner, and stylised waves, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Sailing ship, hot air balloon and waves on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a red and white striped lighthouse, orange roses, an anchor and rope.
Lighthouse, rose and anchor sleeve
Back view of a large black and grey dotwork tattoo with a central spiral in a diamond frame, extending across the shoulders and down both upper arms and forearms.
Full back dotwork spiral with geometric sleeves
Arm with a colourful cartoon sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, holding a comic-printed skateboard with orange wheels.
Cartoon sleeve tattoo on an arm holding a skateboard
Japanese back piece in black and grey showing two guardian lion statues beside a pagoda and kanji, with coloured tattoo work on the upper arm.
Guardian lions and pagoda across the back
Torso of a person in a navy and yellow PLC 46 shirt, showing colour sleeve tattoos with musical notes and a landscape on both arms.
Colour sleeve tattoos with musical notes and landscape
Black and grey dotwork and fine line floral mandala sleeve on an upper arm, with a rose at the shoulder.
Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with stars, leaves and a dagger around her.
Profile portrait and stars on a full sleeve
Black ornamental mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a beige camisole, shown in fine linework.
Mandala sleeve from shoulder to wrist
A woman with long wavy hair and dark tattoos on her outstretched arms stands on a rocky cliff above the sea, with a small island in the distance.
Woman with dark arm tattoos on a sea cliff
Woman seated on a wooden dock with a black and grey tattoo sleeve running from her forearm up to her upper arm, with boats in the harbour behind her.
Black and grey arm sleeve on a woman on a dock
Black blackwork tribal sleeve with circular motifs and rosettes covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Tribal sleeve with circular motifs on upper arm
Black and grey biomechanical full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing metal plates, gears, chains and a shield emblem, shown in three photographs.
Biomechanical full sleeve with gears and chains
Colour botanical tattoo of sunflowers, red poppies and purple berries with green leaves and ink splashes, across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Sunflowers and poppies on a shoulder and upper arm