Sleeve tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm showing a lion's head with a full mane, a clawed paw at the forearm, and cream blossoms wrapped around a pale band.
Lion and blossom sleeve on the arm
Colour tattoo of an armoured winged female warrior with a sword and red cape, covering the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Armoured winged warrior on an upper arm sleeve
Person wearing a white t-shirt with a black moon face graphic and the words LA LUNE, with a partly visible colourful tattoo sleeve on the upper arm.
Moon graphic t-shirt with tattoo sleeve
A woman in a neon yellow racerback tank top printed with Tattoos Are The New Tan, showing a black and grey sleeve tattoo on her upper arm and forearm.
Sleeve tattoo beside a slogan tank top
Woman with a traditional pink rose sleeve on her arm, a cluster of pink roses beneath her chest and a green fan on her forearm.
Pink rose sleeve with fan and chest roses
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm showing a winged armoured angel with a spear standing over a fallen figure.
Winged warrior angel on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey botanical tattoo sleeve on a upper arm and forearm, showing a rosemary sprig, a bee, a moth, a leaf and a pair of shears.
Rosemary, moth, leaf and shears on an arm
Black and grey Japanese style koi fish, flowers, clouds and waves covering a full sleeve from shoulder to forearm, shown from two angles.
Koi and waves full sleeve
Three views of a full arm sleeve in abstract black ink splatter and drips across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, with a faint red wash near the shoulder.
Abstract black full sleeve on arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing three classic horror monster faces among flying bats.
Classic horror monster sleeve with bats
Shirtless man with platinum hair and his face hidden by his hands, showing a black blackwork tree-line band on his right forearm and a dark ornamental sleeve on his left arm.
Forest band and ornate sleeve on a shirtless man
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Japanese-style phoenix and flower sleeve on her arm and a large tattoo across her thigh.
Japanese phoenix and flower sleeve with thigh tattoo
Black and grey mandala and dotwork tattoo sleeves covering both upper arms and forearms of a woman in a white tank top and silver chain necklace.
Black and grey mandala sleeve on both arms
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, dice, pistons, playing cards, flames and a motorcycle engine, shown from three angles.
Skull, dice and engine full arm sleeve
Full sleeve Japanese style tattoo of a teal dragon with red accents, swirling waves and pink peonies, shown on an arm from two angles.
Japanese dragon full sleeve
Woman in a beach backbend showing a colourful floral sleeve on her raised arm and a black and grey mandala tattoo on her hip.
Floral sleeve and mandala tattoo on a beach backbend
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull holding a sword across a full sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Crowned skull with sword on a full upper arm sleeve
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm showing butterflies, a small anchor, lace-like ornament and large flowers, from upper arm to forearm.
Butterflies, anchor and florals on a full sleeve
Colourful realistic full sleeve tattoo on an arm with a hummingbird, a robin, sunflowers, dahlias, pansies and blackberries, shown in three views.
Floral realism full sleeve with birds and sunflower
Black and grey tattoo sleeve of leopard print spots with shaded roses, covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person in a white top.
Leopard print and roses sleeve on shoulder
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm in Japanese style, with orange, green and red lotus-like motifs, swirling clouds and layered scale patterns.
Colourful ornamental sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a woman's face with a hand near her mouth and a Roman numeral clock on the wrist.
Realism portrait sleeve with clock
Five views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Jesus with a crown of thorns, skulls, roses, a praying figure and an eye.
Black and grey realism full sleeve with religious and skull
Colour full sleeve tattoo on both arms of a man in a grey vest, showing Fallout imagery including Vault Boy, a Nuka Cola logo, a power armour helmet and an explosion across the upper arm and shoulder.
Fallout full sleeve with Vault Boy and Nuka Cola
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of skulls, lotus flowers and smoke on an upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Skulls and flowers full sleeve
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an angel with a spear, a woman's portrait, a skeleton and a chained figure.
Full sleeve of angels and a woman's portrait
Black and grey realism style wolf howling at a moon among pine trees, with rocks and leaves, covering a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Howling wolf and pines on a full arm sleeve
Full Japanese-style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing pink cherry blossoms, grey waves and a fish-like creature with a yellow eye.
Japanese full sleeve with cherry blossoms and fish
Colour and grey Japanese style flower sleeve with red peonies and grey chrysanthemums covering the upper arm and forearm.
Red peony and chrysanthemum arm sleeve
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a seated Buddha within a radiating halo, lotus flowers and a tiger head.
Buddha, lotus and tiger arm sleeve
Black and grey neo-trad style tattoo on an upper arm showing an owl head above an ornate sugar skull with a keyhole, heart, diamonds and a rose.
Owl and sugar skull sleeve on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoos of wings across a shirtless man's upper back and shoulder, with script and detailed shading on the upper arm.
Winged back piece with script on the shoulder
Two people shown from behind with colour octopus tattoos covering their full arm sleeves, from shoulder to wrist, in teal, green and purple.
Octopus full sleeves on two arms
Red rose tattoos in a traditional style across a person's outer thigh and hip, with a rose sleeve on the arm, photographed on a sun lounger.
Red roses on thigh and arm
Black and grey dragon tattoo on the side of a torso and floral tattoos on the chest and upper arm, with the face cropped out of frame.
Dragon and floral tattoos on torso and arm
Black and grey dotwork sleeves with mandala flowers and a small bird on both upper arms and forearms of a woman wearing a white top and a chunky chain necklace.
Mandala and dotwork sleeves on both arms
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm
White ink tattoo sleeve of mandalas, leaves and geometric patterns covering an upper arm and shoulder.
White ink sleeve with mandalas and leaves
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm in realistic colour, showing two green and orange puppet characters, one holding a paintbrush at an easel, with flowers and a vegetable below.
Puppet painters full sleeve on upper arm
A woman in a white strapless gown holds a bouquet of yellow roses and succulents, with colourful neo-traditional portrait tattoos covering her upper arms and forearms.
Colourful portrait sleeve on upper arms
Close-up of a woman with her hands clasped in front of her, both arms covered in black ornamental blackwork and dotwork sleeve tattoos.
Black ornamental sleeves with hands clasped
Black tribal tattoo covering a shoulder, chest and arm sleeve, with a grey shaded panel of stars and a shield on the upper arm.
Tribal sleeve and chest piece in black ink
Colour neo-trad sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing several cartoon villain characters, including a green-faced figure with horns and a crowned queen.
Animated villains colour sleeve on upper arm
Colourful Japanese-style half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a blue VW camper van among grey waves, purple plumeria and red clouds.
VW camper van and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo of poppies and leaves running from the shoulder down the upper arm, worn by a person in a purple top.
Floral sleeve on an upper arm
Colourful Japanese-style full sleeve tattoo of pink peonies and orange chrysanthemums with teal leaves and grey clouds, covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of peonies and chrysanthemums
Mirror selfie of a torso and both arms covered in colour and black and grey tattoos, including a sugar skull face with dotwork shading on the stomach and roses and a skull on the chest.
Torso and arm sleeves with skulls and lotus flowers