Sleeve tattoo ideas

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Black line tattoo of four sewing buttons joined by a thread across the inner forearm, beside a grey shirt sleeve with real buttons.
Four button outlines on a forearm
Back view of a shaved-headed man with a realistic red-mouthed snake tattoo across his back, with colourful floral and grey Japanese-style sleeves on both arms.
Realistic snake across a full back tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve of roses and daisies running from the upper arm down the forearm to the wrist.
Black and grey rose and floral sleeve on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a striped lighthouse with light rays, clouds and a rose, covering the forearm.
Lighthouse and rose sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey realism skull and lotus tattoo across a woman's back, with arms raised and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Skull and lotus back tattoo with sleeves
Man photographed from behind with a large eagle tattoo across his upper back in realistic shaded greys with a red detail, and a lettered sleeve on his left arm.
Eagle with wings spread across a back
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a horned, skull-faced figure with wings, snakes, skulls and a lantern, photographed from three angles.
Horned skull figure and lantern full sleeve
Black and grey ornamental sleeve tattoo with geometric panels and dotwork shading covering a forearm and upper arm.
Ornamental geometric sleeve on an arm
Black and grey realism rose and scrollwork sleeve tattoo covering both upper arms from the shoulder to the forearm, photographed from behind.
Black and grey rose and scrollwork sleeve
Black and grey ornamental mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm, shoulder and forearm of a person in a grey tank top.
Ornamental mandala full arm sleeve
Colourful botanical sleeve tattoo of flowers and leaves on a forearm and upper arm, with two people lying on a bed.
Floral sleeve tattoo on an arm in bed
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo of a Buddha, lotus flowers and a tiger across the upper arm and forearm.
Buddha, lotus and tiger sleeve
Black and grey mandala and lotus full sleeve tattoo covering a man's upper arm and forearm, with dotwork shading.
Mandala and lotus full sleeve
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, featuring a large rose, ornamental scrollwork and playing cards.
Black and grey rose sleeve on arm
Woman seen from behind with a traditional-style back tattoo of a pink rose, a dagger and a red and purple panther among roses, plus colourful arm sleeves.
Rose and panther back tattoo with sleeves
Black and grey geometric sleeve tattoo running from the upper arm to the elbow, featuring a sunburst and a flower of life motif.
Geometric sleeve with sunburst and flower of life
Black and grey realistic peonies and leaves tattooed on a forearm, with the word love in script near the wrist.
Black and grey peony sleeve on a forearm
Person seen from behind with a traditional style back piece of a dark panther-like creature among flames, skull and goblet motifs, and tattooed arms on a plain wall background.
Full back and sleeve tattoos seen from behind
Black and grey geometric blackwork sleeve tattoo covering both arms from wrist to shoulder, shown in a two-panel photograph against a black background.
Geometric cube sleeve on both arms
Black and grey tattoo covering a forearm, with the word Money in script, a skull, smoky shapes and bare branches, reaching down toward the hand.
Black and grey skull and smoke forearm sleeve
Black and grey tiger head sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a man wearing a tank top and snapback cap.
Tiger sleeve on a raised arm
Traditional style tattoo of a blue shaded diamond on a forearm, surrounded by bold red, green and grey flash-style motifs.
Blue diamond in a traditional sleeve on a forearm
Black lace-pattern tattoos with floral scrollwork across a forearm and upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Black lace sleeve on forearm and upper arm
Black and grey traditional full arm sleeve with a wolf head, a headdress face, a woman's portrait, a snake and roses, placed on the forearm and upper arm.
Traditional black and grey arm sleeve
Black lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR on a woman's forearm, with a sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and small marks on the fingers.
Keep Girl Power lettering on forearm
Black tribal tattoo covering a man's left shoulder, chest and upper arm down to the forearm, with spirals, zigzags and a central face-like motif.
Tribal shoulder, chest and arm sleeve
Realism black and grey rose sleeve on a woman's arm, with a rose on the chest and script lettering on the ribs.
Black and grey rose sleeve with script on ribs
Colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a cat, dolphins, hearts and a star, worn beside a pastel rainbow dress.
Colourful cat and dolphin sleeve tattoo
Colourful tattoo sleeve covering a forearm, with dark specks scattered across the red, teal and yellow designs, shown against a plain grey wall.
Colourful forearm sleeve with scattered specks
Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a woman's portrait, an angel wing and a skull.
Realistic sleeve with woman, wing and skull
Two tattooed people in a Japanese style: a woman with a grey oni mask on her stomach and a man with a full colour sleeve and an oni mask on his chest.
Two people with Japanese style tattoo sleeves and torsos
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a hooded figure, a skull and clouds, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Full sleeve with hooded figure and skull
Woman seen from behind in a bikini, showing a black and grey geometric sleeve tattoo with mandala-like motifs on her right arm, beside a beach hut.
Black and grey geometric sleeve on a upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo of watercolour washes in orange, red, blue and pink with black ink splatter and brush strokes, running from the upper arm to the wrist.
Watercolour splatter full sleeve
Close view of a woman's arm with a full black ornamental blackwork sleeve of mandala-style florals and swirls, running from the wrist up to the upper arm.
Black ornamental sleeve on an arm
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a TARDIS and a Dalek in black and grey, with green and red plant details near the wrist.
Doctor Who sleeve with TARDIS and Dalek
Close torso photo of a woman in a black lace bralette, showing a black geometric tattoo on her hand and a dark tattooed sleeve on her upper arm.
Geometric tattoos on hand and arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of shaded roses, leaves and mandala ornament covering the upper arm and forearm of a smiling woman in a grey vest top.
Rose and mandala full sleeve
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing horror film characters including a masked killer with a chainsaw, a clown, a shark and a figure with a bladed glove.
Horror film characters full sleeve
Black and grey realism wolf tattoo on the upper arm, with a forest of trees continuing down the forearm.
Wolf and forest sleeve on an arm
Full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red fox and a howling wolf beneath bare branches, in neo-traditional style with bold colour across the upper arm and forearm.
Fox and wolf full sleeve with branches
Person in a car driving with a traditional-style arm sleeve featuring swallows and banners, with a geometric tattoo on a passenger's thigh in the foreground.
Traditional sleeve and thigh tattoos in a car
Woman in a pink bikini on a sandy beach showing black and grey tattoos on her left upper arm and sleeve and her right forearm.
Dark arm tattoos on a woman in a pink bikini
Realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a barn owl, red poppies, a fox head and green foliage.
Owl, poppies and fox on a full sleeve
A shaded black and grey feather sleeve tattoo covering a man's upper arm and forearm, with his hand resting near his shoulder.
Feather sleeve on upper arm and forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on a forearm showing a car, a compass, a folded map, smoke and a grey portrait of a face.
Realism sleeve with car and compass on forearm
Close view of a pink rose sleeve tattoo with grey linework leaves and petals across the upper arm and elbow, in botanical style.
Pink roses sleeve on an upper arm
Blackwork geometric sleeve covering an arm, with solid black rectangular panels, fine white-skin lines and a diamond pattern band around the elbow.
Black geometric sleeve on an arm