Water tattoo ideas

300 photos and flash · 22% Japanese, 20% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a circle enclosing a sun, mountains and water, with lettering above and below reading room for one more troubled soul.
Mountain and sun circle with quote on forearm
Realistic coloured tattoo of a pink lotus flower with yellow stamens and grey wash shading on a forearm.
Pink lotus flower on a forearm
Small solid black swan silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with blue water and sky behind.
Black swan on the inner wrist
Watercolour-style blue and teal wave tattoo with white highlights across the inner forearm.
Blue watercolour wave on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a leafless tree in front of a full moon, with birds in the sky and dark posts above still water.
Leafless tree and full moon on a forearm
Realistic blue water splash tattoo wrapping around the inner wrist, shown from three angles against a grey background.
Blue water splash on a wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of peach roses, dark green leaves and rippling blue water across a forearm.
Roses and rippling water on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a stylised flame and water emblem with a rainbow gradient on a forearm.
Rainbow flame and water emblem on forearm
A small wave tattoo with black outline and blue shading on the inner wrist, shown freshly done and wrapped in cling film.
Small blue wave on a wrist
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a red koi and a pale koi swimming over dark blue waves, on the inner forearm.
Red and white koi fish in waves on a forearm
Blue and black wave tattoo running along the inside of a forearm, with stacked bangles on the wrist.
Blue wave on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of bare cypress trees rising from still water and a low island on the forearm.
Cypress swamp landscape on a forearm
Small colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a city skyline with a yellow junk boat on the water, placed on the inside of a forearm.
Harbour skyline and junk boat on a forearm
Three photos of a forearm with a black armband tattoo filled with blue wave shapes, with blue splashes and dots trailing below it.
Blue wave armband tattoo on a forearm
Two photographs of watercolour-style northern lights tattoos on an arm: the left has black pine trees inside a circle, the right shows aurora over a dark shoreline with turquoise ice.
Northern lights tattoos with pine trees and ice
Colourful jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with a red bell, long trailing tentacles and a teal watercolour-style background.
Red jellyfish on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a river with tall green trees and rocks in shallow water, running down the inner forearm.
River landscape tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a purple seahorse with a green eye and orange starfish over blue water streaks, on the forearm.
Purple seahorse with starfish on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope, with a red lotus and teal leaves and blue flame-like lines behind it, on the inner forearm.
Anchor and lotus on a forearm
Colour Japanese-style wave tattoo in shades of blue with white foam on the inner forearm.
Blue wave on a forearm
Three photographs of a small black fine line wave tattoo on the wrist or forearm, shown against the sea, on pale skin and on darker skin.
Small wave tattoos on the wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a swan with a red and black beak, its wing raised over blue water, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a blue top.
Realistic swan on a forearm