Wave tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted anchor hanging below, on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted line descending to a small anchor, placed on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bearded sea god holding a trident, with waves and a sea serpent, on the forearm.
Sea god with trident and serpent on forearm
Black and grey circular tattoo of a curling wave with dotwork shading, on a forearm.
Hokusai-style wave in a circle on a forearm
Fine line black and grey geometric tattoo of a curling wave, mountain peaks and overlapping circles on a forearm.
Wave and mountains geometric forearm tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale, paper boats and a moon inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Whale and paper boats in a circle on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a breaking wave inside a circle on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph.
Breaking wave in a circle on the wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lighthouse under a starry night sky, enclosed in a teardrop shape on the forearm.
Lighthouse in a teardrop on a forearm
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoos on two forearms, showing a sun over mountains and pine trees in one triangle and a moon, clouds and waves in the other.
Matching sun, mountain, moon and wave triangles
Black ink tattoo of four palm trees above a dotted sand band with wave lines, wrapping around the inner forearm.
Palm trees and beach band on forearm
Black and grey geometric forearm tattoo in dotwork style, with a shaded triangle containing a swirling wave above linked triangles, squares and circles.
Geometric triangles and circles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun over clouds and waves in a circle on the forearm, with the scene mirrored below a horizontal split.
Sun, clouds and waves in a circle on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle on the forearm, shown against a pale arm and dark sleeve.
Wave in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship, a diver in a brass helmet, a submarine, fish and an octopus.
Nautical sleeve with diver and sailing ship
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a curling wave and feathers running along the outer forearm.
Wave and feather on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a mountain inside a circle with dotwork shading, on the outer forearm of a woman wearing a patterned shirt and woven bracelets.
Mountain in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a stylised Great Wave off Kanagawa inside a circle, with small circles and Mount Fuji, on a forearm.
Great Wave tattoo in a circle on a forearm
Small fine-line black tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle on a pale forearm, with a dark sleeve at the left edge.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a wave inside a circle, with triangles, arrows and dotted geometric lines.
Wave in a circle with arrows on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve with chrysanthemums, flower of life geometry and dotwork, with red script on the forearm, shown on both arms.
Full sleeve with chrysanthemums and sacred geometry
Blue and black tattoo of Hokusai's Great Wave inside a golden ratio spiral grid, on the inner forearm.
Great Wave with golden ratio grid on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of peonies and a mandala across a woman's forearm, with a partly visible second tattoo at the lower right.
Floral mandala forearm tattoo
Black and grey wine glass tattoo on a forearm, its bowl filled with a curling wave and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork style.
Wine glass with wave on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo with fine linework and dotwork shading on the inner arm.
Great wave tattoo with dotwork shading
Fine line black tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm.
Small wave in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart on a forearm, with stormy waves, clouds and a small house drawn inside the heart.
Anatomical heart with waves and a house
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric patterns, with black and grey shading on the shoulder and upper arm fading to red and orange dots on the forearm.
Geometric dotwork sleeve with a pale sun
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship and a wave rising out of a pint glass, with a small cloud above.
Ship and wave in a pint glass on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm, with a sun, mountains and pines above a sunflower on one band and a crescent moon and stars on a lower band.
Mountain, sunflower and moon forearm bands
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm, shown inside a diamond shape with a moon, pine trees and mountains above wavy horizontal bands.
Moon and mountains in a diamond on a forearm
Black ink fine line tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the forearm, with stippled shading on pale skin.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Black fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, arrows, a triangle and a wave-like swirl on the inner forearm.
Geometric circles and arrows on a forearm
Two matching circle tattoos on a pair of forearms, one showing a dotwork mountain range and the other a dotwork wave in a Japanese-inspired style.
Mountain and wave tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a sun with rays, clouds and a curling wave inside a circle, on the inner forearm.
Sun, clouds and wave on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a skeleton holding a staff on a house boat over rolling waves, with five stars above, on a forearm.
Skeleton with staff on a house boat
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm showing three solid black circles with an oak leaf and acorns, a wave, and a fern with a pine cone, linked by dotted lines and small botanical sprigs.
Oak, wave and fern circles on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos: a fine line wave on an upper arm and a dotwork palm tree within a dotted circle on a forearm.
Wave and palm tree tattoos on arms
Black geometric line and dot tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a black and grey wave sleeve on the forearm above it.
Geometric line and dot pattern on the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a striped lighthouse inside an oval rope frame with waves and a flower, on the forearm.
Lighthouse in rope frame on a forearm
Close photo of a faint brown dotwork tattoo of wavy lines on the inner wrist and forearm, held by another person's hand.
Dotted wave lines on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a wave and setting sun inside a circle on the forearm.
Wave and sunset in a circle on a forearm
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and stippled waves inside a solid black circle on the forearm.
Crescent moon and waves in a black circle
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with an anchor and rope waves on the forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a dotted rain cloud above a patterned teacup filled with waves and a sailing ship, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Teacup with waves, ship and rain cloud
Black and grey wave tattoo enclosed in a circle on a forearm, shaded with fine stippled linework.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a pineapple above a pineapple bowl holding a tropical island with palm trees, a thatched hut and a crescent moon, in linework and dotwork.
Pineapple island tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork seascape inside a diamond outline on a forearm, showing palm trees on a rocky island, breaking waves and a seated surfer.
Seascape with palm trees in a diamond on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of nested, wave-like diamond bands shading from dense to light across a forearm, with the arm held out in front of a black top.
Dotwork wave pattern on forearm