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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a Spitfire fighter plane with two smaller aircraft on the inner upper arm.

Spitfire fighter planes on upper arm

Close view of a red dragon coiled around a red rose on a woman's upper arm and shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.

Red dragon and rose on an upper arm

Realism style black and grey arm sleeve with a pocket watch, gears and a maple leaf, shown from three angles on the arm.

Pocket watch, gears and maple leaf sleeve

Black and grey realism sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre, sitting on the upper arm.

Shaded sunflower on an upper arm

Small fine line tattoo on the upper arm of a tree split in two, with green foliage on the left and bare black branches on the right.

Split tree on upper arm

Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a T-rex, a raptor and a sunburst beside roses, leaves and two banners with lettering.

Dinosaurs, roses and banners on an upper arm

Neo-traditional style cartoon tattoo of two smiling toast slices, one with purple jam and one with peanut butter, on the upper arm.

Jam and peanut butter toast characters

Black and grey tattoo of a angry piston character with a cigar and smoke on the upper arm, with a small orange cigar tip.

Smoking piston character on upper arm

Black and grey back tattoo showing Snow White holding a poisoned apple, Alice with a pocket watch and Jack Skellington, with roses and music notes, beside a colour sleeve on the upper arm.

Disney-themed back piece with Snow White and Alice

Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, showing a winged warrior with a sword above demonic figures, set against a dark cloudy sky.

Winged warrior and clouds full sleeve

Full colour sleeve tattoo of cartoon characters, including a green creature and a figure with spiky yellow hair, on an upper arm and forearm.

Colour anime-style sleeve on an upper arm

Colour tattoo of purple roses, orange and pink flowers and a heart locket tied with ribbon in a bouquet on an upper arm.

Purple rose and flower bouquet with ribbon on arm

Top-down outline of an airplane with ornamental filigree inside, set against purple radiating rays, tattooed on the outer thigh.

Airplane with purple rays on a thigh

Black and grey arm sleeve with a rose on the shoulder and a script tattoo on the ribs, on a reclining woman in a black lace bralette.

Arm sleeve and side script tattoos

Black panther tattoo on the upper arm, with blue glowing outlines visible under ultraviolet light.

Black panther tattoo on upper arm under UV light

Fine line botanical arm tattoo of a bird, teal leaves and flowers across the upper arm and forearm, with a pink flower on the lower arm, beside a yellow dress.

Botanical arm tattoo with bird and flowers

Black and grey peony tattoo with stippled dotwork shading and dark leaves, sitting on the upper arm.

Peony tattoo on the upper arm

Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a blue starry fill and watercolour splashes of a bird, on the outer thigh.

Anchor with rope on a thigh

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart made of cactus, topped with a flower bloom, on the upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.

Cactus heart with flower on an upper arm

Umbrella and woman in yellow helmet on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a moth, peonies and anemones covering the upper arm and shoulder, in a painterly neo-traditional style.

Moth and peony sleeve on an upper arm

Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm of an astronaut standing on a rocky surface and holding a cratered moon-shaped balloon on a string.

Astronaut with a moon balloon on upper arm

Colourful painterly tattoo of a Rubik's cube forming the head of a faceless figure, with paint drips, across an upper arm and shoulder.

Rubik's cube head figure on an upper arm

Close view of a black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font on an upper arm, with the text cropped at the edge of the frame.

Partly visible lettering tattoo on upper arm

Four-panel photo of a colourful realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing the Joker's face, Batman, bats and a city skyline.

Joker and Batman full arm sleeve

Realistic colour tattoo of a roaring lion with bared fangs and a green eye, covering the upper arm and shoulder.

Roaring lion on upper arm and shoulder

Colour realism tattoo of a green forested mountain above a still blue lake with reflections, with black branch silhouettes across the top, on the upper arm.

Mountain lake landscape on upper arm

Black and grey fine line tattoo of two outlined hands cradling a flowering sprig on the upper arm.

Hands holding a flower sprig on upper arm

Colour fine line tattoo of a face outline on an upper arm, with Lego bricks spilling out across the eye area.

Lego bricks dissolving from a face outline

Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a seated figure fishing by a lake inside a rope-edged oval frame with flowers below.

Fishing scene in an oval frame on an upper arm

Black and grey botanical tattoo sleeves on both upper arms of a person wearing a white crop top printed with lips, cats and lipsticks.

Black and grey floral sleeves with patterned crop top

Black and grey tattoo of a Stormtrooper helmet within a circular scrollwork frame, with an Imperial emblem, on the upper arm.

Stormtrooper helmet in an ornate frame

Black and grey botanical sleeve on a shoulder and upper arm, with a realistic cat portrait among leaves, vines and flowers.

Cat and botanical sleeve on shoulder

Black and white photo from behind of a woman in a white vest top and patterned underwear, showing a script tattoo on the neck and rose tattoos on the upper arms.

Rose and script tattoos on arms and neck

Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty in a red kimono holding a fan, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and black Japanese characters, on an upper arm.

Hello Kitty in kimono with cherry blossom on upper arm

Black and grey anime-style portrait tattoo with crows and a red and black emblem on a person's upper arm and shoulder.

Anime portrait with crows on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a blonde pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint and a red flower in her hair, with black and grey scrollwork below, on an upper arm.

Sugar skull pin-up with scrollwork

Colour botanical tattoo of pink gum blossom, a red waratah flower and green eucalyptus leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.

Eucalyptus and waratah across a shoulder

Small black silhouette tattoo of a witch riding a broomstick with a cat on the upper arm of a woman with long brown hair.

Witch on broomstick with cat on upper arm

Close-up photo of a grey-black lettering tattoo on the upper arm, with the letters a, r and m stacked vertically in a serif font.

Stacked serif letters spelling arm on upper arm

Man seen from behind with a full colour Japanese style tattoo covering his back, arms and legs, including dragons, flowers and a golden disc.

Full body Japanese style back and limb tattoo

Neo-traditional swallows flying among peony flowers and leaves tattooed across an upper arm, with soft pink tones on the petals.

Swallows and peonies on an upper arm

Colour cartoon fox and hound tattoos on upper arms, with the words Best of Friends in black script on the right-hand arm.

Matching cartoon fox and hound tattoos

Black and grey linework tattoos cover the forearm and upper arm of a person in a black band t-shirt, with a black and white cartoon head above.

Black and grey arm tattoos with a cartoon head

Black and grey dotwork mandala half sleeve with floral and paisley motifs covering the upper arm and shoulder.

Mandala half sleeve on upper arm

Fine line black tattoo of four arrows, one with a feather fletching, running down the outer upper arm of a person in a gingham shirt.

Four arrows on the upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of an astronaut helmet in front of a waving flag with stars, on the upper arm.

Astronaut helmet and flag on an upper arm

Small colour tattoo of a floral teacup and pink saucer with red roses on the inner upper arm, shown against a grey t-shirt and plain background.

Teacup and roses on upper arm

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