arm tattoo designs

More About Fashionable Arm Tattoos

Articles By Jamie T. Harvey

The two most popular styles of arm tattoos are Japanese Tattoo designs and Americana sailor tattoo designs. Generally people prefer Japanese Tattoo designs on their arm. These tattoos are mainly done in a very large and colorful style and look great!

Japanese Tattoo Designs The most common Japanese tattoo designs for a full sleeve tattoo are:

Koi Fish - Koi fish are very famous for sleeve tattoos as the fish is typically very skinny and shapes perfectly around an arm. It can easily be achieved on full arm or sleeve with a splash of water behind the fish making it huge and beautiful design.

Cherry Blossoms - Another common tattoo is Cherry Blossom branch which is traditional Japanese tattoo. Cherry blossom branch with the long rectangular shape works perfectly for an arm getting a tattoo.

Water - Typically traditional Japanese tattoos often have blue colored water in the background and this is often used as sleeve and tattoo designs for arms.

Japanese Gods or Deities - Another popular tattoo design is of Japanese God or Deity. This design looks great not only on arms but also on shoulder.

Americana Arm Tattoo Design

Americana Arm Tattoo Designs include more traditional sailor tattoos and often have an old school feel. The common tattoos with an American designs are pinup girl tattoos, anchor tattoos or even a flag or ship

Types of Arm Tattoo

The category of arm tattoos is large and can include a wide range of tattoo locations, shapes and sizes as well as designs. Following are some of the most common arm tattoos.

Sleeve Tattoos

Sleeve tattoos covers the whole arm, half sleeve tattoo covers area from shoulder to forearm and quarter arm tattoo covers the wrist extend to the middle of the forearm. These all sleeve tattoos look equally great so you can choose any of them.

Wrist Tattoos

Another common area to get a tattoo which is also considered an arm tattoo is on the wrist. Tribal and flames are the common wrist tattoos. we will be discussing more about wrist tattoos in my coming articles.

So before going for any arm tattoo design make sure to read this post as this will really help you in deciding for the tattoo design.