Diver and octopus

The pearl diver of the Tamatori legend fighting a giant octopus, by Kuniyoshi. All those curling arms fill space beautifully. Thigh or ribs, 15 to 20 cm.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, The Jeweled Chaplet, ca. 1845-46. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Underwood Stewart, in memory of Martha Davenport Heard, 2001. Public domain.

Public domain. Any artist can tattoo it; ask them to draw it their way.