Cloud tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall sailing ship on rolling waves and clouds across the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of planets, including a ringed planet and a banded planet, against a red swirling galaxy on a calf.
Colourful planets and galaxy on a calf
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo sleeve with a dragon and cloud motifs covering a person's lower leg, shown in a street setting.
Black and grey Japanese-style leg sleeve with dragon
Forearm tattoo of two black silhouetted figures in suits under an umbrella, beneath a colourful watercolour-style cloud with rain drips and a small bird.
Umbrella and watercolour rain on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a glowing lantern surrounded by pink and teal clouds and stars, on the forearm.
Pastel lantern with clouds and stars on a forearm
Colourful peace symbol tattoo on a shoulder, with sun faces, stars, clouds, flowers, a globe and a butterfly in a bold illustrative style.
Peace symbol with sun and nature panels on shoulder
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of octopus tentacles rising from engraved waves beneath stars and clouds, on an upper arm.
Octopus tentacles rising from waves on an upper arm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an eye with lightning and mechanical gears across the upper arm and shoulder, with small touches of blue and red.
Realistic eye and gears on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a moonlit street with a tall clock tower and a figure in a top hat and long coat walking away.
Moonlit London street on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Lumpy Space Princess surrounded by crystals, stars and hearts, placed on a forearm.
Lumpy Space Princess with crystals and stars on a forearm
Full back tattoo in colour realism showing a grinning teal cat, a tall skeletal figure beside a stitched rag-doll figure, a pink moon, bats and a bare tree, placed across the lower back.
Moonlit skeleton couple and grinning cat on back
Black and grey cloud and paisley-style tattoo on the outer ankle and top of a foot, with the left side covered by skin concealer.
Grey cloud tattoo on a foot, partly concealed
Black and grey back tattoo in a Japanese style, with a central lotus flower, a moth, a serpent and swirling clouds across the full back.
Full back piece with lotus and moth
Black and grey tattoo of a large moon with a spiral hill, two silhouetted figures, bats and clouds across the upper back.
Moon, spiral hill and bats on upper back
Photograph of a pastel blue and pink watercolour-style tattoo with thin black linework forming a ridge, on the lower back of a person with wavy hair.
Pastel wash ridge tattoo on lower back
Black and grey traditional flash design of a mermaid holding a palette and brush beneath a crescent moon, with a squirrel and the banner reading She's a Rose, She's a Pearl.
Mermaid painter with squirrel and banner
Colour tattoo of an origami-style orange cat framed by red and white flowers and teal clouds, sitting on the upper arm in a traditional style.
Origami cat with flowers on upper arm
Colourful Japanese-style tattoo of a green dragon and an orange and blue koi fish wrapped around a black and white yin yang symbol, shown on skin.
Dragon and koi yin yang tattoo
Colourful Japanese-style peony sleeve tattoo with pink petals, green leaves and dark clouds, wrapping the upper arm and shoulder.
Pink peonies and leaves on an upper arm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a sleeping black and white cat wrapped in pink peonies and green leaves on the upper arm.
Sleeping cat with peonies on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a teepee with the words Girls Have Cooties, a cactus, a sun and clouds, drawn on tracing paper beside pens and a hand with a tattooed forearm.
Teepee and cactus desert design sketch
A tattooist in blue gloves uses a machine to work on a colourful Japanese-style koi fish and wave tattoo on a forearm.
Koi fish tattoo being inked on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose on the shoulder and upper arm, with shaded clouds and rock showing through a torn-skin effect.
Compass rose and torn skin shoulder tattoo
Realistic black and grey forearm tattoo of a compass surrounded by clouds, with a sailing ship on a map and a red wax seal.
Compass, clouds and map on a forearm
Two side views of a colour tattoo of white birds in flight against soft purple, blue and teal clouds, covering the upper arm.
White birds in flight over purple clouds on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat in a striped jumper fishing from a rowboat under a dotted crescent moon, on the upper back.
Cat fishing from a rowboat on the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain, a tree and a sun inside a circle on the inner upper arm.
Circular mountain and tree landscape on upper arm
Realism-style colour tattoo of a turreted castle with glowing windows under a pale moon, with cloaked figures holding lanterns on the upper arm.
Castle at night with lanterns on an upper arm
A full arm sleeve in Japanese style, with black ground, grey wind-swept clouds, red cherry blossoms and a pink geometric cube pattern across the upper arm, shown from several angles.
Japanese cloud and blossom arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall hilltop monument, a standing stone structure, a church and a dove across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Hilltop monument and church landscape on upper arm
Black and grey Buddha face with pink blossoms, a pagoda and a coloured lotus across an upper arm, in a Japanese style sleeve.
Buddha face, pagoda and lotus upper arm sleeve
Black line drawing of a fluffy kitten with a bow and a ball of yarn, framed by swirling cloud motifs, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Kitten with a ball of yarn and bow
Pen drawing of a neo-trad style lighthouse design inside a rope-edged oval, with clouds, waves and crystals, in black and grey ink on paper.
Lighthouse in rope frame design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wooden cross wrapped in rope with rays of light, two small crosses and a banner, on the inner forearm.
Wooden cross and banner on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying across the chest, shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree and birds across shoulder and arm
Neo-traditional coloured forearm tattoo of a snow-capped mountain, pine trees, a lake and a pine cone inside a circular frame with antler-like branches and the numerals 5280.
Mountain lake and pine cone on a forearm
Back of a woman showing a colourful Japanese style back piece of cherry blossom and flowers, with a green snake sleeve on the arm and a woman portrait tattoo on the upper arm.
Japanese back piece with cherry blossom and arm sleeve
Black and grey sleeve tattoo of clouds and ornamental shading on a man's forearm and upper arm, with a small tattoo visible on his ankle.
Black and grey cloud sleeve on forearm
Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.
Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an owl, red roses, a snarling wolf head and a woman with a pearl necklace against black clouds and orange flames.
Owl, wolf and rose full sleeve
Black linework flash drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling among peony, cherry blossom, wave and cloud motifs, with no body placement shown.
Japanese dragon with peonies and cherry blossoms
Colour Japanese style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a gold snake with an open mouth among blue peonies, pink flowers and grey clouds.
Japanese snake and peony sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of three hummingbirds in flight across the lower back, with soft shaded clouds behind them.
Three hummingbirds in flight on the lower back
Two people seen from behind with matching script quote tattoos on their upper back, one with a feather and infinity symbol and the other with an anchor and infinity symbol.
Matching infinity and quote tattoos on shoulders
Colour realism tattoo of a lighthouse on rocks under a red and orange sunset sky, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Lighthouse at sunset on a shoulder and upper arm
Realism tattoo of a woman in an ornate masquerade mask with red lips and a pocket watch on a forearm.
Masked woman and pocket watch on a forearm
Realism full sleeve tattoo of a ringed planet, a sunburst, comets and stars across the upper arm and forearm.
Space sleeve with planets, sun and stars
Black and grey dotwork globe tattoo showing the Americas in solid black, with two outlined clouds, on an upper arm.
Globe with clouds on an upper arm