Cloud tattoo ideas

1,177 photos and flash · 25% Realism, 21% Japanese · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass over a map grid with clouds, a hand holding a scroll and cursive script, on the thigh.
Compass and map tattoo on a thigh
Bare back covered in a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a yellow tiger-like figure, an anchor, a ship and a row of roses above a banner.
Large back piece with tiger, anchor and roses
Traditional style tattoo of a swallow in flight over a red heart pierced by an arrow, with the words I'll turn my back and let myself live, on a lower leg.
Swallow, heart and arrow in a traditional banner
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a leaping striped bass over rolling blue waves, with an anchor and an orange sunburst behind it, on a man's back.
Leaping striped bass and anchor on a back
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading of a rain cloud dropping rain into a floral teacup, on a leg.
Rain cloud over a teacup
Full-colour Japanese style dragon design with green scales, red fins and clouds on black, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Green and red dragon design with wind chime
Colour tattoo of a Japanese katana with a black and grey patterned handle, gold guard and red scabbard wrap, surrounded by swirling clouds, on the forearm.
Katana tattoo with clouds on a forearm
Black and grey realism forearm tattoo of a silhouetted man on a bridge, a domed building with spires and a pocket watch, with script lettering above.
Pocket watch and city skyline on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a full moon with two silhouetted figures on a spiral hill, bats and clouds, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Full moon, spiral hill and bats on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a Cyberman figure with smoke clouds at the base, on the upper arm, with another tattoo partly visible above it.
Cyberman on an upper arm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a seated white rabbit among swirling waves, gold scrollwork and flowers across a bare chest and torso.
White rabbit and waves across chest and torso
Black and grey hatched tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle, with fine script arcing across the top, on a lower leg.
Hatched wave in a circle on a lower leg
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 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
Black and white flash sheet of lightning bolt designs, including script and block lettering labels, outlined and solid bolts, and two thunderbolts with clouds.
Lightning bolt and thunderbolt flash sheet
Full leg tattoos in Japanese style with colourful chrysanthemums and waves on black shading, on the thighs and calves of a person seen from behind.
Japanese chrysanthemum leg tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel standing over a fallen figure among clouds, across the ribs and side of the torso.
Winged warrior angel on a ribcage
Black and grey realism tattoos of a sailing ship and a lighthouse on rocks, one on each forearm, with the palms turned upward.
Ship and lighthouse on both forearms
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
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style sleeve tattoo design on paper, with a skull, sun, nautical star, compass rose and playing cards, shown as an elongated arm-shaped outline.
Sleeve design with skull, sun and nautical star
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain range above a pine forest on a forearm, with stippled clouds behind the peaks.
Mountain range and pine forest on a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing an armoured archangel with wings and a shield above winged dragons and clouds.
Archangel and dragons full sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a green horned dinosaur beneath a UFO, an orange planet and red streaks against pink clouds and a blue sky.
Green horned dinosaur and UFO on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a green umbrella over a purple cloud with rain drops, placed on the calf.
Umbrella and rain cloud on a calf
Watercolour-style flash design of a sailing ship being wrapped by an octopus tentacle among swirling waves, with an anchor and rope below.
Sailing ship, octopus and anchor design
Black and grey realism tattoo on the thigh showing a walrus wearing a peaked naval cap, with a sailing ship and cloudy sky behind it.
Walrus in naval cap with sailing ship
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a lotus flower and cherry blossoms on the upper arm and shoulder.
Maneki-neko cat and lotus on upper arm
Back of a woman with a large Japanese dragon and cloud tattoo, with colourful peony and chrysanthemum sleeves on her arms.
Japanese dragon back piece with peonies
Colour tattoo of Mario from the Super Mario games on an upper arm, with a question block, mushroom, green pipe and piranha plant against a blue sky.
Mario scene on upper arm
Mountain landscape tattoo with an orange sun, teal sky and black-and-grey scrollwork on a limb, in a neo-traditional style.
Mountain landscape with sun and scrollwork on a limb
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a treehouse with a ladder and trees inside a circle, on the outer thigh.
Treehouse in a circle on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo on the thigh showing a pointed hat shape filled with a sunset and mountains above a lake, pines and a round green door in a hill.
Mountain sunset and round green door on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on waves with a lettered banner and a flower, on the outer forearm.
Sailing ship with banner on a forearm
Two legs in denim shorts and black sneakers covered in colour neo-traditional tattoos, including an owl, a raven with roses, a fox and a rabbit.
Full leg sleeve of colourful neo-traditional tattoos
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a cabin beneath a red sun, clouds, pink flowers and the words Home is where you are in a banner, with black and grey versions shown either side.
Cabin and red sun on a calf
Coloured pencil drawing of a koi fish and a long-beaked bird above stylised swirling waves, in a Japanese-influenced flash design.
Koi and bird over swirling waves
Greyscale realism design of three bald eagles, one large head study above and two in flight and perched below, set against soft clouds.
Three bald eagles in greyscale
Black line drawing flash of a fairytale castle with stars, trees and a banner reading Who says we have to grow up, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Fairytale castle with banner quote design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a smiling man with slicked-back hair and a vintage car on the shoulder.
Portrait and vintage car on a shoulder
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with a ringed orange planet and stars, placed on the calf.
TARDIS police box in a space scene
Colour traditional tattoo of a winged golden ball with a lightning bolt mark, a green cloud and four-point stars, on an upper arm.
Winged golden ball with stars on arm
Black and grey back tattoo in realism and geometric style, with a sun face medallion at the upper back, a tree with horse-drawn chariots at the lower back and a dotted border.
Sun face, tree and chariots across a back
Colour tattoo of a purple horned cat with a third eye and feathered wings, surrounded by peach cloud motifs, on a lower leg.
Purple horned cat with third eye on a calf
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a chrysanthemum on the upper arm and a scaled creature on the forearm, photographed while the arm rests on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Japanese black and grey arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of Bambi, Thumper and Flower in an oval frame with roses, birds and a red drape, on a lower limb.
Bambi, Thumper and Flower in a rose frame
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a sundial compass, a full moon and a sailing ship on waves, shown across three photographs.
Ship, moon and sundial compass on a forearm
Dotwork crescent moon tattoo on the thigh filled with pine trees, mountains, clouds and stars, with small teal and yellow colour accents.
Crescent moon landscape on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gas mask with smoky shading across the back of a hand.
Gas mask tattoo on the back of a hand