Cloud tattoo ideas

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Illustration of a hairless cat with a Japanese style koi fish, waves and clouds tattoo in blue and black, leaning over a pale hairless cat.
Tattooed hairless cat with a koi and waves design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an eye within a teardrop mandala framed by cloud scrolls, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Eye in a mandala with cloud scrolls
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a seated Guanyin holding a lotus, with sunburst rays and clouds, on a forearm.
Seated Guanyin with sunburst on a forearm
Traditional flash design of a paper boat on stippled waves beneath a red lightning bolt and clouds, framed by a rope border with a red flower at the base.
Paper boat and lightning in a rope oval
Realism tattoo sleeve on the forearm showing Greek-style columns, a detailed astronomical clock dial and a classical statue against a cloudy sky, in grey shading with warm brown tones.
Classical columns and astronomical clock on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the thigh of a diamond framing mountains, trees and a lake reflection, with a peony below.
Mountain lake and peony in a diamond on a thigh
Full-colour Japanese style flash drawing of a snarling tiger among bamboo leaves and clouds, with a small frog below, shown without a body placement.
Tiger, bamboo and frog flash design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mountains, a sun with rays and birds, enclosed in a circle on the thigh.
Mountain landscape in a circle on a thigh
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a cyclist silhouette above a log cabin on an upper arm, with small red details by the cabin window.
Cyclist and log cabin on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a floating island with stippled mountains, pine trees, a lone figure and a light bulb in a dotted cloud, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Floating island with mountains and light bulb
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lighthouse with sunburst rays and crashing waves on the forearm.
Lighthouse and waves on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a sailboat on waves with two small clouds, placed on the upper arm of a person in a navy top.
Sailboat and clouds on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a light blue classic Volkswagen Beetle with purple smoke clouds, in a neo-traditional style, on a person's upper back.
Classic VW Beetle with smoke on upper back
Black and grey Japanese dragon with clouds, maple leaves and a rose across a forearm, shown from three angles.
Japanese dragon and maple sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of skulls, a figure and a city skyline inside a vessel outline on the upper arm.
Skulls and cityscape in a vessel on upper arm
A pencil sketch on tracing paper of a horned warrior holding a spear above a second armoured figure, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design with clouds and a large circle behind.
Horned warrior with spear, tattoo sketch
Colour tattoo of a grey kaiju monster breathing a blue flame, surrounded by red flames and orange clouds, on the lower leg.
Kaiju monster breathing fire on a calf
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a green dragon and a grey dragon among clouds and cherry blossoms, spanning the upper back and shoulders.
Twin dragons across a back piece
Neo-traditional tattoo of a sloth in red glasses and a plaid scarf, holding a takeaway coffee cup, on the upper arm.
Sloth with glasses and coffee on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of red and black storm clouds with pale lightning forks, and bare tree silhouettes fading into red on the right.
Red lightning and tree silhouettes on a forearm
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoos on two forearms, showing a sun over mountains and pine trees in one triangle and a moon, clouds and waves in the other.
Matching sun, mountain, moon and wave triangles
Traditional flash sheet of ten coloured sailing ships on green waves, with banners reading Hell Bound and Home Ward Bound and a few small stars and a rose.
Sailing ship flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a snarling wolf head with bared teeth and smoky clouds, on the inner forearm.
Snarling wolf head on a forearm
Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.
Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve
Pencil drawing of a Vespa scooter framed by leaves, berries, swirling flourishes and cloud shapes, shown as a flash design.
Vespa scooter with leaves and swirls
Black line flash sheet of lightning bolts, clouds and the words Lightning and Thunderbolt, shown as designs with no body placement.
Lightning bolt and cloud flash sheet
Neo-traditional tattoo of a glowing UFO over pine trees and a purple night sky, framed in an oval with the words I WANT TO BELIEVE below, on the thigh.
UFO and pine trees on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rearing horse with birds in flight and a cloudy sky, on the upper arm.
Rearing horse with birds on an upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an angel with wings, a robed bearded saint, a raven and a clock face with Roman numerals.
Angel, saint and clock full sleeve
Neo-traditional tattoo of a glass bottle filled with coloured hearts, surrounded by green clouds and sparkles, on an arm.
Heart bottle with sparkles and clouds
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a log cabin among pine trees, a mountain, a moon and clouds, with a scroll banner of lettering beside it.
Cabin, pines and mountain on a forearm
Black and grey Buddha face tattoo covering a person's back, with clouds, two praying monks and cloud work extending onto the upper arms.
Buddha face and monks across a back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat with orange eyes and purple clouds, on the back of a person's neck.
Grey cat with purple clouds on the neck
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with a rope and anchor on a forearm, in red, teal and black ink.
Ship in a bottle and anchor on a forearm
Black and grey swallow tattoo with cloud-like patterned fills on the side of the ribs, with a coloured sleeve tattoo partly visible at the left edge.
Swallow tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and clouds on the inner forearm, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Crescent moon with face and clouds on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a circular moon with a constellation and cloud shapes on a person's shoulder.
Moon with constellation and clouds on shoulder
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a sailing ship, a hot air balloon with a Take Me Home banner, and stylised waves, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Sailing ship, hot air balloon and waves on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a red and white striped lighthouse, orange roses, an anchor and rope.
Lighthouse, rose and anchor sleeve
Black continuous-line cloud with green, red, orange and blue rainbow drips running down the upper arm.
Scribbled cloud with rainbow drips on upper arm
Black line drawing of a stylised animal leaping beside a blossom branch and curling cloud shapes, in a Japanese-influenced flash style.
Stylised animal with blossom branch
Realism colour tattoo on the upper arm showing a figure fishing from a wooden dock beside a lake at sunset, with mountains and trees behind.
Fishing figure on a dock in a sunset landscape
Red-brown line drawing of a Japanese dragon coiling through wisps of cloud, with cherry blossoms, as a tattoo design sketch.
Japanese dragon with cherry blossoms
Woman in a black band t-shirt showing a colourful neo-trad style tattoo of a rose, sun and hot air balloon on her upper arm and forearm.
Rose, sun and hot air balloon tattoo on an arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a haunted house under a purple sky with bats and bare trees, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Haunted house and bats on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue crescent moon with yellow stars and clouds beside script lettering reading She was like the MOON, on the side of a ribcage in a lettering style.
Crescent moon and quote on the ribs
Black and grey Japanese style flash design of a coiling dragon with lily-like flowers and cloud motifs on a white background.
Black and grey dragon with flowers and clouds
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pink planchette with the word YES, an eye, a gold crescent moon and purple clouds, on the calf.
Planchette with eye and crescent moon on a leg