Cloud tattoo ideas

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Colour Japanese style full back tattoo design showing a pig-headed figure in a patterned robe, surrounded by orange flames, clouds and a snake.
Pig-headed figure in flames, Japanese back design
Side-by-side photos of an anime-style girl tattoo on a lower leg, showing the black outline stage on the left and the finished colour on the right.
Anime girl with cat creature, before and after colour
Black and grey Japanese style phoenix tattoo covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, with feathers and wisps of cloud, shown in two photos.
Phoenix full sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey owl tattoo on the side of the thigh, perched on a branch in front of a pale moon and clouds.
Owl on a branch with moon
Black linework tattoo of a sailing ship tossed by waves beneath a rain cloud, in a blackwork style, on the upper arm.
Sailing ship in a storm on the upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage coupe with whitewall tyres and smoky clouds on the forearm.
Vintage car tattoo on forearm
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing Zeus holding a lightning bolt, an eagle, a rearing horse on a shield, an owl and Greek temple columns.
Greek mythology back piece in black and grey
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a large red and orange feather with bold black outlines on a forearm.
Red feather on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with a coiling body, clawed feet and wispy cloud-like smoke.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a Superman shield, a spider emblem and bats flying against clouds.
Superhero emblems and bats on upper arm
Full back tattoo of an ornate colourful skull surrounded by clouds, beads and red peony flowers, in a neo-traditional style on a bare back.
Ornate colourful skull full back piece
Full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style showing a blue-green scaled serpent, red flames and dragon heads, shown from three angles.
Full sleeve with dragons and serpent in Japanese style
Black line flash design of an eye within a cloud, with two crossed straight razors above and red rays and raindrops below, with no body placement shown.
Eye in a cloud with crossed razors
Black and grey hot air balloon tattoo with a gondola carrying two figures and a propeller, on the upper arm.
Hot air balloon and gondola on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a geisha with cherry blossom, clouds and a koi fish in Japanese style, drawn on pink paper as a tattoo design.
Geisha with koi and cherry blossom sketch
Pink, blue and purple soft-edged abstract tattoo with white star marks on the inner upper arm.
Watercolour-style sky tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey sun and moon tattoo with stylised faces, dotwork shading and swirling clouds, on the forearm.
Sun and moon face tattoo on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun over clouds and waves in a circle on the forearm, with the scene mirrored below a horizontal split.
Sun, clouds and waves in a circle on a forearm
Black ink pen drawing of a wooden treehouse on a tree trunk, surrounded by cloud shapes and two banners reading out of student loans and treehouse homes, we all would pick the latter.
Treehouse with banner lettering design
Black and white photo of two blackwork thigh tattoos, one showing a sunburst over a horizon and the other showing clouds over waves, worn on the thighs.
Sun and sea scene on both thighs
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a full moon, clouds, pine trees and a seated woman by water across a forearm.
Moonlit pine forest and figure on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a mountain landscape with a sunrise, purple clouds and a lake, framed by autumn leaves, on a forearm.
Mountain sunrise and maple leaves on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a chest showing an open pocket compass, a dove in flight, a world map and a partial clock face.
Compass, dove and map on a chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of mountain peaks, a pine forest and a sun inside a diamond-shaped frame on the inner forearm.
Mountain landscape in a diamond frame on a forearm
Close view of a soft purple and blue cloud sleeve tattoo with white birds in flight across the upper arm.
Clouds and birds sleeve tattoo
Black and teal hot air balloon tattoo with mandala patterns, stars and a crescent moon on the upper arm, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Hot air balloon mandala on upper arm
Five views of a colourful full sleeve tattoo in neo-traditional and Japanese-inspired style, showing birds, swirling clouds and rays across the upper arm and forearm.
Colourful bird and cloud full sleeve
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of a wolf with swirling clouds on the upper arm and shoulder, shown from two angles.
Wolf and swirling clouds on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of clouds and an animal on a thigh, with a small line tattoo above the waistband of black underwear.
Black and grey clouds tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of an oni mask with lotus flowers, waves and chrysanthemums covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Oni mask and lotus flowers on a shoulder and arm
Black fine line tattoo of a kneeling figure, a dark cloud and a serpent on a woman's upper back, shown from behind.
Kneeling figure, cloud and serpent on upper back
Two photographs on a magazine page show a bare male torso with a black and grey Japanese style tiger with red accents on the ribs and a dragon and cloud sleeve on the upper arm.
Japanese tiger and dragon sleeve on torso
Black and grey realism tattoo of Egyptian pharaohs and a winged sun disc wrapping around a calf, shown from three angles.
Egyptian pharaohs and winged disc on a calf
Photo of a Japanese style tattoo of two cranes in flight with black swirling linework across a man's shoulder and upper chest.
Two cranes and swirls on shoulder and chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face inside a pyramid with birds and scrollwork on the forearm.
Clock, pyramid and birds on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a sunset beach with a palm tree and orange plumeria flowers covering the upper arm.
Sunset palm tree and plumeria on upper arm
Large LOVE letters filled with pink cherry blossoms, petals and grey Japanese-style clouds on a light grey background.
LOVE letters with cherry blossom design
Black and grey Japanese style phoenix tattoo with scrolls and clouds running down a woman's leg from thigh to calf, photographed from behind.
Japanese style phoenix leg sleeve
Two matching fine line star swirl tattoos on a pair of calves, one with an orange star and one with a purple star.
Matching star swirl tattoos on two calves
Colourful geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a winding road, purple and green mountains, a teal starry sky with white clouds and a red faceted shape with blue loops.
Road through mountains and night sky on an arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a tentacled creature head beneath a full moon and stars, with swirling waves below.
Tentacled creature, moon and waves on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a sleeping dog merging into a mountain cabin scene with pine trees, stars and a crescent moon, on a calf.
Sleeping dog and mountain landscape
Colour traditional tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a lake inside a rope-edged circle with a sunset and wave border, on the outer thigh.
Mountain lake scene in a rope circle on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a full moon over clouds and pine trees, with a seated figure reflected in water below.
Moon, pine forest and seated figure on a forearm
Upper arm tattoo of a geisha holding a folding fan beside a dragon, in grey shading with red accents, Japanese style.
Geisha with fan and dragon on upper arm
Flash drawing of stylised blue Japanese-style clouds with a pink bullet shape, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Blue clouds and pink bullet flash design
Black filigree oval frame with a heart at the top, enclosing a cat silhouette against a dusky blue and pink galaxy background, on a thigh.
Cat silhouette in ornate frame on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a white dove in flight over dark clouds on an upper arm, with a red sleeve visible on the right.
Dove in flight over clouds on an arm