Coral tattoo ideas

39 photos and flash · 38% Realism, 13% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

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Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a mermaid silhouette above a castle, coral and an open shell with a pearl.
Mermaid silhouette and shell on a calf
Retro-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a teal tail, surrounded by orange fish, pink coral and stylised waves, with no body placement shown.
Vintage mermaid with fish and coral
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a glowing full moon, with an underwater scene of a sunken ship, gold coins and coral below.
Mermaid under a full moon on a thigh
Close view of a pale, multicoloured tattoo covering an upper arm and the side of the torso, showing sea anemone and coral style forms.
Marine life sleeve on arm and side
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a green frog and orange octopus tentacles on the side of a neck, set against a teal wash.
Frog and octopus on the neck
Full arm sleeve tattoo of an underwater reef scene with hammerhead sharks, sea turtles and coral in realistic colour across the upper arm and forearm.
Underwater sleeve with hammerhead sharks
Watercolour and ink drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with pink coral, barnacles and a red starfish, designed as a tattoo design.
Anchor with rope, coral and starfish
Realism tattoo of a great white shark with a school of fish in blue water, on a man's back and side, with red coral at the lower edge.
Great white shark and fish tattoo on the back
Black and grey anchor tattoo on the back filled with starfish, shells, coral, fish and seaweed, with a teal glow around its outline.
Sea life anchor tattoo on the back
Two gold and teal feather designs tied together with a coral bow, printed on white cards laid on a wooden table.
Two feathers tied with a coral bow
Colour realism full sleeve tattoo of sea turtles, coral and a lionfish across the upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Sea turtles and coral full sleeve
Painted neo-traditional mermaid design with long flowing black hair, red accents and a scaled tail curling around bubbles, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Mermaid design with flowing black hair
Colour tattoo of an underwater reef scene with sea turtles, tropical fish and coral across the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Underwater sea turtle scene on an upper arm
Full back tattoo of a realistic orange octopus among coral and seaweed in teal underwater tones, shown on a person's back.
Octopus and coral underwater scene across a back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a brass diving helmet surrounded by pink and green coral, bubbles and palm fronds on a forearm.
Diving helmet and coral on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two humpback whales swimming past coral on the forearm, with soft smoky shading behind them.
Humpback whales and coral on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a man's back with a sailing ship on rough waves, a bearded face in the sea spray, an underwater scene and a temple, with tentacles on the upper arms.
Full back sailing ship and sea scene tattoo
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a large glowing full moon, with a blue underwater scene of fish and coral below.
Mermaid under a full moon on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a red and green octopus with seaweed above it, in neo-traditional style, across the side of a torso and hip.
Octopus wrapping the side and hip
Pink botanical coral-style tattoo on a woman's forearm near the wrist, with a white lace top and gold ring visible.
Pink coral design on the wrist
Full-colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a purple shell top and green tail, sitting on coral, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon mermaid on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder showing a sunset over the sea, palm trees, sharks, sea turtles, clownfish, anemones and coral.
Underwater sunset sleeve with turtles and clownfish
Colour full arm sleeve tattoo of Disney princesses including Jasmine, Belle and Ariel, in a neo-traditional style across the upper arm and forearm.
Disney princess colour arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of an underwater scene with glowing jellyfish, a lionfish and seahorses across a person's back.
Underwater scene with jellyfish across a back
Before and after photo of a shark tattoo on an upper arm, with a faded black outline on the left and a colour realism cover-up on a teal ocean background on the right.
Shark shoulder cover-up, before and after
Full-colour cartoon undersea tattoo across a person's back, with a smiling shark, seahorse, turtle, starfish and a scuba diver.
Cartoon undersea scene across a back
Overhead view of two people in bed with traditional style tattoos of a snake, roses and a panther head on their legs, forearm and hand, with breakfast plates beside them.
Traditional tattoos on legs and forearms in bed
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a large yellow moon, with a blue underwater scene of fish and coral below the waterline.
Mermaid under a full moon on a leg
Full colour realism tattoo of a shark, tropical fish, kelp and coral covering the side of a torso, shown on the ribs.
Underwater scene with shark on a side torso
Nine black silhouette designs on white tiles showing a starfish, scallop shell, fish, seahorse, crab, jellyfish, shell, sea turtle and coral.
Sea creature silhouette design sheet
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale above coral, set inside a geometric shape with a puzzle-piece notch on the forearm.
Whale in a geometric shape on a forearm
Person in a grey short-sleeved shirt and braces, showing a black tattoo of a flock of birds on the upper arm and a plant-like design lower on the forearm.
Flock of birds tattoo on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a shark, jellyfish, sea turtle and coral on the side of the ribs, with a quote in lettering above.
Underwater scene with sea turtle and jellyfish on ribs
Full-colour realistic tattoo on a person's upper back showing an underwater reef with fish, coral and a starfish within a torn-skin effect.
Underwater reef torn through skin on a back
Four views of a full sleeve tattoo in realistic colour showing sharks, a diver, a manta ray and coral on the upper arm and forearm.
Underwater full sleeve with sharks and a diver
Mixed colour tattoo on a stomach showing a red-haired mermaid beside a greyscale sailing ship, with a treasure chest and skull on the seabed.
Mermaid, shipwreck and treasure chest on the stomach
Realistic colour back tattoo of a green-skinned mermaid bound in rope, with red octopus tentacles over the shoulder and arm, jellyfish, coral and passion flowers below.
Mermaid and octopus back piece
Colour tattoo of sea turtles swimming over coral on an upper arm, with sunlight rays shining through blue water above.
Sea turtles and coral on an upper arm
Full back colour tattoo of a cartoon undersea scene with a castle, a mermaid and sea characters, seen from behind.
Full back cartoon undersea scene tattoo