Creature tattoo ideas

223 photos and flash · 14% Neo-trad, 13% Realism · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of an animated princess with long dark hair, pink cherry blossom, a red dragon and a white lily on a lower leg, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Animated princess with cherry blossom and dragon
Colour tattoo of an Ewok holding a staff beside a horned creature with an open mouth, on the calf.
Ewok and alien creature on a calf
Full-colour realism tattoo of a furry orange character with a large nose and open mouth, on the side of the ribs, set against a purple shadow.
Furry character tattoo on the ribs
Black ink flash design of a white silhouetted creature framed by swirling waves, scale patterns and fine dotwork.
Silhouette within swirling waves
Black blackwork tattoo of a skeletal creature with a long curling spine-like tail, placed on the side of the ribs.
Skeletal creature with a curled tail on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned goat-faced figure with spiral eyes, with a hunched creature with hands raised to its face below, on a lower leg.
Horned goat figure with spiral eyes on a calf
Coloured pencil drawing of a blue turtle creature with a brown shell peering over a grey anchor inside a rope frame, with blue water swirls above, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Blue turtle creature on an anchor and rope
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a tentacled Cthulhu-like creature covering an upper arm, with a dark blade-like shape at the lower edge.
Tentacled sea creature on an upper arm
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a cartoon villain with blue hair and yellow eyes, a pink creature and green tentacled creatures.
Cartoon villain and creatures on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a snarling creature with a glowing teal eye, blue and purple shading and ink splatter drips, placed on the upper back.
Blue and purple creature on upper back
Black and grey traditional dotwork tattoo on the upper arm showing a toothed creature, a beaked figure in a plaid shirt and a spider web.
Toothed creature and beaked figure with spider web
Purple line drawing of a barn owl, a long-haired face, a banner and ornate script lettering, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Owl, portrait and lettering flash design
Two small black fine line doodle creatures, one horned and one round with a single eye, tattooed on the ankles of two people's feet.
Doodle creatures on two ankles
Blue ink tattoo of a stylised beetle-like creature made from hexagons and swirling lines, on the torso of a person with smooth skin.
Blue hexagon and swirl creature tattoo
Black serif lettering reading Cheep Cheep runs along the outer side of a foot near the ankle, with a green book cover beneath.
Cheep Cheep lettering on a foot
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a rearing horned creature with splashes of red, orange, blue and teal across a person's upper back.
Watercolour horned creature on a shoulder blade
Coloured pencil drawing of the Pokémon Sylveon seated, with pink ribbons and petals blowing off to the right, suitable as a tattoo design reference.
Sylveon with drifting petals
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a stylised green and teal creature with script lettering and red zigzag details on an upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised creature with script on upper arm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a hunched, horned creature with a snout and clawed hands, sitting on the outer thigh.
Seated horned creature on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a toad-like creature wrapped in coin-like discs on paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Toad with coins, ink line drawing
Black line drawing of a deer-like creature with a flowing mane, with the words NEVER RUN above and FROM ANYTHING IMMORTAL below, on a white background.
Deer-like creature with NEVER RUN lettering
Two colour neo-traditional heart tattoos on a lower leg, one showing an anime girl with two cats and the other a white creature with soot sprites.
Anime heroine and cats beside soot sprite hearts
Arm tattoo of cartoon rabbits in a single red-brown ink on the upper arm, with a partial design visible at the top right.
Cartoon rabbits in red-brown ink on upper arm
Pencil sketch on paper of an abstract serpent-like creature with an open jaw, loose flowing lines and floating rectangular shapes, a tattoo design study rather than a tattoo on skin.
Pencil sketch of an abstract serpent creature
Fine line black tattoo of three small round-headed creatures with dot eyes, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three small round-headed spirits on a forearm
Black and white stylised creature design with a large spiral on its body and small bud-like sprigs along its back, shown on a plain white background.
Stylised black creature with spiral and sprigs
Black and grey pencil sketch of a monstrous creature head with open jaws, rows of sharp teeth and a long curling tendril, drawn as a design with no body placement.
Sketched monster head with open jagged jaws
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a small pointed-eared creature on a calf, shown beside the original line drawing.
Pointed-eared creature tattoo on calf
Realism tattoo of a wrinkled brown creature with orange-red hair and tusk-like teeth, on a limb.
Realistic furry creature portrait on a limb
Colour and black-line tattoo of four fluffy soot sprites with big white eyes holding small green, pink and orange stars, placed on the shoulder.
Four soot sprites with coloured stars on a shoulder
Mixed colour and black linework tattoo of an anime-style girl with a white masked spirit, a dragon and small black soot sprites on the thigh.
Anime girl and spirits on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a curled pink cat-like creature with a blue eye and a long tail, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Curled pink cat-like creature on upper back
Colourful tattoo of a pink and yellow dinosaur with a small green figure and a butterfly, on the upper arm.
Pink and yellow dinosaur on upper arm
Flat vector flash design of twelve stylised creatures arranged in a circle, each in a different colour, on a white background.
Circle of twelve colourful zodiac creatures
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo on a forearm showing a wooden sign reading EDGE, a seated animal, a small figure and a spiky creature along a ledge.
Sign reading EDGE and figures on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the thigh showing a hand holding paintbrushes and pencils, framed by pink flowers and green leaves.
Hand holding paintbrushes and pencils on thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two fluffy round creatures with big eyes and thin legs on the inside of a wrist and forearm.
Two fluffy black creatures on a wrist
Colourful cartoon-style tattoo of New Zealand's map, with each island filled with character illustrations, across a person's upper back.
New Zealand map tattoo across a back
Pencil drawing of a feathered phoenix-dragon hybrid wrapped around swirling cloud scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design style.
Phoenix and dragon with cloud scrolls
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue-skinned alien face wearing goggles, with red lips, on the upper arm.
Blue alien face with goggles on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a stylised stag with orange antlers and long thin legs, in neo-traditional style, on a person's upper back.
Stylised stag with long legs on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a Totoro-like character with red flowers on the outer thigh of a person lying beside a floral fabric.
Totoro and red flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo of the cartoon creature Totoro holding a teal umbrella, with a dark outline, on a person's upper back.
Totoro holding an umbrella on the upper back
Black tribal-style flash design of the Togepi character, with a spiked crown, swirl motifs and bold eye shapes on a white background.
Tribal-style Togepi design
Realistic colour tattoo of a smoking caterpillar beside a brass hookah, in teal and orange, wrapping around a forearm.
Caterpillar with hookah on a forearm
Colour tattoo of cartoon characters on skin, including a red crab-like figure with large eyes and a yellow creature at the left edge, with bold black outlines.
Cartoon characters tattoo in bold colour
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-rimmed eye with blue tears on a leg, with a butterfly above it and a green creature below.
Eye with tears and butterfly on a leg
Brown linework design on a forearm showing a standing figure beside a tall cylindrical object and three small round creatures, with spirals, a star and tally marks on the hand.
Figure and creatures on a forearm with hand spirals