Creature tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey script lettering reading Semen Demon across the lower back, with a small grey creature sketch above the centre, sitting just above the waistband of jeans.
Script lettering and small creature on lower back
Large back tattoo of Where the Wild Things Are creatures in trees beneath a yellow moon, shaded in grey with blue and yellow colour, across the upper back.
Wild Things scene across a back
Black fine line tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Totoro outline on a shoulder blade
Back view of a person with pastel rainbow updo hair and a small grey and pink cartoon character tattoo on the upper back near the neck.
Cartoon character tattoo on upper back
A shirtless man in a black-trousered headstand against a black background shows a large back tattoo and forearm tattoos.
Headstand pose showing a back tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a grotesque face with multiple eyes and an open, toothed mouth, shaded on the upper back.
Grotesque half-human, half-creature face
Black line tattoo of a simple doodled creature with dot eyes and a striped base, above a row of pine trees and the words i am not a gun, on a back shoulder.
Doodle creature and pines on upper back
Photograph of a large multicoloured tribal-style tattoo running down a person's back along the spine, with black, red, green, yellow and blue sections.
Multicoloured tribal design down a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a creature with ridged scales and two gripping hands tearing through skin across the centre of the back.
Creature tearing through skin on back
Black script lettering reading dance magic dance, ending in a small cartoon creature with blue flame-like details, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dance magic dance script with a creature
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
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
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 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
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
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 ink tattoo of a bold kanji character above a small fuzzy black creature with white eyes, on the upper back.
Kanji and soot sprite on upper back
Large back tattoo of fantasy creatures among trees under a full moon, with grey shaded linework and blue and yellow background wash, across the upper back.
Creature forest scene across a back
Colour tattoo of a crowned creature sailing a boat under a crescent moon and stars, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crowned creature in a sailboat on the upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a simple cartoon creature with large round eyes, placed on the lower back above a pair of jeans.
Cartoon creature line tattoo above jeans
Back of a person showing a watercolour-style bird tattoo in bright blues, oranges and reds with loose black linework, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Watercolour bird tattoo across upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a Totoro-like character with blue, pink and yellow washes and two black kanji characters, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour Totoro with kanji on a shoulder blade