Creature tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour tattoo on a leg of a red-haired grey-skinned creature with large ears resting on a stone wall beside a wooden ladder.
Furry creature peering over a stone wall
Colour realism tattoo of a screaming cartoon rabbit with a small brown creature beside it on a lower leg, shown in two photographs.
Screaming cartoon rabbit tattoo on a calf
Four-view collage of a colour realism tattoo on a calf showing a clock, an owl, a maze, a tall-haired figure with a companion and furry creatures.
Fantasy scene with clock, owl and creatures on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a wide-eyed face wearing a pearl necklace, with a tall feathered shape rising above it, on a calf.
Grey face with pearl necklace on a calf
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 linework tattoo of a one-eyed cartoon figure with the word HAM on its body, placed on the lower leg.
One-eyed figure labelled HAM on a leg
Colour tattoo of a teal dragon head with green eyes, purple accents and yellow claws, in a Japanese style, on a lower leg, shown in a two-panel photo.
Teal dragon head on a calf
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon dinosaur with blue spiky tufts and an open purple mouth, in neo-trad style on the calf.
Green cartoon dinosaur on a calf
Black and grey traditional style cartoon tattoos of a rabbit, a cat and small creatures on a woman's leg, with a sleeved arm visible above.
Cartoon tattoos on a leg
Black ink illustration of two horned monster creatures and a smaller figure with a crown-like crest, shown on the outer calf in a fine stippled drawing style.
Fantasy creatures tattoo on a lower leg
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
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
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
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey cartoon creature with big eyes and blue patterned markings, framed by pink flowers and green leaves on a calf.
Cartoon creature with flowers on a calf
A colourful Japanese-style tattoo sleeve covering a leg from thigh to calf, with a yellow creature, a red fish and green clouds.
Colourful Japanese-style leg sleeve
Colour tattoo of the Pokémon Umbreon in black and grey with teal and yellow details, on the calf.
Umbreon tattoo on a lower leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a red creature wearing a gold crown, with an open toothed mouth, on a lower leg.
Red creature with crown on lower leg
Realism style black and grey tattoo of a wrinkled humanoid creature in a suit and tie, with a small red shadow, on a person's calf.
Grey creature in a suit on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a large-eyed, big-eared furry creature standing on a calf, shaded in browns, pinks and grey.
Gremlins-style creature on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a furry creature with large dark eyes and a red headband, shown on a lower leg.
Furry creature with red headband on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green grinning cat-like creature with glowing pink eyes, bony yellow claws and a striped tail, on a lower leg.
Green grinning cat creature on a calf
Black linework tattoo of musical notes and clef symbols forming a stylised creature on a lower leg, with no particular named style.
Musical notes tattoo on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a small gremlin-like creature standing on the calf, with a grey shadow of a hand and claw behind it.
Gremlin creature with shadow on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a blue cartoon creature with sharp teeth inside a glass bottle sealed with a cork.
Blue cartoon creature in a glass bottle on a calf
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a purple creature with red eyes and a green beak, set against blue fan-shaped leaves, on the back of a calf.
Purple creature with green beak on a calf